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| June 6, 2005 | Monday | Rabi-us-Sani 28, 1426 |
Montgomery finishes 7th in 100 metres
EUGENE (Oregon), June 5: World record holder Tim Montgomery, his mind focused on a Monday doping hearing that could result in a lifetime ban, ran poorly and finished seventh in a fast 100 metres at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday. American Montgomery clocked 10.10 seconds in a wind-assisted race while his compatriot and Olympic champion Justin Gatlin won in 9.84.
Jamaican Asafa Powell was second in the same time with the wind advantage 3.4 metres per second.
Olympic 110 metres hurdles gold medallist and co-world record holder Liu Xiang of China also proved he is the world’s best in his event.
Liu finished strong to clock 13.06 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year.
Four-time world champion Allen Johnson, who fell in the early rounds of last year’s Olympics in Athens, had bad luck again on Saturday. He was disqualified from the race for a false start.
World champion Perdita Felicien of Canada won a high-quality women’s 100 metres hurdles in 12.58 seconds and US Olympic silver medallist Lauryn Williams dominated the women’s 100 in 11.16 seconds. Olympic champion Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus came last in 11.47.
Kenyan Alex Kipchirchir won the fastest mile of the year in 3:50.91 while Bahamian Olympic gold medallist Tonique Darling claimed the women’s 400 metres in 49.95.
British marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe had hoped to run a personal best in a rare appearance in the women’s 1,500 metres.
However, a tumble in which six runners, including Radcliffe, went down with 600 metres to go ruined her chances.
The Briton scraped both hands and bruised her knees in the fall before finishing in a time of 4:13.13 for sixth place. American Christin Wurth won in 4:09.45.
Leading results:
MEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Justin Gatlin (US) 9.84 seconds; 2. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 9.84; 3. Leonard Scott (US) 9.94.
400 metres: 1. Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 45.48 seconds; 2. Merritt LaShawn (US) 45.57; 3. Andrew Rock (US) 45.58.
800 metres: 1. Gary Reed (Canada) one minute 44.82 seconds; 2. Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 1:44.91; 3. Khadevis Robinson (US) 1:45.19.
Mile (race 1): 1. Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) three minutes 50.91 seconds; 2. Rashid Ramzi (Bahrain 3:51.33; 3. Bernard Lagat (US) 3:51.53.
110 metres hurdles: 1. Xiang Liu (China) 13.06 seconds; 2. Terrence Trammell (US) 13.12; 3. Dominique Arnold (US) 13.16.
400 metres hurdles: 1. Bershawn Jackson (US) 47.91 seconds; 2. James Carter (US) 47.95; 3. Bayano Kamani (Panama) 49.23.
Pole vault: 1. Brad Walker (US) 5.90 metres; 2. Toby Stevenson (US) 5.90; 3. Derek Miles (US) 5.80.
Triple jump: 1. Leevan Sands (Bahamas) 17.16 metres; 2. Yanxi Li (China) 17.15; 3. Walter Davis (US) 17.05.
WOMEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Lauryn Williams (US) 11.16 seconds; 2. LaTasha Colander (US) 11.29; 3. Muna Lee (United States) 11.32.
400 metres: 1. Tonique Darling (Bahamas) 49.95 seconds; 2. Sanya Richards (US) 49.98; 3. Monique Hennagan (US) 50.71.
800 metres: 1. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) one minute 59.95 seconds; 2. Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 2:00.15; 3. Agnes Samaria (Namibia) 2:00.64.
1500 metres: 1. Christin Wurth (US) four minutes 09.45 seconds; 2. Treniere Clement (US) 4:10.46; 3. Mestawet Tadesse (Ethiopia) 4:10.83.
100 metres hurdles: 1. Perdita Felicien (Canada) 12.58 seconds; 2. Joanna Hayes (US) 12.72; 3. Brigitte Foster (Jamaica) 12.76.
High jump: 1. Erin Aldrich (United States) 1.95 metres; 2. Ifoma Jones (US) 1.92; 3. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 1.89.
Long jump: 1. Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 6.80; 2. Elva Goulbourne (Jamaica) 6.64; 3. Grace Upshaw (US) 6.49.—Reuters
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