OVERSEAS

Steve Smythe, results editors

CHAMPIONSHIP BEST?

DESPITE too many absentees, it was a good British Championships, I thought, and an encouraging number of Brits secured Olympic spots. However, while the standards were obviously well below those we will see at the US Championships, they also don’t compare well to France’s national championships last weekend and the throws standards were well below those at the Polish championships.

OVERSEAS

BAHAMAS

Nassau, June 17

Men: 300: 1 D Pinder 32.61

Nassau, June 24/25

Men: 200 (0.1): 1 I Kerr 20.72. 400:

1 S Gardiner 44.46; 2 A Russell 45.25; 3 C Brown 45.59; 4 S Newbold 45.80.

HJ: 1 D Thomas 2.27; 2 J Wilson 2.25; 3 T Barry 2.25. Women: 200 (-0.6): 1 T Gaither 23.00. 400: 1 S Miller 52.17. LJ: 1 B Stuart 6.66

BELGIUM

Belgian Championships, Brussels, June 25-26

Women: 1500: 6 STEPHANIE BARNES 4:26.33. Ht3: 1 BARNES 4:31.88

BELARUS

Minsk June 9/10

Men: HT: 1 Y Shayunov 73.50 U20men: HT: A Shymanovich 75.78. U18 HT: D Borovkov 75.04. Women: HT: 1 A Malyshchik 71.72

Minsk, June 10

Women: SP: 1 Y Pravalinskaya-Karolchyk (W35) 18.52

COLOMBIA

Cali, June 25

Men: 100 (2.9): 1 D Palomeque 10.07; 2 V Hugo (BRA) 10.14. 400: 1 J Perlaza 45.45. 110H (2.6): 1 J McFarlane (PER) 13.31; 2 J McFarlane (PER) 13.48; 3 Y Rivas 13.50. Women: 400: 1 G Coutinho (BRA) 51.70. TJ: 1 C Ibarguen 14.51/-1.4. JT: 1 F Ruiz 63.84 (S Af rec)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Prague, June 22

Men: PV: 1 J Kudlicka 5.83 (rec); 2 E Dolve (NOR) 5.66 (U23 rec); 3 M Balner 5.55; eq 4 M Arents (LAT)/L Posekany 5.55. Women: PV: 1 J Ptacnikova 4.50 Olomouc, June 25

Men: HM: 1 S Biwott (KEN) 60:46; 2 R Mengich (KEN) 65:17; 3 G Kipyego (KEN) 66:04. Women: HM: 1 M Keitany (KEN) 68:53; 2 E Chelimo (KEN) 72:15; 3 J Chepkirui (KEN) 72:40

Czech Championships,Tabor, June 17

Men: SP: 1 T Stanek 20.39

International Mountain Running Youth Cup, Janske Lazne, June 25 SCARLET DALE finished fifth and led the England under-18 team to fifth place on a tough, steep, uphill-only course.

Anna MacFadyen of Scotland was the next British finisher, in seventh, in a race won by Czech athlete Barbora Havlickova.

Elliott Matier finished ninth in the under-18 race, which was dominated by a Turkish team who had six in the first seven.

England just lost out on bronze to Italy as Matier, who had only finished fifth in the England trial and was therefore in the B team, could not count.

U18 men (4.7km; 560m ascent (uphill only)): 1 A Alkanoglu (TUR) 26:19; 2 O Ozturk (TUR) 26:21; 3 I Özevin (TUR 2)

26:40; 4 V Tümincin (TUR) 26:43; 5 G Bularda (ROU) 27:08; 6 R Bastug (TUR) 27:10; 7 Yusuf Matur (TUR 2) 27:42; 8 E Bozzolo (ITA) 28:09; 9 ELLIOTT MATIER (ENG 2) 28:14; 10 JOSEPH DUGDALE (ENG) 28:16; 11 ALFIE THOMPSON (ENG) 28:19; 21 A Hunter (IRL) 29:29; 22 TRISTAN REES (SCO) 29:42; 24 NATHAN SMITH (ENG) 1 30:04; 27 JOSEPH CRUTCHLEY (WAL) 30:25; 28 JAMES LUND ENG 1 30:36; 29 FINLAY TODD (SCO) 30:51; 32 CEDOL DAFYDD (WAL) 31:02; 34 I Coleman (IRL) 31:14; 39 SCOTT MCKEAG (NIR) 31:53; 41 GEORGE REES (SCO) 31:57; 42 THOMAS JONES (WAL) 31:57. TEAM: 1 Turkey 17; 2 Turkey 2 22; 3 Italy 42; 4 England 45; 5 Germany 51; 6 Romania 80; 9 Scotland 92; 10 Wales 101; 12 Ireland 115; 15 N Ireland 144. U18 women 2.6km: 280m ascent (uphill only) 1 B Havlickova (CZE) 19:36; 2 F Bizek (TUR) 19:49; 3 N Battocletti (ITA) 19:57; 4 L Wiktorowicz (POL) 20:18; 5 SCARLET DALE (ENG) 20:27; 7 ANNA MACFADYEN (SCO) 20:42; 16 ALICE MOORE (ENG) 21:07; 22 MAIRI WALLACE (SCO) 21:52;23 LAUREN McNEIL (ENG) 21:58; 26 GRACE WHELAN (SCO) 22:02; 28 LUCY BYRAM (ENG) 22:13; 32 C McQuaid(IRL) 22:50; 34 JEMIMA ELGOOD (ENG) 23:10; 36 ANNABELLE McQUEEN (WAL) 23:18. TEAM: 1 Poland 27; 2 Turkey 27; 3 Italy 28; 4 Czech Republic 41; 5 England 44; 6 Romania 52; 7 Scotland 55; 11 Wales 121; 12 Ireland 125

DENMARK

Aarhus, June 25

Men: 100 (0.3): 1 K Hyman (CAY) 10.29. 110H (0.1): 1 S Thingalaya (IND) 13.69. 400H: 1 J Santos (DOM) 49.43; 2 L Hamman (RSA) 49.60. Women: 400H: 1 S Petersen 55.13; 2 H Titimets (UKR) 55.88

Aarhus, June 25

Men: 1500: 6 ARCHIE DAVIS (U20)

3:43.81. 110H: r1 (-1.0): 6 LIAM COLLINS 15.23. 400H: B: 4 COLLINS

54.47

ESTONIA

Tallinn, June 25

Men: DT: 1 G Kanter 62.56

FINLAND

Kuortane, June 25

JOHANNES VETTER won a top-class javelin contest as he threw a PB 88.23m to top Antti Ruuskanen’s 86.90m and world No.1 Thomas Rohler’s 86.30m. Sweden´s Susanna Kallur, who is now a W35, finished second in the 100m hurdles in 12.91 behind Nooralotta Neziri’s Finnish record 12.81.

Men: 100 (2.8): 1 L Sesele (RSA) 10.31. 3000: 1 P Tiernan (AUS) 7:54.12; 2 D McNeill (AUS) 7:54.29; 3 S McSweyn

(AUS) 7:54.43; 4 K Batt (IRL) 7:58.82. HT: 1 D Söderberg 76.81. JT: 1 J Vetter (GER) 88.23; 2 A Ruuskanen 86.90; 3 T Rohler (GER) 86.30; 4 T Pitkamaki 85.35; 5 V Veselý (CZE) 80.45; 6 I Abdelrahman (EGY) 80.39; 7 T Wirkkala 79.05; 8 A Mannio 77.52. Women: 800: 1 A Tkachuk (UKR) 2:02.98; 2 G LaCaze (AUS) 2:04.05; 3 Z Buckman (AUS) 2:04.54. 3000sc: 1 LaCaze 9:41.06. 100H (1.6): 1 N Neziri 12.81 (rec); 2 S Kallur (SWE) 12.91. HJ: 1 L Sandblom 1.93 (rec). PV: 1 N Büchler (SUI) 4.72. JT: 1 H Nokelainen 60.82

Men: 100 (2.8): 1 L Sesele (RSA) 10.31. 3000: 1 P Tiernan (AUS) 7:54.12; 2 D McNeill (AUS) 7:54.29; 3 S McSweyn (AUS) 7:54.43; 4 K Batt (IRL) 7:58.82. HT: 1 D Söderberg 76.81. JT: 1 J Vetter (GER) 88.23; 2 A Ruuskanen 86.90; 3 T Rohler (GER) 86.30; 4 T Pitkamaki 85.35; 5 V Veselý (CZE) 80.45; 6 I Abdelrahman (EGY) 80.39; 7 T Wirkkala 79.05; 8 A Mannio 77.52. Women: 800: 1 A Tkachuk (UKR) 2:02.98; 2 G LaCaze (AUS) 2:04.05; 3 Z Buckman (AUS) 2:04.54. 3000sc: 1 LaCaze 9:41.06. 100H (1.6): 1 N Neziri 12.81 (rec); 2 S Kallur (SWE) 12.91. HJ: 1 L Sandblom 1.93 (rec). PV: 1 N Büchler (SUI) 4.72. JT: 1 H Nokelainen 60.8

FRANCE

French Championships, Angers, June 24/26

JIMMY VICAUT broke the 10-second barrier twice and approached the European record in the final.

He clocked 9.94 in the heat before improving to 9.88 in the final.

Christophe Lemaitre clocked 10.09 in his heat but pulled out of the final due to injury and didn’t contest the 200m, won by Vicaut in a more modest 20.62.

There was sad news for Teddy Tamgho, who won the triple jump with 17.15m ahead of Harold Correa (16.95m) but fractured his femur and was stretchered off the track and is out of the Olympics.

Renaud Lavillenie cleared a world-leading outdoor mark of 5.95m before attempting 6.01m.

Dimitri Bascou won the 110m hurdles in a just-over-the-limits (2.1m/ sec) 13.05 as Pascal Martinot-Lagarde failed to finish.

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad won the steeplechase in 8:29.01 while 16-year-old Lisa Gunnarsson equalled her world youth record of 4.50m in the pole vault.

Men: 100 (1.9): 1 J Vicaut 9.88; 2 S Dutamby 10.12; 3 M Zeze 10.21; C Lemaitre DNS. h1 (1.7): 1 Vicaut 9.94; 2 Zeze 10.25. h2 (0.7): 1 Lemaitre 10.09; 2 S Dutamby 10.26. 200 (1.3): 1 Vicaut 20.62; 2 Zeze 20.69. h1 (2.1): 1 Zeze 20.76; 2 G Dautremer 20.84. h2 (-0.5): 1 Vicaut 20.73. 400: 1 T Jordier 45.72; 2 M Anne 46.07. 800: 1 A Lusine 1:50.16; 2 S Selmouni 1:50.16. h2: 1 S Dahmani 1:49.88; 2 P Bosse 1:49.90. 1500: 1 F Carvalho 3:44.70; 2 B Cantero 3:44.87. 5000: 1 M Amdouni 14:12.33. 3000sc: 1 M Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:29.01; 2 D Bedrani 8:36.30. 110H (2.1): 1 D Bascou 13.05; 2 W Belocian 13.15; 3 A Manga 13.32; 4 B Sedecias 13.56; 5 S Krauss 13.73; 6 P Martinot-Lagarde 13.73. T Martinot-Lagarde DNF. h1 (1.7): 1 Bascou 13.24; 2 Belocian 13.30; 3 Manga 13.33. h2 (0.7): 1 P Martinot-Lagarde 13.43; 2 T Martinot-Lagarde 13.61; 3 Krauss 13.62. 400H: 1 M Hann 50.26; h1: 1 Hann 50.20. HJ: 1 M Hanany 2.21; 2 T Djoumessi (CMR) 2.21. PV: 1 R Lavillenie 5.95; 2 K Menaldo 5.80; 3 S Joseph 5.75. LJ: 1 J Bertrand 8.01; 2 K Gomis 7.93; 3 S Sdiri 7.89. TJ: 1 T Tamgho 17.15; 2 H Correa 16.95w; 3 K Luron 16.89w. SP: 1 F Elemba (CGO) 20.60; 2 F Dagee 19.21. DT: 1 L Djouhan 60.81. HT: 1 J Bortoluzzi 72.81. JT: 1 K Durechou 75.35. Dec: 1 B Auzeil 8191; 2 F Geffrouais 8073; 3 J Lelievre 7807. 5000W: 1 K Campion 18:59.46; Y Diniz DNF. Women: 100 (-0.4): 1 S Akakpo 11.17; 2 F Gnafoua 11.20. h1 (1.4): 1 J Galais 11.26. h2 (0.9): 1 Akakpo 11.18; 2 Gnafoua 11.19. 200 (0.1): 1 J Galais 23.36. 400: 1 F Guei 51.21; 2 M Gayot 52.29; 3 B Ntiamoah 52.31. h2: 1 Guei 51.19. 800: 1 R Lamote 2:02.09. 1500: 1 E Normand 4:13.39. 5000: 1 M Woldu (ERI) 16:15.00; 2 A Rocquain 16:20.28. 3000sc: 1 A Sow 9:54.18. 100H (0.1): 1 C Billaud 12.83; 2 S Gomis 13.01. h2 (1.6): 1 Gomis 12.79. 400H: 1 P Anacharsis 57.01. HJ: 1 M Vallet 1.88. PV: 1 L Gunnarsson (SWE, U18) 4.50 (eq World youth rec); 2 N Guillon-Romarin 4.40; 3 V Boslak 4.30. LJ: 1 H Kessely 6.41. TJ: 1 J Assani Issouf 14.40; 2 N Marie-Nelly 14.01. SP: 1 J Cerival 17.47. DT: 1 M Robert-Michon 63.40; 2 P Pousse 62.68. HT: 1 A Tavernier 66.73. JT: 1 M Andraud 54.05. Hep: 1 A Djapa 5768. 5000W: 1 E Menuet 21:51.91