2012 World Indoors, Day 2: Chaunte Howard Lowe, Renaud Lavillenie get Quotes of Day, Eaton gets Result of Day, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder

Renaud Lavillenie, Quote of Day, photo by PhotoRun.net

Ashton Eaton, Result of the Day, photo by PhotoRun.net

EUROPEAN VIEW
Heptathlon
two medals. Women shot put one medal for Ostapchuk. Pole vault men gold
and silver, long jump men only bronze. In the women high jump all three
silvers. Men´s 1500 m silver for Turkey (Kenyan origin), men´s 60 m
bronze, women 60 m hurdles silver and bronze, in women 1500 m bronze, in
women triple the gold, women 400m the silver but no medal in men´s 400
m. 

STARTS/DIFFICULTIES:
On
Saturday nearly no complaints. “It was something different today,” says
Justin Gatlin when asked about Friday and Saturday and the starting
sound system.

STATS (by Ken Nakamura)

So far two world records and other five world leads.

MPV:
Brad Walker won bronze and thus has complete set of medals (gold in
2006, silver in 2008) at MPV in World Indoor. He is the first to do so
at MPV in World Indoor Championships 

WSP:
12cm margin of victory by Adams is second smallest margin of victory at
WSP in World Indoor. The record low winning margin is 8cm by Pavlysh in
1997 and Krivelyova in 1999. 20.42 by Ostapchuk is second longest
non-winning mark (second best second place mark). The best 2nd place
mark in World Indoor is 20.49 by Adams in 2010.

M1500m:
Iguider is the first to win both World Junior and World Indoor at
M1500m. Tanui Ozbilen won first silver (or better) medal for TUR in
World Indoor Championships. 1.12 sec between 3rd and 4th is the second
largest at M1500m in World Indoor Champ, largest in history is 1.77 by
William Tanui in 1997.

WHJ:
Chaunte Lowe (Howard) become the first American gold medalist at WHJ in
World Indoor Champ. 1.98 is the lowest winning height at World Indoor
Championships  (note: Kostadinova won 1985 World Indoor Games with
1.97m). Di Martino is the first Italian medalist at WHJ. First 3 way tie
for a medal at World Indoor Championships (in 1985 World Indoor Games
bronze was shared by 3 jumpers).

M400m:
Not only Championships record was set, but best marks for second (best
non-winning mark) at M400m in World Indoor was also set.  

W60mH:
Peason is the first World Youth champion to win World Indoor 60mH. She
is also the second Commonwealth Games Champion to win World Indoor 60mH
(Jamaican Michelle Freeman was first). First medal for AUS, GBR and BLR
at this event in World Indoors. 0.21 sec is the largest margin of
victory a W60mH in World Indoor. 7.73 is the second fastest time at
W60mH in World Indoor (7.72 by Lolo Jones in 2010 is fastest.

M60m:
0.08 sec is the largest winning margin at M60m in World Indoor Champ 
(0.07 sec by Simon in 1989 and Gatlin in 2003 was previous max winning
margin). 0.00 sec between 3rd and 4th is the smallest ever at 60m in
World Indoor. Gatlin became the second (after Surin) to win M60m twice
at World Indoor Champ. Chambers became second to win three medals at
M60m in  World Indoor Champ (he now has a complete set of medals, first
to do so at this event in World Indoor).

Men Heptathlon:
7.68 by Eaton is the fastest 60mH during Heptathlon in the World Indoor
Championships. Previous best at World Indoor Championshps was 7.77 by
Bryan Clay in 2004.

MTJ:
17.39 by C Taylor is the fourth longest TJ in the qualifying round of
World Indoor Championships. Brian Wellman’s 17.51 from 1995 is the
longest in qualifying round.

WLJ:
6.90 by DeLoach is the longest LJ in qualifying round of World Indoor
Championships & 6.86 by Proctor is the second best LJ in qualifying
round of World Indoor Championships. Previous record was 6.80 by Guan
Yingnan (CHN) from 2004. 6.62 by Karin Mey Melis is the longest LJ that
failed to qualify for the final in the World Indoor Championships. 6.53
by Pilatou in 2004 previously, was the longest non-qualifier for the
final in World Indoor Championships.

OTHER NEWS

JACKSONVILLE
(USA, Mar 10): Janet Cherbon-Bawcom was the big winner at USA 15-K
Championships, hosted by the Gate River Run.  Not only did she win her
fourth USA road running title in six months, but she also held of men’s
champion Mo Trafeh who was unable to catch Cherobon-Bawcom who, like the
rest of the elite women, had been given a seven-minute head start.
Cherobon-Bawcom, who was timed in 49:41, owed at least some of her
success today to a resurgent Lindsey Scherf who led a pack of four
–including Cherobon-Bawcom, Maegan Krifchin and Molly Huddle– through 8
km in 26:51. By winning the race, Cherobon-Bawcom collected the $12,000
winner’s check plus the $5,000 “equalizer” bonus for beating all of the
men, a task made easier this year because the women’s head start had
been increased by two minutes.  Huddle finished second in 49:57,
Krifchin third in 50:43, and Scherf fourth.  For Trafeh, his victory in
Jacksonville was his third in a row. He now joins Meb Keflezighi (6) and
Todd Williams (5) as just one of only three men to win the USA 15-K
title at least three times.  

ISTANBUL
(TUR): Istanbul will have an opportunity to showcase its bid to host the
2020 Olympics and Paralympics when the International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships is staging in
the city, a key event on the road to London 2012.  Nearly 1,300 athletes
and officials from 172 countries are taking part watched by more than
300 international media and a crowd predicted to exceed over 20,000
during the three-day competition. The World Indoor Championships is the
first in a series of high-profile events that Istanbul is due to stage
over the next few months as they begin to try to convince the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) to award them the 2020 Games ahead
of rivals Baku, Doha, Madrid and Tokyo. Europe’s leading football
officials are due to begin descending on the city later this month when
Istanbul hosts the XXXVI UEFA Congress on March 22 while the Abdi Ipekci
Arena will stage basketball’s EuroLeague Women Final Eight between
March 28 and April 1. Then in December the Sinan Erdem Dome will host
the World Short Course Swimming Championships. 

NAMPA (USA,
Mar 9): Three world leading marks during first day of NCAA
Championships. Kimberlyn Duncan won the 200 m in 22.74 (second fastest
in other race Allison Peter of Virgin Islands 22.95 NR). Whitney Gipson
equalled the world lead of Olga Kucherenko in the long jump with 691 cm.
Ameer Webb clocked 20.39 in the heats of 200 m and then was also the
best in the final with 20.57. Second placer was the winner of the other
final Akheem Gauntlett 20.62 ahead of Maurice Mitchell 20.66 (but 20.60
in heats). Kenyan Lawi Lalang won the 5000 m in 13:25.11 ahead of Chris
Derrick 13:26.88. In three technical events wins for Andrew Irwin (still
a junior) in the pole vault 555, Kendall Spencer in the long jump 801
life-time best and Jordan Clarke in the shot put 20.86. In women high
jump impressive 196 for Brigitta Barrett (tried at 199). Kenyan Betsy
Saina won the 5000 m in 15:38.83 what is non-oversized world lead. From
the heats to note personal best by Jeff Demps in the 60m 6.52, Tony
McQuay posted 45.85 in the 400 m, Jamaican Andrew Rilesy not only 6.58
in the 60m but also 7.55 in the 60 m hurdles. On the women side English
Gardner 7.17 in the 60 m and life-time best for Brianna Rollins 7.93 at
60 m hurdles.

AGUILAS (ESP, Mar 10): At Spanish Winter Throwing Championships Javier Cienfuegos achieved 72.75 in the hammer.

BIRMINGHAM
(GBR, Mar 10): European Cross Country champion Emelia Gorecka took her
sixth consecutive McCain Inter Counties Cross Country and Challenge
Final title in style today at Cofton Park where Keith Gerrard also put
on a fine show in a very competitive senior men’s race.

PARNU (EST, Mar 9): Eleriin Haas improved at age of 19 to 190 in the high jump.

CHENGDU (CHN, Mar 10): At national GP meet Li Yong clocked 6.66 at 60 m and Li Jinzhe leaped to 799 in the long jump.