September 25, 2007	Tuesday	Ramazan 12, 1428

STUTTGART (Germany), Sept 24: Sanya Richards left world champion Christine Ohuruogu trailing to win the 400 metres at the World Athletics Final on Sunday before Dayron Robles of Cuba stole the show with a brilliant 110 metres hurdles victory.

American Richards, who scooped half the million-dollar Golden League jackpot in Berlin last weekend, ran 49.27 seconds again to match the season's best time and finish clear of Jamaican Novlene Williams and Briton Ohuruogu in third.

The two-day competition at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion ended with a bang, as the 20-year-old Robles ran a blistering 12.92, just four hundredths of a second outside Xiang Liu's world record, in the final event on the green track.

Robles, who missed out on a medal in Osaka, had the crowd on their feet as he beat a field including the Americans Terrence Trammell and Allen Johnson.

Richards did not make the US team for the 400 metres in Osaka but she has been untouchable ever since.

Norway's Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, who finished second in the 100 metres on Saturday, went one better in the 200, winning in 19.89 to set a national record and edge out American Wallace Spearmon.

There was an upset in the 400 metres hurdles when the Pole Anna Jesien took advantage of a mistake from Australian world champion Jana Rawlinson to win in 54.17 seconds.

The other outstanding effort came from Kenya's Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, who won the 3,000 metres on Saturday and returned to take the 5,000 on Sunday.

On a good day for Kenya, Paul Kipsiele Koech won the 3,000 metres steeplechase in 8:00.67 ahead of two countrymen, Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong and world champion Brimin Kiprop Kipruto.

Daniel Kipchirchir Komen outsprinted Frenchman Mehdi Baala to win a great 1,500 metres in 3:37.96, while Janeth Jepkosgei was at her peerless best to win the women's 800 metres in a championship record 1:57.87 ahead of Spain's Mayte Martinez.

The only non-Kenyan to win a distance event on Sunday was Meseret Defar of Ethiopia, who ran a championship record 8:27.24 to win the women's 3000 metres.

German favourite Franka Dietzsch won the discus with her second throw of 62.58, while the American Brad Walker won an entertaining tussle in the pole vault by going over at 5.91, beating Germany's Bjoern Otto into second spot.

Results:

MEN’S:

200 metres: 1. Jaysuma Saidy (Norway) 19.89 seconds; 2. Wallace Spearmon (US) 20.18; 3. Rodney Martin (US) 20.27; 4. Johan Wissman (Sweden) 20.30; 5. Chris Williams (Jamaica) 20.39; 6. Joshua Johnson (US) 20.48; 7. Brian Dzingai (Zimbabwe) 20.56; 8. Paul Hession (Ireland) 20.58.

1500 metres: 1. Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (Kenya) three minutes 37.96 seconds; 2. Mehdi Baala (France) 3:38.35; 3. Suleiman Simotwo (Kenya) 3:38.36; 4. Alan Webb (US) 3:38.84; 5. Kevin Sullivan (Canada) 3:38.91; 6. Belal Mansoor Ali (Bahrain) 3:38.93; 7. Andrew Baddeley (Britain) 3:39.14; 8. Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi (Kenya) 3:39.20.

5000 metres: 1. Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (Kenya) 13 minutes 38.16 seconds; 2. Micah Kogo (Kenya) 13:39.91; 3. Moses Masai (Kenya) 13:39.96; 4. Joseph Ebuya (Kenya) 13:40.43; 5. Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 13:40.49; 6. Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) 13:41.04; 7. Mo Farah (Britain) 13:41.61; 8. Thomas Longosiwa (Kenya) 13:42.39

110-metre hurdles: 1. Dayron Robles (Cuba) 12.92 seconds; 2. David Payne (US) 13.08; 3. Terrence Trammell (US) 13.15; 4. Anwar Moore (US) 13.18; 5. Ladji Doucoure (France) 13.27; 6. Allen Johnson (US) 13.36; 7. Sergiy Demidyuk (Ukraine) 13.37.

3000-metre steeplechase: 1. Paul Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) eight minutes 00.67second; 2. Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong (Kenya) 8:07.66; 3. Brimin Kipruto (Kenya) 8:11.05; 4. Bouabdellah Tahri (France) 8:14.38; 5. Wesley Kiprotich (Kenya) 8:14.88; 6. Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 8:17.91; 7. Mustafa Mohamed (Sweden) 8:20.33; 8. Steve Slattery (US) 8:20.94.

High jump: 1. Donald Thomas (Bahamas) 2.32 metres; 2. Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2.30; 3. Linus Thoernblad (Sweden) 2.27; 4. Germaine Mason (Britain) 2.27; 5. Tora Harris (US) 2.27; 6. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 2.27; 7. Tomas Janku (Czech Republic) 2.24; 8. Jesse Williams (US) 2.24.

Long jump: 1. Andrew Howe (Italy) 8.35 metres; 2. Brian Johnson (US) 8.16; 3. Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 8.12; 4. Christian Reif (Germany) 8.01; 5. Chris Tomlinson (Britain) 7.93; 6. Aleksey Lukashevich (Ukraine) 7.78; 7. John Moffitt (US) 7.72; 8. Miguel Pate (US) 7.71.

Pole vault: 1. Brad Walker (US) 5.91 metres; 2. Bjoern Otto (Germany) 5.86; 3. Steven Hooker (Australia) 5.81; 4. Danny Ecker (Germany) 5.81; 5. Denis Yurchenko (Ukraine) 5.70; 6. Jeff Hartwig (US) 5.70; 7. Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5.60; 8. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 5.60.

Hammer throw: 1. Ivan Tikhon (Belarus) 82.05 metres; 2. Krisztian Pars (Hungary) 78.42; 3. Koji Murofushi (Japan) 77.95; 4. Miloslav Konopka (Slovakia) 77.95; 5. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) 77.81; 6. Primoz Kozmus (Slovenia) 76.78; 7. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) 75.89; 8. Szymon Ziolkowski (Poland) 74.54.

Javelin throw: 1. Tero Pitkamaki (Finland) 88.19; 2. Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 85.06; 3. Magnus Arvidsson (Sweden) 83.37; 4. Teemu Wirkkala (Finland) 80.20; 5. Eriks Rags (Latvia) 77.40; 6. Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 76.09; 7. Stefan Wenk (Germany) 75.87; 8. Peter Esenwein (Germany) 72.91.

WOMEN’S:

100 metres: 1. Carmelita Jeter (US) 11.10 seconds; 2. Allyson Felix (US) 11.15; 3. Christine Arron (France) 11.20; 4. Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 11.29; 5. Lauryn Williams (US) 11.31; 6. Sheri-Ann Brooks (Jamaica) 11.33; 7. Ivet Lalova (Bulgaria) 11.59; 8. Joice Maduaka (Britain) 11.61.

400 metres: 1. Sanya Richards (US) 49.27 seconds; 2. Novlene Williams (Jamaica) 50.12; 3. Christine Ohuruogu (Britain) 50.20; 4. Amy Mbacke Thiam (Senegal) 50.33; 5. Nicola Sanders (Britain) 50.44; 6. Shericka Williams (Jamaica) 50.64; 7. Mary Wineberg (US) 50.73; 8. Ilona Usovich (Belarus) 51.38.

800 metres: 1. Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) one minute 57.87 seconds; 2. Maite Martinez (Spain) 1:58.14; 3. Marilyn Okoro (Britain) 1:58.76; 4. Lucia Klocova (Slovakia) 1:58.94; 5. Brigita Langerholc (Slovenia) 1:59.56; 6. Svetlana Cherkasova (Russia) 1:59.63; 7. Elisa Cusma Piccione (Italy) 1:59.67; 8. Jemma Simpson (Britain) 2:00.78.

3000 metres: 1. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) eight minutes 27.24 seconds; 2. Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 8:28.66; 3. Prisca Jepleting (Kenya) 8:29.06; 4. Linet Masai (Kenya) 8:42.54; 5. Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet (Kenya) 8:46.10; 6. Jessica Augusto (Portugal) 8:56.65; 7. Helen Clitheroe (Britain) 9:02.41; 8. Hattie Dean (Britain) 9:16.93.

400-metre hurdles: 1. Anna Jesien (Poland) 54.17 seconds; 2. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 54.19; 3. Melanie Walker (Jamaica) 54.31; 4. Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 54.99; 5. Tiffaney Williams (US) 55.01; 6. Natalya Ivanova (Russia) 55.60; 7. Natasha Danvers-Smith (Britain) 55.76; 8. Sandra Glover (US) 55.82.

Triple jump: 1. Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 14.78 metres; 2. Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Greece) 14.75; 3. Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 14.72; 4. Yamile Aldama (Sudan) 14.41; 5. Marija Sestak (Slovenia) 14.31; 6. Keila Costa (Brazil) 14.13; 7. Carlota Castrejana (Spain) 13.91; 8. Dana Veldakova (Slovakia) 13.81.

Shot put: 1. Nadezhda Ostapchuk (Belarus) 20.45 metres; 2. Valerie Vili (New Zealand) 20.40; 3. Nadine Kleinert (Germany) 19.36; 4. Petra Lammert (Germany) 19.12; 5. Cleopatra Borel (Trinidad and Tobago) 18.66; 6. Chiara Rosa (Italy) 17.82; 7. Kristin Heaston (US) 17.26.

Discus throw: 1. Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 62.58 metres; 2. Vera Cechlova (Czech Republic) 62.04; 3. Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 61.75; 4. Becky Breisch (US) 60.26; 5. Beatrice Faumuina (New Zealand) 58.68; 6. Suzy Powell (US) 57.85; 7. Anna Soederberg (Sweden) 57.54; 8. Elisangela Adriano (Brazil) 54.10.—Reuters