IAAF World Juniors Track & Field Championships
August
15-20, 2006 @ Chaoyang Sport Centre in Beijing, China
(Global
championships for athletes born in 1987 or later)
Mike Kennedy, Doug Speck, & Jim Spier on site!
DAY FOUR RESULTS!
DyeStatCal's
full recap (summaries, photos, results) from Day 4 of 6
USATF
Summary - Chris Carter Gold 400mH - Noble (800) & Ofili (100H) bronze!!
IAAF morning report - qualifying for some exciting finals
IAAF evening - 800 and 200 Finals - Chris Carter US Gold 400H
FULL
DAY FOUR RESULTS
11th IAAF World Junior
Championships Beijing 15/20-Aug-2006
August 18 Results
MEN
Official Results - 800 Metres - Men - Final
Friday, August
18, 2006 - 18:45
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 1 456 Rudisha David Lekuta KEN 1:47.40
2 6 458 Kivuna Jackson Mumbwa KEN 1:47.64
3 3 737 Chepkirwok Abraham UGA 1:47.79
4 8 567 Lewandowski Marcin POL 1:48.25
5 7 503 Doukana Rabii MAR 1:48.39
6 5 677 Kaki Khamis Abubaker SUD 1:48.46
7 2 83 Ali Belal Mansoor BRN 1:49.09
8 4 166 González Andy CUB 1:53.61
110m Hurdles (99.0cm) - Men - Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:40 Wind: -0.5 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 645 Zhukov Vladimir RUS 13.93 Q (CR) 0.173
2 9 779 Martin Dennis USA 14.04 Q 0.156
3 4 305 Balnuweit Erik GER 14.05 Q 0.159
4 1 282 Adeniran Julian GBR 14.05 Q 0.156
5 6 408 Tedesco Stefano ITA 14.18 q 0.165
6 7 595 Fourie Lehann RSA 14.25 0.156
7 3 667 Deržanic Rok SLO 14.48 0.191
8 2 809 Davis Jonathan VEN 14.53 (NJ) 0.169
9 8 524 Maritz Tiaan NAM 15.07 (NJ) 0.169
Heat 2 - Friday, August
18, 2006 - 9:47 Wind: 0.7 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 1 343 Douvalídis Konstadínos GRE 13.46 Q (CR) 0.143
2 4 569 Noga Artur POL 13.64 Q 0.150
3 3 510 Wan Sofian Rayzam Shah MAS 14.07 Q 0.260
4 5 228 Kirschbaum Rauno EST 14.32 Q 0.203
5 8 720 Wang Hung-Wen TPE 14.38 0.153
6 6 404 Redaelli Carlo Giuseppe ITA 14.43 0.179
7 2 382 Razmjoo Sajjad IRI 14.54 0.158
8 7 584 Urarii Toriki PYF 14.92 0.201
Heat 3 - Friday, August 18,
2006 - 9:54 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 565 Jurkowski Wojciech POL 13.48 Q (NJ) 0.165
2 5 787 Reed Darius USA 13.81 Q 0.214
3 3 533 van Kruchten Mike NED 13.81 Q 0.162
4 1 247 Kilpi Otto FIN 13.91 Q (NJ) 0.167
5 2 29 Stanton Lachlan AUS 14.00 q (NJ) 0.186
6 4 411 Collins Andre JAM 14.03 q (NJ) 0.197
7 8 194 Idriss Abdulrahman EGY 14.12 q (NJ) 0.204
8 7 658 Abdul Halim Abdul Hakeem SIN 14.83 0.138
Heat 4 - Friday,
August 18, 2006 - 10:01 Wind: 0.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 290 Frankis Gianni GBR 13.74 Q 0.148
2 7 424 Stewart Keiron JAM 13.80 Q (NJ) 0.165
3 1 610 Smit Louw RSA 13.86 Q (PB) 0.135
4 3 279 Telliam Stevy FRA 13.88 Q 0.177
5 6 131 Li Haolun CHN 14.25 0.173
6 8 365 Käfer Levente HUN 14.37 0.157
7 5 211 Ferrer Alberto ESP 14.43 0.142
2 47 Brathwaite Ryan BAR DQ 0.000
Heat 5 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 10:08 Wind:
-0.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 260 Coco-Viloin Samuel FRA 13.55 Q 0.169
2 1 124 Hong Xiaofeng CHN 13.93 Q 0.134
3 7 558 McFarlane Jorge PER 13.96 Q 0.199
4 3 310 Dittmer Paul GER 14.05 Q 0.162
5 5 204 Barragán Juan Ramón ESP 14.20 0.152
6 2 648 Bajic Srdjan SER 14.33 (NJ) 0.155
7 6 355 Villagrán Hans GUA 14.61 (NJ) 0.252
8 170 Stavridis Alexandros CYP DNS 0.000
Official Results - 400 Metres Hurdles - Men -
Final
Friday, August 18, 2006 - 19:50
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 762 Carter Chris USA 50.08 0.174
2 6 481 Shraheli Bandar KSA 50.34 (PB) 0.191
3 8 747 Melnykov Stanislav UKR 50.43 (PB) 0.175
4 5 347 Papadópoulos Spirídon-Ioánnis GRE 50.70 (PB) 0.171
5 7 529 Franken Daniël NED 51.08 (NJ) 0.154
6 3 637 Sakaev Vyacheslav RUS 51.13 (PB) 0.186
7 2 142 Yu Zipei CHN 51.17 0.186
8 1 459 Wambua John Kituu KEN 51.76 0.180
Official Results - Triple Jump - Men - Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 15.80m or at least best 12 qualified
Group A - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind
1 90 Petkov Zhivko BUL 16.11 Q (-0.4)
2 627 Ionov Stanislav RUS 16.05 Q (0.3) (SB)
3 153 Zhong Minwei CHN 16.00 Q (-0.4)
4 78 da Silva Hilton BRA 15.98 Q (0.6)
5 69 Platnitski Dzmitry BLR 15.95 Q (0.2)
6 264 Diarra Abdoulaye FRA 15.65 (0.2)
7 703 Kongnil Varunyoo THA 15.59 (-0.7)
8 86 Salmn Mohamed Yusuf BRN 15.43 (-0.1)
9 450 Chettykbayev Yevgeniy KAZ 15.29 (0.1)
10 64 Sourou Séwa BEN 15.26 (-0.6)
11 772 Jackson Kali USA 15.26 (-0.7)
12 36 Panasenko Ruslan AZE 14.47 (-0.7)
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Petkov Zhivko 15.37 (-0.3) 16.11 (-0.4) NM
Ionov Stanislav 16.05 (0.3) NM NM
Zhong Minwei 16.00 (-0.4) NM NM
da Silva Hilton 15.98 (0.6) NM NM
Platnitski Dzmitry 15.95 (0.2) NM NM
Diarra Abdoulaye 15.65 (0.2) X 15.64 (0.0)
Kongnil Varunyoo X X 15.59 (-0.7)
Salman Mohamed Yusuf 15.31 (0.2) X 15.43 (-0.1)
Chettykbayev Yevgeniy 15.29 (0.1) X 15.13 (-0.7)
Sourou Séwa 15.25 (0.6) 15.26 (-0.6) X
Jackson Kali X X 15.26 (-0.7)
Panasenko Ruslan 14.36 (0.7) X 14.47 (-0.7)
Group B - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind
1 261 Compaoré Benjamin FRA 16.34 Q (0.3) (PB)
2 191 Chila Hugo ECU 16.01 Q (0.1)
3 622 Efremov Ilya RUS 15.95 Q (0.4) (SB)
4 79 da Silva Luiz Felipe BRA 15.90 Q (0.3) (PB)
5 744 El-Sheryf Sheryf UKR 15.87 Q (-0.2)
6 68 Pakhomchyk Raman BLR 15.85 Q (0.4) (PB)
7 306 Bayer Nico GER 15.69 q (0.0) (PB)
8 118 Dong Bin CHN 15.60 (0.1)
9 759 Black Andre USA 15.53 (0.1)
10 6 Temacini Sief El Islem ALG 14.88 (-0.7)
11 520 Zandamela Afonso MOZ 14.78 (0.4)
511 Cuharenko Alexandru MDA DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Compaoré Benjamin 16.34 (0.3) NM NM
Chila Hugo 16.01 (0.1) NM NM
Efremov Ilya 15.25 (0.2) 15.54 (-0.6) 15.95 (0.4)
da Silva Luiz Felipe 15.90 (0.3) NM NM
El-Sheryf Sheryf 15.70 (0.3) 15.59 (-0.8) 15.87 (-0.2)
Pakhomchyk Raman 15.29 (0.3) 15.48 (0.0) 15.85 (0.4)
Bayer Nico X 15.69 (0.0) 15.40 (0.0)
Dong Bin 15.60 (0.1) X 14.31 (-0.1)
Black Andre 14.68 (0.6) 15.53 (0.1) X
Temacini Sief El Islem 14.64 (0.3) 14.88 (-0.7) 14.82 (-0.3)
Zandamela Afonso 14.78 (0.4) 14.45 (-0.5) 14.49 (-0.5)
Cuharenko Alexandru NM NM NM
Official Results - Shot Put (6kg) - Men - Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 18.90m or at least best 12 qualified
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 770 Hickey John USA 19.49 Q (PB)
2 484 Mohammad Mashari KUW 19.31 Q
3 167 Véliz Carlos CUB 19.25 Q
4 193 El-Moaty Mostafa Abdul EGY 18.97 Q
5 145 Wang Guangpu CHN 18.49
6 376 Karhana Om Prakash Singh IND 18.41 (PB)
7 590 Grasu Mihai ROM 18.29
8 642 Semenov Ivan RUS 18.24
9 178 Tulácek Vladislav CZE 18.20
10 21 Fuamatu Emanuele AUS 17.97 (SB)
11 751 Seheda Stanislav UKR 17.94
12 161 Kišanic Nikola CRO 17.85
13 368 Páli Viktor HUN 17.12
14 186 Petersen Nick DEN 16.89
597 Grobler Nico RSA NM
407 Spallanzani Maicol ITA NM
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Hickey John X X 19.49
Mohammad Mashari 19.31 NM NM
Véliz Carlos 18.66 19.25 NM
El-Moaty Mostafa Abdul 18.41 18.97 NM
Wang Guangpu 17.72 17.70 18.49
Karhana Om Prakash Singh X 18.13 18.41
Grasu Mihai 18.29 18.06 X
Semenov Ivan 17.13 18.24 X
Tulácek Vladislav 18.13 18.20 X
Fuamatu Emanuele 17.92 17.97 17.80
Seheda Stanislav 16.42 X 17.94
Kišanic Nikola 17.85 17.35 X
Páli Viktor 17.12 X 16.60
Petersen Nick 15.49 X 16.89
Spallanzani Maicol X X X
Grobler Nico X X X
Group B - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 10:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 378 Vij Sourabh IND 19.27 Q
2 496 Luožys Paulius LTU 19.08 Q
3 598 Hoffman Jan Petrus RSA 19.00 Q
4 227 Hunt Margus EST 18.95 Q (NJ)
5 89 Karamfilov Rosen BUL 18.62
6 123 Guo Yanxiang CHN 18.62
7 30 Stevens Joe AUS 18.61 (PB)
8 320 Hepperle Tobias GER 18.59
9 581 Vital e Silva António POR 18.55
10 353 Yeromarkákis Yeóryios GRE 18.38 (PB)
11 630 Lyadusov Konstantin RUS 18.37
12 806 Kamulya Grigoriy UZB 18.06 (NJ)
13 803 Werskey Eric USA 16.62
14 163 Premeru Marin CRO 16.54
15 188 Benjamin Tyron DMA 16.34
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Vij Sourabh 19.27 NM NM
Luožys Paulius 19.08 NM NM
Hoffman Jan Petrus 16.71 19.00 NM
Hunt Margus 18.40 18.95 NM
Karamfilov Rosen 18.62 X 18.37
Guo Yanxiang X 18.12 18.62
Stevens Joe 18.37 18.61 18.18
Hepperle Tobias 18.59 18.27 18.21
Vital e Silva António X 18.55 X
Yeromarkákis Yeóryios 17.40 17.74 18.38
Lyadusov Konstantin 17.49 18.37 17.97
Kamulya Grigoriy 18.01 X 18.06
Werskey Eric X X 16.62
Premeru Marin 16.54 X X
Benjamin Tyron 15.56 16.34 16.25
August 18 Results
WOMEN
Official Results - 200 Metres - Women - Final
Friday, August 18, 2006 - 19:15 Wind: -0.9 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 82 Naimova Tezdzhan BUL 22.99 (PB) 0.163
2 8 70 Gomes Vanda BRA 23.59 (SB) 0.174
3 3 454 Klocek Ewelina POL 23.63 (PB) 0.173
4 7 124 Wang Jing CHN 23.68 (PB) 0.175
5 5 626 Mayo Gabby USA 23.84 0.164
6 6 343 Leroy Anasthasia JAM 23.88 0.178
7 2 638 Tarmoh Jeneba USA 23.96 0.167
8 1 35 Ferguson Sheniqua BAH 24.03 0.154
Official Results - 800 Metres - Women - Final
Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:55
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 1 402 Cristea Olga MDA 2:04.52 (SB)
2 7 375 Chebet Winny KEN 2:04.59 (PB)
3 4 627 Noble Rebekah USA 2:04.90
4 3 593 Lupu Nataliya UKR 2:05.05
5 6 600 Shevchenko Anzhelika UKR 2:05.23
6 5 527 Uvarova Aleksandra RUS 2:05.43
7 2 4 Rezig Aïcha ALG 2:06.22
8 8 657 Banda Elizet ZAM 2:07.71
Official Results
- 1500 Metres - Women - Heats
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 10:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 363 Kobayashi Yuriko JPN 4:19.14 Q
2 251 Twell Stephanie GBR 4:19.78 Q
3 431 Eikrem Engeset Kristine NOR 4:19.94 Q
4 116 Li Yong CHN 4:22.29
5 639 Tauro Danielle USA 4:24.16 (PB)
6 488 Vasiloiu Cristina ROM 4:26.56
7 58 Kudzelich Sviatlana BLR 4:32.59
8 569 Al Jallad Iman SYR 4:33.03
9 414 Alugodhi Theresia NAM 4:41.22
Heat 2 - Friday, August 18, 2006
- 10:26
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 190 Bedada Emebet Etea ETH 4:23.52 Q
2 380 Kosgei Mercy Jelimo KEN 4:23.53 Q
3 530 Eminovic Azra SER 4:25.49 Q (NJ)
4 368 Ohta Akane JPN 4:28.34
5 279 Krebs Denise GER 4:31.73
6 546 Bakhit Amina SUD 4:31.79
7 86 Biewald Jennifer CAN 4:34.14
657 Banda Elizet ZAM DNS
600 Shevchenko Anzhelika UKR DNS
Heat 3 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 10:37
os Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 376 Jelagat Irene KEN 4:15.80 Q
2 172 Ogbagaber Merat Bahta ERI 4:18.10 Q (NJ)
3 110 Jin Yuan CHN 4:18.85 Q
4 163 Capková Tereza CZE 4:19.00 q (PB)
5 15 Buckman Zoe AUS 4:20.24 q (PB)
6 607 Bedell Erin USA 4:20.67 q (SB)
7 236 England Hannah GBR 4:23.49
8 329 Costanza Valentina ITA 4:24.31 (PB)
9 85 Becker Alexandra CAN 4:30.70
10 580 Brahmi Sonia TUN 4:33.45 (SB)
Official Results - 100 Metres Hurdles - Women
- Semi-Final
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:25 Wind: -1.6 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 441 Vukicevic Christina NOR 13.45 Q (PB) 0.127
2 4 341 Clarke Kettiany JAM 13.72 Q 0.176
3 3 595 Plotitsyna Anna UKR 13.91 0.177
4 8 90 Holder Nikkita CAN 13.94 (PB) 0.182
5 6 46 Paplauskaya Katsiaryna BLR 13.96 0.153
6 1 38 Beckles Kierre BAR 14.04 0.172
7 7 565 Rundqvist Emilia SWE 14.49 0.154
2 197 Korte Annimari FIN DNF 0.152
Heat 2 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:32 Wind: -0.3 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 501 Fedoriva Aleksandra RUS 13.60 Q 0.187
2 3 610 Clarke Shalina USA 13.70 Q 0.178
3 6 254 Elbe Anne-Kathrin GER 13.80 0.179
4 4 151 Erega Arna CRO 13.88 0.162
5 2 222 Galtier Manuela FRA 14.02 0.167
6 1 491 Kleynhans Erika RSA 14.24 0.161
7 8 88 Hucul Jenni CAN 14.35 0.140
7 203 Lindström Giia FIN DQ 0.000
Heat 3 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:39 Wind: -1.7 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 628 Ofili Tiffany USA 13.47 Q 0.163
2 4 523 Shtepa Yekaterina RUS 13.57 Q 0.175
3 8 238 Hohn Zara GBR 13.71 q 0.169
4 3 352 Ruddock Natasha JAM 13.71 q 0.144
5 5 272 Hildebrand Nadine GER 13.95 0.170
6 1 386 Jung Hye-Lim KOR 14.12 0.160
7 2 109 Jiang Yanhua CHN 14.20 0.161
8 7 398 Reuland Kim LUX 14.68 0.163
Official Results - 100 Metres Hurdles - Women
- Final
Friday, August 18, 2006 - 20:15 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 523 Shtepa Yekaterina RUS 13.33 (WJL) 0.158
2 6 441 Vukicevic Christina NOR 13.34 (NJ) 0.160
3 4 628 Ofili Tiffany USA 13.37 (PB) 0.140
4 3 501 Fedoriva Aleksandra RUS 13.57 0.176
5 1 238 Hohn Zara GBR 13.62 (PB) 0.170
6 2 352 Ruddock Natasha JAM 13.82 0.212
7 8 341 Clarke Kettiany JAM 14.00 0.154
7 610 Clarke Shalina USA DNF 0.162
Official Results - High Jump - Women - Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 1.83m or at least best 12 qualified
Group A - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 186 Leks Viktoria EST 1.83 Q
2 374 Yevseyeva Yekaterina KAZ 1.83 Q
3 568 Viklund Erika SWE 1.83 Q (SB)
4 278 Klein Jennifer GER 1.83 Q
5 560 Jungmark Ebba SWE 1.83 Q
6 655 Radzivil Svetlana UZB 1.83 Q
7 466 Anselmo Marisa POR 1.81 (NJ)
8 247 Leach Jessica GBR 1.78
8 80 Demireva Mirela BUL 1.78
8 503 Kalyuzhina Yekaterina RUS 1.78
11 429 Angelsen Tonje NOR 1.74
Athlete 1.70 1.74 1.78 1.81 1.83
Leks Viktoria O O O O O
Yevseyeva Yekaterina O O O XO O
Viklund Erika - O XO O XO
Klein Jennifer O O O O XXO
Jungmark Ebba - XO O XO XXO
Radzivil Svetlana - O XXO XO XXO
Anselmo Marisa O XXO O O XXX
Demireva Mirela O O O XXX
Kalyuzhina Yekaterina O O O XXX
Leach Jessica - O O XXX
Angelsen Tonje O XXO XXX
G roup B - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 141 Zheng Xingjuan CHN 1.83 Q
2 255 Engel Annett GER 1.83 Q
3 589 Hapchuk Nataliya UKR 1.83 Q
4 176 Martín-Pozuelo Gema ESP 1.83 Q (SB)
5 245 Hubbard Vikki GBR 1.81 q
5 652 Duranova Nadezhda UZB 1.81 q
7 481 Petre Esthera ROM 1.81
7 55 Herasimava Alesia BLR 1.81
9 611 Coleman Patience USA 1.74
9 432 Grindem Øyunn NOR 1.74
9 579 Watkins Rhonda TRI 1.74
Athlete 1.70 1.74 1.78 1.81 1.83
Zheng Xingjuan O O O O O
Engel Annett - O O O XO
Hapchuk Nataliya O XO XO XO XO
Martín-Pozuelo Gema O XO O O XXO
Duranova Nadezhda O O XO O XXX
Hubbard Vikki O O XO O XXX
Herasimava Alesia O O O XO XXX
Petre Esthera O O O XO XXX
Grindem Øyunn O O XXX
Watkins Rhonda - O - XXX
Coleman Patience O O XXX
Official Results - Pole Vault - Women - Final
Friday,
August 18, 2006 - 18:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 142 Zhou Yang CHN 4.30 (PB)
2 535 Šutej Tina SLO 4.25 (NJ)
3 23 Parnov Vicky AUS 4.20
4 528 Volik Valeriya RUS 4.10
5 224 Mourand Chloé FRA 4.10
6 207 Nikkanen Minna FIN 4.10
7 355 Abiko Tomomi JPN 4.00
8 604 Anthony Tori USA 3.90
9 95 Duclos-Lasnier Gabriella CAN 3.90
10 336 Scarpellini Elena ITA 3.80
286 Ryzih Lisa GER NM
112 Li Ling CHN NM
Athlete 3.80 3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.25 4.30 4.41
Zhou Yang - - O O XO XXO XO XXX
Š utej Tina O - O O O XO XXX
Parnov Vicky - - O O XXO XX- X
Volik Valeriya - - XO O XXX
Mourand Chloé O - O XXO XXX
Nikkanen Minna XO - XXO XXO XXX
Abiko Tomomi XO XO XO XXX
Anthony Tori XO O XXX
Duclos-Lasnier Gabriella O XXO XXX
Scarpellini Elena O - XXX
Ryzih Lisa - - XXX
Li Ling XXX
Official Results - Discus Throw - Women - Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 49.50m or at least best 12 qualified
Official Report
Last Updated: 05:23:33 CET 18/08/2006
Group A - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:05
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 25 Samuels Dani AUS 57.67 Q
2 41 Peetroons Annelies BEL 52.01 Q
3 122 Pan Saili CHN 51.77 Q
4 489 du Toit Simoné RSA 50.32 Q
5 306 Márton Anita HUN 49.65 Q
6 292 Weller Anna-Katharina GER 45.95
7 636 Summers Jere USA 45.95
8 388 Sakong Ga-eun KOR 45.90
9 56 Kopets Alena BLR 44.77
10 156 Perkovic Sandra CRO 44.11
11 576 Li Wen-Hua TPE 43.33
12 204 Mattila Elina FIN 43.20
418 Boekelman Melissa NED NM
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Samuels Dani 57.67 NM NM
Peetroons Annelies 52.01 NM NM
Pan Saili X 51.77 NM
du Toit Simoné 46.92 50.32 NM
Marton Anita 49.65 NM NM
Weller Anna-Katharina X 45.95 41.75
Summers Jere 40.59 X 45.95
Sakong Ga-eun 45.90 45.18 45.63
Kopets Alena 41.40 44.77 X
Perkovic Sandra 44.11 42.86 42.64
Li Wen-Hua 43.33 X 38.92
Mattila Elina 42.28 41.76 43.20
Boekelman Melissa X X X
Group B - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 10:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 131 Tan Jian CHN 52.04 Q
2 5 Comba Rocío ARG 49.31 q
3 487 Vartolomei Ionela ROM 48.38 q
4 257 Gehrig Kristina GER 48.19 q
5 54 Flaryanovich Alesia BLR 47.89 q
6 573 Chou Yueh-Ching TPE 47.47 q
7 161 Banacká Ivana CZE 46.80 q
8 302 Császár Katalin HUN 46.66
9 630 Pendleton Emily USA 46.48
10 653 Kot Oksana UZB 46.22
11 392 Ozolina Diana LAT 43.97
12 28 Thomson Annabel AUS 42.32
13 294 Diamadí Eléni GRE 42.04
405 Estrada Irais MEX NM
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Tan Jian 52.04 NM NM
Comba Rocío 49.31 47.55 49.13
Vartolomei Ionela 45.81 48.38 X
Gehrig Kristina X X 48.19
Flaryanovich Alesia 39.98 47.89 X
Chou Yueh-Ching 43.89 46.79 47.47
Banacká Ivana 46.80 42.64 46.08
Császár Katalin 46.66 46.58 46.21
Pendleton Emily 38.10 43.38 46.48
Kot Oksana X 46.22 46.16
Ozolina Diana 40.27 42.36 43.97
Thomson Annabel X 42.32 41.73
Diamadí Eléni 41.50 42.04 X
Estrada Irais X X X
Heptathlon
Official Results - 100 Metres Hurdles - Women - Heptathlon
Heat 1 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:00 Wind: 1.6
m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 4 500 Chernova Tatyana RUS 13.70 (PB) 1021 0.177
2 1 219 Lesueur Eloyse FRA 13.89 (PB) 994 0.156
3 3 129 Song Lijuan CHN 14.10 (SB) 964 0.169
4 6 649 Woods Shana USA 14.14 (PB) 959 0.166
5 2 269 Gürbig Romy GER 14.15 (PB) 957 0.146
6 5 162 Cachová Katerina CZE 14.36 (PB) 928 0.183
7 7 559 Hallin Ellinore SWE 14.45 (PB) 916 0.170
8 8 205 Mattila Maiju FIN 14.77 (PB) 872 0.134
Heat 2 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:10 Wind: 0.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 1 437 Marcussen Ida NOR 14.10 (PB) 964 0.238
2 8 233 Blaize Dominique GBR 14.11 (PB) 963 0.176
3 7 632 Quinley Shevell USA 14.46 (PB) 914 0.179
4 2 135 Wei Xiaobin CHN 14.48 (PB) 912 0.172
5 3 390 Grabuste Aiga LAT 14.57 899 0.242
6 5 165 Klucinová Eliška CZE 14.77 (PB) 872 0.175
7 4 457 Nowak Olimpia POL 14.84 863 0.197
8 6 226 Omrani Yasmina FRA 15.01 840 0.190
Heat 3 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:20 Wind: -0.8 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 4 590 Ilkevych Iryna UKR 14.00 (PB) 978 0.175
2 3 250 Surman Jade GBR 14.08 (PB) 967 0.160
3 6 285 Rach Diana GER 14.18 953 0.230
4 8 29 Wheatley Megan AUS 14.46 (PB) 914 0.168
5 7 509 Panteleyeva Yana RUS 14.52 906 0.158
6 2 97 Theisen Brianne CAN 14.67 (PB) 886 0.143
7 5 550 Reggel Valérie SUI 14.97 (PB) 846 0.189
Official Results - High Jump - Women - Heptathlon
Group A - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:55
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 500 Chernova Tatyana RUS 1.80 (PB) 978
2 219 Lesueur Eloyse FRA 1.71 867
3 250 Surman Jade GBR 1.71 (PB) 867
3 162 Cachová Katerina CZE 1.71 867
3 205 Mattila Maiju FIN 1.71 (SB) 867
6 285 Rach Diana GER 1.71 (PB) 867
7 390 Grabuste Aiga LAT 1.68 830
7 649 Woods Shana USA 1.68 (PB) 830
9 437 Marcussen Ida NOR 1.68 (PB) 830
10 97 Theisen Brianne CAN 1.65 (PB) 795
11 135 Wei Xiaobin CHN 1.65 (PB) 795
Athlete 1.44 1.47 1.50 1.53 1.56 1.59 1.62 1.65 1.68 1.71 1.74 1.77 1.80 1.83
Chernova Tatyana - - - - - - O O O XO O XO XO XX
Lesueur Eloyse - - - - O - O - XO O XXX
Surman Jade - - - - O O O O O XXO XXX
Mattila Maiju - - - - - - O O O XXO XXX
Cachová Katerina - - - - - O - O O XXO XXX
Rach Diana - - - - O O XXO O O XXO XXX
Woods Shana - - O O O O O XO O XXX
Grabuste Aiga - - - - O O - XO O XXX
Marcussen Ida - - - O O O O O XXO XXX
Theisen Brianne - - - - O O O O XXX
Wei Xiaobin - - O O O O XXO XXO XXX
Group B - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 9:55
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 509 Panteleyeva Yana RUS 1.80 (SB) 978
2 165 Klucinová Eliška CZE 1.77 (PB) 941
3 129 Song Lijuan CHN 1.77 (PB) 941
4 590 Ilkevych Iryna UKR 1.74 (PB) 903
5 233 Blaize Dominique GBR 1.71 (PB) 867
6 559 Hallin Ellinore SWE 1.71 (PB) 867
7 269 Gürbig Romy GER 1.68 830
8 226 Omrani Yasmina FRA 1.68 830
9 457 Nowak Olimpia POL 1.56 689
9 29 Wheatley Megan AUS 1.56 (PB) 689
11 632 Quinley Shevell USA 1.56 (PB) 689
12 550 Reggel Valérie SUI 1.53 (PB) 655
Athlete 1.44 1.47 1.50 1.53 1.56 1.59 1.62 1.65 1.68 1.71 1.74 1.77 1.80 1.83
Panteleyeva Yana - - - - - - O O O O XO XO O XXX
Klucinová Eliška - - - - O - XO O O O XO O XXX
Song Lijuan - - O - O - O O O O XO XO XXX
Ilkevych Iryna - - - - - O O O O O O XXX
Blaize Dominique - - - - - - O O O O XXX
Hallin Ellinore - - - - O O O O O XO XXX
Gürbig Romy - - - - O O O O O XXX
Omrani Yasmina - - - O - XO O XXO XXO XXX
Nowak Olimpia - - O O XO XXX
Wheatley Megan - - O O XO XXX
Quinley Shevell - - XO XO XXO XXX
Reggel Valérie O O XO XXO XXX
Official Results - Shot Put - Women - Heptathlon
Group A - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 437 Marcussen Ida NOR 13.68 (PB) 773
2 285 Rach Diana GER 12.73 (PB) 709
3 500 Chernova Tatyana RUS 12.18 (PB) 673
4 165 Klucinová Eliška CZE 12.17 (PB) 672
5 29 Wheatley Megan AUS 12.04 (PB) 664
6 226 Omrani Yasmina FRA 11.68 640
7 250 Surman Jade GBR 11.50 628
8 135 Wei Xiaobin CHN 10.88 (PB) 587
9 97 Theisen Brianne CAN 9.87 (SB) 521
10 205 Mattila Maiju FIN 9.22 (SB) 479
11 649 Woods Shana USA 8.93 (PB) 460
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Marcussen Ida 13.30 13.17 13.68
Rach Diana 10.29 12.73 10.84
Chernova Tatyana 12.18 11.80 10.76
Klucinová Eliška 12.17 10.82 11.88
Wheatley Megan 12.04 11.03 11.94
Omrani Yasmina 11.68 X 11.58
Surman Jade 11.50 11.20 X
Wei Xiaobin 10.22 10.05 10.88
Theisen Brianne 9.87 9.24 9.39
Mattila Maiju X 9.22 X
Woods Shana X 8.78 8.93
Group B - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 18:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 509 Panteleyeva Yana RUS 13.35 (PB) 751
2 390 Grabuste Aiga LAT 12.82 (PB) 715
3 559 Hallin Ellinore SWE 12.64 704
4 233 Blaize Dominique GBR 12.23 (PB) 676
5 457 Nowak Olimpia POL 11.60 (PB) 635
6 129 Song Lijuan CHN 11.10 (PB) 602
7 590 Ilkevych Iryna UKR 11.08 (PB) 600
8 550 Reggel Valérie SUI 10.78 (PB) 581
9 269 Gürbig Romy GER 10.35 552
10 219 Lesueur Eloyse FRA 10.20 (PB) 543
11 162 Cachová Katerina CZE 9.82 (PB) 518
632 Quinley Shevell USA DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Panteleyeva Yana 13.35 12.38 11.87
Grabuste Aiga 12.82 11.32 12.55
Hallin Ellinore 12.64 12.19 12.02
Blaize Dominique 12.23 11.15 11.99
Nowak Olimpia 11.60 11.39 11.43
Song Lijuan 10.80 11.10 10.95
Ilkevych Iryna 10.50 10.83 11.08
Reggel Valérie 10.05 10.78 9.95
Gürbig Romy 10.35 X 9.90
Lesueur Eloyse 9.97 10.20 X
Cachová Katerina 9.82 9.63 8.22
Quinley Shevell NM NM NM
Official Results - 200 Metres - Women - Heptathlon
Heat 1 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 20:25 Wind: -0.1 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 4 285 Rach Diana GER 24.72 913 0.204
2 3 509 Panteleyeva Yana RUS 25.03 (PB) 884 0.151
3 7 129 Song Lijuan CHN 25.23 (PB) 866 0.164
4 6 550 Reggel Valérie SUI 25.26 (PB) 863 0.180
5 1 29 Wheatley Megan AUS 25.29 (PB) 860 0.159
6 8 162 Cachová Katerina CZE 25.66 (SB) 827 0.192
5 632 Quinley Shevell USA DNS 0.000
2 219 Lesueur Eloyse FRA DNS 0.000
Heat 2 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 20:35 Wind: 0.2 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 7 649 Woods Shana USA 24.33 (PB) 949 0.196
2 3 437 Marcussen Ida NOR 24.72 (PB) 913 0.202
3 8 250 Surman Jade GBR 25.39 (SB) 851 0.231
4 6 559 Hallin Ellinore SWE 25.55 (PB) 837 0.206
5 4 269 Gürbig Romy GER 25.73 821 0.159
6 2 165 Klucinová Eliška CZE 25.73 (PB) 821 0.200
7 1 457 Nowak Olimpia POL 25.90 806 0.218
8 5 205 Mattila Maiju FIN 26.70 (SB) 737 0.159
Heat 3 - Friday, August 18, 2006 - 20:45 Wind: 0.3 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points React
1 5 500 Chernova Tatyana RUS 24.05 (PB) 976 0.180
2 4 590 Ilkevych Iryna UKR 24.24 958 0.211
3 3 233 Blaize Dominique GBR 25.01 (PB) 886 0.177
4 7 226 Omrani Yasmina FRA 25.42 849 0.186
5 8 97 Theisen Brianne CAN 25.63 (SB) 830 0.173
6 6 390 Grabuste Aiga LAT 25.70 824 0.188
7 2 135 Wei Xiaobin CHN 26.26 (PB) 775 0.172
Carter strikes gold, Noble and Ofili win bronze in Beijing
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Vicky Oddi USATF
BEIJING, China - Team USA put on a remarkable performance Friday in winning
three medals on a hot and steamy night on day four of the 2006 IAAF World Junior
Championships at the Chaoyang Sport Centre in Beijing.
2006 U.S. champion Chris Carter (Ogden, Utah) led the men's 400-meter
hurdles from start to finish to claim Team USA's first gold medal of
these championships in 50.08 seconds. "This is the best feeling
in the world," Carter said after completing his victory lap. "It's
been a phenomenal experience. I worked hard and came out here to do
my best and it paid off." Carter's personal best and World Junior
leading time (49.19) coming into these championships was over one second
faster than any other athlete in the field.
In the women's 800 meter final, 2006 NCAA champion Rebekah Noble ran
a strong race and claimed the bronze medal with her late kick, crossing
the line in 2 minutes 4.90 seconds. "I'm very happy with my bronze," said
Noble. "But I could have done better, I waited too long to kick." Noble's
bronze is the first ever medal for an American woman in the 800m at
the World Junior Championships.
Tiffany Ofili (Ypsilanti, Mich.), the 2006 U.S. champion, blasted
out of the blocks and ran her way to the bronze medal in the women's
100-meter hurdles, tying her personal best time of 13.37 seconds. "I'm
satisfied with my race," Ofili said at the post race press conference. "I
went out there and did my best, that's all I can ask for." After
falling over the first hurdle, Shalina Clarke (Round Lake, Ill.) did
not finish the race. Earlier in the night, Ofili won her heat in the
semi-finals in 13.47 while Clarke was second in her heat in 13.70.
Gabby Mayo (Raleigh, N.C.), who was the silver medalist in the women's
100m, took fifth in the women's 200 meters, crossing the line in 23.84
seconds. Jeneba Tarmoh (San Jose, Calif.) was seventh in 23.84.
In the women's pole vault final, 2006 U.S. runner-up Tori Anthony
(Palo Alto, Calif.) took eighth place with her clearance of 3.90 meters/12
feet 9.5 inches. Walter Henning (South Huntington, N.Y.), the American
junior record holder in the men's hammer throw, also claimed eighth
with his heave of 71.90m/235-10. "It wasn't a big throw, but I'm
happy," said Henning. "My goal was to come here and get top
eight and that's what I did."
2006 U.S. Junior champion John Hickey (Piermont, N.Y.) has the farthest
throw heading into the men's shot put final with his heave of 19.49
meters/63 feet 11.5 icnhes . "It was so intense," Hickey
said "I fouled my first and second throws. Going into my last
throw, I had to throw at least the automatic qualifier to get into
the final. I went all out, I'm just happy I'm still in." Eric
Werskey (Seymour, Ind.) threw 16.62m/54-6.5 in group A for 13th place
in his group. "I didn't throw very well, I just didn't have any
pop at the end," said Werskey.
Baylor freshman Erin Bedell (Plano, Texas) qualified for the final
in the women's 1,500 meters with her sixth place finish in 4 minutes
20.67 in heat three of the opening round. 2006 U.S. Junior champion
Danielle Tauro (Ocean County, N.J.) took fifth in heat one with 4:24.16. "There
were some opportunities that I didn't take," said Tauro on her
way off the track. "I'm a little disappointed, but it's been a
long season."
In the men's 110-meter hurdles, University of Florida freshman Dennis
Martin (Anderson, S.C.) and high school standout Darius Reed (Denver,
Colo.) have both qualified for the semi-finals. Martin took second
in his heat in 14.04 seconds while Reed was second in his heat in 13.81.
In other opening round action, Jere Summers (Oakland, Calif.), a freshman
at Cal State Northridge, was seventh in group A of the women's discus
with her toss of 45.95 meters/150 feet 9 inches while 2006 U.S. Junior
champion Emily Pendleton (Elmore, Ohio) was ninth in group B with 46.48m/152-6.
2006 U.S. Junior champion Patience Coleman (Durham, N.C.) was ninth
in group B of the women's high jump with her clearance of 1.74m/5-8.5.
University of Louisville freshman Andre Black (Mobile, Ala.) took ninth
in group B of the men's triple jump with his leap of 15.53m/50-11.5
while 2006 U.S. Junior champion Kali Jackson (Chicago, Ill.) was 11th
in group A with 15.26m/50-0.75.
World Junior Champs, Day 4 – AM session summary
Friday 18 August 2006
Beijing, China - A compact fourth morning programme of two and a half
hours of qualification rounds and the start of two days of the women’s
Heptathlon, brought a now familiar name to the scoreboard of the Chaoyang
Sport Centre, that of World Junior champion and multiple World Junior
record breaking* Discus Thrower, Margus Hunt of Estonia.
After his exploits in the Discus final on Wednesday evening the 19-year-old
Estonian, having had a day to rest and come to terms with his record
breaking form, took part in the men’s Shot Put qualification.
He delighted once more with a second round put of 18.95m which was
both an automatic qualification for the final and a national junior
record. Winning his pool (B) was India’s Sourabh Vij, the world
season leader (20.35m PB), who released a 19.27m put with some ease.
Also in the group, World Youth champion Jan Petrus Hoffman of South
Africa easily made the cut too with 19.00m, with Lithuania’s
Paulius Luozys, just slightly better with 19.08m.
But the biggest efforts came in the first group. USA’s John
Hickey’s PB of 19.49m coming after two fouls, the highlight,
ahead of 19m+ efforts from Kuwait’s Mohammad Mashari (19.31m)
and Cuba’s Carlos Veliz (19.25m).
Australian and French success - DT and TJ
Australia’s Dani Samuels, the world junior season leader (59.44m
PB) emphatically confirmed her current preeminence in the Women’s
Discus Throw qualification with a 57.67m effort which was over 5.05m
better than her next opponent. In the men’s Triple Jump there
was a personal best for France’s Benjamin Compaoré who
topped the qualifiers for the final with a 16.34m leap. In total five
jumpers made it over 16m, with Hugo Chila of Equador, the best of the
entrants for these championships (16.55m), the fourth best of this
morning with 16.01m.
The men’s Shot Final is tomorrow (19) and the women’s
Discus throwers and men’s Triple jumpers go in search of medals
on the sixth and last day (20).
New height, new record - 110m Hurdles
On the track this morning, we had the opening round of the men’s
110m Hurdles, which, with new heights of hurdles (99.0cm), brought
a new championship record to the fastest of the preliminary round,
Greece’s Konstadinos Douvalidis. The 19-year-old European Junior
silver medallist last season, took the second heat in 13.46 seconds,
also a national junior record. Of the other automatic qualifiers (first
three per heat) to the semi-final stage, Poland’s Wojciech Jurkowski
(13.48), Jamaican Keiron Stewart (13.80), Finland’s Otto Kilpi
(13.91) also established new national records which were under 14 seconds.
Dramatic but pointless sprint battle
The women’s 1500m first round was the only other individual
track discipline contested this morning. Kenyan Irene Jelagat (4:15.80)
got the better of Eritrean Merat Bahta Ogbagaber (4:18.10 – national
junior record) in heat 3 of 3, to be the two fastest of the morning.
With a titantic sprint battle down the home straight, a meaningless
contest in terms of qualification as the first three of each race automatically
went through to the semis, Ethiopia’s Emebet Etea Bedada (4:23.52)
beat Kenyan Mercy Jelimo Kosgei (4:23.53) in heat two. The year’s
fastest junior, Yuriko Kobayashi of Japan, took the first race with
some ease (4:19.14).
Chernova - two PBs
The women’s Heptathlon also commenced this morning, and after
two events it is world junior season’s leader (6176) and favourite
Tatyana Chernova of Russia out in front (1999pts). The 18-year-old
has a 94 point advantage over her nearest rival China’s Lijuan
Song (1905), with another Russian Yana Panteleyeva in third with 1884.
Chernova’s 100m Hurdles (13.70 seconds) and High Jump (1.80)
efforts were both personal bests.
Chris Turner for the IAAF
World Junior Champs, Day 4 – PM session summary
Friday 18 August 2006
Beijing, China - A couple of proud family athletics traditions were
continued tonight on the fourth evening session of the 11th edition
of the IAAF World Junior Championships. And Team USA finally managed
to secure gold, achieved with a very impressive performance too!
Rudisha completes a perfect set of championship races
Coming off the final bend it looked like Europe might manage a surprise
title in the men’s 800m. Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski swept into the straight
to challenge for the lead but just as he engaged fourth gear, his east African
challengers found over-drive and that was the end of his medal let alone title
hopes. Clear away instead was David Rudisha (1:47.40), followed home by fellow
Kenyan Jackson Kivuva (1:47.64) and Uganda’s Abraham Chepkirwok (1:47.79)
in third. The Pole managed a creditable fourth (1:48.25), but Rudisha, the
son of Daniel, one of Kenya’s 1972 Olympic gold medal 4x400m relay quartet,
was the man in form throughout the week, the winner of his heat, semi and now
final.
Cristea times it perfectly unlike the opposition
In the women’s two lap final, Moldova’s Olga Cristea did
what Lewandowski couldn’t quite manage in the men’s 800,
bringing Europe a middle distance gold. Her turn of speed in the finishing
straight was unstoppable, and its reward was her season’s best
of 2:04.52, enough to beat off the challenge from Kenya’s Winny
Chebet (2:04.59 PB). A late, badly timed run by USA’s Rebekah
Noble took third (2:04.90). It is quite possible that if the prodigiously
talented American (coming into these champs with a 2:02.07 PB, the
world junior season’s lead) had been closer to the leaders at
the bell, we would have been standing to the USA national anthem and
not that of Moldova later in the evening.
Estonia secures third gold
Incidentally at this point in the night (about 1900 local time) no
American had yet won a title at these championships – incredible – and
with no contestant through to the men’s 200m final that was not
going to change with the next event on the track either. In any case
it won’t be long now before we know how to hum the strains of
the Estonian national anthem, as well as that of the USA. Bringing
home the Baltic nation’s third title in Beijing was Marek Nitt
in a national junior record of 20.96.
Ukraine’s Dmytro Ostrovsky had actually crossed the line first
in 20.89, but was subsequently found to have stepped out of lane and
so was disqualified. As Nitt moved up to gold, Canada’s Brian
Barnett (21.00) ascended to second, and Britain’s Alexander Nelson
skipped up onto the podium in 21.14.
High Jump Qualification…
Keeping the Estonian theme going, Viktoria Leks was the equal best
athlete of this evening’s automatic (1.83m) qualifiers for the
women’s High Jump final on Sunday (20), with China’s Xingjuan
Zheng also having a perfectly clean jumping card.
Sprint double for Naimova
It was fast becoming Europe’s night in the Chaoyang Sport Centre,
as five minutes later Tezdzhan Naimova of Bulgaria made it a sprint
double taking the women’s 200m in 22.99 seconds, a personal best.
If we just mention simply that Vanda Gomes of Brazil (23.59) and Poland’s
Ewelina Klocek (23.63 PB) took the silver and bronze, and say nothing
more, this should not be taken as a lack of respect to either minor
medallists. This final was not a race in the true sense, it was an
exhibition of Naimova’s sprinting prowess during which she destroyed
the opposition.
Carter provides USA with gold at last!
Finally, the fifth track final of the night brought some respectability
to the USA delegation in China. From the sound of the gun Chris Carter
put the men’s 400m Hurdles gold into his pocket with a powerful
but controlled display of hurdling. Ahead from the second flight Carter
was never headed winning in 50.08 seconds. The world’s fastest
junior of the season (49.19), during a brief trackside interview after
the final immediately declared that he would be taking a two year sabbatical
after the 2007 season and so would not be competing here at the 2008
Olympics, and that his focus was on 2012.
>>Editor's note - thanks to all who pointed out my major error
regarding Chris' parentage. It would have been great to have said I
was "just testing you" but I have a feeling you wouldn't
believe me. So let's just put it down to the heat here in Beijing!
So keep reading, if only for the laughs, though none this AM I promise
as I'm taking the morning session off! Chris Turner, IAAF Editorial
Manager<<
Second tonight was Saudi Bandar Shraheli (50.34 PB) with Ukraine’s
Stanislav Melnykov (50.43) taking the Bronze. There was a Dutch national
record for Daniel Franken (51.08) in fifth.
Shtepa eases her way to gold
But American luck didn’t hold out for long. In the next and
last track final of the evening, the race of April Williams in lane
four - American favourite for the women’s 100m Hurdles and the
season’s fastest (13.35) - fell apart at the penultimate flight
of barriers. Easing fluently past in the two lanes outside the American
were Russia’s Yekarterina Shtepa and Christina Vukicevic of Norway.
The Russian crossed in a world junior lead of 13.33 - a personal best
- with the Norwegian taking silver (13.34) in a national junior record.
She had set her previous PB of 13.45 when qualifying for the final
as the fastest of the semi-finalists at the start of the evening.
Shtepa, who will celebrate her 19th birthday on 25 August, is the
national junior champion this year, setting her previous best of 13.34
at the time (21 July in Tula).
Zhou’s gold but the world will hear from Volik again
Russia missed out on what prior to these championships had seemed
a likely gold medal in the women’s Pole Vault. 16-year-old Valeriya
Volik, who set a World Youth best of 4.40m in Kazan on 8 July, the
best performance by a junior this year, could go not better than 4.10m
tonight. There is no doubting that we will hear a lot more of Volik,
who is coached by Yelena Isinbayeva’s former trainer, Yevgeniy
Trofimov.
Up at the sharp end of the final tonight was China’s Yang Zhou
who won gold with 4.30m, with a Slovenian national junior record of
4.25m securing silver for Tina Sutej, and 15-year-old Vicky Parnov
of Australia, the niece of 2000 Olympic silver medallist Tatiana Grigorieva,
taking bronze (4.20m).
Round two decides gold
Throwing second of the twelve finalists, Russia’s World Junior
record holder (82.60m)* Yevgeniy Aydamirov took gold in the men’s
Hammer Throw with a second round 78.42m release. Not that the 18-year-old
would have felt very confident in that position at the time, as just
nine throws later Hungary’s Kristof Nemeth released a 78.39m
effort. These two performances ultimately took the top-two medals but
with the Hungarian hitting 78.33m with his next and 77.16m and 77.00m
on his fourth and fifth attempts there was always a suggestion of a
possible upset on the cards. None came, and with a 77.06m heave in
the penultimate series of throws Slovakia’s Marcel Lomnicky set
a new national junior record for bronze.
Of the rest of the field, there were also national junior records
for Belarussia’s Yury Shayunov (76.95m, 4th), Dakai Qi of China
(75.97m, 6th), and Walter Henning of USA (71.90m, 8th).
Russia stands 1 – 2 overnight
At the end of four events, Russian Tatyana Chernova continues to lead
the women’s Heptathlon. She could not manage to continue the
run of PBs which she established in this morning’s opening two
disciplines, as her Shot Put of 12.18m (673pts) was somewhat off her
PB of 12.26 set in Kazan on 8 July this year, but she was back in career
best form in the final event of day one, with a 200m clocking of 24.05
seconds (976pts). PBs were set in both these events (13.35 – 751pts
/ 25.03 - 884pts) by her compatriot Yana Panteleyeva who lies in second
place overnight (3519pts), with Norway’s Ida Marcussen (13.68 – 773pts
/ 24.72 – 913pts) in bronze (3480) having PB’d throughout
the day.
Chris Turner for the IAAF
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