by Larry Eder
EME NEWS (JAN 25, 2012) UPDATE
Filippidis beats Germans
COTTBUS (GER, Jan 25): Greek record holder Kostas Filippidis is having
early season top shape. He won the 10th jumping meet in Cottbus and for
third time achieved the Greek indoor pole vault record 572 cm. He
already once cleared 572 last year and also last Friday in France. Four
jumpers tried at this height, only Filippidis was succesful in third
attempt. But he was not sure winner because Raphael Holzdeppe passed 572
and tried at 577 as Filippidis. It would be for both indoor personal
best. Holzdeppe ended second with 566 ahead of trio with 562 in order
Karsten Dilla, Bjorn Otto and Lukasz Michalski of Poland. Women´s high
jump was mainly a battle of two Russians. Svetlana Shkolina got at the
end the win as she cleared in her season opener the 196 in first attempt
whereby title defender Irina Gordeyeva in third. Both tried then at
199. Third place for Romanian European U23 Champion Esthera Petre with
193 and fourth Spanish record holder Ruth Beitia and US record holder
Chaunte Howard Lowe as fifth, both over 190 cm. Around 2000 spectators
watched the event.
Evora after surgery
LISBON (POR): Triple jump olympic winner Nelson Evora was operated on
Tuesday in Lisbon. It was a fracture in the right tibia in the warm-up
for his first event this year, last
week. The surgery lasted two hours and 15 minutes and went well. The
doctor stated that the leg should now be stronger and
that within nine weeks the athlete can begin training and after
between three
and six months Evora would be able to compete. But the national
record holder and his coach already
declared that they will prefer to recover with calm and plan for
2013. Informs Arons Carvalho.
Schwazer for Dudince
ROMA (ITA): Alex Schwazer will make the headlines at the Walking Race
Winter Trophy in Latina on Sunday 29th January. He will tackle the 35 km
distance as a first test before his much-awaited 50 km debut on 24
March in Dudince where he will be looking to qualify for the London
Olympic Games (3:54:00). The training regime in Settimo Milanese at the
DDS Training Centre run by former swimming champion Luca Sacchi is
bearing its fruits. “Alex has built up a solid training base with a
mileage of 200 km a week”, said Schwazer’s coach Michele Didoni, 20 km
World champion in Gothenburg 1995. Other Italian top stars like Giorgio
Rubino, Marco De Luca and Jean Jacques Nkouloukidi and some Chinese
stars coached by Sandro Damilano like Wang Zheng and Si Tianfeng, both
fourth placers respectively in the 20 km and in the 50 km, will add
extra spice to the 35 km race in Latina. Elisa Rigaudo, Olympic bronze
medallist in Beijing and fourth in Daegu, will take on her training
partner Liu Hong, World silver medallist in Daegu, in the women’s 20 km.
Oliver for Millrose
NEW YORK (USA): US record holder and Olympic bronze medal winner David
Oliver will be one of eight standout 60 m hurdles participants in the
105th Millrose Games, February 11 at the Armory. “This is a big year for
me as I prepare for London and I am really looking forward to competing
in the Millrose Games at the Armory,” Oliver said. He’ll face a strong
challenge from Terrence Trammell, David Payne, Omo Osaghae, Jamaican
Richard Phillips, Aries Merritt, South African Lehan Fourie and Ryan
Wilson. Oliver will run early in the season in USA after local meets in
Gainesville he is scheduled to run US Open at 50 m Hurdles (January 28),
Boston on February 4 and now Millrose Games. Organizers are informing.
Svoboda succesfull surgery
TURNOV (CZE): European Indoor champion 2011 Czech hurdler Petr Svoboda
underwent achilles surgery succesfully on Tuesday. The surgeon Karel
Horel said all is ok. He is now expected in one month to be able to
start with the running. Svoboda plans in spring as soon as it will be
possible training camp in Grand Canaria. The Czech record holder aims to
be ready for European Championships and Olympic Games.
RESULTS
MOSCOW (RUS, Jan 25): At Dyachkov and Ozolin
Memorial Marc Tolstikhin clocked 5:13.5 in the 2000 m ahead of
steeple specialist Ildar Minshin 5:14.5. Sergey Kucheryanu was the best
in the pole vault (540). Best in women´s pole vault Anastasiya
Savchenko went over 440 cm.
MOSCOW (RUS, Jan 25): During second day of Moscow U23 Championships to
note that 2009 European U23 winner Yelena Kofanova posted a fast 800 m
in 2:00.54 (indoor PB) and beat European U23 Champion 2011 Yelena
Arzhakova 2:02.51. Also good the 9:02.92 life-time best of Kristina
Khaleyeva in the 3000 m. Second Natalya Popkova 9:04.23.
KOLN (GER, Jan 25): Russian Andrey Patrakov won the special high jump
meet with music here with 222 cm. He then tried to clear meet record and
would-be PB of 228 cm. Second James Grayman from Antigua ahead of Douwe
Amels of Netherlands and Ecuador record holder Diego Ferrin as all
cleared 218 cm.
