BERLIN, June 2: Kenyan teenager Pamela Jelimo clocked the fastest women’s 800 metres for nearly 11 years in only her fourth race over two laps at the Berlin Golden League meeting on Sunday.
Jelimo, 18, who took up the event just three months ago, ran away from a formidable field in one minute 54.99 seconds. Only five women have run faster.
“The time is fantastic,” Jelimo, who won by a staggering four seconds, told reporters. “I knew I was well prepared and ready to show strong results.”
LaShawn Merritt upset Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner in the men’s 400 metres after a dramatic stride-for-stride contest over the final 50 metres before a near-record crowd of 67,124 in Berlin’s Olympic stadium.
Merritt edged ahead of his fellow-American to win in a year’s best of 44.03 seconds.
“Beating Wariner is nice, but it’s just one race,” said Merritt, who finished second behind the Texan at last year’s world championships. “I train to win and that’s what I did. But he’s a great competitor and this definitely wasn’t his best race.”
World high jump champion Blanka Vlasic, among the biggest favourites for a share of the $1 million Golden League jackpot, won her event with a 2.03 metres leap, equalling her own world leading performance. It was the 25th consecutive victory for the 25-year-old Croatian, the longest current winning streak in the sport.“It was not that easy, but I had it under control,” Vlasic said. “I nearly jumped 2.06 so that’s quite good.”
Kenyan Augustine Choge of Kenya took a commanding victory in the 1,500 metres in a time of 3:31.57.
Another Kenyan, Moses Masai won the 5,000 metres in 12:50.55, breaking Haile Gebreselassie’s meeting record set 13 years ago. World indoor 3,000 champion Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia was second.
The next Golden League meeting is the Bislett Games in Oslo next Friday.
Results:
Men’s:
100 metres: 1. Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 10.08 seconds; 2. Kim Collins (St Kitts and Nevis) 10.12; 3. Ivory Williams (US) 10.13; 4. Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) 10.16; 5. Derrick Atkins (Bahamas) 10.18; 6. Marlon Devonish (Britain) 10.18; 7. Michael Frater (Jamaica) 10.23; 8. Rikki Fifton (Britain) 10.47.
400 metres: 1. LaShawn Merritt (US) 44.03 seconds; 2. Jeremy Wariner (US) 44.07; 3. Chris Brown (Bahamas) 44.68; 4. Angelo Taylor (US) 45.08; 5. Gary Kikaya (Democratic Republic of the Congo) 45.36; 6. Ricardo Chambers (Jamaica) 45.52; 7. Johan Wissman (Sweden) 45.58; 8. Florian Seitz (Germany) 46.47.
800 metres: 1. Abraham Chepkirwok (Uganda) one minute 44.53 seconds; 2. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) 1:44.68; 3. Alfred Kirwa (Kenya) 1:44.99; 4. Amine Laalou (Morocco) 1:45.14; 5. Pawel Czapiewski (Poland) 1:45.19; 6. Achraf Tadili (Canada) 1:45.29; 7. Benjamin Kiplagat (Uganda) 1:45.53; 8. Nabil Madi (Algeria) 1:45.62.
1,500 metres: 1. Augustine Choge (Kenya) three minutes 31.57 seconds; 2. Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (Kenya) 3:31.91; 3. Shedrack Kibet Korir (Kenya) 3:31.99; 4. Abdelati Iguider (Morocco) 3:32.10; 5. Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 3:32.16; 6. Geoffrey Rono (Kenya) 3:32.55; 7. Youssef Baba (Morocco) 3:33.85; 8. Mohamed Moustaoui (Morocco) 3:34.38.
5,000 metres: 1. Moses Masai (Kenya) 12 minutes 50.55 seconds; 2. Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 12:52.45; 3. Moses Kipsiro (Uganda) 12:54.70; 4. Abreham Cherkos (Ethiopia) 12:57.56; 5. Silas Kipruto (Kenya) 13:02.86; 6. Micah Kogo (Kenya) 13:13.12; 7. Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (Kenya) 13:13.53; 8. Mangata Ndiwa (Kenya) 13:14.94.
110-metre hurdles: 1. David Oliver (US) 13.19 seconds; 2. Dayron Robles (Cuba) 13.20; 3. Ryan Wilson (US) 13.30; 4. Joel Brown (US) 13.52; 5. Thomas Blaschek (Germany) 13.57; 6. Sergiy Demidyuk (Ukraine) 13.58; 7. Gregory Sedoc (Netherlands) 13.65; 8. Andy Turner (Britain) 13.71.
400-metre hurdles: 1. Bershawn Jackson (US) 48.73 seconds; 2. Adrian Findlay (Jamaica) 49.13; 3. Marek Plawgo (Poland) 49.24; 4. Louis van Zyl (South Africa) 49.43; 5. Periklis Iakovakis (Greece) 49.78; 6. Angelo Taylor (US) 50.06; 7. James Carter (US) 51.45; 8. Lars-Birger Hense (Germany) 52.07.
Long jump: 1. Hussein Al Sabee (Saudi Arabia) 8.21 metres; 2. Godfrey Mokoena (South Africa) 8.18; 3. Mohamed Al Khuwalidi (Saudi Arabia) 8.17; 4. Gable Garenamotse (Botswana) 8.15; 5. Andrew Howe (Italy) 8.10; 6. Miguel Pate (US) 8.02; 7. Irving Saladino (Panama) 7.92; 8. Kofi Amoah Prah (Germany) 7.82.
Pole vault: 1. Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 5.85 metres; 2. Maksym Mazuryk (Ukraine) 5.80; 3. Sergey Kucheryanu (Russia) 5.75; 4. Danny Ecker (Germany) 5.70; 5. Richard Spiegelburg (Germany) 5.60; 5. Fabian Schulze (Germany) 5.60; 7. Bjoern Otto (Germany) 5.50; 7. Alhaji Jeng (Sweden) 5.50.
Discus throw: 1. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 69.12 metres; 2. Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 69.12; 3. Robert Harting (Germany) 67.70; 4. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 66.57; 5. Mario Pestano (Spain) 66.39; 6. Piotr Malachowski (Poland) 65.24; 7. Rutger Smith (Netherlands) 64.20; 8. Michael MoEllenbeck (Germany) 62.29.
Javelin throw: 1. Tero Pitkaemaeki (Finland) 85.20 metres; 2. Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 85.19; 3. Tero Jaervenpaeae (Finland) 84.07; 4. Magnus Arvidsson (Sweden) 82.63; 5. Mike Hazle (US) 81.14; 6. Igor Janik (Poland) 79.89; 7. Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 79.25; 8. Jarrod Bannister (Australia) 78.79.
Women’s:
200 metres: 1. Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 22.43 seconds; 2. Yuliya Gushchina (Russia) 22.58; 3. Kerron Stewart (Jamaica) 22.58; 4. Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (France) 22.73; 5. Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 22.77; 6. Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas) 22.96; 7. Stephanie Durst (US) 23.07; 8. Tezdzhan Naimova (Bulgaria) 23.44.
800 metres: 1. Pamela Chelimo (Kenya) one minute 54.99 seconds; 2. Yuliya Krevsun (Ukraine) 1:58.98; 3. Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 1:59.13; 4. Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 1:59.34; 5. Liliana Popescu (Romania) 1:59.80; 6. Brigita Langerholc (Slovenia) 1:59.90; 7. Elisa Cusma Piccione (Italy) 1:59.90; 8. Tatyana Petlyuk (Ukraine) 2:00.09.
5,000 metres: 1. Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet (Kenya) 15 minutes 05.09 seconds; 2. Priscah Jepleting Cherono (Kenya) 15:06.77; 3. Grace Kwamboka Momanyi (Kenya) 15:08.62; 4. Bizunesh Urgesa (Ethiopia) 15:08.66; 5. Jennifer Rhines (US) 15:09.40; 6. Philes Ongori (Kenya) 15:09.59; 7. Esther Chemutai (Kenya) 15:10.34; 8. Sule Utura (Ethiopia) 15:11.63.
100-metre hurdles: 1. Josephine Onyia (Spain) 12.50 seconds; 2. Susanna Kallur (Sweden) 12.54; 3. Lolo Jones (US) 12.57; 4. Vonette Dixon (Jamaica) 12.71; 5. Kellie Wells (US) 12.72; 6. Carolin Nytra (Germany) 12.92; 7. Sally McLellan (Australia) 12.94; 8. Brigitte Foster-Hylton (Jamaica) 12.97.High jump: 1. Blanka Vlasic (Croatia) 2.03 metres; 2. Ariane Friedrich (Germany) 2.00; 3. Anna Chicherova (Russia) 1.97; 4 equal. Tia Hellebaut (Belgium) 1.93, 4 equal. Vita Palamar (Ukraine) 1.93; 6. Tatyana Kivimyagi (Russia) 1.93; 7. Chaunte Howard (US) 1.93; 8. Marina Aitova (Kazakhstan) 1.93.—Reuters
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