BOLT BLAZES TO 100-METER WORLD RECORD, WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

SI.com
Sunday August 16, 2009 4:02PM

Usain Bolt blew away a strong field, including American Tyson Gay,
who finished second in a new national record.

BERLIN (AP) — Usain Bolt crossed the finish line, saw his
record-setting time on the clock and spread his arms as if he were
soaring like a bird.

About all this guy can’t do is fly. And by saving his celebration until
after the finish line this time, he showed how fast a man really can
go on two feet.

The Jamaican shattered the world record again Sunday, running
100 meters in 9.58 seconds at the world championships to turn his
much-anticipated race against Tyson Gay into a one-man show.

That was 0.11 seconds faster than the mark he set last year at the
Beijing Olympics — the biggest improvement in the 100-meter record
since electronic timing began in 1968.

Gay, his closest rival, broke the American mark with his 9.71
performance and still looked like he was jogging — finishing a few
big strides behind Bolt in second place.

Bolt’s only competition these days is the clock.

And when he’s really trying, not hot-dogging it over the line the
way he did in China, even time itself doesn’t stand a chance.

"I don’t run for world records," said Bolt, who crossed the line,
his yam-colored Pumas kicking high, with a slight breeze at his back
on a clear summer night in Germany.

Yet those records always seem to find him.

He thinks he can go even lower.

"I know I said 9.4," Bolt said, grinning. "You never know. I’ll just
keep on working."

The record came on the one-year anniversary of his 9.69 in Beijing,
when Bolt shut his race down early, waving his arms and celebrating
about 10 meters before he got to the line. Some, like Jacques Rogge
of the International Olympic Committee, viewed it as a sign of bad
sportsmanship. Most saw it as a welcome sigh of relief for a sport
that needed some good news after years of doping and scandal.

Even this week, the Jamaican track team was making headlines for the
wrong reasons — a complicated doping case. Then a group of athletes
who were uninvited to the worlds by the country’s track officials
because they didn’t participate in team training camp got reinvited
at the request of international officials.

Bolt made everyone forget about that and showed, once again, what a
great sport track can be when the focus is on the oval, not doping
control and the meeting rooms.

Bolt ran his latest unforgettable race at Olympic Stadium in Berlin,
the history-filled home of the 1936 Olympics where Jesse Owens became
the world’s biggest track star. Bolt lives in Owens’ stratosphere
now, having set the 100 world record three times and also owning
the 200-meter record thanks to the 19.30 he ran in Beijing to break
Michael Johnson’s 12-year-old mark.

Now he has added the world championship, last won by Gay in 2007,
to his Olympic title.

A Stanford professor estimated he could’ve gone about 9.55 if he’d
run full out through the line in Beijing. Bolt almost made that guy
look like a genius.

"He’s like a created game person," American Darvis Patton said. "I
can’t imagine going 9.71 and not winning. That will win every race
in history except for today (and at the Olympics)."

It’s easy to see how Bolt became such a crowd favorite, unlike many
of the stoic champions of the past. He loves to entertain. He is
rewriting the record books and changing the face of track in another
way — putting a smile on it.

Before climbing into the blocks, Bolt gave spectators a quick wave
and did his trademark bow-and-arrow pose.

That drew big applause.

Then the real show started.

Unlike the Olympics, when he skidded from the blocks, Bolt burst out
this time, opening a sizable lead on the field after 20 meters.

>From there, it could have been a stroll in the park. But there was
no letting up this time. Before crossing the line, he glanced to his
right to check on Gay once — not in the picture — and then back at
the clock. His face lit up as he spotted the digits "9.58" appear on
the screen next to the track.

The party was on. He grabbed a flag and did a victory lap with
countryman Asafa Powell, who finished with the bronze (9.84).

They even stopped midway down the track and did a little dance
number. Too bad the song wasn’t from rapper Akon, who wrote about
the sprinter in a song, the lyric going, "Quicker than Usain Bolt,
the fastest thing runnin’."

Next came pictures — lots of flashes popping — and hugs as Bolt
greeted everyone who called his name — and they were numerous. The
entire victory lap took about 20 minutes.

Or about 19:50.42 longer than it took to run his 100.

Standing back at the finish line, waiting for him to finish up,
was Gay. He paced around, clearly agitated.

Not in anger at losing, though.

No, he wanted off the track, but wasn’t allowed by an official. Gay
was complimentary of his rival in a race that lived up to the hype.

"I’ve been telling you someone could run 9.5," Gay said. "I’m happy he
did it, it showed a human can take it to another level. Unfortunately,
I wasn’t the one to do it, but I still have confidence I can do it
one day."

Gay didn’t have much of a chance. Not against Bolt. And certainly
not with a groin injury that he admitted to Saturday. He said it was
worse than he let on, but refused to use it as a convenient excuse.

"I showed a lot of heart," Gay said. "I put it together the best
I could."

Powell was right beside Bolt his entire journey around the track,
then through the interview area.

For Powell, Bolt is like a blessing. The one-time world-record holder
no longer carries the weight of a country by himself. In fact, he’s
becoming a bit player in these dramas.

"He really knows how to perform under pressure," Powell said. "I need
to take a page out of his book."

All sprinters would love to.

The big question, though, is whether it’s realistic to aim for Bolt.

"There’s nothing you can do about what Usain Bolt does," Johnson said
in an interview last month. "Just be the best they can be. What Usain
Bolt is able to do should be fuel as to what’s possible."

Possible for one man, at least. The rest of the competition is simply
watching him from afar.

Results Sunday At Olympic Stadium Berlin Men 100 Semifinals Heat 1 —
1, q-Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 9.89. 2, q-Daniel Bailey, Antigua, 9.96. 3
q-Darvis Patton, United States, 9.98. 4, q-Marc Burns, Trinidad
and Tobago, 10.01. 5, Michael Rodgers, United States, 10.04. 6,
Martial Mbandjock, France, 10.18. 7, Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Norway,
10.20. Tyrone Edgar, Britain, DQ.

Heat 2 — 1, q-Tyson Gay, United States, 9.93. 2, q-Asafa Powell,
Jamaica, 9.95. 3, q-Richard Thompson, Trinidad and Tobago, 9.98. 4,
q-Dwain Chambers, Britain, 10.04. 5, Michael Frater, Jamaica, 10.14. 6,
Monzavous Edwards, United States, 10.14. 7, Gerald Phiri, Zambia,
10.19. 8, Naoki Tsukahara, Japan, 10.25.

Final 1, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 9.58 (world record; old record, Bolt,
Aug. 16, 2008). 2, Tyson Gay, United States, 9.71. 3, Asafa Powell,
Jamaica, 9.84. 4, Daniel Bailey, Antigua, 9.93. 5, Richard Thompson,
Trinidad and Tobago, 9.93. 6, Dwain Chambers, Britain, 10.00. 7,
Marc Burns, Trinidad and Tobago. 10.00. 8, Darvis Patton, United
States, 10.34.

400 Hurdles Semifinals Heat 1 — 1, q-Kerron Clement, United States,
48.00. 2, q-Felix Sanchez, Dominican Republic, 48.34. 3, q-Javier
Culson, Puerto Rico, 48.43. 4, q-Danny McFarlane, Jamaica, 48.49. 5,
q-Jehue Gordon, Trinidad and Tobago, 48.77. 6, L.J. van Zyl, South
Africa, 48.80. 7, Andres Silva, Uruguay, 49.34. 8, Brendan Cole,
Australia, 49.92.

Heat 2 — 1, q-Bershawn Jackson, United States, 48.23 2, q-David
Greene, Britain, 48.27. 3, q-Periklis Iakovakis, Greece, 48.73. 4,
Isa Phillips, Jamaica, 48.93. 5, Omar Cisneros, Cuba, 49.21. 6,
Johnny Dutch, United States, 49.28. 7, Tristan Thomas, Australia,
49.76. 8, Kazuaki Yoshida, Japan, 50.34.

3,000 Steeplechase Qualifying Heat 1 — 1, q-Richard Kipkemboi
Mateelong, Kenya, 8 minutes, 17.99 seconds. 2, q-Tareq Mubarak Taher,
Bahrain, 8:18.13. 3, q-Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenya, 8:18.16. 4, q-Roba
Gary, Ethiopia, 8:18.22. 5, q-Abubaker Ali Kamal, Qatar, 8:18.95. 6,
Abdelatif Chemlal, Morocco, 8:25.68. 7, Tomasz Szymkowiak, Poland,
8:27.93. 8, Mario Bazan, Peru, 8:28.67. 9, Pieter Desmet, Belgium,
8:31.81. 10, Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieaux, France, 8:41.85. 11, Per
Jacobsen, Sweden, 8:44.80. 12, Angel Mullera, Spain, 8:47.40. Kyle
Alcorn, United States, DNF.

Heat 2 — 1, q-Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Kenya, 8:18.07. 2, q-Bouabdellah
Tahri, France, 8:18.23. 3, q-Ruben Ramolefi, South Africa, 8:18.24. 4,
q-Benjamin Kiplagat, Uganda, 8:18.55. 5, q-Jukka Keskisalo, Finland,
8:22.00. 6, q-Mustafa Mohamed, Sweden, 8:22.92. 7, Jose Luis Blanco,
Spain, 8:24.07. 8, Krijn van Koolwijk, Belgium, 8:24.22. 9, Ildar
Minshin, Russia, 8:33.89. 10, Rob Watson, Canada, 8:44.73. 11, Youcef
Abdi, Australia, 8:49.88. 12, Legese Lamiso, Ethiopia, 8:51.63. 13,
Joshua McAdams, United States, 9:02.19.

Heat 3 — 1, q-Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya, 8:19.36. 2, q-Jamel Chatbi,
Morocco, 8:20.26. 3, q-Yacob Jarso, Ethiopia, 8:20.91. 4, q-Eliseo
Martin, Spain, 8:24.29. 5, Ion Luchianov, Moldova, 8:27.41. 6,
Bjornar Ustad Kristensen, Norway, 8:28.49. 7, Steffen Uliczka,
Germany, 8:37.83. 8, Simon Ayeko, Uganda, 8:37.86. 9, Yoshitaka
Iwamizu, Japan, 8:39.03. 10, Bostjan Buc, Slovenia, 8:40.56. 11,
Alberto Paulo, Portugal, 8:43.13. 12, Daniel Huling, United States,
8:46.79. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, France, DNF.

Triple Jump Qualifying Group A — 1, q-Phillips Idowu, Britain,
56-10. 2, q-Leevan Sands, Bahamas, 56-5 1/2. 3, q-Arnie David Girat,
Cuba, 56-3 1/4. 4, q-Momchil Karailiev, Bulgaria, 56-0. 5, q-Igor
Spasovkhodskiy, Russia, 55-10 1/4. 6, q-Nathan Douglas, Britain, 55-9
1/4. 7, q-Dmitrij Valukevic, Slovakia, 55-7 3/4, 8, Onochie Achike,
Britain, 55-7. 9, Fabrizio Schembri, Italy, 55-4 3/4. 10, Yoandris
Betanzos, Cuba, 55-0 1/4. 11, Dzmitry Dziatsuk, Belarus, 54-4 3/4. 12,
Deokhyeon Kim, South Korea, 54-4 3/4. 13, Yevgen Semenenko, Ukraine,
54-3 1/4. 14, Julian Reid, Jamaica, 54-1 1/4. 15, Jefferson Sabino,
Brazil, 53-7 1/2. 16, Samyr Laine, Haiti, 53-7 1/2. 17, Kenta Bell,
United States, 53-6 1/2. 18, Mohamed Yusuf Salman, Bahrain, 52-8. 19,
Vladimir Letnicov, Moldova, 52-1 1/4. 20, Fabrizio Donato, Italy,
51-10 1/2. 21, Andres Capellan, Spain, 51-10. Charles Michael Friedek,
Germany, NM. Yochai Halevi, Israel, DNS.

Group B — 1, q-Nelson Evora, 57-2 3/4. 2, q-Yanxi Li, China, 56-8. 3,
q-Teddy Tamgho, France, 56-1 3/4. 4, q-Jadel Gregorio, Brazil,
55-11 3/4. 5, q-Alexis Copello, Cuba, 55-9. 6, Brandon Roulhac,
United States, 55-7. 7, Tosin Oke, Nigeria, 55-4 1/4. 8, Randy Lewis,
Grenada, 54-10 3/4. 9, Mykola Savolaynen, Ukraine, 54-10 1/4. 10,
Hugo Chila, Ecuador, 54-9 1/2. 11, Hugo Mamba-Schlick, Cameroon,
54-6 3/4. 12, Walter Davis, United States, 54-6 1/2. 13. Alwyn Jones,
Australia, 54-4 1/2. 14, Viktor Yastrebov, Ukraine, 53-6 1/4. 15,
Evgeniy Plotnir, Russia, 53-5 1/2. 16, Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greece,
53-3. 17, Daniele Greco, Italy, 53-1. 18, Yevgeniy Ektov, Kazakhstan,
52-11. 19, Mantas Dilys, Lithuania, 52-9 1/2. 20, Lauri Leis, Estonia,
52-5 1/4. 21, Leonardo Elisiario dos Santos, Brazil, 52-4. 22, Hung
Nguyen Van, Vietnam, 51-0 3/4. 23, Kuan Wong Si, Macau, 48-6.

Women 100 Qualifying Heat 1 — 1, q-Lucimar Aparecida de Moura,
Brazil, 11.41. 2, q-Shelly-Ann Fraser, Jamaica, 11.41. 3, q-Marion
Wagner, Germany, 11.49. 4, q-Yomara Hinestroza, Colombia, 11.61. 5,
Paulette Zang Milama, Gabon, 11.74. 6, Balpreet Kaur Purba, Singapore,
12.30. Yvonne Bennett, Northern Mariana Islands, DNS.

Heat 2 — 1, q-Kerron Stewart, Jamaica, 11.31. 2, q-Vida Anim, Ghana,
11.38. 3, q-Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria, 11.48. 4, q-Chisato Fukushima,
Japan, 11.52. 5, Ahamada Feta, Comoros, 11.80. 6, Fatou Tiyana,
Gambia, 12.22. 7, Dana Abdul Razak, Iraq, 12.38.

Heat 3 — 1, q-Carmelita Jeter, United States, 11.22. 2, q-Virgil
Hodge, St. Kitts and Nevis, 11.47. 3, q-Rakia Al-Gassra, Bahrain,
11.49. 4, Carol Rodriguez, Puerto Rico, 11.64. 5, Halimat Ismaila,
Nigeria, 11.74. 6, Yah Soucko Koita, Mali, 12.16. 7, Rosa Mystique
Jones, Nauru, 13.42.

Heat 4 — 1, q-Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Bahamas, 11.26. 2, q-Verena
Sailer, Germany, 11.29. 3, q-Oludamola Osayomi, Nigeria, 11.49. 4,
q-Sonia Tavares, Portugal, 11.64. 5, Ivana Rozhman, Macedonia,
12.60. 6, Sorai Bella Reklai, Palau, 13.75. 7, Muqimyar Robina,
Afghanistan, 14.24.

Heat 5 — 1, q-Aleen Bailey, Jamaica, 11.29. 2, q-Evgeniya Polyakova,
Russia, 11.41. 3, q-Myriam Soumare, France, 11.45. 4, q-Ayanna
Hutchinson, Trinidad and Tobago, 11.54. 5, Ani Khachikyan, Armenia,
12.30. 6, Alice Khan, Seychelles, 12.64. 7, Mariama Bah, Guinea, 13.33.

Heat 6 — 1, q-Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica, 11.34. 2, q-Ezinne
Okparaebo, Norway, 11.35. 3, Semoy Hackett, Trinidad and Tobago,
11.36. 4, q-Sheniqua Ferguson, Bahamas, 11.57. 5, Gloria Diogo, Sao
Tome, 11.78. 6, Philaylack Sackpraseuth, Laos, 13.42. 7, Asenate Manoa,
Tuvalu, 13.75.

Heat 7 — 1, q-Lauryn Williams, United States, 11.36. 2, q-Tahesia
Harrigan, British Virgin Islands, 11.39. 3, q-Nataliya Pohrebnyak,
Ukraine, 11.54. 4, Momoko Takahashi, Japan, 11.75. 5, Martina Pretelli,
San Marino, 12.65. 6, Terani Faremiro, French Polynesia, 12.96. 7,
Tioiti Katutu, Kiribati, 14.38.

Heat 8 — 1, q-Chandra Sturrup, Bahamas, 11.28. 2, q-Anna Geflikh,
Russia, 11.47. 3, q-Guzel Khubbieva, Uzbekistan, 11.63. 4, Serafi
Anelies Unani, Indonesia, 12.05. 5, Elis Lapenmal, Vanuatu, 13.11. 6,
Savannah Sanitoa, American Samoa, 14.23. Blessing Okagbare, Nigeria,
DNS.

Heat 9 — 1, q-Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Trinidad and Tobago, 11.42. 2,
q-Muna Lee, United States, 11.44. 3, q-Eleni Artymata, Cyprus,
11.47. 4, Courtney Patterson, Virgin Islands, 11.88. 5, Pia Tajnikar,
Slovenia, 11.88. 6, Pauline Kwalea, Solomon Islands, 13.67. 7,
Beatriz Mangue, Equatorial Guinea, 14.03.

Quarterfinals Heat 1 — 1, q-Kerron Stewart, Jamaica, 10.92. 2,
q-Chandra Sturrup, Bahamas, 11.06. 3, q-Semoy Hackett, Trinidad
and Tobago, 11.37. 4, Guzel Khubbieva, Uzbekistan, 11.43. 5, Ezinne
Okparaebo, Norway, 11.44. 6, Evgeniya Polyakova, Russia, 11.52. 7,
Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria, 11.54. 8, Yomara Hinestroza, Colombia, 11.76.

Heat 2 — 1, q-Lauryn Williams, United States, 11.06. 2, q-Aleen
Bailey, Jamaica, 11.12. 3, q-Tahesia Harrigan, British Virgin Island,
11.21. 4, q-Vida Anim, Ghana, 11.34. 5, q-Elena Artymata, Cyprus,
11.37. 6, q-Ayanna Hutchinson, Trinidad and Tobago, 11.40. 7, Chisato
Fukushima, Japan, 11.43. 8, Myriam Soumare, France, 11.45.

Heat 3 — 1, q-Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica, 10.99. 2, q-Debbie
Ferguson-McKenzie, Bahamas, 11.08. 3, q-Muna Lee, United States,
11.13. 4, q-Verena Sailer, Germany, 11.26. 5, Anna Geflikh, Russia,
11.46. 6, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Ukraine, 11.49. 7, Rakia Al-Gassra,
Bahrain, 11.51. 8, Sonia Tavares, Portugal, 11.55.

Heat 4 — 1, q-Carmelita Jeter, United States, 10.94. 2, q-Shelly-Ann
Fraser, Jamaica, 11.02. 3, q-Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Trinidad and Tobago,
11.05. 4, Lucimar Aparecida de Moura, Brazil, 11.44. 5, Virgil Hodge,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 11.51. 6, Oludamola Osayomi, Nigeria, 11.55. 7,
Sheniqua Ferguson, Bahamas, 11.59. 8, Marion Wagner, Germany, 11.64.

400 Semifinals Heat 1 — 1, q-Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaica,
49.88. 2, q-Amantle Montsho, Botswana, 49.89. 3, q-Anastasiya
Kapachinskaya, Russia, 50.30. 4, Aliann Pompey, Guyana, 50.71. 5,
Jessica Beard, United States, 51.20. 6, Norma Gonzalez, Colombia,
51.91. 7, Kineke Alexander, St. Vincent and the Grenadines,
53.43. Amaka Ogoegbunam, Nigeria, DNF.

Heat 2 — 1, q-Shericka Williams, Jamaica, 49.51. 2, q-Antonina
Krivoshapka, Russia, 49.67. 3, q-Debbie Dunn, United States, 49.95. 4,
Nicola Sanders, Britain, 50.45. 5, Amy Mbacke Thiam, Senegal, 51.70. 6,
Folasade Abugan, Nigeria, 51.75. 7, Joy Nakhumicha Sakari, Kenya,
52.69. 8, Solen Desert-Mariller, France, 53.26.

Heat 3 — 1, q-Sanya Richards, United States, 50.21. 2, q-Christine
Ohuruogu, Britain, 50.35. 3, Lyudmila Litvinova, Russia, 50.52. 4,
Libania Grenot, Italy, 50.85. 5, Indira Terrero, Cuba, 51.87. 6,
Sorina Nwachukwu, Germany, 51.98. 7, Tiandra Ponteen, Saint Kitts
and Nevis, 53.22. 8, Christine Day, Jamaica, 53.46.

800 Qualifying Heat 1 — 1, q-Caster Semenya, South Africa, 2:02.51. 2,
q-Geena Gall, United States, 2:02.63. 3, q-Tetiana Petlyuk, Ukraine,
2:02.87. 4, Olga Cristea, Moldova, 2:03.99. 5, Neisha Bernard-Thomas,
Grenada, 2:04.55. 6, Madeleine Pape, Australia, 2:05.85. 7, Janeth
Jepkosgei Busienei, Kenya, 2:12.81.

Heat 2 — 1, q-Mariya Savinova, Russia, 2:03.27. 2, q-Jemma Simpson,
Britain, 2:03.33. 3, q-Mayte Martinez, Spain, 2:03.39. 4, q-Elodie
Guegan, France, 2:03.87. 5, Irina Krakoviak, Lithuania, 2:04.26. 6,
Elena Mirela Lavric, Romania, 2:04.49. 7, Leonor Piuza, Mozambique,
2:08.08.

Heat 3 — 1, q-Yuliya Krevsun, Ukraine, 2:02.20. 2, q-Jennifer Meadows,
Britain, 2:02.47. 3, q-Hazel Clark, United States, 2:02.67. 4,
q-Lucia Klocova, Slovakia, 2:02.98. 5, q-Marian Burnett, Guyana,
2:03.89. 6, Yeliz Kurt, Turkey, 2:13.42. 7, Aishath Reesha, Maldives,
2:28.00. Sanaa Abubkheet, Palestine, DQ.

Heat 4 — 1, q-Elisa Cusma Piccione, Italy, 2:02.33. 2, q-Anna
Rostkowska, Poland, 2:02.37. 3, q-Halima Hachlaf, Morocco, 2:02.46. 4,
q-Elena Kofanova, Russia, 2:02.49. 5, q-Lenka Masna, Czech Republic,
2:03.32. 6, Eleni Filandra, Greece, 2:06.39. 7, Natalia Gallego,
Andorra, 2:18.75.

Heat 5 — 1, q-Pamela Jelimo, Kenya, 2:03.50. 2, q-Maggie Vessey,
United States, 2:04.07. 3, q-Kenia Sinclair, 2:04.52. 4, Rosibel
Garcia, Colombia, 2:04.73. 5, Jana Hartmann, Germany, 2:04.99. 6,
Nataliia Lupu, Ukraine, 2:06.74. 7, Salome Dell, Papua New Guinea,
2:08.22.

Heat 6 — 1, q-Zulia Calatayud, Cuba, 2:02.33. 2, q-Hasna Benhassi,
Morocco, 2:02.83. 3, q-Marilyn Okoro, Britain, 2:03.07. 4, q-Svetlana
Klyuka, Russia, 2:03.40. 5, Daniela Reina, Italy, 2:06.30. 6, Anabelle
Lascar, Mauritius, 2:06.53. 7, Nikki Hamblin, New Zealand, 2:31.94.

20k Walk Final 1, Olga Kaniskina, Russia, 1 hour, 28 minutes,
9 seconds. 2, Olive Loughnane, Ireland, 1:28:58. 3, Hong Liu,
China, 1:29:10. 4. Anisya Kirdyapkina. Russia, 1:30:09. 5, Vera
Santos, Portugal, 1:30:35. 6, Beatriz Pascual, Spain, 1:30:40. 7,
Masumi Fuchise, Japan, 1:31:15. 8, Kristina Saltanovic, Lithuania,
1:31:23. 9, Elisa Rigaudo, Italy, 1:31:52. 10, Susana Feitor, Portugal,
1:32:42. 11, Ines Henriques, Portugal, 1:32:51. 12, Kumi Otoshi, Japan,
1:33:05. 13, Larisa Emelyanova, Russia, 1:34:31. 14, Vera Sokolova,
Russia, 1:34:55. 15, Sniazhana Yurchanka, Belarus, 1:34:57. 16,
Ana Maria Groza, Romania, 1:35:19. 17, Valentina Trapletti,
Italy, 1:35:33. 18, Mingxia Yang, China, 1:35:42. 19, Zuzana
Schindlerova, Czech Republic, 1:35:47. 20, Tania Regina Spindler,
Brazil, 1:35:51. 21, Evaggelia Xinou, Greece, 1:35:56. 22, Jess
Rothwell, Australia, 1:36:01. 23, Claudia Stef, Romania, 1:36:09. 24,
Brigita Virbalyte, Lithuania, 1:36:28. 25, Marie Polli, Switzerland,
1:36:44. 26, Zuzana Malikova, Slovakia, 1:37:47. 27, Claire Tallent,
Australia, 1:38:12. 28, Agnieszka Dygacz, Poland, 1:38:36. 29,
Alessandra Picagevicz, Brazil, 1:38:50. 30, Geovana Irusta, Bolivia,
1:39:16. 31, Chaima Trabelsi, Tunisia, 1:39:50. 32, Svetlana Tolstaya,
Kazakhstan, 1:40:41. 33, Johana Ordonez, Ecuador, 1:42:57. 34,
Anamaria Greceanu, Romania, 1:43:35. 35, Rachel Lavallee, Canada,
1:45:45. 36, Olha Yakovenko, Ukraine, 1:45:55. 37, Cristina Lopez,
El Salvador, 1:47:33. Cheryl Webb, Australia, DQ. Yawei Yang, China,
DQ. Johanna Jackson, Britain, DQ. Maria Hatzipanayiotidou, Greece,
DQ. Mayumi Kawasaki, Japan, DQ. Kjersti Platzer, Norway, DQ. Monica
Svensson, Sweden, DQ. Maria Vasco, Spain, DNF. Sabine Krantz, Germany,
DNF. Maria Galikova, Slovakia, DNF. Teresa Vaill, United States, DNF.

Shot Put Qualifying Group A — 1, q-Natallia Mikhnevich, Belarus,
62-8 3/4. 2, q-Anna Avdeeva, Russia, 62-1. 3, q-Denise Hinrichs,
Germany, 61-4. 4, q-Meiju Li, China, 60-9 1/2. 5, q-Christina
Schwanitz, Germany, 59-10 1/2. 6, q-Mailin Vargas, Cuba, 59-6 1/4. 7,
Anca Heltne, Romania, 58-9 1/2. 8, Chiara Rosa, Italy, 58-8 1/2. 9,
Austra Skujyte, Lithuania, 58-7 1/4. 10, Laurence Manfredi, France,
56-7 1/4. 11, Helena Engman, Sweden, 56-4 3/4. 12, Jillian Camarena,
United States, 55-6 1/4. 13, Annie Alexander, Trinidad and Tobago,
52-6 1/2. 14, Kristin Heaston, United States, 49-1 3/4.

Group B — 1, q-Valerie Vili, New Zealand, 64-7 3/4. 2, q-Nadine
Kleinert, Germany, 63-6 1/4. 3, q-Lijiao Gong, China, 62-7 1/4. 4,
q-Misleydis Gonzalez, 61-1 1/4. 5, q-Michelle Carter, United States,
60-6. 6, q-Xiangrong Liu, China, 59-4 3/4. 7, Cleopatra Borel-Brown,
Trinidad and Tobago, 59-0 1/4. 8, Mariam Kevkhishvili, Georgia, 58-10
3/4. 9, Yaniuvis Lopez, Cuba, 58-1 1/4. 10, Natalia Duco, Chile,
57-9 1/2. 11, Jessica Cerival, France, 56-9 1/4. 12, Anita Marton,
Hungary, 55-1 1/2. 13, Leyla Rajabi, Iran, 54-5 1/2. 14, Ana Pouhila,
Tonga, 52-9 1/2.

Final 1, Valerie Vili, New Zealand, 20.44. 2, Nadine Kleinert ,
Germany, 20.20. 3, Lijiao Gong, China, 19.89. 4, Natallia Mikhnevich,
Belarus, 19.66. 5, Anna Avdeeva, Russia, 19.66. 6, Michelle Carter,
United States, 18.96. 7, Meiju Li, China, 18.76. 8, Misleydis Gonzalez,
Cuba, 18.74. 9, Mailin Vargas, Cuba, 18.67. 10, Xiangrong Liu, China,
18.52. 11, Denise Hinrichs, Germany, 18.39. 12, Christina Schwanitz,
Germany, 17.84.

Javelin Qualifying Group A — 1, q-Maria Abakumova, Russia, 226-1. 2,
q-Linda Stahl, Germany, 209-6. 3, q-Martina Ratej, Slovenia, 208-1. 4,
q-Barbora Potakova, Czech Republic, 207-7. 5, q-Steffi Nerius, Germany,
202-6. 6, q-Monica Stoian, Romania, 197-9. 7, q-Vira Rebryk, Ukraine,
195-10. 8, q-Sava Lika, Greece, 195-8. 9, Goldie Sayers, Britain,
193-6. 10, Yainelis Ribiaux, Cuba, 188-3. 11, Mercedes Chilla, Spain,
185-11. 12, Maryna Novik, Belarus, 185-2. 13, Indre Jakubaityte,
Lithuania, 183-3. 14, Kara Patterson, United States, 172-11. 15,
Elisabeth Pauer, Austria, 166-11. 16, Serafina Akeli, Samoa, 162-8.

Group B — 1, q-Olisdeilys Menendez, Cuba, 203-2. 2, q-Christina
Obergfoll, Germany, 199-3. 3, q-Rachel Yurkovich, United States,
195-5. 4, q-Maria Nicoleta Negoita, Romania, 195-1. 5, Mikaela
Ingberg, Finland, 189-11. 6, Kimberley Mickle, Australia, 188-6. 7,
Olha Ivankova, Ukraine, 186-8. 8, Sunette Viljoen, South Africa,
186-5. 9, Urszula Piwnicka, Poland, 185-4. 10, Yanet Cruz, Cuba,
184-4. 11, Asdis Hjalmsdottir, Iceland, 183-3. 12, Yuki Ebihara,
Japan, 179-10. 13, Moonika Aava, Estonia, 176-8. 14, Madara Palameika,
Latvia, 173-10. 15, Valeriya Zabruskova, Russia, 173-5.

Heptathlon Long Jump Group A — 1, Aiga Grabuste, Latvia, 21-0. 2, Ida
Antoinette Nana Djimou, France, 20-9. 3, Kaie Kand, Estonia, 19-8. 4,
Marisa De Aniceto, France, 19-7. 5, Jessica Samuelsson, Sweden,
19-4 1/2. 6, Aryiro Strataki, Greece, 19-3 1/4. 7, Yvonne Wisse,
Netherlands, 19-3 1/4. 8, Brianne Theisen, Canada, 19-1 1/4. 9, Eliska
Klucinova, Czech Republic, 18-11 3/4. 10, Sharon Day, United States,
18-8. 11, Linda Zublin, Switzerland, 18-8. 12, Sushmitha Singha Roy,
India, 17-9 3/4. Ida Marcussen, Norway, NM. Sara Aerts, Belgium, DNS.

Group B — 1, Kamila Chudzik, Poland, 21-6. 2, Tatyana Chernova,
Russia, 21-4. 3, Hanna Melnychenko, Ukraine, 21-1 1/4. 4, Jennifer
Oeser, Germany, 21-0 3/4. 5, Natallia Dobrynska, Ukraine, 21-0 1/2. 6,
Julia Machtig, Germany, 20-10 3/4. 7, Jessica Ennis, Britain, 20-7
3/4. 8, Diana Pickler, United States, 20-5 3/4. 9, Yuliya Tarasova,
Uzbekistan, 20-5 1/4. 10, Lyudmyla Yosypenko, Ukraine, 20-4 1/4. 11,
Bettie Wade, United States, 20-3 1/2. 12, Louise Hazel, Britain,
20-1 1/2. 13, Nadja Casadei, Sweden, 18-11 3/4. Lilli Schwarzkopf,
Germany, DNS. Karolina Tyminska, Poland, DNS. Javelin Group A — 1,
Linda Zublin, Switzerland, 173-11. 2, Ida Marcussen, Norway, 164-1. 3,
Kamila Chudzik, Poland, 159-10. 4, Marisa De Aniceto, France, 158-9. 5,
Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou, France, 157-3. 6, Lyudmyla Yosypenko,
Ukraine, 153-9. 7, Brianne Theisen, Canada, 143-10. 8, Jessica
Ennis, Britain, 142-10. 9, Aiga Grabuste, Latvia, 142-9. 10, Natallia
Dobrynska, Ukraine, 142-0. 11, Hanna Melnychenko, Ukraine, 138-7. 12,
Tatyana Chernova, Russia, 137-5. 13, Eliska Klucinova, 135-1. 14,
Julia Machtig, Germany, 133-6. Lilli Schwarzkopf, Germany, DNS.

Group B — 1, Jennifer Oeser, Germany, 153-2. 2, Sharon Day,
United States, 144-10. 3, Louise Hazel, Britain, 142-9. 4, Aryiro
Strataki, Greece, 140-7. 5, Diana Pickler, United States, 134-11. 6,
Yuliya Tarasova, Uzbekistan, 134-1. 7, Kaie Kand, Estonia, 123-7. 8,
Jessica Samuelsson, Sweden, 121-10. 9, Bettie Wade, United States,
120-5. 10, Sushmitha Singha Roy, India, 118-2. 11, Yvonne Wisse,
Netherlands, 110-11. 12, Nadja Casadei, Sweden, 106-0. Sara Aerts,
Belgiu, DNS. Karolina Tyminska, Poland, DNS.

800 Heat 1 — 1, Nadja Casadei, Sweden, 2:12.66. 2, Ida Marcussen,
Norway, 2:13.81. 3, Yvonne Wisse, Netherlands, 2:15.58. 4, Eliska
Klucinova, Czech Republic, 2:23.79. 5, Bettie Wade, United States,
2:25.50. 6, Sushmitha Singha Roy, India, 2:36.13.

Heat 2 — 1, Jessica Samuelsson, Sweden, 2:10.34. 2, Kaie Kand,
Estonia, 2:11.92. 3, Brianne Theisen, Canada, 2:12.62. 4, Aryiro
Strataki, Greece, 2:16.72. 5, Linda Zublin, Switzerland, 2:17.01. 6,
Yuliya Tarasova, Uzbekistan, 2:35.05.

Heat 3 — 1, Tatyana Chernova, Russia, 2:09.11. 2, Sharon Day,
United States, 2:13.84. 3, Marisa De Aniceto, France, 2:14.80. 4,
Diana Pickler, United States, 2:15.60. 5, Louise Hazel, Britain,
2:15.85. 6, Aiga Grabuste, Latvia, 2:17.43.

Heat 4 — 1, Jessica Ennis, Britain, 2:12.22. 2, Hanna Melnychenko,
Ukraine, 2:12.85. 3, Natallia Dobrynska, Ukraine, 2:13.22. 4, Jennifer
Oeser, Germany, 2:14.34. 5, Lyudmyla Yosypenko, Ukraine, 2:14.64. 6,
Julia Machtig, Germany, 2:17.07. 7, Ida Antoinette Nana Djimou,
France, 2:17.72. 8, Kamila Chudzik, Poland, 2:18.58.

Final Standings 1, Jessica Ennis, Britain, 6,731 points. 2,
Jennifer Oeser, Germany, 6,493. 3, Kamila Chudzik, Poland, 6,471. 4,
Natallia Dobrynska, Ukraine, 6,444. 5, Lyudmyla Yosypenko, Ukraine,
6,416. 6, Hanna Melnychenko, Ukraine, 6,414. 7, Ida Antoinette Nana
Djimou, France, 6,323. 8, Tatyana Chernova, Russia, 6,288. 9, Julia
Machtig, Germany, 6,265. 10, Sharon Day, United States, 6,126. 11,
Diana Pickler, United States, 6,086. 12, Marisa De Aniceto, France,
6,049. 13, Aiga Grabuste, Latvia, 6,033. 14, Louise Hazel, Britain,
6,008. 15, Brianne Theisen, Canada, 5,949. 16, Linda Zublin,
Switzerland, 5,934. 17, Jessica Samuelsson, Sweden, 5,885. 18, Kaie
Kand, Estonia, 5,760. 19, Aryiro Strataki, Greece, 5,748. 20, Yvonne
Wisse, Netherlands, 5,704. 21, Yuliya Tarasova, Uzbekistan, 5,658. 22,
Nadja Casadei, Sweden, 5,598. 23, Eliska Klucinova, Czech Republic,
5,505. 24, Bettie Wade, United States, 5,134. 25, Ida Marcussen,
Norway, 5,014. 26, Sushmitha Singha Roy, India, 4,983. Karolina
Tyminska, Poland, DNF. Sara Aerts, Belgium, DNF. Lilli Scwarzkopf,
Germany, DNF.

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