Osaka Grand Prix, May 8, 2010, courtesy of IAAF, note by Larry Eder

Christian Cantwell, Osaka Grand Prix, May 8, 2010, photo by PhotoRun.net.

Christian Cantwell won the shot in 21.34, nearly two meters ahead of his competition. Veronica Campbell-Brown won the 100 meters in 11.02 and Mike Rodgers ran the 200
meters in 20.55 for the win. Koji Murofushi took third in the world hammer challenge!
Results below, watch for photo gallery later today!

Christian Cantwell took the shot put in 21.34m, Osaka GP, photo by PhotoRun.net.

08/05/2010

Osaka Grand Prix
Osaka, 08/05/2010

Men’ results

100 Metres – Men Wind: +0.0 m/s

1 Frater , Michael JAM 10.24
2 Padgett , Travis USA 10.34
3 Tsukahara , Naoki JPN 10.36
4 Eriguchi , Masashi JPN 10.38
5 Christian , Brendan ANT 10.45
6 Stevens , Kendall USA 10.52
7 Arao , Shogo JPN 10.64
8 Kimura , Shintaro JPN 10.67
9 Goto , Daiki JPN 10.73

200 Metres – Men Wind: +0.0 m/s

1 Rodgers , Mike USA 20.55
2 Connaughton , Jared CAN 20.61
3 Takahira , Shinji JPN 20.78
4 Fujimitsu , Kenji JPN 20.80
5 Abiko , Mitsuhiro JPN 20.81
6 Edwards , Monzavous USA 20.85
7 Saito , Hitoshi JPN 21.08
8 Kawatsura , Sota JPN 21.24
Callander , Emmanuel TRI DQ

1500 Metres – Men

1 Ndiku , Caleb Mwangangi KEN 3:39.53
2 Kaan , James AUS 3:40.80
3 Ueno , Yuichiro JPN 3:40.83
4 Murakami , Yasunori JPN 3:42.74
5 Takaya , Masahiro JPN 3:44.32
6 Tago , Yasuhiro JPN 3:47.64
7 Kobayashi , Fumikazu JPN 3:51.33
8 Githinji , Michael KEN 3:55.78
9 Bene , BarnabâˆšÂ°s HUN 4:16.04
Stewart , Jason NZL DNF

110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: -0.4 m/s

1 Shi , Dongpeng CHN 13.42
2 Porter , Jeff USA 13.45
3 Tanonaka , Tasuku JPN 13.73
4 Moses , Yume JPN 13.78
5 Naito , Masato JPN 13.79
6 Ohashi , Yuji JPN 13.96
7 MacLeod , Jared CAN 14.11
8 Shuto , Takayuki JPN 14.22
Sands , Shamar BAH DNS

400 Metres Hurdles – Men

1 Suguimati , Mahau BRA 49.19
2 Melnykov , Stanislav UKR 49.34
3 Koike , Takayuki JPN 49.42
4 Imazeki , Yuta JPN 49.77
5 Cole , Brendan AUS 49.85
6 Kishimoto , Takayuki JPN 49.95
7 Kawakita , Naohiro JPN 50.09
8 Yoshida , Kazuaki JPN 50.66
Williams , Derrick USA DQ

Long Jump – Men
Wind
1 Su , Xiongfeng CHN 8.11 +0.1
2 Noffke , Chris AUS 7.92 +0.3
3 Johnson , Brian USA 7.84 +0.0
4 Smith , Tyrone BER 7.78 +1.5
5 Sugai , Yohei JPN 7.77 +1.2
6 Arakawa , Daisuke JPN 7.65 -1.2
7 Stolz , Christoph GER 7.42 +0.0

Shot Put – Men

1 Cantwell , Christian USA 21.34
2 Zhang , Jun CHN 19.81
3 Taylor , Daniel USA 18.99
4 Fortes , Marco POR 18.44
5 Murakawa , Yohei JPN 17.78
6 Yamada , Sotaro JPN 16.92

Murofushi lets it fly…Osaka GP, May 8, 2010, photo by Photorun.net.

Hammer Throw – Men
Pts
1 Nazarov , Dilshod TJK 78.84 78.84
2 Shayunou , Yury BLR 77.95 77.95
3 Murofushi , Koji JPN 77.86 77.86
4 Vizzoni , Nicola ITA 75.80 75.80
5 Rubanko , Artem UKR 75.64 75.64
6 Zagornyi , Aleksey RUS 75.15 75.15
7 Sokolovs , Igors LAT 74.99 74.99
8 Al-Zinkawi , Ali Mohamed KUW 74.80 74.80
9 Lingua , Marco ITA 72.67 72.67

Javelin Throw – Men

1 Farquhar , Stuart NZL 82.41
2 Korotkov , Ilya RUS 81.16
3 Alainis , KâˆšÂ§rlis LAT 79.32
4 Avramenko , Roman UKR 79.01
5 Murakami , Yukifumi JPN 77.66
6 Hill , Chris USA 77.06
7 Qin , Qiang CHN 77.03
8 Ikeda , Yasuo JPN 70.52

Women’ results

100 Metres – Women Wind: -0.1 m/s

1 Campbell-Brown , Veronica JAM 11.02
2 Fukushima , Chisato JPN 11.27
3 Breen , Melissa AUS 11.47
4 Khubbieva , Guzel UZB 11.58
5 Wada , Maki JPN 11.68
6 Seko , Nodoka JPN 11.81
7 Watanabe , Mayumi JPN 11.93
8 Tamaki , Misuzu JPN 12.11

400 Metres – Women

1 Cuddihy , Joanne IRL 52.15
2 Williams , Clora JAM 52.93
3 Chen , Jingwen CHN 53.69
4 Tanaka , Chisato JPN 54.23
5 Sato , Mayu JPN 54.42
6 Miho , Shingu JPN 54.99
7 Power , Adrienne CAN 55.67
8 Horie , Mayu JPN 55.70

5000 Metres – Women

1 Mwangi , Ann Karindi KEN 15:15.19
2 Wellings , Eloise AUS 15:16.87
3 Fukushi , Kayoko JPN 15:17.86
4 Kerubo , Doricah Obare KEN 15:26.07
5 Kobayashi , Yuriko JPN 15:31.72
6 Shimizu , Yuko JPN 15:45.81
7 Matsuoka , Noriko JPN 15:54.83

100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: -0.2 m/s

1 Powell , Ginnie USA 12.76
2 Dektyareva , Tatyana RUS 12.88
3 Felicien , Perdita CAN 13.03
4 Terada , Asuka JPN 13.13
5 Sun , Yawei CHN 13.23
6 Denby , Nichole USA 13.34
7 Ishino , Mami JPN 13.52
8 Kumagai , Fumiko JPN 13.54
9 Joshita , Rena JPN 13.59

400 Metres Hurdles – Women

1 Boden , Lauren AUS 55.25
2 Leach , Nicole USA 55.52
3 Tago , Miyabi JPN 55.99
4 Kubokura , Satomi JPN 56.29
5 Luogon , Kou LBR 56.62
6 Spence , Christine USA 56.76
7 Aoki , Sayaka JPN 57.67
8 Barnes , Miriam USA 58.04
9 Sawada , Miki JPN 59.01

Pole Vault – Women

1 Owen , Melinda USA 4.45
2 Schwartz , Jillian USA 4.40
3 Boyd , Alana AUS 4.40
4 Bisk , Amanda AUS 4.30
5 Kondo , Takayo JPN 4.20
6 Abiko , Tomomi JPN 4.10
Wu , Sha CHN NM
Li , Ling CHN NM

Discus Throw – Women

1 Samuels , Dani AUS 63.75
2 Breisch , Becky USA 62.40
3 Sendriute , Zinaida LTU 58.22
4 Brown Trafton , Stephanie USA 56.65
5 Murofushi , Yuka JPN 51.12
6 Suzuki , Tsuruyo JPN 50.63

Murofushi’s hammer, Osaka Grand Prix, May 8, 2010, photo by PhotoRun.net.

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