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Volume 9, No. 31 May 23, 2010 — Bolt Makes His Diamond League Debut — by Roy Conrad was a good run. The feeling was good, but American David Oliver looked pleased Shanghai, China, May 23—Defeats of it wasn’t easy. after the high hurdles, his wide grin a reac- several notable stars marked the second stop “I’m not in the best of shape, but I wanted tion to his 12.99 season-pacing victory. The on the Diamond League circuit, the Shanghai to win in a good time. I’m not in China too American got off slightly behind world cham- Golden Grand Prix. often, so I wanted to give the people a good pion Ryan Brathwaite, but even with Chinese But the sport’s most constant performer show. I enjoyed it.” hero Xiang Liu. the past three seasons— Barbadian Brath- Jamaican megastar Usain waite killed his chances Bolt, of course—won as So good is right away, hitting the usual. Bolt that his first hurdle and then The double Olympic/ hammering the sec- World champ and WR 19.76 only ond with his lead foot holder took the 200 here, equaled as the field swept past. his 19.76 a comfortable Brathwaite pushed over 0.58 ahead of 1-lap hur- his No. 10 the third barrier, then dles star Angelo Taylor, performance stopped in disgust. who PRed at 20.34. But Oliver charged The two-time Games ever to the front and pow- 400H champ was him- ered over the obstacles self 0.09 ahead of young to a wide victory ahead American Ryan Bailey of China’s Dongpeng (20.43), the winner in Shi, whose 13.39 took Daegu four days earlier him home to 2nd 0.01 (20.58), where Bolt took ahead of Liu. the 100 in a world-lead- “The race was great. ing 9.86. I’m very pleased,” said Bolt’s win came in Oliver. “I didn’t have his fourth open race of any time goal today so the ’10 season, and sec- to go under 13 is great. ond 200. He won at the Now, it’s back to the Kingston International drawing board to get on May 1 with a world- faster.” pacing 19.56, a clocking U.S. sprint star Car- only Bolt himself and melita Jeter returned to Michael Johnson had the scene of her ’09 PR ever bettered. of 10.64 and asked for The race in this Chi- the same lane this time, nese port city was no No. 5. Jamaica’s Shelly- contest, Bolt bolting to Ann Fraser ran in 4 and immediate command, the Olympic/World leading by several meters champ led early ahead off the turn and then sim- of the American. ply stretching his margin But Jeter acceler- down the finish straight. ated before the midway He low-keyed things as point of the contest he finished, not engaging and just ran away from in any histrionics. Fraser. Jeter’s 11.09 After his easy win, (wind -0.1) put her even if into an 0.8mps a full 0.20 ahead of wind, Bolt said, “It was Fraser’s 11.29. kind of windy, [but] it RUN JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO World long jump -201- May 23, 2010 ner Piotr Małachowski by an inch 2010 Men’s World Leaders at 225-3 (68.61), with Olympic © 2010 Track & Field News.All rights winner Gerd Kanter a close 4th at reserved.This newsletter may not be re- ¶ = record performance; i = indoors; 225-1 (68.61). The competition printedor retransmitted in any formwithout new leaders since last week are in red provided the farthest throws ever express written permission. Track Events for 4th and 5th. www.trackandfieldnews.com 100 .......... 9.86 ............................... Usain Bolt (Jamaica) Berlin 400H runner-up Lash- 200........... 19.56 .............................Usain Bolt (Jamaica) inda Demus got the meet off to Field Events 400........... 44.81 .................................. Calvin Smith (US) a fast start on a warm, humid HJ: 1. Bednarek (Pol) 7-4¼ (2.24) (7-½, 800........... 1:43.00 ...................... David Rudisha (Kenya) night as she powered down the 7-2½ [2], 7-4¼, 7-5¼ [xxx]) (2.15, 2.20 [2], 1500 ........ 3:32.20 ..................Augustine Choge (Kenya) homestretch for a year-leading 2.24, 2.27 [xxx]); 2. Williams (US) 7-4¼; Mile .......... 3:55.26i ................. Nick Willis (New Zealand) 53.34 win. 3. Thörnblad (Swe) 7-4¼; 4. Bába (CzR) 3000......... 7:31.75i .................Augustine Choge (Kenya) Olympic gold medalist Me- 7-2½ (2.20); 5. Harris (US) 7-2½; 6. tie, Wang St ............. 8:06.28 .....................Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) laine Walker tried to stay with (Chn), Nuyens (Hol) & Tereshin (Rus) 7-2½; 5000......... 12:51.21 ................... Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) Demus around the second turn 9. Manson (US) 7-2½. 10,000...... 26:59.60 ..........................Chris Solinsky (US) and into the stretch, but the Ja- PV: 1. Mohr (Ger) 18-8¼ (5.70) (18-½, 110H ........ 12.99 ................................... David Oliver (US) maican faded in the last 50 me- 18-8¼, 19-¾ [xxx]) (5.50, 5.70, 5.81 [xxx]); 400H ........ 47.72 ................. Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) ters and ended up 5th (55.33). 2. Gripich (Rus) 18-4½ (5.60); 3. Mazuryk Road Events SHANGHAI (Ukr) 18-4½; 4. Gruber (Ger) 18-4½; 5. Yang H-Mar ...... 58:23 ¶ .................. Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) DIAMOND LEAGUE (Chn) 18-4½; Mar .......... 2:04:48 ....................... Patrick Makau (Kenya) 6. Hooker (Aus) 18-½ (5.50) (18-½ [2], Diamond League #2; 20W ......... 1:18:24 ..........................Alex Schwazer (Italy) 18-8¼ [xxx]) (5.50 [2], 5.70 [xxx]); 7. Lewis Shanghai, China, May 23— 50W ......... 3:46:56 ........................Yuki Yamazaki (Japan) (GB) 17-8½ (5.40); 8. Scott (US) 17-8½; 9. 200(-0.8): 1. Bolt (Jam) 19.76; Mack (US) 17-¾ (5.20). Relay Events 2. Taylor (US) 20.34 PR; 3. LJ: 1. Lapierre (Aus) 27-2¾ (8.30) (27- 4 x 100..... 37.90 ..................Racer’s Lions TC (Jamaica) Bailey (US) 20.43; 4 x 200..... 1:20.38 .........................................Florida (US) 4. Anderson (Jam) 4 x 400..... 3:00.31 .........................................Florida (US) 20.48; 5. Martina 4 x 800..... 7:15.38 ........................................Virginia (US) (NA) 20.95; 6. Po- 2010 Women’s World Leaders 4 x 1500... 15:26.43 ...................................Arkansas (US) gnon (Fra) 21.00. Track Events 4 x Mile .... 16:15.14 ...................................... Oregon (US) 400: 1. Wari- 100........... 10.94 ..............................Carmelita Jeter (US) SpMed ..... 3:16.01 ...................................................... LSU ner (US) 45.41; 2. 200........... 22.32 .. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) DisMed .... 9:21.77i ..................................Oregon TC (US) Neville (US) 45.70; 400........... 50.15 ..................................Allyson Felix (US) 4 x 110H .. 55.31 ......................................... Star Athletics 3. Bingham (GB) 800........... 1:58.26i ................. Mariya Savinova (Russia) Field Events 45.84; 4. Kikaya 1500......... 4:01.63 .......................... Nancy Lagat (Kenya) HJ ............ 7-9¾ (2.38)i ................... Ivan Ukhov (Russia) (Con) 46.07; 5. Of- Mile .......... 4:23.53i .....................Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) PV ............ 19-8½ (6.01)i ..........Steve Hooker (Australia) fereins (Aus) 46.08; St ............. 9:16.82 ................ Gladys Kipkemboi (Kenya) LJ ............ 27-4¾ (8.35) .............. Alain Bailey (Jamaica) 6. Djhone (Fra) 3000......... 8:24.46i ...................Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) TJ ............ 58-8¾ (17.90)i ......... Teddy Tamgho (France) 46.37; 7. Liu (Chn) 5000......... 14:24.79i ................................................. Defar SP ............ 72-6¼ (22.10) .......................Cory Martin (US) 46.62; 8. Wissman 10,000...... 31:18.07 .................................... Lisa Koll (US) DT ............ 234-5 (71.45) .............. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) (Swe) 46.64; 9. Wil- 100H ........ 12.61 .............................Queen Harrison (US) HT ............ 264-5 (80.59) .... Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) liams (Bah) 48.03. 400H ........ 53.34 ........................... Lashinda Demus (US) JT ............ 283-7 (86.45) .... Vítěslav Veselý (Czech Rep) 1500: 1. Cho- Road Events Dec .......... 8381 ............................Yordani García (Cuba) ge (Ken) 3:32.20 H-Mar ...... 67:07 .................Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) (WL); 2. Kiprop Mar .......... 2:22:00 ...............Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) (Ken) 3:32.22; 3. 20W ......... 1:28:29 .......................Vera Santos (Portugal) champ Dwight Phillips hit 26-10 (8.18) on Gebremedhin (Eth) his second leap and followed up with two 3:33.35 PR; 4. Tanui (Ken) Relay Events 26-9 (8.15) efforts. 3:33.67; 4 x 100..... 42.56 .....................................Texas A&M (US) But he couldn’t rein in world leader 5. Rono (Ken) 3:33.92; 6. 4 x 200..... 1:29.42 ..................................Texas A&M (US) Fabrice Lapierre of Australia, who popped Simotwo (Ken) 3:33.96; 7. Chep- 4 x 400..... 3:26.12 ................................... USA Blue Penn 27-1¾ (8.27) in round 2. The former Texas seba (Ken) 3:33.99; 8. Keitany 4 x 800..... 8:12.41i ...............................Moscow (Russia) A&M leaper then used every centimeter of (Ken) 3:37.87; 4 x 1500... 17:14.91 .................................Tennessee (US) the board on his fourth jump and landed at 9. Kipchoge (Ken) 3:38.36; SpMed ..... 3:35.37 ............................................... Jamaica his winning 27-2¾ (8.30). 10. Kipchirchir (Ken) 3:39.22; DisMed .... 10:54.65 .................................Tennessee (US) Olympic vault champ Steve Hooker need- 11. Roff (Aus) 3:39.42;… dnf— 4 x 100H .. 52.50 ............................................. Texas A&M ed two tries to clear his 18-½ (5.50) opener, Mekonnen (Eth);… rabbits— Field Events even if the successful second jump had loads Kombich (Ken) (53.88), Cheboi HJ ............ 6-9 (2.06)i ..................Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) of air under the Aussie. But after passing (Ken) (1:54.13, 2:50.50). PV ............ 15-11 (4.85)i .... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) (2) to 18-8¼ (5.70), Hooker couldn’t clear, as 110H(-0.4): 1. Oliver (US) LJ ............ 22-9 (6.93) ......................Brittney Reese (US) young German Malte Mohr made that set- 12.99 (WL, AL) (history’s 42nd TJ ...........