by Larry Eder
Mo Farah, 2011 Nike Pre Classic, photo by PhotoRun.net
The 2011 AVIVA London Grand Prix, the only two day meeting on the Samsung DL fourteen meeting tour, exceeded expectations. From the first night, with Jenny Meadow’s stunning win over Kenia Sinclair, Kiriani James 44.62 WL and victory over 400 meters, Jenn Suhr’s pole vault win, and Mo Farah’s evening ending victory over 3,000 meters, meet records were falling and the crowd was cheering!
Christian Taylor, 2011 USA Outdoor, photo by PhotoRun.net
Saturday’s tremendous session featured some tremendous performances. Sally Pearson continues to thrive in the 100m hurdles, Christian Taylor’s 17.68m triple jump was the NCAA champion’s personal best and a shot across the bow to the triple jump world that Phillips Idowu, the 2009 WC will have to be on his best game for Daegu. It was great to see Virgilijus Alekna, the two time Olympic and Word Champion, winning the discus with a strong throw-the 39 year old is still dangerous!
Sally Pearson, 2010 AVIVA London GP, photo by PhotoRun.net
I have to admit the Emsley Carr Mile, with a hard fighting Leonel Manzano, was thrilling. The most traditional and historic mile race in the world, in my mind, Manzano showed that, if he can get himself safely through the heats, he can do well in a tough race, which is to be expected in the World Champs 1,500 meters.
The women’s 5,000 meters was a great race. Lauren Fleshman, who has had a series of ups and downs over the past three plus years ran perhaps the best race of her life. Running 15:15 pace through 4 kilometers, Fleshman and Davila charged away, pushing the pace way down, and Lauren Fleshman took off with 500 meters to go and blew open the race, running 15:00.57 and Helen Clitheroe took second, running 15:06.75, with seven runners under the A standard!
In the sprints, Yohan Blake’s win 9.95 in a headwind and Carmelita Jeter’s 10.93 win in similar conditions show that the sprint wars in Daegu should be thrilling.
Carmelita Jeter, 2010 Lausanne, photo by PhotoRun.net
The last meeting before Daegu lived up to its hype, and in three weeks we will see the thrilling answers to this season-who is, in track & field, the champions du monde?
Stay tuned.
RBR will be there, covering the World Championships in three short weeks!
06/08/2011 Aviva London Grand Prix London (CP), 05-06/08/2011 Men' results 100 Metres - Men Final Wind: -1.6 m/s 1 Blake , Yohan JAM 9.95 2 Carter , Nesta JAM 10.01 3 Rodgers , Mike USA 10.04 4 Bailey , Daniel ANT 10.14 5 Thompson , Richard TRI 10.15 6 Kimmons , Trell USA 10.15 7 Bledman , Keston TRI 10.23 8 Aikines-Aryeetey , Harry GBR 10.33 100 Metres - Men Heats Race 1 Wind: -0.6 m/s 1 Blake , Yohan JAM 10.14 2 Kimmons , Trell USA 10.19 3 Bledman , Keston TRI 10.20 4 Aikines-Aryeetey , Harry GBR 10.29 5 Rose , Remaldo JAM 10.30 6 Collins , Kim SKN 10.34 7 Pickering , Craig GBR 10.34 8 Phiri , Gerald ZAM 10.47 100 Metres - Men Heats Race 2 Wind: +0.0 m/s 1 Carter , Nesta JAM 10.04 2 Rodgers , Mike USA 10.07 3 Thompson , Richard TRI 10.09 4 Bailey , Daniel ANT 10.10 5 Lewis-Francis , Mark GBR 10.30 6 Devonish , Marlon GBR 10.32 7 Mbandjock , Martial FRA 10.54 8 Fifton , Rikki GBR 10.54 200 Metres - Men Wind: -2.0 m/s Pts 1 Dix , Walter USA 20.16 4 2 Weir , Warren JAM 20.43 2 3 Edward , Alonso PAN 20.55 1 4 Anderson , Marvin JAM 20.60 5 Forsythe , Mario JAM 20.76 6 Malcolm , Christian GBR 20.90 7 Ellington , James GBR 21.03 8 Erewa , Robin GER 21.60 400 Metres - Men Pts 1 James , Kirani GRN 44.61 4 2 Gonzales , Jermaine JAM 44.85 2 3 Brown , Chris BAH 45.04 1 4 Taylor , Angelo USA 45.04 5 Borlée , Kévin BEL 45.50 6 Henry , Tabarie ISV 45.67 7 Bartholomew , Rondell GRN 45.86 8 Rooney , Martyn GBR 45.87 800 Metres - Men 1 Rudisha , David Lekuta KEN 1:42.91 2 Kaki , Abubaker SUD 1:43.13 3 Lalang , Boaz Kiplagat KEN 1:44.13 4 Symmonds , Nick USA 1:44.40 5 Osagie , Andrew GBR 1:45.36 6 Som , Bram NED 1:45.69 7 Mohammed , Mukhtar GBR 1:46.35 8 Warburton , Gareth GBR 1:46.52 9 Chepkirwok , Abraham UGA 1:49.82 Tangui , Sammy KEN DNF One Mile - Men Pts 1 Manzano , Leonel USA 3:51.24 4 2 Lagat , Bernard USA 3:51.38 2 3 Choge , Augustine Kiprono KEN 3:51.50 1 4 Lomong , Lopez USA 3:55.20 5 Birgen , Bethwell KEN 3:56.22 6 Nowicki , Bartosz POL 3:57.19 7 Kaan , James AUS 3:57.70 8 McCormick , Nick GBR 3:58.78 9 Gregson , Ryan AUS 4:01.60 10 Cotton , Adam GBR 4:01.77 11 Brown , Russell USA 4:02.11 12 Baddeley , Andrew GBR 4:06.04 Bolas , Jack USA DNF Miller , Craig USA DNF Shane , James GBR DNS 3000 Metres - Men 1 Farah , Mohammed GBR 7:40.15 2 Gathimba , Gideon KEN 7:44.30 3 Birmingham , Collis AUS 7:45.04 4 Cragg , Alistair Ian IRL 7:46.29 5 Geele , Moumin DJI 7:51.88 6 Mutahi , Sammy Alex KEN 7:52.94 7 St.Lawrence , Ben AUS 7:52.96 8 Kiptoo , Mark Kosgey KEN 8:09.47 Krummenacker , David USA DNF 5000 Metres - Men 1 Mottram , Craig AUS 13:23.97 2 True , Ben USA 13:28.21 3 Bethke , Brandon USA 13:33.16 4 Thompson , Christopher GBR 13:34.31 5 Vernon , Andrew GBR 13:35.31 6 Moen , Sondre Nordstad NOR 13:36.31 7 Mellor , Jonathan GBR 13:36.40 8 Walsh , James GBR 13:39.23 9 Gabius , Arne GER 13:44.16 10 Buraas , Sindre NOR 13:56.31 Licht , Dennis NED DNF McLeod , Ryan GBR DNF Mbishei , Titus Kipjumba KEN DNF 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Men 1 Komen , Willy Rutto KEN 8:21.40 2 Olinger , Brian USA 8:23.36 3 Belabbas , Mohamed-Khaled FRA 8:24.63 4 Nelson , William USA 8:27.20 5 Abdi , Youcef AUS 8:27.88 6 Gunn , Luke GBR 8:31.56 7 Kirui , Gilbert Kiplangat KEN 8:34.44 8 Bruce , Ben USA 8:35.26 9 Wilkinson , James GBR 8:36.50 10 Kristensen , Bjørnar Ustad NOR 8:38.47 11 van Koolwijk , Krijn BEL 8:44.50 12 Draper , Mark GBR 8:45.72 Buc , BoÅ¡tjan SLO DNF Kiplagat , Bisluke Kipkorir KEN DNF 110 Metres Hurdles - Men Final Wind: -0.6 m/s Pts 1 Robles , Dayron CUB 13.04 4 2 Richardson , Jason USA 13.08 2 3 Oliver , David USA 13.19 1 4 Thomas , Dwight JAM 13.29 5 Brown , Joel USA 13.31 6 Merritt , Aries USA 13.32 7 Turner , Andrew GBR 13.46 8 Craddock , Kevin USA 13.73 110 Metres Hurdles - Men Heats Race 1 Wind: -0.9 m/s 1 Robles , Dayron CUB 13.16 2 Richardson , Jason USA 13.19 3 Brown , Joel USA 13.30 4 Turner , Andrew GBR 13.41 5 Clarke , Lawrence GBR 13.65 6 Sharman , William GBR 13.72 7 John , Alexander GER 14.02 8 Berger , Dominic USA 14.07 110 Metres Hurdles - Men Heats Race 2 Wind: -2.4 m/s 1 Oliver , David USA 13.26 2 Merritt , Aries USA 13.31 3 Thomas , Dwight JAM 13.45 4 Craddock , Kevin USA 13.62 5 Akins , Tyrone USA 13.66 6 Frankis , Gianni GBR 13.81 7 Baji , Balázs HUN 14.03 8 Porter , Jeff USA 14.05 400 Metres Hurdles - Men 1 Culson , Javier PUR 48.33 2 Taylor , Angelo USA 48.83 3 Tinsley , Micheal USA 48.90 4 Gordon , Jehue TRI 49.47 5 Williams , Rhys GBR 49.72 6 Gaymon , Justin USA 50.09 7 Sánchez , Felix DOM 50.23 8 Davenport , Richard GBR 50.57 High Jump - Men Pts 1 Silnov , Andrey RUS 2.36 4 2 Williams , Jesse USA 2.34 2 3 Shustov , Aleksandr RUS 2.31 1 4 Thomas , Donald BAH 2.31 5 Barshim , Mutaz Essa QAT 2.28 6 Parsons , Tom GBR 2.28 7 Bába , Jaroslav CZE 2.25 8 Bernard , Martyn GBR 2.25 9 Ukhov , Ivan RUS 2.22 Grabarz , Robert GBR NM Long Jump - Men Pts Wind 1 Watt , Mitchell AUS 8.45 4 +1.4 2 Tomlinson , Christopher GBR 8.30 2 +2.2 3 Rutherford , Greg GBR 8.19 1 +0.8 4 Saladino , Irving PAN 8.14 +0.5 5 Goodwin , Marquise USA 8.02 +1.1 6 Mokoena , Godfrey Khotso RSA 7.93 +1.5 7 Reid , Julian GBR 7.84 +0.7 8 Gaisah , Ignisious GHA 7.82 +1.0 9 Smith , Tyrone BER 7.37 +0.4 Triple Jump - Men Wind 1 Taylor , Christian USA 17.68 +1.3 2 Oke , Tosin NGR 17.21 +0.7 3 Idowu , Phillips GBR 17.07 +0.8 4 Taillepierre , Karl FRA 16.72 +0.9 5 Davis , Walter USA 16.68 +0.2 6 Laine , Samyr HAI 16.62 +0.9 7 Roulhac , Brandon USA 16.17 +0.3 8 Reid , Julian GBR 16.02 +0.7 Discus Throw - Men Pts 1 Alekna , Virgilijus LTU 66.71 4 2 Kövágó , Zoltán HUN 66.29 2 3 Hadadi , Ehsan IRI 64.76 1 4 Kanter , Gerd EST 64.56 5 Casañas , Yennifer Frank ESP 64.36 6 Wierig , Martin GER 63.99 7 Cadee , Erik NED 62.24 8 Morse , Brett GBR 61.96 9 Okoye , Lawrence GBR 58.61 10 Greaves , Daniel GBR 56.87 11 Buhari , Abdul GBR 55.18 4x100 Metres Relay - Men 1 Stars and Stripes USA 38.23 2 Great Britain & N.I. "B" GBR 38.60 3 Great Britain & N.I. GBR 38.83 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN 38.98 5 Netherlands NED 39.77 Great Britain & N.I. Junior GBR DQ Jamaica JAM DQ Germany GER DNF Women' results 100 Metres - Women Heats Race 2 Wind: -1.0 m/s 1 Jeter , Carmelita USA 11.00 2 Okagbare , Blessing NGR 11.18 3 Anderson , Alexandria USA 11.36 4 Lalova , Ivet BUL 11.40 5 Barber , Mikele USA 11.41 6 Ferguson-McKenzie , Debbie BAH 11.56 7 Douglas , Montell GBR 11.74 8 Onuora , Anyika GBR 11.75 100 Metres - Women Heats Race 1 Wind: -1.2 m/s 1 Baptiste , Kelly-Ann TRI 11.22 2 Fraser - Price , Shelly-Ann JAM 11.30 3 Calvert , Schillonie JAM 11.38 4 Bailey , Aleen JAM 11.38 5 McGrone , Candyce USA 11.48 6 Levy , Jura JAM 11.65 7 Brookins , LaKya USA 11.78 8 Henry Robinson , Samantha JAM 11.86 100 Metres - Women Final Wind: -0.4 m/s Pts 1 Jeter , Carmelita USA 10.93 4 2 Baptiste , Kelly-Ann TRI 10.97 2 3 Fraser - Price , Shelly-Ann JAM 11.10 1 4 Calvert , Schillonie JAM 11.23 5 Okagbare , Blessing NGR 11.25 6 Anderson , Alexandria USA 11.26 7 Bailey , Aleen JAM 11.36 8 Lalova , Ivet BUL 11.38 200 Metres - Women Wind: -1.1 m/s 1 Knight , Bianca USA 22.69 2 Simpson , Sherone JAM 22.84 3 Solomon , Shalonda USA 22.85 4 Ferguson-McKenzie , Debbie BAH 22.88 5 Bailey , Aleen JAM 22.89 6 Townsend , Tiffany USA 22.92 7 Williams , Jodie GBR 22.95 8 Durst , Stephanie USA 23.53 400 Metres - Women 1 Richards-Ross , Sanya USA 49.66 2 Whyte , Rosemarie JAM 49.84 3 Williams-Mills , Novlene JAM 50.46 4 Williams , Shericka JAM 50.64 5 McConnell , Lee GBR 51.01 6 Beard , Jessica USA 51.20 7 Cox , Shana GBR 51.63 8 Ohuruogu , Christine GBR 51.87 800 Metres - Women Race 1 Pts 1 Meadows , Jennifer GBR 1:58.60 4 2 Sinclair , Kenia JAM 1:59.16 2 3 Klocová , Lucia SVK 1:59.65 1 4 Okoro , Marilyn GBR 1:59.85 5 Jackson , Emma GBR 1:59.97 6 Beckwith , Molly USA 2:00.18 7 Obiri , Hellen Onsando KEN 2:00.54 8 MÃ¥kestad Bovim , Ingvill NOR 2:00.68 9 Simpson , Jemma GBR 2:00.69 10 Sharp , Lynsey GBR 2:02.73 11 Maracheva , Irina RUS 2:03.32 Bird , Tara GBR DNF 800 Metres - Women Race 2 1 Hartmann , Jana GER 2:01.97 2 Manou , Tamsyn AUS 2:02.24 3 Best , Charlotte GBR 2:02.96 4 Capková , Tereza CZE 2:02.96 5 Harewood , Karen GBR 2:04.32 6 Aukett , Philippa GBR 2:05.23 7 Cole , Rowena GBR 2:06.34 8 Dowsett , Lucy GBR 2:06.75 Cusma Piccione , Elisa ITA DNF Bird , Tara GBR DNF Kurt , Yeliz TUR DNS 1500 Metres - Women 1 Dobriskey , Lisa GBR 4:04.97 2 England , Hannah GBR 4:05.38 3 Rowbury , Shannon USA 4:05.73 4 Anderson , Gabrielle USA 4:06.77 5 Clement Moser , Treniere USA 4:08.80 6 Donohue , Erin USA 4:09.68 7 Smith , Stacey GBR 4:10.80 8 Stockton , Stevie GBR 4:14.21 9 McGhee , Abbey GBR 4:19.92 Thomas , Charlene GBR DNF Maracheva , Irina RUS DNF 5000 Metres - Women Pts 1 Fleshman , Lauren USA 15:00.57 4 2 Clitheroe , Helen GBR 15:06.75 2 3 Momanyi , Grace Kwamboka KEN 15:07.49 1 4 Davila , Desireé USA 15:08.64 5 Rhines , Jennifer USA 15:10.44 6 Yalew , Genet ETH 15:12.42 7 Hastings , Amy USA 15:17.22 8 Augusto , Jessica POR 15:19.60 9 Mekasha , Waganesh ETH 15:27.97 10 Bleasdale , Julia GBR 15:49.59 McKnight , Kaila AUS DNF 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Women Pts 1 Cheywa , Milcah Chemos KEN 9:22.80 4 2 Ayalew , Hiwot ETH 9:23.88 2 3 Njoroge , Mercy Wanjiku KEN 9:27.45 1 4 Rotich , Lydia Jebet KEN 9:32.95 5 Chepkurui , Lydiah KEN 9:35.13 6 Krause , Gesa Felicitas GER 9:35.97 7 Bekele , Mekdes ETH 9:36.85 8 Coburn , Emma USA 9:37.16 9 Kirui , Purity Cherotich KEN 9:40.11 10 Franek , Bridget USA 9:40.24 11 Ramos , Beverly PUR 9:41.87 12 McColgan , Eilish GBR 9:44.80 13 Parker , Barbara GBR 9:52.25 Lustigová , Marcela CZE DNF Allen , Lindsay USA DNF Hyman , Mardrea JAM DNF 100 Metres Hurdles - Women Final Wind: -0.4 m/s 1 Pearson , Sally AUS 12.58 2 Carruthers , Danielle USA 12.67 3 Porter , Tiffany GBR 12.78 4 Lewis , Yvette USA 12.89 5 Holder , Nikkita CAN 13.01 6 Ali , Nia USA 13.04 7 Crawford , Ginnie USA 13.13 8 George , Phylicia CAN 14.06 100 Metres Hurdles - Women Heats Race 1 Wind: -0.6 m/s 1 Pearson , Sally AUS 12.55 2 Crawford , Ginnie USA 12.92 3 George , Phylicia CAN 12.93 4 Ali , Nia USA 13.00 5 Holder , Nikkita CAN 13.17 6 Davis , Candice USA 13.42 7 Hazel , Louise GBR 13.48 8 Broadbelt-Blake , Angie GBR 13.58 100 Metres Hurdles - Women Heats Race 2 Wind: -0.6 m/s 1 Carruthers , Danielle USA 12.81 2 Porter , Tiffany GBR 12.86 3 Lewis , Yvette USA 13.11 4 O'Rourke , Derval IRL 13.28 5 Barber , Aleesha TRI 13.57 6 Helsby , Ashley GBR 13.65 7 Gaynor , Stephanie GBR 14.11 Bennett , Gemma GBR DNS 400 Metres Hurdles - Women Pts 1 Spencer , Kaliese JAM 52.79 4 2 Walker , Melaine JAM 53.90 2 3 Shakes-Drayton , Perri GBR 54.62 1 4 Hejnová , Zuzana CZE 54.74 5 Harrison , Queen USA 55.51 6 Child , Eilidh GBR 55.76 7 Tracey , Ristananna JAM 56.07 8 Brown , Ti'erra USA 57.13 Pole Vault - Women Pts 1 Suhr , Jennifer USA 4.79 4 2 Murer , Fabiana BRA 4.71 2 3 Feofanova , Svetlana RUS 4.71 1 4 Kiriakopoúlou , Nikoléta GRE 4.71 5 Spiegelburg , Silke GER 4.63 6 Strutz , Martina GER 4.63 7 Bleasdale , Holly GBR 4.55 8 Hingst , Carolin GER 4.55 9 Hutson , Kylie USA 4.45 10 Dennison , Kate GBR 4.30 Triple Jump - Women Pts Wind 1 Saladuha , Olha UKR 14.80 4 +0.8 2 Rypakova , Olga KAZ 14.49 2 +0.8 3 Veldáková , Dana SVK 14.48 1 +0.9 4 PapahrÃstou , Paraskevà GRE 14.17 +1.0 5 Marie-Nély , Nathalie FRA 14.12 +2.5 6 Regis , Yasmine GBR 13.76 +0.0 7 Samuel , Laura GBR 13.52 +0.4 8 Bânova , Andriyana BUL 13.35 +0.1 Shot Put - Women Pts 1 Adams , Valerie NZL 20.07 4 2 Ostapchuk , Nadzeya BLR 19.52 2 3 Kleinert , Nadine GER 19.06 1 4 Schwanitz , Christina GER 18.80 5 Borel-Brown , Cleopatra TRI 18.56 6 Carter , Michelle USA 18.23 7 Terlecki , Josephine GER 17.94 8 Rosa , Chiara ITA 17.92 Javelin Throw - Women Pts 1 Obergföll , Christina GER 66.74 4 2 Å potáková , Barbora CZE 66.41 2 3 Sayers , Goldie GBR 63.41 1 4 Palameika , Madara LAT 60.72 5 Patterson , Kara USA 58.25 6 KlimeÅ¡ová , Jarmila CZE 58.05 7 Hjálmsdóttir , ÃsdÃs ISL 57.77 8 Eisenlauer , Esther GER 56.50 4x100 Metres Relay - Women 1 Stars and Stripes USA 42.92 2 Jamaica JAM 43.17 3 All Stars UND 43.21 4 Germany GER 43.54 5 Belgium BEL 44.00 6 Slovenia SLO 44.40 Great Britain & N.I. "B" GBR DNF Great Britain & N.I. GBR DNF
