Results from the World Track and Field Championships at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan (results are from Monday local time; race distances in meters; q -- qualifies for next round):
Men
1,500 -- semifinals
Heat 1 -- 1, q-Bernard Lagat, United States, 3 minutes, 42.39
seconds. 2, q-Tarek Boukensa, Algeria, 3:42.88. 3, q-Asbel Kiprop,
Kenya, 3:42.99. 4, q-Mehdi Baala, France, 3:43.01. 5, q-Andrew
Baddeley, Britain, 3:43.03. 6, Nicholas Willis, New Zealand,
3:43.34. 7, Mohamed Moustaoui, Morocco, 3:43.39. 8, Mekonnen
Gebremehdin, Ethiopia, 3:43.41. 9, Juan Carlos Higuero, Spain,
3:44.15. 10, Sajad Moradi, Iran, 3:46.21. 11, Daniel Kipchirchir
Komen, Kenya, 4:02.95. 12, Youssef Baba, Morocco, 4:16.23.
Heat 2 -- 1, q-Rashid Ramzi, Bahrain, 3:40.53. 2, q-Antar
Zerguelaine, Algeria, 3:40.79. 3, q-Arturo Casado, Spain, 3:40.83.
4, q-Belal Mansoor Ali, Bahrain, 3:41.01. 5, q-Alan Webb, United
States, 3:41.08. 6, q-Sergio Gallardo, Spain, 3:41.14. 7,
q-Shedrack Kibet Korir, Kenya, 3:41.15. 8, Juan Luis Barrios,
Mexico, 3:41.17. 9, Kevin Sullivan, Canada, 3:41.27. 10, Christian
Obrist, Italy, 3:42.93.
10,000 -- final
1, Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, 27 minutes, 05.90 seconds. 2,
Sileshi Sihine, Ethiopia, 27:09.03. 3, Martin Irungu Mathathi,
Kenya, 27:12.17. 4, Zersenay Tadese, Eritrea, 27:21.37. 5, Josephat
Muchiri Ndambiri, Kenya, 27:31.41. 6, Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam,
Ehtiopia, 27:44.58. 7, Abdihakem Abdirahman, United States,
27:56.62. 8, Josphat Kiprono Menjo, Kenya, 28:25.67. 9, Dathan
Ritzenhein, United States. 28:28.59. 10, Boniface Kiprop, Uganda.
28:30.99. 11, Galen Rupp, United States, 28:41.71. 12, Kensuke
Takezawa, Japan, 28:51.69. 13, Tola Tadesse, Ethiopia, 28:51.75.
14, Alejandro Suarez, Mexico, 28:52.19. 15, Wilson Kipkemei
Busienei, Uganda, 29:24.72.
Triple jump -- final
1, Nelson Evora, Portugal, 58 feet, 2½ inches. 2, Jadel
Gregorio, Brazil, 57-8½. 3, Walter Davis, United States, 56-10¼. 4,
Osniel Tosca, Cuba, 56-10. 5, Aarik Wilson, United States, 56-9½.
6, Phillips Idowu, Britain, 56-01. 7, David Giralt, Cuba, 55-5¾. 8,
Alexander Martinez, Switzerland, 55-3½. 9, Kim Deokh-yeon, South
Korea, 54-10. 10, Aleksandr Petrenko, Russia, 54-8. 11, Zhong
Minwei, China, 54-8. 12, Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greece, 54-5¼.
Hammer throw -- final
1, Ivan Tsikhan, Belarus, 274-4. 2, Primoz Kozmus, Slovenia,
269-11. 3, Libor Charfreitag, Slovakia, 267-8. 4, Vadim
Devyatovskiy, Belarus, 267-7. 5, Krisztian Pars, Hungary, 265-6. 6,
Koji Murofushi, Japan, 264-0. 7, Szymon Ziolkowski, Poland, 262-9.
8, Markus Esser, Germany 261-4. 9, Olli-Pekka Karjalainen, Finland,
257-0. 10, Miloslav Konopka, Slovakia, 256-2.
High Jump -- Round 1
Group A -- 1, q-Eike Onnen, Germany, 7 feet, 6 inches. 1,
q-Andrey Silnov, Russia, 7-6. 3, q-Tomas Janku, Czech Republic,
7-6. 4, q-Stefan Holm, Sweden, 7-6. 5, q-Jesse de Lima, Brazil,
7-6. 6, q-Tom Parsons, Britain, 7-6. 6, q-Kabelo Kgosiemang,
Botswana, 7-6. 8, q-Michal Bieniek, Poland, 7-6. 9, Andrea
Bettinelli, Italy, 7-5. 10, Rozle Prezelj, Slovenia, 7-5.
Group B -- 1, q-Linus Thornblad, Sweden, 7-6. 2, q-Yaroslav
Rybakov, Russia, 7-6. 3, q-Jaroslav Baba, Czech Republic, 7-6. 3,
q-Victor Moya, Cuba, 7-6. 5, q-Martyn Bernard, Britain, 7-6. 6,
q-Donald Thomas, Bahamas, 7-6. 7, q-Kyriakos Ioannou, Cyprus, 7-6.
8, Nicola Ciotti, Italy, 7-5. 8, Jamie Nieto, United States, 7-5.
10, Svatoslav Ton, Czech Republic, 7-5.
Women
100 -- final
1, Veronica Campbell, Jamaica, 11.01 seconds. 2, Lauryn
Williams, United States, 11.01. 3, Carmelita Jeter, United States,
11.02. 4, Torri Edwards, United States, 11.05. 5, Kim Gevaert,
Belgium, 11.05. 6, Christine Arron, France, 11.08. 7, Kerron
Stewart, Jamaica, 11.12. 8, Oludamola Osayomi, Nigeria, 11.26.
400 -- semifinals
Heat 1 -- 1, q-Novlene Williams, Jamaica, 49.66. 2, q-Ana
Guevara, Mexico, 50.19. 3, q-Ilona Usovich, Belarus, 50.31. 4,
Joanne Cuddihy, Ireland, 50.73. 5, Lee McConnell, Britain, 51.07.
6, Indira Terrero, Cuba, 51.08. 7, Natasha Hastings, United States,
51.45. 8, Asami Tanno, Japan, 51.81.
Heat 2 -- 1, q-Nicola Sanders, Britain, 49.77. 2, q-Natalya
Antyukh, Russia, 49.93. 3, q-DeeDee Trotter, United States, 50.31.
4, Shericka Williams, Jamaica, 50.37. 5, Christine Amertil,
Bahamas, 51.18. 6, Daniela Reina, Italy, 51.99. 7, Barbara Petrahn,
Hungary, 52.12. 8, Aliann Pompey, Guyana 53.58.
Heat 3 -- 1, q-Christine Ohuruogu, Britain, 50.16. 2, q-Mary
Wineberg, United States, 50.27. 3, Tatyana Veshkurova, Russia,
50.71. 4, Amantle Montsho, Botswana, 50.90. 5, Shereefa Lloyd,
Jamaica, 51.00. 6, Christy Ekpukhon Ihunaegbo, Nigeria, 51.60. 7,
Ionela Tarlea-Manolache, Romania, 51.62. 8, Aymee Martinez, Cuba,
57.77.
3,000-meter steeplechase -- final
1, Yekaterina Volkova, Russia, 9 minutes, 06.57 seconds. 2,
Tatyana Petrova, Russia, 9:09.19. 3, Eunice Jepkorir, Kenya,
9:20.09. 4, Ruth Bisibori Nyangau, Kenya, 9:25.25. 5, Sophie
Duarte, France, 9:27.51. 6, Cristina Casandra, Romania, 9:29.63. 7,
Gulnara Samitova-Galkina, Russia, 9:30.24. 8, Rosa Morato, Spain,
9:36.84. 9, Hanane Ouhaddou, Morocco, 9:37.87. 10, Roisin
McGettigan, Ireland, 9:39.80. 11, Veerle Dejaeghere, Belgium,
9:40.10. 12, Fionnuala Britton, Ireland, 9:48.09. 13, Sara Moreira,
Portugal, 10:00.40. 14, Mardrea Hyman, Jamaica, 10:16.24.
100 hurdles -- Round 1
Heat 1 -- 1, q-Michelle Perry, United States, 12.72 seconds. 2,
q-Sally McLellan, Australia, 12.85. 3, q-Adrianna Lamalle, France,
12.88. 4, q-Derval O'Rourke, Ireland, 12.91. 5, Priscilla Lopes,
Canada, 12.94. 6, Toyin Augustus, Nigeria, 13.10. 7, Edit Vari,
Hungary. 8, Jeimy Bernardez, Honduras, 14.35. 9, Maria Gabriela
Carrillo, El Salvador, 15.78.
Heat 2 -- 1, q-Nevin Yanit, Turkey, 12.78. 2, q-Angela Whyte,
Canada, 12.81. 3, q-LoLo Jones, United States, 12.86. 4, q-Lacena
Golding-Clarke, Jamaica, 12.92. 5, Aleksandra Antonova, Russia,
12.95. 6, Aurelia Trywianska, Poland, 13.05. 7, Christina
Vukicevic, Norway, 13.07. 8, Jenny Kallur, Sweden, 13.08.
Heat 3 -- 1, q-Perdita Felicien, Canada, 12.73. 2, q-Virginia
Powell, United States, 12.76. 3, q-Vonette Dixon, Jamaica, 12.77.
4, q-Flora Redoumi, Greece, 12.88. 5, Yevgeniya Snihur, Ukraine,
13.01. 6, Natalya Ivoninskaya, Kazakstan, 13.12. 7, Nadine
Faustin-Parker, Haiti, 13.16. 8, Esen Kizildag, Turkey, 13.48. 9,
Sumita Rani, Bangladesh, 14.89.
Heat 4 -- 1, q-Susanna Kallur, Sweden, 12.66. 2, q-Delloreen
Ennis-London, Jamaica, 12.74. 3, Nichole Denby, United States,
12.91. 4, q-Anay Tejeda, Cuba, 12.91. 5, Eline Berings, Belgium,
12.97. 6, Tatyana Pavliy, Russia, 12.99. 7, Miriam Bobkova,
Slovakia, 13.04. 8, Mami Ishino, Japan.
400 hurdles -- Round 1
Heat 1 -- q-1, Yuliya Pechenkina, Russia, 54.50. 2, q-Nickiesha
Wilson, Jamaica, 55.15. 3, q-Tasha Danvers-Smith, Britain, 55.67.
4, q-Nicole Leach, United States, 55.95. 5, q-Hristina Hantzi-Neag,
Greece, 56.37. 6, Satomi Kubokura, Japan, 57.01. 7, Ilona Ranta,
Finland, 57.64. 8, Nadia Nazir, Pakistan, 1:04.76.
Heat 2 -- 1, q-Tiffany Ross-Williams, United States, 54.24. 2,
q-Anna Jesien, Poland, 55.01. 3, q-Tatyana Azarova, Kazakstan,
55.93. 4, q-Tsvetelina Kirilova, Bulgaria, 56.77. 5, Aissata
Soulama, Burkina Faso, 57.06. 6, Anastasiya Rabchenyuk, Ukraine,
57.31. 7, Ozge Gurler, Turkey, 57.40.
Heat 3 -- 1, q-Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova, Ukraine, 54.74. 2,
q-Melaine Walker, Jamaica, 55.40. 3, q-Fani Halkia, Greece, 55.66.
4, q-Zuzana Hejnova, Czech Republic, 55.87. 5, q-Yekaterina Bikert,
Russia, 56.23. 6, Elodie Ouedraogo, Belgium, 56.44. 7, Ulrike
Urbansky, Germany, 56.76. 8, Michelle Carey, Ireland, 57.10.
Heat 4 -- 1, q-Jana Rawlinson, Australia, 54.77. 2, q-Natalya
Ivanova, Russia, 55.52. 3, q-Muna Jabir Adam, Sudan, 55.80. 4,
q-Ionela Tarlea-Manolache, Romania, 55.90. 5, q-Kaliese Spencer,
Jamaica, 55.93. 6, q-Erica Martensson, Sweden, 56.19. 7, Muizat
Ajoke Odumosu, Nigeria.
Heat 5 -- 1, q-Huang Xiaoxiao, China, 55.64. 2, q-Yevgeniya
Isakova, Russia, 56.02. 3, q-Sheena Johnson, United States, 56.30.
4, q-Christina Kron, Germany, 57.28. 5, Andrea Blackett, Barbados,
57.70. 6, Lamiae Lhabze, Morocco, 57.81. 7, Lucimar Teodoro,
Brazil, 58.32.
Long Jump -- Round 1
Group A -- 1, q-Lyudmila Kolchanova, Russia, 22-10. 2, q-Maurren
Higa Maggi, Brazil, 22-9½. 3, q-Bianca Kappler, Germany, 22-5¾. 4,
q-Viktoriya Rybalko, Ukraine, 22-2½. 5, q-Anju Bobby George, India,
21-7¾. 6, Denisa Scerbova, Czech Republic, 21-7. 7, Concepcion
Montaner, Spain, 21-5¾. 8, Eunice Barber, France, 21-4¼. 9, Chen
Yaling, China, 21-3¾. 10, Grace Upshaw, United States, 21-2¾.
Group B -- 1, q-Naide Gomes, Portugal, 22-10. 2, q-Tatyana
Lebedeva, Russia, 22-5¼. 3, q-Brittney Reese, United States, 22-4¾.
4, q-Tatyana Kotova, Russia, 22-1. 5, q-Jana Veldakova, Slovakia,
21-9¾. 6, q-Keila Costa, Brazil, 21-8¼. 7, q-Tianna Madison, United
States, 21-7½. 8, Alina Militaru, Romania, 21-7. 9, Malgorzata
Trybanska, Poland, 21-3½. 10, Oleksandra Stadnyuk, Ukraine, 21-2¾.
Discus -- Round 1
Group A -- 1, q-Franka Dietzsch, Germany, 213-9. 2, q-Nicoleta
Grasu, Romania, 210-10. 3, q-Yarelis Barrios, Cuba, 208-2. 4,
q-Iryna Yatchenko, 205-5. 5, Ma Xuejun, China, 199-9. 6, Dani
Samuels, Australia, 198-3. 7, Song, Aimin, China, 197-2. 8,
Kateryna Karsak, Ukraine, 195-1. 9, Wioletta Potepa, Poland, 194-3.
10, Anna Soderberg, Sweden, 192-5.
Group B -- 1, 1, q-Joanna Wisniewska, Poland, 207-1. 2, q-Sun
Taifeng, China, 203-4. 3, q-Darya Pishchalnikova, Russia, 203-0. 4,
q-Melina Robert-Michon, France, 202-3. 5, q-Yania Ferrales, Cuba,
201-8. 6, q-Natalya Fokina-Semenova, Ukraine, 201-2. 7, q-Olena
Antonova, Ukraine, 199-10. 8, Suzanne Powell, United States, 195-5.
9, Vera Pospisilova-Cechlova, Czech Republic, 188-10. 10,
Elisangela Adriano, Brazil, 187-8.