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 FIVE RESULTS!
DyeStatCal's
full recap (summaries, photos, results) from Day 5 of 6
USATF
Report - John Hickey protest most him to 4th SP - relay qualifying heads
IAAF Morning - China two golds in the walks highlight session
IAAF evening - Hunt (Estonia) MSP WJr Rec to go with DT earlier
highlights finals!
FULL
DAY FIVE RESULTS
11th IAAF World Junior
Championships Beijing 15/20-Aug-2006
August 19 Results
MEN
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
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
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
Official Results - 4x100 Metres Relay - Men - Heats
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 11:45
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 2 Russia Junior RUS 40.06 Q (PB)
(Idrisov Mikhail, Abdulkaderov Ramis, Shevtsov Igor, Tkachenko Gleb)
2 4 Germany Junior GER 40.07 Q
(Petzold Georg, Blum Christian, Müller Nils, Reus Julian)
3 8 Australia Junior AUS 40.11 (SB)
(Galic Brandan, Rouge-Serret Aaron, Mulcahy Kurt, Yong Andrew)
4 6 Japan Junior JPN 40.17 (SB)
(Arao Shogo, Ishitsuka Yusuke, Goto Daiki, Kumamoto Takafumi)
5 3 Oman Junior OMA 40.53 (SB)
(Al-Harthi Barakat, Al-Wahaibi Ahmed, Al-Sooli Abdullah, Al-Rawahi Mohamed
Salim)
6 7 Cayman Islands Junior CAY 40.92 (NJ)
(Hyman Kemar, Cuffy Tyrell, Hyman Maxwell, Adolphus Rhymiech)
7 5 Italy Junior ITA 41.59 (SB)
(Dettori Gavino Giacomo, Aita Giuseppe, Berdini Alessandro, Galvan Matteo)
Team Nat Reaction Time
Russia Junior RUS 0.133
Australia Junior AUS 0.141
Cayman Islands Junior CAY 0.147
Germany Junior GER 0.167
Japan Junior JPN 0.174
Italy Junior ITA 0.176
Oman Junior OMA 0.197
Heat 2 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 11:55
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 6 United States Junior USA 39.50 Q (WJL)
(Wells Evander, McKenzie Gordon, Harris Odell, Myers Brandon)
2 8 Canada Junior CAN 39.64 Q (NJ)
(Warner Justyn, Smith Seyi, Pyper Todd, Barnett Brian)
3 5 Poland Junior POL 39.84 q (SB)
(Kleina Karol, Roszko Jacek, Lewandowicz Jakub, Pluta Mateusz)
4 7 Thailand Junior THA 39.92 (SB)
(Srimunta Montree, Pooltong Taweesak, Chantaphan Tawarit, Muadmueng Yutthapong)
5 4 Spain Junior ESP 40.22 (PB)
(Andújar José Antonio, Sanz Javier, Pérez José Enrique,
Altés Marc)
6 2 Sweden Junior SWE 40.28 (SB)
(Yeboah Nsiah, Strandquist Per, Karlsson Erik, Johansson Simon)
7 3 Senegal Junior SEN 43.21 (SB)
(Dembele Moussa, Wagne Aliou, Diouf Khadimrassol, Touré Katim)
1 PR of China Junior CHN DQ
(Chen Yibo, Zhang Peimeng, Yin Hualong, Liang Jiahong)
Team Nat Reaction Time
Spain Junior ESP 0.148
Canada Junior CAN 0.154
Senegal Junior SEN 0.155
Sweden Junior SWE 0.158
United States Junior USA 0.163
Poland Junior POL 0.166
Thailand Junior THA 0.175
PR of China Junior CHN 0.188
Heat 3 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 12:05
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 6 Jamaica Junior JAM 39.18 Q (WJL)
(Barnes Winston, Rose Remaldo, Jervis Cawayne , Blake Yohan)
2 5 Great Britain & N.I.Junior GBR 39.30 Q (SB)
(Scott Ryan, Aikines-Aryeetey Harry, Bennett-Jackson Wade, Yearwood Leevan)
3 3 Nigeria Junior NGR 39.68 q (SB)
(Egwero Ogho-oghene, Metu Obinna, Odelusi Ayokunle, Akinlawon Ahmed)
4 8 France Junior FRA 40.16 (SB)
(Lesourd Yannick, Mubiayi Philémon, Adalbert Alexandre, Nubret Nyls)
5 7 Chinese Taipei Junior TPE 40.33 (NJ)
(Liang Tse-Ching, Yi Wei-Chen, Wang Ching-Chun, Ho Hsien-Tsung)
6 4 South Africa Junior RSA 40.36 (SB)
(Grobler Ruaan, de Beer Willem, Kumbane Kagisho, van der Vyver Wilhelm)
7 2 Singapore Junior SIN 41.74 (NJ)
(Jamal Mohd Amiruddin, Azhari Muhd Yusof, Lee Cheng Wei, Kang Li Loong)
Team Nat Reaction Time
Chinese Taipei Junior TPE 0.136
Great Britain & N.I.Junior GBR 0.162
Nigeria Junior NGR 0.166
France Junior FRA 0.170
Singapore Junior SIN 0.171
Jamaica Junior JAM 0.178
South Africa Junior RSA 0.188
Official Results - Pole Vault - Men - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 18:05
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 10 Chiaraviglio Germán ARG 5.71 (CR)
2 148 Yang Yansheng CHN 5.54 (PB)
3 628 Kivalov Leonid RUS 5.42
4 564 Didenkow Mateusz POL 5.30
5 175 Kudlicka Jan CZE 5.30 (PB)
5 633 Prokopenko Pavel RUS 5.30
5 321 Holzdeppe Raphael GER 5.30 (PB)
8 568 Michalski Lukasz POL 5.30 (PB)
9 289 Cutts Luke GBR 5.30 (PB)
10 329 Reitze Marvin GER 5.20
11 133 Li Kang CHN 5.20 (PB)
12 59 Goossens Denis BEL 5.20 (PB)
13 789 Roth Scott USA 5.10
13 275 Martinot Loïc FRA 5.10
745 Horovyy Serhiy UKR NM
Athlete 4.90 5.00 5.10 5.20 5.30 5.36 5.42 5.48 5.54 5.60 5.71 5.81
Chiaraviglio Germán - - - O - O - XO XO XXO XO XXX
Yang Yansheng - - O - O - XO - XXO XXX
Kivalov Leonid - - O - O - XXO XXX
Didenkow Mateusz O - O O O XXX
Kudlicka Jan O - O O XO XXX
Holzdeppe Raphael - O - O XO XXX
Prokopenko Pavel - - O O XO XXX
Michalski Lukasz O - XXO O XO XXX
Cutts Luke XXO XO XO O XO XXX
Reitze Marvin - O XO O XXX
Li Kang O O XXO XO XXX
Goossens Denis O XO O XXO XXX
Martinot Loïc O - O XXX
Roth Scott - - O XXX
Horovyy Serhiy - - XXX
Official Results - Javelin Throw - Men - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 19:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 607 Oosthuizen John Robert RSA 83.07 (CR)
2 251 Mannio Ari FIN 77.26
3 741 Avramenko Roman UKR 76.01 (PB)
4 556 Fatecha Víctor PAR 75.64 (NJ)
5 134 Li Yu CHN 75.35
6 344 Filippídis Yervásios GRE 73.58 (SB)
7 240 Copeland Leslie FIJ 73.13 (NJ)
8 288 Campbell James GBR 71.07
9 246 Kankaanpää Mikko FIN 71.01
10 605 Meyer Noël RSA 70.39
11 60 Lemaître Loïc BEL 69.32
12 350 Smaliós Ioánnis-Yeóryios GRE 63.45
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Oosthuizen John Robert 78.52 83.07 79.89 79.58 X X
Mannio Ari 75.97 74.46 73.83 75.39 72.15 77.26
Avramenko Roman 76.01 X 75.80 75.47 75.50 74.90
Fatecha Víctor 75.64 73.68 75.39 X 71.35 X
Li Yu 74.46 68.83 70.97 75.35 X 72.13
Filippídis Yervásios 69.10 63.13 73.58 72.73 X X
Copeland Leslie 68.83 71.66 73.13 71.39 71.20 69.68
Campbell James 71.07 65.94 68.96 68.86 67.70 69.92
Kankaanpää Mikko 66.86 71.01 X NM NM NM
Meyer Noël 70.06 X 70.39 NM NM NM
Lemaître Loïc 69.32 X 67.84 NM NM NM
Smaliós Ioánnis-Yeóryios X 63.45 61.52 NM NM NM
Official Results - 10,000 Metres Race Walk - Men - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 10:10
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 115 Bo Xiangdong CHN 42:50.26
2 130 Huang Zhengyu CHN 43:13.29 (PB)
3 445 Suzuki Yusuke JPN 43:45.62
4 72 Simanovich Dzianis BLR 44:10.12
5 225 Torlá Lluís ESP 44:12.56
6 428 Hirano Hiroyuki JPN 44:18.91
7 80 de Almeida Herbert Alvacir BRA 44:23.22
8 400 Giupponi Matteo ITA 44:33.97
9 348 Papamihaíl Aléxandros GRE 44:36.15 (PB)
10 9 Cano Juan Manuel ARG 45:09.42
11 248 Kukkonen Heikki FIN 45:28.03 (PB)
12 688 Majdan Dusan SVK 45:44.16
13 66 Hamzunou Dzmitry BLR 45:47.04 (SB)
14 215 López Miguel Ángel ESP 45:54.41
15 624 Grigoryev Aleksey RUS 45:57.30
16 555 Cabrera Yassir PAN 46:02.33
17 190 Arteaga Mauricio ECU 46:13.65 (SB)
18 201 Hernandez Emerson ESA 46:23.20 (SB)
19 733 Celik Abdurrahim TUR 48:42.44 (PB)
20 514 Avendaño Rafael MEX 49:13.42
517 Sánchez José Javier MEX DQ
4 Djerarfaoui El Amin ALG DNF
490 Rumbenieks Arnis LAT DNF
631 Morozov Sergey RUS DNF
August 18 Results
WOMEN
Official Results - 3000 Metres - Women - Final
Saturday,
August 19, 2006 - 18:40
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 384 Wanjiru Veronica Nyaruai KEN 9:02.90 (SB)
2 379 Korikwiang Pauline Chemning KEN 9:05.21
3 130 Song Liwei CHN 9:06.35 (PB)
4 192 Gebre Belaynesh Zemedkun ETH 9:10.92
5 502 Ivanova Viktoria RUS 9:11.96 (PB)
6 370 Takayoshi Rie JPN 9:13.15 (PB)
7 40 Maveau Barbara BEL 9:13.87 (PB)
8 179 Romo Marta ESP 9:13.98 (PB)
9 369 Sendo Sayuri JPN 9:14.33 (PB)
10 530 Eminovic Azra SER 9:21.35 (NJ)
11 27 Tamsett Lara AUS 9:25.13 (PB)
12 525 Starkova Natalya RUS 9:36.21
13 78 Jasim Kareema BRN 9:40.14 (NJ)
14 114 Li Suyun CHN 9:42.25 (SB)
15 26 Starrat Lucy AUS 9:45.22
273 Hiller Julia GER DNF
Official Results - 4x100 Metres Relay - Women
- Heats
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 11:10
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 7 France Junior FRA 44.02 Q (SB)
(Danois Johanna, Gaydu Emilie, Baflan Joellie, Distel Cèline)
2 3 PR of China Junior CHN 44.99 Q
(Ma Xiaoyan, Liang Qiuping, Wang Jing, Chen Jue)
3 5 Germany Junior GER 45.10
(Schwarz Manuela, Stolle Juliane, Elbe Anne-Kathrin, Sutschet Julia)
4 8 Norway Junior NOR 45.46 (NJ)
(Okparaebo Ezinne, Akinyemi Folake, Hjort Malene, Oppegaard Thea)
5 4 Finland Junior FIN 45.54 (SB)
(Pesola Noora, Laukka Minna, Hämäläinen Noora, Vilén Oona)
6 2 Spain Junior ESP 46.03 (SB)
(Arregui Esther, Cotán Amparo, Díez Andrea, Riba Silvia)
7 6 Slovenia Junior SLO 46.09 (NJ)
(Puc Anja, Jures Tina, Petan Maja, Mihalinec Maja)
Team Nat Reaction Time
Norway Junior NOR 0.151
Germany Junior GER 0.158
Finland Junior FIN 0.161
Spain Junior ESP 0.162
PR of China Junior CHN 0.166
Slovenia Junior SLO 0.186
France Junior FRA 0.193
Heat 2 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 11:20
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 4 United States Junior USA 43.67 Q (SB)
(Tarmoh Jeneba, Anderson Alexandria, Olear Elizabeth, Wilson Kenyanna)
2 6 Great Britain & N.I.Junior GBR 44.33 Q (SB)
(O'Neill Elaine, Jones Hayley, Sargent Lucy, Philip Asha)
3 8 Brazil Junior BRA 44.43 q (AJ)
(Valentim Josiane, Gomes Vanda, Ferraz Tatiane, Krasucki Franciela)
4 5 Bahamas Junior BAH 45.41
(Webb T'Shonda, Ferguson Sheniqua, Clarke Lanece, Smith Nivea)
5 3 South Africa Junior RSA 46.90 (SB)
(Hefer Arista, Theron Wenda, Jansen van Reensburg Claudine, Mkenku Nombulelo)
6 2 Belarus Junior BLR 47.03 (PB)
(Paplauskaya Katsiaryna, Lozhechnik Volha, Boika Maryna, Tashpulatava Hanna)
7 7 Papua New Guinea Junior PNG 48.40 (PB)
(Bilei Vanessa, Wisil Toea, Kumalalamene Cecilia, Baki Raphaela)
Team Nat Reaction Time
United States Junior USA 0.124
Belarus Junior BLR 0.139
Bahamas Junior BAH 0.152
Great Britain & N.I.Junior GBR 0.152
South Africa Junior RSA 0.158
Brazil Junior BRA 0.189
Papua New Guinea Junior PNG 0.204
Heat 3 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 11:30
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 3 Jamaica Junior JAM 44.69 Q (SB)
(Clarke Kettiany, Leroy Anasthasia, Russell Carrie, Calvert Schillonie)
2 5 Poland Junior POL 44.75 Q (SB)
(Siemieniako Paulina, Popowicz Marika, Klocek Ewelina, Ceglarek Agnieszka)
3 6 Russia Junior RUS 44.92 q (SB)
(Lyadnova Jana, Kashina Yuliya, Tatarintseva Yekaterina, Vdovina Ksenia)
4 2 Canada Junior CAN 45.26 (SB)
(Wellington Whitney, Muir Carlene, George Phylicia, Hyacinthe Kimberley)
5 8 Italy Junior ITA 45.57 (SB)
(Alfinito Beatrice, Paoletta Jessica, Alloh Audrey, Giovanetti Martina)
4 Japan Junior JPN DQ
(Shimizu Megumi, Okabe Nao, Fukushima Chisato, Nakamura Takarako)
7 Australia Junior AUS DNF
(Verlinden Laura, Leitch Kate, Gulli Jessica, Blackburn Angeline)
Team Nat Reaction Time
Jamaica Junior JAM 0.145
Russia Junior RUS 0.147
Poland Junior POL 0.156
Australia Junior AUS 0.159
Canada Junior CAN 0.165
Japan Junior JPN 0.173
Italy Junior ITA 0.180
Official Results - 4x400 Metres Relay - Women - Heats
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
Heat 1 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 19:40
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 2 Nigeria Junior NGR 3:33.00 Q (AJ)
(Abugan Folashade, Odumosu Ajoke, Eze Joy, Adesanya Sekinat)
2 6 Jamaica Junior JAM 3:33.26 Q
(Pinnock Sherene, Spencer Kaliese, Tracey Shana-Gaye, Sutherland Sonita)
3 7 Poland Junior POL 3:40.93 Q (SB)
(Mazan Sandra, Sowinska Agnieszka, Madejewska Edyta, Polak Tina)
4 4 Canada Junior CAN 3:41.25 (SB)
(Muir Carlene, Biewald Jennifer, Campbell-Fell Corri-Ann, Wells Sarah)
5 3 Romania Junior ROM 3:44.45 (SB)
(Crestincov Taisia, Batrinu Elena, Ionita Anamaria, Patrasc Andreea)
6 8 Belarus Junior BLR 3:44.70 (SB)
(Boika Maryna, Tashpulatava Hanna, Lozhechnik Volha, Kavaliova Maryna)
7 5 India Junior IND 3:45.42
(Jose Sini, Jose Anu Mariam, Pawar Priyanka, Machettira Poovamma Raju)
Team Nat Reaction Time
Jamaica Junior JAM 0.165
Romania Junior ROM 0.182
India Junior IND 0.183
Belarus Junior BLR 0.193
Canada Junior CAN 0.195
Nigeria Junior NGR 0.205
Poland Junior POL 0.224
Heat 2 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 19:55
Pos Lane Team Country Mark
1 2 United States Junior USA 3:34.83 Q (SB)
(Williams Sa'de, Young Jessica, Humphrey Erin, Cross Brandi)
2 5 PR of China Junior CHN 3:35.16 Q (NJ)
(Chen Yumei, Wang Hui, Wen Xiuyun, Li Xueji)
3 7 Russia Junior RUS 3:37.76 Q (SB)
(Sozontova Nadezhda, Verkhovskaya Anna, Biktina Luiza, Fominykh Polina)
4 3 Germany Junior GER 3:37.82 q (SB)
(Schmidt Lena, Lindenberg Janin, Walter Carolin, Nwachukwu Sorina)
5 8 Ukraine Junior UKR 3:38.20 q (SB)
(Plotitsyna Hanna, Shevchenko Anzhelika, Myhaylychenko Olha, Lupu Nataliya)
6 4 France Junior FRA 3:39.28 (SB)
(Lacordelle Marie-Angelique, Auge Amélie, Sabattini Cyndie, Denis Laëtitia)
7 6 Australia Junior AUS 3:40.90 (SB)
(Blackburn Angeline, Knight Suzie, Boden Lauren, Davies Jacqueline)
Team Nat Reaction Time
Germany Junior GER 0.139
Australia Junior AUS 0.177
PR of China Junior CHN 0.191
Ukraine Junior UKR 0.209
Russia Junior RUS 0.210
United States Junior USA 0.229
France Junior FRA 0.236
Official Results - Long Jump - Women - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 18:45
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind
1 579 Watkins Rhonda TRI 6.46 (-0.3)
2 280 Leipold Anika GER 6.42 (-0.1)
3 140 Zhang Yuan CHN 6.41 (0.1)
4 227 Quernel Charlène FRA 6.37 (0.3) (PB)
5 445 Penney Jessica NZL 6.37 (0.2) (PB)
6 475 Deiac Cornelia ROM 6.33 (-0.3)
7 529 Španovic Ivana SER 6.23 (0.0) (NJ)
8 195 Pesola Noora FIN 6.17 (0.3) (PB)
9 538 Kokot Nina SLO 6.09 (0.2)
10 42 King Arantxa BER 5.57 (0.1)
510 Pidluzhnaya Yuliya RUS NM (0.0)
222 Galtier Manuela FRA NM (-0.1)
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Watkins Rhonda 6.01 (0.4) 6.24 (0.0) 6.46 (-0.3) 6.03 (0.1) 6.20 (0.3) 6.26 (0.2)
Leipold Anika 5.92 (0.0) 6.10 6.26 (0.1) 6.14 (0.2) 6.31 (0.2) 6.42 (-0.1)
Zhang Yuan 6.38 (0.0) X 6.41 (0.1) 6.35 (0.0) 6.25 (0.0) X
Quernel Charlène X 6.30 (0.1) 6.37 (0.3) 6.29 (0.1) 6.31 (0.0) 6.25 (0.2)
Penney Jessica X 5.80 (-0.1) 6.26 (0.2) 5.68 (0.2) 6.16 (-0.1) 6.37 (0.2)
Deiac Cornelia 6.09 (-0.1) 6.25 (0.1) 6.30 (0.2) 6.04 (0.1) 6.33 (-0.3) X
Š panovic Ivana 6.14 (0.1) 6.21 (0.2) 6.09 (0.1) 6.20 (0.3) X 6.23 (0.0)
Pesola Noora 6.17 (0.3) 6.02 (0.3) 6.09 (0.3) 6.06 (0.2) 6.10 (0.1) X
Kokot Nina 5.82 (0.3) 6.09 (0.2) 5.78 (-0.3) NM NM NM
King Arantxa 5.57 (0.1) X 5.47 (-0.1) NM NM NM
Galtier Manuela X X X NM NM NM
Pidluzhnaya Yuliya - - NM NM NM NM
Official Results - Javelin Throw - Women - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 18:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 287 Schaffarzik Sandra GER 60.45 (CR)
2 597 Rebryk Vira UKR 57.79 (NJ)
3 588 Dorozhon Marharyta UKR 57.68 (PB)
4 139 Zhang Li CHN 57.52
5 52 Buksa Maryna BLR 56.67 (PB)
6 393 Ozolina Sinta LAT 56.38 (PB)
7 293 Zimmer Vivian GER 54.67
8 113 Li Lingwei CHN 54.26
9 387 Gim Gyeong-ae KOR 51.73 (SB)
10 300 Zérva María GRE 50.99
11 200 Jaakkola Jelena FIN 49.37
12 96 Gleadle Elizabeth CAN 48.08
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Schaffarzik Sandra 55.26 60.45 55.05 X 57.14 57.69
Rebryk Vira 56.93 57.79 X 53.39 53.83 56.85
Dorozhon Marharyta 57.68 52.08 53.23 52.81 X 47.27
Zhang Li 57.35 57.52 57.15 X 55.79 57.15
Buksa Maryna 55.84 56.67 55.20 X X -
Ozolina Sinta 46.83 X 56.38 X 53.01 49.51
Zimmer Vivian X 54.31 54.67 X 54.59 X
Li Lingwei 53.17 53.73 53.15 54.26 50.15 52.39
Gim Gyeong-ae 49.06 47.56 51.73 NM NM NM
Zérva María 50.99 49.26 46.37 NM NM NM
Jaakkola Jelena X 49.37 47.10 NM NM NM
Gleadle Elizabeth 43.78 46.53 48.08 NM NM NM
Official Results - 10,000 Metres Race Walk -
Women - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 9:05
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 118 Liu Hong CHN 45:12.84 (PB)
2 522 Shemyakina Tatyana RUS 45:34.41
3 476 Greceanu Anamaria ROM 46:45.67 (PB)
4 524 Sokolova Vera RUS 46:58.21 (SB)
5 59 Mazuronak Volha BLR 47:37.11 (PB)
6 103 Chai Xue CHN 48:09.51 (PB)
7 330 Ferraro Federica ITA 49:17.53
8 362 Kiryu Fumika JPN 49:20.35
9 173 Castrillo Lorena ESP 50:46.34 (PB)
10 334 Menzato Federica ITA 51:01.60
11 149 Pineda Anlly COL 51:54.48 (NJ)
12 602 Vavilova Svitlana UKR 52:17.36
13 554 Malíková Klara SVK 52:29.94 (SB)
14 146 Hernandez Ingrid COL 52:37.36 (PB)
15 583 Kahraman Narin TUR 52:52.28 (SB)
16 201 Kaasalainen Karoliina FIN 53:05.09 (PB)
17 587 Davydenko Yuliya UKR 53:09.65
18 616 Hayes Catherine USA 55:19.64
19 304 Kardos Cecilia HUN 57:23.21 (PB)
20 299 Stávrou Spyridoúla GRE 58:34.23
389 Weon Seas-byeol KOR DQ
19 Holliday Tanya AUS DQ
62 Cornejo Claudia BOL DQ
53 Drabenia Hanna BLR DQ
467 Godinho Catarina POR DNF
Official Results - Long Jump - Women - Heptathlon
Group A - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 9:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind Points
1 509 Panteleyeva Yana RUS 6.18 (-0.3) 905
2 437 Marcussen Ida NOR 6.04 (-0.1) 862
3 250 Surman Jade GBR 6.00 (-0.3) (PB) 850
4 285 Rach Diana GER 5.90 (-0.3) 819
5 226 Omrani Yasmina FRA 5.89 (0.0) (PB) 816
6 129 Song Lijuan CHN 5.83 (-0.4) (PB) 798
7 29 Wheatley Megan AUS 5.50 (-0.7) (PB) 700
8 559 Hallin Ellinore SWE 5.45 (-0.6) 686
9 165 Klucinová Eliška CZE 5.44 (-0.2) (SB) 683
457 Nowak Olimpia POL NM (-0.7)
632 Quinley Shevell USA DNS
205 Mattila Maiju FIN DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Panteleyeva Yana 5.65 (0.1) 6.18 (-0.3) 6.10 (-0.5)
Marcussen Ida 5.70 (-0.5) 6.04 (-0.1) 5.83 (-0.8)
Surman Jade 6.00 (-0.3) X 5.97 (-0.7)
Rach Diana 5.87 (-0.1) 5.90 (-0.3) 5.05 (-0.5)
Omrani Yasmina 5.45 (-0.6) 5.70 (-0.6) 5.89 (0.0)
Song Lijuan 5.75 (-0.7) 5.83 (-0.4) 5.76 (-0.7)
Wheatley Megan X 5.50 (-0.7) X
Hallin Ellinore 5.43 (-0.5) 5.45 (-0.6) 5.31 (-0.1)
Klucinová Eliška X 5.31 (-0.3) 5.44 (-0.2)
nowak Olimpia X X NM
Mattila Maiju NM NM NM
Quinley Shevell NM NM NM
Group B - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 9:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind Points
1 500 Chernova Tatyana RUS 6.35 (-0.4) (PB) 959
2 590 Ilkevych Iryna UKR 6.24 (-0.6) (PB) 924
3 649 Woods Shana USA 5.90 (-0.4) (SB) 819
4 269 Gürbig Romy GER 5.83 (-0.2) 798
5 550 Reggel Valérie SUI 5.83 (-0.4) (PB) 798
6 390 Grabuste Aiga LAT 5.80 (-0.6) 789
7 233 Blaize Dominique GBR 5.76 (-0.1) (SB) 777
8 97 Theisen Brianne CAN 5.66 (-0.1) (PB) 747
9 162 Cachová Katerina CZE 5.41 (-0.1) 674
135 Wei Xiaobin CHN NM (-1.2)
219 Lesueur Eloyse FRA DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Chernova Tatyana 5.98 (-0.3) X 6.35 (-0.4)
Ilkevych Iryna 5.64 (-0.5) 6.09 (-0.2) 6.24 (-0.6)
Woods Shana 5.59 (-0.7) 5.90 (-0.4) 5.75 (-0.2)
Gürbig Romy 5.81 (-0.4) 5.83 (-0.2) 5.75 (-0.9)
Reggel Valérie X 5.63 (0.4) 5.83 (-0.4)
Grabuste Aiga 5.80 (-0.6) X X
Blaize Dominique 5.76 (-0.1) 5.71 (-0.3) X
Theisen Brianne X 5.66 (-0.1) X
Cachová Katerina X 5.38 (-0.6) 5.41 (-0.1)
Wei Xiaobin X X X
Lesueur Eloyse NM NM NM
Official Results - Javelin Throw - Women - Final
Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 18:00
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 287 Schaffarzik Sandra GER 60.45 (CR)
2 597 Rebryk Vira UKR 57.79 (NJ)
3 588 Dorozhon Marharyta UKR 57.68 (PB)
4 139 Zhang Li CHN 57.52
5 52 Buksa Maryna BLR 56.67 (PB)
6 393 Ozolina Sinta LAT 56.38 (PB)
7 293 Zimmer Vivian GER 54.67
8 113 Li Lingwei CHN 54.26
9 387 Gim Gyeong-ae KOR 51.73 (SB)
10 300 Zérva María GRE 50.99
11 200 Jaakkola Jelena FIN 49.37
12 96 Gleadle Elizabeth CAN 48.08
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd 4t 5th 6th
Schaffarzik Sandra 55.26 60.45 55.05 X 57.14 57.69
Rebryk Vira 56.93 57.79 X 53.39 53.83 56.85
Dorozhon Marharyta 57.68 52.08 53.23 52.81 X 47.27
Zhang Li 57.35 57.52 57.15 X 55.79 57.15
Buksa Maryna 55.84 56.67 55.20 X X -
Ozolina Sinta 46.83 X 56.38 X 53.01 49.51
Zimmer Vivian X 54.31 54.67 X 54.59 X
Li Lingwei 53.17 53.73 53.15 54.26 50.15 52.39
Gim Gyeong-ae 49.06 47.56 51.73 NM NM NM
Zérva María 50.99 49.26 46.37 NM NM NM
Jaakkola Jelena X 49.37 47.10 NM NM NM
Gleadle Elizabeth 43.78 46.53 48.08 NM NM NM
Official Results - Javelin Throw - Women - Heptathlon
Group A - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 10:15
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 500 Chernova Tatyana RUS 50.51 870
2 285 Rach Diana GER 44.73 (PB) 758
3 165 Klucinová Eliška CZE 43.27 (PB) 730
4 390 Grabuste Aiga LAT 40.67 (PB) 680
5 550 Reggel Valérie SUI 39.34 (PB) 655
6 250 Surman Jade GBR 36.17 (SB) 594
7 559 Hallin Ellinore SWE 34.66 565
8 649 Woods Shana USA 34.51 (PB) 562
9 135 Wei Xiaobin CHN 33.04 (PB) 534
10 29 Wheatley Megan AUS 32.37 (PB) 522
219 Lesueur Eloyse FRA DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Chernova Tatyana 50.51 - -
Rach Diana 34.57 44.73 39.70
Klucinová Eliška 39.76 43.27 39.37
Grabuste Aiga 39.07 40.67 X
Reggel Valérie 37.31 37.92 39.34
Surman Jade 36.02 34.60 36.17
Hallin Ellinore 33.69 33.10 34.66
Woods Shana X 34.51 X
Wei Xiaobin 33.04 30.97 31.08
Wheatley Megan 22.26 32.37 31.22
Lesueur Eloyse NM NM NM
Group B - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 11:30
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 437 Marcussen Ida NOR 45.42 (SB) 772
2 269 Gürbig Romy GER 43.17 728
3 509 Panteleyeva Yana RUS 40.44 (PB) 676
4 590 Ilkevych Iryna UKR 40.03 (PB) 668
5 97 Theisen Brianne CAN 36.52 (PB) 601
6 129 Song Lijuan CHN 35.75 (PB) 586
7 226 Omrani Yasmina FRA 35.69 (PB) 585
8 162 Cachová Katerina CZE 34.05 (PB) 554
9 233 Blaize Dominique GBR 29.46 (PB) 466
632 Quinley Shevell USA DNS
457 Nowak Olimpia POL DNS
205 Mattila Maiju FIN DNS
Athlete 1st 2nd 3rd
Marcussen Ida 45.42 41.08 42.32
Gürbig Romy 43.17 42.07 42.41
Panteleyeva Yana 39.91 40.44 38.91
Ilkevych Iryna 33.05 35.60 40.03
Theisen Brianne 36.52 33.96 32.26
Song Lijuan 29.19 35.40 35.75
Omrani Yasmina X 33.28 35.69
Cachová Katerina 32.11 34.05 33.90
Blaize Dominique 29.46 27.55 X
Quinley Shevell NM NM NM
Nowak Olimpia NM NM NM
Mattila Maiju NM NM NM
Official Results - 800 Metres - Women - Heptathlon
Heat 1 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 20:20
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 4 550 Reggel Valérie SUI 2:18.38 (PB) 846
2 5 226 Omrani Yasmina FRA 2:20.59 816
3 3 162 Cachová Katerina CZE 2:21.60 (PB) 802
4 1 29 Wheatley Megan AUS 2:21.61 (PB) 802
5 2 97 Theisen Brianne CAN 2:24.08 (PB) 769
6 6 135 Wei Xiaobin CHN 2:42.79 (PB) 541
Heat 2 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 20:29
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 3 165 Klucinová Eliška CZE 2:25.61 (PB) 749
2 2 649 Woods Shana USA 2:26.95 (PB) 732
3 5 269 Gürbig Romy GER 2:27.16 729
4 1 559 Hallin Ellinore SWE 2:27.56 (PB) 724
5 6 390 Grabuste Aiga LAT 2:28.92 706
6 4 233 Blaize Dominique GBR 2:53.34 (PB) 429
Heat 3 - Saturday, August 19, 2006 - 20:38
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark Points
1 7 590 Ilkevych Iryna UKR 2:13.00 (PB) 921
2 2 437 Marcussen Ida NOR 2:14.07 (PB) 906
3 3 509 Panteleyeva Yana RUS 2:15.96 879
4 4 250 Surman Jade GBR 2:23.15 (SB) 781
5 5 500 Chernova Tatyana RUS 2:25.49 (SB) 750
6 6 285 Rach Diana GER 2:26.20 741
7 1 129 Song Lijuan CHN 2:26.36 (PB) 739
Hickey fourth in shot put in Beijing -
Vicky Oddi for USATF
BEIJING, China - After an arduous competition, John Hickey (Piermont, N.Y.)
claimed fourth place in the men's shot put final on day four of the 2006 IAAF
World Junior Championships at the Chaoyang Sport Centre in Beijing.
The 2006 U.S. Junior champion, Hickey was fourth in the men's shot
put with a heave of 19.86 meters/65 feet 2 inches. This second round
attempt was originally called a foul but was reinstated at the end
of the competition following a protest by the U.S. team. "It was
a good competition," Hickey said once the protest was finally
resolved. "The competition was at a level I've never seen before
and it motivated me to do well. But after my second throw, the protest
threw my concentration. I was frustrated with the controversy, but
it helped me to gain experience and I'm a better thrower for it."
In the women's 10,000 meter race walk final, 2006 U.S. Junior champion
Catherine Hayes (Oconomowoc, Wisc.) was 18th, crossing the line in
55 minutes 19.64 seconds. After a demanding two days, 2006 U.S. Junior
champion Shana Woods (Long Beach, Calif.) took 12th in the women's
heptathlon with a score of 5,311 points.
2005 World Youth silver medalist Scott Roth (Granite Bay, Calif.)
tied for 13th in the men's pole vault with his clearance of 5.10 meters/16
feet 8.75 inches. "I just had a few bad vaults," Roth said
of his competition. "That's the way the pole vault is, I'm not
disappointed. It was a great trip."
In the morning session's opening rounds of the women's 4x100-meter
relay, the U.S. contingent of Jeneba Tarmoh (San Jose, Calif.), Alexandria
Anderson (Chicago, Ill.), Elizabeth Olear (Woodland Hills, Calif.),
and Kenyanna Wilson (Phoenix, Ariz.) had the fastest qualifying time
for Sunday's final of 43.67 seconds.
The men's team of Evander Wells (Stone Mountain, Ga.), Gordon Mckenzie
(Queens, N.Y.), Odell Harris (Wichita, Kan.), and Brandon Myers (Houston,
Texas) qualified for Sunday's final with their time of 39.50 seconds.
In the men's 110-meter hurdles semi-final, high school standout Darius
Reed (Denver, Colo.) qualified for Sunday's final, coming in third
in his heat in 13.83 seconds. 2006 U.S. Junior champion Dennis Martin
was fourth in his heat in 13.92.
The U.S. quartet of Sa'de Williams (Los Angles, Calif.), Jessica Young
(Columbia, S.C.), Erin Humphrey (Detroit, Mich.), and Brandi Cross
(Missouri City, Texas) qualified for Sunday's final by winning their
opening round heat in 3 minutes 34.83 seconds. "The object of
the game (in the opening rounds) is just to get the baton around the
track and that's what we did," said Cross following the race.
On the men's side, Calvin Smith (Tampa, Fla.), Rodney Lockhart (Vaden,
Miss.), Quentin Inglehart-Summers (San Antonio, Texas), and Bryshon
Nellum (Los Angeles, Calif.) won their heat of the men's 4x400-meter
relay in 3 minutes 6.07 seconds to qualify for Sunday's final.
Team USA medal tally as of August 19 - Gold (1) Chris Carter (Ogden,
Utah), M400H: 50.08 Silver (4) Justin Oliver (Stone Mountain, Ga.),
M400: 45.78; Nicole Leach (Philadelphia, Pa.), W400H: 55.55; Gabby
Mayo (Raleigh, N.C.), W100: 11.42; Antone Belt (Berkeley Springs, W.V.),
MLJ: 7.95m/26-1 Bronze (2) Rebekah Noble (Spokane, Wash.), W800: 2:04.90;
Tiffany Ofili (Ypsilanti, Mich.), W100H: 13.37
World Junior Champs, Day 5 – AM session summary
Saturday 19 August 2006
The Chinese pair of Hong Liu and Xiangdong Bo completed a sweet double
for the host country in the women and men’s finals of the 10,000m
Race Walk respectively to highlight the morning session of competition
day five at the Chaoyang Sport Centre, here in Beijing.
With two medals in the space of one hour, China was rocketed to the
top of the medal standings by countries with 5 gold, 2 silver and 2
bronze medals, their best result since the 1998 edition of these championships
with still two sessions to go!
It was women first on the track this morning as 25 teenagers representing 20
countries lined-up to compete in the overwhelming heat of Beijing.
Liu breaks away in last kilometre
As expected the final turned out to be a China Vs Russia battle which
eventually went in favour of the Asian nation courtesy of a superb
last kilometre by 19-year-old Hong Liu.
The Chinese broke away from Tatyana Shemyakina with exactly 1000 metres left
in the race following what seemed to be a very clear tactic. Liu covered the
last two of the 25 laps with comfortable ease and finished in 45:12.84 more
than 20 seconds ahead of Shemyakina.
Earlier in the race, it had looked like Vera Sokolova, the number
one Russian in this final, two-time World Race Walk Cup winner and
World Youth champion in 2003 would add another title to her résumé but
the diminutive Russian who had held onto the lead for the first 5 kilometres
dropped down after being shown her second warning with more than 12
laps to go.
Eventually Sokolova came in fourth also overtaken by Romania’s
Anamaria Greceanu for bronze.
One-two for China in the men’s race
In the men’s race, the host country went one better as Bo’s
gold was backed by Zhengyu Huang’s second place finish in a personal
best time of 43:13.29. The Chinese pair preceded Japan’s Yusuke
Suzuki (43:45.62) for an Asian sweep of the medals, the first time
a European representative fails to win any kind of medal in the men’s
Race Walk in the history of the World Junior Championships.
Bo’s display this morning was pure class as the 18-year-old
never left the leading pack before breaking away from early race leader
Sergey Morozov (who failed to finish the race) and Suzuki with three
and a half laps to go.
He walked the last kilometre alone although helped by the Chinese fans whose
cheers from the stands became louder and louder as Huang started to gain ground
further back in the field.
Huang overtook Zuzuki and Morozov to lie 150 metres behind Bo at the
bell, his silver medal now secured.
The World Youth champion in Marrakesh last year, Morozov collapsed
at the finish line when he still had one lap to go his early race efforts
evidently paying their toll.
Russian continues to dominate Heptathlon
World Junior leader Tatyana Chernova almost doubled her overnight
lead of 128 points to 336 points after six events in the women’s
Heptathlon.
The 18-year-old Russian who had set three personal bests yesterday,
improved yet again on her personal best in the Long Jump, the opening
event of day two and although she threw the javelin four metres below
her record her 50.51m effort was still the best of the field by a massive
five metres this morning.
Chernova, already a World Youth champion last year in Marrakesh, leapt
out to 6.35m with her third and final attempt to score 959 points in
the Long Jump for an overall total of 4607 points after five events.
Her javelin effort was converted into 870 points which took her total
before the seventh and final event to 5477 points.
The battle for silver remains wide open as Ida Marcussen of Norway
who was lying in third overnight overtook Yana Panteleyeva, her javelin
effort of 45.42m giving her a lead of 14 points (5114) over the Russian
(5110) with one event remaining.
Marcussen had dropped down to fourth after the Long Jump but soon
recovered taking advantage of Panteleyeva’s weak event. A silver
medallist in Marrakesh, the Russian still improved her PB to 40.44m
in the Javelin.
Americans and Jamaicans lead sprint relay qualifiers
Six heats of the 4x100m relays concluded this morning’s session.
The US female quartet which included American champion Alexandria
Anderson in leg two was the fastest qualifier winning heat 2 in 43.67
ahead of Great Britain (44.33). National champion Franciela Krasucki
ran a superb final leg to break the South American Junior record and
offer Brazil the fastest loser’s spot for the final in 44.43.
Anchored by individual sprint finalist Céline Distel, France
had previously won the first heat in 44.02 with China taking the second
automatic qualifying spot in a distant 44.99.
In the third and final heat, Jamaica came out on top despite a poor
start counting on Carrie Russell and Schilonie Calvert to finish strong
in 44.69. Poland was the second automatic qualifier in 44.75 with Russia
taking the last spot in the final in 44.92.
In the men’s heats, Jamaica clocked the fastest World Junior
time of the year to win the third race in 39.18. Anchorman Yohan Blake,
the individual 100m bronze medallist out-dipped Leevan Yearwood of
Great Britain who came in second in 39.30.
The USA won heat two in 39.50 ahead of Canada (39.64) who was anchored
by Brian Barnett, the 200m silver medallist. The teams of Russia and
Poland automatically advance to tomorrow’s final having finished
first and second in heat one although their times of 40.06 and 40.07
are slower than three fastest losers.
The two remaining lanes in the final will be filled by Nigeria (39.68
in heat 3) and Poland (39.92 in heat 4).
Laura Arcoleo for the IAAF
World Junior Champs, Day 5 – PM session summary
Saturday 19 August 2006
Beijing, China - Draped over the side of the spectator tribune at
the beginning of the back straight at the Chaoyang Sport Centre tonight
was a banner with the legend, “Margus Hunt - Winner”.
About twenty metres away on the infield in the Shot Put circle, the
Estonian thrower of that name, already the winner this week in a
World junior record* of the Discus Throw gold, reconfirmed this statement
with a fourth round 20.17m put.
While not the first athlete to win two titles at the 11th IAAF World
Junior Championships, there is no doubt that Hunt is ‘simply
the best’!
And if there were still any doubters remaining including Egypt’s
Abdul Mostafa El-Moaty, who ultimately took silver (20.14m), then Hunt
silenced them
when he followed up with a 20.53m world junior season best with his fifth.
Hunt began the championships with a personal best of 18.61m, which
he improved to 18.95m in the qualification round, and now his national
junior record is 1.58m better than even that! This is the first ever
Shot / Discus title double in World Junior Championship history. Quite
stunning!
China’s Yanxiang Guo got bronze (19.97m). USA’s John Hickey
was fourth with a second round 19.86m (PB) reinstituted after protest
- see Event Final Report for details http://www.iaaf.org/WJC06/news/kind=4/index.html - and in fifth Kuwait got a national junior record via Mashari Mohammad’s
19.79m.
Ooh! Oosthuizen!
In windless conditions John Robert Oosthuizen became the third South
African in the history of these championships to take the men’s
Javelin Throw title. Like a couple of the winners here in Beijing this
week, this was a pure demonstration of the victor's awesome supremacy.
Each of his four valid efforts was beyond the silver medal position
of Finland’s Ari Mannio’s 77.26, with a career best of
83.07m in the second round, a championship record, topping the series.
The Finn for his part, the furthest junior thrower of the year before
tonight, only moved up from bronze to silver on his last effort, denying
Roman Avramenko of Ukraine, who had been in silver with 76.01 (PB)
since his first throw.
Noel Meyer, South Africa's World Youth champion was 10th (70.39m).
No World record but 5.71m wonderful all the same
A championship record was also the reward for Argentina’s German
Chiaraviglio, the World Youth champion, who improved on his junior
silver two years ago in Grosseto to take the men’s Pole Vault
title with a successful second approach to the bar at 5.71m, a PB.
Later attempts at a world junior record of 5.81m were seen to be way
beyond the Argentinean’s scope but this level can only be a matter
of time. The 19-year-old who is coached by his father also spends time
each year in Formia, Italy, under the tutelage of the Ukrainian maestro
Vitaliy Petrov, the trainer of a line of distinguished names including
the men’s and women’s senior World record holders Sergey
Bubka and Yelena Isinbayeva.
Silver and bronze medallists were respectively, Yansheng Yang of China
who set a personal best of 5.54m, and Russia’s Leonid Kivalov
who vaulted 5.42m.
Two devastating bursts, two Kenyan golds
We delighted in two impressive bursts of acceleration by the winners
of the women’s 3000m and men’s 3000m Steeplechase finals.
Firstly, 16-year-old World Youth champion Veronica Wanjiru, claimed
junior gold with a devastating turn of speed on the crown of the last
bend which deposed of the title hopes of her Kenyan team mate Pauline
Korikwiang – 9:02.90 to 9:05.21. China’s Liwei Song who
had led at the bell and had first been passed by Korikwiang with 350
to go, held on for bronze (9:06.35) with Ethiopia’s Belaynesh
Zemedkun Gebre, who had been part of the leading pack, even more distant
by the close in fourth (9:10.92).
Next on track was the steeplechase, and after long time leader Benjamin
Kiplagat - who for a while had advantage of over 15 metres on the field
- was caught with three laps to go, it came down to a game of chess
between two Kenyans, a Moroccan and a Bahraini. Into and out of the
last water jump, and Willy Komen and Tareq Mubarek Taher were side
by side, virtually locking arms as they flew off the barrier. Yet moments
later Taher’s campaign for gold came to a near stop, his leg
speed turning from a sprint to a jog, as Komen sped past. Taher seemed
mentally stunned by the Kenyan’s final burst, the reduction in
his own pace due to the sudden realisation he had met a different class
of runner. A lack of belief, rather than mere physical exhaustion.
Komen crossed in 8:14.00, a championship record, Taher held on easily
for silver (8:16.64), while a tremendous kick from the second Kenyan
Bisluke Kiplagat (8:18.11 PB) managed to catch Abdelghani Ait Bahmad
of Morocco, who with 80 metres had looked set for bronze. Still the
Moroccan’s 8:20.05 in fourth was at least a national record.
First round knockout – W JT
A championship record also secured the first final of the evening,
the women’s Javelin Throw. Going last of the twelve finalists,
Germany’s Sandra Schaffarzik, showed there is another Nerius
or Obergföll waiting in the wings for the senior tour, improving
her personal best from 57.13m to 60.45m to knock the competition into
touch. It was to be Germany’s first title in Beijing. Neither
she nor her opponents came close to 60m again. Ukraine’s Vira
Rebryk’s second round 57.79 for silver – four throws before
the German’s big heave – recaptured a briefly lost national
junior record. Her team mate Marharyta Dorozhon’s 57.68m PB,
having temporarily snatched the national best in the first round, was
enough for bronze. At the start of the evening Rebryk had held the
national mark at 57.64m.
Last round response – W LJ
Germany was not far away from a second gold in the women’s Long
Jump Final with Anika Leipold’s last leap of 6.42m causing Trinidad
and Tobago’s Rhonda Watkins a moment or two of tension, as she
waited to see if her third round 6.46m lead had been surpassed. In
bronze came China’s Yuan Zhang, whose third effort which had
held silver for two series of efforts was by contrast one centimetre
too short to repel the German’s last round assault.
Gold from start to finish for Chernova
From event one to event seven it was Russia’s gold in the women’s
Heptathlon. Tatyana Chernova, with four PBs over the two days entered
the final event with a lead of 336 points, and a fatigued 2:25.49 ‘stroll’ in
the 800m (750pts), left her secure in gold. Ida Marcussen of Norway
who had moved into overall second ahead of another Russian Yana Panteleyeva
thanks to a good Javelin this morning, reaffirmed the silver with an
906 point valued run (2:14.07), with the Russian’s 2:15.96 good
enough for 879pts. The end totals were as follows - Gold: 6227PB and
world junior season’s lead; Silver: 6020 national junior record;
Bronze: 5979. Ukraine’s Iryna Ilkevych was fourth in a national
junior record of 5952.
Championship record in sprint hurdles
The track events got underway in good fashion this evening as the
new height hurdles (99.0cm) saw the latest revision to the young championship
record. In the semi-final round of the men’s 110m Hurdles Poland’s
Artur Noga knocked two hundredths off the 13.46 second record clocking
of Greek Konstadinos Douvalidis from yesterday’s preliminary
round.
Of the three semi-final races, after the Pole, whose time in heat
two was run into a 1.4m/s wind, the next fastest was France’s
Samuel Coco-Viloin in the final race with a 13.63 (-0.4) run, with
Douvalidis the next quickest after taking second place in heat two
(13.72 / -1.4). Russia’s Vladimir Zhukov won the first race (13.78).
Dennis Martin and Darius Reed of the USA, the fastest of the championship
entrants, found qualification difficult. Reed went through as the fastest
of the two non-automatic qualifiers in 13.83 (3rd heat one), while
Martin missing out altogether, third in heat 3 (13.92).
In the 4x400m relay heats, Nigeria brought home an African junior
record of 3:33.00 in the women’s preliminary round, while in
the men’s 4x400m, Russia’s 3:05.59 world junior season’s
lead topped out the qualification round.
Chris Turner for the IAAF
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