Q Day
BERLIN (GER, Aug 6): Title defender Churandy Martina 10.24 and German Lisa Kwaiye 11.30 were the fastest in the 100 m qualification round. In the 400 m Hurdles French Victor Coroller 50.10. In technical events top marks for Miltiadis Tentoglou in long jump (815, +1.3), Pawel Fajdek in hammer (77.86) and at Breitscheidplatz in shot put home David Storl 20.63. Major casualties were in long jump home Howard and Ukrainian Mazur not advancing into finals, in hammer Turkish Apak, French Bigot and Dutch Comenentia, in shot Croatian Mihaljevic. On the track Briton Rodger (Greene was injured) at 400 m hurdles, injured Ukrainian Stuy in the 100 m and in men 100 m German champion Kranz, former Spanish record holder Rodriguez and French Rene.
