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MOSCOW, VII–1. Gábor Dobos (Hun) 6.73; 2. Yongyi Wen (Chn) 6.73; 3. Iván March 10–12 (200m banked synthetic) Mocholí (Spa) 6.77; 4. (Ngr) 6.78; 5. Prodromos Katsantonis (Cyp) 6.79; 6. Vyacheslav Muravyov (Kaz) 6.80; 7. Khalil Al-Hanahneh (Jor) 7.06; — 60 METERS — 8. Mervin Loizeau (Sey) 7.22 NJR. FINAL SEMIS (March 10) (March 10; qualify 2+2) 1. (US) ...... 6.50 I–1. Yepishin 6.59; 2. Osovnikar 6.62; 3. Vizcaíno 6.63 PR; (WL, AL) 4. Becerra 6.70 NR; 5. Dovhal 6.75; 6. Kankarafou 6.78; 7. Tran 2. Andrey Yepishin (Rus) ...... 6.52 6.79; 8. Abeyie 6.81. II–1. Trammell 6.58; 2. Pognon 6.63; NR 3. Clarke 6.66 PR; 4. N’Dri 6.70 PR; 5. Lachkovics 6.71; 6. 3. (US) ...... 6.54 Findlay 6.72; 7. Bratoz 6.73; 8. Dobos 6.75. 4. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 6.58 NR; 5. Olusoji Fasuba (Ngr) 6.58; 6. III–1. Scott 6.50; 2. Fasuba 6.55; 3. de 6.60 NR PR; Ronald Pognon (Fra) 6.61; 7. Vicente de Lima (Bra) 6.62; 8. Henry 4. Vasyukov 6.63; 5. Kuc 6.64; 6. Scuderi 6.69; 7. Wen 6.70; 8. Vizcaíno (Cub) 6.84. Mocholí 6.75. Lanes: 1. de Lima; 2. Pognon; 3. Yepishin; 4. Scott; 5. Trammell; 6. Fasuba; 7. Osovnikar; 8. Vizcaíno. — 400 METERS — Reaction times: Scott 0.124, Pognon 0.135, Yepishin 0.144, Vizcaíno FINAL 0.153, Osovnikar 0.155, de Lima 0.159, Fasuba 0.163, Trammell (March 12) 0.171. 1. Alleyne Francique (Grn) ...... 45.54 HEATS (21.11/24.43) (first repeat winner since McKay ’87/’89 (March 10; qualify 3+3) 2. California Molefe (Bot) ...... 45.75 I–1. Anatoliy Dovhal (Ukr) 6.63; 2. Lerone Clarke (Jam) 6.71; 3. de Lima 6.73; 3. (Bah) ...... 45.78 4. Daniel Persson (Swe) 6.75; 5. Aleksandr Volkov (Rus) 6.79; NR 6. Vahago Javakhvan (Arm) 7.03; 7. Ronald Parker (TKS) 7.28 PR; 4. (Jam) 45.93; 5. (US) 46.15 8. Chaleunsook Adoudomphonh (Lao) 7.34. (record fourth final); 6. Dmitriy Petrov (Rus) 47.33. II–1. Kostyantyn Vasyukov (Ukr) 6.66; 2. Scott 6.67; 3. Vizcaíno Lanes: 1. Petrov; 2. Campbell; 3. Molefe; 4. Clarke; 5. Browne; 6. 6.69 PR; 4. Kael Becerra (Chl) 6.70 NR; Francique. 5. (Gha) 6.71; 6. Yik Chun Tang (HK) 6.89. III–1. Fasuba 6.61; 2. Oudere Kankarafou (Fra) 6.70; 3. Tim Reaction times: Campell 0.194, Petrov 0.200, Molefe 0.240, Clarke Abeyie (GB) 6.81; 0.242, Francique 0.243, Browne 0.255. 4. Maksim Lynsha (Blr) 6.85; 5. Wachara Sondee (Tha) 6.88; 6. HEATS Tse-Ching Liang (Tai) 6.93 NJR PR; 7. I Made Budiasa (Mas) 7.08 (March 10; qualify 2+2) PR; 8. Erzalm Fawzy Rawi (Sin) 7.09. I–1. Molefe 45.74 NR; 2. Petrov 46.29; IV–1. Pognon 6.67; 2. Martin Lachkovics (Aut) 6.71; 3. Mark 3. Oleksiy Rachkovsky (Ukr) 47.13; 4. Ezquerro (Spa) Findlay (GB) 6.74; 47.36; 5. David Gillick (Ire) 47.61; 6. Chon Kin Sou (MAC) 49.95 NR 4. Daniel Abenzoar-Foule (Lux) 6.76 NR; 5. Andreas Baumann NJR. (Swi) 6.77; 6. Nic Alexander (Tri) 6.78; 7. Tyrone Omar (NMA) 7.17 II–1. Francique 46.79; 2. Marcin Marciniszyn (Pol) 46.88; 3. NR NJR PR; 8. Rikko Thoma (NRU) 7.34 PR. Ruwen Faller (Ger) 47.02; V–1. Yepishin 6.63; 2. Osovnikar 6.67; 3. Eric N’Dri (CI) 6.74; 4. Valentin Bulychov (Aze) 48.26;… dq[lane]— 4. Raphael Raymundo de Oliveira (Bra) 6.88; 5. Ricardo Will- (Jam) (48.30). iams (Jam) 6.91; 6. Mohamad Siraj Tamin (Leb) 7.03; 7. Francis Manioru (SOL) 7.07 NR; 8. Ali Shareef (MDV) 7.33 NR. VI–1. Trammell 6.60; 2. (Ita) 6.70; 3. Nipa Tran © 2006 Track & Field News. All rights reserved. This (Fin) 6.70; 4. Dariusz Kuc (Pol) 6.70; 5. Marko Bratoz (Slo) 6.70; newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted in any 6. Rolando Palacios (Hon) 6.80 NR NJR PR; 7. Casnel Bushay form without express written permission. (VIN) 6.84 PR; 8. Pierre De Windt (Aru) 7.26 PR. www.trackandfieldnews.com

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World Indoor Champs — continued: — 1500 METERS — FINAL III–1. Brown 46.64; 2. Vladislav Frolov (Rus) 46.69; 3. Carlos (March 11) Santa (DR) 47.00; 4. Isaac Yaya (PYF) 48.45 NR;… dq[lane]—Asad Iqbal (Pak) 1. Ivan Heshko (Ukr) ...... 3:42.08 (48.46). ([3:28.79]) (13.29) IV–1. Campbell 46.67; 2. Daniel Dabrowski (Pol) 46.80; 2. Daniel Komen (Ken)...... 3:42.55 3. Arismendy Peguero (DR) 47.32 PR; 4. Chris Lloyd (DMA) (31.86, 32.62 [1:04.48], 32.05 [1:36.53], 30.16 [2:06.69], 27.85 47.33; 5. Andrés Silva (Uru) 47.50 PR; 6. Brice Panel (Fra) 48.52. [2:34.54], 27.56 [3:02.10]) (40.98) V–1. Clarke 46.37; 2. David McCarthy (Ire) 46.68; 3. David Canal (Spa) 47.38; 4. Anderson Jorge dos Santos (Bra) 3. Elkana Angwenyi (Ken) ...... 3:42.98 48.19; 5. Nicholas Mangham (Pau) 54.80 NR;… dq[lane]—Shawn 4. Halil Akkas (Tur) 3:43.61; 5. Sergio Gallardo (Spa) 3:43.77; 6. Merritt (US) (46.03). James Nolan (Ire) 3:43.98; 7. Chris Lukezic (US) 3:45.09; 8. SEMIS (March 11; qualify 3) Yassine Bensghir (Mor) 3:47.20; 9. Youssef Baba (Mor) 3:49.25. I–1. Francique 45.86; 2. Molefe 46.02; 3. Campbell 46.22 (21.56/ HEATS 24.66); (March 10; qualify 2+3) 4. Dabrowski 46.61; 5. Faller 46.67; 6. Frolov 47.11. I–1. Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (Ken) 3:39.64; 2. Sergio Gallardo II–1. Brown 46.10 (21.56/24.54); 2. Clarke 46.23; 3. Petrov 46.44; (Spa) 3:40.04; 3. Youssef Baba (Mor) 3:40.31; 4. Lukezic 3:40.97 4. Marciniszyn 46.97; 5. Santa 47.11; 6. McCarthy 47.11. PR; 5. David Freeman (PR) 3:45.36; 6. Colin McCourt (GB) 3:45.77; — 800 METERS — 7. Björn Margeirsson (Ice) 3:49.22. II–1. Heshko 3:41.49; 2. Angwenyi 3:41.63 PR; 3. Akkas 3:41.77; FINAL 4. Dahame Najem Bashir (Qat) 3:41.87 PR; 5. Neil Speaight (March 12) (GB) 3:41.99; 6. Driss Maazouzi (Fra) 3:42.93; 7. Jordan Chipangama 1. Wilfred Bungei (Ken) ...... 1:47.15 (Zim) 3:46.01 NJR; 8. Christian Neunhäuserer (Ita) 3:47.90. ([55.65], 26.22 [1:21.87], 25.28) (55.65/51.50) III–1. Nolan 3:44.67; 2. Bensghir 3:44.69 PR; (slowest winning time since ’95 3. Mounir Yemmouni (Fra) 3:45.26; 4. Jason Lunn (US) 3:46.46; 2. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (SA) ...... 1:47.16 5. Aleksandr Krivchonkov (Rus) 3:48.28; 6. Arturo Casado (Spa) 3:48.87; 7. Sergey Pakura (Kir) 3:50.86 NR; 8. Ajmal Amirov (Tjk) (26.93) (defending champ) 3:51.75 PR. 3. Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Rus) ...... 1:47.38 4. Dmitrijs Milkevics (Lat) 1:48.01; 5. Juan Jurado (Spa) 1:48.44; — 3000 METERS — 6. Jimmy Watkins (GB) 1:48.56. FINAL HEATS (March 12) (March 10; qualify 2+2) I–1. Borzakovskiy 1:48.08; 2. Watkins 1:48.20 PR; 1. Kenenisa Bekele (Eth) ...... 7:39.32 3. Majid Sultan (Qat) 1:49.21; 4. Joseph Mutua (Ken) 1:49.49; ([4:17.05], [6:16.26]) (26.45) 5. Mohcine Chehibi (Mor) 1:49.84. 2. Saïf Shaheen (Qat) ...... 7:41.28 II–1. Milkevics 1:47.19; 2. Amine Laalou (Mor) 1:47.36; 3. Arnoud Okken (Hol) 1:47.58; 4. Abdulrahman Sulaiman (Qat) 1:47.74 NR; 3. Eliud Kipchoge (Ken) ...... 7:42.58 5. Fadrique Iglesias (Bol) 1:50.65 NR. ([5:15.99]) III–1. Mulaudzi 1:49.03; 2. Ramil Aritkulov (Rus) 1:49.09; 4. Alistair Cragg (Ire) 7:46.43 (64.88, 65.32 [2:10.50], 65.03 3. David Krummenacker (US) 1:49.15; 4. Dávid Takács (Hun) [3:15.53]) (4:02.5/3:43.9); 5. Shadrack Korir (Ken) 7:47.11; 6. Tariku 1:49.61; 5. Berhanu Alemu (Eth) 1:51.07. Bekele (Eth) 7:47.67; 7. Adil Kaouch (Mor) 7:48.01; IV–1. Jurado 1:47.88; 2. Bungei 1:47.95; 8. Moukhled Al-Outaibi (Sau) 7:52.91; 9. Pavel Naumov (Rus) 3. Osmar dos Santos (Bra) 1:48.30; 4. Moise Joseph (Hai) 7:56.24; 10. Günther Weidlinger (Aut) 7:57.32; 11. Tareq Taher (Bhr) 1:48.33; 5. Glauco Martini (SMa) 1:59.25. 8:04.99; 12. Halil Akkas (Tur) 8:10.37. V–1. (US) 1:48.73; 2. Eugenio Barrios (Spa) HEATS 1:48.79; (March 10; qualify 4+4) 3. Bilal Mansour Ali (Bhr) 1:48.84; 4. Antoine Martiak (Fra) I–1. Kipchoge 7:52.57; 2. T. Bekele 7:52.58; 3. Shaheen 7:52.85; 1:48.97; 5. Sadjad Moradi (Irn) 1:51.67. 4. Cragg 7:53.74; 5. Weidlinger 7:53.83; 6. Akkas 7:54.60; 7. Taher SEMIS 7:55.10; 8. Naumov 7:55.28; (March 11; qualify 3) 9. (US) 7:59.30; 10. Isaac Kiprop (Uga) 8:05.00 I–1. Mulaudzi 1:46.82; 2. Borzakovskiy 1:47.09; 3. Jurado 1:47.38 NR; 11. Francisco Alves (Spa) 8:11.85; 12. Bjørnar Kristensen (Nor) PR; 8:21.90 PR. 4. Laalou 1:47.55; 5. Sulaiman 1:47.87 (52.84/55.03); 6. Robin- II–1. K. Bekele 7:54.85; 2. Korir 7:55.14; 2. Al-Outaibi 7:55.14; 4. son 1:48.30. Kaouch 7:55.18; II–1. Bungei 1:46.90; 2. Milkevics 1:47.23; 3. Watkins 1:47.23 PR 5. Sergey Ivanov (Rus) 7:56.44; 6. César Pérez (Spa) 7:58.06; (53.43/53.80); 7. Vincent Le Dauphin (Fra) 7:58.60; 8. Dieudonné Disi (Rwa) 4. Aritkulov 1:47.50; 5. Okken 1:47.68; 6. Barrios 1:52.75. 8:01.73 PR; 9. Adam Isa (Bhr) 8:02.16; 10. Iaroslav Musinschii (Mol) 8:08.35; 11. Steve Slattery (US) 8:17.15; 12. Jorge Cabrera (Par) 8:33.95 NR. (no American has made it out of the heats since Reuben Reina in ’95)

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World Indoor Champs — continued: — 4 x 400 — FINAL — 60 HURDLES — (March 12) FINAL 1. ...... 3:03.24 (March 11) (=6 W, =3 A) 1. Terrence Trammell (US) ...... 7.43 (Washington 45.71, Merritt 45.65, Campbell 45.76, Spearmon 46.12) 2. ...... 3:04.67 2. Dayron Robles (Cub) ...... 7.46 (Dabrowski 46.56, Marciniszyn 45.99, PR Wieruszewski 46.17, Klimczak 45.95) 3. Dominique Arnold (US) ...... 7.52 3. Russia ...... 3:06.91 4. Maurice Wignall (Jam) 7.52; 4. Stanislavs Olijars (Lat) 7.52; 6. (Svechkar 47.29, Derevyagin 46.63, Lebedev 47.01, Petrov 45.98) Thomas Blaschek (Ger) 7.57 PR; 7. Paulo Villar (Col) 7.61 =NR; 8. 4. 3:07.32 Yoel Hernández (Cub) 7.62. (Jaako 47.53, Wissman 46.46, Mokdasi 47.14, Claesson 46.19) (first time U.S. has had two medalists since ’95) 5. 3:08.47 Lanes: 1. Olijars; 2. Blaschek; 3. Arnold; 4. Wignall; 5. Robles; 6. (Peguero 46.62, García 48.41, Betances 47.49, Santa 45.95) Trammell; 7. Villar; 8. Hernández. 6. 3:09.55 Reaction times: Trammell 0.124, Olijars 0.125, Robles 0.131, Wig- (Panel 47.59, Maillard 47.92, Venel 47.00, Bellaabouss 47.04) nall 0.133, Hernández 0.134, Arnold 0.156, Blaschek 0.164, Villar HEATS 0.186. (March 12; qualify 2+2) HEATS I–1. Russia 3:08.02 (Svechkar 47.52, Polukeyev 47.06, Derevyagin (March 11; qualify 4+4) 46.79, Lebedev 46.65); 2. France 3:08.06 (Panel 47.59, Maillard I–1. Blaschek 7.65; 2. Elmar Lichtenegger (Aut) 7.71; 3. Olli Talsi 47.30, Venel 46.72, Bellaabouss 46.45); (Fin) 7.77; 4. Ivan Bitzi (Swi) 7.86; 3. 3:08.07 (Ezquerro 48.47, Canal 46.68, Rodríguez 5. Anthony De Sevenglies (Mon) 8.90. 46.51, Testa 46.41); 4. 3:09.46 NR (Knysh 48.50, Demchenko II–1. Wignall 7.58; 2. Villar 7.63 NR; 3. Olijar 7.70; 4. Yevgeniy 46.91, Dubonosov 46.63, Rachkovsky 47.42); 5. Romania 3:13.93 Borisov (Rus) 7.70; 5. Marcel van der Westen (Hol) 7.77; NR (Suciu 47.52, Bobos 50.80, Mardan 49.06, Vieru 46.55); 6. Jared MacLeod (Can) 7.89; 7. Miroslav Novakovic (Yug) … dnf— (Barrett 48.33, R. Williams 49.45, Ayre, 46.99, 8.05. Spence). III–1. Robles 7.55 PR; 2. Arnold 7.67; 3. Mateus Inocêncio (Bra) II–1. United States 3:03.66 (8 W, 4 A) (fastest heat ever) (Davis 7.72; 4. Chris Pinnock (Jam) 7.72; 5. Mike Fenner (Ger) 7.76; 46.70, Hogans 45.46, Washington 45.57, Spearmon 45.93); 2. 6. Alexandru Mihailescu (Rom) 7.86; 7. Abdallah Mohamed Poland 3:06.10 (Ptak 46.97, Klimczak 46.26, Kedzia 46.63, (Com) 8.15. Wieruszewski 46.24); 3. Sweden 3:07.10 NR (Jaako 47.02, Wiss- IV–1. Trammell 7.64; 2. Hernández 7.66; 3. Serhiy Demydyuk man 47.08, Mokdasi 46.81, Claesson 46.19); 4. Dominican Republic (Ukr) 7.67; 4. Gregory Sedoc (Hol) 7.71; 5. Dudley Dorival (Hai) 7.80; 3:07.87 NR (Peguero 46.88, Tapia 47.54, Mejía 47.02, Santa 46.43); 6. Masato Naito (Jpn) 7.82; … dnf—Bahamas (Dennis 46.81, McIntosh 46.63, Munnings 7. Cédric Lavanne (Fra) 7.85. 47.19, McKinney). V–1. Igor Peremota (Rus) 7.66; 2. Dongpeng Shi (Chn) 7.67; 3. Stanislav Sajdok (CzR) 7.81; 3. (Ita) 7.81; 5. David Ilariani (Geo) 7.86; 6. Redelen dos Santos (Bra) 7.93; 7. Avele Tanielu (AmS) 8.64 NR. SEMIS (March 11; qualify 2+2) I–1. Wignall 7.58; 2. Hernández 7.64; 3. Sedoc 7.73; 4. Talsi 7.76; 5. Bitzi 7.85; 6. Peremota 7.96; 7. Demydyuk 8.03;… dnf—Fenner. II–1. Trammell 7.57; 2. Blaschek 7.58; 3. Shi 7.63 PR; 4. Lichtenegger 7.71; 5. Sajdok 7.74; 6. van der Westen 7.80; 7. Giaconi 7.81; 8. Dorival 7.94. III–1. Arnold 7.55; 2. Robles 7.56; 3. Olijar 7.57; 4. Villar 7.61 NR; 5. Inocêncio 7.67 PR; 6. Borisov 7.74; 7. Pinnock 7.78; 8. Naito 7.82.

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QUALIFYING World Indoor Champs — continued: (March 11) 1/ Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 18-8 4/5.70): Averbukh, Hartwig ,Walker 1/ — — & Yurchenko cleared 18-8 4; Jeng, Lanaro, Lobinger & Schulze 1/ cleared 18-6 2/5.65. FINAL 1/ (March 11) Non-qualifiers: [18-6 2 /5.65]—Przemyslaw Czerwinski (Pol), Kevin Rans (Bel) & Daichi Sawano (Jpn); 1/ 4 1/ 1. Yaroslav Rybakov (Rus)...... 7-9 (2.37) [18-2 2/5.55]—Igor Pavlov (Rus) (defending champ) & Dmitriy (=WL) Starodubtsev (Rus); 1/ 1/ 2. Andrey Tereshin (Rus) ...... 7-8 2 (2.35) [17-10 2/5.45]—Spas Bukhalov (Bul), Jérôme Clavier (Fra), Laurens Looije (Hol) & Maksym Mazuryk (Ukr); 3/ 3. Linus Thörnblad (Swe) ...... 7-7 4 (2.33) … nh— (Ita), Feiliang Liu (Chn) & Romain 1/ 1/ 4. Víctor Moya (Cub) 7-6 2 (2.30) PR; 5. Stefan Holm (Swe) 7-6 2 Mesnil (Fra). (2.30) (defending champ); 6. Andriy Sokolovsky (Ukr) 7-5 (2.26); 7. 1/ (Ita) 7-5 (2.26); 8. Robert Wolski (Pol) 7-3 4 (2.22).

3/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 7-1 4 7-3 4 7-5 7-6 2 7-7 4 7-8 2 7-9 4 7-10 7-10 4 Thörnblad ... o o o o o xxx — — — Sokolovskiy . o o o xxx — — — — — Rybakov ..... p o o o o o xo p xxx Wolski ...... xxo o xxx — — — — — — Moya ...... o o o o xp xx — — — Ciotti ...... xo xo xo xxx — — — — — Tereshin ...... o o o o xo xxo xp xx — Holm...... o o xo xxo xp xx — — — 2.18 2.22 2.26 2.30 2.33 2.35 2.37 2.39 2.41

QUALIFYING (March 10) — — 1/ Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 7-6 2/2.30): all except Ciotti and Wolski FINAL 1/ qualified at 7-5 4/2.27). (March 11) 1/ Non-qualifiers: [7-4 4/2.24]—Ramsay Carelse (SA), 3/ 1. Ignisious Gaisah (Gha)...... 27-2 4 (8.30) (Ita), (US), Tomá Janku (CzR), Mustapha Raïfak (Fra), 1/ 3/ 3/ 1/ Wojciech Theiner (Pol); (25-9 2, f, 27-1 4, 27-2 4, 26-10 2, f) 1/ (7.86, f, 8.27, 8.30, 8.19, f) [7-2 2/2.20]—Svatoslav Ton (CzR); 1/ 1/ [7- 2/2.15]—Roman Fricke (Ger), Adam Shunk (US). 2. (Pan) ...... 27-2 2 (8.29) 1/ 3/ 1/ NR (26-10 NR, 26-10 2 NR, 27-1 4 NR, 26-9, 26-11, 27-2 2 NR) — — (8.18, 8.19, 8.27, 8.15, 8.20, 8.29) 1/ 3. (Ita) ...... 26-10 2 (8.19) FINAL 3/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ (March 12) PR (26- 4, 25-10 4, 26-6 4, 25-1 4, 26-8 2, 26-10 2) 1/ (7.94, 7.88, 8.08, 7.65, 8.14, 8.19) 1. Brad Walker (US) ...... 19- 4 (5.80) 4. Louis Tsátoumas (Gre) 26-7 (8.10); 5. Godfrey Mokoena (SA) (equals lowest winning height ever) 1/ 3/ 26-3 2 (8.01) NR; 6. Erivaldo Vieira (Bra) 26-1 4 (7.97) NR; 7. Brian 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 2. Alhaji Jeng (Swe) ...... 18-8 4 (5.70) Johnson (US) 25-11 (7.90) (24-8 2, 25-8 4, 25-6 4, 25-11, f, 24-7) 3/ 1/ (7.53, 7.83, 7.79, 7.90, f, 7.49); 8. Issam Nima (Alg) 25-8 4 (7.84) NR. 3. Tim Lobinger (Ger) ...... 18-4 2 (5.60) (lowest medal-winning height ever) QUALIFYING 1/ 1/ 4. Alex Averbukh (Isr) 18- 2 (5.50); 4. Fabian Schulze (Ger) 18- 2; (March 10) 1/ 4. Giovanni Lanaro (Mex) 18- 2; … nh—Jeff Hartwig (US), Denys Qualifiers (auto-qualifier 26-1/7.95): Saladino 26-7 (8.10) NR; 1/ Yurchenko (Ukr). Tsátoumas 26-5 2 (8.06); Howe 26-5 (8.05); Gaisah 26-1 (7.95); 3/ 1/ Mokoena (SA) 25-10 4 (7.89); Vieira 25-10 4 1/ (7.88) PR; Johnson 25-9 4 (7.85); Nima 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 3/ 18- 2 18-4 2 18-6 2 18-8 4 18-10 4 19- 4 19-4 4 25-8 4 (7.84) NR. Walker ...... p xo p o p xxo xp Non-qualifiers—Bashir Ramzy (US) Yurchenko... p xxx — — — — — 1/ 1/ 25-7 2 (7.81) (25-2, 24-9, 25-7 2) (7.67, Lanaro ...... o xxx — — — — — 1/ 7.54, 7.81), Ruslan Gataullin (Rus) 25-6 4 Schulze ...... o p xxx — — — — 1/ (7.78), James Beckford (Jam) 25-6 4 (7.78), Averbukh ..... o p xxx — — — — 1/ Morten Jensen (Den) 25-5 4 (7.75), Danut Lobinger ...... p o p xxp x — — Simion (Rom) 24-11 (7.59), Hartwig ...... p xxx — — — — — Vitaliy Shkurlatov (Rus) 24-9 (7.54), Jeng ...... p o p o p xxx — 1/ Louis Tristán (Per) 24-1 2 (7.35) NR, Iván 5.50 5.60 5.65 5.70 5.75 5.80 5.90 1/ Pedroso (Cub) 23-10 4 (7.27), Rogerio Bispo 1/ (Bra) 23-7 4 (7.19).

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World Indoor Champs — continued: — SHOT — FINAL — — (March 10) 1/ FINAL 1. (US) ...... 72-6 2 (22.11) (March 12) PR (WL, AL) (4, 8 W; 2, 3 A) (in/out: 8, x A) 1/ 3/ 1. Walter Davis (US) ...... 58-2 (17.73) (70-3, 72-6 2, f, 70-10 4, f, f) (21.41, 22.11, f, 21.61, f, f) PR (AL) (6, 7 W; 2, 2 A) (in/out: 6, 13 A) 1/ 1/ 1/ 2. Andrei Mikhnevich (Blr) ...... 70-1 2 (21.37) (58-2, 50-7 2, 57-2, 52- 2, f, p) (17.73, 15.43, 17.42, 15.86, f, p) PR 3/ 1/ 3/ 1/ 1/ (f, 69-8 4, f, 70-1 2, 69-10 4, 69-6 4) 2. Jadel Gregório (Bra) ...... 57-7 2 (17.56) (f, 21.25, f, 21.37, 21.30, 21.19) 1/ 1/ 1/ NR (f, 57-7 2, 56-9 4, f, f, 56-2 2) 1/ (f, 17.56, 17.30, f, f, 17.13) 3. Joachim Olsen (Den) ...... 69-5 4 (21.16) 1/ 1/ 1/ 3. Yoandri Betanzos (Cub) ...... 57-2 (17.42) (66-6 2, 69-5 4, 67-8, f, 68-3, 67-1 4) (20.28, 21.16, 20.62, f, 20.80, 20.45) 3/ PR (56-4, f, f, 57-2, f, 48-10 4) 1/ 4. Pavel Sofin (Rus) 67-10 4 (20.68) PR; 5. Gheorghe Guset (17.17, f, f, 17.42, f, 14.90) 1/ (Rom) 67-7 (20.60); 6. Manuel Martínez (Spa) 67- 2 (20.43); 7. 3/ 4. Marian Oprea (Rom) 56-10 4 (17.34) 1/ Tomasz Majewski (Pol) 65-10 4 (20.07); 8. Anton Lyuboslavskiy 3/ 1/ 3/ (56-6, 55-9