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EME NEWS (MAY 1, 2010) UPDATE

CURRENT RESULTS

SESTO SAN GIOVANNI (ITA, May
1): Local fans were happy at 53rd Coppa Citta di Sesto San Giovanni walking
meet as olympic 50 km
champion Alex Schwazer won the 20
km in 1:20:29. Norway´s Erik Tysse was second in 1:21:29
and third French European champion Yohan Diniz (1:22:44). Tunisian Hassanine
Sbai was surprise fourth (1:22:51)). „Today
in Sesto the win was the most important thing. Compared to Lugano, I have
not paid attention to times. I was alone in front, so I ended the race at a steady
pace. Good feelings now continue, until May 5 I will prepare in Senales,
the day after we travel to Mexico. I will
compete at the 50 km
at the world cup and will decide later about my programme for Barcelona
European Championships,” said Schwazer. In the second leg of IAAF Race Walking Challenge women win for Vera Santos
of Portugal (1:28:29) beating German Melanie Seeger who returns after maternity
(1:29:20) and third British record holder Jo Jackson in 1:32:05. Santos won
also the first leg of the series at home in Rio Maior. Ireland´s world medalist
Olive Loughnane was disqualified at 15 km mark.

AIX LES BAINS (FRA, May 1):
European junior champion Christophe Lemaitre started the season with excellent
european leading 10.09 (+1.0) at a local meet. It his second career best
after last year European junior record 10.04.

MARSEILLE (FRA, May 1): Kenyan
wins at 10 km
road race. Silas Kipruto achieved 27:31 over Jacob Cheshari (27:43) and Belete
Limo (28:08). Best French James Theuri was sixth (28:43). Margaret Wangari was
the best woman after 31:05 beating young Ethiopian Belainesh Olijra (31:07).
Third Alice Timbilili clocked 31:25.

KOLIN (CZE, May 1): Young Czech
javelin thrower Jakub Vadlejch improved at a local meet to excellent 82.52 m. He is only in his
first senior year and will be 20
in autumn. Last year he improved the Czech junior record
to 81.95 m.

KOSICE (SVK, May 1): Excellent
start into the summer for Slovakian jumping twins. At their home meet in Kosice
Jana Veldakova leaped to second best of her career 669 (+0.7). World indoor
sixth placer Dana Veldakova achieved solid 14.17 (-0.3) in triple jump. Both
fulfilled so already in their first meet of the outdoor season the norms for
Barcelona.

RECHBERGHAUSEN (GER, May 1):
Malte Mohr cleared 560 in
pole vault to win at 7th edition of the meet here. Tim Lobinger (37) was second
(550). Marco Schmidt achieved 19.66
in shot put.

OHRDRUF (GER, May 1): Sabrina
Mockenhaupt won after a solo race the German 10 000 m title in 32:10.31
what means qualification for Barcelona. Second Simret Restle improved her best
ro 33:06.84. Top three men came under Barcelona standard 28:45. National CC
champion Christian Glatting got 28:40.18, Filimon Ghirmai 28:41.36 and Musa
Roba-Kinkal 28:41.75.

ZHUKOVSKIY (RUS, May 1):
Russian cross-country championships saw Rybakov twins ruling in the men´s 8 km race. They ended with a tie
after 23:38, third Stepan Kiselev achieved 23:48. Yegor Nikolayev won the 4 km in 11:09 over Ivan
Tukhtachev (11:12). Irina Sergeyeva was clear women 6 km winner with 19:23 beating
Tatyan Shutova (19:36) and experienced Yelena Zadorozhnaya (19:39). In the 2 km race Yekaterina Martynova
won after 6:00. Second place for Natalya Panteleyeva (6:06) and third Regina
Kashayeva (6:09). In the junior 4
km race a clear win for European CC junior medalist
Gulshat Fazlitdinova in 13:16.

BIRSTONAS (LTU, May 1): Tadas Suskevicius won the
international walking event with 1:25:58 at 20 km. Brigita Virbalyte was
the best in the 10 km
(46:24). Walkers from 6 countries competed.

VILJANDI (EST, May 1): Pavel Loskutov won the national CC title at 12 km with 36:16.

ZURICH
GETS 2014 EUROPEANS
PRANGINS (SUI): The European
Athletics Council made the unanimous decision Saturday morning after the Swiss
athletics federation and city of Zurich presented their candidacy to host the
22nd edition of the event. Zurich will be the second Swiss city to hold
European Athletics’ flagship event after country capital Bern hosted the fifth
edition of the championships in 1954. Patrick K. Magyar, CEO of the newly
incorporated „Leichtathletik EM 2014 AG” that will oversee the championships
and Weltklasse Zürich Meeting Director, said, „Together with Athletissima
Lausanne, we will be able to benefit from a thorough know-how in the
realisation of international meetings.” Zurich City Councillor Gerold Lauber
said, „Zurich’s new Letzigrund Stadium represents a state-of-the-art
championship venue. In addition, our city offers all necessary infrastructures
for the event. We will not have to build any new facilities. This context – and
the fact that athletics rates very high in our city – have certainly
contributed to European Athletics’ decision.” The event should be staged in
August 2014. The 2010 European Athletics Championships will take place in Barcelona
through 26 July to 1 August. The 2012 championships are scheduled for Helsinki,
Finland, through 27 June to 1 July.

WIRZ WANTS TO CONTINUE 

ZURICH
(SUI): European Athletics president Hansjörg Wirz will bid to remain the leader
of EA next year at Congress in London. It would be his fourth period for the
president post. He confirmed that during the announcement of Zurich staging the
2014 European Championships. Wirz leads European Athletics since 1999. Current
vice-president Svein Arne Hansen of Norway also said he will bid for the
presidency.

BARBER TO FACE
A HEARING

PARIS (FRA): Former French
world champion Eunice Barber will face the Seine-Saint-Denis police in a hearing
in Paris on May 4th. The French athletics association has released a message
that it believes the innocence of its athlete and hopes she can soon focus
again on her athletics career.

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