2006 World Junior Championships
Day 2 - 8/16 - pm session
WOMEN'S 800m
QUALIFYING

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 2 - 8/16
WOMEN'S 800M QUALIFYING

Wednesday August 16th, 2006
At Beijing, China
photos Doug Speck
Summaries Mike Kennedy

 
Lead pack finishing Heat 1 - Shannon Leinert - USA fourth in Semi's

Semifinals

First Two in Each Heat Plus Next Two Fastest Qualify for Final

HEAT ONE—After one lap the field was closely bunched at 64.89. Nataliya Lupu of Ukraine burst in from to lead at 600 in 1:35.67 but was quickly joined by Emma Jackson of Great Britain and Winny Chebet of Kenya. The three ran the final 100 with little to separate them. Lupu prevailed in 2:06.37 with Chebet second in 2:06.44 and Jackson third in 2:06.43. Leinhert of the U.S. and the University of Florida faded a little, dropping to sixth at 600 but then got up for fourth in 2:07.67.

800 Metres - Women - Semi-Final
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 18:30
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 3 593 Lupu Nataliya UKR 2:06.37 Q
2 8 375 Chebet Winny KEN 2:06.41 Q (PB)
3 4 246 Jackson Emma GBR 2:06.43
4 2 624 Leinert Shannon USA 2:07.67
5 6 463 Sowinska Agnieszka POL 2:08.47
6 7 157 Zalac Antonija CRO 2:11.19
7 5 364 Kubo Ruriko JPN 2:11.47
8 1 301 Bozzay Boglárka HUN 2:14.08

 
pack near the finish Semi #2 - Noble USA leans to qualify

HEAT TWO—Ayako Jinnouchi of Japan and Anzhelika Shevchenko of Ukraine led through 400 in 61.71 with Rebekah Noble in third. With a hard third 100 Jinnouchi continued but Shevchenko then took over to pass 600 in 1:34.06 and go on to win in 2:05.04 and Aicha Rezig of Algeria got for second in 2:05.45. Meanwhile Noble had dropped back to last with 240 remaining only to rally over in the final straight and get up for third in 2:05.56. However, she would now have to wait and see if she would be a time finalist.

Heat 2 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 18:36
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 3 600 Shevchenko Anzhelika UKR 2:05.04 Q
2 1 4 Rezig Aïcha ALG 2:05.45 Q (PB)
3 6 627 Noble Rebekah USA 2:05.56 q
4 5 361 Jinnouchi Ayako JPN 2:05.63
5 4 400 Hachlaf Halima MAR 2:07.07
6 7 184 Duman Veera EST 2:11.48
7 2 145 Coneo Muriel COL 2:13.15
8 8 420 Mulder Machteld Anna NED 2:15.17

Another competitive 800 Semi - #3 down the straightaway!!

HEAT THREE—At the 400, reached in 60.59 it was Aleksandra Uvarova of Russia, Zoe Buckman of Australia and Elizet Banda of Zambia. Olga Cristea of Maldova closed with a rush over the final 200 to win in 2:04.76t with Uvarova in second at 2:05.02 and Banda in third at 2:05.57 to become the first of two time qualifiers. When Beckman’s fourth place time of 2:05.60 went up on the screen Noble knew that she had become the final time qualifier by .04 second and the first American to ever to reach a World Junior Championship final in the 800.

Heat 3 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 18:42
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 1 402 Cristea Olga MDA 2:04.76 Q (SB)
2 3 527 Uvarova Aleksandra RUS 2:05.02 Q
3 7 657 Banda Elizet ZAM 2:05.57 q (NJ)
4 5 15 Buckman Zoe AUS 2:05.60
5 4 234 Christmas Danielle GBR 2:07.26
6 6 275 Horna Annett GER 2:07.54
7 2 556 Flodström Frida SWE 2:09.34
8 8 381 Kwamboka Flavious Teresa KEN 2:12.41