Golden Grand Prix 2016 Kawasaki, 8 May 2016, Results courtesy of IAAF Results

Tianna Bartoletta on Coaching Athletics cover

A well respected meet in Japan was one of the three global meetings of the weekend. Justin Gatlin opened here in 10.02. Aaron Brown of Canada won the 200m in 20.32. While Julian Walsh was winner over the 400m in 45.68, note 2004 Olympic champ Jeremy Wariner in 46.04 in third. Big Javelin with five guys over 83.59, Andre Vadlejch winning in 86.76m).

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Women’s side had Tianna Bartoletta over Blessing Okagbare, 11.23 to 11.30, with Barbara Pierre, World Indoor Champs, third in 11.30. Tianna Bartoletta also won the LJ here, something I believe she did in 2015 as well.

This meet always has deep fields and should be on upcoming bucket list.

08/05/2016

Golden Grand Prix 2016 Kawasaki
Kawasaki (Todoroki Stadium), 08/05/2016

Men’s results

100 Metres – Men Wind: -0.4 m/s

1 Gatlin , Justin USA 10.02
2 Yamagata , Ryota JPN 10.21
3 Gittens , Ramon BAR 10.26
4 Kiryu , Yoshihide JPN 10.27
5 Sani Brown , Abdul Hakim JPN 10.34
6 Nagata , Takuya JPN 10.39
7 Oseto , Kazuma JPN 10.47
8 Zhang , Peimeng CHN 10.53

200 Metres – Men Wind: -0.6 m/s

1 Brown , Aaron CAN 20.32
2 Iizuka , Shota JPN 20.40
3 Bailey , Daniel ANT 20.75
4 Hara , Shota JPN 20.77
5 Xie , Zhenye CHN 20.78
6 Fujimitsu , Kenji JPN 20.90
7 Yang , Chun-Han TPE 21.05
8 Taniguchi , Kotaro JPN 21.16

400 Metres – Men

1 Walsh , Julian Jrummi JPN 45.68
2 Solomon , Jarrin TTO 45.77
3 Wariner , Jeremy USA 46.04
4 Quow , Renny TTO 46.73
5 Sato , Kentaro JPN 46.75
6 Williams , Conrad GBR 46.78
7 Kitagawa , Takamasa JPN 46.82
8 Kimura , Kazushi JPN 47.39

800 Metres – Men

1 Sowinski , Erik USA 1:45.92
2 Rotich , Abraham Kipchirchir BRN 1:46.21
3 Gurr , James AUS 1:46.74
4 Ralph , Joshua AUS 1:47.43
5 Kawamoto , Sho JPN 1:48.01
6 Yokota , Masato JPN 1:48.37
7 Nakamura , Yasuhiro JPN 1:49.31
8 Tanaka , Shoei JPN 1:51.88
Murakami , Koki JPN DNF

3000 Metres – Men

1 Gonfa , Dejene ETH 7:51.99
2 Blankenship , Ben USA 7:52.80
3 Kwemoi , Ronald KEN 7:53.85
4 Ndiku , Jonathan Muia KEN 7:56.54
5 McSweyn , Stewart AUS 7:57.34
6 Lalang , Lawi KEN 8:03.74
7 Hicks , Malcolm NZL 8:03.97
8 Yoroizaka , Tetsuya JPN 8:04.87
9 Kiptarus , Dominic Chemut KEN 8:14.10

110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: -0.6 m/s

1 Xie , Wenjun CHN 13.36
2 Zhang , Honglin CHN 13.59
3 Omuro , Hideki JPN 13.61
4 Masuno , Genta JPN 13.67
5 de Oliveira , JoÃ£o Vitor BRA 13.81
6 Furuya , Takumu JPN 13.85
7 Swift , Greggmar BAR 14.79

400 Metres Hurdles – Men

1 Nozawa , Keisuke JPN 48.67
2 Cray , Eric PHI 49.07
3 Matsushita , Yuki JPN 49.10
4 Suguimati , Mahau BRA 49.26
5 Konishi , Yuta JPN 50.08
6 Green , Leford JAM 50.43
7 Flannery , Niall GBR 50.71
8 Watabe , Yoshiro JPN 51.60

High Jump – Men

1 Zhang , Guowei CHN 2.33
2 Wang , Yu CHN 2.33
3 Starc , Brandon AUS 2.26
4 Eto , Takashi JPN 2.23
5 Takahari , Hiromi JPN 2.23
6 Hsiang , Chun-Hsien TPE 2.20
7 Matsumoto , Shuichi JPN 2.20
8 Yun , Seunghyun KOR 2.20
9 Hiramatsu , Yuji JPN 2.20
10 Akamatsu , Ryoichi JPN 2.10

Pole Vault – Men

1 Barber , Shawnacy CAN 5.62
2 Sawano , Daichi JPN 5.62
3 Yamamoto , Seito JPN 5.62
4 Uhle , Joseph USA 5.52
5 Ejima , Masaki JPN 5.42
6 Ogita , Hiroki JPN 5.32
Yao , Jie CHN NM
Arnold , Mike USA NM

Long Jump – Men
Wind
1 Huang , Changzhou CHN 7.95 +1.0
2 Wang , Jianan CHN 7.88 +0.8
3 Shimono , Shin-ichiro JPN 7.84 +2.4
4 Minemura , Kota JPN 7.79 +0.1
5 Gould , Angus AUS 7.70 +2.9
6 Gao , Xinglong CHN 7.69 -2.6
7 Sakuma , Kodai JPN 7.68 -0.6
8 Shiroyama , Shotaro JPN 7.67 +1.7
9 Hashioka , Yuki JPN 7.48 +0.7
Takamasa , Tomoya JPN NM

Discus Throw – Men

1 Brown , Rodney USA 63.98
2 Weisshaidinger , Lukas AUT 62.52
3 Winger , Russell USA 60.44
4 Schuurmans , Jared USA 59.38
5 Tsutsumi , Yuji JPN 58.71
6 Maisawawa , Shigeyuki JPN 57.31
7 Chinen , Go JPN 55.67

Javelin Throw – Men

1 Vadlejch , Jakub CZE 86.76
2 Arai , Ryohei JPN 84.41
3 Huang , Shih-Feng TPE 83.82
4 Peacock , Hamish AUS 83.53
5 JÃlek , Jaroslav CZE 83.19
6 Murakami , Yukifumi JPN 79.86
7 Farquhar , Stuart NZL 79.14
8 Dean , Roderick Genki JPN 77.67
9 Langton-Burnell , Ben NZL 74.36
10 DÃaz , Larson Giovanni PAR 70.75

Women’s results

100 Metres – Women Wind: -1.7 m/s

1 Bartoletta , Tianna USA 11.23
2 Okagbare , Blessing NGR 11.30
3 Pierre , Barbara USA 11.40
4 Wei , Yongli CHN 11.51
5 Yuan , Qiqi CHN 11.67
6 Breen , Melissa AUS 11.85
7 Doi , Anna JPN 11.94
8 Beahan , Brianna AUS 11.94

200 Metres – Women Wind: -0.7 m/s

1 Brennan , Monica AUS 23.54
2 Lin , Huijun CHN 23.92
3 Aoyama , Seika JPN 24.00
4 Ichikawa , Kana JPN 24.09
5 Eguchi , Kotomi JPN 24.61
6 Nakajima , Airi JPN 24.66
7 Miyake , Marina JPN 24.85
Nakamura , Mizuki JPN DNS

800 Metres – Women

1 Assefa , Tigst ETH 2:00.66
2 McGowan , Brittany AUS 2:01.64
3 Smit Petty , Angela NZL 2:01.70
4 Tkachuk , Anastasiia UKR 2:02.42
5 Kitamura , Yume JPN 2:04.57
6 de la Motte , Abbey AUS 2:04.90
7 Thomas , LaTavia USA 2:05.14
8 Omori , Fumika JPN 2:07.68
Lind , Samantha AUS DNF

3000 Metres Steeplechase – Women

1 Tuigong , Caroline Chepkurui KEN 9:31.30
2 Chepngetich , Rosefline KEN 9:35.90
3 Cherotich , Fancy KEN 9:45.31
4 Chepkemoi , Joan KEN 9:48.61
5 Bush , Nicole USA 9:49.81
6 Mohamed , Buzuayehu ETH 9:51.92
7 Takamizawa , Anju JPN 9:53.82
8 Mori , Chikako JPN 9:58.74
9 Segawa , Soyoka JPN 9:58.81
10 Mukai , Chika JPN 10:07.59
11 Mishima , Misaki JPN 10:14.56

400 Metres Hurdles – Women

1 Wells , Lauren AUS 55.23
2 Kubokura , Satomi JPN 56.14
3 Ishizuka , Haruko JPN 56.75
4 Hyder , Jasmine USA 56.85
5 Kira , Manami JPN 57.11
6 Gulli-Nance , Jessica AUS 58.09
7 Fujiwara , Miku JPN 58.58
8 Pekin , Lyndsay AUS 58.71

High Jump – Women

1 Patterson , Elizabeth USA 1.93
2 Radzivil , Svetlana UZB 1.90
3 Zheng , Xingjuan CHN 1.90
4 Frederick , Priscilla ANT 1.87
5 Watanabe , Yuki JPN 1.81
6 de Oliveira , Ana Paula BRA 1.75
Dusanova , Nadiya UZB NM

Long Jump – Women
Wind
1 Bartoletta , Tianna USA 6.61 +1.7
2 Stratton , Brooke AUS 6.55 -1.7
3 Xu , Xiaoling CHN 6.47 +2.7
4 Penney , Jessica AUS 6.35 +1.9
5 Kai , Konomi JPN 6.33 +0.5
6 Gaines , Jessie USA 6.11 -1.3
7 Yamada , Yu JPN 6.03 +1.7
8 Hiraka , Yurina JPN 5.85 +2.0

Triple Jump – Women
Wind
1 VeldÃ¡kovÃ¡ , Dana SVK 13.76 +0.8
2 Okpala , Nneka NZL 13.73 +1.0
3 Li , Yanmei CHN 13.64 -0.5
4 Miyasaka , Kaede JPN 13.23 +2.4
5 Li , Xiaohong CHN 13.13 -1.7
6 Pitts , Lynnika USA 13.03 +1.7
7 Starzak , Anna POL 13.00 +0.9
8 Emanuel , Keri USA 12.26 +0.5

Javelin Throw – Women

1 Gleadle , Elizabeth CAN 62.59
2 Ebihara , Yuki JPN 62.19
3 Kitaguchi , Haruka JPN 61.38
4 Kolak , Sara CRO 60.60
5 Borman , Brittany USA 59.29
6 Miyashita , Risa JPN 59.10
7 Ozolina , Sinta LAT 57.27
8 Witek , Marcelina POL 56.84
9 Sato , Yuka JPN 50.85
Mitchell , Kathryn AUS DNS

4×100 Metres Relay – Women

1 PR of China CHN 42.83
2 Japan JPN 43.95
3 Australia AUS 44.58
4 Japan “B” JPN 44.78

4×400 Metres Relay – Women

1 Japan JPN 3:33.72
2 Australia AUS 3:36.23

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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