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| July 18, 2005 | Monday | Jumadi-us-Sani 10, 1426 |
Isinbayeva betters world mark again
MADRID, July 17: Russia’s Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva broke the women’s pole vault record by sailing over 4.95 metres at the IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting on Saturday.
The 23-year-old cleared the bar on her second attempt to break her own mark of 4.93 set in Lausanne on July 5.
It was the 15th world record of Isinbayeva’s career and took her another step closer towards the record total of 35 set by Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka during his career.
It was a triumphant return to Madrid for the Russian who set her world indoor record of 4.92 in the Spanish capital at the European indoor championships in March.
World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips won a high class men’s long jump when he sailed out to 8.47 metres in the second round to post the leading mark in the world this year.
There was also an outstanding performance in the women’s long jump with Olympic bronze medallist Tatyana Kotova winning with a massive leap of 7.20 metres.
Romania’s Mihaela Melinte, whose six-year-old world record was broken by Russia’s Tatyana Lysenko on Friday, could only manage a modest 68.23 metres.
In the men’s 800 Kenya’s Wilfred Bungei held off the fast finishing home favourite Antonio Reina win in 1:44.42.
World and Olympic champion Felix Sanchez suffered a rare defeat in the 400 hurdles as he brought up the rear behind American Bershawn Jackson, who crossed the line in 47.92.
Leading results:
MEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Michael Frater (Jamaica) 10.22 seconds; 2. Coby Miller (US) 10.23; 3. Josh Ross (Australia) 10.26.
400 metres: 1. Gary Kikaya (Congo) 45.15 seconds; 2. Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 45.35; 3. Carlos Santa (Dominican Republic) 45.55.
800 metres: 1. Wilfred Bungei (Kenya) one minute 44.42 seconds; 2. Antonio Reina (Spain) 1:44.80; 3. Youssef Saad Kamel (Bahrain) 1:44.89.
1500 metres: 1. Augustine Choge (Kenya) three minutes 34.74 seconds; 2. Craig Mottram (Australia) 3:34.80; 3. Rui Silva (Portugal) 3:35.86.
3000 metres: 1. Daham Najim Bashir (Qatar) seven minutes 41.83 seconds; 2. Shadrack Korir (Kenya) 7:42.54; 3. Moses Mosop (Kenya) 7:42.96.
110 metres hurdles: 1. Anwar Moore (US) 13.29 seconds; 2. Ron Bramlett (US) 13.44; 3. Arend Watkins (US) 13.47.
400 metres hurdles: 1. Bershawn Jackson (US) 47.92 seconds; 2. Bayano Kamani (Panama) 48.96; 3. Pieter de Villiers (South Africa) 48.98.
4x100 metres relay: 1. Poland 38.96 seconds; 2. Portugal 39.60; 3. Spain 40.05.
Long jump: 1. Dwight Phillips (US) 8.47 metres; 2. James Beckford (Jamaica) 8.28; 3. Miguel Pate (US) 8.24.
Shot put: 1. Joachim Olsen (Denmark) 21.32 metres; 2. Reese Hoffa (US) 20.98; 3. Daniel Taylor (US) 20.52.
Discus throw: 1. Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 70.67 metres; 2. Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 64.69; 3. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 64.51.
WOMEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Aleen Bailey (Jamaica) 11.39 seconds; 2. Glory Alozie (Spain) 11.44; 3. Yeoryia Kokloni (Greece) 11.51.
400 metres: 1. Monique Hennegan (US) 50.58 seconds; 2. Ana Guevara (Mexico) 50.59; 3. Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 50.95.
800 metres: 1. Zulia Calatayud (Cuba) one minute 58.81 seconds; 2. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 1:59.17; 3. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 1:59.58.
1500 metres: 1. Olga Yegorova (Russia) four minutes 04.95 seconds; 2. Olesya Chumakova (Russia) 4:05.96; 3. Yelena Soboleva (Russia) 4:06.03.
3000 metres: 1. Prisca Jepleting (Kenya) eight minutes 48.65 seconds; 2. Ines Chenonge (Kenya) 8:49.00; 3. Maria McCambridge (Ireland) 8:50.40.
4x100 metres relay: 1. Poland 44.53 seconds; 2. Spain 45.17.
High jump: 1. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 1.98 metres; 2. Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 1.95; 3. Venelina Veneva (Bulgaria) 1.95.
Long jump: 1. Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 7.20 metres; 2. Concepcion Montaner (Spain) 6.92; 3. Grace Upshaw (US) 6.87.
Pole vault: 1. Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) 4.95 metres (world record); 2. Thorey Elisdottir (Iceland) 4.45; 3. Tracy O’Hara (US) 4.30.
Hammer throw: 1. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 74.27 metres; 2. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 71.75; 3. Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 68.23.
Javelin throw: 1. Osleidys Menendez (Cuba) 64.29 metres; 2. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 64.21; 3. Nikolett Szabo (Hungary) 59.70.—Reuters
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