■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ NEWSLETTER Volume 4, No. 33 August 17, 2005 version iii etrack ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ — World Championships X: Men — HELSINKI, FINLAND 7. Phomma Kheuabmavong (Lao) 11.83. AUGUST 6–14 VI(0.4)–1. Marlon Devonish (GB) 10.25; 2. Burns 10.42; 3. Churandy Martina (NAn) 10.46; — 100 METERS — 4. Tlhalosang Molapisi (Bot) 10.71; 5. Yazaldes Nascimento (STP) 11.07; 6. John Howard (Mic) 11.24; 7. Ali Shareef (MDV) FINAL 11.44, Eric Pacome N’Dri (CI). (August 7; wind +0.4) VII(0.3)–1. Collins 10.31; 2. Frater 10.32; 3. Idrissa Sanou (Bur) (temperature 18C/64F; humidity 73%): 10.43; 4. Salem Mubarak Al Yami (Sau) 10.45; 5. Juan Sainfleur 1. Justin Gatlin (US)........................................... 9.88 (DR) 10.47; 6. Rolando Palacios (Hon) 10.73 NR; 7. Wilfried Bingangoye (AL) (Gab) 10.86; 8. Darren Gilford (Mlt) 10.89. (largest margin of victory in WC, old 0.15 Lewis ’87… or 0.14 VIII(-1.4)–1. Jason Gardener (GB) 10.19; 2. Zakari 10.30; 3. Deji Lewis ’83 if you want to include Ben J. in the ’87 equation) Aliu (Ngr) 10.36; 2. Michael Frater (Jamaica) ............................. 10.05 4. Daniel Bailey (Ant) 10.49; 5. Cláudio Roberto Souza (Bra) 3. Kim Collins (St Kitts) ................................... 10.05 10.55; 6. Fonseca Neto (Ang) 11.01 PR; 7. Reginaldo Micha Ndong (EqG) 11.57. (defending champ) 4. Francis Obikwelu (Por) 10.07 QUARTERS 5. Dwight Thomas (Jam) 10.09 (August 6; qualify 3+4) 6. Leonard Scott (US) 10.13 (temperature 21C/70F; humidity 40%) 7. Marc Burns (Tri) 10.14 I(-2.0)–1. Gatlin 10.27; 2. Thomas 10.28; 3. Zakari 10.41; 8. Aziz Zakari (Gha) 10.20 4. Johnson 10.48; 5. Lewis-Francis 10.53; 6. Asahara 10.58; 7. (defending champ Collins only Paris finalist to repeat; Collio 10.60;… dnc—Chyla. Collins and Zakari also in Edmonton final) II(-1.2)–1. Scott 10.19; 2. Fasuba 10.24; 3. Burns 10.29; 4. Collins 10.32; Lanes: 1. Burns; 2. Collins; 3. Scott; 4. Frater; 5. Gatlin; 6. Zakari; 7. 5. Waugh 10.39; 6. Martina 10.48; 7. Hoogmoed 10.51; 8. Sainfleur Thomas; 8. Obikwelu. 10.74. Reaction times: Scott 0.123, Zakari 0.131, Obikwelu 0.134, Thomas III(0.7)–1. Obikwelu 10.19; 2. Crawford 10.25; 3. Gardener 10.31; 0.138, Frater 0.141, Collins 0.146, Gatlin 0.157, Burns 0.165. 4. Ross 10.31; 5. Aliu 10.39; 6. Harper 10.39; 7. Osovnikar 10.48; 8. Macrozo- HEATS naris 10.48. (August 6; qualify 3+8) IV(-1.0)–1. Brown 10.10; 2. Pognon 10.11; 3. Frater 10.12; 4. (temperature 17–18C/63–64F; humidity 68–75%) Emedolu 10.16; 5. Devonish 10.20; I(0.6)–1. Obikwelu 10.17; 2. Shawn Crawford (US) 10.23; 3. 6. Thompson 10.34; 7. Al-Yami 10.48; 8. Sanou 10.80. Simone Collio (Ita) 10.27; 4. Nicolas Macrozonaris (Can) 10.40; 5. Philam Garcia (Gum) 10.79; 6. Derrick Atkins (Bah) 11.57; 7. SEMIS Harmon Harmon (COK) 11.84; 8. Mariuti Uan (Kir) 11.92 PR. (August 7; qualify 4) II(0.9)–1. Ronald Pognon (Fra) 10.15; 2. Ainsley Waugh (Jam) (temperature 20C/68F; humidity 68%) 10.16 PR; 3. Olusoji Fasuba (Ngr) 10.19; 4. Guus Hoogmoed (Hol) I(0.5)–1. Scott 10.08; 2. Frater 10.09; 3. Burns 10.12; 4. Obikwelu 10.31; 5. Lukasz Chyla (Pol) 10.39; 10.13; 6. Shameer Ayub (Sin) 10.82; 7. Chi Kun Au (MAC) 11.11. 5. Fasuba 10.18; 6. Devonish 10.24; 7. Ross 10.27; 8. Crawford III(0.9)–1. Thomas 10.15; 2. Patrick Johnson (Aus) 10.20; 3. 10.28. Darrel Brown (Tri) 10.25; 4. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 10.40; II(-1.0)–1. Gatlin 9.99; 2. Zakari 10.00; 3. Thomas 10.06; 4. Collins 5. Markus Pöyhönen (Fin) 10.49; 6. Souhalia Alamou (Ben) 10.90; 10.07; 7. Wally Kirika (PNG) 11.01. 5. Gardener 10.08; 6. Emedolu 10.16; 7. Brown 10.16; 8. Pognon IV(0.4)–1. Gatlin 10.16; 2. Joshua Ross (Aus) 10.28; 3. Nobuharu 10.17. Asahara (Jpn) 10.40; 4. Mark Lewis-Francis (GB) 10.40; 5. Leigh Julius (SA) 10.51; 6. Darrel Roligat (NMA) 11.49; 7. © 2005 Track & Field News. All rights reserved. This Daraphirit Sam (Cbd) 11.85. newsletter may not be reprinted or retransmitted in any V(0.0)–1. Scott 10.12; 2. Uchenna Emedolu (Ngr) 10.17; 3. Jacey form without express written permission. Harper (Tri) 10.31; 4. Obadele Thompson (Bar) 10.32; www.trackandfieldnews.com 5. Pierre Browne (Can) 10.50; 6. Deamo Baguga (NRU) 11.64 PR; ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ -247- August 17, 2005 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ VI(4.3)–1. Gay 19.99w (a-c fastest-ever first- or second-round — 200 METERS — WC time); 2. Marcin Jedrusinski (Pol) 20.14w; 3. Jaysuma Saidy FINAL Ndure (Gam) 20.14w; 4. Uchenna Emedolu (Ngr) 20.22w; 5. Johan (August 11; wind –0.5) Wissman (Swe) 20.26w; 6. Leigh Julius (SA) 20.37w; 7. Paul (temperature 15C/59F; humidity 88%—light rain) Hession (Ire) 20.40w. VII(-2.1)–1. Daniel Batman (Aus) 20.68; 2. Guus Hoogmoed (Hol) 1. Justin Gatlin (US)......................................... 20.04 20.80; 3. Gatlin 20.90; 2. Wallace Spearmon (US) .............................. 20.20 4. Shinji Takahira (Jpn) 21.03; 5. Dmytro Hlushchenko (Ukr) 21.15; 6. Mphelave Dlamin (Swa) 21.79 PR; 7. Dion Crabbe (IVB) 3. John Capel (US) ........................................... 20.31 21.82. (defending champ) VIII(-2.7)–1. Spearmon 20.51; 2. Juan Pedro Toledo (Mex) 20.78; 4. Tyson Gay (US) 20.34 3. Joseph Batangdon (Cam) 20.84; 4. Dominic Demeritte (Bah) (first-ever 1-2-3-4 sweep in WC) 20.90; 5. Stéphane Buckland (Mri) 20.41 5. Yaozu Yang (Chn) 21.03; 6. Bruno Pacheco (Bra) 21.05;… 6. Patrick Johnson (Aus) 20.58 dnf—David Alerte (Fra). 7. Tobias Unger (Ger) 20.81 QUARTERS 8. Usain Bolt (Jam) 26.27 (injured—pulled up c150m) (August 10; qualify 3+4) (postponed a day by rain) (combination of wet track and bright lights made splitting the 100s (temperature 14C/57F; humidity 88%; rain & wind) impractical) I(2.0)–1. Unger 20.91; 2. Spearmon 20.91; 3. Johnson 20.94; Lanes: 1. Bolt; 2. Unger; 3. Spearmon; 4. Capel; 5. Gay; 6. Gatlin; 7. 4. Batangdon 21.38; 5. Hession 21.69; 6. Ilinov 21.94; 7. Dzingai Buckland; 8. Johnson. 22.32;… dq[lane]—Toledo. II(-1.1)–1. Gay 20.64; 2. Buckland 20.66; 3. Ndure 20.95; 4. Reaction times: Capel 0.124; Unger 0.138; Johnson 0.156; Spear- Jedrusinski 21.07; mon 0.161; Gay 0.161; Gatlin 0.172; Buckland 0.173; Bolt 0.174. 5. Wissman 21.16; 6. Howe 21.19; 7. Demeritte 21.25;… dnf— HEATS Emedolu. (August 9; qualify 3+8) III(-3.7)–1. Capel 20.78; 2. Bolt 20.87; 3. Armstrong 20.94; 4. (temperature 24–25C/75–77F; humidity 69–61%) Malcolm 21.02; 5. Suetsugu 21.11; I(-2.5)–1. Buckland 20.94; 2. Andrew Howe (Ita) 21.08; 3. Aaron 6. Julius 21.45; 7. Ernst 21.54; 8. Olusoji A. Fasuba 21.92. Armstrong (Tri) 21.10; IV(-1.9)–1. Williams 20.93; 2. Gatlin 20.94; 3. Devonish 20.95; 4. 4. Panayiótis Sarrís (Gre) 21.43; 5. André Domingos (Bra) 21.44; Batman 20.95; 6. Heber Viera (Uru) 21.71; 7. Nabie Foday Fofana (Gui) 22.16; 8. 5. Pognon 21.26; 6. Hoogmoed 21.26; 7. Beyens 21.43; 8. Afzal Baig (Pak) 22.54. Hartonen 21.54. II(3.0)–1. Ronald Pognon (Fra) 20.37w; 2. Brian Dzingai (Zim) SEMIS 20.76w; 3. Yordan Ilinov (Bul) 20.85w; (August 10; qualify 4) 4. Hamed Hamadan Al Bishi (Sau) 21.03w; 5. Julieon Raeburn (temperature 15C/59F, humidity 88%; heavy rain & gusty winds) (Tri) 21.12w; 6. Evans Marie (Sey) 21.65w; 7. Noor Adi Bin Rostam I(-0.1)–1. Capel 20.45; 2. Spearmon 20.49; 3. Unger 20.63; 4. Bolt (Bru) 24.05w. 20.68; III(1.8)–1. Christian Malcolm (GB) 20.36; 2. Capel 20.40; 3. 5. Ndure 20.75; 6. Batman 20.98; 7. Malcolm 21.09;… dns— Sebastian Ernst (Ger) 20.45; 4. Johnson 20.56; 5. Tommi Hartonen Armstrong. (Fin) 20.59; II(-0.3)–1. Gay 20.27; 2. Gatlin 20.47; 3. Buckland 20.54; 4. 6. Daniel Abenzoar Foule (Lux) 21.10 PR; 7. Nicholas Mangham Johnson 20.65; (Pau) 24.39 PR;… dnf—Omar Brown (Jam). 5. Williams 20.72; 6. Suetsugu 20.84; 7. Devonish 20.93; 8. IV(1.3)–1. Unger 20.45; 2. Christopher Williams (Jam) 20.64; 3. Jedrusinski 20.99. Marlon Devonish (GB) 20.75; 4. Olusoji Fasuba (Ngr) 20.88; 5. Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 20.94; 6. Basílio de Moraes (Bra) 20.99; (Gay had fastest time in each of the first three rounds) 7. Abubaker El Tawerghi (Lby) 21.72. V(-0.4)–1. Bolt 20.80; 2. Shingo Suetsugu (Jpn) 20.85; 3. Kristof Beyens (Bel) 20.88; 4. Koura Kaba Fantoni (Ita) 21.10; 5. Kevon Pierre (Tri) 21.24; 6. Oumar Loum (Sen) 21.37; 7. Béranger Bosse (CAf) 22.02. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ -248- August 17, 2005 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ HEATS — 400 METERS — (August 9; qualify 2+10) FINAL (temperature 25–26C/77–79F; humidity 61–57%) (August 12) I–1.