MAKAU
VS. HAILE

MANCHESTER
(GBR): Reigning world marathon record holder Patrick Makau, after his shock
omission from Kenya’s Olympic Games team, will compete at the Bupa Great
Manchester Run on 20 May. Makau will go head-to-head with Ethiopian Haile
Gebrselassie, whose world record he broke by 21 seconds at last September’s BMW
Berlin Marathon, with a time of 2:03:38. The African superstars will be
part of a 40,000 strong field in the IAAF Gold Label 10k race, which
Gebrselassie has won on four previous occasions, and for the last three years
following his first success in 2005. The Bupa Great Manchester Run will be
celebrating its tenth staging this year after being first staged in 2003 as a legacy
to the City’s magnificent hosting of the previous year’s Commonwealth Games.
Organizers are informing.

ETHIOPIAN
10 KM TRIALS

HENGELO
(NED): Dutch media are reporting that Ethiopian Athletics federation will stage
its 10 000 m olympic trials in Hengelo on May 27 at the FBK Games. Ethiopian
sources are adding that Haile Gebrselassie and Gebre Gebremariam after not
recording fast marathon times will try to qualify for the Olympic Games at this
distance.

WORLD
LEAD FOR SVIRIDOV IN DECATHLON

ADLER
(RUS, May 8): Sergey Sviridov won the Russian Cup in decathlon with 8366 points
what is not only world leading mark but also Russian U23 record. Artyem
Lukyanenko was second 8080 and third Aleksandr Tabala 8070. Yana Panteleyeva
won the heptathlon with 6001 points.

MORE
TOP FIELDS FOR PRE CLASSIC

EUGENE
(USA): World champion Jenny Simpson is confirmed for the 38th Prefontaine
Classic in the 1500 m. Several others will contest Simpson for example
Americans Anna Pierce and Shannon Rowbury. A Canadian with impressive
experience, Sheila Reid will enter the contest. An 18-year-old from Ethiopia,
Tizita Bogale, will likely keep the race honest. She has a best of 4:03.94
and won the World Junior Championships gold in 2010 at age 16. Europe will be
represented by Jemma Simpson of Great Britain and Lidia Chojecka from Poland.
The men’s 800 m features great examples of the extremes of experience and
youth, both from America and beyond. Abubaker Kaki of Sudan earned the silver
medal at last year’s World Championships as a 22-year-old. Four other
finalists from Daegu will be on hand for a pre-London reunion. The most
decorated of the group is bronze medalist Yuriy Borzakovskiy of Russia, the
2004 olympic winner. Perhaps the most intriguing of the entrants is the
youngest, 18-year-old Mohamed Aman of Ethiopia. The two other Daegu finalists,
Nick Symmonds of the U.S. and Adam Kszczot of Poland, were ranked No. 6 and No.
7, respectively by T&FN last year. Also to note the participation of 2009
World Champion Mbulaeni Mulaudzi of South Africa. The women’s 800 meters brings
together an elite field led by two world-class Americans who are the fastest
since the turn of the century in Alysia Montano and Maggie Vessey.

OTHER NEWS

MONACO
(MON): IAAF Fantasy Athletics is an exciting online game which will run through
the 14 meeting series of the Samsung Diamond League from May to September. And
is starting again this year. The goal of Fantasy Athletics is to assemble a team
of champion athletes which you believe will be as successful as possible during
the Samsung Diamond League. The Fantasy Athletics game will begin with the
opening Samsung Diamond League meeting in Doha this Friday with each of the 14
Samsung Diamond League meetings crowning 1 Fantasy Athletics winner who will be
awarded one authentic IAAF Centenary Polo Shirt.

ROMA
(ITA): Italian nominees for olympic marathon are Ruggero Pertile on the men
side and three women Rosalba Console, Anna Incerti and Valeria Straneoi.

MADRID
(ESP): In Spain three men proposed for olympic selection are Carles Castillejo,
José Carlos Hernández and Ignacio Cáceres. On the women side Vanessa Veiga with
Elena Espeso.

RESULTS

BANGKOK
(THA, May 8): First leg of Asian Grand Prix circuit brought improvement of
Kuwaiti hurdler Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel to 13.58 (-0.3) at 110 m hurdles. Igor
Zaytsev of Uzbekistan achieved 80.25 in javelin and Joseph Sajeesh of India won
the 800 m in 1:47.78. Chinese Zhang Peimeng clocked 10.48 (-0.1) in the 100 m.
Hongkong won the 4×100 m in 39.28. In women events Gizel Khubbieva of
Uzbekistan won the 100 m in 11.39 (-0.4) and solid 800 m for Truong Thanh Hang
of Vietnam 2:02.15 ahead of Anna Sidorova of Uzbekistan 2:02.22.

OUAGADOUGOU
(BKF, May 5): At African Confederation meeting fast sprints by Abdourahim
Haroun of Chad with 10.38 (-0.2) and 20.69. At the 100 m he equaled his
national record and at the 200 m this is new national mark.

CHISINAU
(MDA, May 7): Zalina Marghieva improved the national record in hammer throw
during the National University Championship. During the series she broke the
national record twice: 74.21 and then 74.47. The previous record was 73.60 and
was established in Bar during the European Cup Winter Throwing in March this
year. Marina Marghieva did not participate in this competition, while the
younger brother Serghei Marghiev (19) got 73.90. Another good result was
established by Natalia Artic in discus 61.82.

PUNE
(IND, May 8): At 11th National Junior Federation Cup Kuldeep Singh won the 10
000 m walk in 43:37.66.

KLATOVY
(CZE, May 8): Czech javelin thrower Petr Frydrych started with 80.05 in the
javelin at his home meet.

TERGNIER
(FRA, May 8): Strong winds here as Nicolas Gomont leaped to 806 in the long
jump with +5.2 support.

OLOMOUC
(CZE, May 8): Oldriska Maresova improved to 192 in the high jump, Ladislav
Prasil to 19.74 in the shot put. Jakub Vadlejch won the javelin with 79.78.
Czech Team clocked 39.92 in the 4×100 m relay.

MINSK
(BLR, May 8): Winners of Belarus CC main event were Sergey Platonov 14:30 at 5
km and Irina Ananeko 13:11 at 4 km.

GIMCHEON
(KOR, May 8): New Korean pole vault record by Choi Yun-Hee with 441 clearance
at the national championships.