by Larry Eder
Collins again sub 10, Weir the top mark 20.01, Blake as guest
BUDAPEST (HUN, Jul 10): Great summer and around 5000 spectators saw the 3rd Istvan Gyulai Memorial organised mainly by his sons (Marton and Miklos) and All-Athletics.com founder Attila Spiriev (EA Classic). And they even prepared a surprise for the fans – as special guest Yohan Blake was presented. The Jamaican will next week decide about his participation at the World Championships. His team-mate Warren Weir with Hungarian All-Comers record 20.01 (+0.4) at the 200 m was awarded the best result Bojidar Spiriev Award. Second Jason Young was close with 20.07. Ever young Kim Collins won the 100 m in excellent sub 10 (9.99, +0.2) ahead of relay olympic winner Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.07. Another top result was surprise Belarus national record for Anis Ananenka in the 800 m 1:44.43 beating Bahraini Kenyan Abraham Rotich 1:44.57 and US Tyler Mulder 1:44.60 PB. Russian star Yuriy Borzakovskiy was 6th 1:45.89. In the hurdles world champ Jason Richardson with 13.28 (0.0) was beaten by Jamaican Andrew Riley 13.27. Another top field in men triple jump ended within centimeters. Pedro Pichardo 17.18 (0.0), Will Claye 17.17 (0.0) and Christian Taylor 17.16 (-0.1). In the women 100 m World champion Carmelita Jeter with fast finish beat in 11.07 (0.0) Kelly-Ann Baptiste 11.15 and Barbara Pierre third also 11.15. Spectators supported home star and olympic winner Krisztian Pars 80.73 winning the hammer (also part of IAAF HT Challenge) over Primoz Kozmus 77.98 and Lukas Melich 77.72. Croatian Ana Simic cleared 196 personal best in the high jump with Bulgarian Mirela Demireva second 194. Women hurdles saw Queen Harrison in 12.71 (+0.2) beating Olympic medalist Kellie Wells 12.74. In good 400 m hurdles duel Dalilah Muhammad beat in 54.87 Jamaican champion Ristanana Tracey 54.94 and Italian Yadisleidy Pedroso 55.32. Greek Kostadinos Baniotis after 233 attacked his 235 PB height in the high jump, second Dusty Jonas 228. Africans produced sub 8:20 steeple with Jacob Araptany of Uganda getting 8:16.43 over Clement Kemboi 8:17.18 PB and Elijah Chelimo 8:19.07. Other winners Rosemarie Whyte of Jamaica 51.20 in the 400 m, Ethiopian Sule Utura 15:33.75 in the 5000 m, Russian Irina Gumeynuk 14.15 (0.0) in the triple amd Ukrainian Margarita Dorozhon 61.31 in javelin with Australians Kim Mickle 61.31 also and Kathryn Mitchell 59.98.
US women hammer win
KAZAN (RUS, Jul 10): Four more gold medals for Russia on Wednesday in Kazan, but another one expected in women hammer did not happen. US Jeneva McCall won with 73.75 over world leader Oksana Kondratyeva 72.22 and Zalina Marghieva of Moldova 71.10. Dmitriy Tarabin won the javelin 83.11 with South African Robert Oosthuizen second 81.63 and Fatih Avan third for Turkey 81.24. World and Olympic winner Yulia Zaripova opened her season with expected steeple win 9:28.00 what was a meet record. Silver for Svitlana Shmidt of Ukraine 9:40.41 and bronze for Gulcan Mingir from Turkey 9:45.88. Another meet record for Anisya Kirdyapkina at 20 km walk 1:29:30 over Irina Yumanova 1:30:41 and Lina Bikulova 1:32:30. Best non Russian Hanna Drabenya of Belarus as fourth 1:33:15. Anastasiya Savchenko also confirmed her favorite role with 460 pole vault win ahead of German Martina Schulze 440. Olympic finalist Anaso Jobodwana dominted the 200 m in windy 20.00 (+2.4) ahead of Jamaican Rasheed Dwyer 20.23 and top Japanese Shota Iizuka 20.33. Canadian Kimberly Hyacinthe clocked life-time best 22.78 (+1.6) to win the women 200 mm with other podium runners also getting personal bests, second Hanna-Mari Latvala of Finland 22.98 and Romanian Andreea Ograzeanu 23.10 as third. Biggest surprise of the day was Slovak Martin Kucera winning the 400 m hurdles from lane 1 in personal best 49.79 over Amadou Ndiyae of Senegal 49.90 and Australian Ian Dewhurst 49.96. World champion Tatyana Chernova leads the heptathlon 3861 ahead of Czech Eliska Klucinovqa 3694 and Latvian Laura Ikauniece 3670. Fast hurdles heats for US Vashti Thomas 12.87 (+1.5) and Belarus Alina Talay 12.94 (+0.5).
German duo dominated boys shot
DONE
TSK (UKR, Jul 10): The 8th edition of IAAF World Youth Championships started with Kenyan Lilian Kasait Rengeruk winning the 3000 m with season youth global leading time 8:58.74 over Ethiopian duo Berhan Demies 9:00.06 and Silenat Yismaw 9:01.63 (PB´s for both). In discus girls Chinese favorite Yuchen Xie won with last attempt 56.34 meet record beating German Claudine Vita 52.59 PB and another Chinese Xinyun Liang 51.50. Germany scored impressive shot put boys double with gold for Patrick Muller 22.02 (5 kg) career best over Henning Prufer 21.94 PB while third place was for surprisingly for Egyptian Mohamed Magdi Hamza 20.58. From the prelims to note US Kenzo Cotton fastest 100 m heat 10.52 (+0.1), on the girls side Ariana Washington 11.52 (-1.9). Kenyan favorite Justus Lagat topped the 2000 m steeple heats 5:35.22, in the 400 m heats fastest for Ryan Clark of USA 46.84, another US fastest prelim by female hurdler Dior Hall 13.39. Ethiopian Dawit Seyaum clocked 4:14.40 PB in girls 1500 m first round. Romanian Florentina Marincu topped girls triple qualification with good 13.69 (+1.0) PB and Russian favorite Anatoliy Ryapolov the boys long jump qualification 773 (+2.7). With the help from Alberto Stretti.
J. Borlee 32.31 at the 300 m
LIEGE (BEL, Jul 10): At the International Meet de la Province de Liege fast but windy sprints. US Shalonda Solomon 10.97 (+3.0, 11.18+1.4 in heats) ahead of team-mates Muna Lee 11.12 and Jessica Young 11.27. Lori Smith achieved 12.66 (+2.2) over the hurdles with Kristi Castlin second 12.76 and top Belgian Sara Aerts 12.85. Home fans waited to see Jonathan Borlee winning the 300 m in solid 32.31 over US runners Kinda Butler 32.39, Tony McQuay 32.40 and Olympic medalist Lalonde Gordon 32.71. Elijah Greer of USA won the 800 m in1:47.96, Spain´s Dolores Checa clocked Moscow standard 15:17.72 in the women 5000 m ahead of Iris Fuentes-Pila 15:27.39. German Melanie Bausckhe was the best in long jump (654, +1.5) and US Justin Gaymon in the 400 m hurdles 49.68. Men hurdles saw Shane Brathwaite 13.43 (+2.9) win over Joel Brown 13.44 with Terrence Trammell 7th 13.66. US Heather Kampf won the 1500 m in 4:11.45 and World medalist Lazaro Borges 555 on count back in pole vault over German Karsten Dilla also 555. In the special triathlon Andrey Kravchenko won with 2422 points (best in discus 45.83 and high jump 201) over Dutch Eelco Sintnicolaas 2380 (best in the 100 m 10.71+2.3). Belgian star Hans Van Alphen was back but only in discus (45.34). Informs Alberto Stretti.
Walking gold medals for Russia
TAMPERE (FIN, Jul 10): The European U23 Championships started on Wednesday with walking events and registered expected Russian wins. Pyotr Bogatyrev clocked 1:21:31 in the men 20 km (he was leading from 6 km) ahead of another Russian Aleksandr Ivanov 1:21:34 PB, bronze for German Hagen Pohle 1:25:04 with some minutes away. In the women race Svetlana Vasilyeva won in 1:30:07 as she took the pace at the 14 km. Silver for Ukrainian Lyudmyla Olyanovska 1:30:37 and bronze for Italian Antonella Palmisano 1:30:59 PB ahead of Russians Natalya Serezhkina 1:31:50 and Nina Ochotnikova 1:33:20.
Herculis prepares for great 100 m
MONACO (MON): Next IAAF Diamond League meet the Herculis 2013 in Monaco (July 19) confirmed as top highlights men 100 m with Tyson Gay against Christophe Lemaitre and Justin Gatlin. Olympic winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is in the 200 m. Women high jump will have Anna Chicherova, Blanka Vlasic and Brigetta Barrett fighting for two meters. Special also the 100 m hurdles not only with olympic winner Sally Pearson, but also world leader Brianna Rollins and British star Jessica Ennis-Hill. Triple jump will see Christian Taylor against Teddy Tamgho, in the pole vault Renaud Lavillenie is the star. The only non Diamond League event will be men 1500 m.
OTHER NEWS
OTTAWA (CAN): Athletics Canada announced the hiring of Peter Eriksson as Olympic and Paralympic Head Coach. Eriksson, from Ottawa, officially begins in the role August 1.
BIRMINGHAM (GBR): British miler Hannah England’s experience of the highs and lows of a sportsman’s lot has given the world 1500 m silver medallist an appreciation of being injury-free as she looks to earn her spot on the Great Britain team for the World Championships in Moscow. While England still managed to compete in London, she did not make it out of the semi-finals. This year, the Birmingham-based athlete has enjoyed fourth and eighth-placed
finishes in Rome and Eugene respectively as well as coming fifth and seventh in Gateshead and Birmingham. She will be among the top local stars competing at the World Trials this weekend. She will be joined by the likes of Lisa Dobriskey, Laura Weightman and Laura Weir.
MONACO (MON): The IAA
F announced that with one month to go until the IAAF World Championships in Moscow the pinnacle competition of the IAAF World Athletics Series has extended its global reach. Broadcasting agreements are in place covering more territories than ever before in the history of the IAAF World Championships that will ensure coverage of Moscow 2013 in over 200 territories worldwide. The 14th edition of the championships will be the largest global sporting event of the year, with it anticipated that the nine days of action will reach a cumulative audience of more than five billion TV viewers.
LONDON (GBR): Phillips Idowu, Britain’s former world champion triple jumper, has announced he will miss next month’s World Championships in Moscow and will be taking an unspecified break from athletics. The 34-year-old has competed only once since failing to reach the final at the London 2012 Games, for which his preparation was undermined by injury. Informs insidethegames.
LAUSANNE (SUI): Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has revealed plans for an “in-depth” study into the disciplines on the Olympic programme that could see sports losing events in place of others as early as in 2020. “We are bound by other things in the [Olympic] Charter that says there can only be 28 sports, 10,500 athletes and approximately 300 events,” he told reporters on a conference call. We have written to the [international] federations with a request to make proposals that are quota neutral. This means federations can make a proposal for a new discipline but the premise is that another discipline will be taken out of the Games so as not to increase the number of athletes or the number of medals,” says Rogge.
BATON ROUGE (USA): After more than 20 years in service of the LSU Track & Field program as both a student-athlete and coach, it was announced that Jamaican Mark Elliott has resigned his position as assistant head coach of the program and has been named the new director of track and field at Clemson University.
HARARE (ZIM): Zimbabwe´s top athlete jumper-sprinter Ngoni Makusha suffered a setback after he retired from the long jump event at the Paris Diamond League meet. Local media are informing. The 26-year-old 2012 World Championships bronze medallist and national 100m and long jump record holder retired after completing just one of the scheduled six rounds of the competition at the Stade de France. In an interview with NewsDay Sport, Makusha, who is yet to qualify for the World Championships, said he pulled out of the competition after realising he could further aggravate the injury. “I withdrew because my quadriceps tightened up on me during the competition. I just didn’t want to push through the pain and injure the leg more. I’m still working on qualifying for the world championships,” said Makusha.
BRUSSELS (BEL): Belgium can add decathlete Thomas Van der Plaetsen to it’s list of selected athletes for the world championships in Moscow. Van der Plaetsen managed the win at the Universiade and improved his personal best with a score of 8164 points. Earlier, decathlete Hans Van Alphen announced he will not compete in Moscow due to a foot injury he sustained earlier this year confirms sporza.be.
AMSTERDAM (NED): The Netherlands has confirmed it’s team for the European junior championships in Rieti and is sending 7 boys and 16 girls to the championship.
BOSTON (USA): Runnersworld.com informs that the Oscar-nominated screenwriters behind “The Fighter” have acquired the movie rights to a forthcoming book on the Boston Marathon bombings, Deadline Hollywood is reporting.
RESULTS
TORONTO (CAN, Jul 9): Nate Brannen became the first Canadian going sub 5 minutes for 2000m, setting a new national record of4:59.66 at the York University Twilight Meet.
