Sainsbury's Glasgow DL Day One: Three Under Ten Seconds, Blake Injured,

Yohan Blake, on the track, with a cramp, 11 July 2014, photo by PhotoRun.net

If there ever was a picture for Day One of the Glasgow GP, it is the above. Yohan Blake was on the track, midway in his race, instead of finishing the 100 meters. Indications from his manager are that it is a cramp, but an MRI will be completed on Saturday. More details to come.

EME NEWS (JUL 11, 2014) UPDATE

Three under 10, Blake injured

GLASGOW (GBR, Jul 11): First day of Glasgow Grand Prix (IAAF Diamond League) saw in good weather one meet record in women 1500 m, European leading marks in women 400 m hurdles and long jump and dramatic 100 m with three sub 10 results with Yohan Blake injury. As Friday also on Saturday there will be 8 Diamond League events and six others.

Event by event

Men

100 m: Very close Ashmeade 9.97 (+0.3) after dq in Paris over Rodgers 9.97, Carter 9.98, all season fastest. Dasaolu again 10.03 and Collins getting again better 10.07. Overall fourth fastest for Bailey-Cole 10.03 (+1.4) in B-race. Blake did not finish due to hamstring injury.

200 m (non-DL): Edward another top win 20.25 (-0.7) over Weir 20.30.

5000 m: Ethiopians ruled this time, Gebrhiwot 13:11.09 (53 last lap) over Alamirew, Soi third as best Kenyan.

110mH (non-DL): World leader and World medalists beaten. Sharman won and equaled his PB 13.21 over Porter 13.27.

400mH: Culson clearly 48.35, Eaton beats Tinsley in 48.69 PB for second.

HJ (non-DL): Theiner as only one cleared 228 and won.

PV (non-DL): Also here Polish win, Wojciechowski on count-back over Lisek, both 567.

SP: Hoffa was better 21.67 then injured Storl 21.38, third Walsh New Zeland record 21.23 over WL holder Kovacs 20.94.

Wom

400 m: McCorory with fast last 100 m dominated 49.93, Sanya beats again Novlene 50.39 to 50.60.

1500 m: In direct duel face to face Hassan beats Aregawi 4:00.67 MR to 4:00.94. Obiri 8th.

400mH (non-DL): Scottish win for Child in European lead 54.39.

LJ: Great depth, WL holder Bartoletta 698 (+1.2) over Johnson-Thompson 692 (+0.6) PB and equaled EL of Lesueur. Third Proctor best of summer 682 (+1.2).

DT: Second loss in two years for Perkovic (best again in last round 66.30). US Gia Lewis-Smallwood PB 67.59, 3rd best US ever.

4×100 m (non-DL): GBR with season fastest 42.74, will attack the podium at European Champs. Not to speak about the Games here.

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.

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