by Alfonz Juck
Aleksandr Menkov, photo by PhotoRun.netAleksandr Menkov 841
ZHUKOVSKIY (RUS, Jun 30- Jul 1): Addition to first day of 60th Znamensky Memorial Anzhelika Sidorova cleared 470 in the pole vault. Fast women 1500 m by Aleksandra Gulyayeva 4:04.76 what is the Russian top time of 2018. In wet conditions Danil Lysenko won with 228 the high jump over Ivan Ukhov 225. Veronika Chernivskaya won the hurdles in 13.18 and Kristina Sivkova 100 m in 11.42 (-0.6). On Sunday World champion Aleksandr Menkov showed top long jump shape with 841 (+2.0) what is not official European lead 2018 as he is not allowed to compete internationally. Yelena Sokolova was best among women with 670 (+2.0) ahead of Yekaterina Koneva 634 who won her specialty triple jump with windy 14.52 (+3.2). In the 400 m hurdles Irina Kolesnichenko (formerly Davydova) clocked 55.23. Gulyayeva topped the 800 in 2:00.11 in a second win at the meet. Men winner Sergey Dubrovskiy 1:46.73 PB. Good throws by Yelena Panova 63.02 in discus and Yelizaveta Tsareva 73.22 in hammer.
