Robles Breaks Liu Xiangs' Hurdle Record-12.87 in Ostrava!

June 12, 2008. Ostrava, Czech Republic-the Golden Spike Grand Prix-IAAF World Athletics Tour–
In a meet where Usain Bolt was to be the story, a hurdler and a hour run put Mr. Bolt in the small print! Two world records in one afternoon!
In only his third race of the year, Dayron Robles of Cuba has set a world record! In the lead from the start, Robles took .01 seconds off the previous record of Liu Xiang of China, set on July 11, 2007 in Lausanne. The Cuban hurdler ran 12.87 today, in Ostrava, in front of a nearly packed house!
Robles, who had false started out of the World Indoors this past March, is on a roll. Today, in his world record, he defeated Terrance Trammell, who ran 13.21, and Sergiv Demidyuk of the Ukraine, who ran 13.42.
The Golden Spike is one of the few meetings where the hour run is featured. Last year, Mr. Gebrselassie broke the world record, this year, it was Tire Tune of Ethiopia,w ho added 177 meters to the previous record of 18,340m, set by Tegla Laroupe of Kenya in Borgholzhausen, Germany a decade ago, for a new world record of 18, 517 meters in 60 minutes!
For more, read on!

Usain Bolt, fresh off his world record for 100 meters, ran a super 19.82 for the 200 meters, winning by .35 seconds over Brian Zingai of Zimbawe in his first 200 meters. Mr. Bolt has been training soley for the 100 meters, but it is obvious that man can run over 200 meters.
Jeremy Wariner ran a scintillating 300 meters in 31.72, showing that he can surely run a 43 second flat 400 meters.
Abumaker Kaki Khamis ran a fine 1:43.80, leading eight under 1;46 here today. Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya defeated Tariku Bekele, 13:02.06 to 13:03.52, with seventeen under 13:17.2.
Tirunesh Dibaba, not recovered from her world record last weekend in the 5,000 meters, ran a comfortable 31:03.3 to lead six Ethiopians under 31:07 and the Olympic standard, 11 in the race were under 31:40. Dibaba did not have the Olympic
standard for 10,000 meters. RBR predicts Ms. Dibaba will double in Beijing.
12/06/2008
Zlata Tetra – Golden Spike
Ostrava, 12/06/2008
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Wind: +1.3 m/s
Pts
1 Atkins , Derrick BAH 10.07 10
2 Dzingai , Brian ZIM 10.25 8
3 Capel , John USA 10.27 7
4 Rodgers , Michael USA 10.30 6
5 Collio , Simone ITA 10.36 5
6 Osovnikar , Matic SLO 10.44 4
7 Milo , LukÃ¡Å¡ CZE 10.45 3
8 Trammell , Terrence USA 10.48 2
200 Metres – Men Wind: +0.3 m/s
Pts
1 Bolt , Usain JAM 19.83 10
2 Dzingai , Brian ZIM 20.17 8
3 Capel , John USA 20.71 7
4 Buckland , StÃ©phane MRI 20.74 6
5 Sulc , Vojtech CZE 20.77 5
6 VojtÃk , JirÃ CZE 20.80 4
7 Rodgers , Michael USA 20.92 3
8 Osovnikar , Matic SLO 20.99 2
300 Metres – Men
1 Wariner , Jeremy USA 31.72
2 Hession , Paul IRL 32.47
3 McKinney , Nathaniel BAH 33.01
4 McKee , Paul IRL 33.33
5 Prorok , Josef CZE 33.47
6 Schiller , Jan CZE 33.66
7 MaslÃ¡k , Pavel CZE 33.68
8 Å ebrle , Roman CZE 35.68
400 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Rooney , Martyn GBR 45.32 10
2 Gillick , David IRL 45.65 8
3 Chambers , Ricardo JAM 45.83 7
4 GÃ¶tz , Rudolf CZE 46.73 6
5 Å½nava , Peter SVK 46.78 5
6 Steffensen , John AUS 46.83 4
7 Lloyd , Chris DMA 46.92 3
8 Benjamin , Timothy GBR 47.94 2
800 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Kaki Khamis , Abubaker SUD 1:43.80 10
2 Rudisha , David Lekuta KEN 1:44.47 8
3 Lalang , Boaz Kiplagat KEN 1:44.69 7
4 RepcÃ¬k , Jozef SVK 1:44.94 6
5 Kipchoge , Gilbert KEN 1:45.25 5
6 Czapiewski , Pawel POL 1:45.87 4
7 Lewandowski , Marcin POL 1:45.90 3
8 HoluÅ¡a , Jakub CZE 1:46.43 2
9 Rimmer , Michael GBR 1:47.10
10 Ruza , Jaroslav CZE 1:48.49
Idriss , Abdulagadir SUD DNF
5000 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Kipchoge , Eliud KEN 13:02.06 10
2 Bekele , Tariku ETH 13:03.52 8
3 Songok , Isaac Kiprono KEN 13:06.25 7
4 Abdosh , Ali ETH 13:06.52 6
5 Merga , Imane ETH 13:08.20 5
6 Geneti , Markos ETH 13:08.22 4
7 Chepkok , Vincent Kiprop KEN 13:08.62 3
8 Zaman , Sultan Khamis QAT 13:09.60 2
9 Choge , Augustine Kiprono KEN 13:09.75 1
10 Ndiwa , Mang’ata Kimai KEN 13:10.09 1
11 Gebremeskel , Dejen ETH 13:10.62 1
12 Sefer , Dino ETH 13:11.69 1
13 Al-Outaibi , Moukheld KSA 13:12.78
14 Cragg , Alistair Ian IRL 13:16.12
15 Kipngetich , Robert Sigei KEN 13:17.07
16 Kiprop , Boniface UGA 13:17.26
17 Farah , Mohammed GBR 13:25.01
18 Dinkesa , Abebe ETH 13:36.42
19 Medhin , Teklemariam ERI 13:48.18
20 Kiptoo , Timothy KEN 13:53.88
Tahri , Bouabdellah FRA DNF
Chirchir , Eric KEN DNF
Ali , Thamer Kamal QAT DNF
110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: +0.9 m/s
Pts
1 Robles , Dayron CUB 12.87 10 +6 WR
2 Trammell , Terrence USA 13.21 8
3 Demidyuk , Sergiy UKR 13.42 7
4 Porter , Jeff USA 13.47 6
5 Svoboda , Petr CZE 13.48 5
6 Blaschek , Thomas GER 13.49 4
7 Sajdok , Stanislav CZE 13.53 3
8 Payne , David USA 13.64 2
Pole Vault – Men
Pts
1 Lukyanenko , Evgeniy RUS 5.77 10
2 Yurchenko , Denys UKR 5.72 8
3 Mazuryk , Maksym UKR 5.67 7
4 Lobinger , Tim GER 5.61 6
5 Schulze , Fabian GER 5.51 5
6 Blom , Rens NED 5.41 4
7 Kudlicka , Jan CZE 5.41 3
8 Janacek , Å tepÃ¡n CZE 5.41 2
PtÃ¡cek , Adam CZE NM
Jeng , Alhaji SWE NM
Hammer Throw – Men
Pts
1 Kozmus , PrimoÅ¾ SLO 80.27 10
2 Charfreitag , Libor SVK 79.18 8
3 Pars , KrisztiÃ¡n HUN 78.29 7
4 ZiÃ³lkowski , Szymon POL 75.94 6
5 Al-Zinkawi , Ali Mohamed KUW 75.76 5
6 Melich , Lukas CZE 73.57 4
7 SedlÃ¡cek , Pavel CZE 71.36 3
8 LomnickÃ½ , Marcel SVK 71.28 2
Javelin Throw – Men
Pts
1 VeselÃ½ , VÃtezslav CZE 78.00 10
2 Oosthuizen , John Robert RSA 76.27 8
3 Wenk , Stefan GER 74.84 7
4 MÃ¼ller , Stefan SUI 72.81 6
5 Bokor , MariÃ¡n SVK 72.24 5
6 Frydrych , Petr CZE 71.87 4
7 Revay , TomÃ¡Å¡ CZE 64.48 3
Women’ results
400 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Ohuruogu , Christine GBR 51.06 10
2 Floyd , Ebony USA 51.44 8
3 Veshkurova , Tatyana RUS 51.70 7
4 Antyukh , Natalya RUS 51.74 6
5 Selemela Thipe , Tsholofelo RSA 52.48 5
6 Prokopek , Grazyna POL 52.54 4
7 BartonickovÃ¡ , Jitka CZE 53.84 3
8 El Jack , Nawal SUD 53.93 2
800 Metres – Women
Pts
1 KlocovÃ¡ , Lucia SVK 1:59.54 10
2 Cusma Piccione , Elisa ITA 2:00.00 8
3 Kotlyarova , Olga RUS 2:00.09 7
4 Simpson , Jemma GBR 2:00.56 6
5 Lewis , Tamsyn AUS 2:00.87 5
6 Macharia , Faith KEN 2:00.95 4
7 Rostkowska , Anna POL 2:01.26 3
8 Okoro , Marilyn GBR 2:01.46 2
9 CapkovÃ¡ , Tereza CZE 2:03.21
10 MasnÃ¡ , Lenka CZE 2:04.06
11 Hak , Yvonne NED 2:06.12
EidrnovÃ¡ , DrahomÃra CZE DNF
10,000 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Dibaba , Tirunesh ETH 31:03.37 10
2 Dibaba , Ejegayehu ETH 31:04.05 8
3 Melkamu , Meselech ETH 31:04.93 7
4 Ayalew , Wude ETH 31:06.84 6
5 Kiros , Aheza ETH 31:06.93 5
6 Momanyi , Grace Kwamboka KEN 31:08.24 4
7 Masai , Linet Chepkwemoi KEN 31:14.98 3
8 Kiptoo , Jane KEN 31:15.79 2
9 Gelana , Tiki ETH 31:27.80 1
10 Changeywo , Doris Chepkwemoi KEN 31:31.01 1
11 Kipchumba , Irene Kwambai KEN 31:38.92 1
12 Papp , Krisztina HUN 32:16.50 1
13 Getaneh , Genet ETH 32:19.43
14 Jasim , Kareema BRN 32:20.13
15 RodrÃguez , Dulce MarÃa MEX 32:47.25
16 Gruca , Dorota POL 32:53.74
17 Johnson , Benita AUS 33:08.59
18 Jarzynska , Karolina POL 33:24.76
Vinokurova , Yuliya RUS DNF
Grove , Andrea CAN DNF
Zegergish , Furtuna ERI DNF
One Hour – Women
1 Tune , Dire ETH 18.517 WR
2 Sekyrova , Ivana CZE 16.422
3 BÃ©reÅ¡ovÃ¡ , Katarina SVK 16.154
Radiya Roba , Adilo ETH DNF
Firehiwot Tesfaye , Dado ETH DNF
Mamitu , Deska ETH DNF
Firsova , Olga CZE DNF
100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: +1.5 m/s
Pts
1 Jones , LoLo USA 12.68 10
2 Davis , Candice USA 12.79 8
3 Trywianska-Kollasch , Aurelia POL 12.83 7
4 Tejeda , Anay CUB 12.84 6
5 Wells , Kellie USA 12.98 5
6 O’Rourke , Derval IRL 13.06 4
7 MartincovÃ¡ , Lucie CZE 13.12 3
8 Å cerbovÃ¡ , Denisa CZE 13.32 2
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
Pts
1 Walker , Melaine JAM 54.42 10
2 Jesien , Anna POL 54.71 8
3 HejnovÃ¡ , Zuzana CZE 54.96 7
4 Spence , Christine USA 55.88 6
5 Tilgner , Jonna GER 55.92 5
6 Ivanova , Natalya RUS 56.78 4
7 Carey , Michelle IRL 57.40 3
8 Jabir Adam , Muna SUD 58.09 2
High Jump – Women
Pts
1 VlaÅ¡ic , Blanka CRO 2.05 10
2 Shkolina , Svetlana RUS 1.92 7.50
2 Savchenko , Ekaterina RUS 1.92 7.50
4 Green , Emma SWE 1.92 6
5 DubnovÃ¡ , Romana CZE 1.92 5
6 Stepaniuk , Kamila POL 1.89 4
7 StrakovÃ¡ , Iva CZE 1.89 3
8 Forrester , Nicole CAN 1.85 2
Hammer Throw – Women
Pts
1 Moreno , Yipsi CUB 76.16 10
2 DaniÅ¡ovÃ¡-HrasnovÃ¡ , Martina SVK 74.81 8
3 Wlodarczyk , Anita POL 70.66 7
4 Skolimowska , Kamila POL 70.50 6
5 Thondike , Arasay CUB 69.03 5
6 Klaas , Kathrin GER 68.09 4
7 Å afrÃ¡nkovÃ¡ , Katerina CZE 66.50 3
8 GrÃ³manovÃ¡ , Romana CZE 58.99 2
Javelin Throw – Women
Pts
1 ObergfÃ¶ll , Christina GER 67.72 10
2 Å potÃ¡kovÃ¡ , Barbora CZE 66.91 8
3 Nerius , Steffi GER 65.71 7
4 Sayers , Goldie GBR 63.66 6
5 MenÃ©ndez , Osleidys CUB 62.85 5
6 KlimeÅ¡ovÃ¡ , Jarmila CZE 60.13 4
7 BrejchovÃ¡ , Nikola CZE 58.84 3
8 Viljoen , Sunette RSA 58.81 2

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