53rd Golden Spike, Ostrava, 17 June 2014, results from IAAF Results service

The fans at the Golden Spike were treated to some fine racing in Ostrava yesterday! Justin Gatlin won his eighth straight with the fastest time of the year, in 9.86. Caleb Ndiku lead a plethora of distance runners through the 3,000 meters, running 7:31.66! LaShawn Merritt, three days after his win in NYC, ran a fine 400 meter run in 44.16!

Justin Gatlin, photo by PhotoRun.net

With Lavillenie in the pole vault (5.83m), Majewski in the shot put (20.90m) and Bondarenko, after his 2.42m, clears and wins at 2.33m.

The women had five under 2:00, with Winnie Nanyondo of Uganda winning in 1:59.27, and Allyson Felix winning her second race of the year, at 200 meters with 22.75.

This meet is on my bucket list for 2015.

Renaud Lavillenie, photo by PhotoRun.net

Ostrava, 17/06/2014

Men’ results

100 Metres – Men Wind: -0.4 m/s

1 Gatlin , Justin USA 9.86

2 Rodgers , Mike USA 10.08

3 Collins , Kim SKN 10.12

4 Magakwe , Simon RSA 10.19

5 Aikines-Aryeetey , Harry GBR 10.19

6 Safo-Antwi , Sean GBR 10.21

7 Su , Bingtian CHN 10.22

8 Veleba , Jan CZE 10.39

400 Metres – Men

1 Merritt , LaShawn USA 44.16

2 Makwala , Isaac BOT 44.83

3 Rooney , Martyn GBR 45.03

4 Pinder , Demetrius BAH 45.30

5 Beshr , Anas EGY 45.60

6 Omelko , Rafal POL 45.69

7 Lescay , Yoandys CUB 46.18

8 Lennon-Ford , Luke GBR 46.95

1000 Metres – Men

1 Ã–zbilen , Ilham Tanui TUR 2:15.08

2 Bosse , Pierre-Ambroise FRA 2:15.31

3 Riseley , Jeffrey AUS 2:16.09

4 Aman , Mohammed ETH 2:16.33

5 HoluÅ¡a , Jakub CZE 2:16.79

6 Kszczot , Adam POL 2:16.96

7 Hathat , Yassine ALG 2:17.29

8 Kazi , TamÃ¡s HUN 2:17.38

9 RepcÃ¬k , Jozef SVK 2:17.76

10 Robinson , Paul IRL 2:17.93

11 Vojta , Andreas AUT 2:18.06

12 Chemut , Anthony KEN 2:18.91

13 Kubista , Jan CZE 2:19.73

PavlÃcek , Matej CZE DNF

Som , Bram NED DNF

Belhanbel , Nader MAR DNS

3000 Metres – Men

1 Ndiku , Caleb Mwangangi KEN 7:31.66

2 Kejelcha , Yomif ETH 7:36.28

3 Willis , Nicholas NZL 7:36.91

4 Lagat , Bernard USA 7:38.30

5 Kipkoech , John KEN 7:38.97

6 Ndiku , Jonathan Muia KEN 7:39.63

7 Gabius , Arne GER 7:41.41

8 Kiplimo , Joseph Kitur KEN 7:41.79

9 Birmingham , Collis AUS 7:42.89

10 Barrios , Juan Luis MEX 7:43.90

11 Choge , Augustine Kiprono KEN 7:44.92

12 Kipsiro , Moses Ndiema UGA 7:45.82

13 Durand , Yohan FRA 7:48.20

14 Robertson , Zane NZL 7:50.89

15 Chesebe , Abednego Miti KEN 7:54.59

16 Vernon , Andrew GBR 7:58.70

17 Zalewski , Krystian POL 7:59.67

18 Letting , Vincent KEN 8:09.51

Ndiwa , Cornelius KEN DNF

Rono , Vincent KEN DNF

110 Metres Hurdles – Men Race 1 Wind: -1.6 m/s

1 Clarke , Lawrence GBR 13.50

2 DouvalÃdis , KonstadÃnos GRE 13.51

3 Bochenek , Dominik POL 13.60

4 Belocian , Wilhem FRA 13.62

5 PapÅ¡o , Viliam SVK 14.15

6 RÃha , Michal CZE 14.52

Polach , Josef CZE DNS

110 Metres Hurdles – Men Race 2 Wind: -0.8 m/s

1 Parchment , Hansle JAM 13.18

2 Martinot-Lagarde , Pascal FRA 13.28

3 Xie , Wenjun CHN 13.37

4 Riley , Andrew JAM 13.39

5 Ortega , Orlando CUB 13.43

6 Bascou , Dimitri FRA 13.49

7 Robles , Dayron CUB 13.76

8 O’Farrill , Yordan L. CUB 13.89

400 Metres Hurdles – Men

1 Flannery , Niall GBR 48.80

2 MÃ¤gi , Rasmus EST 48.87

3 Eaton , Ashton USA 48.94

4 Bekric , Emir SRB 49.96

5 le Roux , Wouter RSA 50.15

6 BroÅ¾ , Michal CZE 51.09

7 Fleischhauer , Georg GER 51.48

Dobek , Patryk POL DNF

High Jump – Men

1 Bondarenko , Bohdan UKR 2.33

2 MÃ¡storas , AdÃ³nios GRE 2.30

3 Protsenko , Andriy UKR 2.26

4 Dmitrik , Aleksey RUS 2.26

5 Zhang , Guowei
CHN 2.22

6 Donisan , Mihai ROU 2.22

6 Thomas , Donald BAH 2.22

8 BÃ¡ba , Jaroslav CZE 2.22

9 Hanany , Mickael FRA 2.22

10 Bednarek , Sylwester POL 2.22

11 Rivera , Edgar MEX 2.18

12 Ioannou , Kyriakos CYP 2.14

Pole Vault – Men

1 Lavillenie , Renaud FRA 5.83

2 da Silva , Thiago Braz BRA 5.73

3 de Oliveira , Augusto BRA 5.63

3 Kudlicka , Jan CZE 5.63

5 Ogita , Hiroki JPN 5.53

6 Holzdeppe , Raphael GER 5.53

7 Balner , Michal CZE 5.53

8 SvÃ¤rd Jacobsson , Melker SWE 5.43

9 Jeng , Alhaji SWE 5.43

PaÅ¡iak , Adam CZE NM

PosekanÃ½ , LukÃ¡Å¡ CZE NM

Lewis , Steven GBR NM

Lisek , Piotr POL NM

Shot Put – Men

1 Majewski , Tomasz POL 20.90

2 Marcell , Jan CZE 20.74

3 Stanek , TomÃ¡Å¡ CZE 20.58

4 PrÃ¡Å¡il , Ladislav CZE 20.50

5 Roberts , Kurt USA 20.41

6 Ivanov , Georgi BUL 20.36

7 Lauro , GermÃ¡n ARG 20.21

8 NovÃ¡k , Martin CZE 19.05

Javelin Throw – Men

1 VeselÃ½ , VÃtezslav CZE 87.38

2 Sirmais , Zigismunds LAT 86.61

3 Tarabin , Dmitri RUS 85.92

4 Ruuskanen , Antti FIN 83.23

5 Frydrych , Petr CZE 81.42

6 Grzeszczuk , Lukasz POL 79.91

7 Vadlejch , Jakub CZE 78.22

8 ZenÃºch , Patrik SVK 72.30

Women’ results

200 Metres – Women Wind: -1.0 m/s

1 Felix , Allyson USA 22.75

2 Williams , Bianca GBR 22.79

3 SoumarÃ© , Myriam FRA 22.85

4 Stuy , Khrystyna UKR 23.29

5 Onuora , Anyika GBR 23.39

6 SlaninovÃ¡ , Jana CZE 24.32

7 JiranovÃ¡ , Helena CZE 24.42

Bailey , Aleen JAM DNS

800 Metres – Women

1 Nanyondo , Winnie UGA 1:59.27

2 Arzamasova , Marina BLR 1:59.65

3 Beckwith-Ludlow , Molly USA 1:59.77

4 MasnÃ¡ , Lenka CZE 1:59.93

5 Hassan , Sifan NED 1:59.95

6 Almanza , Rose Mary CUB 2:00.30

7 Verstegen , Sanne NED 2:00.70

8 Lyakhova , Olha UKR 2:00.90

9 Meadows , Jennifer GBR 2:01.11

10 Cichocka , Angelika POL 2:01.60

11 Simpson , Jemma GBR 2:02.22

12 Melese , Mantegbosh ETH 2:02.57

13 Muir , Laura GBR 2:03.83

14 Semenya , Caster RSA 2:03.91

Zhushman , Olena UKR DNF

2000 Metres – Women

1 Dibaba , Genzebe ETH 5:27.50

2 Teferi , Senbere ETH 5:34.27

3 Gudeto , Feyne ETH 5:39.96

4 Plis , Renata POL 5:41.98

5 MÃ¤ki , Kristiina FIN 5:42.71

6 Woldu , Etagegne ETH 5:46.70

7 Broniatowska , Katarzyna POL 5:46.78

8 Terzic , Amela SRB 5:55.62

Wafula , Lydia Nasimiyu KEN DNF

Tverdostup , Tamara UKR DNF

Buckman , Zoe AUS DNS

20,000 Metres – Women

1 Kimutai , Alice KEN 1:08:32.2

2 Tsega , Muluhabt ETH 1:09:07.2

3 Muraga , Julia Mumbi KEN 1:09:24.8

Daba , Tejitu BRN DNF

Kiplagat , Florence Jebet KEN DNF

Mutai , Beatrice Chepkemoi KEN DNF

3000 Metres Steeplechase – Women

1 Jepkemoi , Hyvin Kiyeng KEN 9:22.58

2 Elouali Alami , Salima MAR 9:23.27

3 Adamu , Birtukan ETH 9:27.29

4 Bettiche , Amina ALG 9:29.20

5 Fente , Birtukan ETH 9:30.75

6 Kudzelich , Sviatlana BLR 9:32.79

7 Mohamed , Buzuayehu ETH 9:40.26

8 Bekele , Mekdes ETH 9:46.27

9 LaCaze , Genevieve AUS 9:48.85

10 Gorchakova , Natalya RUS 9:51.56

11 Szlezak , Matylda POL 10:04.84

12 Masai , Magdalene KEN 10:20.90

Nyambura , Virginia KEN DNF

400 Metres Hurdles – Women

1 Wilson , Nickiesha JAM 55.22

2 Tracey , Ristananna JAM 55.43

3 Kemi , Adekoya NGR 55.49

4 Theron Nel , Wenda RSA 55.53

5 RosolovÃ¡ , Denisa CZE 55.76

6 Linkiewicz , Joanna POL 56.35

7 SlanickovÃ¡ , Lucia SVK 57.99

8 HÃ¡lovÃ¡ , Katerina CZE 58.70

Triple Jump – Women

Wind

1 Li , Yanmei CHN 14.03 +1.2

2 Costa , Susana POR 13.98 +0.8

3 Gierisch , Kristin GER 13.95 +2.2

4 VeldÃ¡kovÃ¡ , Dana SVK 13.91 +1.5

6 MÃ¡jkovÃ¡ , Lucie CZE 13.56 +1.5

7 BanovicovÃ¡ , Monika SVK 12.69 +2.1

8 BuranskÃ¡ , Å Ã¡rka CZE 12.36 +1.2

9 Pimenova , Iryna UKR 12.00 0.0

Javelin Throw – Women

1 Ratej , Martina SLO 64.45

2 Jelaca , Tatjana SRB 60.16

3 Molitor , Kathrina GER 58.68

4 Å edivÃ¡ , Irena CZE 55.16

5 OgrodnÃkovÃ¡ , Nikola CZE 53.30

6 KlimeÅ¡ovÃ¡ Jurkovicova , Jarmila CZE 50.43

Å potÃ¡kovÃ¡ , Barbora CZE DNS

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-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." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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