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| June 04, 2006 | Sunday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 7, 1427 |
Powell wins 100 metres, Bekele upstaged
OSLO (Norway), June 3: Joint world record holder Asafa Powell raced to victory in 9.98 seconds over 100 metres at the Bislett Games Golden League meeting on Friday.
However, Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele's hopes of a Golden League clean sweep in the distance events were ended when the world record holder was beaten by Kenyan Isaac Songok.
It was Bekele's first loss outdoors since he finished second in the 5,000 metres at the 2004 Olympic Games.
Songok, who was 10th at the world championships last year, took command of the race with 200 metres to go, winning in 12 minutes 55.79 seconds, a world-leading performance.
Bekele failed to muster his devastating kick and was a distant second in 12:58.22 seconds.
Powell's victory was as overwhelming as the Jamaican sprinter and others had expected.
Crawford, the Olympic 200 metres champion, finished second in 10.02 seconds.
Powell will compete next at the British Grand Prix in Gateshead on June 11.
Aside from Songok's time, five other world-leading performances were set in the first leg of the six-meeting IAAF Golden League Series on a pleasant if slightly chilly evening.
Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia won the women's 5,000 metres in 14:30.40 seconds, the ninth fastest performance of all time.
Alex Kipchirchir of Kenya won the mile in 3:50.32 seconds, out-kicking Ukraine's Ivan Heshko.
American Sanya Richards took the women's 400 metres in 49.82, more than a second ahead of runner-up Shericka Williams of Jamaica.
In the men's 800 metres Mohammed Al-Azimi of Kuwait maintained his world lead with a dramatic 1:44.59 victory, just ahead of Dmitrijs Milkevics of Latvia.
In the men's javelin, Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway won the event with a national record of 91.59m to become the event's sixth farthest thrower.
Other winners included American world and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner in the 400 metres and Blanka Vlasic of Croatia in the high jump.
In the long jump, Panama's Irving Saladino beat world and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips of the US.
Leading results:
MEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 9.98 seconds; 2. Shawn Crawford (US) 10.02; 3. Marcus Brunson (US) 10.06.
400 metres: 1. Jeremy Wariner (US) 44.31 seconds; 2. Chris Brown (Bahamas) 44.80; 3. LaShawn Merritt (US) 45.44.
800 metres: 1. Mohamed Khalaf Al-Azimi (Kuwait) one minute 44.59 seconds; 2. Dmitrijs Milkevics (Latvia) 1:44.65; 3. Alfred Kirwa (Kenya) 1:45.48.
1500 metres: 1. Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) three minutes 36.53 seconds; 2. Yusuf Biwot (Kenya) 3:36.95; 3. Wesley Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3:37.64.
Mile: 1. Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) three minutes 50.32 seconds; 2. Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 3:50.89; 3. Daniel Komen (Kenya) 3:52.41.
5000 metres: 1. Isaac Songok (Kenya) 12 minutes 55.79 seconds; 2. Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 12:58.22; 3. Mike Kigen (Kenya) 12:58.58.
Long jump: 1. Irving Saladino (Panama) 8.53 metres; 2. Dwight Phillips (US) 8.21; 3. Miguel Pate (US) 8.20.
Discus throw: 1. Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 68.39 metres; 2. Zoltan Koevago (Hungary) 68.02; 3. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 66.13.Javelin throw: 1. Andreas Thorkildssen (Norway) 91.59 metres; 2. Vadims Vasilevskis (Latvia) 88.09; 3. Tero Pitkaemaeki (Finland) 86.31.
WOMEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas) 11.22 seconds; 2. Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 11.30; 3. Stephanie Durst (US) 11.31.200 metres: 1. Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 22.58 seconds; 2. Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 22.87; 3. Yuliya Gushchina (Russia) 23.07.
400 metres: 1. Sanya Richards (US) 49.82 seconds; 2. Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 50.93; 3. Novlene Williams (Jamaica) 51.15.
800 metres: 1. Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) two minutes 00.51 seconds; 2. Rebecca Lyne (Britain) 2:00.67; 3. Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 2:00.73.5000 metres: 1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14 minutes 30.40 seconds; 2. Ejagayehu Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14:33.52; 3. Edith Masai (Kenya) 14:33.84.
100-metre hurdles: 1. Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 12.70 seconds; 2. Lolo Jones (US) 12.82; 3. Danielle Carruthers (US) 12.85.High jump: 1. Blanka Vlasic (Croatia) 1.98 metres; 2. Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 1.98; 3. Yelena Slesarenko (Russia) 1.96.
Long jump: 1. Carolina Klueft (Sweden) 6.67 metres; 2. Daniela Lincoln-Saavedra (Sweden) 6.56; 3. Brianna Glenn (US) 6.28.—Reuters
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