Weltklassa Results

by  Associated Press Weltklasse Results Associated Press - 29 August 2013 16:36-04:00

ZURICH (AP) — Results Thursday from Weltklasse, a Diamond League meet at Letzigrund Stadium (all distances in meters):

?Men

100_1, Usain Bolt Jamaica, 9.90 seconds. 2, Nickel Ashmeade, Jamaica, 9.94. 3, Justin Gatlin, United States, 9.96. 4, Jimmy Vicaut, France, 9.98. 5, Michael Rodgers, United States, 10.00. 6, Nesta Carter, Jamaica, 10.01.

400_1, LaShawn Merritt, United States, 44.13. 2, Kirani James, Grenada, 44.32. 3, Pavel Maslak, Czech Republic, 44.91. 4, Luguelin Santos, Dominican Republic, 44.93. 5, Youssef Ahmed Masrahi, Saudi Arabia, 45.26. 6, Jonathan Borlee, Belgium, 45.26.

800_1, Nick Symmonds, United States, 1 minute 43.56 seconds. 2, Marcin Lewandowski, Poland, 1:43.79. 3, Ferguson Rotich Cheruiyot, Kenya, 1:44.39. 4, Duane Solomon, United States, 1:44.49. 5, Timothy Kitum, Kenya, 1:44.87. 6, Michael Rimmer, Britain, 1:45.34.

1,500_1, Silas Kiplagat, Kenya, 3:30.97. 2, Ayanleh Souleiman, Djibouti, 3:31.64. 3, Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba, Kenya, 3:33.15. 4, Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku, Kenya, 3:33.41. 5, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Ethiopia, 3:33.64. 6, Asbel Kiprop, Kenya, 3:33.78.

110 Hurdles_1, David Oliver, United States, 13.12. 2, Ryan Wilson, United States, 13.24. 3, Jason Richardson, United States, 13.26. 4, Sergey Shubenkov, Russia, 13.27. 5, Artur Noga, Poland, 13.29. 6, Aries Merritt, United States, 13.34.

3,000 Steeplechase_1, Hilary Kipsang Yego, Kenya, 8:08.03. 2, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Kenya, 8:08.72. 3, Conseslus Kipruto, Kenya, 8:10.76. 4, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, France, 8:11.11. 5, Gilbert Kirui, Kenya, 8:12.93. 6, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya, 8:24.19.

Long Jump_1, Zarck Visser, South Africa, 8.32. 2, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, South Africa, 8.11. 3, Luis Alberto Rivera, Mexico, 8.09. 4, Chris Tomlinson, Britain, 7.96. 5, Ignisious Gaisah, Netherlands, 7.96. 6, Aleksandr Menkov, Russia, 7.94.

High Jump_1, Bohdan Bondarenko, Ukraine, 2.33. 2, Konstantinos Baniotis, Greece, 2.33. 3, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Qatar, 2.33. 4, Derek Drouin, Canada, 2.28. (tie) Donald Thomas, Bahamas, 2.28. 6, Mickael Hanany, France, 2.24.

Discus_1, Gerd Kanter, Estonia, 67.02. 2, Robert Harting, Germany, 66.83. 3, Ehsan Hadadi, Iran, 6607. 4, Martin Wierig, Germany, 65.51. 5, Erik Cadee, Netherlands, 63.81. 6, Robert Urbanek, Poland, 63.78.

Shot Put_1, Ryan Whiting, United States, 22.03. 2, David Storl, Germany, 21.19. 3, Dylan Armstrong, Canada, 21.13. 4, Ladislav Prasil, Czech Republic, 21.10. 5, Tomasz Majewski, Poland, 20.81. 6, German Lujan Lauro, Argentina 20.53.

___

?Women

200_1, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica, 22.40. 2, Murielle Ahoure, Ivory Coast, 22.66. 3, Mariya Ryemyen, Ukraine, 22.67. 4, Charonda Williams, United States, 22.84. 5, Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria, 23.22. 6, Mujinga Kambundji, Switzerland, 23.38.

800_1, Eunice Jepkoech Sum, Kenya, 1:58.82. 2, Mariya Savinova, Russia, 1:58.93. 3, Malika Akkaoui, Morocco, 1:59.34. 4, Alysia Johnson Montano, United States, 2:00.25. 5, Ajee Wilson, United States, 2:00.35. 6, Nataliya Lupu, Ukraine, 2:01.09. 7, Caster Semenya, South Africa, 2:01.83.

5,000_1, Meseret Defar, Ethiopia, 14:32.83. 2, Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, 14:34.82. 3, Mercy Cherono, Kenya, 14:40.33. 4, Emily Chebet, Kenya, 14:46.89. 5, Gladys Cherono, Kenya, 14:47.12. 6, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Kenya, 14:52.54. 7, Jenny Simpson, United States, 14:56.26 (personal best).

400 Hurdles_1, Zuzana Hejnova, Czech Republic, 53.32. 2, Kaliese Spencer, Jamaica, 54.22. 3, Denisa Rosolova, Czech Republic, 54.99. 4, Hanna Titimets, Ukraine, 55.05. 5, Hanna Yaroshchuk, Ukraine, 55.17. 6, Natalya Antyukh, Russia, 55.92.

Long Jump_1, Shara Proctor, Britain, 6.88. 2, Blessing Okagbare, Nigeria, 6.76. 3, Ivana Spanovic, Serbia, 6.73. 4, Sosthene Moguenara, Germany, 6.68. 5, Olga Kucherenko, Russia, 6.64. 6, Yelena Sokolova, Russia, 6.43.

Pole Vault_1, Silke Spiegelburg, Germany, 4.79. 2, Fabiana Murer, Brazil, 4.72. 3, Yarisley Silva, Cuba, 4.72. 4, Jirina Svobodova, Czech Republic, 4.62. 5, Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Greece, 4.52. (tie) Mary Saxer, United States, 4.52

Javelin_1, Maria Abakumova, Russia, 68.94. 2, Christina Obergfoell, Germany, 63.36. 3, Linda Stahl, Germany, 63.24. 4, Sunette Viljoen, South Africa, 62.76. 5, Kathryn Mitchell, Australia, 62.66. 6, Sofi Flink, Sweden, 59.84.

Shot Put_1, Valerie Adams, New Zealand, 20.98 (world leading). 2, Yevgeniya Kolodko, Russia, 19.97. 3, Michelle Carter, United States, 19.88. 4, Christina Schwanitz, Germany, 19.36. 5, Alena Kopets, Belarus, 18.34. 6, Tia Brooks, United States, 18.20.

News Topics: Sports, Track and field, Men's track and field, Women's track and field, Men's sports, Women's sports

People, Places and Companies: Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin, Michael Rodgers, Nesta Carter, LaShawn Merritt, Nick Symmonds, Duane Solomon, Asbel Kiprop, Jason Richardson, Aries Merritt, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, Ignisious Gaisah, Gerd Kanter, Robert Harting, Ryan Whiting, David Storl, Tomasz Majewski, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Caster Semenya, Meseret Defar, Tirunesh Dibaba, Fabiana Murer, Michelle Carter, Tia Brooks, Kenya, Poland, Germany, Ethiopia, Czech Republic, France, East Africa, United States, Russia, Jamaica, Ukraine, Caribbean, Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, Europe, Western Europe, North America, Latin America and Caribbean

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. This article is published under the terms of the News Licensing Group, LLC. privacy policy, in addition to the terms of use and privacy policy for this website.

READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.neurope.eu