2006 World Junior Championships
Day 5 - 8/19 - SATURDAY
MEN'S 110M HH
SEMI FINALS

Saturday August 19th, 2006
At Beijing, China

 

2006 World Junior Championships
Day 5 - 8/19 - SATURDAY
MEN'S 110M HH
SEMI-FINALS

Saturday August 19th, 2006
At Beijing, China
Summary by Mike Kennedy
Photos by Doug Speck

Zhukov and Jurkowski battle to finish in Heat 1

Darius Reed USA in the hunt early - did qualify as a fourth placer from here

HEAT ONE—It couldn’t get much closer before the race. Wojciech Jurkowski of Poland, in lane four, and Darius Reed of the U.S. and Washington High in Denver, Colorado, in lane five, had PBs of 13.48 and 13.47, respectively, for the top entry times. However it was Vladimir took over midway through the race to win in 13.78. In what turned out to be a battle for second, Jurkowski got of the blocks first but Reed pulled ahead by the fourth hurdle before Jurkowski gained an advantage at the 10 hurdle and win the run in, 13.83 to 13.84, in race run into a 1.3 meter per second wind. Reed advanced as the final time qualifier.

Official Results - 110m Hurdles (99.0cm) - Men - Semi-Final
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 1 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 18:10 Wind: -1.3 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 3 645 Zhukov Vladimir RUS 13.78 Q 0.158
2 4 565 Jurkowski Wojciech POL 13.83 Q 0.167
3 5 787 Reed Darius USA 13.83 q 0.158
4 6 533 van Kruchten Mike NED 13.91 0.156
5 7 279 Telliam Stevy FRA 14.03 0.206
6 1 305 Balnuweit Erik GER 14.12 0.164
7 8 194 Idriss Abdulrahman EGY 14.29 0.149
8 2 228 Kirschbaum Rauno EST 14.42 0.174

Noga and Douvalidis in Heat 2

HEAT TWO—Yesterday Konstadtinos Douvalidis of Greece set a champ ship record of 13.46 over the 39 inch hurdles, the new hurdle height for the juniors, but is was a different story here as Artur Noga of Poland overtook Konstandinos at the second hurdle and pulled away for a new record of 13.43. Douvalidis was second in 13.72 and Paul Dittmer of Germany was third in 13.94 in a race run into a 1.4 wind.

Heat 2 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 18:19 Wind: -1.4 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 6 569 Noga Artur POL 13.43 Q (CR) 0.150
2 5 343 Douvalídis Konstadínos GRE 13.72 Q 0.231
3 1 310 Dittmer Paul GER 13.95 0.170
4 7 558 McFarlane Jorge PER 13.97 0.159
5 2 282 Adeniran Julian GBR 14.01 0.148
6 4 424 Stewart Keiron JAM 14.15 0.173
7 3 610 Smit Louw RSA 14.17 0.228
8 8 408 Tedesco Stefano ITA 14.26 0.165

Coco-Viloin of France in Blue emerged the winner - Dennis Martin of USA
far right was 4th and non-qualifier for Finals.

HEAT THREE—Gianni Frankis of Great Britain was out fastest but was closely followed by Dennis Martin of the U.S. and the University of Florida. The two were step for step over the first three hurdles before Martin gained a very slight advantage only to se Samuel Coco-Violin of France move to the front and go on to win in 13.64. Frankis held on for second but Xiaofeng Hong of China slipped past Martin after the 10 hurdle to become a time qualifier for the final, 13.86 to 13.92

Heat 3 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 18:28 Wind: -0.4 m/s
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 5 260 Coco-Viloin Samuel FRA 13.63 Q 0.276
2 4 290 Frankis Gianni GBR 13.81 Q 0.150
3 6 124 Hong Xiaofeng CHN 13.86 q 0.152
4 3 779 Martin Dennis USA 13.92 0.202
5 1 510 Wan Sofian Rayzam Shah MAS 13.95 0.158
6 2 29 Stanton Lachlan AUS 14.02 0.177
7 7 247 Kilpi Otto FIN 14.19 0.162
8 8 411 Collins Andre JAM 14.40 0.176