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| September 17, 2002 | Tuesday | Rajab 9, 1423 |
Greene lags behind yet again
YOKOHAMA (Japan), Sept 16: World and Olympic champion Maurice Greene produced another disappointing performance by finishing fifth in the 100 metres at the Yokohama Super Track and Field meeting on Monday.
Two days after fellow American Tim Montgomery eclipsed his world record in Paris, Greene could only clock 10.56 seconds behind compatriot Bernard Williams who won in 10.21.
Nobuharu Asahara of Japan was second in 10.28 in drizzly conditions at International Stadium, with Darvis Patton of the US third in 10.33.
Greene, who only arrived in Japan from Paris late on Sunday after pulling out of the Grand Prix athletics final at the weekend, blamed jet-lag for his slow time and insisted that he would be back to his best next year.
Montgomery clocked 9.78 to shave 0.01 seconds off his three-year-mark but Greene vowed to take the record back, warning: “It belongs to me, it will come home.”
Meanwhile, world champion Allen Johnson held off rival Anier Garcia of Cuba over the final 30 metres to win the 110 metres hurdles in 13.28.
Garcia, the reigning Olympic champion, clocked 13.35 with world record holder Colin Jackson of Britain third in 13.44.
The American added that he felt Jackson’s world mark of 12.91, which has stood since 1993, could be in danger at the world championships in Paris next summer.
Meanwhile, Patton followed his third place in the 100 by winning the 200 in 20.29 with Shingo Suetsugu runner-up in 20.55. American Shawn Crawford finished third in 20.79.
In the hammer throw, 1996 Olympic champion Balazs Kiss led a Hungarian one-two to win with a best effort of 80.78 metres. Tibor Gecsek placed second after a throw of 76.30.
In the women’s events, Sri Lankan Susanthika Jayasinghe won the 200 metres in 22.91 with Zhanna Block-Pintusevich of the Ukraine second in 23.32.
World junior champion Meseret Defar of Ethiopia won the 5,000 metres in 15 minutes, 26.45, edging out compatriot Derartu Tulu, the world and Olympic champion over 10,000 metres, in a tight finish.
Leading results:
MEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Bernard Williams (US) 10.21 seconds; 2. Nobuharu Asahara (Japan) 10.28; 3. Darvis Patton (US) 10.33.
200 metres: 1. Darvis Patton (US) 20.29 seconds; 2. Shingo Suetsugu (Japan) 20.55; 3. Shawn Crawford (US) 20.79.
110 metres hurdles: 1. Allen Johnson (US) 13.28 seconds; 2. Anier Garcia (Cuba) 13.35; 3. Colin Jackson (Britain) 13.44.
400 metres hurdles: 1. Dai Tamesue (Japan) 48.69 seconds; 2. Joey Woody (US) 48.91; 3. Hideaki Kawamura (Japan) 49.26.
800 metres: 1. Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) one minute, 45.99 seconds; 2. David Krummenacker (US) 1:46.01; 3. Pavel Czapiewski (Poland) 1:48.36.
5,000 metres: 1. Zakayo Ngatho (Kenya) 13:35.73; 2. Julius Maina (Kenya) 13:36.05; 3. Julius Gitahi (Kenya) 13:36.64.
High jump: 1. Steffan Strand (Sweden) 2.20 metres; 2. Sergey Klyugin (Russia) 2.15; 3. Takahiro Uchida (Japan) 2.15.
Hammer throw: 1. Balazs Kiss (Hungary) 80.78 metres; 2. Tibor Gecsek (Hungary) 76.30; 3. Koji Murofushi (Japan) 75.24.
Long jump: 1. Ivan Pedoroso (Cuba) 7.88 metres; 2. Miguel Pate (US) 7.85; 3. Masaki Morinaga (Japan) 7.71.
WOMEN’S:
200 metres: 1. Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) 22.91 seconds; 2. Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (Ukraine) 23.32; 3. Manuela Levorato (Italy) 23.51.
800 metres: 1. Jolanda Ceplak (Slovenia) 2:00.70; 2. Tina Paulino (Mozambique) 2:02.86; 3. Ludmila Formanova (Czech Republic 2:03.58.
400 metres hurdles: 1. Daimi Pernia (Cuba) 56.32; 2. Makiko Yoshida (Japan) 56.69; 3. Satomi Kubokura (Japan) 57.72.
5,000 metres: 1. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 15:26.45; 2. Derarturu Tulu (Ethiopia) 15:26.73; 3. Jane Gakunyi Wanjiki (Kenya) 15:29.23.
High jump: 1. Inga Babakova (Ukraine) 1.95 metres; 2. Oana Pantelimon (Romania) 1.90; 3. Elena Elesina (Russia) 1.85.
Triple jump: 1. Mihaela Gindila (Romania) 13.83 metres; 2. Heli Koivula (Finland) 13.77; 3. Maho Hanaoka (Japan) 13.00.
Hammer throw: 1. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 67.28 metres; 2. Masumi Aya (Japan) 65.04; 3. Olga Tsander (Belarus) 63.94.
Pole vault: 1. Kristina Molnar (Hungary) 4.30 metres; 2. Monika Pyrek (Poland) 4.00; 3. Christine Adams (Germany) 4.00.
Shot putt: 1. Vita Pavlysh (Ukraine) 19.08 metres; 2. Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus) 17.73; 3. Chinatsu Mori (Japan) 16.52.—Reuters
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