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HELSINKI, V(-1.6)–1. Olga Fyodorova (Rus) 11.36; 2. Williams 11.38; 3. Vida AUGUST 6–14 Anim (Gha) 11.50; 4. Sylviane Félix (Fra) 11.54; 5. Deysie Natalia Sumigar (Ina) 11.88; 6. Desiree Craggette — 100 METERS — (Gum) 12.80 NR; 7. Marie-Victoire Mboh (CAf) 13.25 PR. VI(-1.2)–1. Campbell 11.30; 2. Endurance Ojokolo (Ngr) 11.40; 3. FINAL Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Tri) 11.48; 4. LaVerne Jones (VI) 11.63; (August 8; wind +1.3) 5. Im Wa Cheong (MAC) 13.04; 6. Evangeleen Ikelap (Mic) 13.51. (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 83%) VII(-1.3)–1. Aleen Bailey (Jam) 11.52; 2. Geraldine Pillay (SA) (rain began to fall heavily during lane intros) 11.60; 3. Affoué Amandine Allou (CI) 11.65; 4. Emma Ania (GB) 1. (US 11.69; ) ...... 10.93 5. Curlee Gumbs (AIA) 12.87; 6. Valentina Nazarova (Tkm) 12.87; 2. Veronica Campbell ()...... 10.95 7. Montserrat Pujol (And) 13.01; 8. Christina Maltape (Van) 13.65. VIII(-1.0)–1. Barber 11.32; 2. (Bel) 11.36; 3. Toyin 3. () ...... 10.98 Olupona (Can) 11.61; 4. Chandra Sturrup (Bah) 11.09 4. Melisa Murillo (Col) 11.71; 5. Tricia Flores (Blz) 12.59; 6. Olga 5. Lisa Barber (US) 11.09 Gerasimova (Tjk) 12.95 PR; 7. Rosa-Mystique Jone (NRU) 13.16. 6. (Jam) 11.09 QUARTERS 7. Muna Lee (US) 11.09 (August 7; qualify 3+4) 8. Yuliya Nesterenko (Blr) 11.13 (first finalist) (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 68%) (best-ever mark-for-WC-place: 8) I(-1.2)–1. Campbell 11.17; 2. Williams 11.22; 3. Fyodorova 11.37; Lanes: 1. Simpson; 2. Barber; 3. Sturrup; 4. Campbell; 5. Arron; 6. 4. Pillay 11.48; 5. Hannula 11.52; 6. Levorato 11.54; 7. Éloundou Williams; 7. Nesterenko; 8. Lee. 11.55; 8. Nku 11.57. Reaction times: Sturrup 0.113; Barber 0.120; Simpson 0.132; Camp- II(-0.8)–1. Arron 11.03; 2. Nesterenko 11.18; 3. Block 11.27; 4. bell 0.139; Nesterenko 0.144; Williams 0.146; Lee 0.153; Arron Bailey 11.29; 0.165. 5. Harrigan 11.47; 6. Kruglova 11.56; 7. Allou 11.57; 8. Ania 11.57. III(-0.1)–1. Sturrup 11.10; 2. Lee 11.22; 3. Gevaert 11.25; 4. HEATS Bolikova 11.27; 5. Karastamáti 11.29; (August 7; qualify 3+8) 6. Félix 11.51; 7. Olupona 11.57; 8. Bikar 11.69. (temperature 21–23C/70–73F; humidity 51–64%) IV(-0.1)–1. Simpson 11.12; 2. Barber 11.15; 3. de Moura 11.28; 4. I(-0.1)–1. María Karastamáti (Gre) 11.40; 2. Larisa Kruglova (Rus) Ojokolo 11.33; 11.50; 3. Sylvie Mballa Éloundou (Cam) 11.59; 4. Mercy Nku (Ngr) 5. Anim 11.41; 6. Baptiste 11.42; 7. Jones 11.51; 8. Atangana 11.61; 11.52. 5. Diane Borg (Mlt) 12.61; 6. Dolores Dogba (PYF) 13.44. II(-0.4)–1. Arron 11.15; 2. Nesterenko 11.21; 3. Zhanna Block SEMIS (Ukr) 11.39; 4. Tahesia Harrigan (IVB) 11.55; (August 8; qualify 4) 5. Yah Soucko Koïta (Mli) 12.06; 6. Pauline Kwalea (SOL) 13.43 (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 88%) PR; 7. Tit Linda Sou (Cbd) 13.45 PR. I(0.4)–1. Arron 10.96; 2. Campbell 11.00; 3. Barber 11.08; 4. Lee III(-0.1)–1. Simpson 11.33; 2. Lee 11.40; 3. Manuela Levorato (Ita) 11.10; 11.46; 4. Delphine Atangana (Cam) 11.59; 5. Bailey 11.23; 6. Fyodorova 11.27; 7. Gevaert 11.30; 8. Ojokolo 5. Gloria Diogo (STP) 12.09; 6. Basma Al-Eshosh (Jor) 12.37; 7. 11.60. Ngerak Florencio (Pau) 12.64 NR. II(1.3)–1. Williams 11.03; 2. Sturrup 11.09; 3. Nesterenko 11.10; IV(-0.1)–1. Sturrup 11.15; 2. Lucimar Aparecida de Moura (Bra) 4. Simpson 11.15; 11.40; 3. Mariya Bolikova (Rus) 11.41; 4. Heidi Hannula (Fin) 11.55; 5. Block 11.18; 6. Karastamáti 11.20; 7. de Moura 11.27; 8. 5. (Slo) 11.68; Bolikova 11.31. 6. Kaitinano Mwemweata (Kyr) 13.80; 7. Severina Chilala (Ang) 14.21 PR. © 2005 Track & Field News. All rights reserved. This newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted in any form without express written permission. www.trackandfieldnews.com

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— 200 METERS — — 400 METERS —

FINAL FINAL (August 12; wind +0.2) (August 10) (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 83%) (temperature 15C/59F; humidity 88%—heavy rain & gusty winds) 1. (US) ...... 22.16 1. Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas) ...... 49.55 (11.3/10.9) ([35.7], 13.9) 2. Rachelle Boone-Smith (US) ...... 22.31 2. Sanya Richards (US) ...... 49.74 (11.5/10.8) ([c23.5], [35.6], 14.1) 3. Christine Arron (France) ...... 22.31 3. () ...... 49.81 (11.3/11.0) (defending champ) (record-tieing third medal) 4. Veronica Campbell (Jam) 22.38 ([36.1], 13.7) (11.2/11.2) 4. (Rus) 50.11 5. LaTasha Colander (US) 22.66 ([35.8], 14.3) (11.5/11.2) 5. Dee Dee Trotter (US) 51.14 6. (Rus) 22.75 ([36.5], 14.6) (11.4/11.4) 6. (Rus) 51.24 7. Kim Gevaert (Bel) 22.86 (first Belgian finalist) ([36.7], 14.5) (11.5/11.4) 7. Monique Henderson (US) 51.77 8. Cydonie Mothersill (Cay) 23.00 ([36.3], 15.5) (11.7/11.3) 8. Amy Mbacké Thiam (Sen) 52.22 Lanes: 1. Mothersill; 2. Colander; Gevaert; 4. Boone-Smith; 5. Arron; ([36.5], 15.7) 6. Felix; 7. Campbell; 8. Gushchina. Lanes: 1. Henderson; 2. Zykina; 3. Richards; 4. Guevara; 5. Pospe- Reaction times: Gevaert 0.144; Campbell 0.158; Boone-Smith 0.161; lova; 6. Williams-Darling; 7. Trotter; 8. Thiam. Gushchina 0.166; Colander 0.168; Felix 0.180; Arron 0.184; Mother- Reaction times: Pospelova 0.130; Guevara 0.144; Richards 0.155; sill 0.190. Williams-Darling 0.162; Thiam 0.169; Trotter 0.176; Zykina 0.199; HEATS Henderson 0.201. (August 10; qualify 3+4) HEATS (temperature 15C/59F; humidity 88%) (August 7; qualify 3+6) I(-2.5)–1. Mothersill 23.72; 2. Colander 23.89; 3. LaVerne Jones (temperature 17–19C/63–66F; humidity 94–73%) (VI) 24.12; I–1. Guevara 51.14; 2. Christine Amertil (Bah) 51.35; 3. Fatou 4. Lauren Hewitt (Aus) 24.20; 5. Sheri-Ann Brooks (Jam) 24.20; 6. Bintou Fall (Sen) 51.45; 4. Donna Fraser (GB) 51.68; 5. Anna (Rus) 24.30; 7. Karin Mayr-Krifka (Aut) 24.61. Guzowska (Pol) 52.20; II(-1.1)–1. Gushchina 22.53 PR; 2. Felix 22.68; 3. Gevaert 22.78; 6. Dímitra Dóva (Gre) 52.29; 7. Egle Uljas (Est) 52.94; 8. Kou 4. Natalya Sologub (Blr) 23.16; 5. Maryna Maydanova (Ukr) 23.31; Luogon (Lbr) 54.85. 6. Tracy Joseph Hamblet (CRC) 24.84 PR; 7. Gertrudis Luna II–1. Trotter 51.44; 2. (GB) 51.76; 3. Karen (EqG) 26.28 NR. Shinkins (Ire) 51.82; 4. Kaltouma Nadjina (Cha) 51.88; 5. Lucimar III(-3.2)–1. Fabienne Féraez (Ben) 23.72; 2. Teodoro (Bra) 52.19; (Rus) 23.78; 3. Boone-Smith 23.78; 6. Asami Tanno (Jpn) 52.80; 7. Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni (Tog) 4. Christine Amertil (Bah) 23.88; 5. (Gha) 24.16; 6. Mae 53.39; 8. Gayane Bulghadaryan (Arm) 59.46. Koime (PNG) 25.31; 7. Gcinile Moyane (Swa) 27.79. III–1. Pospelova 50.80; 2. Tiandra Ponteen (StK) 51.37; 3. Nawal IV(0.3)–1. Arron 22.89; 2. Campbell 23.28; 3. Lucimar Aparecida El Jack (Sud) 51.61; de Moura (Bra) 23.36; 4. Geraldine Pillay (SA) 23.58; 5. Alenka Bikar 4. Maria Laura Almirão (Bra) 52.69; 5. (Cub) 53.05; (Slo) 23.77; 6. Barbara Petráhn (Hun) 53.09; 7. Kirsi Mykkänen (Fin) 53.10; 8. 6. Mercy Nku (Ngr) 23.99. Shifana Ali (MDV) 1:01.55. SEMIS IV–1. Williams-Darling 51.04; 2. Zykina 51.59; 3. Shericka Will- (August 11; qualify 4) (scratched down from 4 rounds to 3) iams (Jam) 52.07; 4. Anna Kozak (Blr) 52.19; (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 94%) 5. Grazyna Prokopek (Pol) 52.39; 6. Solen Désert (Fra) 52.94; 7. I(-2.7)–1. Arron 22.45; 2. Boone-Smith 22.69; 3. Colander 22.69; (Bot) 53.97. 4. Mothersill 23.13; V–1. Richards 51.00; 2. Thiam 51.66; 3. (Jam) 5. Khabarova 23.26; 6. de Moura 23.42; 7. Maydanova 23.78; 8. 52.07; 4. Hazel-Ann Regis (Grn) 52.51; 5. Antonina Yefremova (Ukr) Pillay 24.22. 52.89; 6. Aliann Pompey (Guy) 53.12; 7. Estie Wittstock (SA) 53.28. II(-4.0)–1. Felix 22.90; 2. Gevaert 22.97; 3. Campbell 23.02; 4. VI–1. (Rus) 51.38; 2. Henderson 51.65; 3. Ilona Gushchina 23.10; Usovich (Blr) 51.66; 5. Féraez 23.29; 6. Sologub 23.62; 7. Jones 23.62; 8. Bikar 23.94. 4. Lee McConnell (GB) 52.00; 5. (Jam) 52.26; 6. Kineke Alexander (StV) 54.45; 7. Mounira Al-Saleh (Syr) 55.83;… dnf—Hortense Bewouda (Cam). II–1. Pospelova 50.34; 2. Trotter 50.73; 3. Amertil 51.03; 4. Ohuruogu 51.43; 5. Fenton 51.48; 6. Nadjina SEMIS 52.07; 7. Fall 52.35; 8. Guzowska 52.45. (August 8; qualify 2+2) III–1. Williams-Darling 49.69; 2. Guevara 50.33; 3. Zykina 50.73; (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 83%) 4. Henderson 50.73; I–1. Richards 50.05; 2. Thiam 50.83; 5. Usovich 50.96 PR; 6. McConnell 51.15; 7. Teodoro 51.98; 8. 3. Antyukh 50.99; 4. El Jack 51.85; 5. Ponteen 51.88; 6. Williams Shinkins 52.17. 52.44; 7. Fraser 52.48; 8. Kozak 52.73.

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— 800 METERS — — 1500 METERS — FINAL FINAL (August 9) (August 14) (temperature 19C/66F; humidity 94%—run in heavy rain) (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 88%) 1. Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) ...... 1:58.82 1. Tatyana Tomashova () ...... 4:00.35 (28.6, 32.1 [60.72], 30.2 [1:30.9], 27.9) (first-ever successful defender) (60.72/58.1) (66.9, 66.1 [2:13.0], 64.2 [3:17.2], 43.2) (14.0) (14.7, 28.8, 43.2, 58.8, 2:04.0, 3:10.7) 2. Hasna Benhassi () ...... 1:59.42 2. Olga Yegorova (Russia) ...... 4:01.46 (28.7, 32.5 [61.2], 29.8 [1:31.0], 28.4) (67.1, 64.9 [2:12.0], 65.3 [3:17.3], 44.2) (61.2/58.2) (14.9, 29.4, 44.2, 59.9, 2:05.2, 3:11.4) (14.4) 3. Bouchra Ghezielle (France) ...... 4:02.45 3. Tatyana Andrianova (Russia) ...... 1:59.60 (France’s first top-8 finish) (28.7, 32.2 [60.9], 29.9 [1:30.8], 28.8) (67.2, 66.0 [2:13.2], 64.2 [3:17.4], 45.0) (60.9/58.7) (15.3, 30.2, 45.0, 60.8, 2:05.9) (14.7) 4. Yelena Soboleva (Rus) 4:02.48 4. (Moz) 1:59.71 (defending champ) (66.28, 66.40 [2:12.68], 67.29 [3:16.97], 45.51) (28.5, 32.2 [60.7], 30.1 [1:30.8], 28.9) (15.7, 30.5, 45.5, 61.1) (60.7/59.0) 5. Maryam Yusuf Jamal (Bhr) 4:02.49 (15.5, 30.6, 45.5, 61.0) (14.7) 6. Natalia Rodríguez (Spa) 4:03.06 (15.5, 30.6, 45.6, 61.4) (lowest WC finish since 4th in ’91 setting WJR; 7. Anna Jakubczak (Pol) 4:03.38 (16.3, 30.3, 45.4, 60.9) record eighth appearance, =record all events) 8. (Eth) 4:04.77 PR (16.5, 32.3, 47.2, 63.0) 5. Mayte Martínez (Spa) 1:59.99 9. Carmen Douma-Hussar (Can) 4:05.08 (29.1, 32.1 [61.2], 29.9 [1:31.1], 28.9) 10. Helen Clitheroe (GB) 4:05.19 (61.2/58.8) 11. Irina Krakoviak (Lit) 4:08.18 (14.9) … dq—[2]Yuliya Chizhenko (Rus) (4:00.93) 6. Larisa Chzhao (Rus) 2:00.25 (obstructed Jamal @ c1300m, negating first 1500 sweep) (29.0, 31.9 [60.9], 30.1 [1:31.0], 29.3) (14.8, 29.4, 43.7, 59.2) (60.9/59.4) (15.0) HEATS 7. Svetlana Cherkasova (Rus) 2:00.71 (August 12; qualify 5+2) (28.7, 32.3 [61.0], 30.1 [1:31.1], 29.6) (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 83%) (61.0/59.7) I–1. Jamal 4:10.58; 2. Tomashova 4:10.74 (44.01); 3. Jakubczak (15.5) 4:11.28; 4. Yegorova 4:11.64; 5. Rodríguez 4:11.82; 8. Hazel Clark (US) 2:01.52 6. Hind Dehiba (Fra) 4:12.23; 7. Alesya Turava (Blr) 4:14.21; 8. (28.7, 32.2 [60.9], 30.5 [1:31.4], 30.1) Eleonora Berlanda (Ita) 4:14.54; 9. Konstadína Efedáki (Gre) 4:15.00; (60.9/60.6) 10. Nelya Neporadna (Ukr) 4:15.46; 11. Nancy Lagat (Ken) 4:16.13; (15.7) 12. Treniere Clement (US) 4:16.51; 13. Mestawat Tadesse (Eth) 4:20.20. HEATS II–1. Chizhenko 4:07.26; 2. Bati 4:07.35; 3. Soboleva 4:07.69; 4. (August 6; qualify 4+4) Ghezielle 4:07.87 (2:14.80, 65.97 [3:20.77], 47.10); 5. Douma- (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 61–49%) Hussar 4:08.73; 6. Krakoviak 4:09.11; 7. Clitheroe 4:09.13; I–1. Clark 2:01.91 (61.11/60.80); 2. Kenia Sinclair (Jam) 2:02.18; 8. Wioletta Janowska (Pol) 4:09.90; 9. Daniela Yordanova (Bul) 3. Mina Aït Hammou (Mor) 2:02.36; 4. Agnes Samaria (Nam) 4:11.64; 10. Corina Dumbravean (Rom) 4:12.35; 11. Maria Martins 2:02.46; (Fra) 4:14.12; 12. Nuria Fernández (Spa) 4:14.45; 13. Johanna 5. Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grn) 2:02.50; 6. Brigita Langerholc Risku (Fin) 4:15.44; 14. Trine Pilskog (Nor) 4:18.63; 15. Sonia Lopes (Slo) 2:03.06; 7. Binnaz Uslu (Tur) 2:03.73; 8. Marlyse Nsourou (CPV) 4:51.29. (Gab) 2:14.47. II–1. Calatayud 2:00.77; 2. Benhassi 2:00.77; 3. Kameisha Ben- nett (US) 2:01.78; 4. Susan Scott (GB) 2:02.00 (61.34/60.66); 5. Teodora Kolarova (Bul) 2:02.45; 6. Miho Sugimori (Jpn) 2:02.82; SEMIS 7. Marcela Britos (Uru) 2:10.21; 8. Markabo Djama Liban (Dji) (August 7; qualify 2+2) 2:50.95. (temperature 19C/66F; humidity 73%) III–1. Andrianova 2:06.38; 2. Alice Schmidt (US) 2:07.10 (1:04.82); I–1. Clark 1:59.00 (58.82/60.18); 2. Chzhao 1:59.07; 3. Mutola 3. Martínez 2:07.34; 4. Ewelina Setowska (Pol) 2:07.37; 1:59.29; 4. Martínez 1:59.40; 5. Myint Myint Aye (Mya) 2:08.50; 6. Marian Burnett (Guy) 2:09.88. 5. M. Aït Hammou 2:00.22; 6. Neacsu 2:00.63; 7. Klocová 2:00.64; IV–1. Cherkasova 2:00.62; 2. Laetitia Valdonado (Fra) 2:00.87 8. Scott 2:01.17. (60.29/60.58); 3. Svetlana Usovich (Blr) 2:01.09; 4. Lucia Klocová II–1. Calatayud 1:57.92; 2. Cherkasova 1:58.58; (Svk) 2:01.63; 5. Tetyana Petlyuk (Ukr) 2:01.78; 3. Sinclair 1:59.45; 4. Cummins 2:00.10; 5. Samaria 2:00.13; 6. 6. Seltana Aït Hammou (Mor) 2:02.16; 7. (Ita) Schmidt 2:01.43; 7. Vriesde 2:02.07 (59.11/62.96); 8. Gradzki 2:05.95; 8. Gulnaz Ara (Pak) 2:13.87. 2:02.09. V–1. Chzhao 2:00.64; 2. Mutola 2:00.71; 3. Michelle Ballentine III–1. Andrianova 2:01.35; 2. Benhassi 2:01.59; (Jam) 2:01.05; 4. Mihaela Neacsu (Rom) 2:01.35; 5. Monika Gradzki 3. Valdonado 2:01.90; 4. Setowska 2:02.02; 5. Usovich 2:02.34; 6. (Ger) 2:01.56; 6. Letitia Vriesde (Sur) 2:01.65; 7. Diane Cummins Petlyuk 2:02.46 (60.94/61.52); 7. Ballentine 2:03.98;… dnf—Ben- (Can) 2:01.71 (59.15/62.56). nett (lost shoe @250m).

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— STEEPLECHASE — — 5000 METERS — FINAL FINAL (August 8) (August 13) (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 83%) (temperature 16C/62F; humidity 89%) 1. Dorcus Inzikuru (Uganda) ...... 9:18.24 1. Tirunesh Dibaba () ...... 14:38.59 defending champ; (MR) (x, 6 W) (MR) ( first to win 5000/10,000 double) (Uganda’s first women’s medalist, first gold overall) (72.6, 73.2 [2:25.8], 70.3 [3:36.1], 68.2 [4:44.3], 69.8 [5:54.1], (2:57.98, 3:07.22 [6:05.20], 3:13.04) 70.8 [7:04.9], 72.1 [8:17.0], 71.4 [9:28.4], 70.2 [10:38.6], 76.0 [11:54.6], 72.7 [13:07.3], 63.3 [14:10.6], 28.0) 2. Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) ...... 9:20.49 (3:02.9, 2:51.2 [5:54.1], 2:58.7 [8:52.8], 3:01.8 [11:54.6], 2:44.0) PR (4, 9 W) (14.5, 28.1, 58.2, 2:07.0, 3:23.9, 4:35.4) 3. Jeruto Kiptum (Kenya) ...... 9:26.95 2. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) ...... 14:39.54 NR (8, x W) (72.7, 73.9 [2:26.6], 70.0 [3:36.6], 67.4 [4:44.0], 70.5 [5:54.5], 4. Korene Hinds (Jam) 9:33.30 NR 70.6 [7:05.1], 72.0 [8:17.1], 71.6 [9:28.7], 70.2 [10:38.9], 75.9 5. Salome Chepchumba (Ken) 9:37.39 [11:54.8], 72.7 [13:07.5], 63.3 [14:10.8], 28.8) 6. Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Rus) 9:37.91 (3:03.4, 2:51.1 [5:54.5], 2:58.6 [8:53.1], 3:01.7 [11:54.8], 2:44.8) 7. Cristina Casandra (Rom) 9:39.52 (15.3, 28.8, 59.0, 2:07.7, 3:24.5, 4:36.2]) 8. Mardrea Hyman (Jam) 9:39.66 3. Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) ...... 14:42.47 9. Elizabeth Jackson (US) 9:46.72 10. Bouchra Chaabi (Mor) 9:47.62 (72.4, 74.0 [2:26.4], 69.8 [3:36.2], 68.4 [4:44.6], 69.9 [5:54.5], 11. Yamina Bouchaouante (Fra) 9:48.48 70.7 [7:05.2], 71.7 [8:16.9], 71.3 [9:28.2], 70.5 [10:38.7], 76.0 12. Minori Hayakari (Jpn) 9:48.97 [11:54.7], 72.4 [13:07.1], 63.8 [14:10.9], 31.6) 13. Inés Monteiro (Por) 9:50.35 (3:02.8, 2:51.7 [5:54.5], 2:58.4 [8:52.9], 3:01.8 [11:54.7], 2:47.8) 14. Wioletta Janowska (Pol) 10:00.03 (16.1, 31.4, 61.8, 2:10.7, 3:27.3, 4:38.8]) 15. Carrie Messner (US) 10:11.20 (first medal sweep in 5K; did at 3K in ’93) (best-ever mark-for-place: 2-3, 5-13) 4. Meselech Melkamu (Eth) 14:43.47 (3:03.6, 2:51.5 [5:55.1], 2:58.2 [8:53.3], 3:01.9 [11:55.2], 2:48.3) HEATS (15.5, 30.5, 62.6, 2:12.6, 3:29.2, 4:40.8) (August 6; qualify 3+6) (follows U.S. m200 as second 1-2-3-4 in WC) (temperature 18–20C/4–68F; humidity 61–68%) 5. Huina Xing (Chn) 14:43.64 PR I–1. Zadorozhnaya 9:32.96 (MR—first steeple in WC history); 2. (15.5, 63.2) Hinds 9:36.76; 3. Chepchumba 9:39.27; 4. Hayakari 9:41.21 NR; 5. 6. Zakia Mrisho Mohamed (Tan) 14:43.87 NR Chaabi 9:41.82; (14.9, 62.6) 6. Lisa Galaviz (US) 9:47.45; 7. Lívia Tóth (Hun) 9:51.03 (fell); 8. 7. Prisca Jepleting (Ken) 14:44.00 PR Stephanie de Croock (Bel) 9:54.78; 9. Roisin McGettigan (Ire) (15.6, 63.4) 9:56.31; 10. Clarisse Cruz (Por) 10:06.96; 11. (Aut) 8. Isabella Ochichi (Ken) 14:45.14 PR (11:54.40) 10:07.61; 12. Miranda Boonstra (Hol) 10:09.91. (16.2, 64.1) II–1. Janowska 9:35.66; 2. Hyman 9:38.75; 3. Messner 9:39.68 9. Liliya Shobukhova (Rus) 14:47.07 PR PR (AL) (3, 3 A); (15.9, 65.4) 4. Jackline Chemwok (Ken) 9:47.37; 5. Rasa Troup (Lit) 9:47.47 10. Olga Kravtsova (Blr) 14:47.75 NR NR; 6. Élodie Olivarès (Fra) 9:49.28; 7. Ida Nilsson (Swe) 9:56.17; (66.1) 8. Nataliya Izmodenova (Rus) 10:01.97; 9. Rosa Morató (Spa) 11. Yingjie Sun (Chn) 14:51.19 10:07.09; 10. Fatiha Bahi Azzouhoum (Alg) 10:07.39; 11. Dobrinka (3:02.53, 2:51.30 [5:53.85], 2:58.77 [8:52.62]) Shalamanova (Bul) 10:07.75;… dnf—Anni Tuimala (Fin). (69.7) III–1. Inzikuru 9:27.85 (MR); 2. Kiptum 9:29.21 NR (7, x W); 3. 12. Kayoko Fukushi (Jpn) 14:59.92 Volkova 9:29.88 PR (10, x W); 4. Casandra 9:37.19; 5. Bouchaouante 13. Susanne Wigene (Nor) 15:00.23 9:42.18 PR; 6. Jackson 9:45.24; 7. Monteiro 9:47.19; 14. Marta Domínguez (Spa) 15:02.30 8. Habiba Ghribi (Tun) 9:51.49 NR; 9. Türkan Bozkurt (Tur) 15. Joanne Pavey (GB) 15:14.37. 9:56.61; 10. Valentyna Horpynych (Ukr) 9:59.29; 11. Jo Ankier (GB) (best-ever mark-for-WC-place: 1-15) 10:12.50. (best-ever mark-for-place: 8-11, 14)

HEATS (August 10; qualify 4+7) (temperature 19C/66F; humidity 94%) I–1. T. Dibaba 14:50.98; 2. Melkamu 14:51.49; 3. Pavey 14:53.82; 4. Prisca Jepleting Ngetich (Ken) 14:54.50; 5. Domínguez 14:56.02; 6. Kravtsova 14:56.16 NR (2:58.64, 3:01.42 [6:00.06], 3:02.20 II–1. Defar 15:13.52; 2. E. Dibaba 15:14.33; 3. Xing 15:14.48; 4. [9:02.26], 5:53.90); 7. Mohamed 14:57.22 NR; 8. Sun 14:58.34 Shobukhova 15:14.63; 5. Ochichi 15:16.51 ([9:23.92], 3:02.66 ([12:00.99], 2:57.35); 9. Fukushi 15:05.77; [12:26.58], 2:49.93); 6. Wigene 15:18.38; 10. Lauren Fleshman (US) 15:32.05; 11. Veerle Dejaeghere 7. Shalane Flanagan (US) 15:20.59; 8. María Protópappa (Gre) (Bel) 15:47.01; 12. Maryna Dubrova (Ukr) 16:01.88; 13. Anesie 15:32.04; 9. Amy Rudolph (US) 15:32.73; 10. Margaret Maury (Fra) Kwizera (Bur) 16:06.66; 14. Catherine Chikwakwa (Maw) 16:11.63; 15:35.65; 11. Dulce María Rodríguez (Mex) 15:44.65; 12. Anikó 15. Jessica Augusto (Por) 16:23.66. Kálovics (Hun) 15:46.36 ([3:07.43], 3:06.61 [6:14.04]); 13. Simret Sultan (Eri) 15:47.46; 14. Maria McCambridge (Ire) 16:05.44; 15. Miriam Kaumba (Zam) 16:10.70.

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4. Huina Xing (Chn) 30:27.18 — 10,000 METERS — (75.4, 73.4 [2:28.8], 71.9 [3:40.7], 72.8 [4:53.5], 71.9 [6:05.4], RESULTS 73.3 [7:18.7], 73.6 [8:32.3], 72.8 [9:45.1], 73.6 [10:58.7], (August 6) 74.1 [12:12.8], 73.1 [13:25.9], 74.6 [14:40.5], 74.7 [15:55.2], (temperature 19C/66F; humidity 69% at start) 74.5 [17:09.7], 74.6 [18:24.3], 74.9 [19:39.2], 73.4 [20:52.6], 71.5 [22:04.1], 71.4 [23:15.5], 75.6 [24:31.1], 75.5 [25:46.6], 1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) ...... 30:24.02 72.6 [26:59.2], 75.4 [28:14.6], 71.1 [29:25.7], 61.5) (first to win both 5 & 10, albeit in different years) (3:03.9, 3:01.5 [6:05.4], 3:03.2 [9:08.6], 3:04.2 [12:12.8], (74.9, 73.1 [2:28.0], 72.0 [3:40.0], 72.5 [4:52.5], 72.3 [6:04.8], 3:04.1 [15:16.9], 3:07.4 [18:24.3], 3:04.0 [21:28.3], 73.5 [7:18.3], 73.4 [8:31.7], 73.2 [9:44.9], 73.3 [10:58.2], 3:02.8 [24:31.1], 3:04.2 [27:35.3], 2:51.9) 74.2 [12:12.4], 73.3 [13:25.7], 74.4 [14:40.1], 74.5 [15:54.6], (15:16.9/15:10.3) 75.0 [17:09.6], 74.4 [18:24.0], 74.7 [19:38.7], 73.7 [20:52.4], (16.2, 31.8, 61.5, 2:12.6, 3:28.0, 4:40.6) 71.4 [22:03.8], 71.3 [23:15.1], 76.0 [24:31.2], 75.5 [25:46.6], 5. Edith Masai (Ken) 30:30.26 NR 72.3 [26:58.9], 75.6 [28:14.5], 71.1 [29:25.6], 58.4) (18:23.65) (3:02.5, 3:02.3 [6:04.8], 3:02.9 [9:07.7], 3:04.7 [12:12.4], (64.2) 3:04.6 [15:17.0], 3:07.0 [18:24.0], 3:04.2 [21:28.2], 6. Werknesh Kidane (Eth) 30:32.47 3:02.9 [24:31.1], 3:04.3 [27:35.4], 2:48.8) (21:27.76) (15:17.0/15:07.0) (15:17.0/15:15.5) (16.0, 30.6, 58.4, 2:09.5, 3:25.1, 4:37.4) (66.1) 7. Yingjie Sun (Chn) 30:33.53 2. Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) ...... 30:25.41 (27:35.19) (defending champ) (67.2) (record seventh appearance—4h ’93, 11h ’95, 4 ’97, 7 ’99, 8. Galina Bogomolova (Rus) 30:33.75 2 ’01, 1 ’03, 2 ’05; first 3-time medalist) (68.2) (74.5, 72.8 [2:27.3], 71.8 [3:39.1], 73.0 [4:52.1], 72.4 [6:04.5], 9. Paula Radcliffe (GB) 30:42.75 73.3 [7:17.8], 73.4 [8:31.2], 73.2 [9:44.4], 73.5 [10:57.9], (74.2, 72.8 [2:27.0], 71.8 [3:38.8], 73.1 [4:51.9], 72.4 [6:04.3], 74.1 [12:12.0], 73.3 [13:25.3], 74.3 [14:39.6], 74.8 [15:54.4], 73.2 [7:17.5], 73.4 [8:30.9], 73.2 [9:44.1], 73.6 [10:57.7], 74.7 [17:09.1], 74.8 [18:23.9], 75.1 [19:39.0], 73.3 [20:52.3], 74.1 [12:11.8], 73.2 [13:25.0], 74.5 [14:39.5], 74.9 [15:54.4], 71.2 [22:03.5], 71.2 [23:14.7], 76.2 [24:30.9], 75.7 [25:46.6], 74.8 [17:09.2], 74.9 [18:24.1], 75.1 [19:39.2], 73.6 [20:52.8], 72.0 [26:58.6], 75.7 [28:14.3], 71.1 [29:25.4], 60.0) 71.4 [22:04.2], 71.5 [23:15.7], 75.1 [24:30.8], 75.6 [25:46.4], (3:02.5, 3:02.0 [6:04.5], 3:02.8 [9:07.3], 3:04.8 [12:12.1], 73.5 [26:59.9], 75.2 [28:15.1], 72.1 [29:27.2], 75.6) 3:04.1 [15:16.2], 3:07.7 [18:23.9], 3:03.8 [21:27.7], (3:02.50, 3:01.78 [6:04.28], 3:02.96 [9:07.24], 3:04.57 [12:11.81], 3:03.2 [24:30.9], 3:04.1 [27:35.0], 2:50.4) 3:04.48 [15:16.29], 3:07.8 [18:24.1], 3:04.8 [21:28.9], (15:16.2/15:09.2) 3:01.9 [24:30.76], 3:04.9 [27:35.7], 3:07.1) (15:16.3/15:26.5) (16.4, 32.2, 60.0, 2:11.1, 3:26.8, 4:38.8) (75.6, 2:27.7, 3:42.9, 4:56.4) 3. Ejegayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) ...... 30:26.00 10. Irene Kwambai (Ken) 30:55.80 (74.2, 2:28.5 [74.3], 71.9 [3:40.4], 72.8 [4:53.2], 71.9 [6:05.1], 11. Kayoko Fukushi (Jpn) 31:03.75 73.3 [7:18.4], 73.6 [8:32.0], 73.0 [9:45.0], 73.7 [10:58.7], 12. Jelena Prokopcuka (Lat) 31:04.55 74.1 [12:12.8], 73.2 [13:26.0], 74.4 [14:40.4], 74.7 [15:55.1], 13. Alla Zhilyayeva (Rus) 31:17.97 74.9 [17:10.0], 74.5 [18:24.5], 74.7 [19:39.2], 73.4 [20:52.6], 14. Katie McGregor (US) 31:21.20 PR (4, 6 A) 71.5 [22:04.1], 71.1 [23:15.2], 75.9 [24:31.1], 75.7 [25:46.8], 15. Kim Smith (NZ) 31:24.29 72.4 [26:59.2], 75.2 [28:14.4], 71.4 [29:25.8], 60.2) 16. Jen Rhines (US) 31:26.66 PR (6, 8 A) 17. Sabrina Mockenhaupt (Ger) 31:28.21 (3:03.6, 3:01.5 [6:05.1], 3:03.0 [9:08.1], 3:04.7 [12:12.8], 18. Hitomi Miyai (Jpn) 31:43.74 3:04.4 [15:17.2], 3:07.3 [18:24.5], 3:03.9 [21:28.4], 19. Benita Johnson (Aus) 31:55.15 3:02.7 [24:31.1], 3:04.4 [27:35.5], 2:50.5) 20. Alena Samokhvalova (Rus) 31:57.85 (15:17.2/15:08.8) 21. (Jpn) 32:02.38 (16.5, 32.2, 60.2, 2:11.6, 3:26.8, 4:39.2) 22. Blake Russell (US) 32:07.00 (Ethiopia’s fourth straight win, third straight 1–2; 23. Mihaela Botezan (Rom) 32:28.29 joins ’01 as a medal sweep) 24. Dulce María Rodríguez (Mex) 33:04.73 (first sweep of all 6 distance medals) …DNFs— Kathy Butler (GB), Marie Davenport (Ire)

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— 100 HURDLES — — 400 HURDLES — FINAL FINAL (August 11; wind –2.0) (strongest headwind in WC final) (August 12; wind +0.2) (temperature 14C/F; humidity 94%; light rain) (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 83%) 1. Michelle Perry (US) ...... 12.66 1. (Russia) ...... 52.90 (second-slowest winning time ever [Devers 12.68 in ’95]) (WL) (x, =12 W) 2. Delloreen Ennis- (Jamaica) ...... 12.76 (U.S. filed protest that she hadn’t cleared first hurdle properly, but it was denied) 3. Brigitte Foster (Jamaica) ...... 12.76 2. Lashinda Demus (US)...... 53.27 4. Kirsten Bolm (Ger) 12.82 PR (AL) (5, x A) 5. Mariya Koroteyeva (Rus) 12.93 3. Sandra Glover (US) ...... 53.32 6. Jenny Kallur (Swe) 12.95 7. Irina Shevchenko (Rus) 12.97 PR (6, x A) … dq—Joanna Hayes (US) (silver in ’03—only American with two medals) (13.57, ran through last hurdle when in about 3rd) 4. Anna Jesien (Pol) 54.17 Lanes: 1. Bolm; 2. Koroteyeva; 3. Perry; 4. Foster; 5. Hayes; 6. 5. Xiaoxiao Huang (Chn) 54.57 Ennis-London; 7. Shevchenko; 8. Kallur. 6. Andrea Blackett (Bar) 55.06 7. Tetiana Tereschuk (Ukr) 55.09 Reaction times: Ennis-London 0.138; Foster 0.140; Hayes 0.140; 8. Malgorzata Pskit (Pol) 55.58 Shevchenko 0.148; Koroteyeva 0.148; Perry 0.149; Bolm 0.158; Kallur 0.174. Lanes: 1. Pskit; 2. Blackett; 3. Glover; 4. Pechonkina; 5. Jesien; 6. Huang; 7. Tereschuk; 8. Demus. HEATS Reaction times: Pechonkina 0.144; Blackett 0.146; Huang 0.172; (August 9; qualify 4+4) Demus 0.176; Pskit 0.181; Jesien 0.184; Glover 0.200; Tereschuk (temperature 25C/77F; 65% humidity for heat I, then rain delay; 0.209. thereafter 19C/66F; 88% humidity) I(-2.1)–1. Perry 12.64; 2. Vonette Dixon (Jam) 12.95; 3. Kallur HEATS 12.96; 4. Reïna-Flor Okori (Fra) 13.14; (August 10; qualify 4+4) 5. Maíla Paula Machado (Bra) 13.21; 6. Hanna Korell (Fin) 13.39. (temperature 15C/59F; humidity 82%) II(1.2)–1. Ennis-London 12.65; 2. Glory Alozie (Spa) 12.71; 3. I–1. Pechonkina 53.77 (first sub-54 heat in WC history); 2. Pskit Koroteyeva 12.73; 4. Ginnie Powell (US) 12.91; 55.72; 3. Hristína Hantzí Neag (Gre) 56.15 PR; 4. Blackett 56.32; 5. 5. Sarah Claxton (GB) 13.17; 6. Flóra Redoúmi (Gre) 13.65; 7. Claudia Marx (Ger) 56.60; 6. (GB) 56.83; Jeimy Bernardez (Hon) 14.78; 8. Barbara Rustignoli (SMa) 15.51. 7. Noraseela Mohd Khalid (Mas) 57.58. III(0.5)–1. Perdita Felicien (Can) 12.77; 2. Nadine Faustin-Parker II–1. Jesien 55.79; 2. (Ita) 56.00; 3. Louise (Hai) 12.85; 3. Aurelia Trywianska (Pol) 12.86; 4. Gundert (Swe) 56.53; 4. Tawa Dortch (Can) 56.54; 5. Shevon (Swe) 12.87; 5. Adrianna Lamalle (Fra) 12.93; 6. Derval O’Rourke Stoddart (Jam) 56.55; (Ire) 13.00; 6. Jessica Aguilera (Nic) 1:04.43 PR;… dq[trail leg]—Xing Wang 7. Trecia Roberts (Tha) 13.93. (Chn). IV(0.5)–1. Foster 12.64; 2. Bolm 12.68; 3. Shevchenko 12.76; 4. III–1. Glover 55.31; 2. Surita Febbraio (SA) 55.89; 3. Marta Chrust- Priscilla Lopes (Can) 12.85; 5. Anay Tejeda (Cub) 12.96; Rozej (Pol) 56.35; 4. Zuzana Hejnová (CzR) 56.86; 5. Cora Olivero 6. Soléne Eboulabeka (Con) 14.66. (Spa) 56.96; V(0.3)–1. Hayes 12.79; 2. Linda Ferga-Khodadin (Fra) 12.85; 3. 6. Natalya Alimzhanova (Kaz) 58.26 (record seventh appear- Olena Krasovska (Ukr) 12.86; 4. Angela Whyte (Can) 12.88; 5. Yun ance); 7. Salhate Djamaldine (Com) 1:00.33. Feng (Chn) 12.99; IV–1. Demus 56.63; 2. Marjolein de Jong (Hol) 56.95; 3. Oksana 6. Céline Laporte (Sey) 14.00;… dnf—Natalya Rusakova (Rus). Gulumyan (Rus) 57.21; 4. Debbie-Ann Parris (Jam) 58.27; 5. Josanne Lucas (Tri) 58.99; 6. Aïssata Soulama (Bur) 59.28; 7. SEMIS Ilona Ranta (Fin) 59.42. (August 10; qualify 2+2) V–1. Tereschuk 56.16; 2. Huang 56.56; 3. Monika Niederstatter (temperature 15C/F; humidity 88%; heavy rain & gusty winds) (Ita) 57.18; 4. Shauna Smith (US) 58.33; I(-0.5)–1. Ennis-London 12.79; 2. Koroteyeva 12.80; 3. J. Kallur 5. Vania Stambolova (Bul) 58.99. 12.85 PR; 4. Felicien 12.94 (defending champ); 5. Tejeda 12.95; 6. Powell SEMIS 13.02; 7. Feng 13.15;… dnf—Ferga-Khodadin. (August 11; qualify 2+2) II(0.5)–1. Foster 12.65; 2. Hayes 12.76; 3. Shevchenko 12.76; (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 94%) 4. Krasovska 12.85; 5. Lopes 12.91; 6. Okori 12.99; 7. O’Rourke I–1. Jesien 54.34; 2. Huang 54.34 PR; 3. Blackett 54.79; 4. 13.23; 8. Faustin-Parker 13.27. Tereschuk 55.13; III(-3.3)–1. Perry 12.86; 2. Bolm 12.95; 5. Marx 55.64; 6. de Jong 55.92; 7. Smith 55.97; 8. Niederstatter 3. S. Kallur 13.05; 4. Alozie 13.05; 5. Dixon 13.08; 6. Trywianska 56.14. 13.11; 7. Whyte 13.52; 8. Lamalle 13.60. II–1. Glover 54.16; 2. Pskit 55.20; 3. Ceccarelli 55.41; 4. Dortch 55.58 PR; 5. Gulumyan 56.12; 6. Stoddart 56.49; 7. Hantzí-Neag 57.11;… dq[trail leg]—Sanders (56.25). III–1. Pechonkina 53.86; 2. Demus 55.00; 3. Febbraio 55.74; 4. Parris 55.96; 5. Olivero 56.47; 6. Chrust- Rozej 56.80; 7. Hejnová 57.29;… dq[trail leg]—Gundert (58.80).

(defending cham Pittman withdrew shortly before the meet)

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28. Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (Nor) 2:35:08 — — 29. Beatrice Omwanza (Ken) 2:35:48 RESULTS 30. Jill Boaz (US) 2:36:29 (August 14) (18:26, 18:19 [36:45], 18:27 [55:12], 18:18 [1:13:30], 18:20 (temperature 16–19C/62–66F; humidity 94–83%) [1:31:50], 18:17 [1:50:07], 18:48 [2:08:55], 19:15 [2:28:10], 8:19) (1:17:34/1:18:55) 1. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain)...... 2:20:57 31. Isabel Eizmendi (Spa) 2:36:41 (x, 14 W; x, 5 Radcliffe) 32. Ana Dias (Por) 2:36:50 (MR—old 2:23:55 Ndereba ’03) 33. Shireen Crumpton (NZ) 2:37:03 (16:47, 16:36 [33:23], 16:30 [49:53], 16:23 [1:06:16], 16:31 34. Irina Permitina (Rus) 2:38:16 [1:22:47], 16:35 [1:39:22], 16:52 [1:56:14], 17:08 [2:13:22], 7:35) 35. Emily Levan (US) 2:38:32 (1:09:49/1:11:08) (18:28, 18:23 [36:51], 18:37 [55:28], 18:31 [1:13:59], 18:49 2. Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) ...... 2:22:01 [1:32:48], 18:45 [1:51:33], 19:03 [2:10:36], 19:25 [2:30:01], 8:31) (1:18:03/1:20:29) (defending champ) 36. Jennifer Crain (US) 2:39:02 (16:50, 16:36 [33:26], 16:30 [49:56], 16:22 [1:06:18], 16:32 (18:19, 18:26 [36:45], 18:28 [55:13], 18:24 [1:13:37], 18:43 [1:22:50], 16:48 [1:39:38], 17:04 [1:56:42], 17:27 [2:14:09], 7:52) [1:32:20], 19:00 [1:51:20], 19:15 [2:10:35], 19:52 [2:30:27], 8:35) (1:09:52/1:12:09) (1:17:43/1:21:19) 3. Constantina Tomescu () ...... 2:23:19 37. Dire Tune (Eth) 2:39:13 (16:51, 16:35 [33:26], 16:28 [49:54], 16:23 [1:06:17], 16:31 38. Nadezhda Wijenberg (Hol) 2:39:36 [1:22:48], 16:45 [1:39:33], 17:26 [1:56:59], 18:17 [2:15:16], 8:03) 39. Liza Hunter Galvan (NZ) 2:39:47 (1:09:53/1:13:26) 40. (Ken) 2:39:58 4. Derartu Tulu (Eth) 2:23:30 41. (Bhr) 2:41:51 (16:50, 16:37 [33:27], 16:30 [49:57], 16:54 [1:06:51], 17:12 42. Maija Oravamäki (Fin) 2:43:31 [1:24:13], 17:27 [1:41:40], 17:13 [1:58:53], 17:13 [2:16:06], 7:24) 43. Clarisse Rasoarizay (Mol) 2:43:58 (1:10:37/1:12:53) 44. Jung-Hee Oh (SK) 2:47:42 5. Chunxiu Zhou (Chn) 2:24:12 45. Rebecca Moore (NZ) 2:50:36 (1:10:19/1:13:53) 46. Epiphanie Nyirabarame (Rwa) 2:52:11 6. Yumiko Hara (Jpn) 2:24:20 47. Hafida Narmouch (Mor) 2:52:41 (1:10:27/1:13:53) 48. Mulu Seboka (Eth) 2:53:08 7. (Ken) 2:24:22 49. Nili Avramski (Isr) 2:54:08 (1:11:29/1:12:53) 50. Mary Akor (US) 2:57:18 8. Harumi Hiroyama (Jpn) 2:25:46 51. Mamokete Lechela (Les) 3:03:26 (1:11:53/1:13:53) … DNFs [after 5K checkpoints]— 9. Helen Kimutai (Ken) 2:26:14 [Start]—Agueda Amaral (ETim), Sandra Ruales (Ecu); (1:09:52/1:16:22) [15K]—Debbie Mason (GB); 10. Megumi Oshima (Jpn) 2:26:29 [20K]—Fabiola William John (Tan), Zhor El Kamch (Mor); (1:11:52/1:14:37) [25K]—Nuta Olaru (Rom), Kay Ulrich (NZ); 11. Madaí Pérez (Mex) 2:26:50 [30K]—Kenza Wahbi (Mor). 12. Halina Karnatsevich (Blr) 2:27:14 13. Dorota Gruca (Pol) 2:27:46 (best-ever mark-for-place: 10-13, 16) 14. Yong-Ok Jong (NK) 2:29:43 (best-ever WC-mark-for-place: 1-13, 16) 15. Mari Ozaki (Jpn) 2:30:28 16. Asha Gigi (Eth) 2:30:38 WORLD CUP 17. Ryoko Eda (Jpn) 2:31:16 (aggregate of 3 fastest finishers) 18. Mara Yamauchi (GB) 2:31:26 19. (Ita) 2:32:47 1. Kenya ...... 7:12:37 20. Alina Ivanova (Rus) 2:32:53 (average 2:24:12) 21. Aurica Buia (Rom) 2:33:20 2. ...... 7:16:35 22. Shitaye Gemechu (Eth) 2:34:01 (4-meet win streak ends) 23. Song-Suk Oh (NK) 2:34:07 (2:25:32) 24. Gum-Hwa Ryang (NK) 2:34:35 25. Hayley Haining (GB) 2:34:41 3. Great Britain ...... 7:27:04 26. Turena Johnson-Lane (US) 2:34:43 (2:29:01) (18:29, 18:19 [36:48], 18:28 [55:16], 18:16 [1:13:32], 18:19 4. Ethiopia 7:28:09 (2:29:23) [1:31:51], 18:15 [1:50:06], 18:26 [2:08:32], 18:14 [2:26:46], 7:57) 5. North Korea 7:38:25 (2:32:48) (1:17:34/1:17:09) 6. United States 7:49:44 (2:36:35) 27. Anna Pichrtová (CzR) 2:34:45 7. New Zealand 8:07:26 (2:42:29)

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— 20K WALK — — 4 x 100 — RESULTS FINAL (August 7; start & finish in stadium,with road loops) (August 13) (temperature 16–19C/61–66F; humidity 100–70%) (temperature 16C/62F; humidity 94%) 1. Olimpiada Ivanova (Russia)...... 1:25:41 1. United States ...... 41.78 WR (old WR 1:26:22 Wang ’01) (WL, AL) (record fourth win, but first since ’97) (x, 5 W—inferior to non-ratified marks) (Daigle, Lee, Barber, Williams) (MR—old 1:26:52 Nikolayeva ’03) 2. Jamaica ...... 41.99 (21:43, 21:11 [42:54], 21:11 [1:04:05], 21:36) (record eighth medal; U.S. 2nd at six) (42:54/42:47) (Browning, Simpson, Bailey, Campbell) 2. Ryta Turava (Belarus)...... 1:27:05 3. Belarus ...... 42.56 NR (11, x W) (22:02, 21:57 [43:59], 21:27 [1:05:26], 21:39) NR (No. 11 nation) (first medal) (43:59/43:06) (Nesterenko, Sologub, Nevmerzhitskaya, Dragun) 3. Susana Feitor () ...... 1:28:44 (22:17, 22:08 [44:25], 22:03 [1:06:28], 22:16) 4. France 42.85 (44:25/44:19) (Buval, Jacques-Sébastien, Dia, Arron) 4. María Vasco (Spa) 1:28:51 5. 42.99 (22:15, 21:50 [44:05], 22:05 [1:06:10], 22:41) (da Costa, Moura, Ignácio, L. dos Santos) (44:05/44:46) 6. 43.07 5. Barbora Dibelková (CzR) 1:29:05 NR (Murillo, Palacios, Obregón, González) (22:26, 22:24 [44:50], 22:12 [1:07:02], 22:03) 7. Nigeria 43.25 (44:50/44:15) (Kemasuode, Ojokolo, Osayomi, Nku) 6. Athiná Papayiánni (Gre) 1:29:21 8. Poland 43.49 (22:16, 21:56 [44:12], 22:31 [66:43], 22:38) (Dorobisz, Onysko, Dydo, Brzezinska) (44:12/45:09) 7. (Ita) 1:29:52 Lanes: 1. Colombia; 2. Poland; 3. France; 4. Jamaica; 5. Belarus; 6. (22:14, 21:51 [44:05], 21:52 [1:05:57], 23:55) United States; 7. Brazil; 8. Nigeria. (44:05/45:47) Reaction times: Brazil 0.127; Poland 0.145; Nigeria 0.154; France 8. Claudia Stef (Rom) 1:30:07 0.161; Belarus 0.169; Jamaica 0.186; United States 0.187; Colum- 9. Hongjuan Song (Chn) 1:30:32 bia 0.221. 10. Yuliya Voyevodina (Rus) 1:30:34 11. Melanie Seeger (Ger) 1:31:00 HEATS 12. Kristina Saltanovic (Lit) 1:31:23 (August 12; qualify 2+2) 13. Elena Ginko (Blr) 1:31:36 (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 88%) 14. Ana Maria Groza (Rom) 1:31:48 I–1. United States 42.16 (WL, AL); 2. Nigeria 43.53; 15. Vera Santos (Por) 1:32:17 3. 43.67 NR (Rienas, Klüft, J. Kallur, S. Kallur); 4. Great 16. Maria Teresa Gargallo (Spa) 1:32:24 Britain 43.83 (Freeman, Ania, Turner, Endacott);… dnf—Baha- 17. Svetlana Tolstaya (Kaz) 1:32:40 mas;… dq—Holland. 18. Tatyana Gudkova (Rus) 1:33:05 II–1. France 42.86; 2. Jamaica 42.97 (Browning, Simpson, Mc- 19. Geovana Irusta (Bol) 1:33:19 Donald, Bailey); 3. Colombia 43.03 NR (No. 20 nation); 4. Brazil 20. Jane Saville (Aus) 1:33:44 43.22; 21. Cheryl Webb (Aus) 1:33:58 5. 44.03 (Sordelli, Calì, Grillo, Salvagno);… dnf—Finland 22. Jolanta Dukure (Lat) 1:34:24 (Ranta, Salivaara, Keskitalo, Hannula). 23. Sabine Zimmer (Ger) 1:34:24 III–1. Belarus 42.80 NR (No. 14 nation); 2. Poland 43.37; 24. Mária Gáliková (Svk) 1:34:38 PR 3. 43.40 (De Caluwé, Callaerts, Ouédraogo, Gevaert); 4. 25. Gisella Orsini (Ita) 1:35:05 43.62 (Kozhemyakina, Shepetyuk, Shtanhyeyeva, Pastu- 26. Vira Zozulya (Ukr) 1:35:12 shenko); 5. Japan 44.52 (Ishida, Suzuki, Sato, Nobuoka);… dnf— 27. Inés Henriques (Por) 1:35:44 Russia (Kondratyeva, Gushchina, Khabarova—zone—Kruglova). 28. María José Poves (Spa) 1:36:12 29. MiJung Kim (SK) 1:37:01 30. Sonata Milusauskaité (Lit) 1:37:17 31. Mayumi Kawasaki (Jpn) 1:37:30 32. Monica Svensson (Swe) 1:38:11 33. Maria Graciela Mendoza (Mex) 1:39:56 34. Mabel Oncebay (Per) 1:40:46 35. Outi Sillanpää (Fin) 1:41:03 …DNFS (after 5K checkpoints)— (5K)—Yelena Nikolayeva (Rus) (defending champ) (22:55), Miriam Ramón (Ecu), Teresa Vaill (US) (23:14); (10K)—Natalya Misyulya (Blr), Liping Wang (Chn) (22:24); …DQs— (15K)—Sachiko Konishi (Jpn); [5K]—Jing Jiang (Chn) (21:43), Gulnara Mammadova (Aze); [10K]—Cristina López (ElS), Olive Loughnane (Ire); — continued in next column — [15K]—Evelyn Núñez (Gua), Athanasía Tsoumeléka (Gre) (22:15, 21:50 [44:05], 21:59 [1:06:04].

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HEATS — 4 x 400 — (August 13; qualify 3+2) RESULTS (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 88%) (August 14) I–1. Russia 3:20.32 (WL) (fastest-ever qualifier) (Krasnomo- (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 82%) vets 50.1, Antyukh 49.3, Firova 50.09, Zykina 50.78); 2. Poland 3:26.04 (Guzowska 52.6, Bejnar 50.6, Prokopek 51.02, Redecka 1. Russia ...... 3:20.95 51.80); 3. Belarus 3:27.65 (Salahub 52.0, Zhalniryuk 54.0, Kozak (Pechonkina 51.2, Krasnomovets 49.7, Antyukh 49.72, Pospelova 50.42) 51.73, Usovich 50.02); 2. Jamaica ...... 3:23.29 4. 3:27.96 (Marx 52.2, Hoffmann 51.0, Fink 52.87, Urbansky 51.93); 5. Senegal 3:29.03 (Diop 53.8, Fall 51.0, Diouf (S. Williams 51.38, N. Williams 49.92, Smith 51.57, Fenton 50.42) 53.72, Thiam 50.51); 6. Romania 3:30.97 (Morosanu 52.6, Neacsu 3. Great Britain ...... 3:24.44 52.7, Ripanu 52.75, Rus 52.93); 7. Bulgaria 3:38.96 (Gachevska (McConnell 51.4, Fraser 50.9, Sanders 50.80, Ohuruogu 51.27) 54.8, Dimitrova 52.9, Nedkova 55.06, Ivanova 56.19). 4. Poland 3:24.49 NR II–1. Great Britain 3:26.19 (McConnell 51.4, Fraser 51.8, Sanders (Guzowska 52.0, Bejnar 50.4, Prokopek 50.47, Jesien 51.59) 51.38, Ohuruogu 51.56); 2. Brazil 3:26.82 NR (No. 23 nation) 5. Ukraine 3:28.00 (Almirão 52.1, Coutinho 52.3, Tito 51.56, Teodoro 50.82); 3. Ukraine (Yefremova 52.6, Ilyushkina 52.5, Pilyuhina 51.20, Pigida 51.72) 3:27.23 (Yefremova 52.3, Ilyushkina 52.5, Pilyuhina 50.95, Pigida 6. Germany 3:28.39 51.44); 4. Jamaica 3:27.87 (S. Williams 52.1, N. Williams 50.7, Smith (Marx 52.4, Hoffmann 51.2, Fink 53.14, Urbansky 51.69) 53.56, Fenton 51.51); … DQs— 5. Mexico 3:31.41 (Grajeda 54.3, Medina 52.8, González 52.01, [obstruction]—Belarus (3:27.00) Yáñez 52.32); 6. South Africa 3:31.71 (Kotze 53.9, Koster 53.4, (Nevmerzhitskaya 53.3, Sologub 50.9, Kozak 52.48, Usovich 50.34) Febbraio 52.45, Wittstock 51.92);… dq—United States (3:23.38) [exchange-zone switch]—Brazil (3:27.40) (Reid 52.9 [lane], Hennagan 50.2, Robinson 51.02, Henderson (Almirão 53.0, Coutinho 51.6, Tito 51.99, Teodoro 50.84) 49.33). (U.S. also had possible fouls for obstruction and illegal exchange-zone switch) Lanes: 1. Jamaica; 2. Germany; 3. Great Britain; 4. Brazil; 5. Russia; 6. Poland; 7. Belarus; 8. Ukraine. Reaction times: Russia 0.133; Germany 0.151; Ukraine 0.163; Jamaica 0.174; Poland 0.178; Brazil 0.181; Belarus 0.190; Great Britain 0.262.

Leg 1 1. Russia 51.2; 2. Jamaica 51.38; 3. Great Britain 51.4; 4. Poland 52.0; 5. Germany 52.4; 6. Ukraine 52.6; 7. Brazil 53.0; 8. Belarus 53.3. Leg 2 1. Russia 1:40.81; 2. Jamaica 1:41.30; 3. Great Britain 1:42.37; 4. Poland 1:42.43; 5. Germany 1:43.56; 6. Belarus 1:44.18; 7. Brazil 1:44.57; 8. Ukraine 1:45.08. Leg 3 1. Russia 2:30.53; 2. Jamaica 2:32.87; 3. Poland 2:32.90; 4. Great Britain 2:33.17; 5. Ukraine 2:36.28; 6. Brazil 2:36.56; 7. Belarus 2:36.66; 8. Germany 2:36.70.

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— — — POLE VAULT — FINAL FINAL (August 8) (August 12; delayed two days because of rain) (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 88–83%) (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 77%)

1/ 1/ 1. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) ...... 6-7 2 (2.02) 1. (Russia) ...... 16-5 4 (5.01) 1/ (WL) (Sweden’s first gold) WR (old WR 16-4 4/5.00 Isinbayeva ’05) 3/ 2. Chaunte Howard (US) ...... 6-6 4 (2.00) 2. Monika Pyrek (Poland) ...... 15-1 (4.60) =PR (=AL) (=4, =8 A) 3. Pavla Hamácková () . 14-9 (4.50) 3. Emma Green (Sweden)...... 6-5 (1.96) (first Czech medal) PR 4. Tatyana Polnova (Rus) 14-9 4. Anna Chicherova (Rus) 6-5 5. Shuying Gao (Chn) 14-9 5. Vita Palamar (Ukr) 6-4 (1.93) 1/ =6. Dana Ellis (Can) 14-3 4 (4.35) 6. Tia Hellebaut (Bel) 6-4 1/ =6. Anna Rogowska (Pol) 14-3 4 7. Viktoria Styopina (Ukr) 6-4 1/ 8. Vanessa Boslak (Fra) 14-3 4 1/ 8. Amy Acuff (US) 6-2 4 (1.89) 1/ 9. Naroa Agirre (Spa) 14-3 4 1/ 9. Dóra Györffy (Hun) 6-2 4 1/ 10. Carolin Hingst (Ger) 14-3 4 3/ 10. Venelina Veneva (Bul) 6- 4 (1.85) 1/ 11. Jillian Schwartz (US) 13-9 4 (4.20) 3/ 11. Iva Straková (CzR) 6- 4 1/ 12. Tatiana Grigorieva (Aus) 13-1 2 (4.00) 3/ 12. Irina Mikhalchenko (Ukr) 6- 4 … nh—Tracy O’Hara (US)

3/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 5-10 4 6- 4 6-2 4 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-6 4 6-7 2 6-10 4 Hellebaut ..... o o xxo o xxx — — — — QUALIFYING Palamar ...... p o o o xxx — — — — (August 7) Acuff ...... o xo o xxx — — — — — (temperature 19–20C/ Bergqvist .... p o o o o o xo o xxx 66–68F; humidity 70– Mikhalchenko o xo xxx — — — — — — 68%) Howard ...... o o o o xo xo xxo xxx — Qualifers (auto-qualifer Veneva ...... o o xxx — — — — — — 1/ Straková ...... xo o xxx — — — — — — 14-7 4/4.45)—Isinba- Styopina ...... o o o xxo xxx — — — — yeva, Pyrek, Rogowska, Györffy ...... o o xxo xxx — — — — — Schwartz , Polnova, Gao 1/ Chicherova .. o o o o xxo xxx — — — & Hingst cleared 14-7 4, Green ...... o o o xo xo xxx — — — 1/ all other finalists 14-5 4 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.93 1.96 1.98 2.00 2.02 2.10 WR (4.40) with no misses at earlier heights..

1/ Non-qualifiers: [14-5 4/ 1/ QUALIFYING 4.40)]—Janine Whitlock (GB) 14-5 4 (4.40), Fabiana Murer (Bra- 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (August 6) NR), Stacy Dragila (US) (13-7 4 [2], 14-1 4 [3], 14-5 4 [3], 14-7 4 (temperature 21–18C/70–64F; humidity 40–64%) [xxx]) (4.15 [2], 4.30 [3], 4.40 [3], 4.45 [xxx]); 1/ Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 6-4/1.93)—Palamar, Hellebaut, Chiche- [13-7 4/4.15)]—Kirsten Belin (Swe), Takayo Kondo (Jpn), Thórey 1/ rova, Mikhalchenko & Howard cleared 6-4, others cleared 6-3 4 Edda Elisdóttir (Ice), Anzhela Balakhonova (Ukr), Melina Hamilton 1/ (1.91) on first or second attempt. (NZ), Krisztina Molnár (Hun) 13-7 4, Afrodíti Skafída (Gre), Natalya 1/ Non-qualifiers—[6-3 4]—Oana Pantelimon (Rom) Corinne Müller Kushch (Ukr); 1/ (Swi); [13-1 2/4.00)]—Elisabete Tavares (Por), Teja Melink (Slo), [6-2/1.88]—Melanie Skotnik (Fra), Marta Mendía (Spa), Erin Yingying Zhao (Chn), Kelsey Hendry (Can); 3/ 1/ 1/ Aldrich (US) (5-10 4, 6- 2 [2], 6-2, 6-3 4 [xxx]) (1.80, 1.84 [2], 1.88, … nh—Ánna Fitídou (Cyp), Nadine Rohr (Swi). 1.91 [xxx]), Tatyana Kivimyagi (defending champ Svetlana Feofanova out w/ injury) (Rus), Blanka Vlasic (Cro), (Spa); 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 13-1 2 13-9 4 14-3 4 14-9 15-1 15-5 15-7 16-5 4 [6- 2/1.84]—Inna Gliznutsa (Mol), Levern Spencer (StL), Rogowska .... p p o xxx — — — — Grigorieva .... o xxx — — — — — — Romary Rifka (Mex), Caterine Isinbayeva .. p p p o o o p xo Ibargüen (Col) , Xingjuan Zheng Hingst ...... xo o xxo xxx — — — — (Chn), Monica Iagar (Rom); Boslak ...... p xo xo xxx — — — — 3/ [5-10 4/1.80]—Hanna Mikkonen Hamácková .. p xo o o xxx — — — (Fin), Juana Rosario Arrendel; Agirre ...... o o xxo xxx — — — — … nh—Tatyana Efimenko (Kir). O’Hara ...... p xxx — — — — — — Gao ...... xo o xo xxo xxx — — — (Olympic champ Yelena Slesa- Pyrek ...... p o o xo o xxp x — renko warmed up but did not Ellis ...... p o o xxx — — — — compete) Polnova ...... p o o xxo xxx — — — Schwartz ...... p xo xxx — — — — — (defending champ Hestrie Cloete 4.00 4.20 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.70 4.75 5.01 out for year w/ pregnancy)

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— — — — FINAL FINAL (August 10) (August 7) (temperature 15C/59F; humidity88%—heavy rain & gusty winds) (temperature 19–18C/66–64F; humidity 73–77%)

1/ 1. Tianna Madison (US) ...... 22-7 4 (6.89) 1. Trecia Smith (Jamaica)...... 49-7 (15.11) PR (AL) (10, x A) (first American winner since JJK ’91) (=WL; not in top 40 performances all-time) 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ (f, 21-11 2, 20-10, f, 22-7 4, f) (f, 48-1 4, 47-7 4, 48-11, 49-7, 49-3) 1/ 1/ 2. Tatyana Kotova (Russia) ...... 22-3 2 (6.79) 2. Yargelis Savigne (Cuba)...... 48-7 2 (14.82) 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (third straight silver) (22-2 4, 21-11 2, 22-3 2, 21-7 2, 21-7 2, 21-5 4) PR (42-11 2, 48-4, 47-1 2, 48-3 4, 48-7 2, 48-4) 1/ 3. Eunice Barber (France) ...... 22-2 4w (6.76) 3. Anna Pyatykh (Russia) ...... 48-6 (14.78) 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (defending champ) (21-1 2, f, 20-8 2, 21-11 4, f, 22-2 4w) (47-2 4, 48-4 4, 46-11 2, 48-1 4, 48-5 2, 48-6)

1/ 1/ 4. Yargelis Savigne (Cub) 21-11 2 (6.69) 4. Yamilé Aldama (Sud) 48-3 2 (14.72) 1/ 3/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ -/ (21-11 2, 20-9 4, f, f, 21-4 4, 21-10 4) (48-3 2, 47-9 4, 47-9 4, 47-5 4, 48-2 2, 48 2) 1/ 1/ 5. Anju Bobby George (Ind) 21-10 4 (6.66) 5. Hrysopiyí Devetzí (Gre) 48- 2 (14.64) 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (21-10 4, 21-7 2, 21-6 4, 21-4 4, f, 21-6 4) (f, 48- 2, 47-4 2, f, f, 46-9 2) 1/ 3/ 6. Oksana Udmurtova (Rus) 21-5 4 (6.53) 6. Kéné Ndoye (Sen) 47-5 4 (14.47) 1/ 1/ 1/ (21-2w, 19-7, 21-5 4, 21-2 2, f, 20-7 4w) 7. Baya Rahouli (Alg) 47-3 (14.40) 1/ 1/ 7. Grace Upshaw (US) 21-4 4 (6.51) 8. Magdelín Martínez (Ita) 46-11 2 (14.31) 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (21-1 2, 20-5 4, 21-3 2, 21-4 4, f, 20-11 4) 9. Qiuyan Huang (Chn) 46-7 2 (14.21) 3/ 3/ 8. Kelly Sotherton (GB) 21- 4w (6.42) 10. Viktoriya Gurova (Rus) 45-9 4 (13.96) 3/ 3/ 9. Jackie Edwards (Bah) 21 4w (6.42) 11. Carlota Castrejana (Spa) 45-5 4 (13.86) 10. Tünde Vaszi (Hun) 20-9 (6.32) … dnc—Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) (2x defending champ) 11. Concepción Montaner (Spa) 20-9 (6.32) 1/ first 3 rounds 12. Elva Goulbourne (Jam) 20-4 2 (6.21) Castrejana ...... 13.70* ...... f ...... 13.86 first 3 rounds Pyatykh ...... 14.38* ...... 14.75*...... 14.31 Udmurtova ...... 6.45w* ...... 5.97 ...... 6.53 Martínez ...... f ...... 14.13 ...... 14.31 Montaner ...... 6.32 ...... 6.05 ...... 6.11w Savigne ...... 13.09 ...... 14.73 ...... 14.36 Madison ...... f ...... 6.69 ...... 6.35 Smith ...... f ...... 14.67 ...... 14.51 Sotherton ...... 6.38 ...... f ...... 6.42w Gurova ...... f ...... 13.96 ...... f Barber ...... 6.44 ...... f ...... 6.31 Huang ...... 14.21 ...... 13.91 ...... 13.87 Goulbourne ..... 6.21 ...... f ...... f Rahouli ...... 14.40* ...... 14.27 ...... 14.40 Bobby George . 6.66 ...... 6.59 ...... 6.57 Devetzí ...... f ...... 14.64 ...... 14.44 Kotova ...... 6.76* ...... 6.69 ...... 6.79* Ndoye ...... 13.73 ...... 14.41 ...... f Vaszi ...... 6.32 ...... 6.25 ...... 6.11 Aldama ...... 14.72* ...... 14.56 ...... 14.56 Savigne ...... 6.69 ...... 6.34 ...... f final 3 rounds Upshaw ...... 6.44 ...... 6.24 ...... 6.49 Martínez ...... f ...... 14.04 ...... f Edwards ...... 6.14 ...... f ...... 6.42w Rahouli ...... 14.23 ...... f ...... 13.11 final 3 rounds Ndoye ...... f ...... 14.47 ...... f Sotherton ...... f ...... f ...... f Devetzí ...... f ...... f ...... 14.26 Barber ...... 6.70 ...... f ...... 6.76w Smith ...... 14.91* ...... 15.11*...... 15.01 Upshaw ...... 6.51 ...... f ...... 6.38 Aldama ...... 14.47 ...... 14.69 ...... 14.64 Udmurtova ...... 6.46 ...... f ...... 6.28w Savigne ...... 14.71 ...... 14.82 ...... 14.73 Bobby George . 6.51 ...... f ...... 6.56 Pyatykh ...... 14.66 ...... 14.77 ...... 14.78 Savigne ...... f ...... 6.51 ...... 6.67 QUALIFYING Madison ...... f ...... 6.89*...... f (August 6) Kotova ...... 6.59 ...... 6.59 ...... 6.53 (temperature 17C/63F; humidity 79–73%) 1/ QUALIFYING Qualifiers (auto-qualifer 47-1/14.35)—Devetzí 48-3 2 (14.72); Smith 1/ 3/ 1/ (August 9) 48-2 2w (14.69); Savigne 47-5 4 (14.47); Martínez 47-5 4 (14.46); 1/ 1/ (temperature 26–27C/79–81F; humidity 61–54%) Pyatykh 47-3 (14.40); Gurova 47-2 4 ((14.38); Aldama 47-1 2 (14.36); 1/ Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 21-10/6.65)—Madison 22-5 (6.83) PR Huang 46-8 (14.22); Castrejana 46-7 4 (14.20); Rahouli 46-6 (14.17); 1/ 1/ (AL) (14, x A), Montaner 21-10w (6.65), Kotova 21-9 (6.63), Vaszi Lebedeva 46-5 4 (14.15); Ndoye 46-3 2 (14.11). 3/ 1/ 21-8 4 (6.62), Barber 21-8 (6.60), Upshaw 21-7 2 (6.59), Savigne 3/ Non-qualifiers—Natalya Safronova (Blr) 46-2 4 (14.09); Simona 3/ 1/ 21-6 4 (6.57), Udmurtova 21-6 4 (6.56), Sotherton 21-6 (6.55), 1/ La Mantia (Ita) 45-11 4 (14.00); Anastasiya Juravleva (Uzb) 4510 1/ 1/ 1/ George 21-5 2 (6.54), Goulbourne 21-5 4 (6.53), Edwards 21-5 4. 1/ (13.97); Snezana Vukmirovic (Slo) 45-6 2 (13.88); Dana Veldáková 1/ 1/ 1/ Non-qualifiers—Rose Richmond (US) 21-5 4w (6.53) (21-5 4w, (Svk) 45-5 (13.84); Mabel Gay (Cub) 45-4 2 (13.83); 3/ 1/ 1/ 20-7 4, 20-11 4) (6.53w, 6.29, 6.38), Kumiko Ikeda (Jpn) 21-4 4 Mariya Dimitrova (Bul) 45-3w (13.79); Nadezhda Bazhenova 1/ 1/ (6.51), (Ita) 21-4 4 (record eight appearance, =record (Rus) 45-2 2 (13.78); Sárka Kaspárková (CzR) 44-11 (13.69); Nata- 1/ 3/ 1/ all events), Marestella Torres (Phi) 21-2 2 (6.46), Naide Gomes lia Kilpeläinen (Fin) 44-9 4 (13.66); Tetyana Dyachenko (Ukr) 43-8 2 3/ 1/ (Por) 21- 4 (6.42), Oleksandra Shyshlyuk (Ukr) 21-0 (6.40), (13.32); Erica McLain (US) 43-7 4 (13.29); Bianca Kappler (Ger) 20-10 (6.35), Natalia Kilpeläinen (Fin) 20- … 3f—Yelena Parfenova (Kaz), Athanasía Pérra (Gre). 3/ 1/ 9 4 (6.34), Ioánna Kafetzí (Gre) 20-8 2 (6.31), Adina Anton (Rom) 1/ 1/ 20-6 4 (6.25), Ineta Radevica (Lat) 20-3 2 (6.18), Soko Salaqiqi (Fij) 1/ 18-11 4 (5.77) PR, Martina Darmovzalová (CzR) 18-10 (5.74). (World ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ leader Irina Simagina [Rus] was on start lists but did not jump.) -277- August 19, 2005 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

— SHOT — — DISCUS — FINAL FINAL (August 13) (August 11; delayed two days by rain after four throws on 8/9 which (temperature 18–16C/64–62F; humidity 88%) were not counted)

1/ (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 94%; heavy rain and gusty winds 1. Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus) ... 67-3 2 (20.51) for most of competition) (second-shortest WC winning mark) 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1. Franka Dietzsch (Germany) ...... 218-4 (66.56) (66-7 4, 66- 2, f, f, 66-4 2, 67-3 2) 1/ (shortest winning mark ever) 2. Olga Ryabinkina (Russia) ...... 64-5 4 (19.64) (’99 champ; record eighth appearance, =record all events) 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ (f, 63-5 2, 64-5 4, f, 62-6 2, 61-6 4) (212-10, 210-3, 211-2, 218-4, 214-2, p) 1/ 3. Valerie Vili (New Zealand) ...... 64-4 2 (19.62) 2. Natalya Sadova (Russia) ...... 211-0 (64.33) (New Zealand’s first medal) (211-0, 198-11, 201-0, 204-5, 205-8, 202-0) 3/ 1/ 1/ (f, 59-9 4, 64-4 2, 63-5, f, 64 4 2) 3. Vera Cechlová (Czech Republic)... 207-3 (63.19) 1/ 4. Svetlana Krivelyova (Rus) 62-10 2 (19.16) (defending champ) 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ (199-4, 206-8, f, f, 207-3, f) (56-11 4, 60-7 4, 62-10 2, 61-0, 62-8, 62-1 4) 3/ 5. Nadine Kleinert (Ger) 62-6 4 (19.07) 4. Beatrice Faumuiná (NZ) 205-9 (62.73) 1/ 1/ 3/ (f, 58-9 2, 61-4 4, 61-11, 62-6 4, f) (’97 champ) (205-9, f, 189-4, 200-2, 199-11, 188-5) 6. Yumileidi Cumbá (Cub) 61-2 (18.64) 5. Nicoleta Grasu (Rom) 203-7 (62.05) 1/ 7. Meiju Li (Chn) 60-2 2 (18.35) 6. Shuli Ma (Chn) 201-2 (61.33) 8. Natallia Khoroneko (Blr) 60-2 (18.34) 7. Dragana Tomasevic (Yug) 198-8 (60.56) 1/ 9. Christina Schwanitz (Ger) 59-1 2 (18.02) 8. Olena Antonova (Ukr) 194-9 (59.37) 1/ 10. Misleydis González (Cub) 59-1 4 (18.01) 9. Natalya Fokina (Ukr) 191-9 (58.44) 11. Lieja Tunks (Hol) 58-6 (17.83) 10. Aimin Song (Chn) 189-11 (57.90) 12. (Ita) 55-9 (16.99). 11. Anna Söderberg (Swe) 188-4 (57.41) 12. Joanna Wisniewska (Pol) 187-2 (57.06). first 3 rounds Li ...... 17.51* ...... 18.20 ...... 18.35 first 3 rounds Legnante ...... f ...... 16.99 ...... f Faumuiná ...... 62.73* ...... f ...... 57.70 Krivelyova ...... 17.35 ...... 18.47 ...... 19.16 Antonova ...... 59.37 ...... 59.08 ...... 57.71 Ostapchuk ..... 20.30* ...... 20.13 ...... f Cechlová ...... 60.76 ...... 63.00 ...... f González ...... 17.85 ...... 18.01 ...... 17.82 Song...... 55.98 ...... 57.90 ...... f Tunks ...... 17.83 ...... 17.60 ...... f Söderberg ...... f ...... 57.41 ...... f Schwanitz ...... 17.55 ...... 18.02 ...... f Dietzsch ...... 64.89* ...... 64.08 ...... 64.36 Ryabinkina ...... f ...... 19.34 ...... 19.64 Ma ...... 59.21 ...... 58.38 ...... 61.33 Kleinert ...... f ...... 17.92 ...... 18.70 Grasu ...... 55.75 ...... f ...... 62.05 Vili ...... f ...... 18.23 ...... 19.62 Sadova ...... 64.33 ...... 60.63 ...... 61.28 Khoroneko ...... 16.91 ...... 17.85 ...... 18.25 Tomasevic ...... 60.56 ...... f ...... f Cumbá ...... 18.37 ...... f ...... f Wisniewska ..... 57.06 ...... 55.64 ...... f Fokina ...... 58.44 ...... 57.20 ...... 55.09 final 3 rounds Khoroneko ...... 18.02 ...... 18.34 ...... f final 3 rounds Li ...... f ...... 18.10 ...... f Antonova ...... 56.35 ...... f ...... 56.19 Cumbá ...... 18.57 ...... f ...... 18.64 Tomasevic ...... f ...... 56.26 ...... 56.30 Kleinert ...... 18.87 ...... 19.07 ...... f Ma ...... 58.15 ...... 58.22 ...... 59.36 Krivelyova ...... 18.59 ...... 19.10 ...... 18.94 Grasu ...... f ...... f ...... 61.49 Vili ...... 19.33 ...... f ...... 19.62 Faumuina ...... 61.01 ...... 60.94 ...... 57.42 Ryabinkina ...... f ...... 19.06 ...... 18.76 Cechlová ...... f ...... 63.19 ...... f Ostapchuk ..... f ...... 20.23 ...... 20.51* Sadova ...... 62.31 ...... 62.68 ...... 61.59 Dietzsch ...... 66.56* ...... 65.29 ...... p QUALIFYING (August 12) QUALIFYING (temperature 19–18–C/66–64F; humidity 78–83%) (August 7) 1/ 1/ Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 60- 2/18.30)—Vili 65-2 4 (19.87) NR, (temperature 16–17C/62–63F; humidity 100–94%) 3/ 1/ 3/ Qualifiers Ostapchuk 64-5 4 (19.65), Krivelyova 63-3 4 (19.28), Cumbá 62-1 4 (auto-qualifier 200-1/61.00)—Cechlová 210-10 (64.26), 1/ 1/ (18.94), Kleinert 62- 4 (18.90), Khoroneko 61-9 2 (18.83), Ryabin- Song 210-5 (64.15), Sadova 208-10 (63.65), Dietzsch 208-5 (63.53), 1/ 1/ kina 61-5 (18.72), González 60-9 2 (18.53), Li 60-2 2 (18.35), Grasu 203-7 (62.06), Tomasevic 203-6 (62.02), Antonova 200-3 1/ 1/ Schwanitz 60-2 2 (18.35), Legnante 59-3 (18.06), Tunks 58-7 2 (61.05), Söderberg 196-8 (59.94), Faumuiná 196-2 (59.81), (17.87). Wisniewska 195-9 (59.66), Ma 194-11 (59.43), Fokina 194-7 (59.30). 3/ Non-qualifiers Non-qualifiers—Kim Barrett (Jam) 58-6 4 (17.85), Olga Ivanova —Elizna Naude (SA) 193-4 (58.93), Yania Ferrales 3/ 3/ Sei- (Rus) 58-4 4 (17.80), Petra Lammert (Ger) 58-1 4 (17.72), Kristin (Cub) 191-6 (58.38), Oksana Yesipchuk (Rus) 191-4 (58.32), 1/ lala Sua (US) Heaston (US) 57-6 4 (17.53), Vivian Chukwuemeka (Ngr) 57-5 189-3 (57.68) (f, f, 189-3) (f, f, 57.68), Marzena (17.50), (Ita) 56-10 (17.32), Wysocka (Pol) 188-5 (57.44), Becky Breisch (US) 187-6 (57.16) 1/ Cleopatra Borel-Brown (Tri) 56-9 2 (17.31), Elisángela Adriano (187-6, f) (f, 57.16, f), 1/ (Bra) 55-7 (16.94), Cristiana Checchi (Ita) 54-8 4 (16.67), Oksana Wioletta Potepa (Pol) 184-9 (56.31), Tereapii Tapoki (COK) 167- 1/ 1/ Aretha Hill (US) Chibisova (Rus) 548 4 (16.67), Mi-Young Lee (SK) 54-5 2 (16.60), 1 (50.92), 154-8 (47.15) (149-0, 154-8, 137-5) 3/ Yoko Toyonaga (Jpn) 54-2 (16.51), Liz Wanless (US) 54-1 4 (16.50), (45.43, 47.15, 41.88)… drug DQ—Neelam Jaswant Singh (Ind) 1/ ’Ana Po’Uhila (TGA) 49-8 4 (15.14). 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QUALIFYING — HAMMER — (August 10) FINAL (temperature 14–15C/57–59F; humidity 88–94%) (August 12) Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 229-8/70.00)—Moreno 238-5 (72.67), (temperature 18–17C/68F; humidity 83–88%) Kuzenkova 236-1 (71.97), Montebrun 235-0 (71.63), Lysenko 233-5 (71.14), Skolimowska 230-7 (70.28), Sekachova 224-11 (68.55), 1. Olga Kuzenkova (Russia)...... 246-5 (75.10) Melinte 224-1 (68.31), Claretti 223-9 (68.21), Keil 222-6 (67.82), (first 4-time medalist; silvers ’99, ’01, ’03) Gilreath 221-2 (67.41), Scott 219-4 (66.85), Zhang 218-11 (66.73). (f, 226-2, 231-11, 232-3, 242-10, 246-5) Non-qualifiers—Nataliya Zolotukhina (Ukr) 217-8 (66.36), Volha 2. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) ...... 239-9 (73.08) Tsander (Blr) 216-9 (66.07), Ivana Brkljacic (Cro) 215-4 (65.63), (2x defending champ) Darya Pchelnik (Blr) 215-0 (65.54), Berta Castells (Spa) 214-11 (230-11, f, 232-6, 233-9, 239-9, 239-7) (65.50), Amber Campbell (US) 214-10 (65.48), Stilianí Papadopoúlou (Gre) 213-2 (64.99), Jennifer Joyce (Can) 3. Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) ...... 237-9 (72.46) 211-1 (64.34), Éva Orbán (Hun) 210-10 (64.26), Sini Pöyry (Fin) (Russia first country witih two medalists) 210-9 (64.24), Shirley Webb (GB) 210-6 (64.16), Eileen O’Keeffe (f, 230-8, 224-6, 226-1, 237-9, 235-2) (Ire) 210-3 (64.09), Bethany Hart (US) 209-10 (63.97), 4. (Fra) 234-3 (71.41) (Cub) 209-3 (63.79), Yuka Murofushi (Jpn) (222-10, 226-1, 219-9, 234-3, 233-0, 232-3) 206-1 (62.83), Cecilia Nilsson (Swe) 204-3 (62.27), 5. Wenxiu Zhang (Chn) 229-1 (69.82) (Ger) 203-1 (61.91), Amarilys Alméstica (PR) 185-11 (56.66), (223-7, 216-2, 224-1, 229-1, 218-9, 224-10) … 3f—Kathrin Klaas (Ger), Jennifer Dahlgren (Arg), Yekaterina 6. Iryna Sekachova (Ukr) 228-6 (69.65) Khoroshikh (Rus), (Ita), Yuan Gu (Chn). (228-6, 220-8, 221-9, 225-1, 223 4, 223-7) 7. (Pol) 226-3 (68.96) 8. Candice Scott (Tri) 218-4 (66.55) 9. (Ita) 212-5 (64.76) 10. Erin Gilreath (US) 211-9 (64.54) (211-9, 210-0, 207-11) 11. (Rom) 211-0 (64.31) 12. Susanne Keil (Ger) 207-6 (63.25). (best-ever mark-for-WC-place: 2-7, 12) (HT has been in 4 WCs; Kuzenkova, Moreno, Montebrun & Skolimowska have made all finals) first 3 rounds Kuzenkova ..... f ...... 68.94 ...... 70.70* Moreno ...... 70.39* ...... f ...... 70.88* Lysenko ...... f ...... 70.30 ...... 68.44 Montebrun...... 67.92 ...... 68.93 ...... 66.99 Zhang ...... 68.16 ...... 65.90 ...... 68.31 Sekachova ...... 69.65 ...... 67.26 ...... 67.59 Skolimowska ... 68.96 ...... 67.14 ...... 68.76 Scott ...... 66.55 ...... 63.16 ...... 63.79 Claretti ...... f ...... 64.28 ...... 64.76 Gilreath ...... 64.54 ...... 64.01 ...... 63.38 Melinte ...... 64.31 ...... f ...... 63.94 Keil ...... f ...... f ...... 63.25 final 3 rounds Scott ...... f ...... f ...... 63.32 Zhang ...... 69.82 ...... 66.68 ...... 68.53 Montebrun...... 71.41* ...... 71.02 ...... 70.80 Skolimowska ... 68.34 ...... 67.01 ...... f Sekachova ...... 68.62 ...... 68.08 ...... 68.15 Lysenko ...... 68.92 ...... 72.46*...... 71.68 Kuzenkova ..... 70.80 ...... 74.03*...... 75.10* Moreno ...... 71.26 ...... 73.08 ...... 73.04

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QUALIFYING — JAVELIN — (August 12) RESULTS (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 77–83%) (August 14) Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 198-6/60.50)—Nerius 2183 (66.52) PR, (temperature 18–17C/64–63F; humidity 83–82%) Menéndez 215-9 (65.77), Bisset 211-7 (64.50), Obergföll 202-0 (61.59), Eve 200-6 (61.12), Ingberg 200-4 (61.06), Tarvainen 199-7 1. Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) ...... 235-3 (71.70) (60.83), Sayers 199 0 (60.67), Scherwin 197-2 (60.11), Bani 197-1 WR (old WR 234-8/71.54 Menéndez ’03) (60.09), Karapetrova 1943 (59.22), Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi 193-9 (59.06). (235-3, f, p, 215-0, 209-4, p) Non-qualifiers—Barbora Spotáková (CzR) 192-8 (58.74), Olivia 2. Christina Obergföll (Germany) ...... 229-9 (70.03) McKoy (Jam) 191-10 (58.49), Mercedes Chilla (Spa) 191-6 (58.38), NR (2, 4 W) Barbara Madejczyk (Pol) 187-5 (57.14), Inga Kozarenoka (Lat) (previous PR 211-11/64.59) 186-0 (56.71), Olha Ivankova (Ukr) 185-7 (56.56), (201-11, 229-9, p, p, p, 195-9) (Ita) 183-0 (55.78), Nikolett Szabó (Hun) 181-0 (55.17), Kim Kreiner (US) 180-7 (55.05), Sávva Líka (Gre) 180-6 (55.03), 3. Steffi Nerius (Germany)...... 216-5 (65.96) Felicia Moldovan (Rom) 179-5 (54.68), Noraida Bicet (Cub) 178-10 (216-5, f, f, 210-10, 211-1, f) (54.52), Inga Stasiulionyté (Lit) 178-5 (54.38), Moonika Aava (Est) 4. Christina Scherwin (Den) 208-1 (63.43) NR 177-11 (54.24), Juan Xue (Chn) 176-6 (53.81), Mariya Yakovenko (194-9, 204-5, 197-0, 208-1, f, f) (Rus) 165-3 (50.37), Serafina Akeli (AmS) 155-5 (47.37); … 3f— 5. Zahra Bani (Ita) 20510 (62.75) PR Miréla Manjani (Gre) (’99 & ’03 champ). (181-4, 199-2, 177-4, f, 184-3, 205-10) 6. Paula Tarvainen (Fin) 205-6 (62.64) (205-6, f, f, f, 186-7, f) 7. Sonia Bisset (Cub) 202-7 (61.75) 8. Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi (Gre) 190-3 (57.99) 9. Mikaela Ingberg (Fin) 188-9 (57.54) 10. Laverne Eve (Bah) 187-4 (57.10) 11. Rumyana Karapetrova (Bul) 187-2 (57.06) 12. Goldie Sayers (GB) 178-7 (54.44). (best-ever mark for place: 2) first 3 rounds Nerius ...... 65.96* ...... f ...... f Karapetrova .... 57.06 ...... 53.54 ...... 55.73 Bisset ...... f ...... 59.55 ...... 59.71 Ingberg ...... 56.77 ...... 55.70 ...... 57.54 Bani ...... 55.28 ...... 60.71 ...... 54.06 Tarvainen ...... 62.64 ...... f ...... f Eve ...... f ...... 51.96 ...... 57.10 Obergföll ...... 61.55 ...... 70.03 ...... p Tsiolakoúdi ..... 57.30 ...... 57.99 ...... 56.78 Sayers ...... 54.44 ...... 54.16 ...... 52.94 Scherwin ...... 59.36 ...... 62.32 ...... 60.04 Menéndez ...... 71.70* ...... f ...... p final 3 rounds Tsiolakoúdi ..... f ...... f ...... 56.63 Bisset ...... 58.62 ...... 61.75 ...... 60.57 Bani ...... f ...... 56.16 ...... 62.75 Scherwin ...... 63.43 ...... f ...... f Tarvainen ...... f ...... 56.89 ...... f Nerius ...... 64.26 ...... 64.35 ...... f Obergföll ...... p ...... p ...... 59.67 Menéndez ...... 65.53 ...... 63.80 ...... p

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1/ 19-5 2/5.93, 144-8/44.10, 2:16.77 PR [2442]) — — 18. Simone Oberer (Swi) 5882 1/ RESULTS (13.77, 5-11 2/1.82 PR, 39-3/11.96, 25.52 [3512—16], (August 6–7) 19-8/5.99, 122-8/37.39, 2:14.02 [2370]) (generally sunny & warm) 19. Magdalena Szczepanska (Pol) 5880 3/ (14.22, 5-8/1.73, 46- 4/14.04 PR, 25.96 [3436—20], 1/ 1. Carolina Klüft (Sweden) ...... 6887 18-8 2/5.70, 154-1/46.96, 2:15.61 [2444]) (first successful defender) 20. Yuki Nakata (Jpn) 5735 1/ 1/ 1/ (13.19, 5-11 2/1.82, 49-3 2/15.02 PR, 23.70 [3971—2], (13.99, 5-7/1.70, 36-2 4/11.03, 25.58 [3266—23], 1/ 3/ 22-6 2/6.87, 154-10/47.20, 2:08.89 PR [2916]) 19-10 4/6.06, 146-7/44.69, 2:18.52 [2469]) 2. Eunice Barber (France) ...... 6824 … DNFs— Karin Ertl (Ger) (4285) (’99 champ; equals record with third medal) 3/ 1/ 3/ (13.84, 5-8/1.73, 44-2 4/13.48, 25.03 [3535—15], 4 4 (12.94, 6-3 /1.91, 43-3 /13.20, 24.01 [3973—1], 1/ 3/ 18-7 4/5.67) 22-1 4/6.75, 158-3/48.24, 2:11.94 [2851]) Janice Josephs (SA) (4197) 3. Margaret Simpson (Ghana) ...... 6375 1/ 3/ (13.56, 5-2 4/1.58, 39-6 4/12.06, 24.19 [3381—21], (first Ghanaian medal all events, either sex) 19-4/5.89) 1/ 3/ (13.55, 5-10 2/1.79, 43-8 4/13.33 PR, 24.94 [3650—7], Yuliya Akulenko (Ukr) (3335) 3/ 19-11 4/6.09, 184-11/56.36 PR, 2:17.02 PR [2725]) 1/ 1/ (14.42, 5-4 2/1.64, 45-4 4/13.82, 25.41 [3335—22]) (MR in JT—old 179-10/54.82 Shouaa ’99) Juana Castillo (DR) (3232) 3/ 1/ 4. Austra Skujyté (Lit) 6360 (14.30, 5-5 4/1.67, 42-11 2/13.09, 26.61 [3232—24]) 1/ (14.22, 5-11 2/1.82, 54-6/16.61, 25.31 [3778—4], Laurien Hoos (Hol) (1881) 20-1/6.12, 160-2/48.82, 2:17.48 [2582]) (13.67, 5-7/1.70) 5. Kelly Sotherton (GB) 6325 Tetyana Alisevych (Blr) (909) 1/ 3/ (13.33, 5-11 2/1.82, 43-10 4/13.38, 23.94 [3817—3], (14.50). 1/ 21- 2/6.41, 108-6/33.09, 2:07.96 PR [2508]) 6. Marie Collonvillé (Fra) 6248 3/ 3/ (13.73, 6 4/1.85, 40-6 4/12.36, 25.44 [3590—10], Heptathlon Leaders After Each Event 20-8/6.30, 149-9/45.65, 2:11.74 [2658]) 7. Naide Gomes (Por) 6189 100H 1/ 1/ 1. Barber 1133; 2. Klüft 1096; 3. Sotherton 1075; 4. Miller 1058; 5. (13.88, 5-10 2/1.79, 45-11 4/14.00, 25.18 [3625—9], 3/ Ruckstuhl 1053; 6. Zelinka 1047; 7. Simpson 1043; 8. Josephs 21-2 4/6.47, 135-8/41.36, 2:16.31 PR [2564]) 8. (Hol) 6174 1041; 9. Fountain 1036; 10. Hoos 1026. 1/ 1/ (13.48, 5-10 2/1.79, 43-3 4/13.19, 24.66 [3677—6], High Jump 3/ 21-4 4/6.52, 120-10/36.84, 2:16.17 [2497]) 1. Barber 2252; 2. Klüft 2099; 3. Sotherton 2078; 4. Collonvillé 9. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukr) 6144 2058; 5. Ruckstuhl 2019; 6. Dobrynska 2017; 7. Oberer 2014; 8. 3/ 1/ (14.02, 6- 4/1.85 PR, 49-10 2/15.20, 25.90 [3697—5], Simpson 2009; 9. Fountain 2002; 10. Gomes 1961. 1/ 19-7 2/5.98, 146-0/44.51, 2:18.05 [2447]) Shot 10. Sonja Kesselschläger (Ger) 6113 1. Barber 2993; 2. Klüft 2961; 3. Skujyté 2919; 4. Dobrynska 2891; 1/ 3/ (13.98, 5-10 2/1.79, 46- 4/14.04, 25.81 [3558—13], 5. Sotherton 2831; 6. Ruckstuhl 2759; 7. Simpson 2758; 8. Gomes 1/ 20-2 2/6.16, 150-8/45.93 PR, 2:16.23 [2555]) 2755; 9. Kesselschläger 2744; 10. Collonvillé 2743. 11. Jessica Zelinka (Can) 6097 200 Meters (13.52, 57/1.70, 44-9/13.64 PR, 24.13 [3640—8], 1/ 1. Barber 3973; 2. Klüft 3971; 3. Sotherton 3817; 4. Skujyté 3778; 19-1 4/5.82, 139-2/42.42, 2:11.15 PR [2457]) 5. Dobrynska 3697; 6. Ruckstuhl 3677; 7. Simpson 3650; 8. Zelinka 12. Hyleas Fountain (US) 6055 1/ 1/ 3640; 9. Gomes 3625; 10. Collonvillé 3590. (13.60, 5-10 2/1.79, 39-2 2/11.95, 24.60 [3584—11], 21-4/6.50, 133-6/40.70, 2:22.98 [2471]) Long Jump 13. Lilly Schwarzkopf (Ger) 5993 1. Klüft 5100; 2. Barber 5062; 3. Sotherton 4795; 4. Ruckstuhl 4691; 1/ 1/ (13.95, 5-9 4/1.76, 42-7 2/12.99, 25.68 [3465—17], 5. Skujyté 4665; 6. Gomes 4622; 7. Fountain 4591; 8. Dobrynska 1/ 19-3 4/5.87, 151-6/46.19, 2:12.24 [2528]) 4540; 9. Collonvillé 4533; 10. Simpson 4527. 14. Irina Naumenko (Kaz) 5991 Javelin 1/ (14.07, 5-9 4/1.76, 45-1/13.74, 25.24 [3538—14], 1. Klüft 5906; 2. Barber 5888; 3. Simpson 5511; 4. Skujyté 5502; 1/ 20 2 4/6.15, 128-11/39.30, 2:14.27 [2453]) 5. Sotherton 5330; 6. Gomes 5315; 7. Collonvillé 5309; 8. Ruckstuhl 15. Kylie Wheeler (Aus) 5919 5298; 9. Dobrynska 5294; 10. Fountain 5272. 1/ 1/ (14.32, 5-9 4/1.76, 42-6 4/12.96, 25.12 [3463—18], 1/ 20-3 2/6.18, 123-1/37.53, 2:12.33 [2456]) 16. Gigi Miller (US) 5911 1/ (13.45, 5-7/1.70, 41- 2/12.51, 24.19 [3571—12], 1/ 19-5 4/5.92, 125-1/38.14, 2:15.69 [2340]) 17. Aryiró Stratáki (Gre) 5884 in next week’s newsletter: 3/ (13.96, 5-8/1.73, 42-9 4/13.05, 25.56 [3442—19], ZÜRICH!! (who could ask for anything more?)

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