NEWSLETTER Volume 6, No. 50 September 6, 2007

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OSAKA, — By-Nation Medal Chart — AUGUST 25–SEPTEMBER 2 Nation ...... Men Women ...... Overall G S B Total G S B Total ATTENDANCE United States ...... 10 3 6 19 4 1 2 7 ...... 26 Figures in round 1000s were put on the stadium scoreboard one ...... 0 1 1 2 4 8 2 14 ...... 16 evening. Stadium capacity for paying customers was c36,000; only ...... 3 2 3 8 2 1 2 5 ...... 13 one day reached that and most were perhaps half. ...... 0 3 1 4 1 3 2 6 ...... 10 ...... 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 5 ...... 7 WEATHER Great Britain ...... 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 ...... 5 Official temperature—both C and F—and humidity readings are ...... 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 ...... 4 given with each event. Bahamas ...... 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 ...... 3 EXPLAINING THE TYPOGRAPHY Belarus ...... 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 ...... 3 Paragraph breaks in the preliminary rounds of running events indicate ...... 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 ...... 3 the separation between qualifiers and non-qualifiers. ...... 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 ...... 3 ....1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 ...... 3 COLOR CODING ...... 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 ...... 3 All medalists appear in blue ink; all Americans are in bold face and ...... 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 ...... 3 ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 ...... 3 italics (if in multiple rounds, only in the final round in which they ...... 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 ...... 2 competed); field-event/multi medalists appear in either blue (gold Bahrain ...... 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 ...... 2 medal), red (silver) or green (bronze) in the progression charts. ...... 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 ...... 2 ...... 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 ...... 2 SPLIT TIMES ...... 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 ...... 2 Times in 10ths were taken by the T&FN split crew (virtually com- ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ...... 1 pletely by video analysis); times in 100ths are either eyebeam ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 times from the official timer, Seiko, or high-speed video research Croatia ...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ...... 1 done by the IAAF/JAAF Biomechanics Team. We thank them for Cyprus ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 their invaluable work. Dominican Rep .....0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 Ecuador ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 FIELD CHARTS Estonia ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 In the by-round field charts (all throws, horizontal jumps), the athlete’s ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 best of the day is underlined. The asterisked marks represent the ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ...... 1 Holland ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 progression of the lead. This includes those with subsequent drug ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 DQs, since the intent is to demonstrate how the event played out Japan ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ...... 1 in its proper historical perspective. ...... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ...... 1 Norway ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 WHAT’S IN VERSION ii? New Zealand ...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ...... 1 Note that his newsletter is marked as “version i”; this means history Panama ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 tells us that more small amendments will roll in as more tape is ...... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 watched and more sources are uncovered. While we won’t e-mail ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 ...... 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 you the updated version, we will make a note of it in a subsequent Slovak Republic ...0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 TN and if you wish you’ll be able to download it from the Archive. Sri Lanka ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ...... 1 ...... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ...... 1 ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 © 2007 Track & Field News. All rights reserved. ...... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ...... 1 This newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted Uganda ...... 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 ...... 1 24 24 24 72 23 24 22 69 in any form without express written permission. www.trackandfieldnews.com

-333- September 6, 2007 III(1.7)–1. Sally McLellan (Aus) 11.14 PR; 2. Tezdzhan Naimova — 100 METERS — (Bul) 11.15; 3. Tahesia Harrigan (BVI) 11.26; 4. Amandine Allou Affoué (CI) 11.27 PR; 5. (Ger) 11.33; FINAL 6. Valentina Nazarova (Tkm) 12.02; 7. Charlene Attard (Mlt) (August 27; wind –0.2) 12.06; 8. Selloane Tsoaeli (Les) 13.29 PR; 9. Sry Hang (Cmb) (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 65%) 13.55. (at various times, Edwards,Williams & Campbell IV(-0.7)–1. Arron 11.27; 2. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (Bah) all listed as 1st on scoreboard) 11.36; 3. Ivet Lalova (Bul) 11.47; 4. (Rus) 11.49; 1. Veronica Campbell (Jamaica) ...... 11.01 5. Nombulelo Mkenku (SA) 11.50; (11.006) 6. Momoko Takahashi (Jpn) 11.98; 7. Barbara Rustignoli (SM) (first non-sub-11 final) 13.33; 8. Maria Ikelap (Mic) 13.93. (2.01, 1.13 [3.14], 1.01 [4.15], 0.96 [5.11], 0.96 [6.07], V(0.2)–1. Chandra Sturrup (Bah) 11.32; 2. Stewart 11.35; 3. Sasha 0.95 [7.02], 0.95 [7.97], 0.99 [8.96], 1.01 [9.97], 1.04) Springer (Tri) 11.50; (6.07/4.94) 4. Guzel Khubbieva (Uzb) 11.59; 5. (Fra) 11.59; (fastest segment 50–60m: avg. 10.56mps/23.62mph) 6. Gloria Diogo (STP) 12.21; 7. Sze-Min Choo (Sin) 12.29; 8. Loi Ieong (Mac) 12.76; 9. Fathia Ali Bouraleh (Dji) 14.14. 2. (US) ...... 11.01 VI(0.3)–1. Mechelle Lewis (US) 11.16; 2. Sheri-Ann Brooks (Jam) (11.008) 11.29; 3. (GB) 11.39; 4. Daria Korczynska (Pol) (defending champ) 11.41; 5. Ekaterina Grigorieva (Rus) 11.44; (2.01, 1.12 [3.13], 1.00 [4.13], 0.97 [5.10], 0.96 [6.06], 6. Kin Yee Wan (HK) 12.12; 7. Elis Lapenmal (Van) 13.10 PR; 8. 0.97 [7.03], 0.97 [8.00], 0.98 [8.98], 1.01 [9.99], 1.02) Lilly Pine (Kyr) 13.86 PR; 9. Waseelah Fadhl Saad (Yem) 14.31. (6.06/4.95) VII(-0.9)–1. Yevgeniya Polyakova (Rus) 11.30; 2. Williams 11.41; (40–50m: 10.40mps/23.26mph) 3. Johanna Manninen (Fin) 11.52; 3. (US) ...... 11.02 4. Paulette Zang-Milama (Gab) 11.53; 5. Myriam Mani (Cam) PR 11.55; 6. Timicka Clarke (Bah) 11.59; 7. Dembert (Cha) 13.01 PR; 8. Fatima Mohammadi (Afg) 16.17 PR. 4. (US) 11.05 VIII(0.8)–1. Edwards 11.14; 2. Osayomi 11.15 PR; 3. (’03 champ) (Gha) 11.22; 4. (GB) 11.26 PR; 5. Sherry Fletcher (2.00, 1.12 [3.12], 1.03 [4.15], 0.97 [5.12], 0.96 [6.08], (Grn) 11.28; 0.96 [7.04], 0.97 [8.01], 0.99 [9.00], 1.02 [10.02], 1.03) 6. Milena Milasevic (Mne) 12.24 NR; 7. Rosa Mystique Jones (6.08/4.97) (Nau) 12.69; 8. Felicia Saburo (Pau) 13.40 PR; 9. Bounkou Camara (40–45m: 10.45mps/23.38mph) (Mtn) 13.93. 5. (Bel) 11.05 (1.98, 1.12 [3.10], 1.01 [4.11], 0.99 [5.10], 0.98 [6.08], QUARTERS 0.96 [7.04], 0.98 [8.02], 0.99 [9.01], 1.00 [10.01], 1.04) (August 26; qualify 4) (6.08/4.97) (temperature 31C/88F; humidity 60%) (50–60m: 10.32mps/23.09mph) I(-0.2)–1. Edwards 11.13; 2. Stewart 11.20; 3. Osayomi 11.21; 4. 6. (Fra) 11.08 Polyakova 11.24; (2.03, 1.12 [3.15], 1.02 [4.16], 0.97 [5.13], 0.96 [6.09], 5. Fletcher 11.32; 6. Harrigan 11.33; 7. de Moura 11.61;… 0.97 [7.06], 0.97 [8.03], 0.99 [9.02], 1.02 [10.04], 1.04) dnc—Mkenku. (6.09/4.99) II(-0.2)–1. Campbell 11.08; 2. Gevaert 11.15; 3. Jeter 11.17; 4. (40–50m: 10.41mps/23.29mph) Turner 11.32; 7. (Jam) 11.12 5. Khabarova 11.38; 6. Allou Affoué 11.57;… fs—Jayasinghe 8. Damola Osayomi (Ngr) 11.26. & Manninen. Lanes: 2. Osayomi; 3. Gevaert; 4. Williams; 5. Arron; 6. Edwards; III(-0.3)–1. Arron 11.17; 2. Brooks 11.23; 3. Lewis 11.25; 4. Fer- guson-Mckenzie 11.29; 7. Campbell; 8. Jeter; 9. Stewart. 5. Lalova 11.33; 6. Douglas 11.43; 7. Sailer 11.43; 8. Korczynska Reaction times: Edwards 0.141; Gevaert 0.143; Williams 0.145; 11.44. Arron 0.164; Campbell 0.167; Osayomi 0.175; Stewart 0.177; Jet- IV(0.6)–1. Sturrup 11.15; 2. Williams 11.16; 3. Naimova 11.21; 4. er 0.189. McLellan 11.31; HEATS 5. Anim 11.36; 6. Kwakye 11.40; 7. Grigorieva 11.49; 8. Springer (August 26; qualify 3+8) 11.56. (temperature 34C/93F; humidity 50–51%) SEMIS I(1.3)–1. Jeter 11.07; 2. Gevaert 11.09; 3. Susanthika Jayasinghe (August 27; qualify 4) (SrL) 11.13; (temperature 31C/88F; humidity 63%) 4. Merlene Ottey (Slo) 11.64 (age 47 oldest-ever competitor in I(-0.3)–1. Edwards 11.02; 2. Williams 11.09; 3. Stewart 11.12; 4. all-events; record eighth appearance); 5. Inna Eftimova (Bul) 11.66; Osayomi 11.18; 6. Nataliya Pogrebnyak (Ukr) 11.71; 7. Fatou Tiyana (Gam) 12.44 5. Naimova 11.18; 6. Sturrup 11.22; 7. Turner 11.32; 8. McLellan PR; 8. Jenny Keni (Sol) 13.31. 11.32. II(-0.8)–1. Campbell 11.33; 2. (GB) 11.46; 3. Lucimar II(-0.1)–1. Campbell 10.99; 2. Arron 11.04; 3. Gevaert 11.06; 4. de Moura (Bra) 11.49; Jeter 11.08; 4. Mae Koime (PNG) 11.64; 5. Anastasiya Vinogradova (Kaz) 5. Lewis 11.16; 6. Polyakova 11.16; 7. Brooks 11.21; 8. Fer- 11.74; 6. Marestella Torres (Phi) 12.44 PR; 7. Yvonne Bennett (NM) guson-McKenzie 11.25. 13.16 NR; 8. Shokhida Ziyaeva (Taj) 13.16; 9. Aleksandra Vojneska (Mac) 13.24.

-334- September 6, 2007 V(0.8)–1. Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (Fra) 22.83; 2. Kim Gevaert (Bel) — 200 METERS — 22.91; 3. Virgil Hodge (StK) 23.00; 4. Cathleen Tschirch (Ger) 23.30; 5. Felipa Palacios (Col) 23.32; 6. Olena Chebanu (Ukr) 23.40; FINAL 7. Kadiatou Camara (Mli) 23.48. (August 31; wind +1.7) VI(0.2)–1. Campbell 22.87; 2. Edwards 22.90; 3. (temperature 27C/81F; humidity 61%) (GB) 23.22; 4. Amandine Allou Affoué (CI) 23.24; 5. Natalya Rusa- 1. (US) ...... 21.81 kova (Rus) 23.24; 6. Ionela Tîrlea-Manolache (Rom) 23.48; 7. Sakie Nobuoka PR (WL, AL) (=12, =26 W; =5, =11 A; 3, 3 WC) (Jpn) 23.74. (fastest since ’99 WC) (Japanese ACR—old, 22.09 [Ger] ’91) QUARTERS (defending champ) (August 29; qualify 4) (second to win 2 golds [Ottey ’93 & ’95]) (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 71%) (6.19, 4.96 [11.15], 5.13 [16.28], 5.53) I(-0.2)–1. Richards 22.31; 2. Jayasinghe 22.55; 3. Hodge 22.84; (11.15/10.66) 4. Jones 23.03; 5. Chermoshanskaya 23.15; 6. Chebanu 23.21; 7. Palacios 2. Veronica Campbell (Jamaica) ...... 22.34 23.24; 8. Tschirch 23.50. (6.19, 4.91 [11.10], 5.33 [16.43], 5.91) II(0.7)–1. Felix 22.61; 2. Bolsun 22.80; 3. Mothersill 22.82; 4. (11.10/11.24) Gevaert 22.96; 3. Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) ...... 22.63 5. Khubbieva 23.28; 6. Harrigan 23.52; 7. Maduaka 23.62; 8. (fifth appearance) Rodriguez 24.31. (6.36, 5.09 [11.45], 5.37 [16.82], 5.81) III(-0.4)–1. Campbell 22.55; 2. Edwards 22.62; 3. Naimova 22.87; (11.45/11.18) 4. Fletcher 23.02; 4. Torri Edwards (US) 22.65 5. Shtangyeyeva 23.17; 6. Klocek 23.26 PR; 7. Anim 23.47; 8. (11.3/11.4) Ayetotché 23.60. 5. Sanya Richards (US) 22.70 IV(-0.5)–1. Bailey 22.60; 2. Moore 22.71; 3. Díaz 22.79; 4. Fer- (11.5/11.2) guson-McKenzie 22.81; 6. Aleen Bailey (Jam) 22.72 5. Hurtis-Houairi 22.86; 6. Rusakova 22.97; 7. Affoué 23.46; (11.4/11.3) 8. Pillay 23.55. 7. LaShaunte’a Moore (US) 22.97 SEMIS (first-time one nation with 4 finalists) (August 30; qualify 4) (11.5/11.5) (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 70%) 8. Cydonie Mothersill (Cay) 23.08 Semis: I(0.8)–1. Felix 22.21; 2. Campbell 22.44; 3. Edwards (third final) 22.51; 4. Mothersill 22.78; (11.7/11.4) 5. Fletcher 22.96; 6. Bolsun 23.01; 7. Hodge 23.06;… dnc—Ge- Lanes: 2. Mothersill; 3. Edwards; 4. Bailey; 5. Felix; 6. Campbell; vaert (chose to concentrate on 4x1). 7. Richards; 8. Jayasinghe; 9. Moore. II(-0.4)–1. Richards 22.50; 2. Bailey 22.65; 3. Jayasinghe 22.66; Reaction times: Edwards 0.136; Campbell 0.161; Felix 0.172; 4. Moore 22.73; Bailey 0.191; Mothersill 0.193; Jayasinghe 0.200; Moore 0.204; 5. Naimova 22.88; 6. Díaz 22.98; 7. Ferguson-McKenzie 23.27; Richards 0.239. 8. Jones 23.34. HEATS (August 29; qualify 4+8) (temperature 31–29C/88–84F; humidity 72–78%) I(1.1)–1. Felix 22.50; 2. Jayasinghe 22.55; 3. Sherry Fletcher (Grn) 22.94; 4. Roxana Díaz (Cub) 23.06; 5. Tahesia Harrigan (BVI) 23.46; 6. Myriam Mani (Cam) 23.66. II(-0.2)–1. Moore 22.93; 2. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (Bah) 23.07; 3. (Rus) 23.11; 4. Zudikey Rodriguez (Mex) 23.96; 5. Kay Khine Lwin (Mya) 24.50; 6. Abdikarim Fowzio (Som) 30.87 PR;… fs— (GB). III(1.9)–1. Tezdzhan Naimova (Bul) 22.84; 2. LaVerne Jones (VI) 23.03; 3. Yuliya Chermoshanskaya (Rus) 23.21; 4. Irina Shtangy- eyeva (Ukr) 23.23; 5. Geraldine Pillay (SA) 23.39; 6. Gretta Taslakian (Leb) 24.35. IV(-0.8)–1. Richards 22.74; 2. Mothersill 22.86; 3. Bailey 22.94; 4. Vida Anim (Gha) 23.16; 5. Guzel Khubbieva (Uzb) 23.25; 6. Louise Ayetotché (CI) 23.34; 7. Ewelina Klocek (Pol) 23.38; 8. Kirsten Nieuwendam (Sur) 24.52 NR.

-335- September 6, 2007 HEATS — 400 METERS — (August 26; qualify 4+4) (temperature 34C/93F; humidity 50%) FINAL I–1. Antyukh 50.88; 2. Wineberg 51.25; 3. Shereefa Lloyd (Jam) (August 29) 51.42; 4. Lee McConnell (GB) 51.44; (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 70%) 5. Oksana Shcherbak (Ukr) 52.39; 6. Justine Bayigga (Uga) 1. (GB) ...... 49.61 53.25; 7. Joy Eze (Ngr) 53.83; 8. Olga Tereshkova (Kaz) 54.09. PR (10, 11 WC) II–1. Trotter 51.27; 2. Sanders 51.45; 3. Joanne Cuddihy (Ire) (first British medal; previous high 5th) 51.55; 4. (Bah) 51.55; (12.25, 11.53 [23.78], 12.35 [36.13], 13.48) 5. Zuzanna Radecka (Pol) 52.19; 6. Folashade Abugan (Ngr) (23.78/25.83) 52.58; 7. María Laura Almirão (Bra) 53.68; 8. Hazel-Ann Regis (Grn) 54.78; 9. Vera Barbosa (CV) 58.56. 2. (GB) ...... 49.65 III–1. (Rus) 51.67; 2. (Jam) PR (first final with 2 British) 51.72; 3. Barbara Petráhn (Hun) 51.86; 4. Amantle Montsho (Bot) (12.47, 11.61 [24.08], 12.09 [36.17], 13.48) 51.87; (24.08/25.57) 5. Kineke Alexander (VI) 52.51; 6. Ginou Etienne (Hai) 53.89; 3. Novlene Williams (Jamaica) ...... 49.66 7. Ami Mbacké Thiam (Sen) 54.31; 8. Nawal El Jak (Sud) 55.29. (12.04, 11.33 [23.37], 12.36 [35.73], 13.93) IV–1. N. Williams 50.21; 2. Guevara 50.85; 3. Ionela Tîrlea-Mano- (23.37/26.29) lache (Rom) 51.59; 4. Aymeé Martínez (Cub) 51.74 PR; 5. Aliann Pompey (Guy) 51.95; 6. Christy Ekpukpon (Ngr) 52.05; 4. (Mex) 50.16 7. Makelesi Bulikiobo (Fij) 52.23; 8. Solen Désert (Fra) 54.03. (’03 champ) V–1. Ohuruogu 50.46; 2. Usovich 50.53 NR; 3. (record-tieing fourth final) (US) 51.07; 4. Indira Terrero (Cub) 51.76; 5. Daniela Reina (Ita) ([36.4], 13.8) 52.02; 6. Asami Tanno (Jpn) 52.13; 5. Dee Dee Trotter (US) 50.17 7. Gabriela Medina (Mex) 53.16; 8. Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni (12.5, 11.6 [24.1], 12.1 [36.2], 14.0) (Tog) 54.11; 9. Temalangeni Dlamini (Swa) 58.27 PR. (24.1/26.1) 6. (Rus) 50.33 SEMIS ([35.9], 14.4) (August 27; qualify 2+2) 7. (Blr) 50.54 (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 65%) (Belarus’s first top 8) I–1. N. Williams 49.66; 2. Guevara 50.19; 3. Usovich 50.31 ([37.0], 13.5) NR; 8. Mary Wineberg (US) 50.96 4. Cuddihy 50.73 NR; 5. McConnell 51.07; 6. Terrero 51.08; 7. ([37.0], 14.0) Hastings 51.45; 8. Tanno 51.81. (WC best-ever mark-for-place: 6) II–1. Sanders 49.77 PR; 2. Antyukh 49.93; 3. Trotter (US) 50.31; Lanes: 2. Wineberg; 3. Usovich; 4. Sanders; 5. Antyukh; 6. Ohu- 4. S. Williams 50.37; 5. Amertil 51.18; 6. Reina 51.99; 7. Petráhn ruogu; 7. Williams; 8. Trotter; 9. Guevara. 52.12; 8. Pompey 53.58. Reaction times: Wineberg 0.159; Antyukh 0.161; Trotter 0.162; III–1. Ohuruogu 50.16 PR; 2. Wineberg 50.27; Sanders 0.175; Guevara 0.183; Usovich 0.192; Williams 0.206; 3. Veshkurova 50.71; 4. Montsho 50.90 NR; 5. Lloyd 51.00 Ohuruogu 0.219. PR; 6. Ekpukpon 51.60; 7. Tîrlea-Manolache 51.62; 8. Martínez 57.77. (defending champ Tonique Darling [Bah] injured, no ’07 meets)

-336- September 6, 2007 HEATS — 800 METERS — (August 25; qualify 3+6) (temperature 31/88F; humidity 65%) FINAL I–1. Klyuka 2:00.11 (59.12/60.99); 2. Marian Burnett (Guy) 2:00.53; (August 28) 3. Amina Aït Hammou (Mor) 2:00.85; (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 64%) 4. Mihaela Neacsu (Rom) 2:01.08; 5. Alice Schmidt (US) 1. (Kenya) ...... 1:56.04 2:02.49; 6. Josiane Tito (Bra) 2:03.70; 7. Natalia Gallego (And) NR (WL) (6, 6 WC; fastest winner since ’93) 2:13.46; 8. Emilia Mikue Ondo (EqG) 2:15.72 NR. (Kenya’s first medal) II–1. Kotlyarova 2:01.75; 2. Marilyn Okoro (GB) 2:01.79; 3. Zulia (Japanese ACR—old, 1:56.17 Jepkosgei in semis] Calatayud (Cub) 2:01.81; (26.58, 29.58 [56.16], 30.06 [1:26.22], 29.82) 4. Alysia Johnson (US) 2:02.11 (61.08/61.03); 5. Rosibel (56.16/59.88) García (Col) 2:02.86; 6. Qing Liu (Chn) 2:04.35; 7. Lillian Silva (14.8) (Ang) 2:09.17. III–1. Mutola 2:00.00; 2. Jennifer Meadows (GB) 2:00.14 PR; 2. (Morocco) ...... 1:56.99 3. Langerholc 2:00.20 (58.36/61.84); 4. Ewelina Setowska (Pol) (repeat silver) 2:00.45; 5. Piccione (Ita) 2:00.54; (27.91, 29.55 [57.46], 29.33 [1:26.79], 30.20) 6. Eliane Sagolinirina (Mol) 2:06.57 PR; 7. Fatimoh Muhammed (57.46/59.53) (Lbr) 2:07.28 NR; 8. Gharid Ghrouf (Pal) 2:30.35 PR. (15.5) IV–1. Benhassi 2:00.31; 2. Jemma Simpson (GB) 2:00.47; 3. 3. Mayte Martínez (Spain) ...... 1:57.62 (Rom) 2:00.73; PR (Spain’s first medal) 4. Tamsyn Lewis (Aus) 2:01.21 (58.79/62.42); 5. Yuliya Krevsun 28.13, 29.58 [57.71], 29.61 [1:27.32], 30.30) (Ukr) 2:02.45 (yearly leader coming in); 6. Rikke Rønholt (Den) (57.71/59.91) 2:03.75; 7. (Jpn) 2:07.34. (14.9) V–1. Usovich 1:59.95 (59.03/60.92); 2. Kenia Sinclair (Jam) 4. (Rus) 1:58.22 2:00.35; 3. Diane Cummins (Can) 2:00.38; 4. Tetyana Petlyuk (Ukr) (27.0, 29.8 [56.8], 30.3 [1:27.1], 31.1) 2:00.45; 5. Hazel Clark (US) 2:00.61; (56.8/61.4) 6. Seltana Aït Hammou (Mor) 2:00.74; 7. Nicole Layson (Gum) (15.9) 2:36.14. 5. (Slo) 1:58.52 VI–1. Jepkosgei 1:58.95 (59.71/59.24); 2. Martínez 1:59.58; 3. (Slovenia’s first top 8) Lucia Klocová (Svk) 1:59.72 PR; 4. Agnes Samaria (Nam) 1:59.76; (26.8, 29.8 [56.6], 30.3 [1:26.9], 31.6) 5. Iodie Guégan (Fra) 2:00.43 PR; (56.6/61.9) 6. (Rus) 2:00.93; 7. Elizet Banda (Zam) (16.2) 2:09.90; 8. Mireille Derebona (CAf) 2:30.08. 6. Svetlana Usovich (Blr) 1:58.92 SEMIS (Belarus’s highest placing) (August 26; qualify 2+2) (26.8, 29.8 [56.6], 30.3 [1:26.9], 32.0) (temperature 31C/88F; humidity 54%) (56.6/62.3) I–1. Usovich 1:58.11 PR (57.42/60.69); 2. Kotlyarova 1:58.56; (16.4) 3. Klocová 1:58.62 PR; 4. Cusma Piccione 1:58.63 PR; 5. 7. (Rus) 2:00.90 Popescu 2:00.07; 6. Simpson 2:00.48; 7. Cummins 2:00.51; 8. (27.1, 30.1 [57.2], 30.3 [1:27.5], 33.4) Clark 2:02.92. (57.2/63.7) II–1. Klyuka 1:58.97; 2. Martínez 1:59.32; (17.2) 3. A. Aït Hammou 1:59.51; 4. Okoro 1:59.63 PR; 5. Sinclair … dnf[hamstring? @ c720m]—Maria Mutola (Moz) 2:00.25; 6. Petlyuk 2:00.90 (58.81, 62.09); 7. Burnett 2:01.02; 8. (all-event record ninth appearance; record eighth final) Calatayud 2:06.97 (defending champ). (’93, ’01, ’03 champ) III–1. Jepkosgei 1:56.17 NR (WL) (fastest-ever prelim) (7, 9 (27.2, 29.6 [56.8], 29.9 [1:26.7]) WC) (Japanese ACR—old, 1:56.53 Ana Quirot [Cub] ’97) (56.54/ (56.8) 59.63); 2. Benhassi 1:56.84 (10, x WC); 3. Mutola 1:56.98 (13th (2nd with 100 to go; needed 14.5 finish to win) season with a sub-1:57 clocking); 4. Langerholc 1:58.41 PR; Leader splits: 5. Meadows 1:59.39 PR; 6. Guégan 1:59.46 PR; 7. Setowska Jepkosgei 26.58, 29.58 [56.16], 30.06 [1:26.22] 2:01.02; 8. Samaria 2:02.25.

-337- September 6, 2007 HEATS — 1500 METERS — (August 29; qualify 6+6) (temperature 29–31C/84–88F; humidity 65–74%) FINAL I–1. Selsouli 4:09.05; 2. Jamal 4:09.47; 3. Chojecka 4:09.52; 4. (September 2) Fuentes-Pila 4:09.58; 5. Hilary Stellingwerff (Can) 4:09.60; 6. Abby (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 61%) Westley (GB) 4:09.67; 7. Sarah Jamieson (Aus) 4:10.02 (66.23, 1. Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) ...... 3:58.75 2:13.74); 8. Pantelyeva 4:10.69; 9. (Ukr) 4:10.98 (3:20.13); (4, 4 WC) 10. Christin Wurth-Thomas (US) 4:20.21; 11. (Bahrain’s first women’s medal) (Jpn) 4:21.64; 12. Aishath Reesha (Mdv) 5:45.25;… dnf—Maria (Japanese ACR—old, 4:02.21 [Alg] ’91) Martins (Fra). (66.0, 63.7 [2:09.7], 63.1 [3:12.8], 45.9) II–1. Fomenko 4:09.57; 2. Lishchynska 4:10.03; 3. Kibiwot (15.9, 31.2, 45.9, 61.2, 2:05.0, 3:08.7) 4:10.53; 4. Yordanova 4:10.61; 5. Lisa Dobriskey (GB) 4:10.61; 6. 2. (Russia) ...... 3:58.99 Erin Donohue (US) 4:10.89; 7. Dolores Checa (Spa) 4:11.24 (70.80, (6, 6 WC) 2:16.19, 3:21.69); (65.82, 63.75 [2:09.57], 63.09 [3:12.66], 46.3) 8. Nahida Touhami (Alg) 4:14.38; 9. Cristina Vasiloiu (Rom) (16.0, 31.2, 46.3, 61.5, 2:05.5, 3:08.9) 4:15.43; 10. Wioletta Janowska (Pol) 4:18.59; 11. Ragnhild Kvarberg 3. (Ukraine) ...... 4:00.69 (Nor) 4:21.22; 12. Siham Hilali (Mor) 4:22.12. III–1. Soboleva 4:10.45 (3:22.90); 2. Treniere Clement (US) (Ukraine’s first top 8) 4:10.85; 3. Samaria 4:10.96 (67.82, 2:16.46); 4. tie, Sonja Roman (66.2, 63.9 [2:10.1], 63.9 [3:14.0], 46.7) (Slo) & Veronica Wanjiru (Ken) 4:11.04; 6. Lisa Corrigan (Aus) (15.4, 31.1, 46.7, 62.3, 2:06.8, 3:10.4) 4:11.11; 7. Tobias 4:11.22; 8. Marina Muncan (Ser) 4:11.24; 4. Daniela Yordanova (Bul) 4:00.82 9. Bouchra Chaabi (Mor) 4:11.51; 10. Carmen Douma-Hussar (Bulgaria’s highest placing) (Can) 4:12.10; 11. Qing Liu (Chn) 4:12.71; 12. Mestawet Tadesse (66.6, 63.6 [2:10.2], 63.9 [3:14.1], 46.7) (Eth) 4:20.46; 13. Wanumbi Kapia (Con) 5:45.99. (15.3, 31.1, 46.7, 62.2, 2:06.7, 3:10.3) 5. Maryem Alaoui Selsouli (Mor) 4:01.52 SEMIS PR (Morocco’s first top 8) (August 31; qualify 5+2) (66.1, 63.8 [2:09.9], 63.1 [3:13.0], 48.5) (temperature 28C/82F; humidity 64%) (17.1, 33.3, 48.5, 63.8, 2:07.8, 3:11.3) I–1. Jamal 4:14.86 (2:27.17); 2. Pantelyeva 4:15.22; 3. Fomenko 6. Viola Kibiwot (Ken) 4:02.10 PR 4:15.28; 4. Samaria 4:15.36; 5. Tobias 4:15.43; (66.5, 63.5 [2:10.0], 63.4 [3:13.4], 48.7) 6. Stellingwerff 4:15.99; 7. Jamieson 4:16.20 (3:29.45); 8. (16.8, 33.0, 48.7, 64.2, 2:08.4, 3:11.6) Westley 4:16.21; 9. Donohue 4:16.41; 10. Holovchenko 4:17.97; 7. (Rus) 4:02.46 11. Checa 4:20.44; 12. Wanjiru 4:21.50 (74.07). (67.0, 63.7 [2:10.7], 62.8 [3:13.5], 49.0) II–1. Lishchynska 4:03.84; 2. Soboleva 4:03.87; 3. Kibiwot 4:03.97 (17.5, 33.6, 49.0, 64.3, 2:07.6, 3:11.7) (2:12.71, 3:17.97); 4. Yordanova 4:04.19; 5. Selsouli 4:05.25; 6. 8. Agnes Samaria (Nam) 4:07.61 Chojecka 4:05.80; 7. Fuentes-Pila 4:06.99; NR (Namibia’s first women’s top 8 all events) 8. Muncan 4:08.02 NR; 9. Clement 4:08.32; 10. Dobriskey 9. Natalya Pantelyeva (Rus) 4:07.82 4:08.39; 11. Roman 4:08.60; 12. Corrigan 4:08.79 (64.65). 10. Lidia Chojecka (Pol) 4:08.64 (reigning 2-time champ [Rus] injured) 11. (Ukr) 4:10.56 12. Iris Fuentes-Pila (Spa) 4:14.00. Leader splits: Soboleva 65.82, 63.75 [2:09.57], 63.09 [3:12.66]

-338- September 6, 2007 HEATS — STEEPLE — (August 25; qualify 4+3) (only two heats originally scheduled) (temperature 33–34C/91–93F; humidity 67–65%) FINAL I–1. Jepkorir 9:32.27 (fastest-ever non-final) (Japanese (August 27) ACR—old, 9:46.59 [Jpn] ’07); 2. Petrova 9:38.80; (temperature 31C/88F; humidity 63%) 3. Dejaeghere 9:38.95; 4. McGettigan 9:39.41 (3:11.54, 6:22.81); 1. Yekaterina Volkova (Russia) ...... 9:06.57 5. Hattie Dean (GB) 9:43.23 (fastest-ever non-qualifier); 6. Mekdes Bekele (Eth) 9:50.12; 7. Jenny Barringer (US) 9:51.04; (WL) (2, 2 W) (MR) 8. Zulema Fuentes-Pila (Spa) 9:55.62; (record WC second medal) 9. Dobrinka Shalamanova (Bul) 9:58.76; 10. Zenaide Vieira (Bra) (Japanese ACR—old, 9:29.39 Casandra in heats) 10:04.40; 11. Nataliya Tobias (Ukr) 10:11.58; 12. Yuan Jin (Chn) (c3:01.5, c3:04.0 [6:05.46], 3:01.32) 10:14.46; 2. Tatyana Petrova (Russia) ...... 9:09.19 13. Iríni Kokkinaríou (Gre) 10:19.62; 14. Tebogo Masehla (SA) PR (3, 4 W; 2, 2 WC) 10:41.02; 15. Kristine Eikrem Engeset (Nor) 10:56.45;… dnf—Julie (c3:02.0, c3:04.5 [6:06.48], 3:02.71) Coulaud (Fra), Minori Hayakari (Jpn) & Alesya Turova (Blr). 3. Eunice Jepkorir (Kenya) ...... 9:20.09 II–1. Morató 9:43.48; 2. Janowska 9:43.96 (3:15.82, 3:15.69 [6:31.51], 3:12.45); 3. Samitova 9:43.98; 4. Moreira 9:44.01; (4, 4 WC) 5. Korine Hinds (Jam) 9:44.04; 6. (GB) 9:45.59; (c3:00.5, c3:06.0 [6:06.48], 3:13.61) 7. Ancuta Bobocel (Rom) 9:53.44; 8. Türkan Erismis (Tur) 9:54.77; 4. Ruth Bisibori (Ken) 9:25.25 9. Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal (Nor) 9:56.41; WJR (old WJR 9:30.70 Rollison [Aus] ’01) 10. Lindsey Anderson (US) 9:57.00; 11. Zhenzhu Li (Chn) (11, x W; 5, 6 WC) 10:00.55; 12. Zemzem Ahmed (Eth) 10:07.77; 13. Elodie Olivarès 5. (Fra) 9:27.51 (Fra) 10:08.39; NR (7, 8 WC) 14. (Aut) 10:14.22; 15. Sabine Heitling (Bra) 6. Cristina Casandra (Rom) 9:29.63 10:19.57;… dnf—Christin Johansson (Swe), Donna MacFarlane (8, 9 WC) (Aus) & Sigrid VandenBempt (Bel). 7. Gulnara Samitova (Rus) 9:30.24 III–1. Casandra 9:29.39 (4, 6 WC) (Japanese ACR—old, 9:32.27 (9, x WC) Jepkorir in heat I); 2. Volkova 9:30.00 (3:07.75) (x, 7 WC); 3. Ou- 8. Rosa Morató (Spa) 9:36.84 haddou 9:30.61 (5, 8 WC); 4. Duarte 9:30.70 (6:19.30) (6, 9 WC); 9. Hanane Ouhaddou (Mor) 9:37.87 5. Bisibori 9:31.20 NJR (2, 2 WJ; 7, 9 WC); 6. Hyman 9:42.23; 7. 10. Roisin McGettigan (Ire) 9:39.80 Britton 9:42.38; 11. (Bel) 9:40.10 8. Anna Willard (US) 9:48.62; 9. (Ita) 12. Fionnuala Britton (Ire) 9:48.09 9:50.79; 10. Diana Martín (Spa) 9:53.88; 11. Katarzyna Kowalska 13. (Por) 10:00.40 (Pol) 9:58.74; 12. Stephanie de Croock (Bel) 10:01.74; 14. Mardrea Hyman (Jam) 10:16.24 13. Yanmei Zhu (Chn) 10:01.77; 14. Victoria Mitchell (Aus) … dnf—Wioletta Janowska (Pol). 10:06.61; 15. Netsanet Achamo (Eth) 10:12.59; 16. Valentyna Hor- (best-ever mark-for place: 2–11) pynych (Ukr) 10:13.87; 17. Silje Fjortoft (Nor) 10:32.33; 18. Yoshika (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 1–12) Tatsumi (Jpn) 10:32.67. leader splits: (reigning champ Dorcus Inzikuru [Uga] pregnant, not running] Samitova 3:00.35; Volkova 3:05.11 [6:05.46]

-339- September 6, 2007 Leader splits, 400s: — 5000 METERS — Fukushi 69.6, 72.9 [2:22.42], 73.6 [3:36.03], 73.7 [4:49.76], 74.9 [6:04.69], 74.8 [7:19.45], 75.4 [8:34.85]; FINAL Cheruiyot 72.5 [9:47.4], 71.2 [10:58.6], 74.4 [12:13.05]; (September 1) Defar 71.9 [13:24.9], 64.8 [14:29.7] (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 58%) Leader splits, kilos: 1. (Ethiopia) ...... 14:57.91 Fukushi—2:59.22, 3:05.47 [6:04.69]; (record-tieing second medal) Cheruiyot—3:07.3 [9:11.99], 3:01.1 [12:13.05], 2:44.9) (69.9, 72.8 [2:22.7], 73.6 [3:36.3], 73.7 [4:50.0], 75.0 [6:05.0], HEATS 74.8 [7:19.8], 75.3 [8:35.1], 72.5 [9:47.6], 71.2 [10:58.8], (August 29; qualify 5+5) 74.4 [12:13.2], 71.7 [13:24.9], 64.8 [14:29.7], 28.2) (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 69%) (3:00.4, 3:04.7 [6:05.1], 3:06.9 [9:12.0], 3:01.1 [12:13.1], 2:45.4) I–1. Abeylegesse 15:06.26; 2. Cheruiyot 15:06.54 (12:16.86); Kibet (14.48, 28.13, 58.58, 2:07.73, 3:22.2, 2:44.73, 4:34.6, 5:45.7) 15:06.54; 4. Burka 15:07.21; 5. Flanagan 15:07.47; 6. Kravtsova 2. (Kenya) ...... 14:58.50 15:17.64 (3:01.59, 6:05.15, 9:10.00); 7. Fukushi 15:19.67; (14.76, 28.58, 59.01, 2:08.21, 3:22.9, 2:45.73, 4:35.4, 5:46.5) 8. Simret Sultan (Eri) 15:25.29; 9. Michelle Sikes (US) 15:54.06; 10. Nora Rocha (Mex) 16:34.74; 11. Lucia Chandamale (Maw) 3. Priscah Jepleting (Kenya) ...... 14:59.21 16:35.75 PR; 12. Francine Niyonizigiye (Bur) 17:25.22;… dnc—Ti- (14.4, 29.1, 59.5, 2:08.8, 3:23.4, 4:35.6, 5:46.7) runesh Dibaba (Eth) (reigning champ; ongoing stomach problems 4. Sylvia Kibet (Ken) 14:59.26 PR after 10K win). (14.3, 29.0, 59.5, 2:08.7, 3:23.3, 4:35.6, 5:46.7) II–1. Defar 15:10.13; 2. Melkamu 15:10.32; 3. Jepleting 15:11.22; 5. (Tur) 15:00.88 4. Pavey 15:11.83 (12:25.26); 5. Rhines 15:14.30; 6. Weissteiner (16.0, 30.8, 61.2, 2:10.4, 3:25.0, 4:37.3, 5:47.7) 15:15.74; 7. Konovalova 15:16.49; 8. Augusto 15:21.23 (3:07.48, 6. (Eth) 15:01.42 6:12.00, 9:20.20); (16.1, 31.4, 61.9, 2:11.1, 3:25.2, 4:37.3, 5:48.6) 9. Kayo Sugihara (Jpn) 15:31.44; 10. Zakia Mrisho (Tan) 7. Jen Rhines (US) 15:03.09 15:33.81; 11. Mary Cullen (Ire) 15:40.53; 12. Angeline Nyiransabi- (equals highest U.S. placing) mana (Rwa) 15:53.23 NR; 13. Gabriela Traña (CR) 17:45.56;… (15.5, 31.3, 63.0, 97.6, 2:12.4, 3:26.5, 4:38.8, 5:50.1) dnf—Maryem Selsouli (Mor). 8. Shalane Flanagan (US) 15:03.86 (first-time with 2 U.S. finalists; 3 finalists ’91 @ 3K) (17.3, 33.1, 63.9, 2:13.0, 3:27.3, 4:39.8, 5:50.9) 9. Jo Pavey (GB) 15:04.77 10. (Eth) 15:07.46 11. (Rus) 15:09.71 12. (Ita) 15:11.81 PR 13. Olga Kravtsova (Blr) 15:11.82 14. (Jpn) 15:19.40 15. Jessica Augusto (Por) 15:24.93.

-340- September 6, 2007 4. Jo Pavey (GB) 32:03.81 — 10,000 METERS — (16.8, 33.9, 67.3, 2:17.7) (16:30.3/15:33.5) RESULTS 5. Kim Smith (NZ) 32:06.89 (August 25) (18.2, 35.7, 69.5, 2:20.3) (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 65% at start; finish not listed) (16:30.4/15:36.5) 1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) ...... 31:55.41 6. Deena Kastor (US) 32:24.58 (2:32.6, 3:48.9, 5:03.2, 6:15.8) (ran into fallen runners just after 6K; stopped dead) (16:30.8/15:53.8) (defending champ; first to win 10K twice; 7. Ejegayehu Dibaba (Eth) 32:30.44 (third woman to win 4 individual golds after Gail Devers & JJK) (3:48.0, 5:07.6, 6:24.0) (slowest-ever winning time) (16:30.0, 16:00.4) (87.0, 81.4 [2:48.4], 81.7 [4:10.1], 76.7 [5:26.8], 77.7 [6:44.5], 8. (Ken) 32:30.74 76.5 [8:01.0], 74.5 [9:15.5], 78.2 [10:33.7], 79.3 [11:53.0], (16:30.2/16:00.5 78.0 [13:11.0], 79.9 [14:30.9], 79.9 [15:50.8], 80.0 [17:10.8], 9. Emily Chebet (Ken) 32:31.21 78.3 [18:29.1], 78.4 [19:47.5], 76.0 [21:03.5], 75.8 [22:19.3], (16:29.7/16:02.5) 76.5 [23:35.8], 78.2 [24:54.0], 72.5 [26:06.5], 72.1 [27:18.6], 10. Kayoko Fukushi (Jpn) 32:32.85 73.5 [28:32.1], 72.1 [29:44.2], 71.1 [30:55.3], 60.1) 11. Nathalie De Vos (Bel) 32:38.60 (c3:29, c3:15 [6:44.5], 3:10.1 [9:54.6], 3:16.4 [13:11.0], (16:29.24/16:09.36) 3:20.4 [16:31.4], 3:16.1 [19:47.5], 3:11.5 [22:59.0], 12. (Rus) 32:40.39 3:07.5 [26:06.5], 3:02.0 [29:08.5], 2:46.9) 13. Katie McGregor (US) 32:44.76 (15.75, 30.73, 60.11, 2:11.20, 3:23.3, 4:36.8, 5:48.9) (16:31.2/16:13.6) (16:31.4/15:24.0) 14. (Jpn) 32:45.19 2. Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) ...... 31:59.40 15. Akane Wakita (Jpn) 32:48.68 (87.4, 81.6 [2:49.0], 81.5 [4:10.5], 76.5 [5:27.0], 77.2 [6:44.2], 16. Asmae Leghzaoui (Mor) 32:51.30 76.2 [8:00.4], 75.8 [9:16.2], 78.1 [10:34.3], 79.3 [11:53.6], 17. Benita Johnson (Aus) 32:55.94 (fell) 77.8 [13:11.4], 80.3 [14:31.7], 78.7 [15:50.4], 78.9 [17:09.3], 18. Aheza Kiros (Eth) 33:06.60 76.0 [18:25.3], 78.4 [19:43.7], 78.1 [21:01.8], 77.3 [22:19.1], (16:30.0/16:36.6) 76.3 [23:35.4], 78.0 [24:53.4], 72.4 [26:05.78], 72.6 [27:18.4], 19. Evelyn Wambui (Ken) 33:17.12; 73.4 [28:31.8], 72.1 [29:43.9], 71.5 [30:55.4], 64.0) … dnf—Olga Kravtsova (Blr) (c3:30, c3:14 [6:44.2], 3:11.0 [9:55.2], 3:16.2 [13:11.4], & Mestawat Tufa (Eth) (fell). 3:18.8 [16:30.2], 3:13.5 [19:43.7], 3:15.1 [22:58.8], Leader splits, laps: 3:07.0 [26:05.78], 3:02.45 [29:08.23], 2:51.17) De Vos 85.6, 81.5 [2:47.1], 80.9 [4:08.0], 78.0 [5:26.0], (17.4, 33.5, 64.0, 2:15.5, 3:27.6, 4:41.0, 5:53.6) 76.8 [6:42.82], 76.2 [7:59.0], 76.2 [9:15.2], 78.3 [10:33.5]; (16:30.2/15:29.2) Nganga 79.1 [11:52.6], 78.0 [13:10.58]; 3. Kara Goucher (US) ...... 32:02.05 De Vos 79.8 [14:30.4], 79.3 [15:49.7]; (first U.S. medalist; previous high 5th, Lynn Jennings ’91 & ’93) Fukushi 79.2 [17:08.9], 75.8 [18:24.7]; (86.9, 81.9 [2:48.8], 82.0 [4:10.8], 77.1 [5:27.9], 76.9 [6:44.8], Tufa 78.5 [19:43.16], 77.8 [21:01.0], 77.7 [22:18.7]; 76.2 [8:01.0], 75.8 [9:16.8], 77.9 [10:34.7], 79.5 [11:54.2], 77.4 Fukushi 76.4 [23:35.1], 77.9 [24:53.0]; [13:11.6], 79.8 [14:31.4], 79.7 [15:51.1], 78.6 [17:09.7], 75.8 Abeylegesse 72.8 [26:05.78], 72.6 [27:18.4], [18:25.5], 78.1 [19:43.6], 77.8 [21:01.4], 77.7 [22:19.1], 76.0 73.4 [28:31.8], 72.1 [29:43.9]; [23:35.1], 78.1 [24:53.2], 73.5 [26:06.7], 72.7 [27:19.4], 73.8 Dibaba 71.4 [30:55.3], 60.1 [28:33.2], 73.2 [29:46.4], 70.4 [30:56.8], 65.2) Leader splits, kilos: (16.0, 32.0, 65.2, 2:15.6, 3:28.8, 4:42.6, 5:55.3) (De Vos 3:27.75, 3:15.07 [6:42.82], 3:11.46 [9:54.28]; (16:30.6/15:31.4) Nganga 3:16.30 [13:10.58]; De Vos 3:18.66 [16:29.24]; Tufa 3:13.92 [19:43.16]; Fukushi 3:15.00 [22:58.16]; Abeylegesse 3:07.6 [26:05.78], 3:02.45 [29:08.23]

-341- September 6, 2007 HEATS — 100 HURDLES — (August 27; qualify 3+4) (temperature 32–33C/90–91F; humidity 55–61%) FINAL I(0.2)–1. Perry 12.72; 2. Sally McLellan (Aus) 12.85; 3. Adrianna (August 29; wind –0.1) Lamalle (Fra) 12.88; 4. Derval O’Rourke (Ire) 12.91; (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 70%) 5. Priscilla Lopes (Can) 12.94; 6. Toyin Augustus (Ngr) 13.10; 1. Michelle Perry (US) ...... 12.46 7. Edit Vári (Hun) 13.28; 8. Jeimy Bernardez (Hon) 14.35; 9. María (non-Devers: x, =10 A; =6, =6 WC) Gabriela Carrillo (ES) 15.78. (defending champ) II(0.2)–1. Nevin Yanit (Tur) 12.78; 2. Whyte 12.81; 3. Jones 12.86; (Japanese ACR—old, 12.52 Engquist [SU] ’91) 4. Lacena Golding-Clarke (Jam) 12.92; (2.40, 1.02 [3.42], 0.98 [4.40], 0.95 [5.35], 0.97 [6.32], 0.96 [7.28], 5. Aleksandra Antonova (Rus) 12.95; 6. Aurelia Trywianska 0.99 [8.27], 0.97 [9.24], 0.99 [10.23], 1.04 [11.27], 1.19) (Pol) 13.05; 7. (Nor) 13.07 PR; 8. Jenny Kallur (Swe) 13.08. 2. Perdita Felicien (Canada) ...... 12.49 III(-0.8)–1. Felicien 12.73; 2. Powell 12.76; 3. Dixon 12.77; 4. (=8, x WC) Flóra Redoúmi (Gre) 12.88; (fastest race since ’04 OG semis) 5. Yevgeniya Snigur (Ukr) 13.01; 6. Natalya Ivoninskaya (Kaz) (’03 champ) 13.12; 7. Nadine Faustin-Parker (Hai) 13.16; 8. Esen Kizildag (Tur) (2.48, 0.97 [3.45], 0.98 [4.43], 0.99 [5.42], 0.94 [6.36], 0.94 [7.30], 13.48; 9. Sumita Rani (Ban) 14.89. 0.98 [8.28], 0.97 [9.25], 1.00 [10.25], 1.02 [11.27], 1.22) IV(0.4)–1. S. Kallur 12.66; 2. Ennis- (Jam) 12.74; 3. Ni- 3. Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) ...... 12.50 chole Denby (US) 12.91; 4. Anay Tejeda (Cub) 12.91; PR (10, x WC) 5. Eline Berings (Bel) 12.97 NR; 6. Tatyana Pavliy (Rus) 12.99; (2.42, 1.03 [3.45], 0.96 [4.41], 0.97 [5.38], 0.95 [6.33], 0.95 [7.28], 7. Miriam Bobková (Svk) 13.04 NR; 8. Mami Ishino (Jpn) 13.29. 0.99 [8.27], 0.99 [9.26], 1.01 [10.27], 0.98 [11.25], 1.25) SEMIS 4. (Swe) 12.51 PR (August 28; qualify 4) (photos show Perry impinging on Kallur’s lane (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 68–64%) but Swedish protest reportedly filed too late) Semis: I(0.5)–1. S. Kallur 12.64; 2. Whyte 12.65; 3. Ennis-London 5. Ginnie Powell (US) 12.55 12.67; 4. Jones 12.68; 6. Lolo Jones (US) 12.62 5. Denby 12.80; 6. Golding-Clarke 12.85; 7. Yanit 12.85; 8. 7. Vonette Dixon (Jam) 12.64 PR Redoúmi 12.88. (third final) II(-0.1)–1. Perry 12.55; 2. Felicien 12.61; 3. Dixon 12.65 PR; 4. 8. Angela Whyte (Can) 12.66. Powell 12.67; (best-ever mark-for-place: 5, =6, 7–8) 5. McLellan 12.82; 6. Tejeda 12.89; 7. Lamalle 12.93; 8. O’Rourke 12.98. (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 5–8) Lanes: 2. Jones; 3. Ennis-London; 4. Felicien; 5. Kallur; 6. Perry; 7. Whyte; 8. Dixon; 9. Powell. Reaction times: Perry 0.105; Ennis-London 0.116; Powell 0.120; Felicien 0.132; Whyte 0.138; Jones 0.140; Kallur 0.142; Dixon 0.161.

-342- September 6, 2007 HEATS — 400 HURDLES — (August 27; qualify 4+4) (temperature 33C/91F; humidity 61%) FINAL I–1. Pechonkina 54.50; 2. Wilson 55.15; 3. Danvers-Smith 55.67; (August 30) 4. Nicole Leach (US) 55.95; 5. Hristína Hantzí-Neag (Gre) 56.37; (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 71%) 6. Satomi Kubokura (Jpn) 57.01; 7. Ilona Ranta (Fin) 57.64; 8. 1. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) ...... 53.31 Nadia Nazir (Pak) 64.76 PR. (’03 champ; record-tieing second win) II–1. Williams 54.24; 2. Jesien 55.01; 3. Tatyana Azarova (Kaz) (6.47, 4.01 [10.48], 4.07 [14.55], 4.13 [18.68], 4.25 [22.93], 4.45 55.93; 4. Tsvetelina Kirilova (Bul) 56.77; [27.38], 4.54 [31.92], 4.73 [36.65], 5.06 [41.71], 5.34 [47.05], 6.26) 5. Aïssata Soulama (Bur) 57.06; 6. Anastasiya Rabchenyuk (Ukr) 57.31; 7. Özge Gürler (Tur) 57.40. 2. (Russia) ...... 53.50 III–1. Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova (Ukr) 54.74 (sixth appear- (defending champ) (record fourth medal) ance); 2. (Jam) 55.40; 3. Faní Halkiá (Gre) 55.66; 4. (6.40, 4.07 [10.47], 4.13 [14.60], 4.23 [18.83], 4.37 [23.20], 4.40 Zuzana Hejnová (CzR) 55.87; 5. Yekaterina Bikert (Rus) 56.23; [27.60], 4.52 [32.12], 4.81 [36.93], 5.07 [42.00], 5.22 [47.22], 6.28) 6. Elodie Ouédraogo (Bel) 56.44; 7. (Ger) 56.76; 8. Michelle Carey (Ire) 57.10. 3. Anna Jesien (Poland) ...... 53.92 IV–1. Rawlinson 54.77; 2. Natalya Ivanova (Rus) 55.52; 3. Muna (Poland's first medal) Jabir Adam (Sud) 55.80; 4. Ionela Tîrlea-Manolache (Rom) 55.90; (6.48, 4.15 [10.63], 4.32 [14.95], 4.34 [19.29], 4.41 [23.70], 4.53 5. (Jam) 55.93; 6. Erica Mårtensson (Swe) 56.19 [28.23], 4.67 [32.90], 4.90 [37.80], 4.95 [42.75], 5.23 [47.98], 5.94) PR; 7. Ajoke Odumosu (Ngr) 59.05. 4. (Jam) 54.10 V–1. Huang 55.64; 2. Isakova 56.02; 3. Sheena Johnson (US) 5. Xiaoxiao Huang (Chn) 54.15 (equals ’05 placing) 56.30; 4. Christina Kron (Ger) 57.28; 6. (Rus) 54.50 5. Andrea Blackett (Bar) 57.70; 6. Lamia Elhabz (Mor) 57.81; 7. Tiffany Williams (US) 54.63 (lowest U.S. high since ’87) 7. Lucimar Teodoro (Bra) 58.32. 8. Natasha Danvers-Smith (GB) 54.94. (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 8) SEMIS (August 28; qualify 2+2) Lanes: 2. Danvers-Smith; 3. Isakova; 4. Wilson; 5. Rawlinson; 6. (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 64%) Pechonkina; 7. Jesien; 8. Huang; 9. Williams. I–1. Rawlinson 53.57; 2. Danvers-Smith 54.08; 3. Isakova Reaction times: Pechonkina 0.148; Rawlinson 0.153; Danvers- 54.11; Smith 0.155; Isakova 0.164; Williams 0.171; Jesien 0.176; Huang 4. Tereschuk-Antipova 54.38 (fastest-ever non-qualifying 0.189; Wilson 0.193. mark); 5. Johnson 54.55; 6. Hejnová 55.04 NR; 7. Mårtensson 56.46; 8. Spencer 56.69. II–1. Pechonkina 53.82; 2. Huang 54.00 PR; 3. Walker 54.54; 4. Azarova 55.74; 5. Kron 56.05; 6. Leach 56.10; 7. Halkiá 56.58; 8. Bikert 60.07. III–1. Jesien 53.86 NR; 2. Wilson 53.97 PR; 3. Williams 54.15; 4. Ivanova 54.88; 5. Tîrlea-Manolache 55.41; 6. Jabir Adam 55.65; 7. Kirilova 56.03 PR; 8. Hantzí-Neag 56.35.

-343- September 6, 2007 31. Ann Alyanak (US) 2:42:23 — — (19:16, 19:21 [38:37], 19:35 [58:12], 19:15 [1:17:27], 19:34 [1:37:01], 19:04 [1:56:05], 18:48 [2:14:53], RESULTS 19:13 [2:34:06], 8:17) (September 2) (1:21:44/1:20:39) (temperature 27–32C/81–90F; humidity 74–55%) 32. Nailya Yulamanova (Rus) 2:42:56 (c1300m in stadium at beginning, c350m at end; 66 started, 57 33. Zivilé Balciünaité (Lit) 2:43:28 finished) 34. Tabitha Tsatsa (Zim) 2:44:20 1. Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) ...... 2:30:37 35. Zoila Gómez (US) 2:44:49 (slowest ever winning time) (19:16, 19:21 [38:37] 19:36 [58:13], 19:15 [1:17:28], (’03 champ; first to win 2 titles) 19:34 [1:37:02], 19:21 [1:56:23], 19:38 [2:16:01], (record-tieing third medal) 20:04 [2:36:05], 8:44) (18:33, 17:54 [36:27], 18:04 [54:31], 18:07 [1:12:38], (1:21:45/1:23:04); 18:13 [1:30:51], 17:40 [1:48:31], 17:41 [2:06:12], 36. Analía Rosa (Por) 2:45:38 17:25 [2:23:37], 7:00) 37. Yanan Wei (Chn) 2:45:50 (1:16:35/1:14:02) 38. Dana Coons (US) 2:46:12 (19:16, 19:21 [38:37], 19:35 [58:12], 19:15 [1:17:27], 2. Chunxiu Zhou (China) ...... 2:30:45 19:40 [1:37:07], 19:49 [1:56:56], 20:18 [2:17:14], (first Chinese medal) 20:22 [2:37:36], 8:36) (18:27, 17:56 [36:23], 18:04 [54:27], 18:07 [1:12:34], (1:21:44/1:24:28) 18:17 [1:30:51], 17:39 [1:48:30], 17:42 [2:06:12], 39. Annemette Aagaard (Den) 2:46:22 17:25 [2:23:37], 7:08) 40. Bahar Dogan (Tur) 2:46:25 (1:16:33/1:14:12) 41. Nili Abramski (Isr) 2:46:27 3. (Japan) ...... 2:30:55 42. Mary Akor (US) 2:47:06 (1:20:56/1:26:10) (second medal) 43. Susanne Hahn (Ger) 2:47:29 (only Japanese medal at meet) 44. Kyung-hee Lim (SK) 2:49:30 (18:27, 17:56 [36:23], 18:03 [54:26], 18:08 [1:12:34], 45. Eun-hee Chae (SK) 2:50:26 18:16 [1:30:50], 17:40 [1:48:30], 17:42 [2:06:12], 46. Eléni Dónta (Gre) 2:50:59 17:27 [2:23:39], 7:16) 47. Zekiros Adanech (Eth) 2:54:00 (1:16:33/1:14:22) 48. Lucilla Andreucci (Ita) 2:56:19 49. Samia Akbar (US) 2:56:27 (1:21:44/1:34:43) 50. Yeoryía Abatzídou (Gre) 2:59:22 4. Xiaolin Zhu (Chn) 2:31:21 51. Patricia Gauquelin (PYF) 3:03:08 (1:16:34/1:14:47) 52. Luvsanlkhundeg Otgonbayar (Mgl) 3:04:59 5. Lidia Simon (Rom) 2:31:26 53. Kerstin Mennenga-Metzler (Lie) 3:11:45 (fourth top 5) 54. Tanith Maxwell (SA) 3:14:56 (1:16:34/1:14:52) 55. Poppy Mlambo (SA) 3:23:55 6. (Jpn) 2:31:40 56. Robe Tola (Eth) 3:26:45 (1:16:34/1:15:06) 57. Melissa Henderson (Blz) 3:52:35; 7. (Ken) 2:32:03 1:16:34/1:15:29) … DNFs [after listed 5K checkpoints]— 8. Edith Masai (Ken) 2:32:22 [15K]—Domingas Embana Togna (GBi); (1:16:35/1:15:47) [20K]—Nuta Olaru (Rom), Giovanna Volpato (Ita); 9. Mara Yamauchi (GB) 2:32:55 [25K]—Lioudmila Kortchaguina (Can), Angelica Sánchez (Mex), (1:16:34/1:16:21) Luminita Talpos (Rom); 10. (Rus) 2:33:41 [30K]—Dire Tune Arissi (Eth), Luciah Kimani (Bos); (1:16:34/1:17:07) [35K]—Galina Bogomolova (Rus) (1:16:34). (reigning champ [GB] injured) 11. Shujing Zhang (Chn) 2:33:46 12. Gulnara Vygovskaya (Rus) 2:33:57 Leader splits: 13. Nina Rillstone (NZ) 2:33:58 Tosa (18:27, 17:56 [36:23], 18:03 [54:26]; 14. Mari Ozaki (Jpn) 2:35:04 Hara 1:12:34 15. Madaí Pérez (Mex) 2:35:17 Tosa ,18:16 [1:30:50], 17:40 [1:48:30] 16. Souad Aït Salem (Alg) 2:35:29 Jeptoo 2:06:11 17. (Ita) 2:36:36 Zhou 2:23:37 18. (Jpn) 2:36:40 19. Tracey Morris (GB) 2:36:40 20. Melanie Kraus (Ger) 2:37:20 —WORLD CUP— 21. Weiwei Sun (Chn) 2:37:53 1. Kenya ...... 7:35:02 22. Magarsa Assale Tafa (Eth) 2:38:01 (average 2:31:41) 23. (Jpn) 2:38:36 24. Rose Cheruiyot (Ken) 2:38:56 2. China ...... 7:35:52 25. Hellen Kimutai (Ken) 2:39:14 (2:31:58) 26. Deborah Toniolo (Ita) 2:39:46 3. Japan ...... 7:37:39 27. Anna Rahm (Swe) 2:41:15 (2:32:33) 28. Alina Gherasim (Rom) 2:41:40 4. Russia 7:50:34 (2:36:52); 5. Italy 8:12:41 (2:44:14); 6. United 29. Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (Nor) 2:41:57 States 8:13:24 (2:44:28); 7. Ethiopia 8:58:46 (2:59:36). 30. (Slo) 2:42:03

-344- September 6, 2007 — 20K WALK — — 4 x 100 —

FINAL FINAL (August 31) (September 1) (temperature 30–29C/86–84F; humidity 65–71%) (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 61%) 1. (Russia) ...... 1:30:09 1. United States ...... 41.98 (slowest winner since ’99) (WL, AL) (16 A) (22:21, 22:12 [44:33], 22:13 [1:06:46], 23:23) (defending champs; fifth win) (44:33/45:36) (Williams 11.05, Felix 10.28, M. Barber 10.44, Edwards 10.21) 2. Tatyana Shemyakina (Russia) ...... 1:30:42 (Williams second to win 2 golds: Gaines ’95 & ’97] (22:41, 22:36 [45:17], 22:25 [1:07:42], 23:00) 2. Jamaica ...... 42.01 (45:17/45:25) (Brooks 11.05, Stewart 10.38, Facey 10.52, Campbell 10.06) 3. María Vasco (Spain) ...... 1:30:47 3. Belgium ...... 42.75 (third top 8) NR (23:22, 22:31 [45:53], 22:16 [1:08:09], 22:38) (Belgium’s first women’s medal ever) (45:53/44:54) (Borlée 11.37, Mariën 10.71, Ouédraogo 10.50, Gevaert 10.17) 4. Kjersti Plätzer (Nor) 1:31:24 (Norway's first top 8) (Gevaert skipped 200 semis in favor of relay) (23:25, 22:58 [46:23], 22:23 [1:08:46], 22:38) 4. Great Britain 42.87 (46:23/45:01) (Turner 11.13, Douglas 10.70, Freeman 10.55, Maduaka 10.49) 5. Susana Feitor (Por) 1:32:01 5. Russia 42.97 (all-events record-tieing ninth appearance) (Grigorieva 11.20, Rusakova 10.72, Gushchina 10.36, Polyakova 10.69) (23:25, 23:03 [46:28], 22:23 [1:08:51], 23:10) 6. Belarus 43.37 (46:28/45:33) (Shulyak, Safronnikova, Nevmerzhitskaya, Dragun) 6. Claudia Stef (Rom) 1:32:47 7. Germany 43.51 23:25, 23:04 [46:29], 22:59 [1:09:28], 23:19) (Wakan, Tschirch, Kedzierski, Sailer) (46:29/46:18) 8. Poland 43.57 7. Inês Henriques (Por) 1:33:06 (46:28/46:38) (Jeschke, Korczynska, Jedrusinska, Klocek) 8. Sabine Zimmer (Ger) 1:33:23 (46:55/46:28) Lanes: 2. Great Britain; 3. Germany; 4. United States; 5. Russia; 9. Tatyana Sibilyeva (Rus) 1:33:29 (45:58/47:31) 6. Belgium; 7. Jamaica; 8. Belarus; 9. Poland. 10. Mayumi Kawasaki (Jpn) 1:33:35 (46:53/46:42) Reaction times: United States 0.147; Jamaica 0.149; Belgium 11. Vera Santos (Por) 1:34:28 (46:44/47:44) 0.150; Belarus 0.154; Russia 0.166; Great Britain 0.177; Poland 12. Maria José Poves (Spa) 1:35:06 (46:37/48:29) 0.181; Germany 0.193. 13. Beatriz Pascual (Spa) 1:35:13 (46:51/48:22) 14. Melanie Seeger (Ger) 1:35:30 (46:56/48:34) HEATS 15. Hongjuan Song (Chn) 1:35:44 (47:25/48:19) (September 1; qualify 3+2) 16. Yelena Ginko (Blr) 1:35:59 (46:55/49:04) (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 57%) 17. (Ire) 1:36:00 (47:36/48:24) I–1. Belgium 42.85 NR; 2. Russia 42.90 (Khabarova, Rusakova, 18. Zuzana Maliková (Svk) 1:36:26 (47:52/48:34) Gushchina, Polyakova); 3. Belarus 43.16; 19. Hong Liu (Chn) 1:36:40 (46:47/49:53) 4. China 43.39 (Tao, Chen, Jiang, Qin); 5. Finland 43.41 (Han- 20. Barbora Dibelková (CzR) 1:36:45 (47:27/49:18) nula, Keskitalo, Ranta, Manninen); 6. Nigeria 43.58 (Kemasuode, 21. Marie Polli (Swi) 1:36:54 (48:29/48:25) Ojokolo, Osayomi, Idoko); 7. France 43.88 (Louami, Hurtis-Houairi, 22. Sonata Milusauskaité (Lit) 1:37:28 (46:59/50:29) Beret-Martinel, Arron); 8. Australia 43.91 (McLellan, Kleeberg, At- (seventh appearance) tenborough, Cullen); 9. Brazil 44.64 (Ignâcio, de Moura, Presti, dos 23. Sylwia Korzeniowska (Pol) 1:37:38 (48:56/48:42) Santos). 24. Maria Gáliková (Svk) 1:38:54 (47:58/50:56) II–1. United States 42.24 (WL, AL) (Jeter, Lewis, M. Barber, 25. Johanna Jackson (GB) 1:39:34 (49:27/50:07) Williams); 2. Jamaica 42.70 (Brooks, Stewart, Facey, Fraser); 3. 26. Mi-jung Kim (SK) 1:41:33 (49:53/51:40) Great Britain 42.82; 4. Germany 43.17; 5. Poland 43.25; 27. (Jpn) 1:41:49 (47:48/54:01) 6. Ghana 43.76 (Addy, Amolofo, Dankwah, Anim);… dnf— 28. Svetlana Tolstaya (Kaz) 1:41:54 (49:53/52:01) Ukraine (Chebanu, Pogrebnyak, Shtangyeyeva, Shepetyuk);… 29. Yadira Guamán (Ecu) 1:42:17 (50:11/52:06) dq—Cuba (Benavides, Díaz, Lazo, Arencibia) & Japan (Kitakaze, 30. Tania Regina Spindler (Bra) 1:43:56 (49:56/54:00) Nobuoka, Watanabe, Takahashi). 31. Sandra Zapata (Col) 1:44:42 (48:34/56:08) 32. Yeliz Ay (Tur) 1:45:52 (49:54/54:58) 33. Geovana Irusta (Bol) 1:47:15 (50:47/56:28) … DNFs [after listed 5K checkpoints]— [before 5K]—Olimpiada Ivanova (Rus) (defending champ); [5K]—Jolanta Dukure (Lat); [10K]—Jing Jiang (Chn); [15K]— (Ita), Athanasía Tsoumeléka (Gre); … DQs— [5K]—Teresa Vaill (US); [10K]—Miriam Ramón (Ecu), Ryoko Sakakura (Jpn), Jane Saville (Aus) (46:27). (42 started, 33 finished)

-345- September 6, 2007 Leg 1 — 4 x 400 — 1. Jamaica 50.5; 2. Great Britain 50.6; 3. Russia 51.1; 4. United States 51.3; 5. Belarus 51.4; 6. Poland 51.9; 7. Cuba 52.2; 8. FINAL 53.6. (September 2) Leg 2 (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 61%) 1. United States 1:39.24; 2. Jamaica 1:40.62; 3. Russia 1:41.1; 1. United States ...... 3:18.55 4. Great Britain 1:41.49; 5. Belarus 1:42.13; 6. Poland 1:42.47; 7. (WL, AL) (10 W, 4 A, WC) Cuba 1:44.00; 8. Mexico 1:45.28. (fastest since ’93) Leg 3 (Felix joins [EG] ’83 as triple gold medalist) 1. United States 2:29.48; 2. Jamaica 2:30.80; 3. Russia 2:30.85; (Trotter 51.3, Felix 48.0, Wineberg 50.24, Richards 49.07) 4. Great Britain 2:31.28; 5. Belarus 2:32.10; 6. Poland 2:35.05; 7. 2. Jamaica ...... 3:19.73 Cuba 2:36.20; 8. Mexico 2:38.48. NR (No. 5 nation) (=7 WC) HEATS (seventh consecutive final) (September 1; qualify 3+2) (S. Williams 50.5, Lloyd 50,1, Prendergast 50.18, N. Williams 48.93) I–1. Russia 3:23.49 (Migunova 51.5, Nazarova 50.5, Litvinova 50.65, Levina 50.79); 2. Belarus 3:25.14 (Yushchenko 51.4, Khly- 3. Great Britain ...... 3:20.04 ustova 51.1, Kozak 51.52, S. Usovich 51.08); 3. Jamaica 3:26.14 NR (No. 6 nation) (10 WC) (S. Williams 51.8, Le-Roy 52.8, Prendergast 50.66, Lloyd 50.83); 4. (Ohuruogu 50.6, Okoro 50.9, McConnell 49.79, Sanders 48.76) Cuba 3:27.04 (Martínez 52.6, Pernía 51.6, Calatayud 51.56, Terrero 4. Russia 3:20.25 51.21); (defending champs have been in every final; =lowest placing ’97) 5. Nigeria 3:27.97 (Abugan 51.9, Ekpukhon 51.7, Nwoke 52.03, (Litvinova 51.1, Nazarova 50.0, Veshkurova 49.79, Antyukh 49.40) Adesanya 52.34); 6. Ukraine 3:30.76 (Pygyda 53.0, Yefremova 5. Belarus 3:21.88 NR 52.7, Zavdorodnya 52.78, Shcherbak 52.28); 7. 3:35.69 (No. 10 Nation) (Crestincov 54.454.9, Popescu 53.8, Lavric 52.54, Tirlea-Manolache (Yushchenko 51.4, Khlyustova 50.7, I. Usovich 49.97, S. Usovich 49.78) 52.47). 6. Poland 3:26.49 II–1. United States 3:23.37 (Trotter 51.3, Hennagan 50.1, Wine- (Radecka 51.9, Prokopek 50.6, Setowska-Drick 52.58, Jesien 51.44) berg 50.78, Hastings 51.16); 2. Great Britain 3:25.45 (McConnell 7. Cuba 3:27.05 51.7, Fraser 51.6, Okoro 50.88, Sanders 51.34); 3. Poland 3:26.45 (Martínez 52.2, Pernía 51.8, Calatayud 52.20, Terrero 50.85) (Karpiesiuk 53.1, Prokopek 50.7, Radecka 50.47, Jesien 52.19); 8. Mexico 3:29.14 4. Mexico 3:27.14 NR (Rodriguez 53.3, Medina 51.2, Vela 52.94, (Rodriguez 53.7, Medina 51.6, Vela 53.20, Guevara 50.66). Guevara 49.70); (best-ever mark-for-place: 4–5) 5. France 3:29.87 (Sigère 53.6, Lacordelle 51.6, Anacharsis (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 3–5, 7) 51.96, Désert 52.62); 6. Japan 3:30.17 (Aoki 53.5, Tanno 51.6, Lanes: 2. Mexico; 3. Poland; 4. Belarus; 5. United States; 6. Russia; Kubokura 52.88, Kida 52.18); 7. Brazil 3:34.34 (Almirão 53.9, Pin- 7. Great Britain; 8. Jamaica; 9. Cuba. heiro 53.3, Ferreira 54.05, Tito 53.06);… dq—India (Mand. Kaur Reaction times: Poland 0.152; U.S. 0.176; Great Britain 0.191; Mexico 54.8, Manj. Kaur 54.9, Soman 54.39, Anthony ?). 0.192; Jamaica 0.208; Belarus 0.220; Russia 0.288; Cuba 0.309

-346- September 6, 2007 QUALIFYING — — (August 31) (temperature 29–30C/84–86F; humidity 74–71%) FINAL Qualifiers—all finalists cleared auto-qualifier 6-4¼/1.94 (Spencer (September 2) NR, Mataoanu PR). (temperature 32–30C/90–86F; humidity 60–61%) Non-qualifiers— 1. Blanka Vlaši (Croatia) ...... 6-8¾ (2.05) [6-3¼/1.91]—Romana Dubnová (CzR)) & Iva Straková (CzR); ć [6-2/1.88]—Erin Aldrich (US) (5-10¾, 6-½, 6-2 [3], 6-3¼ [xxx]) (=3, =4 WC) (1.80, 1.84, 1.88 [3], 1.91 [xxx]), Inna Gliznutsa (Mol), Dóra Györffy (=Japanese ACR Heike Henkel [Ger] ’91) (Hun), Ebba Jungmark (Swe), Marta Mendía (Spa), Romary Rifka =2. Anna Chicherova (Russia) ...... 6-8 (2.03) (Mex), Adonía Steryíou (Gre) & Anna Ustinova (Kaz); (=6, =9 WC) [6-½/1.84]—Juana Rosario Arrendel (DR), Miyuki Aoyama (Jpn), (out PR) Nicole Forrester (Can) & Oana Pantelimon (Rom). =2. (Italy) ...... 6-8 (2.03) (best-ever marks-for-place: =10, =11, 12–16) (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 9–16) =NR (=15, x W; =6, =9 WC) 4. Yelena Slesarenko (Rus) 6-6¾ (2.00) 5. Yekaterina Savchenko (Rus) 6-6¾ PR 6. (Spa) 6-5½ (1.97) =7. Marina Aitova (Kaz) 6-4¼ (1.94) =7. Kajsa Bergqvist (Swe) 6-4¼ (defending champ) =7. Emma Green (Swe) 6-4¼ =7. Vita Palamar (Ukr) 6-4¼ =7. Mélanie Skotnik (Fra) 6-4¼ 12. Amy Acuff (US) 6-4¼ (7th appearance; 6th final) 13. Miruna Mataoanu (Rom) 6-2¾ (1.90) 14. (Bel) 6-2¾ =15. Barbora Laláková (CzR) 6-2¾ =15. Levern Spencer (LCA) 6-2¾ (best-ever mark-for-place: 3, 5, =6, =10, =11, 12) (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 3–6, =9, =10, =11, =12)

6-¾ 6-2¾ 6-4¼ 6-5½ 6-6¾ 6-8 6-8¾ 6-10¾ WR Savchenko ...... o o xo o xxo xxx — — Skotnik ...... o o o xxx — — — — Acuff ...... o xo xxo xxx — — — — Hellebaut ...... o xo xxx — — — — — Aitova ...... o o o xxx — — — — Di Martino ...... xo o o o o xo xxx — Slesarenko ...... o o o o xo xxx — — Beitia ...... o o o xo xxx — — — Laláková ...... o xxo xxx — — — — — Mataoanu ...... xo o xxx — — — — — Vlašić ...... o o o o xo o xxo xxx Bergqvist ...... o o o xxx — — — — Chicherova ...... o o o o xo xo xxx — Palamar ...... o o o xxx — — — — Spencer ...... o xxo xxx — — — — — Green ...... o o o xxx — — — — 1.85 1.90 1.94 1.97 2.00 2.03 2.05 2.10

-347- September 6, 2007 QUALIFYING —— (August 26) (temperature 31–30C/88–86F; humidity 54–62%) FINAL Qualifers—all finalists cleared auto-qualifier 14-11/4.55 (equals (August 28) best-ever qualifying mark) (=7, x WC except Feofanova, Isinba- (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 68–64%) yeva & Pyrek). 1. (Russia) ...... 15-9 (4.80) Non-qualifiers — (x, 2 WC) [14-9/4.50] (highest-ever non-qualifying mark)—Naroa Agirre (record-tieing second win; record third medal) (Spa) NR, Shuying Gao (Chn) & Jillian Schwartz (US) (13-9¼ [2], (Japanese ACR—coming into meet it was 4.72 Isinbayeva ’06; 14-3¼ [2], 14-7¼ [2], 14-9 [2], 14-11 [xxx]); broken with 4.75 by Badurova, tied by Feofanova and Pyrek, [14-7¼/4.45]—Julia Hütter (Ger); broken with 4.80 by Isinbayeva) [14-3¼/4.35]—Thórey Edda Elisdóttir (Ice) (record fifth appear- ance), Carolin Hingst (Ger), Takaya Kondo (Jpn) PR, Niki McEwen 2. Kateřina Bad'urová (Czech Republic) .. 15-7 (4.75) (US) (14-3¼, 14-7¼ [xxx]), Minna Nikkanen (Fin) NR, Pavla Rybová NR (9, x W; =2, = WC) (also 15-5 =NR) (CzR), Roslinda Samsu (Mas), Afrodíti Skafída (Gre) & Yingning (Czech Republic’s highest-ever placing) Zhang (Chn); 3. (Russia) ...... 15-7 (4.75) [13-9¼/4.20]— (Aus), Kate Dennison (GB), Alejandra (=2, =3 WC) García (Arg), Hanna-Mia Persson (Swe) & Anna Katharina Schmid (’03 champ; record-tieing third medal) (Swi); 4. Monika Pyrek (Pol) 15-7 [13-3½/4.15]—Joana Ribeiro Costa (Bra), Vicky Parnov (Aus) & =PR (=2, =3 WC) Elisabete Tavares (Por). 5. Vanessa Boslak (Fra) 15-5 (4.70) (best-ever marks-for-place: 9–16) (=6, =9 WC) (WC best-ever marks-for place: =4, =5. 6-16) =NR (France's highest-ever placing) 6. tie, (Rus) & Fabiana Murer (Bra) 15-3 (4.65) (Brazil's first top 8) 8. Anna Rogowska (Pol) 15-1 (4.60) 9. Tatyana Polnova (Rus) 15-1 10. Jenn Stuczynski (US) 14-9 (4.50) (withdrew with onging ankle injury) 11. (Aus) 14-9 … nh— (Ger) (best-ever marks-for-place: 3–9) (WC best-ever marks-for-place: =2, 3–9)

14-3¼ 14-9 15-1 15-3 15-5 15-7 15-9 16-5½ WR Polnova ...... o xxo xxo xxx — — — — Spiegelburg ...... xxx — — — — — — — Howe ...... o xxo xxx — — — — — Rogowska ...... o xxo o p xxx — — — Stuczynski ...... p xo p xxp [inj] — — — — Isinbayeva ...... p p p o p p xo xxx Badurová ...... o o o p xxo o xxx — Feofanova ...... p o o p o xo xxx — Murer ...... o o o xo xxx — — — Boslak ...... xo o xp xo o xp xx — Pyrek ...... o o o xo xxo xo xxx — Golubchikova ...... o o o xo xxx — — — 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.65 4.70 4.75 4.80 5.02

-348- September 6, 2007 first 3 rounds —— Kolchanova ...... f ...... 6.84 ...... f +6.50 0.30 +0.80 FINAL George ...... 6.10* ...... f ...... 6.53 (August 28) 23.30 +22.50 12.20 (temperature 30C/86F; humidity 64%) Madison ...... f ...... 6.42 ...... 6.47 (winds from +1.3 to –2.1) +7.50 10.00 10.30 1. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) ...... 23-¾ (7.03) Kappler ...... 6.81* ...... 6.66 ...... 6.78 (6, x WC) 0.20 0.20 11.00 (third gold all events) Kotova ...... 6.80 ...... f ...... 6.75 (22-1, 23-¾, 23-¾, f, 22-10¾, p) 12.70 +0.80 20.60 Maggi ...... 6.41 ...... 6.64 ...... 6.73 2. Lyudmila Kolchanova (Russia) ...... 22-8½ (6.92) 20.0 12.20 6.30 (f, 22-5¼, f, 22-¼, 21-9, 22-8½) Lebedeva ...... 6.73 ...... 7.03* ...... 7.03 3. Tatyana Kotova (Russia) ...... 22-7¾ (6.90) 6.50 5.00 1.50 (record-tieing fourth medal) Gomes ...... 6.87* ...... 6.75 ...... 6.61 (first sweep by Russian women) 13.50 7.10 18.80 (22-3¾, f, 22-1¾, 21-11¾, f, 22-7¾) Veldáková ...... 6.21 ...... f ...... 6.18 4. Naide Gomes (Por) 22-6½ (6.87) 10.00 +9.00 5.80 (22-6½, 22-1¾, 21-8¼, 22-6¼, 22-5¾, 22-3¾) Reese ...... f ...... 6.60 ...... 6.58 5. Bianca Kappler (Ger) 22-4¼ (6.81) +1.20 12.20 0.30 (22-4¼, 21-10¼, 22-3, 21-6, f, 21-3½) Rybalko ...... 4.87 ...... 6.45 ...... f 6. Maurren Maggi (Bra) 22-3¾ (6.80) 12.80 6.50 +8.20 (21-½, 21-9½, 22-1, 22-3¾, 21-8¾, 22-2¼) Costa ...... 6.69 ...... 6.44 ...... 6.66 7. Keila Costa (Bra) 21-11½ (6.69) 8.00 17.70 12.60 8. Brittney Reese (US) 21-8 (6.60) final 3 rounds (f, 21-8, 21-7¼, f, f, 20-7¾) Reese ...... f ...... f ...... 6.29 9. Anju Bobby George (Ind) 21-5¼ (6.53) +18.50 +12.20 17.00 10. Tianna Madison (US) 21-2¾ (6.47) (defending champ) Costa ...... 6.66 ...... f ...... 6.61 (f, 21-¾, 21-2¾) 15.00 +3.90 8.10 11. Viktoriya Rybalko (Ukr) 21-2 (6.45) Maggi ...... 6.80 ...... 6.62 ...... 6.76 12. Jana Veldáková (Svk) 20-4½ (6.21) 9.70 11.10 16.70 Kotova ...... 6.70 ...... f ...... 6.90 23.10 +25.90 4.20 Kappler ...... 6.55 ...... f ...... 6.49 5.00 +14.90 13.60 Kolchanova ...... 6.71 ...... 6.63 ...... 6.92 3.70 8.50 0.20 Gomes ...... 6.86 ...... 6.85 ...... 6.80 7.80 2.90 6.30 Lebedeva ...... f ...... 6.98 ...... p +4.40 2.00 – QUALIFYING (August 27) (temperature 33C/91F; humidity 61%) Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 22-1¾/6.75)—Gomes & Kolchanova Note: in the by-round charts for LJ/TJ, the 22-10 (6.96), Maggi 22-9¾ (6.95), Kappler 22-5¾ (6.85), Lebedeva 22-5¼ (6.84), Reese 22-5 (6.83) PR (AL), Rybalko 22-2½ (6.77), italicized number below each mark is the Kotova 22-1 (6.73), Veldáková 21-10 (6.65), Costa 21-8¼ (6.61), distance behind the plasticine, measured in George 21-8 (6.60), Madison 21-7½ (6.59). Non-qualifiers—Alina Militaru (Rom) & Denisa Scerbová (CzR) centimeters: ergo, Lebedeva’s winning LJ of 21-7¼ (6.58) (equals best-ever non-qualifying mark), Concepción 7.03 was actually 7.08 point-to-point. Marks Montaner (Spa) 21-6 (6.55), Eunice Barber (Fra) 21-4¼ (6.51) (’03 champ), with a + are how far over the board. Yaling Chen (Chn) 21-4 (6.50), Malgorzata Trybanska (Pol) 21-3½ (6.49), Oleksandra Stadnyuk (Ukr) 21-2¾ (6.47), Grace Upshaw (US) 21-2¾ (6.47) (f, 21-1½, 21-2¾) (f, 6.44, 6.47), Bronwyn Thompson (Aus) 21-2½ (6.46), Rose Richmond (US) 21-2 (6.45) (20-1½, 21-2, 21-1¼) (6.13, 6.45, 6.43), Soon-Ok Jung (SK) 21-2 (6.45), Janice Josephs (SA) 21-1½ (6.44), Kumiko Ikeda (Jpn) 21-¾ (6.42), Elva Goulbourne (Jam) 20-9 (6.32), Jackie Edwards (Bah) 20-7¾ (6.29) (all-events record-tieing ninth appearance), Eliane Martins (Bra) 20-7¼ (6.28), Shara Proctor (Agu) 19-1¼ (5.82). (best-ever mark-for-place: =12) (WC best-ever mark-for place: 12)

-349- September 6, 2007 first 3 rounds — — Costa ...... 14.40* ...... 13.82 ...... 14.24 6.00 14.00 19.10 FINAL Devetzí ...... 15.04* ...... f ...... f (August 31) 9.60 +0.20 +11.10 (temperature 28–27C/82–81F; humidity 64–63%) Pyatykh ...... f ...... f ...... 14.55 (wind range from –0.2 to +2.1) +4.10 +1.50 14.60 1. Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) ...... 50-1¾ (15.28) Rypakova ...... 13.85 ...... 14.24 ...... 14.32 PR (WL) (6, =11 W; 2, 2 WC) 4.70 9.50 5.90 (first Cuban gold) Saladuha ...... 14.60 ...... 14.34 ...... f (50-1¾, f, 48-4½w, 48-4, f, p) 5.20 8.60 +1.50 Lebedeva ...... 14.75 ...... 14.79 ...... 14.78 2. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) ...... 49-5½ (15.07) 16.80 5.20 8.50 (’01, ’03 champ; record third medal; fifth appearance) Xie ...... 14.29 ...... 14.41 ...... 14.26 (48-4¾, 48-6¼, 48-6, f, 49-5½, 49-3) 16.70 15.70 17.60 3. Piyí Devetzí (Greece) ...... 49-4¼ (15.04) Veldáková ...... 14.09 ...... 14.00 ...... f (49-4¼, f, f, f, f, 48-4¾) 13.30 0.40 +1.50 Martínez ...... f ...... 14.52 ...... 14.71 4. Anna Pyatykh (Rus) 48-10 (14.88) +3.60 17.90 6.00 (third consecutive top 4) Bufalova ...... 14.39 ...... 14.11 ...... f (f, f, 47-9, 48-6, f, 48-10) 3.60 17.30 +2.00 5. Marija Šestak (Slo) 48-3½ (14.72) Sestak ...... 14.72 ...... 14.63 ...... 14.45 (Slovenia’s first top 8) 4.40 6.00 3.70 (48-3½, 48-0, 47-5, 48-3¼, 47-¾, 46-10) Savigne ...... 15.28* ...... f ...... 14.74w 6. Magdelín Martínez (Ita) 48-3¼ (14.71) 2.00 +5.80 16.30 (fourth top 8) (f, 47-7¾, 48-3¼, 47-7¾, f, 47-11¾) rounds 4–5 7. Olga Saladuha (Ukr) 47-10¾ (14.60) Xie ...... 14.26 ...... 14.50 8. Limei Xie (Chn) 47-7 (14.50) 10.20 8.80 9. Keila Costa (Bra) 47-3 (14.40) Pyatykh ...... 14.78 ...... f 10. Olesya Bufalova (Rus) 47-2½ (14.39) 18.10 +6.90 11. Olga Rypakova (Kaz) 46-11¾ (14.32) Saladuha ...... 14.36 ...... 14.22 12. Dana Veldáková (Svk) 46-2¾ (14.09) 5.60 16.20 (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 5–8, =9, 10) Martínez ...... 14.52 ...... f 2.50 13.50 Sestak ...... 14.71 ...... 14.34 1.20 9.40 Lebedeva ...... f ...... 15.07 +1.10 7.30 Devetzí ...... f ...... f +15.30 +11.20 Savigne ...... 14.73 ...... f 29.70 +0.10 round 6 QUALIFYING Xie ...... 14.30 (August 29) 14.90 (temperature 30–29C/86–84F; humidity 68–69%) Saladuha ...... 14.16 Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 47-3/14.40)—Devetzí 49-6¼ (15.09) 5.80 (longest-ever WC prelim jump) (7, 9 WC), Savigne,48-1¾ (14.67), Martínez ...... 14.62 Maríínez 47-11¾ (14.62), Šestak 47-10 (14.58), Lebedeva 47-9¾ 8.80 (14.57), Pyatykh 47-7¼ (14.51), Saladuha 47-4¼ (14.43), Rypakova Sestak ...... 14.27 47-3½ (14.41), Bufalova 47-3 (14.40), Costa 47-1½ (14.36), Xie 1.70 47-¾ (14.34); Veldáková (Svk) 46-7¼ (14.20). Pyatykh ...... 14.88 Non-qualifiers—Carlota Castrejana (Spa) 46-5½ (14.16), Athana- 9.30 sía Pérra (Gre) 46-5¼ (14.15), Adelina Gavrila (Rom) 46-0 (14.02), Devetzí ...... 14.75 Yarianna Martínez (Cub) 45-11¾ (14.01), 8.50 Téresa N’Zola (Fra) 45-9 (13.94), Malgorzata Trybanska (Pol) & Lebedeva ...... 15.01 Shani Marks (US) 45-7¼ (13.90) (45-4¼, 44-3½, 45-7¼) (13.82, 10.70 13.50, 13.90), Tânia da Silva (Bra) 45-3¾ (13.81), Savigne ...... p Qian Li (Chn) 44-8¾ (13.63), Patricia Sarrapio (Spa) 44-5½ (13.55), – Yelena Parfyonova (Kaz) 44-4¼ (13.52), Trecia Smith (Jam) 44-2½ (13.47) (defending champ), Yamilé Aldama (Sud) 44-2 (13.46), Chinonye Ohadugha (Ngr) 43-8½ (13.32), Anastasiya Zhuravly- eva (Uzb) 43-8 (13.31), Maria Natalia Londa (Ina) 42-5½ (12.94), Fumiyo Yoshida (Jpn) 41-5 (12.62);… 3f—Mariya Dimitrova (Bul). (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 8–11)

-350- September 6, 2007 first 3 rounds — SHOT — Ostapchuk ...... 20.04* ...... f ...... 19.17 Omarova ...... 18.20 ...... f ...... f FINAL M. Li ...... 17.29 ...... 18.79 ...... 18.83 (August 26) Vili ...... 19.89 ...... 19.74 ...... 19.80 (temperature 31C/88F; humidity 54–60%) L. Li ...... 18.21 ...... 18.88 ...... f 1. Valerie Vili (New Zealand) ...... 67-4¾ (20.54) Cumbá ...... f ...... 17.93 ...... 17.83 NR (WL) (=42, x W) Pravalinskaya ....f ...... 18.17 ...... f (65-3¼, 64-9¼, 64-11½, f, 65-5½, 67-4¾) Rosa ...... f ...... 18.35 ...... 18.17 2. Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus) ...... 67-2¼ (20.48) Kleinert ...... 18.75 ...... 19.45 ...... 19.04 Gong ...... 17.82 ...... 18.66 ...... f (defending champ; third consecutive medal) Lammert ...... 19.33 ...... f ...... 19.27 (65-9, f, 62-10¾, f, f, 67-2¼) González ...... 17.36 ...... 18.14 ...... 17.87 3. Nadine Kleinert (Germany) ...... 64-10½ (19.77) last 3 rounds (third medal; sixth final) Rosa ...... 18.39 ...... f ...... f (61-6¼, 63-9¾, 62-5¾, f, 64-10½, 64-8½) Gong ...... 18.34 ...... f ...... f 4. Ling Li (Chn) 63-7 (19.38) M. Li ...... 18.32 ...... 18.77 ...... 18.62 PR (59-9, 61-11½, f, 62-1, f, 63-7) L. Li ...... 18.92 ...... f ...... 19.38 5. Petra Lammert (Ger) 63-5 (19.33) Lammert ...... 18.86 ...... 18.92 ...... f (63-5, f, 63-2¾, 61-10½, 62-1, f) Kleinert ...... f ...... 19.77 ...... 19.72 6. Meiju Li (Chn) 61-9½ (18.83) Vili ...... f ...... 19.95 ...... 20.54* 7. Lijiao Gong (Chn) 61-2¾ (18.66) Ostapchuk ...... f ...... f ...... 20.48 8. (Ita) 60-4 (18.39) 9. Anna Omarova (Rus) 59-8½ (18.20) QUALIFYING 10. Yanina Pravalinskaya (Blr) 59-7½ (18.17) (August 26) 11. Misleydis González (Cub) 59-6¼ (18.14) (temperature 34C/93F; humidity 50%) 12. Yumileidi Cumbá (Cub) 58-10 (17.93) Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 60-2½/18.35)—Vili 63-9¾ (19.45), Klein- ert 62-10¾ (19.17), M. Li 62-6 (19.05) PR, Omarova 61-10¼ (18.85), Rosa 61-7 (18.77), L. Li 61-6¾ (18.76), Lammert 61-5 (18.72), Pravalinskaya 60-9¼ (18.52), Gong 60-3¾ (18.38), Cumbá 60-¼ (18.29), González 59-11¾ (18.28), Ostapchuk 59-9¾ (18.23). Non-qualifiers—Anna Avdeyeva (Rus) 59-8¼ (18.19), (Ita) 59-8¼ (18.19), Oksana Gaus (Rus) 57-11 (17.65), Helena Engman (Swe) 57-5 (17.50), Kristin Heaston (US) 57-1 (17.40) (56-2¾, f, 57-1) (17.14, f, 17.40), Cleopatra Borel-Brown (Tri) 56-8¾ (17.29), Elisângela Adriano (Bra) 56-0 (17.07) (=record seventh SP appearance), Yoko Toyonaga (Jpn) 55-10¼ (17.02), Jill Camarena (US) 55-7½ (16.95) (55-7½, f, 55-5) (16.95, f, 16.89), Sarah Stevens (US) 55-4¼ (16.87) (55-4¼, f, 53-4¼) (16.87, f, 16.26), Ana Pouhila (Tga) 54-6½ (16.62), Irache Quintanal (Spa) 54-2¾ (16.53), Chia-Ying Lin (Tai) 53-10¼ (16.41), Anca Heltne (Rom) 53-4½ (16.27), Iolanta Ulyeva (Kaz) 50-11 (15.52);… 3f—Vivian Chukwuemeka (Ngr).

-351- September 6, 2007 first 3 rounds — DISCUS — Antonova ...... 59.61* ...... 60.86 ...... 59.96 Grasu ...... 59.51 ...... 59.79 ...... 63.14 FINAL Dietzsch ...... 66.61* ...... 66.48 ...... 63.92 (August 29) Wisniewska ...... 61.35 ...... 59.96 ...... 60.95 (temperature 29C/84F; humidity 71–69%) Robert-Michon ...f ...... 57.81 ...... f Semenova ...... 61.17 ...... 60.36 ...... 60.11 Yatchenko ...... f ...... 58.67 ...... 58.60 1. Franka Dietzsch (Germany) ...... 218-6 (66.61) Barrios ...... 63.90 ...... 61.75 ...... f (9, x WC) Sun ...... 61.21 ...... 60.39 ...... 63.22 (’99 champ/defending champ) Ferrales ...... f ...... 58.20 ...... f (record third win; record-tieing third medal) Ma ...... f ...... 59.37 ...... 58.96 (record sixth top 8; all-events record-tieing ninth appearance) Pishchalnikova .59.91 ...... 63.10 ...... 65.14 (218-6, 218-1, 209-8, 209-4, 214-2, f) rounds 4–5 2. Darya Pishchalnikova (Russia) ...... 215-10 (65.78) Antonova ...... 62.41 ...... 62.17 PR (196-6, 207-0, 213-8, 199-7, 215-10, 215-0) Semenova ...... 59.94 ...... f 3. Yarelis Barrios (Cuba) ...... 209-8 (63.90) Wisniewska ...... 59.64 ...... f PR (Cuba's first-ever medal) Grasu ...... 61.44 ...... 63.02 (209-8, 202-7, f, 204-10, f, 189-0) Sun ...... 61.57 ...... f Barrios ...... 62.44 ...... f 4. Nicoleta Grasu (Rom) 208-0 (63.40) Pishchalnikova .60.83 ...... 65.78 (sixth final, seventh appearance—has bronze & silver) Dietzsch ...... 63.81 ...... 65.29 (195-3, 196-2, 207-2, 201-7, 206-9, 208-0) 5. Taifeng Sun (Chn) 207-5 (63.22) round 6 (200-10, 198-1, 207-5, 202-0, f, f) Semenova ...... 58.37 6. Olena Antonova (Ukr) 204-9 (62.41) Wisniewska ...... 60.64 7. Joanna Wisniewska (Pol) 201-3 (61.35) Antonova ...... 61.81 (Poland’s first top 8) Grasu ...... 63.40 8. Nataliya Semenova (Ukr) 200-8 (61.17) Sun ...... f 9. Xuejun Ma (Chn) 194-9 (59.37) Barrios ...... 57.60 10. Irina Yatchenko (Blr) 192-6 (58.67) Pishchalnikova .65.55 (’03 champ; record seventh final) Dietzsch ...... f 11. Yania Ferrales (Cub) 190-11 (58.20) QUALIFYING 12. Mélina Robert-Michon (Fra) 189-8 (57.81). (August 27) (temperature 32–33C/90–91F; humidity 55–61%) Quaifiers (auto-qualifier 201-961.50)—Dietzsch 213-9 (65.17), Grasu 210-10 (64.26), Barrios 208-2 (63.44) PR, Wisniewska 207-1 (63.13), Yatchenko 205-5 (62.63), Sun 203-4 (61.99), Pishchalni- kova 203-0 (61.88), Robert-Michon 202-3 (61.66), Ferrales 201-8 (61.48), Semenova 201-2 (61.33), Antonova 199-10 (60.90), Ma 199-9 (60.89). Non-qualifiers—Dani Samuels (Aus) 198-3 (60.44), Aimin Song (Chn) 197-2 (60.10), Suzy Powell (US) 195-5 (59.57) (195-5, 193-10, 191-0) (59.57, 59.08, 58.23), Kateryna Karsak (Ukr) 195-1 (59.46), Wioletta Potepa (Pol) 194-3 (59.20), Anna Söderberg (Swe) 192-5 (58.65), Becky Breisch (US) 191-8 (58.42) (f, 178-11, 191-8) (f, 54.55, 58.42), Dragana Tomaevic (Ser) 190-2 (57.96), Vera Cechlová (CzR) 188-10 (57.56) (’05 bronze medalist), Elisângela Adriano (Bra) 187-8 (57.21), Krishna Poonia (Ind) 187-6 (57.17), Nadine Müller (Ger) 183-8 (55.98), Beatrice Faumuiná (NZ) 182-11 (55.75) (’97 champ), Cecilia Barnes (US) 173-11 (53.02) (173-11, f, f) (53.02, f, f), Yuka Murofushi (Jpn) 173-1 (52.76) (sister of hammer thrower Koji), Tereapii Tapoki (Cok) 165-2 (50.35).

-352- September 6, 2007 first 3 rounds — HAMMER — Moreno ...... 72.84* ...... f ...... f Khanafeyeva ...... 67.79 ...... f ...... 69.08 FINAL Skolimowska ...... 73.75* ...... 70.54 ...... 65.69 (August 30) Konevtsova ...... 72.45 ...... 70.11 ...... f (temperature 30–29C/86–84F; humidity 64–71%) Claretti ...... f ...... 70.25 ...... 70.73 1. (Germany) ...... 245-3 (74.76) Montebrun ...... 69.77 ...... 70.36 ...... 67.42 (3, 3 WC) Heidler ...... f ...... 74.76* ...... f Thondike ...... 65.84 ...... 70.20 ...... 67.65 (Japanese ACR—old, Brkljačić in qualifying) (Germany's first medal) Brkljacic ...... 68.16 ...... f ...... f (f, 245-3, f, 241-10, 233-11, 239-10) Crawford ...... 67.30 ...... f ...... 67.56 Zhang ...... f ...... 73.11 ...... f 2. (Cuba) ...... 245-2 (74.74) O’Keefe ...... 70.93 ...... 64.27 ...... 69.06 (4, 4 WC) rounds 4–5 (’01 & ’03 champ; record-tieing fourth medal; record fifth final) Montebrun ...... 69.16 ...... 66.41 (239-0, f, f, 243-10 [7 WC], 232-6, 245-2) Claretti ...... 67.56 ...... 70.74 3. Wenxiu Zhang (China) ...... 244-0 (74.39) O’Keefe ...... 66.90 ...... 69.21 (6, 6 WC) Konevtsova ...... f ...... 70.35 (f, 239-10, f, 243-5 [=8 WC], 244-0, f) Moreno ...... 74.33 ...... 70.87 4. Kamila Skolimowska (Pol) 241-11 (73.75) Zhang ...... 74.21 ...... 74.39 (7, 11 WC) Skolimowska ...... 70.78 ...... 70.06 (record-tieing fifth final) Heidler ...... 73.73 ...... 71.31 (241-11, 231-5, 215-6, 232-3, 229-10, 232-2) round 6 5. Yelena Konevtsova (Rus) 237-8 (72.45) Montebrun ...... 69.92 (9, x WC) Claretti ...... f (237-8, 230-0, f, f, 230-9, 226-0) O’Keefe ...... 69.38 6. Eileen O’Keefe (Ire) 232-8 (70.93) Konevtsova ...... 68.90 (Ireland's first top 8) Skolimowska ...... 70.77 7. (Ita) 232-1 (70.74) Moreno ...... 74.74 (Italy's first top 8) Zhang ...... f 8. Manuèla Montebrun (Fra) 230-10 (70.36) Heidler ...... 73.10 (record-tieing fifth final) QUALIFYING 9. (Cub) 230-4 (70.20) (August 28) 10. Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Rus) 226-8 (69.08) (temperature 31–32C/88–90F; humidity 71–68%) 11. Ivana Brklja i (Cro) 223-7 (68.16) č ć Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 232-11/71.00)—Brkljačić 245-0 (74.69) 12. Yunaika Crawford (Cub) 221-8 (67.56). (best-ever non-final mark) (3, 3 WC) (Japanese ACR—old, (best-ever mark-for place: 9) 239-3/72.92 Moreno ’04), Moreno 239-1 (72.87), Heidler 237-1 (best-ever-mark-for-WC place: 2–9) (72.27) (6, x WC), Zhang 233-11 (71.31) (8, x WC); O’Keefe 233-2 (71.07) (9, x WC), Konevtsova 231-9 (70.65), Skolimowska 230-3 (70.18), Montebrun 228-11 (69.77), Claretti 228-1 (69.53), Thon- dike 226-10 (69.14), Khanafeyeva 225-2 (68.65). Crawford 224-11 (68.55). Non-qualifiers—Martina Danisová (Svk) 223-7 (68.15), Cecilia Nilsson (Swe) 223-4 (68.09), Jessica Cosby (US) 222-9 (67.90) (208-2, 222-9, 217-8), Merja Korpela (Fin) 222-8 (67.87), Stéphanie Falzon (Fra) 220-5 (67.19), Alexándra Papayeoryíou (Gre) 219-5 (66.88), Yelena Priyma (Rus) 219-3 (66.84), Amélie Perrin (Fra) 218-8 (66.67), Lenka Ledvinová (CzR) 218-5 (66.57), Olga Kuzenkova (Rus) 218-4 (66.56) (defending champ) (record- tieing fifth appearance), Jennifer Dahlgren (Arg), Mona Holm (Nor) & Svetlana Sudak (Tur) 215-4 (65.65), Kristal Yush (US) 212-0 (64.63) (202-7, 210-9, 212-0) (61.74, 64.24, 64.63), Bianca Perie (Rom) 210-7 (64.18), (Ger) 210-0 (64.00), Nataliya Zolotuhina (Ukr) 208-9 (63.64), Berta Castells (Spa) 207-9 (63.32), Yinghui Liu (Chn) 206-1 (62.83), Masumi Aya (Jpn) 205-8 (62.68), Mihaela Melinte (Rom) 204-9 (62.40), Vânia Silva (Por) 202-9 (61.81), Rosa Rodríguez (Ven) 202-8 (61.77), Katalin Divós (Hun) 195-0 (59.45), Shuai Hao (Chn) 193-10 (59.09), Brittany Riley (US) 182-10 (55.72) (f, f, 182-10) (f, f, 55.72);… 3f—Susanne Keil (Ger) & Oksana Mienkova (Blr). (best-ever mark-for-place: 11–12, =15, 16, 18–19, 21–22) (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 5–22)

-353- September 6, 2007 first 3 rounds — JAVELIN — Bisset ...... 57.77* ...... 56.38 ...... 61.74 Stahl ...... 60.10* ...... 58.28 ...... 58.38 FINAL Moldovan ...... 54.76 ...... 55.71 ...... f (August 31) Madejczyk ...... 58.37 ...... 58.31 ...... 57.32 (temperature 27C/81F; humidity 63–61%) Nerius ...... 59.89 ...... 59.75 ...... 59.96 1. Barbora Spotáková (Czech Republic) . 220-0 (67.07) Líka ...... 59.07 ...... 59.24 ...... 61.72 NR (7, x W; 4, 6 WC) Spotáková ...... 66.40* ...... 60.30 ...... 67.07* (Japanese ACR) Tarvainen ...... 53.50 ...... f ...... 50.04 (first Czech medal) Brejchová ...... 60.25 ...... 61.93 ...... 63.73 (217-10 NR [10, x W], 197-10, 220-0, 210-11, 208-6, 211-11) Ivankova ...... 57.56 ...... 56.88 ...... 57.87 Abakumova ...... 61.43 ...... 59.91 ...... f 2. Christina Obergföll (Germany) ...... 218-0 (66.46) Obergföll ...... 64.01 ...... 65.26 ...... 60.90 (second consecutive silver) rounds 4–5 (210-0, 214-1, 199-10, 203-0, 200-6, 218-0) Nerius ...... 64.42 ...... 62.38 3. Steffi Nerius (Germany) ...... 211-4 (64.42) Stahl ...... 61.03 ...... f (record-tieing third medal) Abakumova ...... f ...... f (record-tieing sixth final; seventh appearance) Líka ...... 58.68 ...... 59.90 (196-6, 196-0, 196-9, 211-4, 204-8, f) Bisset ...... f ...... f 4. Nikola Brejchová (CzR) 209-1 (63.73) Brejchová ...... 62.44 ...... f (sixth appearance) Obergföll ...... 61.87 ...... 61.12 (first-time 2 Czechs in top 8) Spotáková ...... 64.28 ...... 63.56 (197-8, 203-2, 209-1, 204-10, f, f) round 6 5. Sávva Líka (Gre) 207-1 (63.13) Stahl ...... 59.75 PR (193-9, 194-4, 202-6, 192-6, 196-6, 207-1) Abakumova ...... 60.74 6. Sonia Bisset (Cub) 202-7 (61.74) Líka ...... 63.13 (record sixth top 8) Bisset ...... 53.18 7. Mariya Abakumova (Rus) 201-6 (61.43) Brejchová ...... f 8. Linda Stahl (Ger) 200-2 (61.03) Nerius ...... f 9. Barbara Madejczyk (Pol) 191-6 (58.37) Obergföll ...... 66.46 10. Olga Ivankova (Ukr) 189-10 (57.87) Spotáková ...... 64.61 11. Felicia Moldovan (Rom) 182-9 (55.71) QUALIFYING 12. Paula Tarvainen (Fin) 175-6 (53.50) (August 29) (temperature 29–31C/84–88F; 78–72% humidity) Qualifiers: (auto-qualifier 200-2/61.00)—Brejchová 210-11 (64.29), Spotáková 209-2 (63.77), Tarvainen 208-7 (63.58), Stahl 206-0 (62.80) PR, Líka 204-8 (62.38), Nerius 203-0 (61.89), Ivankova 202-4 (61.68) PR, Madejczyk 199-8 (60.86), Obergföll 199-4 (60.77), Abakumova 198-8 (60.55), Bisset 197-8 (60.25), Moldovan 197-1 (60.07). Non-qualifiers—Taina Kolkkala (Fin) 195-3 (59.52), Zahra Bani (Ita) 193-8 (59.02), Sílvia Cruz (Por) 192-0 (58.53), Lada Chernova (Rus) 190-8 (58.12), Maria Yakovenko (Rus) 188-8 (57.51), Goldie Sayers (GB) 187-9 (57.23), Alexándra Tsisiou (Cyp) 187-6 (57.17), Laverne Eve (Bah) 186-7 (56.87) (42 years old; all-events record-tieing ninth WC), Monica Stoian (Rom) 186-6 (56.84), Alessandra Resende (Bra) 185-1 (56.42), Buoban Phamang (Tha) 184-8 (56.28), Urszula Ja- sinska (Pol) 184-4 (56.20), Indre Jakubaitité (Lit) 184-3 (56.16), (US) 180-5 (55.00) (165-5, 180-5, 173-11) (50.43, 55.00, 53.02), Mercedes Chilla (Spa) 176-0 (53.64), Chunfeng Chang (Chn) 175-2 (53.41), Dalila Rugama (Nic) 174-7 (53.22), Serafina Akeli (AmS) 165-0 (50.29), Emika Yoshida (Jpn) 163-1 (49.70), Rumyana Karapetrova (Bul) 159-1 (48.50);… nm—Lindy Leveaux-Agricole (Sey). (WC best-ever mark-for-place: 10) (Japanese ACR coming into meet was /62.68 Christina Scherwin [Den] ’06; broken by Brejochová in Q, Spotáková in rounds 1 & 3) (’01/reigning champ Osleidys Menéndez [Cub] injured, not in meet)

-354- September 6, 2007 23. Yuki Nakata (Jpn) 5869 (13.82, 5-8½/1.74, 37-1¼/11.31, — — 25.28 [3384—35], 20-2½/6.16, 141-1¼3.26, 2:17.61 [2485]); 24. Irina Naumenko (Kaz) 5848 (14.22, 5-8½/1.74, 42-4/12.90, 24.99 RESULTS [3459—30], 20-4½/6.21, 129-8/39.53, 2:20.52 [2389]); (August 25–26) 25. Diana Pickler (US) 5838 (13.34, 5-8½/1.74, 36-9¾/11.22, (hot & humid) 24.61 [3510—25], 19-8¾/6.01, 130-0/39.62, 2:20.63 [2328]); 1. Carolina Klüft (Sweden) ...... 7032 26. Salla Rinne (Fin) 5813 (13.64, 5-8½/1.74, 46-9/14.25, 25.76 NR (WL) (2, 7 W; 2, 2 WC) [3562—18], 19-3¼/5.87, 157-7/48.03, 2:36.05 [2251]); (world’s highest score in 15 years) 27. Sylvie Dufour (Swi) 5805 (14.10, 5-8½/1.74, 44-9½/13.65, (Japanese ACR—old, 6672 Sabine Braun [Ger] ’91) 25.45 [3484—27], 18-8½/5.70, 130-5/39.75, 2:14.46 [2321]); 28. (record-setting third consecutive win, record-tieing third medal) Vasilikí Delinikóla (Gre) 5745 (13.75, 5-7¼/1.71, 44-¾/13.43, 25.06 (13.15, 6-4¾/1.95, 48-7¼/14.81, 23.38 [4162—1], [3518—23], 19-7/5.97, 138-5/42.19, 2:31.23 [2227]); 22-5¾/6.85, 157-5/47.98, 2:12.56 [2870]) 29. Jessica Samuelsson (Swe) 5745 (14.17, 5-5/1.65, 44-6/13.56, 25.01 [3400—34], 19-3½/5.88, 122-4/37.30, 2:13.34 [2345]); 30. Kaie 2. Lyudmila Blonska (Ukraine) ...... 6832 Kand (Est) 5616 (14.22, 5-6/1.68, 41-7¾/12.69, 25.84 [3295—37], NR (12, x W; 4, 7 WC) 18-10½/5.75, 125-9/38.33, 2:13.63 [2321]); (Ukraine's first-ever top 8) 31. Lucimara da Silva (Bra) 5601 (13.75, 5-8½/1.74, 34-0/10.36, (13.25, 6-3½/1.92, 47-4½/14.44, 24.09 [4014—2], 25.14 [3344—36], 19-6¾/5.96, 124-3/37.87, 2:22.16 [2257]); 32. 22-7/6.88, 156-8/47.77, 2:16.68 [2818]) Gretchel Quintana (Cub) 4954 (13.77, 5-6/1.68, 41-8½/12.71, 24.22 3. (GB) ...... 6510 [3509—26], 20-1/6.12, 112-6/34.31, dq [1445]); (13.21, 6-1¼/1.86, 46-4¾/14.14, 23.40 [3989—3], … DNFs— 21-11/6.68, 104-8/31.90, 2:11.58 [2521]) Gi-Gi Johnson (US) (4477) (13.27, 5-2½/1.59, 43-10/13.36, 23.77 4. Jessica Ennis (GB) 6469 [3562—18], 20-4½/6.21); Karin Ruckstuhl (Hol) (3721) (13.28, 5- PR (12.97, 6-2¼/1.89, 39-1¾/11.93, 23.15 [3942—4], 8½/1.74, 45-10¾/13.99, 24.41 [3721—8]); 20-9¼/6.33, 124-11/38.07, 2:11.39 [2527]) Hyleas Fountain (US) (3616) (13.66, 5-9¾/1.77, 40-4/12.29, 5. Lilli Schwarzkopf (Ger) 6439 24.13 [3616—15], 3f); (Rus) (3566) (13.71, PR (13.54, 6-0/1.83, 42-8/13.00, 25.08 [3666—12], 5-10¾/1.80, 44-3¼/13.49, 25.88 [3566—17]); 20-3/6.17, 178-7/54.44, 2:12.76 [2773]) Antoinette Djimou (Fra) (3471) (13.87, 5-7¼/1.71, 44-1¼/13.44, 6. Austra Skujyte (Lit) 6380 25.41 [3471—28]); Margaret Simpson (Gha) (1926) (13.69, (14.34, 5-10¾/1.80, 55-10½/17.03, 25.39 [3757—7], 5-8½/1.74); Hanna Melnychenko (Ukr) (0) (dnf). 20-7¼/6.28, 172-8/52.63, 2:23.64 [2623]) (best-ever mark-for-WC place: 2, 5, 10–12, =18, 19–32) 7. Jennifer Oeser (Ger) 6378 (largest WC field ever; previous high 34 in ’93) PR (13.51, 6-0/1.83, 46-7½/14.21, 24.41 [3815—5], 20-6¼/6.25, 141-5/43.10, 2:13.85 [2563]) 8. Nataliya Dobrynska (Ukr) 6327 Heptathlon Leaders After Each Event (13.89, 5-9¾/1.77, 53-6¼/16.31, 24.91 [3779—6], 100H 20-1/6.12, 151-8/46.22, 2:16.35 [2548]) 1.Ennis 1129; 2. Klüft 1102; 3. Sotherton 1093; 4. Blonska 1087; 9. Marie Collonvillé (Fra) 6244 5. Johnson 1084; 6. Ruckstuhl 1083; 7. Pickler 1074; 8. Oeser10.49; (13.63, 6-0/1.83, 39-9¼/12.12, 25.01 [3602—16], 9. Schwarzkopf 1044;… 38. Skujyté 931. 21-10¾/6.67, 129-0/39.32, 2:12.68 [2642]) High Jump 10. (Rus) 6243 1. Klüft 2273; 2. Ennis 2222; 3. Blonska 2219; 4. Sotherton 2147; (13.71, 6-0/1.83, 43-8¾/13.33, 25.00 [3672—11], 5. Oeser 2065; 6. Schwarzkopf 2060; 7. Collonvillé 2047; 8. Bogda- 21-2½/6.46, 130-11/39.91, 2:13.72 [2571]) nova 2036; 9. Kesselschläger 2021;… 23. Skujyté 1909. 11. Ida Marcussen (Nor) 6226 NR (14.16, 5-6/1.68, 42-8/13.00, Shot 24.59 [3438—32], 21-2¾/6.47, 167-5/51.02, 2:13.69 [2788]); 12. 1. Klüft 3121; 2. Blonska 3042; 3. Sotherton 2950; 4. Skujyté 2906; (Aus) 6184 (13.87, 5-10¾/1.80, 42-8/13.00, 24.44 5. Dobrynska 2884; 6. Ennis 2878; 7. Oeser 2873; 8. Kesselschläger [3641—14], 21-¾/6.42, 126-3/38.49, 2:12.81 [2543]); 2832; 9. Schwarzkopf 2787; 10. Bogdanova 2785. 13. Sonja Kesselschläger (Ger) 6149 (13.55, 5-10¾/1.80, 46-9/ 200 Meters 14.25, 25.49 [3674—10], 20-4¼/6.20, 140-9/42.91, 2:18.81 [2475]); 1. Klüft 4162; 2. Blonska 4014; 3. Sotherton 3989; 4. Ennis 3942; 14. Jolanda Keizer (Hol) 6102 (13.83, 5-9¾/1.77, 46-8¼/14.23, 5. Oeser 3815; 6. Dobrynska 3779; 7. Skujyté 3757; 8. Ruckstuhl 24.43 [3693—9], 19-4¼/5.90, 142-8/43.48, 2:17.61 [2409]); 3721; 9. Keizer 3693; 10. Kesselschläger 3674. 15. Karolina Tyminska (Pol) 6092 (14.09, 5-7¼/1.71, 43-5¾/13.25, 24.02 [3556—21], 20-9¾/6.34, 118-0/35.97, 2:08.27 [2536]); 16. Long Jump Yvonne Wisse (Hol) 6056 (13.55, 5-10¾/1.80, 41-1¾/12.54, 24.40 1.Klüft 4284; 2. Blonska 5146; 3. Sotherton 5055; 4. Ennis 4895; [3661—13], 19-7½/5.98, 123-9/37.73, 2:12.52 [2395]); 5. Oeser 4742; 6. Skujyté 4694; 7. Bogdanova 4666; 8. Dobrynska 17. Aiga Grabuste (Lat) 6019 PR (13.84, 5-9¾/1.77, 42-9½/13.04, 4666; 9. Collonvillé 4664; 10. Wheeler 4622. 24.98 [3561—20], 19-9/6.02, 150-¼5.76, 2:19.97 [2458]); 18. Aryiró Javelin Stratáki (Gre) 5999 (14.02, 5-6/1.68, 46-1½/14.06, 25.26 [3467—29], 1. Klüft 6105; 2. Blonska 5963; 3. Skujyté 5605; 4. Sotherton 5568; 20-2¼/6.15, 146-9/44.73, 2:16.06 [2532]); 5. Ennis 5525; 6. Schwarzkopf 5514; 7. Oeser 5469; 8. Dobrynska 19. (Rus) 5998 (13.90, 5-7¼/1.71, 43-2¼/13.16, 5453; 9. Bogdanova 5332; 10. Collonvillé 5318. 24.45 [3536—22], 20-4¼/6.20, 133-0/40.55, 2:16.48 [2462]); 20. Linda Züblin (Swi) 5995 PR (13.63, 5-5/1.65, 40-9½/12.43, 24.75 [3426—33], 19-7½/5.98, 163-6/49.85, 2:16.72 [2569]); in next week’s eTN 21. Kamila Chudzik (Pol) 5926 (14.27, 5-7¼/1.71, 43-8/13.31, 25.00 [3443—31], 19-2/5.84, 170-8/52.03, 2:23.03 [2483]); 22. the Golden League is back with a vengeance: Simone Oberer (Swi) 5922 (13.62, 5-10¾/1.80, 40-½/12.20, 25.66 [3512—24], 19-9¾/6.04, 133-2/40.60, 2:16.67 [2410]); ZÜRICH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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