2012 Asian Indoor Champs: Essa Barshim Mutaz clears 2.37m, NR, AR, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder

Essa Barshim Mutaz, Qatar, 2011 World Champs high jump, photo by PhotoRun.net

Essa Barshim Mutaz continues to impress! Shortly after a new Qatari record of 2.34m, Essa Barshim Mutaz clears 2.37m, a National Record and Area record as well! The talented, young high jumper shows why he could become a very dominant player in the global high jump scene.

Mutaz has speed, and very strong acceleration. An emotional jumper, Mutaz is quick becoming a jumper to consider in both Istanbul and London. The record was set at the Asian Indoor Games.

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MUTAZ OVER 237 CM
HANGZHOU
(CHN, Feb 19): Qatari youngster Essa Barshim Mutaz added an amazing 4
cm to his recent Asian area record for a World Lead in high jump at
Asian indoor championships with 237 cm. Before he cleared also 234 that
was first national record of the day. Strong Chinese Team (with 3
athletes allowed per event in contrast to only 2 athletes for the other
participating countries) was exceptional dominant in these championships
with excellent results in various events. Another new continental
Indoor in womenÂ´s pole vault Li Ling 450. Championships records were set
in 11 out of the 25 events. China got 14-9-10 ahead of Iran 3-2-2 and
Bahrain 3-1-2. In high jump second Zhang Guowei 228. More Chinese wins
for Dong Bin over Cao Shuo in triple jump, both national indoor record
17.01. Xie Limei won women triple (14.06). Reza Ghaseri won the 60 m for
Iran with 6.68 ahead of Lai Chunho of Hongkong 6.78 and sensational sub
6.60 runner from semis Hasan Heidarpoor who clocked this time only
6.78. Kuwait national indoor mark in the 800 m for Mohamed Al-Azemi
1:47.37. Fast 3000 m won by Bilisuma Shume of Bahrain 7:43.88 ahead of
young Qatari Mohamed Al-Garni 7:46.17 and Alemu Bekele of Bahrain
7:48.04. Good quality also in women 3000 m when Shitaye Eshetu won for
Bahrain in national record 8:49.27 ahead of Betlhem Desalegn of UEA also
NR 8:53.56. Dmitriy Karpov of Kazakhstan scored 5928 heptathlon win.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Feb 18-19)

ST.
GALLEN (SUI): Nicole Buchler cleared new national pole vault record 452
cm. Serbian guest Mihai Dudas scored 5873 national record in
heptathlon. Reto Schenkel won the 60 m in 6.73, faster in semis Ralf
Fongue 6.72 was disqualified.

TAMPERE (FIN): Jonathan Astrand achieved fast 20.97 at 200 m
here (oversized track). Jussi Heikkila won the 300 m hurdles (37.02) and
Sandra Eriksson got 9:06.75 in the 3000 m.

OREBRO (SWE): Top high jumping when Ebba Jungmark cleared 195 in
first attempt over Emma Green Tregaro 195 in second. Moa Hjelmer clocked
53.02 in the 400 m, in menÂ´s race Johan Wissman 47.08. Michel Torneus
leaped to 785 in the long jump.

KAUNAS (LTU): Sonata Tamosaityte clocked new national record
at 60 m hurdles with 8.08. Austra Skujyte scored 4580 points in women
pentathlon, not enough for top 3 in 2012 but possibly a chance for a
wild card. Rytis Sakalauskas won the menÂ´s 60 m in 6.67.

ESPINHO (POR): Fast women 3000 m walk won by Ana Cabecinha in
personal best 12:34.00 ahead of Vera Santos 12:46.81. Marcos Chuva
leaped to 800 cm in the long jump. In the 60 m Francis Obikwelu did not
compete, win for Yazaldes Nascimento in 6.78.

TARTU (EST): Anna Iljuststenko equalled her own Estonian
indoor record with 193 clearance. Lembi Vaher got pole vault national
record 422 cm ahead of Krista Obizajeva of Latvia who at age of 15 years
achieved national senior record 417 cm. Anders Raja won the 60 m
hurdles in 7.88.

OTHER INDOOR RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM
(GBR, Feb 19): In low key Birmingham meet Robbie Grabarz showed
consistency by clearing 2.30m (did not attempt higher) after winning
Aviva Grand Prix the day before. Nicola Sanders continued her return to
international class winning the 400m in 52.48 ahead of Marilyn Okoro
53.33. In the mens 400 m a fine breakthrough by James Forman to 46.74.

MOSCOW (RUS, Feb 18-19): Sergey Mudrov cleared 230 at Russian
Students Championships. Yevgeniy Kotlyarov was the best in the 60 m
(6.81) and also to note the 2:02.82 in the women 800 m by Tatyana
Markelova.

APELDOORN (NED, Feb 19): Dutch heptathlon title for Pelle
Rietveld with 5696. European medalist Eelco Sintnicolaas cramped in the
60 m and was unable to continue. Women pentathlon winner was guest from
Iceland Helga Thorsteinsdottir with 4292 points.

GOMEL (BLR, Feb 18-19): At Belarus University Championships
impressive 4616 points by Yana Maksimava in the pentathlon
(8.65-186-15.02-595-2:15.77) what makes her number 3 in the current
world list of Istanbul qualifiers based on 2012 results. Yekaterina
Poplavskaya clocked 7.99 in the 60 m hurdles.

VIENNA (AUT, Feb 18-19): Dominik Distelberger with 5719 points
and Ivona Dadic with 4244 (national record) won the Austrian indoor
combined events titles. But overall winners were foreign guests. Czech
Adam Sebastian Helcelet 5935 and Hungarian Gyorgyi Farkas 4363. In
accompanying events Beate Schrott improved Austrian record at 60 m
hurdles with 8.02. Raphael Pallitsch clocked Istanbul qualifier in the
800 m 1:47.94 and Yekaterina Kuntsevich cleared 188 in the high jump.

EAUBONNE (FRA, Feb 19): Fast 200 m races by Lina Jacques-Sebastien 23.43 in heats and 23.44 in the finals.

SINDELFINGEN (GER, Feb 19): Best result at German junior championships 645 in the long jump by Malaika Mihambo.

PRAHA (CZE, Feb 19): Vaclav Sedlak equalled national junior
record at 60 m hurdles with 7.81 (junior height) during Czech Junior
Indoor Championships

US INDOOR RESULTS (Feb 18):

BLACKSBURG: David Verburg clocked 46.76 at 400 m during
Virginia Tech Challenge meet, in women race even more impressive 51.70
for DeeDee Trotter.

LAMONI: At Heart of America Champs win for Ryan Sherman with 6.61 at 60 m.

AZUSA: At this outdoor meet Bryan Clay was third in the 60 m
in 6.75 and won the hurdles in 7.77. He also got 15.38 in the shot put.
The 60 m winner was Remontay McClain in 6.64 ahead of Mickey Grimes
6.65.

BOSTON: Lucy Van Dalen of New Zealand got solid double during
American East Championships with 4:36.43 in the mile and 9:17.35 in the
3000 m.

DAYTONA BEACH: At Embry Riddle Last Chance
in Florida Chaunte Lowe showed good shape with 191 high jump and 630
long jump. Kirk Wilson clocked 20.90 in the 200 m and David Payne 7.79
at 60 m hurdles.

ANN ARBOR: UK record holder Tiffany Porter got 8.03 hurdles win at Silverstone Invitational.

C0LUMBIA:
Fast 55 m hurdles 7.22 by Drew Brunson, he was faster in heats 7.16.
Second Jamaican Eric Keddo 7.27 and 7.22 in heats. Women 55 m winner
Shayla Mahan clocked 6.73.

OUTDOOR

SEVILLA
(ESP, Feb 19): Moroccan Mohamed Blal won the Sevilla marathon which was
not sanctioned by Spanish Federation in 2:13:42. Women winner IrelandÂ´s
Jill Hodgins improved to 2:46:58.

VERONA (ITA, Feb 19): Kenyan Kennedy Kipieko won the Giulietta
e Romeo Half Marathon in 1:02:36 ahead of Robert Ndiwa 1:02:51. Third
Italian Ruggero Pertile 1:04:38. Women winner Emily Chepkorir got
1:13:24.

DOUR (BEL, Feb 19): Belgian veteran Verle Dejaeghere won the 6
km at Lotto CrossCup event in 22:04. Second Veerle Van Linden 22:32
beating Gamachu Tulu 22:41. European CC Champion Atelaw Bekele was the
best in menÂ´s 9 km in 28:54. Second Ethiopian Dame Tasama 29:10 and
third Kenyan Peter Kariuki 29:32. Fourth best European Dutch Abdi
Nageeye 29:47 ahead of best Belgian Pieter Desmet 29:53.

GUADALAJARA (MEX, Feb 19): Julius Keter won the Half Marathon
in Guadalajara after 1:02:59 beating Shadrack Kiyai 1:04:20 and Stephen
Njoroge 1:04:38. Genoveva Kigen was the best woman after 1:13:16.

TRABZON (TUR, Feb 19): Winners of 32nd Trabzon Half Marathon were Kenyan Moses Too 1:04:20 and home Sultan Haydar 1:13:12.

CASTELLON
(ESP, Feb 19): Foreign winners at Spanish Club CC Championships.
Eritrean Kidane Tadese was the best in menÂ´s 11.5 km in 34:13 ahead of
Kenyan James Moiben 34:29, best home runner Alvaro Lozano fourth 34:43.
In women 7.5 km Mariem Alaoui 25:48 ahead of Malika Assahsah 26:04 and
Lidia Rodriguez 26:05. Senior long race titles for men of Guadalajara
and women of Atletismo Santutxu.

KOBE (JPN, Feb 18): Kumi Otoshi won the Japanese walking
championships with olympic qualifier 1:29:48 in the women 20 km. Isamu
Fujisawa was the male winner in 1:20:38.

KUMAMOTO (JPN, Feb 18): Tsuyoshi Ugachi won the Kumanichi 30 km in 1:30:01.

MONTEGO BAY (JAM, Feb 18): Delano Williams of Turks and Caicos
won the Milo Western Championships in new national junior records 10.34
and 20.53.

ADDITIONS

NEVERS (FRA, Feb 18): At pole vault meet second Briton
Steven Lewis 572. Women winner Kate Dennison 452 ahead of Kate Byres 447
new British junior record and Vanessa Boslak also 447.

ISTANBUL (TUR, Feb 18): To Balkan Championships to add Luis
Tsatoumas leaping to 804 in the long jump. Luiza Gega won the women 1500
m in 4:10.75, new national mark for Albania. In the menÂ´s 3000 m second
Polat Kemboi of Turkey improved the national record to 7:42.49. Third
Ilham Tanui 7:50.61.

Author

Larry Eder
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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