TAKING THE PACE
SO MANY pacemakers are not up to the job. It seems especially poor in men’s races where the first lap of a 1500m could be 53 seconds followed by a 57 on the second. Whenthe pacemaker drops out, runners are left tired and unable to accelerate and times are nowhere near their capabilties with a sensible pace.
PERKOVIC HOME VICTORY
CROATIA
Zagreb, September 6
Sandra Perkovic: home victory
MARK SHEARMAN
LOCAL favourite Sandra Perkovic extended her winning streak to 13 competitions with an overwhelming
67.86m victory as she ended her season unbeaten.
Asafa Powell just missed out on his 98th sub-10 with a 10.01 victory with three Britons following home.
Joel Fearon again proved himself the UK No.1 post-Olympics as he ran
10.06 to James Dasaolu’s 10.10 and Adam Gemili’s 10.11.
Danny Talbot was a fine third in the 200m ahead of Christophe Lemaitre.
Jazmin Sawyers finished second in the long jump behind Ivana Španovic’s windy 7.03m.
Men 100 (1.5): 1 A Powell (JAM)
10.01; 2 JOEL FEARON 10.06; 3 JAMES DASAOLU 10.10; 4 ADAM GEMILI 10.11; 5 A Brown (CAN) 10.17;
6 J Lawson USA 10.34; 7 J Reus (GER)
10.37. 200 (1.3): 1 Brown 20.15; 2 R Guliyev (TUR) 20.23; 3 DANNY TALBOT
20.39; 4 C Lemaitre (FRA) 20.43; 5 S Bockarie (NED) 20.51; 6 I Makwala (BOT) 20.90. 1500: 1 R Biwott (KEN) 3:37.35; 2 V Kibet (KEN) 3:37.51; 3 M Lewandowski (POL) 3:37.69; 4 C Cheboi (KEN) 3:38.95; 5 P Chelimo
(USA) 3:39.33; 6 B Birgen (KEN)
3:39.76; 7 A Bayer (USA) 3:39.97;
11 R Gregson (AUS) 3:42.33; 12 R Andrews (USA) 3:42.58. 110H: (1.4) 1
P Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) 13.35; 2 W Belocian (FRA) 13.37; 3 B Baji (HUN)
13.49; 4 D Oliver (USA) 13.51; 5 J Eaton (USA) 13.52; 6 A Riley (JAM)
13.71. PV: 1 I Horvat (CRO) 5.70 (eq rec); 2 M Arents (LAT) 5.50. LJ: 1 F Lapierre (AUS) 8.06/0.5; 2 H Frayne
(AUS) 7.99/1.3. Women: 400: 1 C Okolo (USA) 51.23; 2 N Hastings (USA)
51.35; 3 C Muir (CAN) 52.03; 4 F Guei (FRA) 52.46; 5 L de Witte (NED) 52.84;
6 ANYIKA ONUORA 53.04. 3000: 1
M Chelimo (KEN, U20) 8:45.69; 2 A Tirop (KEN) 8:46.38; 3 S Kuijken (NED) 8:46.88; 4 K Mackey USA 8:47.46;
5 A Moller (DEN, U20) 8:47.83 (U20 rec); 6 G LaCaze (AUS) 8:52.28; 7 S Kudzelich (BLR) 8:54.51; 8 E Wellings
(AUS) 8:57.31. 100H: (2.3): 1 D Harper Nelson (USA) 12.74; 2 Ivancevic (CRO)
12.88; 3 J Stowers (USA) 12.90; 4 C Roleder (GER) 12.96; 5 C Billaud (FRA)
13.29; 6 J Coward (USA) 13.39. 400H: 1 Z Hejnova (CZE) 55.61; 2 K Spencer
(JAM) 55.77; 3 C Tate (USA) 56.32. HJ: 1 S Radzivil (UZB) 1.89; 2 Y Levchenko
(UKR) 1.89; eq3 L Spencer (LCA)/I Herashchenko (UKR) 1.89.
LJ: 1 I Spanovic (SRB) 7.03/2.5
(6.88/1.0, 6.96/1.1, 6.81/1.5, x, -, 7.03); 2 JAZMIN SAWYERS 6.68/0.5; 3 SHARA PROCTOR 6.55/0.5; 4 A Rotaru (ROU) 6.48/1.3; 5 J Veldakova (SVK)
6.43/0.3. DT: 1 S Perkovic (CRO) 67.86
(66.41, 67.62, 67.86, x, x, 64.32); 2 N Muller (GER) 62.46; 3 M Robert-Michon (FRA) 61.42; 4 P Pousse (FRA) 60.17
OVERSEAS
Jan Kudlicka: pole vault winner in street event in Austria
SABINE MÜNCH
AUSTRIA
Salzburg, September 10
EUROPEAN silver medallist Jan Kudlicka won the pole vault in the middle of the city in the “Kapitelplatz” with 5.74m to follow up his victory over Olympic champion Thiago Braz in Liechtenstein a few days earlier.
Men: PV: 1 J Kudlicka (CZE) 5.74; 2 E Dolve (NOR) 5.50; 3 M Balner (CZE) 5.50
BULGARIA
World Mountain Running
Championships, Sapareva Banya, September 11
AUSTRIAN Andrea Mayr won the mountain running world title for the sixth time as she finished 100 seconds ahead of Italian Valentina Belotti.
Hatti Archer was leading Briton in 10th as Britain finished fourth as Italy won the team title.
In the men’s race, American Joseph Gray had a similar winning margin over Mexican Israel Morales and led his team to victory. Britain, led by Andy Douglas in 11th, finished fifth.
Men: 12.5km: 1 J Gray (USA) 62:13; 2, I Morales (MEX) 63:42; 3 A Arslan (TUR) 64:49; 11 ANDREW DOUGLAS 65:56;
13 CHRIS SMITH 66:22; 31 GRAHAM GRISTWOOD 69:18; 34 CHRIS FARRELL 69:34; 51 TOM ADAMS 71:37; 56 MAX NICHOLAS 72:11. TEAM: 1 USA 32; 2 ITA 33; 3 MEX 69; 4 GER 83; 5, GBR 89. U20: 7.3km: 1 J Ayeko (UGA) 33:53; 2 V Kiplangat (UGA) 35:39; 3 A Chemutai
(UGA) 35:50; 13 EUAN GILLHAM 38:24;
24 NATHAN SMITH (U17) 40:23; 36 CIARAN LEWIS 41:53; JOSHUA BOYLE (U17) DNF. TEAM: UGA 6. Women:
7.3km: 1 A Mayr (AUT) 39:04; 2 V Belotti (ITA) 40:47; 3, C Dewalle (FRA) 41:05;
10 HATTI ARCHER 43:01; 11 VICTORIA WILKINSON (W35) 43:04; 16 EMILY COLLINGE 43:30; 45 ANNIE CONWAY
(W35) 48:27. TEAM: 1 ITA 17; 2 CZE 32; 3 USA 36; 4 GBR 37; 5 FRA 49; U20 3.5km: 1 S Kistner (GER) 22:48; 3 BRONWEN JENKINSON 23:56; 20 HEIDI DAVIES 25:42; 27 ELIZABETH APSLEY 26:28; 33 EMILY NICHOLSON (U17)
27:44. TEAM: CZE 19
CZECH REPUBLIC
Birell 10km, Prague, September 10
VIOLA CHEPCHUMBA won the women’s race in 30:24. The time is just three seconds short of Paula Radcliffe’s world best.
Men: 10km: 1 A Kipyatich (KEN) 27:40;
2 D Wanjiru (KEN) 27:43; 3, E Kipsang
(KEN) 27:47; 4 K Keter (KEN) 27:50; 5
M Kimeli (KEN) 27:53; 6 A Kurgat (KEN) 28:10; 7 R Mengich (KEN) 28:17; 8 D Chebii (KEN) 28:20; 41 TOBY SMITH
34:13. Women: 10km: 1 V Jepchumba (KEN) 30:24; 2 J Jepkosgei (KEN) 31:08;
3 A Godfay (ETH) 31:49; 4 G Cherono
(KEN) 31:58; 5 L Cheruiyot (KEN) 32:59
ESTONIA
Seb Tallinn Marathon/10km, Tallinn, September 11
Men: Mar: 20 STUART REED (M40) 2:51:31; 36 ANDREW MILLIS (M55)
2:54:43. 10km: 16 PATRICK BROWN 34:46
GERMANY
Berlin, September 11
Men: PV: 2 ADAM HAGUE (U20) 5.31. Women: LJ: 2 LORRAINE UGEN 6.28/-1.9 Borkum, September 10
FORMER world champion and world record-holder Betty Heidler ended her career with a 74.00m hammer victory. Women: DT: 1 N Muller 60.34. HT: 1 B Heidler 74.00
HUNGARY
Wizz Air Budapest Half-marathon, Budapest, September 11
Men: HM: 87 IAN MACDOUGALL (W55) 86:24
ITALY
Rovereto, September 6
GENZEBE DIBABA ran the second fastest ever outdoor mile as she set an African record 4:14.30.
She followed the pacemakers through 400m in 60.94 but the second lap was much slower and she was through 800m in 2:07.24. She then picked the pace up again to go through 1200m in 3:10.6 and 1500m in a season’s best of 3:57.31.
She didn’t quite manage to surpass her world indoor record of 4:13.51 but was an incredible 11 seconds up on runner-up Sifan Hassan.
Men: 100: (2.3): 1 J Forte (JAM)
9.97; 2 K Collins (SKN, M40) 10.01;
3 HARRY AIKINES-ARYEETEY 10.19;
4 OJIE EDOBURUN 10.20. 400: 1 L Santos (DOM) 45.21; 2 R McDonald
(JAM) 45.62; 3 R Quow (TTO) 45.81; 4 L Bonevacia (NED) 45.98; 5 V Norwood
(USA) 46.06. 800: 1 A Tuka (BIH)
1:44.80; 2 Y Hathat (ALG) 1:45.18; 3 A Gakeme (BDI) 1:45.67; 4 M English (IRL) 1:45.79; 5 E Melly (KEN) 1:45.82; 6 A de Arriba (ESP) 1:45.95; 7 G Benedetti
1:46.67; 8 J Riseley (AUS) 1:46.98; 9 B Kiprugut (KEN, U20) 1:47.47. 5000: 1 S Birega (ETH, U18) 13:25.06; 2 H Maiyo