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| August 23, 2005 | Tuesday | Rajab 17, 1426 |
Athletics: Disappointing finish for Holmes
SHEFFIELD (England), Aug 22: Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes refused to get too down-hearted after limping home in a disappointing eighth and last place in her farewell race on a British track on Sunday.
Leading results:
MEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Kim Collins (St Kitts and Nevis) 10.01 seconds; 2. Leonard Scott (US) 10.10; 3. Michael Frater (Jamaica) 10.11.
200 metres: 1. Justin Gatlin (US) 20.04 seconds; 2. Tyson Gay (US) 20.09; 3. Stephan Buckland (Mauritius) 20.39.
400 metres: 1. Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 45.29 seconds; 2. Tim Benjamin (Britain) 45.49; 3. Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 45.51.
Mile: 1. Michael East (Britain) 3:52.50; 2. Laban Rotich (Kenya) 3:52.55; 3. Bernard Lagat (US) 3:52.89.
Two Miles: 1. Craig Mottram (Australia) 8:11.27; 2. Boniface Songok (Kenya) 8:12.86; 3. Shadrack Korir (Kenya) 8:19.53.
110-metre hurdles: 1. Dominique Arnold (US) 13.26 seconds; 2. Maurice Wignall (Jamaica) 13.31; 3. Ron Bramlett (US) 13.42.
Long jump: 1. Miguel Pate (US) 8.45 metres; 2. Dwight Phillips (US) 8.38; 3. Ignisious Gaisah (Ghana) 8.23.
Pole vault: 1. Brad Walker (US) 5.90 metres; 2. Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5.80; 3. Derek Miles (US) 5.80.
Triple jump: 1. Alexander Martinez (Cuba) 17.44 metres; 2. Walter Davis (US) 17.40; 3. Dmitriy Valyukevich (Slovakia) 17.19.
Discus throw: 1. Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 69.22 metres; 2. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 67.51; 3. Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 65.31.
WOMEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Veronica Campbell (Jamaica) 10.89 seconds; 2. Yuliya Nesterenko (Belarus) 11.09; 3. Muna Lee (US) 11.22.
200 metres: 1. Allyson Felix (US) 22.54 seconds; 2. Lauryn Williams (US) 22.91; 3. Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 23.16.
400 metres: 1. Sanya Richards (US) 49.77 seconds; 2. Tonique Darling (Bahamas) 50.02; 3. Christine Amertil (Bahamas) 50.67.
800 metres: 1. Jenny Meadows (Britain) two minutes 03.43 seconds; 2. Susan Scott (Britain) 2:03.77; 3. Karen Harewood (Britain) 2:03.94.
5000 metres: 1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14 minutes 51.77 seconds; 2. Ejagayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14:53.48; 3. Liliya Shobukhova (Russia) 15:09.11.
High jump: 1. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden) 2.03 metres; 2. Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 1.94; 3. Anna Chicherova (Russia) 1.94.—Reuters
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