Caster Semenya, the 2009 World Champion in 800 meters, won the 800 meters in Dakar, Senegal in 2:00.61. Semenya will run next week, June 4, in Eugene, Oregon, at the Prefontaine Classic.
28/05/2011
Meeting Grand Prix IAAF de Dakar
Dakar, 28/05/2011
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Race 1 Wind: +0.8 m/s
1 Ouhadi , Aziz MAR 10.09
2 Meité , Ben Youssef CIV 10.21
3 Vicaut , Jimmy FRA 10.23
4 Norman , Joshua USA 10.23
5 Dreyer , Hannes RSA 10.28
6 Niang , Mamadou Lamine SEN 10.44
100 Metres – Men Race 2 Wind: +0.0 m/s
1 Magakwe , Simon RSA 10.29
2 Egwero , Ogho-Oghene NGR 10.31
3 Crawford , Shawn USA 10.37
4 Adam , Idrissa CMR 10.40
5 Dzingai , Brian ZIM 10.49
6 Pognon , Ronald FRA 10.51
200 Metres – Men Wind: +2.0 m/s
1 Crawford , Shawn USA 20.58
2 Meité , Ben Youssef CIV 20.60
3 Dzingai , Brian ZIM 20.77
4 Davis , Jeremy USA 20.83
5 Dreyer , Hannes RSA 20.86
6 Magakwe , Simon RSA 20.88
7 Norman , Joshua USA 21.55
8 Pognon , Ronald FRA 39.03
400 Metres – Men
1 Yousif , Rabah SUD 45.64
2 Boase , Jordan USA 45.65
3 Collazo , William CUB 45.89
4 Solomon , Jarrin TRI 46.43
5 Moeng , Lebogang RSA 46.53
6 de Jager , Shaun RSA 47.68
Davis , Jeremy USA DNS
800 Metres – Men
1 Laalou , Amine MAR 1:46.65
2 Kinyor , Job KEN 1:46.91
3 Kemboi , Edwin KEN 1:47.18
4 Rutto , Eliud KEN 1:48.00
5 Jama , Mohamed Muktar GBR 1:48.07
6 Seck , Mor SEN 1:48.10
7 Gueye , Mamadou SEN 1:48.78
8 Oualich , Hamid FRA 1:49.07
9 Maiyo , Hillary Kipkorir KEN 1:49.09
&nb
sp; El Amine , Mohcine MAR DNF
Koech , Justus KEN DNF
3000 Metres – Men
1 Moustaoui , Mohamed MAR 7:43.99
2 Kiplimo , Joseph Kitur KEN 7:44.12
3 Ereng , Patrick Mugur KEN 7:44.16
4 Bett , David Kiprotich KEN 7:50.21
5 Akopesha , Abraham Kasongw KEN 7:54.04
6 Simotwo , Suleiman Kipses KEN 7:58.10
7 Setone , Tshamano RSA 8:12.15
Korio , Alex Oloitiptip KEN DNF
400 Metres Hurdles – Men
1 Dutch , Johnny USA 49.17
2 Fredericks , Cornel RSA 49.39
3 Green , Jack GBR 49.88
4 Couto , Kurt MOZ 51.00
5 Rahmani , Miloud ALG 51.36
6 Kasse Hann , Mamadou SEN 51.49
7 Bennett , LaRon USA 52.55
8 Lahoulou , Abdelmalik ALG 52.56
High Jump – Men
1 Dmitrik , Aleksey RUS 2.30
2 Kgosiemang , Kabelo BOT 2.20
3 Torro , Osku FIN 2.18
4 Viita , Jussi FIN 2.14
5 Saint-Jean , Fabrice FRA 2.14
6 Diarra , Abdoulaye FRA 2.14
7 Yunes , Mohamed SUD 2.10
8 Tereshin , Andrey RUS 2.10
Djouméssi , Fernand CMR NM
Long Jump – Men
Wind
1 Menkov , Aleksandr RUS 8.16 +1.8
2 Berrabah , Yahya MAR 7.89 -0.6
3 Smith , Tyrone BER 7.79 +0.0
4 Manyonga , Luvo RSA 7.58 +1.4
5 Gueye , Mamadou SEN 7.35 +4.8
Shot Put – Men
1 Véliz , Carlos &nb
sp; CUB 20.18
2 Chang , Ming-Huang TPE 19.79
3 Scott , Dorian JAM 19.12
4 Fortes , Marco POR 18.90
5 Toledo , Yioser CUB 18.17
6 Williams , Rhuben USA 17.58
Women’ results
100 Metres – Women Wind: +3.6 m/s
1 Atangana , Delphine CMR 11.41
2 Osazuwa , Agnes NGR 11.43
3 Gurova , Anna RUS 11.46
4 Madison , Tianna USA 11.47
5 Hodge , Virgil SKN 11.76
6 Appes Ekanga , Fanny CAM 11.91
7 Ndiaye , Adja Arette SEN 11.97
Hall , Patricia JAM DNS
200 Metres – Women Wind: +2.8 m/s
1 Montsho , Amantle BOT 22.88
2 Jacques-Sébastien , Lina FRA 23.44
3 Hargrove , Monica USA 23.52
4 Osazuwa , Agnes NGR 23.68
5 Hodge , Virgil SKN 23.99
6 Atangana , Delphine CMR 23.99
7 Appes Ekanga , Fanny CAM 24.28
8 Ndiaye , Adja Arette SEN 25.08
400 Metres – Women
1 Hall , Patricia JAM 52.01
2 Baker , Keshia USA 52.39
3 Hurtis-Houairi , Muriel FRA 52.61
4 Hargrove , Monica USA 52.92
5 Cox , Shana USA 53.68
6 Soumah , Ndeye SEN 53.95
7 Faye , Mame Fatou SEN 56.71
800 Metres – Women
1 Semenya , Caster RSA 2:00.61
2 Caballero , Yusneysi CUB 2:01.06
3 Arzamasava , Maryna BLR 2:01.97
4 Sum , Eunice Jepkoech KEN 2:04.43
5 Andrianova , Tatyana RUS 2:04.73
6 Moh , Clarisse FRA 2:04.82
7 Akkaoui , Malika MAR 2:05.06
8 Fesenko , Alena RUS 2:06.93
9 Obiri , Helen KEN 2:09.12
400 Metres Hurdles – Women Race 1
1 Leach , Nicole &
nbsp; USA 57.19
2 Spence , Christine USA 57.44
3 Odumosu , Muizat Ajoke NGR 58.08
4 Moussa , Houria ALG 58.50
5 Buckley , Landria USA 1:00.88
400 Metres Hurdles – Women Race 2
1 Lambarki , Hayat MAR 57.49
2 Davydova , Irina RUS 57.98
3 Polak , Tina POL 58.90
Hill , Mackenzie USA DNS
Long Jump – Women
Wind
1 Jimoh , Funmi USA 6.78 +4.7
2 Radevica , Ineta LAT 6.60 +1.7
3 Madison , Tianna USA 6.58 +7.3
4 Medgyesov√° , Ren√°ta SVK 6.56 -1.1
5 Dobija , Teresa POL 6.41 +5.0
6 Belabioud , Romaissa ALG 6.22 +3.9
7 Josephs , Janice RSA 6.17 +1.7
8 Ndoye , Kéné SEN 6.00 +1.7
Pidluzhnaya , Yulia RUS DNS
Shot Put – Women
1 Gonz√°lez , Misleydis CUB 18.36
2 Borel-Brown , Cleopatra TRI 18.28
3 Terlecki , Josephine GER 17.56
4 Kopets , Alena BLR 17.06
5 Cérival , Jessica FRA 16.46
Stevens-Walker , Sarah USA DNS
Hammer Throw – Women
Pts
1 Heidler , Betty GER 75.33 75.33
2 Cosby , Jessica USA 69.53 69.53
3 Lysenko , Tatyana RUS 68.13 68.13
4 Kondrateva , Oksana RUS 67.16 67.16
5 Zolotukhina , Nataliya UKR 67.11 67.11
6 Hrasnov√° , Martina SVK &nb
sp; 65.35 65.35
7 Séné , Amy SEN 63.16 63.16
8 Khanafeyeva , Gulfiya RUS 61.33 61.33
Author
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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