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REGULARS28 NewsGB announce Olympic teamAldama almost back to full fi tnessGay and Powell to clash in LondonBleasdale on her early-season glitches33 Young AthleteRace walker Cameron Corbishley34 CommentWhat’s the best way to select teams?62 Dip FinishThe tennis players with athletics links

ACTION06 European Championships18 pages of coverage from Finland

SPOTLIGHT26 Split-second precisionThe inside story on timing at the top athletics events

PERFORMANCE35 Long jumpGetting it right from runway to landing36 JavelinStep by step tips from an elite coach

EVENTS39 ResultsDouble defeat for Bolt, US Champs round-up and national league action52 World JuniorsYoung Brits set for Spanish inquisition53 English SchoolsPreview of the kids’ ‘mini-Olympics’55 What’s OnThe main fi xtures coming up, including World Juniors and BMC preview

Cover: Euro 800m silver medallist Lynsey Sharp is off to the London Olympic Games (Mark Shearman)

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Contents July 5, 2012

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Sharp the right callEDITOR’S LETTER

IT WAS the mother of all dilemmas. Should selectors have played safe and picked Marilyn Okoro, Jemma Simpson and Jenny Meadows? Or snubbed the lot and chosen in-form wild card Lynsey Sharp?

Everyone fancies being a selector, but this was a painful decision that no one wanted to make. For two hours the selectors debated it, before making a monumentally bold and risky decision.

Sharp’s poker hand contained a mere B standard, but also a couple of aces – an Olympic Trials win and Euro silver from Helsinki – and it was enough to sway selectors in what must have been an agonising choice.

While my heart goes out to the athletes with A standards, UKA made the right choice. I would never have been brave enough to do it (who would?) but Sharp is the athlete of the moment and has defi nitely earned her place in the team.

» IN the athletics fi lm of the year, Fast Girls, the relay runners practise their baton changes in a car park the night before the world championships before using an alien technique to strike gold in the big event itself.

Unfortunately, real life often struggles to mimic the movies and the British 4x100m

team at the European Championships last week were disqualifi ed in the women’s race – thus ending their Olympic dreams – while the men’s team failed to fi nish.

Given the attention and money that has been injected into relays in recent years, it is disappointing. Darren Campbell, part of the gold medal-winning 4x100m quartet in 2004, has been a frustrated spectator keen to help. There has even been talk of bringing back Steve Perks, the coach of the victorious 2004 squad.

With the Games less than a month away, is it too late? Or are such ideas merely the stuff of Hollywood?

Jason Henderson, Editor

Sharp the right call

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Getting it right from runway to landing

chosen in-form wild card Lynsey Sharp?Everyone fancies being a selector,

but this was a painful decision that no one wanted to make. For two hours the selectors debated it, before making a monumentally bold and risky decision.

Sharp’s poker hand contained a mere B standard, but also a couple of aces – an Olympic Trials win and Euro silver from Helsinki – and it was enough to sway selectors in what must have been an

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ACTION For more action, go toathleticsweekly.comEuropean Championships, Helsinki, Finland, June 27-July 1

WINDS OF CHANGEH

ELSINKI hosted its third European Championships and the controversial experiment to hold it in Olympic year probably just about worked. The weather

wasn’t helpful, apart from a glorious sunny fi nal day, and performances suff ered, especially with many leading Europeans also staying at home,

Nevertheless the appearances and performances of Christophe Lemaitre, Renaud Lavillenie, Mo Farah, Sergey Shubenkov, Sebastian Bayer, David Storl, Robert Harting, Irina Davydova, Olga Saladukha and Sandra

Perkovic made it a proper championships. The Finns embraced the event

with more than

160,000 spectators across the fi ve days.Despite those star names, only 10 out of

42 events saw superior performances in Helsinki compared to Barcelona.

And a track which some viewed as almost square didn’t help performances. It was another case of football – which has already adversely aff ected TV and media coverage of the sport – now even influencing the track shape so it could fi t in an international pitch. The timetable was also aff ected with some days fi nishing very early so it didn’t clash with Euro 2012 semi fi nals.

Britain won seven medals, three of them gold, but were behind Turkey in the medal table. Mo Farah predictably won the 5000m, Rhys Williams enjoyed the biggest win of his life to complete a full set of 400m hurdles medals,

and Robbie Grabarz won the fi rst of what could be

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WINDS OF CHANGEmany titles. And it was great to see Jo Pavey fi nally win a major medal at the age of 38.

The UK didn’t help the championship standards by preventing track athletes from competing once automatic selection for the Olympics had been gained. The timing of the Trials also ensured that not all athletes who would have benefi ted most from selection could compete as entries had already closed. Those who exit in the heats or qualifying in London may regret in years to come that they missed out their best ever chance of European medals or fi nals.

There were areas of the timetabling that needed reviewing with endless morning sessions and too many unnecessary rounds to eliminate a handful. More athletes might turn up if they know there will be a maximum of two rounds for all bar the 100 metres. Why start the evening with a heptathlon 800m before the crowd has settled?

Also why have

66m as the automatic qualifying mark for the discus fi nal when a grand total of four athletes had achieved it in the 20 previous championships?

There were some good ideas – the free app for information and the medal ceremonies being held in the main square outside the stadium where there was also live music. This enabled the spectators and athletes to focus on the athletics without interruption and meant fans from medal-winning countries could ensure they were close up to their athletes.

My last moan is the same for all championships. The over-reliance on fastest losers spots which are blatantly unfair in sprints where the wind can fluctuate

signifi cantly and in middle distance races where the later race entrants

know exactly what time they have to do to achieve

qualifi cations. And semi fi nals – there should be

two races not three!

Medals tableIt was close at the top of the medal table with Germany, Russia (whose team was aff ected by their trials this weekend), France and Ukraine all having very similar medal tallies. Similarly the second group of Turkey, Britain, Czech Republic and the Netherlands were also closely matched.

Altogether 27 countries won medals and that tally could be more than halved by European nations in London 2012.

COUNTRY G S B

Germany 6 6 4

Russia 5 4 6

France 5 4 5

Ukraine 4 7 6

Turkey 4 2 1

Great Britain 3 3 1

Czech Republic 3 1 1

Netherlands 2 3 0


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ACTIONEuropean Championships, Helsinki, Finland, June 27-July 1

100 (-0.7): 1 C Lemaitre (FRA) 10.09; 2 J Vicaut (FRA) 10.12; 3 J Saidy-Ndure (NOR) 10.17; 4 HARRY AIKINES-ARYEETEY 10.31; 5 V Smelyk (UKR) 10.34; R Arajs (LAT)/R Sakalauskas (LTU) dnf. S Collio (ITA) dq. sf1 (1.1): 1 Saidy Ndure 10.13; 2 Sakalauskas 10.23; 3 Collio 10.30; 4 E Biron (FRA) 10.43; 5 S Tarnhuvud (SWE) 10.47; 6 A Abrantes (POR) 10.47; 7 R Fongue (SUI) 10.50; 8 J Veleba (CZE) 10.60. sf2 (0.1): 1 Lemaitre 10.14; 2 AIKINES-ARYEETEY 10.30; 3 K Duc (POL) 10.38; 4 J Reus (GER) 10.44; 5 R Schenkel (SUI) 10.48; 6 F Cerutti (ITA) 10.50; 7 J Smyth (IRL) 10.52; 8 R Abbasov (AZE) 10.71. sf3 (0.8): 1 Vicaut 10.22; 2 Smelyk 10.28; 3 Arajs 10.29; 4 L Jakubczyk )GER) 10.32; 5 J Riparelli (ITA) 10.33; 6 MARK LEWIS-FRANCIS 10.36; 7 R Pulst (EST) 10.57; 8 R Sulc (CZE) 10.60. ht 1 (1.4): 1 Vicaut

10.18; 2 Smelyk 10.32; 3 Cerutti 10.36; 4 LEWIS FRANCIS 10.39; 5 Fonque 10.53; 6 M Osovnikar (SLO) 10.60. ht 2 (1.0): 1 Sakalauskas 10.23; 2 Arajs 10.28; 3 Schenkel 10.38; 4 Smyth 10.47; 5 Abrantes 10.49; 6 Abbasov 10.58. ht 3 (0.4): 1 Lemaitre 10.14; 2 AIKINES-ARYEETEY 10.27; 3 Reus 10.31; 4 Riparelli 10.42; 5 D Barski (ISR) 10.59. ht 4 (0.0): 1 Jakubczyk 10.26; 2 Collio 10.31; 3 Veleba 10.48; 4 Pulst 10.57. ht 5 (1.7): 1 Saidy-Ndure 10.24; 2 Kuc 10.26; 3 Biron 10.28; 4 Tarnhuvud 10.35; 6 Sulc 10.56. 200 (-0.9): 1 C Martina (NED) 20.42; 2 P Val Luijk (NED) 20.87; 3 DANNY TALBOT 20.95; 4 J Borlee (BEL) 20.99; 5 N De Oliveira (SWE) 21.11; 6 CHRIS CLARKE 21.26; 7 D Marani (ITA) 21.26; 8 P Hession (IRL). sf1 (-0.3): 1 Martina 20.63; 2 CLARKE 20.90; 3 B Bassaw (FRA) 20.91; 4 S Knipphals

(GER) 20.92; 5 K Krynski (POL) 20.93; 6 R Schenkel (SUI) 21.05; 7 A Linnik (BLR) 21.43; V Sulc(CZE) dq. sf2 (-0.1): 1 TALBOT 20.69; 2 De Oliveira 20.83; 3 Marani 20.83; 4 Hession 20.84; 5 S Ernst (GER) 20.91; 6 J Astrand (FIN) 21.27; 7 A Abrantes (POR) 21.36; Ln TSAKONAS (GRE) dq. sf3 (-1.7): 1 Van Luijk 20.68; 2 Borlee 20.74; 3 A Wilson (SUI) 20.87; 4 D Manenti (ITA) 21.07; 5 P Kremenski (BUL) 21.08; 6 B Hortelano (ESP) 21.35; 7 M Niit (EST) 21.44; A Khyutte (RUS) dns. ht 1 (-0.3): 1 Borlee 20.61; 2 Bassaw 20.73; 3 Marani 20.89; 4 Hortelano 21.08; 5 Linnik 21.20. ht 2 (-1.1): 1 Martina 20.74; 2 Wilson 20.75; 3 De Oliveira 20.78; 4 Ernst 20.96; 5 Sulc 21.17. ht 3 (-0.5): 1 Van Luijk 20.78; 2 CLARKE 20.83; 3 Manenti 20.84; 4 Kremenski 21.03; 5 Abrantes 21.24. ht 4 (-0.1): 1 Tsakonas 20.73; 2 Hession

20.75; 3 Knipphals 20.94; 4 Astrand 21.20; 5 K Kirilov (BUL) 21.45. ht 5 (0.4): 1 TALBOT 20.82; 2 Krynski 20.88; 3 Niit 20.93; 4 Schenkel 20.96; 5 Khyutte 21.27; 6 J Feller (NED) 21.32. 400: 1 P Maslak (CZE) 45.24; 2 M 1Deak-Nagy 45.52; 3 Y Fonsat (FRA) 45.82; 4 D Sanford (ISR) 45.91; 5 RICHARD BUCK 45.92; 6 B Gregan (IRL) 46.04; 7 M Marciniszyn (POL) 46.46; 8 M Vistalli 4:04.20. sf1: 1 Deak-Nagy 45.68; 2 Sanford 45.77; 3 Fonsat 45.78; 4 Marciniszyn 45.88; 5 N Ekelund-Arenander (DEN) 46.57; 6 L Valentini (ITA) 46.96; 7 J Tesar (CZE) 47.27. J Bouckaert (BEL) dq. sf2: 1 Vistalli 46.01; 2 BUCK 46.13; 3 J Wissman (SWE) 46.35; 4 P Wiaderek (POL) 46.45; 5 M Guzel (TUR) 46.46; 6 K Braikov (BUL) 46.62; 7 R Briones (ESP) 47.56; D Nemecek (CZE) dq. sf3: 1 Maslak 45.66; 2 Gregan 45.76; 3 J

Leitis (LAT) 45.88; 4 K Kozlowski (POL) 46.54; 5 E Kruger (GER) 46.68; 6 L Mosin (RUS) 46.77; 7 A Gillet (BEL) 47.15; 8 M Ujakpor (ESP) 47.27. ht 1: 1 Gregan 45.63; 2 Maslak 45.87; 3 Kozlowski 46.30; 4 Ujakpor 47.07; Y Can (TUR)/B Larue (SLO)/Y Wendelin (FIN) dq. ht 2: 1 RICHARD BUCK 45.83; 2 Leitis 45.92; 3 Wissman 46.43; 4 Gillet 46.62; 5 Valentini 46.64; 6 Wiaderek 46.83; 7 Briones 47.20. ht 3: 1 Sanford 45.90; 2 Deak-Nagy 46.19; 3 Braikov 46.20; 4 Nemecek 46.61; 5 H Kilic (TUR) 47.91; S Garcia (ESP)/LUKE LENNON-FORD dq. ht 4: 1 Fonsat 45.92; 2 Vistalli 45.98; 3 Kruger 46.33; 4 Bouckaert 46.37; 5 Tesar 46.75. ht 5: 1 Guzel 46.21; 2 Marciniszyn 46.47; 3 Ekelund-Arenander 46.78; 4 Mosin 47.39; 5 H Ibrahimov (AZE) 47.47; T Venel (FRA) dq.

RESULTS

INTO a slight headwind one of the big stars of the championships, Christophe Lemaitre, retained his 100m crown in a classy 10.09 into a -0.9m/s headwind in cold conditions. The Frenchman had the slowest reaction time of the six ‘competitors’ and had to work hard to overhaul his younger team-mate Jimmy Vicaut, who timed 10.12. Norway’s Jaysuma Saidy-Ndure was close in third in 10.17. The race was marred by the antics of Lithuanian Rytis Sakalauskas. He lingered in his blocks the fi rst time, calling a recall, did so again the second time when Simone Collio false started and then for the third time. Having injured himself in the semis, Sakalauskas lined up for the fi nal because had he not done so, he wouldn’t have been allowed to compete in the 200m or 4x100m.

British view: A less than fully fi t Harry Aikines-Aryeetey did well to come fourth – albeit out of fi ve fi nishers – in his fi rst major senior fi nal. However, he seems stuck around the 10.30 level. 2010 silver medallist Mark Lewis-Francis is another not fast enough for an Olympic spot this year and he exited in the semis with a 10.36.Past Euro comparison: Favourably. Lemaitre was faster than 2010.

ON AN awful night with rain and the ridiculously tight bends, Churandy Martina did well to fi rst not match his Olympic DQ and run out of his lane, and then recovered to run 20.42. His 0.45 margin equals the biggest in European Championships history, that of Pietro Mennea in

1978. Patrick Van Luijk fi nished well for second to give the Netherlands a 1-2, only bettered by Britain’s clean sweep in 1998.British view: Danny Talbot led into the straight and, though slowing, he held on for a bronze – one place up on his Olympic Trials result. He ran 20.95 in the fi nal after a 20.69 semi in much better conditions. Only seventh ranked in the UK, he needed better conditions to impress the selectors. He did signifi cantly beat Chris Clarke who fi nished seventh in 21.26 after a 20.83 heat.Past Euro comparison: Martina’s time stands up but Talbot’s 20.95 was the slowest time to win a medal since 1969.

WORLD indoor fi nalist Pavel Maslak looked the class of the

fi eld throughout and the Czech won easily enough in 45.24. A year younger at 20, Marcell Deak-Nagy,the European junior champion, fi nished strongly for second. France’s Yannick Fonsat surprised from the tight lane one to snatch third from Israel’s ex-American Don Sanford.British view: Having survived a DQ for a lane violation on appeal, Richard Buck did well to make the fi nal and came close to a medal with 45.92 in fi fth after a 45.83 heat which should seal his place in Britain’s 4x400m squad. Luke Lennon-Ford was less lucky, winning his heat but suff ering the wrath of the judges.Past Euro comparison: While Maslak may have won anyway, the best Brits and Belgians weren’t here and you have to go back to 1978 to fi nd a weaker 400m.

Lemaitre reigns as sprint king of Europe

Christophe Lemaitre: defended 100m title

Danny Talbot: 200m

bronze

Pavel Maslak: clear winner of 400m

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110H (0.5): 1 S Shubenkov (RUS) 13.16; 2 G Darien (FRA) 13.20; 3 A Noga (POL) 13.27 (eq rec); 4 A John (GER) 13.38; 5 E Abate (ITA) 13.43; 6 G Sedoc (NED) 13.45; 7 P Nossmy (SWE) 13.59; 8 K Douvaliis (GRE) 13.59. sf1 (0.0): 1 Noga 13.43; 2 Nossmy 13.47; 3 M Buhler (GER) 13.52; 4 WILLIAM SHARMAN 13.55; 5 M Lynsha (BLR) 13.58; 6 D Kiss (HUN) 13.59; 7 L Doucoure (FRA) 13.66; 8 D Seghers (BEL) 13.81. sf2 (-1.1): 1 Shubenkov 13.09 (rec); 2 John 13.43; 3 S Coco-Viloin (FRA) 13.50; 4 J Almeida (POR) 13.56; 5 B Baji (HUN) 13.68; 6 P Dal Molin (ITA) 13.85; 7 D Ilariani

(GEO) 13.88; A Deghelt (BEL) dnf. sf3 (-0.3): 1 Darien 13.15; 2 Douvalidis 13.37 (rec); 3 Abate 13.39; 4 Sedoc 13.48; 5 G Traber (GER) 13.62; 6 GIANNI FRANKIS 13.68; 7 R Dabo (POR) 13.73; 8 V Vukicevic (NOR) 13.76. ht 1 (-1.2): 1 Nossmy 13.56; 2 Buhlewr 13.93; 3 Seghers 13.95; 4 Doucoure 13.96; 5 F Lopez (ESP) 14.03. ht 2 (0.5): 1 Noga 13.49; 2 John 13.50; 3 Almeida 13.63; 4 Vukicevic 13.65; 5 Lynsha 13.75; 6 Ilariani 13.85. ht 3 (-0.7): 1 Douvalaidis 13.57; 2 Sedoc 13.59; 3 Abate 13.61; 4 Kiss 13.62; 5 Deghelt 13.66; 6 FRANKIS 13.71; 7 Quinonez 13.97. ht 4 (-2.0): 1

Darien 13.46; 2 SHARMAN 13.63; 3 Dal Molin 13.68; 4 Traber 13.83; 5 J Heina (FIN) 14.21. ht 5 (1.1): 1 Shubenkov 13.28; 2 Baji 13.50; 3 Coco-Viloin 13.72; 4 Dabo 14.00; 5 RICHARD ALLEYNE 14.02; 6 M Silkauskas (LTU) 14.11; 7 A Stavrides (CYP) 14.14. 400H: 1 RHYS WILLIAMS 49.33; 2 E Bekric (SRB) 49.49; 3 S Melnykov (UKR) 49.69; 4 A Clemenceau (FRA) 49.70; 5 R Magi (EST) 50.01; 6 G Fleischhauer (GER) 50.11; 7 NATHAN WOODWARD 50.20; 8 P Iakovakis (GRE) 50.57. sf1: 1 Bekric 49.37 (rec); 2 Fleischhauer 49.52; 3 Magi 49.54 (rec); 4 WOODWARD

49.68; 5 T BARR (IRL) 50.22; 6 M Plawgo (POL) 50.77; 7 S Papadopoulos (GRE) 51.89; J Prorok (CZE) dq. sf2: 1 Melnykov 49.72; 2 Iakovakis 49.83; 3 T Giehl (GER) 49.95; 4 M Yakaleu (BLR) 50.02; 5 V Antmanis (RUS) 50.25; 6 V Barak (CZE) 50.33; 7 D Cabello (ESP) 50.52; 8 S Guogis (LTU) 51.15. sf 3: 1 WILLIAMS 49.63; 2 Clemenceau 49.80; 3 M Bultheel (BEL) 49.98; 4 A Derevyagin (RUS) 50.02; 5 J Paula (POR) 50.58; 6 K Hussein(SUIU) 50.81; 7 M Broz (CZE) 51.35; 8 J Sagredo (ESP) 51.66. ht 1: 1 Giehl 49.98; 2 Iakovakis 50.25; 3

Yakauleu 50.47; 4 Antmanis 50.92; 5 M Kucera (SVK) 51.50. ht 2: 1 Bultheel 49.65; 2 Clemenceau 49.84; 3 Derevyagin 50.32; 4 Broz 50.91. ht 3: 1 WOODWARD 50.02; 2 Prorok 50.57; 3 Derevyagin 50.32; 4 Broz 50.91; B Larue (SLO) dq. ht 4: 1 Fleischauer (GER) 50.22; 2 Barr 50.59; 3 Bekric 50.73; 4 Sagredo 51.37; 5 RICHARD YATES 52.12. ht 5: 1 Melnykov 50.33; 2 Paula 50.74; 3 Cabello 50.89; 4 Plawgo 50.96; 5 I Moro (FIN) 51.59. ht 6: 1 WILLIAMS 50.40; 2 Barak 50.58; 3 Hussein 50.94; 4 Guogis 51.25; 5 J Harvey (IRL) 51.83. D Gollnow (GER) dq.

RESULTS

THIS was the classiest track race of the championships, though great conditions on the fi nal day helped. European under-23 champion Sergey Shubenkov had already run a Russian record of 13.18 this summer, but he stunned in the semi-fi nals with a relaxed 13.09 into a -1.1m/s headwind. He wasn’t quite so relaxed in the fi nal as he was under pressure from France’s Garfi eld Darien and Poland’s Artur Noga. Nevertheless he eased away over the last two hurdles to win in 13.16 from Darien’s 13.20 and Noga’s 13.27, Darien matching his silver from 2010.British view: William Sharman felt an unbalanced start let him down as he was fourth in his semi-fi nal with 13.55, ending the double world fi nalist’s Olympic chances. Gianni Frankis ran a respectable 13.68 in his semi, feeling he was slowed by a clash with the Portuguese Rasul Dabo, who hit arms with Richard Alleyne in his heat the day before and contributed to his 14.02.

Past Euro comparison: Only Colin Jackson has run faster in the European Championships than Shubenkov’s Russian record from the semi fi nals. He also timed 13.28 in his heat for three strong races.

THIS was a close-run race and Rhys Williams, who was third in 2006 and second in 2010, used his usual strong fi nish to ease to a two-metre victory and collect the full set of medals.

He was also a previous winner at the European Under-23 Championships, European Junior Championships and European Youth Olympic Festival.

Williams, who had fallen at the Olympic Trials, surely sewed up his Olympic selection with a season’s best and Olympic ‘A’ standard 49.33.

Emir Bekric of Serbia gained a surprise silver medal in 49.69, having run a national record of 49.37 in his semi fi nal.British view: This was eff ectively

a run off for the third place on the British Olympic team. Nathan Woodward ran a good fi rst 300m in his semi but faded and only squeezed into the fi nal as a fastest loser with 49.68, giving him the tight lane two. He was in contention in the fi nal but faded to seventh. An unwell Richard Yates ran just 52.12 in his heat, three seconds down on his PB.Past Euro comparison: Conditions weren’t great but this was the slowest winning time since 1969.

Euro gold at last for WilliamsRhys Williams: completed full set of European medals

Sergey Shubenkov: new fi nd in the 110m hurdles

Rhys Williams: victory followed fall at Aviva Trials

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800: 1 Y Borzakovskiy (RUS) 1:48.61; 2 A Bube (DEN) 1:48.69; 3 P Bosse (FRA) 1:48.83; 4 A Reina (ESP) 1:48.98; 5 J Holusa (CZE) 1:48.99; 7 J Repcik (SVK) 1:49.42; 8 T Roth (NOR) 1:49.54. sf1: 1 Reina 1:46.49; 2 Repcik 1:46.62; 3 Holusa 1:46.63; 4 Roth 1:46.88; 5 S Keiner (GER) 1:46.91; 6 H Oualich (FRA) 1:47.14; 7 I Davydov (UKR) 1:47.22; 8 GARETH WARBURTON 1:47.37. sf2: 1 Bosse 1:46.70; 2 Borzakovskiy 1:46.92; 3 K Lopez (ESP) 1:47.30; 4 Z Rudolf (SLO0 1:47.41; 5 S Ludolph (GER) 1:48.06; 6 J Kubista (CZE) 1:48.94; 7 O Kayafa (UKR) 1:49.61; 8 T Kupers (NED) 1:50.37. sf3: 1 Bube 1:48.48; 2 Lathouwers 1:48.49; 3 MUKHTAR MOHAMMED 1:48.84; 4

P Renaudie (FRA) 1:48.97; 5 L Marco 1:49.06; 6 I Zaizan (ROU) 1:49.91; 7 J Vanden Broeck (BEL) 1:50.63; 8 A Tuka (BIH) 1:51.14. ht 1: 1 WARBURTON 1:45.80; 2 Bube 1:46.51; 3 Rudolf 1:46.98; 4 Zaizan 1:47.31; 5 Kayafa 1:47.56; 6 Kupers 1:47.89. ht 2: 1 Keiner 1:48.09; 2 Bosse 1:48.23; 3 Tuka 1:48.31; 4 Holusa 1:48.54; 5 D Jurkevics 1:48.59. ht 3: 1 Ludolph 1:47.10; 2 Mohammed 1:47.13; 3 Repcik 1:47.41; 4 Marco 1:47.42; 5 Kubista 1:47.66; 6 Davydov 1:47.79; 7 D Rogestedt (SWE) 1:48.86; 8 T Granlund (SWE) 1:50.12. ht 4: 1 Borzakovskiy 1:47.48; 2 Reina 1:47.61; 3 Renaudie 1:47.74; 4 Roth 1:47.78; 5 J Svensson (SWE) 1:48.21. ht 5: 1 Lathouwers

1:48.00; 2 Van den Broeck 1:48.35; 3 Oualich 1:48.44; 4 Lopez 1:48.46; 5 V Kozlov (LTU) 1:48.61; 6 R Pallitsch (AUT) 1:48.84. 1500: 1 H Ingbrigtsen (NOR) 3:46.20; 2 F Cavalho (FRA) 3:46.33; 3 D Bustos (ESP) 3:46.45; 4 H Gomes 3:46.50; 5 B Nowicki (POL) 3:46.69; 6 I Ozbilen (TUR) 3:46.85; 7 D Jurkevics (LAT) 3:47.36; 8 G Nava (SRB) 3:47.74; 9 A Haidane (ITA) 3:47.79; 10 A Vojta (AUT) 3:53.23; 11 F Orth (GER) 3:58.54; 12 N Sandells (FIN) 4:03.34. sf1: 1 Vojta 3:41.24; 2 Ozbilen (TUR) 3:41.38; 3 Jurkevics 3:41.45; 4 Carvalho 3:41.50; 5 Gomes 3:41.56; 6 Haidane 3:41.61; 7 Nowicki 3:41.82; 8 Nava 3:41.96; 9 A Bueno (DEN) 3:42.81;

10 M Demczyszak (POL) 3:43.97; 11 C Schlangen (GER) 3:46.52; M Olmedo (ESP) dnf. sf2: 1 Sandells 3:45.74; 2 Orth 3:45.87; 3 Bustos 3:46.12; 4 Ingebrigtsen 3:46.14; 5 A Rodriguez (ESP) 3:46.33; 6 R Botezan (ROU) 3:46.39; 7 G Beugnet (FRA) 3:46.53; 8 B Rowe (AUT) 3:47.18; 9 P Robinson (IRL) 3:47.26; 10 TOM LANCASHIRE 3:47.80; 11 K Zerbrowski (POL) 3:48.00; 12 K Koyuncu (TUR) 3:48.01. 3000sc: 1 M Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:33.23; 2 t Akdag (TUR) 8:35.24; 3 V Garcia (ESP) 8:35.87; 4 N Gezzar (FRA) 8:36.98; 5 A Merzoughi (ESP) 8:38.58; 6 L Parszynski (POL) 8:38.76; 7 Y Floriani (ITA) 8:39.22; 8 K Zalewski (POL) 8:39.35; 9 H Duvar

(TUR) 8:40.05; 10 S Uliczka (GER) 8:41.53; 11 I Luchianov (MDA) 8:42.06; 12 L Oslizlo (POL) 8:44.51; 13 P Nasti (ITA) 8:48.37; 14 A Jimenez (ESP) 8:53.30; 15 P Kivistik (EST) 8:58.02. ht 1: 1 Mekhissi-Benabbad 8:31.05; 2 Gezzar 8:31.33; 3 Nasti 8:34.08; 4 Parszcznski 8:35.05; 5 Jimenez 8:35.44; 6 Duvar 8:37.40; 7 JAMES WILKINSON 8:39.19; 9 A Paulo (POR) 8:41.63; 10 ROB MULLETT 8:48.38. ht 2: Akdag 8:27.31; 2 Luchianov 8:29.28; 3 Garcia 8:29.44; 4 Oslizlo 8:29.46; 5 Merzoughi 8:29.51; 6 Uliczka 8:29.55; 7 Floriani 8:32.63; 8 Kivistik 8:36.10; 9 N Smail (FRA) 8:41.11; 10 I Maggidi (ISR) 8:47.29; 11 I Minshin (RUS) 8:52.84; LUKE GUNN dnf.

RESULTS

YURIY BORZAKOVSKIY is an ex-Olympic champion and a fi ve-time world 800m fi nalist, but he had never contested a European 800m before. In a slow-run race, kicking from behind, the Russian unleashed a sub-26 last 200m to win by less than a metre from fast-fi nishing Dane Andreas Bube. France’s European junior champion Pierre-Ambrose Bosse showed ahead at 400m in 55.17 and 600m in 82.79 and narrowly held on for bronze.British view: Gareth Warburton would have surely been better having a paced race back in the UK rather than use the championships for a time trial. Chasing his second ‘A’ standard, he blasted through his heat in 51.61 then ran a 25.84 third 200m before ending up with 1:45.80, the fastest ever European heat, but his win missed his target. He tried again in his semi with 51.54 and 78.71 splits but faded from fi rst to

last in the straight with 1:47.37. Doing well in the fi nal may have impressed the selectors more. Mukhtar Mohammed made the semis and wasn’t far from making the fi nal but didn’t quite have the fi nishing speed, fi nishing third in the race.Past Euro comparison: The standard was poor and the pace ensured this was the slowest time since 1962. Even the top fi ve from 1954 were faster than Borzakovskiy’s winning time!

A POOR race in terms of quality but still exciting with three fallers. Goran Nava led through 400m in 62.60 and a lethargic 800m in 2:09.53. Much to the crowd’s disappointment, Finland’s Niclas Sandells, who won his heat and was moving up, tripped and fell 500m out.

Considering the slow pace you’d expect 51 last laps at the worst but a 54 from Norwegian Hendrik Ingebrigsten suffi ced.

He had fi nished just 13th in

his heat at last year’s European Under-23 Championships. European leader and pre-race favourite Ilham Tanui Ozbilen of Turkey tripped the Finn before fi nishing sixth. At one stage the former Kenyan was disqualifi ed but inexplicably got reinstated.British view: James Brewer withdrew ill and Tom Lancashire’s change of pace was badly exposed in his heat when in a slow race, he possibly used up too much energy getting into a good position and he could muster up just a 58 fi nal circuit and ran just 3:47.80 for tenth in a modest heat.Past Euro comparison: Roger Bannister was faster in 1954 and would have possibly won in his peak shape.

ANOTHER slow race, but unlike the 1500m and 10,000m it did see world-class fi nishing speed. The opening two kilometres were a procession with 2:59.49 at 1000m and 2000m in 5:57.21,

suggesting a tempo just inside nine minutes. The last kilometre was furious though with Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad taking just 2:36 for his kilometre which is sub-7:50 pace. The Frenchman was under pressure over the fi nal barrier but Spain’s Victor Garcia clattered the last one and fell. He got up to fi nish third behind Kenyan-turned-Turk Tarik Langat Akdag. The last lap was run inside 59 seconds.British view: British champion Luke Gunn was probably capable of challenging for a fi nal spot but fell early in his heat and retired. James Wilkinson had a solid run of 8:39.19 and was surprisingly close to qualifying though Rob Mullett was well down on his US form.Past Euro comparison: It was the slowest for 54 years but Mekhissi-Benabbad has the championship record of 8:07.87 from 2010, so his time in Helsinki reflects the poor tactics of his rivals rather than the overall quality.

Russian champ victorious in a slow race

Yuriy Borzakovskiy: powerful fi nish to win fi rst Euro gold

800M

1500M

3000M STEEPLECHASE

Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad: chase

victory

suggesting a tempo just inside nine minutes. The last kilometre was furious though with Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad taking just 2:36 for his kilometre which is sub-7:50 pace. The Frenchman was under pressure over the fi nal barrier but Spain’s

Hendrik Ingebrigtsen:

won slow, messy

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MO FARAH became the fi rst athlete ever to retain a European 5000m title. He started at the back as Anatoliy Rybakov built up a lead that grew to 40 metres as the Russian led through 1000m in 2:42.45 and 2000m in 5:30.32. Farah went in front through 3km in 8:17.50 and 4km in 11:03.15 but didn’t start winding the pace up until the fi nal kilometre. Laps of 63.9 and 61.5 took him to the bell and a 53.7 fi nal circuit, faster than they managed in the 1500m, gave him a clear win by almost two seconds over Germany’s Arne

Gabius. Just six hundredths of a second covered third to fi fth. Hayle Ibrahimov, who pushed Farah all the way at the European Indoors, was sixth.

Farah’s closing speed was impressive – 1:55.20 for the last 800m.British view: Farah’s team-mates were there for experience. Rory Fraser ran solidly for 14th

in his fi rst major race for GB but was some way down on his US form. Mitch Goose pulled his calf badly mid-race and perhaps rather unwisely limped to the fi nish in last place.Past Euro comparison: On this form, Farah would have won all previous European Championships. The time was the quickest since 1990.

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5000: 1 MO FARAH 13:29.91; 2 A Gabius (GER) 13:31.83; 3 P Arikan (TUR) 13:32.63; 4 Y Durand (FRA) 13:32.65; 5 D Meucci (ITA) 12:32.69; 6 H Ibrahimov (AZE) 13:36.05; 7 D Licht (NED) 13:37.99; 8 B Abdi (BEL) 13:39.01; 9 S Lebid (UKR) 13:40.07; 10 M Penas (ESP) 13:41.40; 11 S La Rosa (ITA) 13:41.99; 12 F Alves (ESP) 13:42.46; 13 A Bouafif (SWE) 13:50.13; 14 RORY FRASER 13:51.05; 15 P Pflieger (GER) 13:51.23; 16 T Nurme (EST) 13:51.29; 17 B Rowe (AUT) 13:51.58; 17 B Rowe (AUT) 13:51.58; 18 S Buraas (NOR) 13:51.64; 19 A Rybakov (RUS) 13:52.79; 20 J Espana (ESP) 13:55.98; 21 M Lunders (BEL) 14:06.55; 22 P Bandi (SUU) 14:07.48; 23 MITCH GOOSE 14:21.91. 10,000: 1 P Arikan (TUR) 28:22.27; 2 D Meucci (ITA) 28:22.73; 3 Y Rybakov (RUS) 28:22.95; 4 B Abdi (BEL) 28:23.72; 5 C Castillejo (ESP) 28:24.51; 6 A Lamdassem (ESP) 28:26.46; 7 K Choukoud (NED) 28:26.82; 8 R Silva (POR) 28:31.16; 9 KEITH GERRARD 28:57.97; 10 M Penas (ESP) 29:02.01; 11 K Naert (BEL) 29:02.08; 12 S Le Rosa (ITA) 29:02.53; 13 A Nageeye (NED) 29:05.12; 14 A Bouafif (SWE) 29:07.31; 15 M Kenneally (IRL) 29:10.55; 16 M Lunders (BEL) 29:16.46; 17 T Moogas (ISR) 29:22.03; 18 R Schroer (NED) 29:31.06; 19 R Romanenko (UKR) 29:32.57; 20 D Rooney (IRL) 29:57.82; 21 J Jarvenpaa (FIN) 30:59.63.

RESULTS

Finn-tastic Farah defends 5000m crown

10,000MTHIS was a slightly disappointing event held in pouring rain which relented over the closing stages. Turkey’s former Kenyan Polat Kemboi Arikan, who was previously known as Paul Kipkosgei Kemboi, went two places better than the 5000m.

The early pace was modest and they went through 5km in 14:21.93 with Arikan doing more than his fair share of leading. A 57 last lap suffi ced for gold. Daniele Meucci, who was third in 2010, should have learnt his lesson having lost out to Arikan in the 5000m.

Top of the European 2012 rankings by more than 20 seconds with his 27:32.88 at Stanford, he once again fi nished behind Arikan to take silver.

British view: National cross-country champion Keith Gerrard stayed with the lead pack until halfway but once dropped ran isolated to the fi nish. Ninth of 26 is probably his best international performance to date but a sad reflection of how British

running standards are now compared to the 70s and 80s.Past Euro comparison: This doesn’t compare with the great European 10,000m races and certainly Finn Juha Vaatainen who won on this track in 1971 would have run well away from the best here.

5000M Britain’s European 5000m winners1946 Sydney Wooderson 14:08.61962 Bruce Tulloh 14:00.61969: Ian Stewart 13:44.81974 Brendan Foster 13:17.21986 Jack Buckner 13:10.152010 Mo Farah 13:31.182012 Mo Farah 13:29.91

Mo Farah: 1:55.20 for fi nal 800 metres

Polat Kemboi Arikan:winner for Turkey

“I came to Helsinki as the Europeans are an important event in the calendar. I’m pleased with the run and London remains the big one”5000m winner MO FARAH

Rory Fraser and Mitch Goose: gained valuable championship experience

in his fi rst major race for GB but

and London remains the big one”5000m winner MO FARAH

Mo Farah: world champ won with ease


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HJ: 1 ROBBIE GRABARZ 2.31 (2.24o, 2.28o, 2.31xo, 2.33xxx); 2 R Stanys (LTU) 2.31 (2.15o, 2.20xxo, 2.24o, 2.28o, 2.31xo, 2,33xxx); 3 M Hanany (FRA) 2.28; 4 S Mudrov (RUS) 2.28; 5 G Tamberi (ITA) 2.24; eq6 M Kabelka (SVK) /S Kiecana (POL) 2.24; eq8 J Baba (CZE)/ M Donisan (ROU) 2.24; 10 E Onnen (GER) 2.20; 11 B Bondarenko (UKR) 2.15; SAMSON ONI nh (2.20xxx). Gp A: 1 Mudrov 2.26; eq 2 Baba/Hanany 2.23; 4 Donisan 2.23; 5 Kabelka 2.23; eq 6 Kiecana/ONI 2.23 (2.15xo, 2.19o, 2.23xo, 2.26xxx); 8 D Kroyter (ISR) 2.19; 9 D Demyanyuk (UKR) 2.19; eq 10 S Chesani (ITA)/K Ioannou (CYP)/V Ninov (BUL)/R Prezelj (SLO) 2.19; eq 15 TOM PARSONS 2.15 (2.10o, 2.15xxx). Gp B: 1 Stanys 2.26; 2 GRABARZ 2.23 (2.19o, 2.23o, 2.26xxx); 3 Tamberi 2.23; 4 Bondarenko 2.23; 5 Onnen 2.23; eq 6 A Protsenko (UKR)/F Saint Jean (FRA) 2.23; 8 M Sancho (ESP) 2.19; 9 K Baniotis (GRE) 2.19; 10 O Torro (FIN) 2.19; 11 P Horak (SVK) 2.19; 14 D Topic (SRB) 2.10. PV: 1

R Lavillenie (FRA) 5.97 (5.60xo, 5.77o, 5.82xxo, 5.87o, 5.92o, 5.97o, 6.02xxx); 2 B Otto (GER) 5.92; 5.50o, 5.66o, 5.77xxo, 5.82xxo, 5.87o, 5.92xo, 6.02xxx) 3 R Holzdeppe (GER) 5.77; 4 M Mohr 5.77; 5 K Filippidis (GRE) 5.72; 6 J Kudlicka (CZE) 5.60; 7 R Jorgensen (DEN) 5.50; eq 8 M Mazuryk (UKR)/C Stecchi (ITA) 5.40; 10 J Clavier (FRA) 5.40; I Bychkov (ESP)/S Kucheryanu (RUS)/S Tsivonchyk (BLR) nh; Gp A: 1 Lavillenie 5.55; 2 Stecchi 5.55; 3 Otto 5.50; 4 Filippidis 5.50; 5 Tsivonchyk 5.30; eq 6 D Salas/MAX EAVES 5.30 (5.10xo, 5.30o, 5.50xxx); 8 ANDY SUTCLIFFE 5.30 (5.10o, 5.30xo, 5.40xxx); eq 9 J Berguis (FIN)/R Jansen (NED) 5.30; A Jeng (SWE)/R Mesnil (FRA)/P Pujats (LAT)/D Yurchenko (UKR) nm. Gp B: 1 Mazuryk 5.55; 2 Holzdeppe 5.50; 3 Kudlicka 5.50; eq4 Jorgensen/Kucheryanu 5.50; 6 Bychkov 5.50; 7 Mohr 5.50; 8 Clavier 5.30; 9 E Salomaki (FIN) 5.30; 10 LUKE CUTTS 5.10 (5.10o, 5.30xxx); M Boni (ITA)/P Czerwinski (POL)/E Maia (POR)/N Stylianou (CYP) nm

HIGH JUMPROBBIE GRABARZ was the big favourite based on his 2.36m in New York but in qualifying he wasn’t convincing and cleared just 2.23m while some cleared 2.26m. In the fi nal he was confi dent to be last to enter at 2.24m and a fi rst-time clearance there and at 2.28m put him in the gold medal position. Three others cleared that height and though Grabarz failed fi rst time at 2.31m, so did everyone else and then Grabarz went clear. Raivydas Stanys matched him with a PB but was behind on previous rounds and with no one going higher, Grabarz had won his fi rst major title.British view: Grabarz proved his competitive mettle, unlike Samson Oni who failed at his opening height of 2.20m in the fi nal and labelled it a “disgrace” and an “embarrassment”. Tom Parsons cleared just 2.10m in qualifying.Past Euro comparison: Not all the top Europeans competed and it wasn’t quite up to recent Europeans, though it did match Yaroslav Rybakov’s winning mark from 2002. Otherwise you have to go back to 1982 for a lower winning mark.

POLE VAULTTHIS was a superb competition with Renaud Lavillenie and Bjorn Otto both clearing world-leading marks, but it was the Frenchman who came out on top to defend his title with 5.97m.

A failure at his opening height of 5.60m caused alarms in the French camp, but his next jump all the way up to 5.77m put him in contention. At this stage German Raphael Holzdeppe was in the lead, having had no failures, and he was still leading until both Lavillenie and Otto cleared 5.82m at the

fi nal attempt. The Frenchman cleared 5.87m while Otto passed and then both cleared 5.92m fi rst time, which was a PB for the latter. Lavillenie improved the world-leading mark to 5.97m while Otto passed but neither could manage 6.02m.British view: The young British trio weren’t really expected to challenge for a place in the fi nal but it would have only taken a clear record up to 5.30m to have made it. Max Eaves was closest, clearing second time but a 5.10m fi rst-time failure cost him dear. He then attempted 5.50m, while going over 5.40m would have suffi ced. Andrew Sutcliff e cleared 5.30m second time.Past Euro comparison: Rodion Gataullin’s 6.00m in Helsinki 1994 aside, this was the highest winning vault ever at the

Europeans. Never before has someone cleared 5.92m and lost at the Europeans.

Grabarz seals European titleSamson Oni: failed at 2.20m

RESULTS

Max Eaves: 5.30m in

qualifying

fi nal attempt. The Frenchman Europeans. Never before has

Robbie Grabarz: rose to the occasion – literally

Renaud Lavillenie: 5.97m victory


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LJ: 1 S Bayer (GER) 8.34/0.3 (x, x, 8.03/-0.3, 8.09/0.00, 8.33/0.7, 8.34/0.3); 2 L Meliz (ESP) 8.21/1.7; 3 M Torneus (SWE) 8.17; 4 JJ JEGEDE 8.10/2.4 (7.80, 8.10/2.4, 7.47/0.6, x, x); 5 E Caceras (ESP) 8.06/0.4; 6 R Ollikainen (FIN) 8.05/1.5 (U23 rec); 7 M Chuva (POR) 7.92/0.5; 8 T Jaszczuk (POL) 7.90/1.4; 9 K Gomis (FRA) 7.88/0.7; 10 T Evila (FIN) 7.79; 11 M Jensen (DEN) 7.56/0.7; 12 S Sdiri (FRA) 7.48/-0.7. Gp A: 1 Bayer 8.34w/2.4; 2 Meliz 8.06; 3 Jenseb 8.06/0.3; 4 JEGEDE 8.01/1.1 (7.77/0.2, x, 8.01); 5 Evila 8.01/1.8; 6 Ollikainen 8.00/1.1;7 Sdiri 7.96/0.3; 8 Jaszczuk 7.94/0.2; 9

A Petrov (RUS) 7.81/0.2; 10 R Novotny (CZE) 7.80/0.0; 11 V Pahlevanyan (ARM) 7.67/0.5. Gp B: 1 Torneus 8.07/0.0; 2 Chuva 7.96/0.3; 3 Caceras 7.92/0.3; 4 Gomis 7.89/1.1; 5 CHRIS TOMLINSON 7.84/0.3 (7.84, 7.12/1.6, 7.61/1.0); 6 D Diamadaras (GRE) 7.81/0.6; 7 P Shalin (RUS) 7.81/-0.2; 8 A Camara (GER) 7.80/0.5; 9 S Wagner (CZE) 7.80/0.6; 10 A Cuharenco (MDA) 7.79/0.6; 11 JULIAN REID 7.73/1.5 (7.37/0.6, 7.73/1.5, 7.40/0.5; 12 N Winter (GER) 7.71/2.5 (x, 7.71, 7.61/1.1); 13 M Kivinen (FIN) 7.69/0.9. TJ: 1 F Donato (ITA) 17.63/2.8 (17.63w, 27.53/0.8, 17.49/1.5, 17.17/1.3, -, 16.08/0.2); 2 S El

Sheryf (UKR) 17.28/2.2 (16.99/0.5); 3 A Tsapik (BLR) 16.97/3.8 (16.65/2.0); 4 A Fyodorov (RUS) 16.83/1.3; 5 M Karailiev (BUL) 16.77/2.1; 6 K Hoffmann (POL) 16.74/1.5 (16.71/1.9); 7 D Platnitski (BLR) 16.68/0.9; 8Y Halevi (ISR) 16.67/0.5; 9 D Tsiamis (GRE) 16.52/0.9; 10 F Scembri (ITA) 16.40/2.7 (16.34/0.8); 11 A Atanasov (BUL)16.39/1.2; 12 A Pohle (GER) 16.34/1.7. Gp A: 1 Donato 17.17/2.0; 2 El-Sheryf 16.91/0.8; 3 Halevi 16.67/1.5; 4 Tsiamis 16.55/-0.5; 5 Platnitski 16.47/0.7; 6 R Samitov (RUS) 16.32/0.6; 7 LARRY ACHIKE 16.25/1.0 (15.77/-0.2, 16.25, 16.13/1.0);

8 L Perez (ESP) 16.24/3.0 (16.12/1.9); 9 Z Arnos (CYP) 16.23/1.5; 10 K Taillepierre (FRA) 16.20/0.2; 11 M Oprea (ROM) 16.17/0.0; 12 A Moller (DEN) 15.98/2.4 (15.60/0.0). Gp B: 1 Hoffmann 17.09/0.7; 2 Tsapik 16.95/2.2; 3 Karailiev 16.73/0.7; 4 Schembri 16.58/1.3; 5 Atanasov 16.58//2.2 (15.98/0.7); 6 Pohle 16.54/1.8; 7 Fyodorov 16.43/0.4; 8 F Florant (NED) 16.35/0.4; 9 A Tammentie (FIN) 16.32/0.4; 10 I Sjunin (EST) 16.24/0.6; 11 M Caldeira (POR) 15.95/1.5; 12 D Greco (ITA) 15.90/-0.3. SP: 1 D Storl (GER) 21.58 (21.19, x, 21.58, x, x -); 2 R Smith (NED) 20.55; 3 A Lolasinac

(SRB) 20.36; 4 H Atici (TUR) 20.24; 5 M Fortes (POR) 20.24; 6 A Zalsky (CZE) 19.94; 7 B Vivas (ESP) 19.81; 8 M Schmidt (GER) 19.65; 9 L Kurthy (HUN) 19.55; 10 D Savytskyy (UKR) 19.30; 11 N Mulabegovic (CRO) 19.26; 12 K Christensen (DEN) 19.00. Gp A: 1 Storl 20.30; 2 Zalsky 19.94; 3 Christensen 9.69; 4 Vivas 19.67; 5 Kolasinac 19.62; 6 Savytskyy 19.52; 7 L Arrhenius (SWE) 19.33; 8 CARL MYERSCOUGH 19.30 (18.61, 19.30, x); 9 M Urtans (LAT) 19.25. Gp B: 1 Smith 20.55; 2 Schmidt 19.85; 3 Mulabegovic 19.79; 4 Fortes 19.66; 5 Atici 19.64; 6 Kurthy 19.48; 7 G Ivanov (BUL) 19.14.

RESULTS

TWO-TIME European indoor champion Sebastian Bayer fi nally showed his class outdoors in a major championships. He jumped a windy 8.34m in qualifying then 8.33m and 8.34m in the fi nal. He didn’t have a totally smooth fi nal as he started with two no-jumps and only got in the fi nal eight courtesy of an 8.03m third-round jump. He improved to 8.09m but was still fourth until his 8.33m in the fi fth. Spain’s Luis Felipe Meliz took second with 8.21m while Sweden’s Michel Torneus jumped 8.17m and set a season’s best like his fellow medallists.

The qualifying was notable at halfway for a string of 7.80m jumps and at one stage ten athletes were separated by 2cm.British view: JJ Jegede did well to make the fi nal and then with a windy 8.10m (2.4m/s) jump in the second round he

was in a medal position until Bayer’s fi fth-round leap. The 2010 bronze medallist Chris Tomlinson, fi ghting for fi tness, fell fi ve centimetres short of making the fi nal, jumping 7.84m in qualifying.Past Euro comparison: The three medallists’ marks all stand up very well to the past and are amongst the farthest.

THE 35-year-old Italian Fabrizio Donato dominated the competition. He had the best qualifying mark of 17.17m and then produced the best three jumps of the fi nal. He started with a windy 17.63m and then his second mark was legal and his 17.53m outdoor PB equalled the European lead. A third jump of 17.49m underlined his superiority. It was sensational jumping in very cold conditions.

Ukraine’s Sheryf El Sheryf was the only other jumper to better

17m with a windy 17.28m opener.British view: Larry Achike jumped just 16.25m and would have needed just 16.43m to make the fi nal.Past Euro comparison: The winning mark would have challenged for a gold throughout the history of the Europeans, though the bronze medal mark of 16.97m was the worst since 1978.

WORLD champion David Storl won easily, leaving his rivals a whole metre in arrears. The German began with 21.19m and improved to 21.58m in the third. Rutger Smith gave the Netherlands silver with a modest 20.55m.British view: Carl Myerscough fell just 18cm short of making the fi nal, though only with a modest 19.30m throw. He threw almost a metre farther a few days later in Latvia.Past Euro comparison: The winning mark was the best since 1978, but only once since then has a medal been won with a shorter distance than bronze medallist Asmir Kolasinac’s 20.36m.

Bayer takes long jump gold for Germany

JJ Jegede: nearly earned a medal

LONG JUMP

TRIPLE JUMP

SHOT

David Storl: shot victory

Fabrizio Donato: triple stalwartSebastian Bayer: 8.34m

Larry Achike:16.25m in qualifying

Carl Myerscough: failed to reach fi nal


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DT: 1 R Harting (GER) 68.30 (63.02, 65.80, x, 68.30, -, 67.07); 2 G Kanter (EST) 66.53; 3 Z Kovago (HUN) 66.42; 4 R Smith (NED) 64.02; 5 M Pestano (ESP) 63.87; 6 F Casanas (ESP) 63.60; 7 R Urbanek (POL) 62.99; 8 G Mayer (AUT) 62.85; 9 M Munch (GER) 61.25; 10 E Elgundeniz (TUR0 60.92; 11 E Cadee (NED) 60.58; 12 LAWRENCE OKOYE 60.09 (55.99, 60.09, 57.00). Gp A: 1 Harting 65.49; 2 Kanter 64.85; 3 Casanas 64.50; 4 Urbanek 64.07; 5 Smith 63.75; 6 Mayer 62.36; 7 A Parellis (CYP) 61.79; 8 M Wierig (GER) 61.34; 9 M Nesterenko (UKR)

61.21; 10 L Arrhenius (SWE) 60.49; 11 BRETT MORSE (x, x, 58.71); 12 ABDUL BUHARI 58.67 (58.57, x, x); 13 G Faloci (ITA) 57.67. Gp B: 1 Pestano 66.27; 2 Kopvago 65.99; 3 Cadee 65.09; 4 OKOYE 64.86 (60.31, 64.86, -); 5 Munch 62.83; 6 Olgundeniz 62.82; 7 P Czajkowski (POL) 62.22; 8 M Israel (EST) 60.59; 9 D Furtula (MNE) 60.18; 10 M Kyyro (FIN) 60.16; 11 G Myklebust (NOR) 59.90; 12 N Arrhenius (SWE) 59.02; 13 O Vaisjuns (LAT) 58.34; 14 N Sedyuk (RUS) 57.08. HT: 1 K Pars (HUN) 79.42 (78.57, 79.40, x, 79.72, 79.46, 77.47); 2 A Zagorniy (RUS)

77.40; 3 S Ziolkowski (POL) 76.67; 4 V Sviatokha (BLR) 75.83; 5 N Vizzoni (ITA) 75.13; 6 M Jons (SWE) 74.56; 7 M Esser (GER) 74.49; 8 J Bortoluzzi (FRA) 74.49; 9 P Kryvitski (BLR) 73.67; 10 O Karjalainen (FIN) 73.48; 11 M Lomnicky (SVK) 73.41; O Sokyrskyy (UKR) nm. Gp A: 1 Pars 78.09; 2 Karjalainen 74.54; 3 Zagorniy 74.00; 4 Lomnicky73.84; 5 Bortoluzzi 73.46; 6 Jons 72.85; 7 N Figere (FRA) 72.84; 8 E Henriksen (NOR) 72.54; 9 L Povegliano (ITA) 72.47; 10 L Shayunou (BLR) 72.18; 11 A Martynuk (UKR) 71.69; 12 M Lingua (ITA) 71.07. Gp B: 1 Vizzoni

76.42; 2 Sokyrskyy 75.35; 3 Kryvitski 74.39; 4 Esser 74.04; 5 Ziolkowski 73.74; 6 Sviatokha 73.01; 7 K Nemeth (HUN) 72.46; 8 A Pozdnyuakov (RUS) 71.79; 9 T Seppanen (FIN) 71.15; 10 J Cienfuegos (ESP) 70.91; 11 O Sololovs (LAT) 70.80; 12 Q Bigot (FRA) 70.78; 13 MARK DRY 70.27 (69.32, x, 70.27); 14 L Charfreitag (SVK) 69.65. JT: 1 V Vesely (CZE) 83.72 (74.04, 83.72, 74.63, 78.61, 83.51, 77.64); 2 V Iordan (RUS) 83.23 (83.23, x, 79.92, -, -); 3 A Mannio (FIN) 82.63 (75.93, 82.17, x, 82.63, x, 79.04); 4 A Thorkildsen (NOR) 81.55; 5 O Pyatnytsya (UKR)

81.41; 6 I Janik (POL) 81.21; 7 K Amb (SWE) 79.03; 8 G Wallin (SWE) 77.18; 9 T Haber (GER) 76.11; 10 R Matas (EST) 75.85; 11 T Pitkamaki (FIN) 74.89; 12 P Rakoczy (POL) 70.93. Gp A: 1 Mannio 84.31; 2 Janik 82.37; 3 Matas 79.34; 4 Vesely 79.09; 5 P Rakoczy 79.02; 6 Wallin 78.89; 7 T Rohler (GER) 78.89; 8 F Avan 78.31; 9 A Kovals (LAT) 76.32; 10 O Nychyporchuk (UKR) 74.91. Gp B: 1 Ptatnytsya 82.37; 2 Iordan 82.32; 3 Amb 80.69; 4 Pitkamaki 80.66; 5 Haber 79.86; 6 Thorkildsen 79.34; 7 M Frank (GER) 75.55; 8 M Osewski (POL) 75.26.

RESULTS

THIS was a high-class competition in wet and testing conditions. World champion Robert Harting gave Germany another gold, taking the lead with 65.80m in the second round which he improved to 68.30m in the fourth. Gerd Kanter had fi ve throws over 64m with a best of 66.53m which just held off Zoltan Kovago’s 66.42m fi nal throw. Rutger Smith followed up his second in the shot with a fourth here.British view: Lawrence Okoye did well in qualifying with 64.86m which would have placed him fourth in the fi nal but there he managed just 60.09m and ended up 12th and last. Brett Morse and Abdul Buhari failed to better 60m but did so easily back in the UK on Saturday.Past Euro comparison: This was the fourth successive Europeans won by a 68m throw and Harting was only half a metre down on the championship record.

HUNGARIAN Krisztian Pars won his fi rst senior title very easily. He had the fi ve best throws of the competition. He opened with 78.57m and improved to 79.40m in the second and then 79.72m in the fourth but he couldn’t quite get over 80m. Aleksey Zagorniy had a battle with Poland’s former Olympic

champion Szymon Ziolowski for the silver and the Russian’s 77.40m fi nal round throw held the edge.British view: Mark Dry only just bettered 70m and he was around three metres down on the required level to make the fi nal.Past Euro comparison: It didn’t compare well to past championships and is the fi rst time since 1978 that the winner hasn’t broke 80 metres.

WITH Finnish hopes high after Ari Mannio’s 84.31m headed the qualifying, this had a great atmosphere. But the eventual competition didn’t quite live up to its promise.

World leader Vitezslav Vesely did something his coach, Olympic and world champion Zan Jelezny, never managed by winning a European title. Young Russian Valeriy Iordan led the fi rst round with a PB 83.23m before the Czech overhauled him with 83.72m. He threw 83.51m but otherwise everyone else seemed to struggle in the conditions. Mannio couldn’t match his qualifying form but he threw 82.17m and then 82.63m to take bronze. Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen started with 81.55m but then pulled out and fi nished fourth.British view: No British competitors took part.Past Euro comparison: It was the worst winning mark with the new javelin and the standard was disappointing.

Harting wins quality discusDISCUS

Lawrence Okoye: disappointing position

HAMMER

Mark Dry: struggled against competition

JAVELIN

Robert Harting:68.30m for gold

Krisztian Pars: hammer goldfor Hungary

Andreas Thorkildsen


PASCAL BEHRENBRUCH won with a classy 8558 points. Second overnight on 4291 points, he proved too strong for his rivals as he put a 48.24m discus, 5.00m pole vault and 67.45m javelin back to back and he won by 237 points. Oleksiy Kasyanov led until the pole vault and gained Ukraine the silver with 8321 points.British view: Ashley Bryant had a solid competition and ended up 12th with 7668 points.Past Euro comparison: The score stands up well to most recent years.

WITH the fi rst two from the 200m, it probably wasn’t a total surprise but Netherlands took gold in a classy European leading and national record 38.34. The well-drilled German

team were a metre back in second, while France – with Christophe Lemaitre but without Jimmy Vicaut – were only third.British view: Another abysmal 4x100m showing. They won the semi fi nal in the fastest time of 38.98 but Dwain Chambers set off far too early on leg two in the

fi nal and didn’t adjust in time to get the baton off Christian Malcolm and it was yet another DNF.Past Euro comparison: This is high up on the list of fastest times.

GREAT BRITAIN were marginal favourites but Belgium, only seventh after leg one, advanced all the way up to second thanks to a storming 44.3 by Jonathan Borlee. Jente Bouckart kept them in touch with a 45.96 and they started the last leg 0.62 in arrears, but a 44.22 split by Kevin Borlee easily ran down the British team and their 3:01.09 was a European-leading time.British view: Nigel Levine (45.4) and Conrad Williams (44.8) got them off to a clear lead but Rob Tobin (45.88) needed to run much faster to give Richard Buck (45.31) a bigger buff er.

Martyn Rooney and one or two of the hurdlers will make the Olympic team to be in the fi ght for a medal.Past Euro comparison: Though slower than the GB-dominated years in the 80s and 90s, this was the fastest of the last four Championships.

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Dec: 1 P Behrenbruch (GER) 8558 (10.93/0.8, 7.15/-0.8, 16.89, 1.97, 48.54, 14.16/0.2, 48.24, 5.00, 67.45, 4:34.02); 2 O Kasyanov (UKR) 8321 (10.57/0.8, 7.49/1.9, 14.38, 2.00, 48.07, 14.23/0.2, 47.75, 4.80, 52.37, 4:32.66); 3 I Shkurenyov (RUS) 10.98/0.8, 7.32/0.7, 13.16, 2.06, 49.92, 14.24/0.2, 44.82, 5.20, 56.70, 4:30.41); 4 M Dudas (SRB) 8154; 5 G Querin (FRA) 8098; 6 R Sebrle (CZE) 8052 (11.19/0.7, 7.43/-0.2, 14.65, 2.00, 49.87, 14.45/-0.5, 44.05, 4.90, 61.78, 4:50.74); 7 N Muller (GER) 8003; 8 A Helcelet (CZE) 7998; 9 M Shubianok (BLR) 7948; 10 P Olson 7771; 11 J Fringeli (SUI) 7719; 12 ASHLEY BRYANT 7668 (11.08/0.8, 7.12/-0.3, 13.08, 1.88, 49.29, 14.74, 39.94, 4.50, 66.71, 4:49.16); 13 E Larusson (ISL) 7653; 14 T Ritmuru (EST) 7644; 15 D Distelberger (AUT) 7611. 4x100: 1 NED 38.34; 2 GER 38.44; 3 FRA 38.46; 4 RUS 38.67; 5 SUI 38.83; 6 POR

39.96; CZE/GBR (MALCOLM, CHAMBERS, ELLINGTON, LEWIS-FRANCIS) dnf. sf1: 1GBR (MALCOLM, CHAMBERS, ELLINGTON, LEWIS-FRANCIS) 38.98; 2 RUS 39.08; 3 NED 39.34; 4 POR 39.66; 5 FIN 39.85; 6 SWE 39.87; 7 LAT 40.46; POL dnf. sf2: 1 FRA 39.01; 2 GER 39.04; 3 SUI 39.41; 4 CZE 39.52; 5 ESP 39.81; 6 LIT 40.68; 7 Turkey 41.42. Italy dnf. 4x400: 1 BEL 3:01.09; 2 GBR (NIGEL LEVINE, CONRAD WILLIAMS, ROB TOBIN, ROB BUCK) 3:01.56; 3 GER 3:01.77; 4 POL 3:02.37; 5 CZE 3:02.72; 6 FRA 3:03.04; 7 UKR 3:04.56; 8 NED 3:05.68. sf1:1 GBR (LUKE LENNON-FORD, MICHAEL BINGHAM, WILLIAMS, LEVINE) 3:05.50; 2 POL 3:05.69; 3 GER 3:05.71; 4 FRA 3:06.44; 5 ITA 3:08.78; 6 RUS 3:09.94; 7 TUR 3:11.44; IRL dq. sf2:1 1 BEL 3:05.29; 2 CZE 3:05.41; 3 UKR 3:06.12; 4 NED 3:06.15; 5 ESP 3:09.11; 6 FIN 3:10.26; 7 HUN 3:11.79

RESULTS

Mixed fortunes for British relay men

Danny Talbot: 200m

bronze

DECATHLON

4x100M RELAY

4x400M RELAY

The Netherlands took gold in the men’s 4x100m relay ahead of Germany and France

Ashley Bryant: Briton fi nished 12th

Kevin Borlee: anchorman for Belgium

GB 4x400 team (l to r): Nigel Levine, Rob Tobin, Conrad Williams and Richard BuckPascal Behrenbruch: decathlon winner

Dwain Chambers: frustrated with DNF

AW July 5 Europeans 16.indd 2 03/07/2012 16:46:19


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100: 1 I Lalova (BUL) 11.28; 2 O Povh (UKR) 11.32; 3 L Grincikaite (LTU) 11.32; 4 E Okparaebo (NOR) 11.39; 5 O Belkina (RUS) 11.42; 6 V Sailer (GER) 11.42; 7 A Cibis (GER) 11.54; 8 T Pinto (GER) 11.62. sf1 (0.0): 1 Lalova 11.23; 2 Belkina 11.30; 3 Grincikaite 11.34; 4 Okparaebo 11.39; 5 Pinto 11.39; 6 T Pohrebnyak (UKR) 11.52; 7 N Karakus (TUR) 11.61; Y Nesterenko (BLR) dns. sf2 (2.0): 1 Povh 11.13; 2 Sailer 11.17; 3 Cibis 11.36; 4 Y Balykina (BLR) 11.42; 5 D Korczynska (POL) 11.43; 6 ASHLEIGH NELSON 11.43; 7 K Cechova (CZE) 11.45; 8 A Alloh (ITA) 11.51. ht 1 (-0.3): 1 Povh 11.30; 2 Cibis 11.40; 3 Karakus 11.48; 4 Cechova 11.53; 5 C Arron (FRA) 11.55. ht 2 (+1.7): 1 Lalova 11.06; 2 Belkina 11.26; 3 Okparaebo 11.27; 4 Alloh 11.53;

5 A Ograzeanu (ROU) 11.55; 7 A Foster (IRL) 11.58. ht 3 (-0.3): 1 Grincikaite 11.38; 2 Pinto 11.41; 3 Korczynska 11.46; 4 Nestsiarenka 11.52; 5 I Latvala (FIN) 11.67; 7 JEANETTE KWAYKE 11.98. ht 4 (1.0): 1 Sailer 11.14; 2 Balykina 11.39; 3 ASHLEE NELSON 11.43; 4 Pohrebnyak 11.50; 5 Y Polyakova (RUS) 11.55. 200 (-1.3): 1 M Ryemyen (UKR) 23.05; 2 H Stuy (UKR) 23.17; 3 M Soumare (FRA) 23.21; 4 V Pyatachenko (UKR) 23.25; 5 D Schippers (NED) 23.53; 6 J Samuel (NED) 23.55; 7 E Artymata (CYP) 23.59; 8 J Danois (FRA) 23.61. sf1 (0.0): 1 Schippers 22.70; 2 Pyatachenko 23.04; 3 Artymeta 23.21; 4 M Belibasaki (GRE) 23.31; 5 L Jacques-Sebastien (FRA) 23.45; 6 M Popowicz (POL) 23.58; 7 O Borlee 23.66; 8 K Zumer (SLO) 24.20.

sf2 (-0.1): 1 Ryemen 22.82; 2 Danois 23.40; 3 L Sprunger (SUI) 23.45; 4 A Ograzeanu (ROU) 23.66; 5 H Claes (BEL) 23.68; 6 H Weit (GER) 23.95; 7 E Kaptur (HUN); G Hooper (ITA) dq. sf3 (-0.2): 1 Soumare 23.04; 2 Stuy 23.08; 3 Samuel 23.13; 4 ABI OYEPITAN 23.22; 5 A Lalova (BUL) 23.26; 6 Y Voronenkova (RUS) 23.61; 7 K Cechova (CZE) 23.64; N Karakus (TUR) dns. ht 1 (-0.6): 1 Soumare 23.10; 2 Samuel 23.35; 3 Belibaski 23.55; 4 Popowicz 23.64; 5 Kaptur 23.97; 6 A Hamalainen (FIN) 24.14. ht 2 (0.0): 1 Pyatachenko 22.96; 2 Sprunger 23.08; 3 Jacques-Sebastien 23.09; 4 Voronenkova 23.37; 5 Cechova 23.78. ht 3 (0.6): 1 Schippers 23.11; 2 Stuy 23.30; 3 Ograzeanu 23.54; 4 Borlee 23.77; 5

Zumer 23.95; 6 S Taveres (POR) 24.00. ht 4 (0.7): 1 Ryemyen 22.77; 2 Hooper 22.95; 3 Claes 23.26; 4 Danois 23.42; 5 Karakus (eq U20 rec); 5 A Foster (IRL) 24.04. ht 5 (-0.6): 1 OYEPITAN 23.05; 2 Artymata 23.35; 3 Lalova 23.58; 4 Weit 23.89. 400: 1 M Hjelmer (SWE) 51.13; 2 K Zadorina (RUS) 51.26; 3 I Usovich (BLR) 51.94; 4 O Zemlyak (UKR) 52.01; 5 LEE McCONNELL 52.20; 6 L Grenot (ITA) 52.57; 7 D Prystupa (UKR) 53.03; 8 M Hurtis (FRA) 54.50. sf1: 1 Zadorina 51.35; 2 Hjelmer 51.40; 3 McCONNELL 51.98; 4 Prystupa 52.15; 5 M Gayot (FRA) 52.17; 6 A Bokesa (ESP) 52.47; 7 P Saka (TUR) 52.84; 8 M Spacca (ITA) 53.02. sf2: 1 Grenot 52.02; 2 Zemlyak 52.10; 3 Usovich 52.10; 4

Hurtis 52.13; 5 E Cremer (GER) 52.77; 6 J Bartonickova (CZE) 52.78; 7 A Serksniene (LTU) 53.07; A Bednarek (POL) dq. ht1: 1 Zadorina 52.18; 2 Hjelmer 52.33; 3 Prystupa 53.16; 4 Bokesa 53.23; 5 M Gorzkowska (POL) 53.74; 6 KELLY MASSEY 54.44. ht 2: 1 Zemlyak 52.48; 2 Cremer 52.76; 3 Serksniene 52.89; 4 Grenot 53.09; 5 Bednarek 53.22; 6 S Belgyan (ROU) 53.32; 7 M Redif (TUR) 53.99. ht 3: 1 Gayot 52.46; 2 McCONNELL 52.58; 3 Saka 53.13; 4 Spacca 53.26; 5 Ocojuhari (MDA) 53.52; 6 J Swiety 53.68; 7 A Pastor (ROU) 54.35. ht 4: 1 USOVICH 51.98; 2 Hurtis 52.11; 3 Bartonickova 53.15; 4 C Bazzoni (ITA) 53.92; 5 E Rasonen (FIN) 54.52; J Cuddihy (IRL) dq

RESULTS

BULGARIA’S Ivet Lalova came through strongly to pip Ukraine’s Olesya Povh. The unhelpful conditions meant the winning time was a mere 11.28. Lalova had opened with a classy 11.06 heat, then ran a 11.23 semi while Povh clocked 11.13 in her semi-fi nal. Defending champion Verena Sailer also went the wrong way with time and form, opening with a 11.14 heat and fi nishing with a sluggish sixth in 11.42 in the fi nal.British perspective: Ashleigh Nelson performed solidly with a pair of 11.43s and wasn’t too far from making the fi nal, but world indoor medallist Jeanette Kwayke gave up on her Olympic hopes after injury with a 11.98 clocking in her heat.Past Euro comparison: It was the slowest time since this race was in Helsinki in 1971 though the heat time hadn’t been bettered in the past three championships.

THIS was another event that promised much in the heats but the poor conditions on Saturday night (14 degrees and windy) meant times were very poor in the fi nal. Ukrainian Mariya Ryemyen won fairly comfortably in 23.05, having run 22.77 and

22.82 in qualifying. Defending champion Myriam Soumare had led into the straight but faded to third and was overtaken by the second Ukrainian, Hrystina Stuy, and only just barely held off the third. Netherlands’ European junior heptathlon champion Dafne Schippers was a disappointment. She looked

majestic in a 22.70 semi fi nal but faded to a 23.53 in the fi nal.British view: Abi Oyepitan looked good in winning her heat with 23.05, securing another ‘A’ standard. However, as one of the favourites, she disappointed in the semis fading over the last 30 metres to a fourth-place 23.22, which left her a hundredth down on qualifying for the fi nal.Past Euro comparison: Unfair as conditions have probably never been worse in a mid-summer championships and the bends have never been tighter, but this was the slowest winning time since 1969.

SWEDEN’S improving Moa Hjelmer set national records in her semi fi nal and fi nal with respective 51.40 and 51.13 marks. In the fi nal she had to run down the Russian No.9 Kseniya Zadorina, who had beaten her in the semi. Ilona Usovich, who can boast a 50.31 PB, found a 51.94 good enough to take bronze.British view: Lee McConnell, who won bronze 10 years ago, fell narrowly short this time with a 52.20 after a 51.98 season’s best in her semi fi nal. Kelly Massey ran just 54.44 in her heat but at least she ran, unlike Nicola Sanders who cited being too tired after her two races at the Trials.Past Euro comparison: Marita Koch broke 49 in her three wins from 1978 to 1986 and this was the slowest winning time since 1971.

They think it’s Lalova ... it is now

Ivet Lalova: 100m gold in 11.28 after running 11.06 in heats

Moa Hjelmer: surprise Swedish

winner of 400m

RESULTS

Mariya Ryemyen: outside 23 seconds to win 200m

100M

200M 400M


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100H (-1.4): 1 N Yanit (TUR) 12.61; 2 A Talay (BLR) 12.91; 3 E Poplavskaya (BLR) 12.97; 4 B Schrott (AUT) 12.98; 5 A Zagre (BEL) 13.02; 6 M Caravelli (ITA) 13.11; 7 C Roleder (GER) 13.11; 8 M Cattaneo (ITA) 13.16. sf1 (-2.3): 1 Talay 13.03; 2 Schrott 13.08; 3 Cattaneo 13.10; 4 E Berings (GER) 13.17; 5 C Vukicevic (NOR) 13.23; 6Y Kondakova (RUS) 13.32; 7 N Hildenbrand (GER) 13.52; A Diawara (FRA) sf2 (0.6): 1 Yanit 12.92; 2 Poplavskaya 13.03; 3 Zagre 13.08; 4 Roleder 13.13; 5 Caravelli 13.15; 6 L Skrobakova (CZE) 13.17; 7 O Samylova (RUS) 13.24; 8 A Decaux (FRA) 13.35. ht 1 (0.3): 1 Nevin 12.78; 2 Poplavskaya 12.97; 3 Cattaneo 13.07; 4 Samylova

13.11; 5 Hildenbrand 13.15; 6 E Leinonen (FIN) 13.29; 7 M Lopes (POR) 13.83. ht 2 (-0.1): 1 Schrott 12.98; 2 Kondakova 13.11; 3 Decaux 13.13; 4 Zagre 13.14; 5 Vukicevic 13.17; 6 M Neziri (FIN) 13.23; 7 V Tigau (ROU) 13.59. ht 3 (-0.8): 1 Caravelli 13.03; 2 Berings 13.09; 3 Diawara 13.10; 4 M Tomic (SLO) 13.36; 5 V Schreibeis (AUT) 13.39; 6 S Bakker (NED) 13.59. ht 4 (-0.4): 1 Talay 12.93; 2 Roleder 13.12; 3 Skrobakova 13.17; 4 C Reuse (SUI) 13.25; 5 I Pedersen (NOR) 13.38; 6 G Pennella (ITA) 13.43; 7 S Gomis (FRA) 13.63. 400H: 1 I Davydova (RUS) 53.77; 2 D Rosalova (CZE) 54.24; 3 A Yaroshchuk (UKR) 54.35; 4 Z Hejnova (CZE) 54.49; 5 Y Churakova (RUS) 54.78;

6 E Ouedraogo (BEL) 55.95; 7 Z Bergrova (CZE) 56.26; 8 J Barr (IRL) 56.83. sf1: 1 Yaroschuk 54.69; 2 Rosolova 54.71; 3 Churakova 54.92; 4 Barr 55.93; 5 T Matusinska (POL) 56.43; 6 M Gentili (ITA) 57.03; 7 E Stasiunaite (LTU) 58.76; 8 A Morosanu (ROU) 58.96. sf2: 1 Davydova 54.68; 2 Hejnova 55.36; 3 Ouedraogo 55.77; 4 Bergrova 55.78; 5 S Petersen (DEN) 56.07; 6 V Barbosa (POR) 56.58; 7 H Titimets (UKR) 57.26; 8 MEGHAN BEESLEY 57.32. ht 1: 1 Morosanu 55.37; 2 E Ouedraogo 55.39; 3 Barbosa 55.80 (rec); 4 Titimets 56.30; 5 N Horvat (CRO) 56.30. ht 2: 1 Hejnova 55.24; 2 Yaroschuk 55.73; 3 Barr 56.30; 4 Stasiunaite 56.58; 5 E Dauwens

(BEL) 57.19. ht 3: 1 Rosolova 55.98; 2 Churakova 56.08; 3 Matusinska 56.33; 4 T Kron (GER) 57.61; 5 F Persson (SWE) 57.83. ht 4: 1 Davydova 56.00; 2 Petersen 56.58; 3 Bergrova 56.59; 4 Gentil 57.10; 5 BEESLEY 57.18. 3000sc: 1 G Mingir (TUR) 9:32.96; 2 S Shmidt (UKR) 9:33.03; 3 A Moldner-Schmidt (GER) 9:36.37; 4 G Krause (GER) 9:38.20; 5 A Bobocel (ROU) 9:41.32; 6 P Jelizarova (LAT) 9:41.38; 7 N Gorchakova (RUS) 9:42.98; 8 D Martin (ESP) 9:45.36; 9 C Cruz (POR) 9:47.76; 10 S Eriksson (FIN) 9:48.19; 11 S Danekova (BUL) 9:51.45; 12 S Reilly (IRL) 9:53.90; 13 L Kharlamova (RUS) 9:58.44; 14 S Koubaa (GER) 10:02.33;

15 Z Fuentes-Pila (ESP) 10:05.06. ht 1: 1 Shmidt 9:36.77; 2 Jelizarova 9:39.92; 3 Martin 9:40.02; 4 Gorchakova 9:40.09; 5 Cruz 9:40.30; 6 Danekova 9:42.72; 7 Koubaa 9:43.08; 8 Eriksson 9:55.58; 9 M Szezak (POL) 9:56.30; 10 HATTI ARCHER 9:57.00; A Leutert (SUI) dnf; M Dominguez (ESP) dnf; B Uslu (TUR) dnf. ht 2: 1 Mingir 9:32.39; 2 Moldner-Schmidt 9:33.47; 3 Krause 9:35.86; 4 Kharlamova 9:39.53; 5 Bobocel 9:40.88; 6 Reilly 9:44.15; 7 Fuentes-Pila 9:54.16; 8 G Martinelli (ITA) 9:57.19; 9 V Zusinaite (LTU) 9:58.37; 10 C Rocha (POR) 10:02.00; 11 O Kaya (TUR) 10:11.69; 12 M Shatalova (UKR) 10:15.69; S Kudzelich (BLR) dq.

RESULTS

DEFENDING champion Nevin Yanit hadn’t broken 13 seconds in 2012 until she came to Helsinki. However the Turk was in a diff erent class in Finland as she ran 12.78 in her heat, 12.92 in her semi and then 12.81 in the fi nal, with the latter two races held in poor conditions on the Saturday night.

As expected Belarus’s Alina Talay was her closest challenger and took silver in 12.91 while Talay’s compatriot Ekaterina Poplavskaya was a less expected bronze medallist.British view: A pity that Britain was not represented.Past Euro comparison: It was the slowest ever electronic winning time but conditions have probably never been worse.

THIS was the highest-standard women’s event by far with a world-leading time and four of the fi rst fi ve setting PBs. Irina

Davydova won in a near faultless 53.77. Denisa Rosolova made a promising 400m hurdles championships debut to take silver in 54.24. She was the 2007 European indoor long jump bronze medallist and was the European indoor 400m champion last year, having dabbled with the heptathlon in between.British view: Meghan Beesley wasn’t at her best in either a 57.18 heat or 57.32 semi-fi nal.

Past Euro comparison: The time was quicker than two of the past three championships.

IN WET conditions, there was more Turkish success here as Gulcan Mingir narrowly held off Ukrainian Svetlana Shmidt. The fi nal kilometre was fast with the Turk clocking 3:01 and she ran a 66-second fi nal circuit. Lyubov Kharmalova led to 2km

in 6:31.92 but for once Russian steeplechasing disappointed and she ended up 13th.British view: A clearly not at full fi tness Hatti Archer, who was a brilliant fourth last time, tailed off in her heat in the opening laps. She did catch some back markers but her 9:57.00 left her short of Olympic selection.Past Euro comparison: This was the slowest of the three European fi nals.

Turkish delight for Yanit and Mingir

Past Euro comparison: The in 6:31.92 but for once Russian

Irina Davydova: world-leading 53.77 in 400m hurdles

Nevin Yanit: defended 100m hurdles title

Gulcan Mingir: steeplechase gold

100M HURDLES

400M HURDLES

3000M STEEPLECHASE


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800: 1 Y Arzhakova (RUS) 1:58.51; 2 LYNSEY SHARP 2:00.52; 3 I Maracheva (RUS) 2:00.66; 4 M Arzamasava (BLR) 2:01.02; 5 L Lobanova (UKR) 2:01.29; 6 L Klocova (SVK) 2:01.38; 7 JEMMA SIMPSON 2:02.14; 8 N Piliusina (LTU) 2:06.59. sf1: 1 Arzhakova 2:01.28; 2 SHARP 2:01.88; 3 Piliusina 2:02.12; 4 T Kolarova (BUL) 2:02.45; 5 T Petlyuk

(UKR) 2:04.09; 6 M Lavric (ROU) 2:11.61. sf2: 1 Arzamasava 2:00.54; 2 Lobanova 2:01.60; 3 SIMPSON 2:01.64; 4 E Filandra (GRE) 2:02.37; 5 E Balciunaite (LTU) 2:05.21; 6 V Tegenfeldt (SWE) 2:05.74. sf3: 1 Maracheva 2:02.48; 2 Klocova 2:02.55; 3 M Aydin (TUR) 2:02.81; 4 E Setowska-Dryk (POL) 2:04.30; 5 L Masna (CZE)

2:05.75; 6 S Selvenius (FIN) 2:06.39. 1500: 1 A Cakir (TUR) 4:05.31; 2 G Bulut (TUR) 4:06.04; 3 A Mishchenko (UKR) 4:07.74; 4 Y Gorbunova (RUS) 4:08.63; 5 N Fernandez (ESP) 4:08.80; 6 D Sujew (GER) 4:09.28; 7 T Capkova (CZE) 4:10.17; 8 K Khalayeva (RUS) 4:10.26; 9 C Harrer (GER) 4:10.38; 10 I Macias (ESP) 4:11.12; 11 I Makestad

Bovim (NOR) 4:13.32; 12 M Muncan (SRB) 4:15.63. sf1: 1 Mischenko 4:08.95; 2 Cakir 4:09.44; 3 Khalayeva 4:09.69; 4 Macias 4:10.06; 5 Capkova 4:10.22; 6 D Sujew 4:10.72; 7 Muncan 4:12.33; 8 H Dehiba (FRA) 4:12.79; 13 D Krebs (GER) 4:12.85; 13 I Doaga (ROU) 4:13.73; 11 A Cichocka (POL) 4:14.59; 12 C Mageean (IRL) 4:19.23; CHARLENE

THOMAS dq. sf2: 1 Gorbunova 4:11.58; 2 Harrer 4:11.59; 3 Bulut 4:11.68; 4 Fernandez 4:11.77; 5 Makestad-Bovim 4:11.97; 6 L Gega (ALB) 4:12.54; 7 J Lehtinen (FIN) 4:14.83; 8 I Fuentes-Pila (ESP) 4:15.95; 9 S Roman (SLO) 4:16.68; 10 A Shevchenko (UKR) 4:17.41; 11 T Karakaya (TUR) 4:19.58; 12 O Drumm (IRL) 4:19.61.

RESULTS

IN A VERY eventful fi nal, Irina Maracheva shot through 400m in 57.29 and 600m in 1:27.34, but it was her fellow Russian Yelena Arzhakova who kicked away to win in a classy 1:58.51. However it all happened behind as Maracheva faded along with Belarus’s Maryna Arzamasava who had been well clear for the medals as they hit the straight. Lynsey Sharp, who was seventh at the bell and still in that position as she hit the straight, came through strongly while her rivals faded and her 2:00.52 snatched a surprise silver as she went into a medal position in the last fi ve metres. Her father Cameron had been second in the 200m in 1982.British view: Sharp’s medal complicated the already tricky GB Olympic selection issue in the

event. A less than fully fi t Jemma Simpson likely won’t be a part of those discussions as she went too quickly on the fi rst lap and

faded to seventh in 2:02.14.Past Euro comparison: The time stands up fairly well with recent Europeans.

A TURKISH one-two with Asli Cakir winning in 4:05.31. After Sureyya Ayhan’s win in 2002 and subsequent ban, some view

Turkish female runners with some suspicion and this also raised doubts. World indoor bronze medallist Cakir – who has previously served a drugs ban – was making her outdoor debut and it was a big breakthrough at this level for runner-up Gamze Bulut, who has this year improved from 4:18 to 4:03 in the 1500m and 10:13 to 9:34 in the 3000m steeplechase. The 800m split was just 2:18.67, but such was the Turk’s ferocious pace – 43.03 for the last 300m, 57 for the last 400m and 2:03 for the last 800m – that the winning time was respectable.British view: Charlene Thomas, a shadow of the athlete so impressive at the European Team Championships last year, led for the middle stages but faded to last in a time outside 4:20 before getting disqualifi ed for running inside the kerb.Past Euro comparison: This was slower than the races in the period around the 80s but faster than the three races in the 90s and the fi nishing speed was amongst the best ever.

Sharp strikes again with 800m silver

Irina Davydova: world-leading 53.77 in 400m hurdles

Yelena Arzhakova: added outdoor 800m gold to her indoor European 1500m title

Asli Cakir and Gamze Bulut: Turkish 1-2 in 1500m

Lynsey Sharp: surprise silver impressed selectors and led to London Olympics call-up

800M

1500M


A SOLID paced race with a time of 9:16.74 at 3000m saw respectable results and an exciting fi nish with Russian Olga Golovkina winning by a few metres in 15:11.70 after a 63.5 last lap. The Russian, who sprinted past Portugal’s Sara Moreira in the straight, had been 11th in Barcelona. Lyudmyla Kovalenko also passed Moreira to come from a long way back having run 62.5 for her fi nal 400m.British view: Julia Bleasdale had a revelation of a run and was in a medal position until the fi nishing straight, but didn’t quite have the change of pace. Her 15:12.77 smashed her PB and should guarantee her a spot on the Olympic team even though she was only third at the trials.

European indoor champion Helen Clitheroe was some way from her best form and she fi nished 16th in 15:49.13.

Past Euro comparison: This was the slowest winning time and none of the runners here would have been close to winning a medal in past European Championships over 5000m, which was fi rst run in 1998.

A STEADY race with European cross-country champion Fionnuala Britton towing the

pack to halfway in 15:59.85. Ana Dulce Felix kicked in a 72-second lap 3000m out and that gave her a lead which grew to more than 10 seconds before the fi nishing kick for medals closed it to fi ve. Silver went to Briton Jo Pavey who won her fi rst European medal at the age of 38. She easily kicked past young

Ukrainian Olga Skrypak in the straight with such ferocity that it seemed she could have made more of a challenge for gold had she not been caught out by the Portuguese’s burst.British view: Had there been a team race, Britain would have won it by one point from Portugal! Charlotte Purdue

had a steady race in sixth while Gemma Steel was a respectable ninth.Past Euro comparison: This was the second slowest ever winning time, being marginally quicker than 1990.

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5000: 1 O Golovkina (RUS) 15:11.70; 2 L Kovalenko (UKR) 15:12.03; 3 S Moreira (POR) 15:12.05; 4 JULIA BLEASDALE 15:12.77; 5 R Barca (ROU) 15:13.40; 6 N Ejjafini (ITA) 15:16.54; 7 S Kireyeva (RUS) 15:19.55; 8 A Belete (BEL) 15:22.15; 9 E Romagnolo (ITA) 15:24.38; 10 J Pla (ESP) 15:27.62; 11 D Karakaya (TUR) 15:29.71; 12 C Bardelle (FRA) 15:33.49; 13 B Maveau (BEL) 15:33.68; 14 L Abdullayeva (AZE) 15:33.88; 15 S Weissteiner (ITA) 15:39.23; 16 HELEN CLITHEROE 15:49.13; 17 M Kock (GER) 15:52.74; 18 L Rodriguez (ESP) 16:07.73. 10,000:1 D Felix (POR) 31:44.75; 2 JO PAVEY 31:49.03; 3 O Skrypak (UKR) 31:51.32; 4 F Britton 32:05.54; 5 S Mockenhaupt (GER) 32:16.55; 6 CHARLOTTE PURDUE 32:28.46; 7 A Dias (POR) 32:35.82; 8 E Romagnolo (ITA) 32:42.31; 9 GEMMA STEEL 32:46.32; 10 L Carneiro (POR) 33:05.92; 11 L Rodriguez (ESP) 33:09.53; 12 T Holovchenko 33:18.15; 13 M Silvestre (ESP) 34:21.24; 14 P Morceli Buhler (SUI) 34:24.82; N Ejafini (ITA)/K Papp (HUN) dnf

RESULTS

Golovkina and Felix win distance golds

Jo Pavey: earned solid silver medal

5000M

Ana Dulce Felix:

10,000m champion

Julia Bleasdale:

plucky eff ort

Olga Golovkina: Russian winner in 5000 metres

10,000M


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HJ: 1 R Beitia (ESP) 1.97 (1.85o, 1.92o, 1.95o, 1.97xxo, 1.99xxx); 2 T Angelsen (NOR) 1.97 (1.80o, 1.85o, 1.89xo, 1.92o, 1.95o, 1.97xxo, 1.99xxx); eq3 I Gordeyeva (RUS)/E Green Tegaro (SWE)/O Holosha (UKR) 1.92; eq6 B Ayhan (TUR) /M Melfort (FRA) 1.92; eq 8 M Demireva (BUL)/E Palsyte (LTU) 1.89; 10 E Jungmark (SWE) 1.85; 11 A Steryiou (GRE) 1.80; 12 M Veneva-Mateeva (BUL) 1.80. PV: 1 J Ptacnikova (CZE) 4.60 (4.30o, 4.50o, 4.60o, 4.65xxx); 2 M

Strutz (GER) 4.60 (4.30xo, 4.40o, 4.50o, 4.60xo, 4.65xxx); 3 N Kiriakopoulou (GRE) 4.60 (4.30xxo, 4.40o, 4.50xo, 4.60xxo, 4.65xxx); eq4 A Savchenko (RUS)/S Spielgelburg (GER) 4.50; 6 V Boslak (FRA) 4.50; 7 L Ryzih(GER) 4.40; 8 A Kiryashova (RUS) 4.40; 9 A Shvedova (BLR) 4.40; 10 A Bengtsson (SWE) 4.30; 11 J Schwartz (ISR) 4.10; E Stefanidi (GRE) nm. Gp A: 1 Ptacnikova 4.45; 2 Strutz 4.40; eq3 Kiryashova/Shvedova/Stefanidi 4.40; 6 Boslak

4.40; 7 Schwartz 4.40; eq8 Bengtsson/Ryzih 4.40; 10 M Nikkanen (FIN) 4.25; 11 C Holm (DEN) 4.15; 12 A Pinero (ESP) 4.15. Gp B: eq1 Savchenko/Spielgelburg 4.40; 3 Kiriakopoulou 4.40; eq 4 S Ledaki (GRE)/M Pyrek (POL) 4.35; 6 N Mazuryk (UKR) 4.35; 7 T Pena (IRL) 4.35; 8 M Tavares 4.25; 9 R Malacova (CZE) 4.25; eq 10 C Larsasen (NOR)/SALLY PEAKE 4.15 (3.95o, 4.05o, 4.15o, 4.25xxx); 12 T Sutej (SLO) 4.15. LJ: 1 E Lesueur (FRA)

6.81/0.5 (6.81, x, 3.61/-1.1, 6.57/0.5, x, x); 2V Sudarava (BLR) 6.74 (6.59/0.8, 6.51/-0.5, x, 6.38/-0.4; 6.74/0.6, 6.51/1.5);p 3 M Renstrom (NOR) 6.67/1.2; 4 S Taroum Moguenara (GER) 6.66/0.7; 5 K Mey (TUR) 6.63/0.8; 6 I Radevica (LAT) 6.55/-0.6; 7 I Pusterla (SUI) 6.53/0.9; 8 M Bauschke (GER) 6.50/-0.1; 9 S Denyayeva (RUS) 6.40/0.3; 10 J Veldakova (SVK) 6.31/-0.6, 11 C Montaner (ESP) 6.26/-0.6; M Tverdohlib (UKR) NM. Gp A: eq1 Mey

6.66/1.1/Renstrom 6.66/0.7; 3 Taroum Moguenara 6.62-0.2; 4 Denyayreva 6.53/0.7; 5 Tverdohlib 6.53/-0.1; 6 Bauschke 6.43/0.3; 7 Veldakova 6.41/-1.0; 8 Montaner 6.39/0.6 (6.39/-0.3); 9 L Grima (LAT) 6.37/-0.3; 10 T Dobija (POL) 6.36/0.1. Gp B: 1 Lesueur 6.66/0.0; 2 Sudarava 6.44/0.5; 3 Pusterla 6.44/-0.1; 4 Radevica 6.44/-0.7; 5 N Panayi (CYP) 6.31/0.3; 6 M Jover (ESP) 6.27/0.6; 9 ABIGAIL IROZURU 6.19/-0.6 (x, 4.22, 6.19)

RESULTS

THIS was an exciting two-way battle between Spain’s Ruth Beitia and Norway’s surprise Tonje Angelsen who set a PB 1.97m but lost due to a fi rst-time failure at 1.89m, a height that Beitia didn’t attempt. Beitia won Spain’s fi rst ever medal in this event.

There was a three way tie for third at 1.92m.British view: Isabel Pooley cleared just 1.78m in qualifying with all bar one of the fi nalists clearing 1.90m.Past Euro comparison: The winning height hasn’t been as low since 1974 though it was equal to the 1998 height.

ANOTHER event badly aff ected by the weather saw all the medallists clear 4.60m. Jirina Ptacnikova, who was fi fth in Barcelona, won her fi rst major title and gave the Czech Republic gold due to a perfect record until she moved up to 4.65m. German Martina Strutz had one failure at both 4.30m and 4.60m, while Greece’s Nikolia Kiriakopoulou had a total of fi ve failures but her last time clearance at 4.60m gave her bronze.

There was confusion in

qualifying when Ptacnikova was forced to jump 4.45m to eliminate two jumpers, even though had she failed she would have qualifi ed anyway while the other 11 clear at 4.40m deliberately fouled.British view: Sally Peake cleared 4.15m but would have needed an outdoor PB of 4.40m for a fi nal spot.

Past Euro comparison: This was only the fi fth time it was held and it was the equal third best height.

FRANCE’S Eloyse Lesueur won with a season’s best of 6.81m in the fi rst round and then didn’t remotely approach that again in a rather disappointing low-key competition. Olga Sudareva provided some excitement in later rounds with a 6.74m fi fth-

round leap. In a good jumps championships for Norwegian women, Margrethe Renstrom snatched bronze by one centimetre with a 6.67m jump.British view: Abigail Irozuru didn’t look like a 6.80m jumper and managed just 6.19m in qualifying as she again failed to match her Bulgarian form. A modest 6.39m made the fi nal.Past Euro comparison: It was the worst winning mark since 1982.

Spanish jumper a sure BeitiaHIGH JUMP

LONG JUMP

Isobel Pooley: struggled in qualifying

POLE VAULT

Jirina Ptacnikova: fi rst major title

Sally Peake: 4.15m in qualifying stage

Eloyse Lesueur:6.81m for long jump victory

Abigail Irozuru: underpar performance

Ruth Beitia: 1.97m for gold


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TJ: 1 O Saladukha (UKR) 14.99/0.2 (14.99, 14.84/1.0, x, 14.65/0.9, x, 14.89/1.0); 2 P Mamona (POR) 14.52/1.8 (rec); 3 Y Borodina (RUS) 14.36/0.7; 4 S Mantia (ITA) 14.25/2.0; 5 D Veldakova (SVK) 14.24/2.0; 6 N Paneta (GRE) 14.23/0.7; 7 A Perra (GRE) 14.23/2.0; 8 F Mbango (FRA) 14.19/2.7 (14.15/0.7); 9 S Bolshakova (BEL) 14.07/1.0; 10 M Sestak (SLO) 14.01/0.5; 11 P Papahristou(GRE) 13.89/0.7; 12 K Dziatsuk (BLR)

13.87/0.3. GpA: 1 Saladuha 14.77/0.0; 2 Athanasia 14.22/-0.7; 3 Sestak 14.17/1.4; 4 La Mantia 14.14/-0.2; 5 Paneta 14.08/0.8; 6 S Costa (POR) 13.99/0.3. Gp B: 1 Mamona 14.41/3.0; 2 Mbango 14.38/2.4; 3 Veldakova 14.36/0.5; 4 Papahristou 14.35/1.2; 5 Borodina 14.28/-0.2; 6 Dziatsuk 14.20/1.5; 7 Bolshakova 14.09/0.3; 8 Elbe 13.98/-0.6. SP: 1 N Kleinert (GER) 19.18 (18.58, 19.15, 19.15, 19.18, x, x); 2 I Tarasova (RUS) 18.91; 3 C Rosa (ITA)

18.47; 4 J Terlecki (GER) 18.33; 5 C Schwanitz (GER) 18.25; 6 R Mavrodieva (BUL) 18.14; 7 A Marton (HUN) 17.93; 8 H Engman (SWE) 17.64; 9 J Cerival (FRA) 17.20; 10 P Guba (POL) 17.09; 11 A Skujyte (LTU) 16.53; 12 A Heltne (ROU) 16.39. Gp A: 1 Tarasova 18.31; 2 Schwanitz 17.92; 3 Mavrodieva 17.55; 4 Marton; 5 Guba 17.29; 6 Heltne 16.70; 7 J Nicoletti (ITA) 15.94. Gp B: 1 Kleinert 18.65; 2 Terlecki 18.22; 3 Rosa 17.89; 4 Cerival 17.15; 5 Engman 16.88; 6

Skujyte 16.73; 7 U Ruiz (ESP) 16.39; 8 EDEN FRANCIS 16.35 (15.83, x, 16.35). DT:1 S Perkovic (CRO) 67.62 (x, x, 67.62, 62.93, x, 62.53); 2 N Muller (GER) 65.41; 3 N Semenova (UKR) 62.91; 4 A Ruh (GER) 62.65; 5 J Fischer (GER) 62.10; 6 M Robert-Michon (FRA) 60.41; 7 A Cechlova (CZE) 60.08; 8 N Artic (MDA) 58.64; 9 D Tomasevic (SRB) 58.34; 10 Wisiewska (POL) 57.72; 11 M Kansen (NED) 57.03; 12 T Apostlico (ITA) 56.15. Gp A: 1 Muller 64.49; 2

Semenova 59.59; 3 Wisniewska 57.54; 4 Cechlova 57.52; 5 Apostolico 56.95; 6 D Esmer (TUR) 55.11; 7 Z Sendruite (LTU) 53.97; 8 S Asenjo (ESP) 53.92; 11 JADE NICHOLLS 51.75 (49.46, 50.38, 51.75). Gp B: 1 Perkovic 62.01; 2 Robert-Michon 61.86; 3 Tomasevic 61.65; 4 Ruh 60.73; 5 Fischer 59.95; 6 Artic 57.42; 7 Jansen 57.12; 10 E Stankova (CZE) 55.22; 9 L Bordignon (ITA) 55.11; 10 K Karsak (UKR) 54.32; 11 T Komulainen 53.52

RESULTS

THE classiest women’s fi eld event performance came from reigning world and European champion Olga Saludukha. The Ukrainian dominated the event starting with a world-leading 14.99m and had three more jumps superior to her competitors with back up marks of 14.89m, 14.84m and 14.65m. Patricia Mamona set a Portuguese record of 14.52m to take the silver medal.British view: There was no British representation.Past Euro comparison: 14.99m compares well but wouldn’t have won a medal in 2006.

NADINE KLEINERT had the best three throws of the competition as she threw 19.15m, 19.15m, 19.18m on successive throws to go one better than 2010. Russian Irina Tarasova fell only 28cm short to take silver in a modest event.British view: Eden Francis wasn’t at her best with 16.35m

and it would only have taken 16.70m to make the fi nal, compared to her season’s best of 17.24m.Past Euro comparison: Not good. This was the lowest winning mark since 1966.

CROATIA’S Sandra Perkovic became the fi rst woman since Ilke Wyludda in 1994 to successfully defend a European

discus title. Perkovic – who last year served a sixth-month drugs ban for a stimulant – started with two early fouls before producing a 67.62m throw in the third round. Germany’s world silver medallist Nadine Muller took silver in 65.41m. Ukraine’s Nataliya Semenova gained bronze with 62.91m.British view: Jade Nicholls was 21st best in the qualifying round with 51.75m and would have needed to throw more than fi ve metres farther to make the fi nal.Past Euro comparison: This was the longest winning throw since 1994.

Ukrainian proves class act in triple jump

Olga Saludukha: won high quality triple jump contest

Nadine Kleinert: dominated shot

Jade Nicholls: 51.75m in discus rounds

TRIPLE JUMP

SHOT

DISCUS

Sandra Perkovic: retained title

Eden Francis: not in her best form


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HT: 1 A Wlodarczyk (POL) 74.29 (74.02, 73.17, 73.29, 74.29, 73.93, x); 2 M Hrasnova (SVK) 73.34; 3 A Bulgarkova (RUS) 71.47; 4 K Klaas (GER) 70.44; 5 T Sahutoglu (TUR) 70.21; 6 S Falzon (FRA) 68.03; 7 E Orban (HUN) 67.92; 8 Z Marghieva (MDA) 67.92; 9 B Castells (ESP) 67.42; 10 B Perie (ROU) 67.24; 11 SOPHIE HITCHON 67.17 (66.73, 67.17, x); 12 T Kralova (CZE) 65.87. Gp A: 1 Marghieva 69.86; 2 Castells 68.52; 3 Falzon 68.42; 4 Orban 67.89; 5

Sahutoglu 67.47; 6 T Andersson (SWE) 66.66; 7 K Safrankova (CZE) 66.51; 8 B Spiler (SLO) 65.37; 9 B Heidler (GER) 65.06; 12 SARAH HOLT 61.18 (61.06, 59.12, 61.18). Gp B: 1 Qlodarczyk 71.38; 2 Hrasnova 69.67; 3 Klaas 68.95; 4 Bulgakova 68.44; 5 Perie 67.46; 6 SOPHIE HITCHON 67.08 (x, 61.65, 67.08); 7 Kralova 66.89; 8 Marghiev 65.44. JT: 1 V Rebryk (UKR) 66.66 (rec) (57.04, 63.44, x, 62.83, 66.66, 64.77); 2 C Obergfoll (GER) 65,12; 3 L Stahl

(GER) 63.69; 4 GOLDIE SAYERS 63.01 (x, 63.01, 60.34, x, 62.19, x); 5 K Molitor (GER) 60.99; 6 S Ozolina-Kovale (LAT) 59.34; 7 T Jeleca (SRB) 57.58; 8 M Palameika (LAT) 56.82; 9 S Lika (GRE) 56.25; 10 L Muze (LAT) 55.60; 11 S Utrianinen (FIN) 55.14; 12 Z Bani (ITA) 53.40. Gp A: 1 Rebryk 61.84; 2 Molitor 58.34; 3 Lika 57.60; 4 Palameika 57.24; 5 Bani 56.67; 6 O Sormunen (FIN) 54.66; 7 Jakubaityte (LTU) 54.39; 8 R Kuningas(EST) 53.65; 9 LAURA

WHITTINGHAM 52.82 (52.82, x, 50.70). Gp B: 1 SAYERS 60.90 (58.02, 60.90, -); 2 Stahl 59.65; 3 Obergfoll 59.49; 4 Ozolina-Kovale 59.41; 5 Utrianen 58.70; 6 Muze 57.51; 7 Jelaca 57.29; 8 A Hjalmsdottir 55.29; 9 N Bicet (FRA) 53.80. Hep: 1 I Nana Djimou (FRA) 6544 (13.11/0.4, 1.77, 13.48, 24.52/-0.5, 6.42/1.2, 55.82, 2:17.99); 2 L Yosypenko (UKR) 6387 (13.42/0.4, 1.77, 14.32, 24.14/-0.4, 6.14/1.0, 49.61, 2:17.63); 3 L Ikauniece (LAT) 6335 (13.53/0.4,

1.83, 11.81, 24.36/-0.4, 6.31/1.5, 47.32, 2:12.82); 4 A Grabuste (LAT) 6325 (13.66/0.3, 1.74, 13.52, 24.47, 6.46/2.6, 45.85, 2:12.90); 5 Y Bolshova (RUS) 6298; 6 J Samuelsson (SWE) 6262; 7 C Rath (GER) 6219; 8 E Klucinova (CZE) 6151; 9 I Marcussen (NOR) 6073; 10 B Maisonnier (FRA) 6009; 11 C Schafer (GER) 6003; 12 R Fransen (NED) 5964; 13 A Fyodorova (UKR) 5959; 14 G Frakas (HUN) 5874; 15 N Kelo (FIN) 5692

RESULTS

FORMER world champion Anita Wlodarczyk won her fi rst European title with ease. She had fi ve of the best six marks as her fi rst fi ve throws landed around the 74m mark. She opened with 74.02m and the best of 74.29m came in the fourth. Martina Hrasnova had one good throw, 73.34m, and that gave her the silver medal.

World record-holder and defending champion Betty Heidler threw just 65.06m in qualifying and was some way from making the top 12.British view: Sophie Hitchon did well to make the fi nal and though 11th in 67.17m, she was very close to making the top eight and getting three more throws.Past Euro comparison: This was the third-best winning mark of the fi ve hammer fi nals.

IN A major surprise, Ukrainian Vira Rebryk jumped from third to fi rst with a national record 66.86m in the fourth round. Christina Obergfoll took silver to

match her Barcelona position and Germany narrowly took the other medal with defending champion Linda Stahl third.British view: Goldie Sayers fi nished a frustrated fourth again. A 63.01m second-round throw put her close but she was only able to throw 62.19m in the fi fth round and she fi nished less than a metre down on Stahl.

Past Euro comparison: The winning mark was at the same level as recent championships.

IDA ANTOINETTE NANA DJIMOU started impressively with a a 13.11 100m hurdles and though she lost the lead, she was second overnight on

3739 points. Her second day was better and marks of 6.42m in the long jump, a massive 55.82m javelin – the best ever in a European heptathlon – and a 2:17.99 800m gave her a world-class score of 6544 and another gold medal for France. Overnight leader Lyudmila Yosypenko, who hit the front after the shot but couldn’t match the French woman on the second day, fi nished 157 points short. Latvia’s Laura Ikauniece took bronze on 6335, just 10 points up on her team-mate Aiga Grabuste.British view: There were no Britons competing.Past Euro comparison: This compared well and had very good depth with seven over 6210 points.

Wlodarczyk captures the goldHAMMER

JAVELINSophie Hitchon: 11th in tough event

Vira Rebryk: surprise javelin winner

Goldie Sayers: fourth place for Briton

HEPTATHLON

Lyudmyla Yosypenko: won silver medal

Nana Djimou: heptathlon champion

Anita Wlodarczyk: fi rst Euro hammer title


DEFENDING champions Ukraine – with the 200m champion, the 100m runner-up and the 200m fourth-placer – should have won easily, but they dropped the baton at the fi rst changeover and the well-organised Germans succeeded in also taking Ukraine’s European leading time with a classy 42.51. Netherlands broke their national record with a 42.80 in second while Poland, who whooped with delight when their heat time qualifi ed them for the Olympics, had further cause for celebration with a 43.06 bronze run.British view: A disaster as a seeming solid heat performance of 43.51 qualifi ed them for the fi nal until the judges noted that Hayley Jones had run on the line and the team were disqualifi ed. The bigger consequence is that

the British women will not be in the Olympics, as the times from Poland and Switzerland knocked Britain out of the top 16 in the qualifying rankings list.Past Euro comparison: The 42.51 compares well to recent championships and actually matches the all-conquering GDR’s winning time from 1974.

UKRAINE had never before won a medal and weren’t really among the favourites but took this one comfortably in a European-leading time of 3:25.07.

Yuliya Olishevska ran 52.6 for fi fth on the opening leg but individual fourth placer Olga Zemlyak’s 50.6 leg moved them up four places into the lead. Nataliya Pygyda pulled them a second clear with the fastest leg of the race, 50.52, and anchor-leg runner Alina Lohvynenko

wasn’t really challenged.France fi nished strongly for

second with the Czech Republic taking bronze thanks to a storming anchor leg of 50.59 by Denisa Rosolova.British view: Missing their two fastest it was a tall order for Britain to win a medal but they came close. Shana Cox set them off in fourth with a moderate 52.4, which Nicola Sanders maintained with 51.5, with Lee McConnell moving the team into a medal position with a 51.42.

Eilidh Child briefly moved up into second position but couldn’t quite respond to the kicks from Rosolova and Frenchwoman Floria Guei, and then couldn’t fi nd room down the inside close to the fi nish to get into the top three.

The time was a solid 3:26.20 with Child running a promising 50.86 which guaranteed her an Olympic spot.Past Euro comparison: It was the slowest winning time since 1971.


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4x100: 1 GER 42.51; 2 NED 42.80; 3 POL 43.06; 4 RUS 43.37; 5 FRA 43.44; 6 SUI 43.61; 7 BEL 44.06; UKR dnf. sf1: 1 Ukraine 42.70; 2 France 43,12; 3 Poland 43.13; 4 Switzerland 43.51 (rec); 5 Belarus 43.69; 6 Slovenia 44.28; 7 Bulgaria 45.25; 8 Spain 45.47. sf2: 1 Germany 43.03; 2 Russia 43.62; 3 Netherlands 43.80; 4 Belgium 43.81; 5 Italy 43.90; 6 Finland 44.65; GBR (ONOURA, DOUGLAS, JONES, NELSON dnq. 4x400: 1 UKR 3:25.07; 2 FRA 3:25.49; 3 CZE 3:26.02; 4 GBR (SHANA COX, NICOLA SANDERS, LEE McCONNELL, EILIDH CHILD) 3:26.20; 5 GER 3:27.81; 6 RUS 3:28.36; 7 ROU 3:29.80; 8 POL 3:30.17. sf1:1 UKR 3:29.09; 2 GER 3:31.28; 3 ROU 3:31.48; 4 BLR 3:31.50; 5 TUR 3:34.70; 6 NOR 3:37.74; 7 ESP 3:38.00; IRL dq. sf2: 1 FRA 3:29.03; 2 GBR (CHILD, MASSEY, SANDERS, COX) 3:29.96; 3 CZE 3:30.86; 4 RUS 3:31.35; 5 POL 3:31.50; 6 ITA 3:31.64; 7POR 3:40.79; 8 FIN 3:40.97

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Ashleigh Nelson: runs the anchor for Britain but Hayley Jones had run out of lane

Merlene Ottey: still competing aged 52

GB 4x400m (l to r): Shana Cox, Nicola Sanders, Eilidh Child and Lee McConnell

Verena Sailor: brought Germany home for gold

in the sprint relay

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IT’S FAIR to call Usain Bolt a spoilsport. In recent years he has single-handedly dispensed with the need for photo fi nishes. He has often crossed the line so far ahead of his rivals that even short-sighted fans in the cheap seats can spot who won the race.

However, there’s an upside. One man in particular has a much easier job thanks to Bolt’s dominance. That’s Peter Hurzeler. The Swiss is head of timekeeping at Omega, the offi cial timekeepers for the Olympic Games. He’s been with the watch manufacturer since the 1960s and has worked at a total of 15 Summer and Winter Olympic Games. He’s also the brains behind many of the timekeeping devices such as false-start sensors, starting blocks and starting pistols.

It’s a chilly, miserable day in early May, in East London. Despite the grey backdrop, the new Olympic Stadium is looking awesome with every element of the infrastructure seemingly in place. The most recent arrival is Omega’s timekeeping hardware which Hurzeler is currently taking great pains to show off .

First up is the starting pistol. In 2010 the traditional pistol was replaced by the flash gun and sound-generation box. On pressing the trigger, the starter simultaneously sets off three devices: the sound of the shot plays through the speakers behind each runner, guaranteeing that they all hear the signal at exactly the same time; a light flash is emitted; and a start pulse is sent to the timing device. Should an athlete move within 0.1 seconds after the gun has fi red, then the computer will detect a false start.

As well as off ering better technology, the flash gun has made international travel a lot easier for the Omega timekeepers. Just imagine the headaches when they tried to take the traditional pistols through customs. “It’s diffi cult to work with pistols,” Hurzeler says shaking his head. “It’s forbidden to take them on a plane.”

Next on his tour are the starting blocks. The 2012 Games will feature upgraded blocks which will be able to test reaction times of any runner – large or small – without the settings having to be changed. The central bar between the two blocks is narrower than before, and the blocks themselves are wider. Again, this better accommodates all sizes of athlete.

Hurzeler now strides along the stadium track to the fi nish line of the 100 metres. Given his 73 years, he’s a long way off the speed of a Jamaican sprinter, but spritely all the same. He points out the white line stretching across the track at the 100-metre mark. Marked at intervals along this line are small black rectangles. They lie on the back edge of the fi nish line (the fi rst section that the runners cross), extending just 8mm into the thickness of the white line, but no further. It is these black rectangles that Hurzeler and his team use to calculate the exact moment that each sprinter’s torso reaches the fi nish line.

Hurzeler remembers how this 8mm mark caused quite a controversy at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. The Slovenian runner Merlene Ottey was competing alongside the American Gail Devers in the 100 metres fi nal. They flew across the line, nose to nose, both recording 10.94 seconds. The television pictures showed that Ottey was ahead of Devers. But that was after they had crossed the

THE US OLYMPIC TRIALS 100M THIRD PLACE DEAD HEAT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT TIMING DEVICES WILL BE AT THE OLYMPICS, WRITES DOMINIC BLISS

ABOVE: Blocks busters: athletes will register a false start if they react too soon

BELOW: Son of a gun: new ‘flash guns’ have replaced old-fashioned pistols

IT’S FAIR to call Usain Bolt a spoilsport. In recent years he has single-handedly dispensed with the need for photo fi nishes. He has often crossed the line so far ahead of his rivals that even short-sighted fans in the cheap seats can spot who won the race.

However, there’s an upside. One man in particular has a much easier job thanks to Bolt’s dominance. That’s Peter Hurzeler. The Swiss is head of timekeeping at Omega, the offi cial timekeepers for the Olympic Games. He’s been with the watch manufacturer since the 1960s

First up is the starting pistol. In 2010 the traditional pistol was replaced by the flash gun and sound-generation box. On pressing the trigger, the starter simultaneously sets off three devices: the sound of the shot plays through the speakers behind each runner, guaranteeing that they all hear the signal at exactly the same time; a light flash is emitted; and a start pulse is sent to the timing device. Should an athlete move within 0.1 seconds after the gun has fi red, then the computer will detect a false start.

As well as off ering better technology, the flash gun has made international travel a lot easier for the Omega timekeepers. Just imagine the headaches when they tried to take the traditional pistols through customs. “It’s diffi cult

THE US OLYMPIC TRIALS 100M THIRD PLACE DEAD HEAT SHOWS HOW IMPORTANT TIMING DEVICES WILL BE AT THE OLYMPICS, WRITES DOMINIC BLISS

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entire thickness of the white line. It was actually Devers who reached the black, eight-millimetre section first.

“TV had the big picture, while we only had the black eight-millimetre section on the line,” Hurzeler explains. It was true that, after the finish line, Ottey was in front of Devers. We had to hold a press conference and explain that we film the beginning of the finish line – the first eight millimetres of it. The person who crosses this eight-millimetre section first is the winner. We don’t care what happens after the finish line.”

As well as the world’s media, Hurzeler also has to justify himself to the athletes themselves. He remembers one meeting in Berlin where Linford Christie, after being officially positioned second in the 100m, stormed into the control room, convinced he had come first. If he had, he would have won what used to be called “the Golden Four” (Oslo, Zurich, Brussels and Berlin) and pocketed a jackpot of $60,000. So, understandably, he demanded to see photographic evidence.

When Hurzeler showed him proof that he’d come second, Christie asked to keep the photo. “I said ‘No problem’, and gave it to him,” Hurzeler remembers. “He told me ‘That’s the most expensive picture in my photo album because I lost $60,000 on this.’”

Hurzeler has presided over many close finishes in his time. The closest ever was at the trials for the LA Olympics in 1984. The event was the 100m hurdles. “Four girls finished within the same hundredth of a second,” he recalls. “Only three girls went to the Olympics. The fourth lost out by less than a hundredth of a second.”

Even more strange was that the athlete’s coach had lost out on going to the Olympics in exactly the same manner some years before.

He now moves on to the next item on his stadium tour – the infrared photo-electric cells either side of the finish line. By taking 2000 images every second, these determine the exact finish position of each runner.

Hurzeler explains that these cells are actually positioned ever so slightly beyond the finish line. This is so that the stadium clock is stopped just milliseconds after the winning athlete is measured crossing the line by the computer.

“Sometimes the time on the stadium screen is maybe a hundredth of a second slower than the official time,” he says. “This is because it’s very difficult if an athlete celebrates the world record and then you have to announce: ‘Sorry, it’s not actually a world record; we were out by a hundredth of a second.’”

This explains the delay between the end of the race and the announcement of the official time.

Omega also measure wind speed in sprint and jump events. For the 100 metres they record it over 10 seconds and calculate an average; for the 110 metres hurdles they calculate an average over 13 seconds; for long jump and triple jump it’s over a five-second period. Anything greater than a two metre per second tailwind will negate a record result.

The final pieces of Omega equipment that Hurzeler points out are the scoreboards and the laser measurement systems that they use to measure distances in the throwing events.

Next up on his tour is what’s known as the OVR room (on-venue results). Right in the guts of the stadium building, this is where all the results, times and distances from all the stadium events are gathered and processed – all via 180km of cables and optical fibre. In charge here is Omega’s results manager, Alex Kollega, who boasts how he and his team are able to confirm world records just two or three seconds after athletes cross the finish line. And just so there’s absolutely no risk of losing any results, Kollega says he has two back-up computer systems in addition to the main system. No cock-ups here.

Actually, when pressed, Hurzeler admits that his team did once mess things up. It was at the Super Tour meeting in Doha, in 2006. In the 100m, Justin Gatlin appeared to have set a world record of 9.76 seconds. Four days later the IAAF had to revise the result because, according to the rules, Gatlin’s actual time of 9.766 seconds should have been rounded up to 9.77 seconds.

“Our team made a mistake,” Hurzeler admits. “Something was wrong in the computer. You have to tell it what sport it is [measuring]. And they inputted another sport. Gatlin’s time was announced as a world record, but it wasn’t. It should have been 9.77 seconds.”

To add insult to injury, Omega had to admit to the error just a couple of days after IOC president Jacques Rogge announced they were to be the official timekeepers of the London Olympics.

So, come July, when the Olympics start, you can be sure Hurzeler and his colleagues will be extra diligent.

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A BRAVE decision to pick one athlete with a ‘B’ standard over up to three with an ‘A’ standard stood out in Britain’s highly anticipated announcement of its team for London 2012 on Tuesday.

Headline-maker Lynsey Sharp and former drug cheats Dwain Chambers and Carl Myerscough – along with the expected announcements of Olympic title contenders Mo Farah, Dai Greene, Jessica Ennis and Robbie Grabarz – were included in the roster of 71 names.

Recent European silver medallist Lynsey Sharp was rewarded for her form with a slot over 800m despite only having the ‘B’ mark, while ‘A’ athletes Marilyn Okoro, Emma Jackson, Jenny Meadows and Jemma Simpson all missed out.

Under IAAF rules, a nation can select up to three athletes with an ‘A’ standard, which for this event was 1:59.90. However, if an athlete with a ‘B’ standard (2:01.30) is chosen instead then only that athlete can be submitted.

Sharp’s selection was a controversial one as her personal best of 2:00.52 is more than second outside that of the other athletes.

However, each of the four other contenders were dismissed for varying reasons.

Okoro had displayed poor race tactics at the Olympic Trials in Birmingham last month, Jackson’s form had dipped after breaking her ribs just before the trials and Simpson was well behind Sharp in Helsinki.

An Achilles injury has meant 2009 world bronze medallist Meadows has not raced this year.

Ultimately, it was the trials victory of Sharp, the daughter of 1982 European 200m silver medallist Cameron Sharp, plus her well executed race in Helsinki which gave her the spot.

Andy Turner (110m hurdles) and Rhys Williams (400m hurdles) were among the other expected discretionary choices.

Ennis, favourite for heptathlon gold, has also been picked for the 100m hurdles as a back-up event.

Another notable selection was Stuart Stokes over Luke Gunn in the 3000m steeplechase. The 35-year-old Bolton athlete was so disgusted at being controversially left out of the team for Beijing despite having the ‘A’ standard that he went into semi-retirement.

Sharp selected in 800m quandary

Great Britain & Northern Ireland teamMen100m: Dwain Chambers, James Dasaolu, Adam Gemili200m: James Ellington, Christian Malcolm400m: Nigel Levine, Martyn Rooney, Conrad Williams800m: Andrew Osagie, Michael Rimmer1500m: Andy Baddeley, Ross Murray5000m: Mo Farah, Nick McCormick

10,000m: Farah, Chris Thompson3000mSC: Stuart Stokes110mH: Lawrence Clarke, Andrew Pozzi, Andy Turner400mH: Jack Green, Dai Greene, Rhys WilliamsHigh jump: Robbie GrabarzPole vault: Steve LewisLong jump: Greg Rutherford, Chris TomlinsonTriple jump: Phillips IdowuShot: Carl MyerscoughDiscus: Abdul Buhari, Brett Morse, Lawrence OkoyeHammer: Alex Smith

Javelin: Mervyn LuckwellDecathlon: Daniel Awde50kmW: Dominic King4x100m: Chambers, Dasaolu, Ellington, Gemili, Mark Lewis-Francis, Malcolm, Danny Talbot, Simeon Williamson4x400m: Richard Buck, Green, Greene, Luke Lennon-Ford, Levine, Rooney, Rob Tobin, Williams

Women100m: Anyika Onuora, Abi Oyepitan

200m: Margaret Adeoye, Onuora, Oyepitan400m: Shana Cox, Lee McConnell, Christine Ohuruogu800m: Lynsey Sharp1500m: Lisa Dobriskey, Hannah England, Laura Weightman5000m: Julia Bleasdale, Barbara Parker, Jo Pavey10,000m: Bleasdale, Pavey3000mSC: Eilish McColgan, Parker100mH: Jessica Ennis, Tiffany Porter

400mH: Eilidh Child, Perri Shakes-DraytonPole vault: Holly Bleasdale, Kate DennisonLong jump: Shara ProctorTriple jump: Yamile AldamaHammer: Sophie HitchonJavelin: Goldie SayersHeptathlon: Ennis, Louise Hazel, Katarina Johnson-Thompson20kmW: Johanna Jackson4x400m: Child, Cox, Emily Diamond, McConnell, Ohuruogu, Nicola Sanders, Shakes-Drayton

JENNY MEADOWS told AW of her disappointment at being overlooked for selection, firmly believing she could be fit in time for the Games.

“I thought I had a really good chance of selection,” said the Wigan athlete, still in shock that UKA had opted to go with a ‘B’ standard athlete. “I had six weeks. I thought I could be the best by then.”

Her Achilles injury flared up around the time of her scheduled heat at the European Championships, although it had been fine just a few days beforehand and afterwards.

However, she said: “UKA had known all along it was never realistic for me to put in a performance

before the Olympics.”Meadows had proved to herself

her fitness after clocking 2:00.8 in a solo time time during a school sports day after the track had been cleared especially for her. She says she regrets they had not filmed it.

She now plans to try to end the season as UK No.1 and added: “I am proud of working so hard to get fit. There was not one day that I haven’t trained or thrown the towel in.”

She said she was treating with relative apathy the news on the same day that drugs disqualifications to three Russian athletes made it likely she would be upgraded to gold from the 2011 European Indoor Championships.

Meadows was second behind Yevgeniya Zinurova in Paris, but the 30-year-old’s Russian’s results dating back to that race have been struck off by her federation because of abnormal readings on her biological passport.

Svetlana Klyuka and Nailya Yulamanova are the other athletes who will be banned for two years.

Meadows said Tuesday she had been shocked to lose that race. “I was well fed up after that race,” she said. “I couldn’t understand how anyone could have caught me. It denied me the moment on the podium. Instead of being pleased, I’ve not taken it too well with the other news today.”

Meadows shocked by Games omission

The road to London

Lynsey Sharp:London-bound

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ATHLETES complained UKA management was to blame for Great Britain failing to qualify a women’s 4x100m relay team for London 2012.

Britain dropped from 15th to 17th in the world rankings at the European Championships in Helsinki last weekend when their quartet was disqualifi ed. Only the top nations on the cut-off date of July 2 were able to compete at the Games.

The team of Anyika Onuora, Montell Douglas, Hayley Jones and Ashleigh Nelson clocked 43.50 in their heat, which should have been enough for them to secure a top-16 spot. However, offi cials later ruled that Jones had run out of her lane on the very tight bends at the Olympic Stadium.

UKA head coach Charles van Commenee reportedly labelled the team a “disgrace” for their “schoolgirl mistakes”, but Britain’s failure was not down to this one mishap.

Rankings are based on an aggregate of each country’s fastest two performances since January 1, 2011.

Two of Britain’s top female sprinters complained of a lack of opportunities for practice and competition.

Hayley Jones wrote on Twitter: “I will take all the blame in the world for us not reaching the European fi nal, but I won’t take any for two years of missed opportunities”.

She also tweeted: “The people who DO get paid i.e the relay coaches should have put us in a race before yesterday. Because that IS their job”.

Britain competed just once this year – on a track which caused several sprinters at the Europeans to run out of lane, although an opportunity was lined up for them in Regensburg where injuries meant the team was unable to take part.

However, they raced on fi ve occasions last year, including at three non-championship meetings. They failed to get the baton round in two of them.

Abi Oyepitan, Britain’s No.1 200m this year though she was not offi cially part of Britain’s relay squad, wrote on Twitter: “It’s an absolute shame

there will not be a women’s 4x100m team at our home games, actually it’s ridiculous! They’ve been set up to fail – no training, no preparation ... treated like 2nd class citizens! #myopinion”.

Britain placed fourth at the 2007 World Championships and a fudged baton exchange at the 2008 Olympics cost them a good shot at a medal. At the start of this year they were considered challengers for medals in London, but injuries to top sprinters had changed that.

GB missed out by just 0.14 seconds as Belarus took the 16th slot on the world rankings released on Tuesday.

Britain’s men’s sprint relay team qualifi ed as fourth fastest, while the men’s and women’s one-lap squads were seventh and fourth respectively. The Americans led the rankings in every relay apart from the men’s 4x100m, where Jamaica was No.1.

UKA blamed for relay failure

Hayley Jones: spoke out on Twitter

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BRITAIN’S oldest and youngest athletes at the Games will separated by 21 years after young sprinter Adam Gemili was confi rmed on the team.

The Blackheath & Bromley athlete, who celebrated his 18th birthday last October, had been

undecided whether to take up his place at the Games as he is concentrating on the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona later this month.

Yamile Aldama, who won world triple jump gold in March, will turn 40 just a few days after

the Games end and her name was also inscribed on the team roster this week.

The 77 athletes, six of whom were already named for the marathon, comprise a real blend of youth and experience.

Alongside Paula Radcliff e,

who is set to become only the third British track and fi eld athlete after Tessa Sanderson and Chris Maddocks to compete at a fi fth Olympics, Christian Malcolm will be making his fourth appearance at a Games.

Mix of youth and experience on GB team

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Sharp selected in 800m quandaryThe road to London

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AFTER returning to competition following injury last Saturday, world indoor triple jump champion Yamile Aldama is confi dent she will be 100% by the time of the Olympics.

The Shaftesbury Barnet Harrier reported back positively on her two jumps off a shortened, seven-stride approach at Hendon for a UK Women’s League division one match.

Although her best distance was only 13.02m, it was enough for victory and represented a suitable test of how her shoulder would react.

Aldama, who was confi rmed on Britain’s Olympic team on Tuesday, said: “I was trying to do a few jumps to see how my shoulder is feeling and I’m nearly there. I’m not 100% yet, but I’m just taking it one day at a time and keeping working hard.

“There’s a month to go and I’m already 90% so there’s no reason why it won’t be fi ne by then.”

The 39-year-old had been disappointed to have to pull out of the European Championships

and admitted she did not see Olha Saladuha go out to a world-leading 14.99m to take victory in her absence. The Ukrainian will be among Aldama’s chief rivals for gold in London, but the Cuban-born Londoner says she is not concerned at what other athletes are doing.

“I’m not worried about anyone in particular,” she said. “It would be silly to be worrying about people. You can’t stop people from doing what they do. If she

did well, that’s good for her. I just have to do the same or even better. I will try my best and that’s the most I can do. If that’s enough to win, great.

“I will get there in my best shape possible and I will fi ght to the last round.”

Aldama, who began triple jumping in 1994 when the event for women was still in its infancy, showed her best form in 2003 and 2004 when she recorded best leaps of 15.29m and 15.28m respectively. This year she has shown her best form in several years but can she return to her very best?

“Why not?” she responded. “I’ve been training so well. I have to be close to that or I have no chance. The distance I did at the World Indoors, 14.82m, is not going to be good enough.”

Aldama was talking at the launch of the new horizontal jumps runway at Barnet Copthall Stadium in Hendon. The facility is the fi rst completed part of Saracens Rugby Club’s £20m revamp of the arena.

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ATHLETICS WEEKLY has teamed up with Marathon Talk to produce a weekly track and fi eld podcast.

The fi rst episode of The Athletics Show will be available to download via iTunes or online from July 12 and will run initially for six weeks during the period of the Olympics Games.

Martin Yelling from Marathon Talk and Jason Henderson from AW will co-present the shows, which will last around 30-40

minutes and discuss the hottest topics of the week from the world of the No.1 Olympic sport.

Marathon Talk has already produced well over 100 episodes on distance running that have been downloaded more than a million times in more than 150 countries. So their professional podcast expertise combined with AW' s track and fi eld knowledge will hopefully lead The Athletics Show to get off to a flying start.

“Now Euro 2012 is over, athletics is going to assume its position of the world’s No.1 sport this summer,” says Henderson.

“The Olympics are imminent and our track and fi eld podcast aims to give athletics fans an informative and entertaining blast of facts and fi gures, banter and debate, plus the occasional star interview too.”

Mobot warsª If he had just turned up to run the heat so the fans could see him, that is not athletics,º Whiteman said. ª That is moving away from athletics and towards celebrity. Jessica Ennis would not have done that. She is an athlete fi rst and a celebrity second.º Anthony Whiteman, quoted in the Independent, on Mo Farah’s withdrawal from the Aviva Trials 1500m fi nal, and also criticising his premature “Mobot” celebration

Bolt’s Olympic planª It' s not like I was blown away, I know what I need to do to get it right. I just have to get my stu� together.ºUsain Bolt after losing for the

second time at the Jamaican Championships last weekend

Trials race-o� dramaª This is going to be reality TV at its grandest.ºJon Drummond tells SI.com what he thinks about the Felix v Tarmoh 100m race-off

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Jump to it: Yamile Aldama was at the opening of a horizontal runway at Barnet Copthall Stadium

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TYSON GAY and Asafa Powell are among the latest big-name athletes to be added to the line-ups for the Aviva London Grand Prix on July 13-14.

The pair will compete at the distance over 100m, at which they are second and third fastest in history.

Gay, whose best of 9.69 puts him behind only Usain Bolt on the all-time list, is returning to form after recent injuries and having gained his place on the US team for London 2012.

Powell, the former world record-holder on 9.72, is also clearly in good shape after his third to Yohan Blake and Bolt at the Jamaican trials last weekend.

Also lining up will be 2003 world champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis and world indoor 60m silver medallist Nesta Carter of Jamaica.

Meanwhile, world 400m hurdles champion Dai Greene will take on current world No.1

Javier Culson. The Puerto Rican opened his season with four straight victories, including one over Greene in Oslo. American Bershawn Jackson will also line up.

Liu Xiang is another to recently be confi rmed in the line-up. The 2004 Olympic 110m

hurdles champion looks in shape to regain his world record after implementing a new stride pattern.

Liu, one of China’s biggest sports stars, will make his competitive debut in London for what he says will be his last race before the Olympics.

The 28-year-old is unbeaten in his three races outdoors this year, clocking a legal 12.97 and 13.09 and a 12.87, which would have equalled the world record were it not for the following wind of 2.4m/sec.

Both events are due to take place on the Friday night, for which tickets at Crystal Palace are still available, although the timetable is subject to change.

Also recently confi rmed is the appearance over the half-lap on the Saturday of European 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre of France, who will face 19.6 American Wallace Spearmon and London-bound Brits James Ellington and Christian Malcolm.

Key match-ups on the Saturday, for when there are only a few tickets remaining, will include Australia’s world 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson versus British Olympic medal hopeful Tiff any Porter and a clash between triple jumpers Phillips Idowu and Christian Taylor.

Britain’s other London medal contenders in the fi eld events in action will be high-jumper Robbie Grabarz (Saturday), long jump’s Chris Tomlinson and discus thrower Lawrence Okoye (Saturday).

World champion Mo Farah headlines the Friday night programme when he will compete over 5000m, while Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu goes over one lap on the Saturday.

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EZEKIEL KEMBOI, the Olympic steeplechase champion, has been charged with a stabbing in his native Kenya, although he insists he was the victim of an ambush and an attack on him.

A woman alleges that he attacked her with a dagger after she declined his sexual advances in Eldoret last week.

Anne Njeri said she been out drinking with Kemboi, a policeman, and he offered her a lift home.

However, the 2009 world champion claims she colluded with two men to try to rob him.

“The attackers, who she had met when she went to a fast food hotel, called me by name. They ordered me to give them money and a

scuffle ensued before one of them attempted to stab me,” Kemboi told reporters.

According to the athlete, the attackers missed him and instead hit Njeri.

Kemboi was released on bail and is due to appear in September after pleading for a delay to concentrate on the London 2012 Olympics.

Beijing champ Kemboi is charged over stabbing Ezekiel Kemboi: says he was

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HOLLY BLEASDALE says her indiff erent start to the season was of no concern but is pleased her UK record at the recent Aviva Olympic Trials proved any doubters wrong.

The world indoor bronze medallist cleared 4.71m in Birmingham, but some had had doubts over her form as she had failed to clear the Olympic ‘A’ of 4.50m in three attempts this summer.

Despite needing three attempts at her opening height there, the pole vaulter now lies fi fth on the world rankings.

“I just wanted to go there and prove everyone wrong that I hadn’t lost my fi tness,” said the 20-year-old. “I think there were a couple of people that thought my 4.87m was a fluke.”

She said the plan all along had been to open her season at the trials with a big clearance, but

that other commitments meant she ended up competing much sooner before she was ready.

“Coming out in the trials to secure my place for London and getting the national record restored confi dence that I’ve not

lost it,” she said.Now a niggle has cleared up

and with technique changes fi tting into place, she is looking forward to building on that 4.71m.

“I had a bit of a niggle in my foot where I couldn’t push off from it very hard and that’s perfect now, so I can really jump high at take-off and that’s making my vault so much more fluent,” she said.

She started using longer poles during the indoor season after her clearance of 4.87m, which leaves her third on the world all-time indoor list, and she has been continuing the transition.

“I’ve been in between long

and short,” explained Bleasdale, who was talking while on a visit to her former secondary school, Parklands High School in Chorley as part of Alfa Romeo’s Home Town Heroes initiative. “Just recently I’ve lost a lot of weight and when you lose weight you can’t jump with as big poles as you usually do, but I’m still jumping higher than I did on my longer poles but on shorter ones. It doesn’t matter what pole I’m on as long as I’m jumping the height I want, which I am doing.”

Bleasdale will take on world record-holder Yelena Isinbayeva next Tuesday (July 10) in Sotteville, France, with the Russian having delayed the start of her season by a week.

Not interested in reading anything into Isinbayeva’s withdrawal from a meeting this week, Bleasdale, said: “You never really know what she’s doing so I’m just planning my competitions and focusing on me really. I just want to get competing now and try and get some big heights under my belt.”

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Young athlete

CAMERON CORBISHLEY expects to be rather frustrated when he

watches television coverage of the London Olympic Games.

That is because he is a race walker and doesn’t anticipate his branch of the sport will get a lot of air time on the BBC.

It has always been the case and this time, believes Cameron, will be no diff erent. “Everyone’s going to be into the sprinting,” he says. “I mean, everyone will want to see Usain Bolt.

“We (those whose interest is race walking) will probably have to make do with the red button.”

Though he has competed for Medway & Maidstone in cross-country races, track relays and can boast a sub-60 second 400m, Cameron’s forte is walking and this is clearly the right discipline for him

considering his place in the UK rankings.

At 3000m he has been No.1-ranked for the past two years (under-15 and under-17). For 5000m he is the current leader among the under-17s.

The former rugby player’s best time for 5000m is 23:41, achieved at a Manx Harriers meeting on the Isle of Man last March.

It ranks as his most satisfying performance. The quality of opposition was high and the fact he was one of the youngest in the fi eld made his victory all the more pleasing.

The Maidstone-born athlete also recalls it was a tactical race until he surged on the fi nal lap and went clear of Alex Eaton, thus gaining revenge for his 3000m defeat by his talented rival at the 2010 English Schools.

Cameron won the schools championship himself a year later. Throw in a national title, when he set his 3000m PB of 13:45, and it is obvious he is a

walker with a successful past – and a bright future.

Apart from his very supportive parents, there are two other people Cameron can thank for his current status.

One is Doug Hopkins, who has been his coach for a few years and says: “Cameron has strength and technique, but his attitude is good as well. He never complains about the schedules I give him and is always willing.”

Tom Bosworth is also inspirational. “I’ve taken lots of positive feedback from him,” says Cameron of the national 10-mile and 5000m champion and fellow Kent athlete.

It helps, too, that Cameron has sporting genes. His dad Martyn has been useful at football, rugby, cycling, boxing and cricket.

Martyn remembers that his son, before meeting up with Hopkins, was also a footballer. “But now Cameron is a very committed walker,” he says.

This summer, adds Mr Corbishley, Cameron will try to

“consolidate” over the 5000m.It can only be a help when he

switches to regular competitions over 10km, at which distance the teenager from Sittingbourne hopes to add further England and GB vests to those he has already won.

The most recent came his way last month, when Cameron competed for Britain in Geneva – he fi nished second – against various European countries in the ‘Small Nations Match’.

It was a 10km junior race. Often, though, Cameron is opposed by older athletes yet is never fazed – as shown earlier this year when he was up against seniors in the London Indoor Games – and only internationals from Lithuania and Australia beat him in the event at Lee Valley.

For help in reaching his current standard, says Cameron, he thanks Swale Youth Development, his school, Fulston Manor, and of course the Race Walking Association.

Walking to victoryCameron Corbishley: hopes BBC will show action from Olympic race-walking events

Born March 31, 1997Club Medway & MaidstoneCoach Doug HopkinsPBs 400m: 58.7. 800m: 2:18.1. 1000m walk: 4:28.1. 1200m walk: 5:07.0. 3000m walk: 13:45.05. 5000m walk: 23:41. 10,000m walk: 49:52. Achievements2012 3000m walk: 2nd London (U17) U20/Senior Indoor Games. 5000m walk: 1st RWA champs; 1st Paul Nihill Shield2011 3000m walk: 1st England (U15) champs; 1st English schools; 1st Kent champs; 1st RWA Young Athletes champs; 1st Paul Nihill Shield2010 3000m walk: 1st Southern; (U15) 2nd EA ; 2nd EnglishSchools2009 2000m walk: 2nd Kent (U13) champs

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THE revelation last week that David Beckham had not been selected for the Olympics may

have been a cause for concern for some athletes. After all, if a national sporting icon can be left out of the Games, how safe am I, some may have been thinking?

In reality, Beckham could only have been picked on sentiment and not on current ability and fi tness. That wouldn’t happen in athletics, where we have times, distances, heights and head to heads with which to pick our teams; Kelly Holmes and Sally Gunnell were never going to get a chance at making London 2012.

However, athletics selection can nevertheless cause controversy, as we have seen this week. Its begs the question – what is the best way to pick a team? Here are some options:

» Keeping it simpleSelection criteria has become increasingly complicated in recent years in Britain. UKA could simply say that it will pick everyone who can be picked according to IAAF standards and that it will use the discretion of its own experts to whittle these down to three where necessary. Until a few years back, UKA’s policy tended to be somewhere

midway between that and the one used for London 2012. However, it was often seen as too vague and could lead to controversial decisions, a public backlash and quite possibly even the threat of legal action.

» The complex approachUKA’s London 2012 set of criteria was criticised for its ridiculous complexity.

What is a “current” standard? Who needs just one ‘A’ and who needs at least two? Even the press and hardcore athletics fans had problems keeping up with it, so there was little hope for the general public at the trials.

However, it did cut down greatly on the ifs and buts and did a pretty good job of weeding out “fluke” performances in, for instance high-altitude venues or ones with dodgy wind gauges.

» The US’s “fi rst three past the post”There are the occasional casualties, for which the championships are the poorer, but this works reasonably for a country like the United States with such great strength in depth. It creates great drama and it barely harms the nation’s medal chances – you don’t miss a Bryan Clay when you have an Ashton Eaton and a Trey Hardee.

What is the best way? The way I see it, there isn’t one. What suits one country will not suit another and there will always be controversies.

How to pick a team

Comment

THIS WEEK’S ANNOUNCEMENT AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED THE DIFFICULT JOB OF A SELECTOR, WRITES PAUL HALFORD

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David Beckham was not the only one controversially left out of the Olympic team

CAPITALISING on the legacy of the London Olympics is crucial of course for athletics and one of the ways in which UKA intends to do this is from trying to sell tickets to those who applied to buy tickets for the track and field at the Games.

But the legacy for athletics should be about far more than filling a stadium three times a year for the Diamond League events and Trials.

What are the plans for the next tier down? For instance, how many of those attending the Trials last month knew the British Athletics League and UK Women’s League were taking place the following weekend? I’m sure many did not know they existed. There was no mention of them in the official programme that was on sale.

Of course, the national leagues need to do a lot more in promoting themselves rather than assuming only those competing in them will be interested.

The question for the whole sport is: how do we tell all those that just see athletics at the Olympics, the Diamond League on the BBC Red Button or live at the Trials that athletics exists beyond that? We have always seemed to have difficulty on that score and I don’t see the Olympics changing that.

» AS for Farah’s “DNS” in the fi nal, UKA needs to close down a loophole in its policy, it seems.

The federation does insist athletes compete at the trials and in their main event – except in rare circumstances permitted by the head coach.

While we want to see as many of the top athletes at the Trials as possible, this has to be balanced against the bigger picture – British team success at a major championships – so we can surely forgive one or two absentees.

However, should UKA not also clamp down on athletes who might compete in a heat but then not show up for the next round? When the public pay to see the top stars, they expect to see them in the fi nal too, not just the heat.

MO FARAH seems to have upset quite a few people with his “Mobot” celebrations in the home straight of his heat at the Trials – most notably top veteran and one of the best milers this country has produced, Anthony Whiteman, who was busting a gut to get to the line at the time – as well as his decision to pull out of the fi nal.

Wherever you stand on the issue of “showboating”, it is a reminder that success comes at a price. We all do things every day that could cause off ence to others, but when you’re the world champion the eff ects can be magnifi ed.

Athletes need to be hyper-careful about image, more so than ever in today’s society, and some are better at this than others.

Today’s hero can easily become tomorrow’s villain.

A bad choice of Mo-ment The wider legacy

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PERFORMANCEFollow the magazine on Facebookfacebook.com/athleticsweekly Long jump

Leaping the bene� tsJAMIE FRENCH AND DR MATT LONG PUT THE LONG JUMP PHASES INTO BITE-SIZE CHUNKS

ApproachTHE long jump is often seen as a flat-out sprint followed by a high jump, but current thinking is not quite as straightforward. Approach too fast and the athlete struggles to transfer forward motion into lift off from the board. The approach is therefore a series of compromises, dictated primarily by the athlete’s strength (and therefore an ability to transfer horizontal speed into vertical speed) and a capacity to aff ect technique in shorter time periods. To assist in the development of vertical lift some athletes lengthen the penultimate stride, sinking the hips and thus facilitating the shortening of their fi nal stride by 25cm compared to that of their normal running stride. Although the hip sink should not be over emphasised in athletes, it will lead to a stretch-shorten cycle that can increase power production in the triple extension at take off .

Take-o� THE take-off foot hits the board marginally ahead of the athlete’s hips (the further ahead, the higher the take-off angle, but also the greater braking eff ect), while the last two foot contacts are with flatter feet. As well as a flat foot (to avoid braking) at take-off , the foot is “active” and characterised by a downwards and backwards motion causing ground reaction upwards and forwards. The horizontal lift is aff ected by the triple extension of the hip, knee and ankle in addition to upward acceleration of both the arms and free leg. According to Linthorne et al (2001), the optimum take-off angle for an elite jumper varies depending upon the style of jump and gender but is within the range of 18-25%.

FlightTHERE are three main styles of jumping (or variations thereof) all designed to control forward rotation and positioning of centre of gravity while in flight: the stride jump, the hang-style and the hitch-kick. The fi rst two styles involve the athlete lengthening their body, increasing the body levers and slowing down forward rotation. With the hitch-kick, the free leg is straightened following take-off and then swung back and down with the take-off leg folding up beneath the hips and coming forward bent. This is repeated either

one and a half or two and a half times with the lower body momentum counteracting the forward rotation of the upper body, subsequently slowing down overall body forward rotation. At this point nothing can be done to increase optimum distance, although body position will aff ect the way in which the athlete lands. Ultimately the fi nal optimum distance has already been dictated.

LandingBY keeping the head up, hips high and maintaining a tall and thin posture at both take-off and in the air, the athlete will be able to drive upward, avoid piking at the hips and thus can eff ect a soft, controlled landing, collapsing either to the side or through the initial mark in the sand. The main points to remember in landing are to allow the horizontal and vertical momentum to dissipate safely into the sand while also remembering not to collapse backward.

» Jamie French and Dr Matt Long work for UKA in coach education. The assistance of national coach mentor John Crotty and Selina Norris is acknowledged

Collapsing to the side allowing energy to spread leading to a soft and controlled landing

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Tall and thin in the air controlling forward rotation

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THIS article is aimed at the javelin thrower who has fairly good skills, but just doesn’t manage to make a “clean” throw. Getting the javelin to

fly correctly can be a diffi cult task and you will probably have heard the expression “throw through the point” without knowing precisely what it means.

In essence, it means that the hand of the thrower tracks exactly the same angle that the javelin travels through, while the thrower is applying force to the javelin. All too often, the thrower’s hand will track at an angle more shallow than the angle of the javelin is to the ground. When this happens, the force applied by the thrower to the javelin is diminished and the javelin is deflected away from the angle that it should be released. The javelin will end up being pointed at an angle greater than the angle its centre of gravity is travelling with respect to the ground. The diff erence between the two angles is called the angle of “incidence” and is illustrated in fi g.1 on the opposite page. The greater the angle of incidence, the greater the loss in the distance the javelin will travel.

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PERFORMANCE

RON PARKER GIVES SOME IMPORTANT TIPS FOR GETTING DISTANCE IN YOUR JAVELIN THROWINGMAIN PICTURE: MARK SHEARMAN

In order to throw through the point, the thrower must do several things during the throwing movement:

1. Initiate the throw by driving the elbow up.

2. Initiate the throw by starting the pull on the javelin from as far behind the thrower as possible.

3. Drive the shoulder up and forward with the elbow high. Do not pull the javelin towards the shoulder. Pull the javelin over the top and off to the side of the shoulder. It is physically impossible to pull the javelin directly over the shoulder. The key is to have the elbow above the plane of the shoulder at all times during the throwing action.

4. Release the javelin as high as possible and as far away from the shoulder as possible. It must be released above the shoulder (seen from the side) and also be released behind the foot of the “blocking” leg (left foot for right-handed throwers). If it is released too late, the thrower ends up pushing the javelin and that just slows it down and drops the tail. Also, if the thrower ducks their head prior to the release, it will end up pulling down on the tail of the javelin and it will pop up into the air at too large an angle from the ground.

5. Release with a thumb-down action and “chase” the javelin with the hand. After the release, the arm of the thrower will follow the direction of the javelin out and down, not across the body. This thumb-down and chasing action will make sure the javelin flies straight down the throwing arena.

6. “Stay tall” during the throwing action. This simply means don’t bend at the waist or sink the hips towards the ground while the javelin is being thrown. The obvious result is pulling down on the javelin. All forces should be directed through the shaft of the javelin.

The javelin is a complex event that can take years to master

RON PARKERRON PARKER GIVES SOME IMPORTANT GIVES SOME IMPORTANT TIPS FOR GETTING DISTANCE IN YOUR TIPS FOR GETTING DISTANCE IN YOUR

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There are a number of other skills that are very important for getting the most distance out of throwing the javelin. Here are some of them:

» KEEP THE FOOT ON THE GROUND UNTIL THE JAVELIN HAS LEFT THE HANDThe “whiplash” action of the thrower’s body and arm relies on the blocking leg to be pushed fi rmly on to the ground and held there. If the thrower lifts the foot of the blocking leg from the throwing surface before the javelin has left the hand, a loss of distance of up to 15 per cent will occur. Also,

after the throw, the athlete must keep the toes of the blocking leg on the ground and recover forward on to the opposite leg.

» PUSH THE LEFT FOOT FORWARD AND OFF TO THE LEFT WHEN PLANTING IT(a right-handed throw is assumed). The forward pushing action will help to keep the left leg from bending during the throw. By planting the foot off to the left, the hips are allowed to rotate forward during the throw, enabling the thrower to stay tall. This plant to the left also protects the knee from injury.

» LAND THE PENULTIMATE STRIDE ON THE BALL OF THE FOOT AND HOLD THE HEEL OFF THE GROUNDBy landing on the ball of the foot, the thrower does not slow down the forward speed of the last stride. Landing on the heel of the foot will slow down the thrower dramatically. Some coaches call this the “soft step”. This simply means that the heel of the foot doesn’t hit the ground, as the step is not “soft”. There is a lot of force applied through the right leg after the penultimate stride (called the “impulse stride”) to keep the thrower from bending the hips too much and sinking towards the runway and the heel of the foot must not touch the ground.

The javelin is a very complex event and can be diffi cult to learn to a decent level of profi ciency. The steps taken to learn how to throw the javelin are important, particularly learning the arm and leg block. You can go to www.trackandfi eldcoach.ca to see just how beginners should be taught to throw the javelin.

» Ron Parker is a coach at the Pacifi c Athletics Club in Victoria, Canada, where he helps nationally-ranked athletes, and is an expert in video analysis and photo sequences.

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Angle of incidence Starting the pull of the javelin far back

High javelin release Landing on ball of the foot Thumb down release

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BENINAfrican Championships, Porto Novo, June 27-July 1WORLD champion Amantle Montsho

won the 400m in 49.54, while Algerian Tarik Makhloufi won the 800 m in 1:43.88.

Others to impress included teenager Francine Nyionsaba of Burundi, who narrowly won the women’s 800m in 1:59.11 from Kenyan Eunice Sum.

Kenyans again dominated most of the distance races and Gladys Cherono won a 5000m and 10,000m double, while Kenneth Kipkemoi won the 10,000m in 27:19.74. Vivian Chukwuemeka of Nigeria set an African record in the shot with 18.86m.Men: 100: 1 S Magakwe (RSA) 10.29; 2 A Seoud (EGY) 10.34; 3 S Koffi (CIV) 10.37. 200 (-1.4): 1 B Meite (CIV) 20.62 (20.61/-1.2sf); 2 A Seoud (EGY) 20.76; 3 N Akwu (NGR) 20.83. 400: 1 I Makwala (BOT) 45.25; 2 O Pistorius (RSA) 45.52. 800: 1 T Makhloufi (ALG) 1:43.88; 2 A Chemut (KEN) 1:44.58; 3 A Oliver (RSA) 1:45.09. 1500: 1 C Ndiku (KEN) 3:35.71; 2 S Ayanleh (DJI) 3:36.34; 3 J Magut (KEN) 3:36.35. 5000: 1 M Kiptoo 13:22.38; 2 J Mayio 13:22.89; 3 T Kiptoo (KEN) 13:24.67. 10 000: 1 K Kipkemoi (KEN) 27:19.74; 2 M Kiptoo (KEN) 27:20.77; 3 L Mosoti (KEN) 27:22.54; 4 T Zewdie (ETH) 28:03.16. 3000sc: 1 A Mutai 8:16.05; 2 W Maraba 8:16.96; 3 B Kiplagat (UGA) 8:18.73. 110H (-1.1): L Fourie (RSA)13.60 (13.55/0.8 ht). 400H: 1 A Morton (NGR) 49.32. HJ: 1 K Kgosiemang (BOT) 2.25. PV: 1 M

Cheaouri (MAR) 5.10. LJ: 1 K Badji (SEN) 8.14?; 2 Z Visser (RSA) 7.98; 3 I Gaisah (GHA) 7.73. TJ: 1 T Oke 16.98/1.2. DT: 1 V Hogan (RSA) 61.80. HT: 1 C Harmse (RSA) 77.22; 2 M Anany (EGY) 74.31. JT: 1 J Yego (KEN) 76.68. 4x100: 1 RSA 39.26; 2 NGR 39.34; 3 GHA 39.40. 4x400: 1 NGR 3:02.39; 2 RSA 3:04.01; 3 Kenya 3:04.12. Women: 100: 1 R Zang Milama (GAB) 11.16; 2 B Okagbare (NGR) 11.18 ; 3 G Asumnu (NGR) 11.28. 200 (-0.7): 1 G Asumnu (NGR) 22.93 (22.98/-1.4sf); 2 L Ozoh (NGR) 22.93. 400: 1 A Montsho (BOT) 49.54; 2 R George (NGR) 51.11; 3 A Mbacke Thiam (SEN) 51.58. 800: 1 F Nyionsaba (BUR, U20) 1:59.11 (rec); 2 E Sum (KEN) 1:59.13; 3 M Akkaoui (MAR) 1:59.90. 1500: 1 R Arafi (MAR) 4:05.80; 2 M Kuria (KEN) 4:06.22; 3 M Wangare (KEN) 4:06.50. 5000: 1 G Cherono (KEN) 15:40.04; 2 V Nyaruai (KEN) 15:40.65. 10 000: 1 G Cherono (KEN) 32:41.40; 2 P Jepleting (KEN) 32:45.73; 3 B Saina (KEN) 32:48.36; 4 M Hasem (ETH) 33:09.25. 3000sc: 1 M Njoroge (KEN) 9:43.26; 2 B Adamu (ETH) 9:45.41. 100H: 1 G Faye (SEN) 13.36. 400H: 1 M Odumosu (NGR) 54.99. HJ: 1 L Labiche (SEY) 1.86; 2 A Smit (RSA) 1.86. LJ: 1 B Okagbare (NGR) 6.96/1.7. TJ: 1 S Nambawa 13.90/2.3, SP: 1 V Chukwuemeka (NGR) 18.86 (Afr rec). DT: 1 C Okoro (NGR) 56.60. HT: 1 A Sene (SEN) 65.55. JT: 1 M Simpson (GHA) 54.62. Hep: 1 Y Omrani (ALG) 5924. 4x100: 1 NGR 43.21. 4x400: 1

NGR 3:28.77; 2 BOT 3:31.27 (rec)

CANADACanadian Championships, Calgary, June 30Men: 200: 1 T Harris 20.68/-1.6, (20.61/-0.9 sf). 800: G Harris 1:46.49. SP: 1 D Armstrong 21.29; 2 J Rodhe 20.30. Women:200 (-1.7): C Emmanuel 23.27. 100H (0.7): 1 J Zelinka 12.68; 2 P George 12.72; 3 N Holder 12.80; 4 A Whyte 12.90; 5 P Lopes-Schliep 13.17 (12.81 sf). P Felicien dq (12.93/-1.5 sf). 400H: 1 S Wells 55.71; 2 F Dorr 56.50. HT: 1 H Stacy 70.48; 2 S Frizell 69.21

ESTONIA Tallinn, July1CARL Myerscough produced a performance to go top of the UK rankings and set another ‘A’ standard.Men: SP: 1 CARL MYERSCOUGH 20.13.

FRANCEAmiens, June 30Men: 200 (0.7): D Alerte 20.80. 1500: 1 A Anou (ALG) 3:35.62; 2 B Kipkirui 3:37.43; 3 O Borisyuk (UKR) 3:39.38. LJ: N Gomont 8.00/-0.4. Women: 100: A (0.7): 1 ASHA PHILIP 11.53 (11.77 ht).Halluin, June 27Women 400: 1 REBECCA PILE 55.49

IRELANDIRISH MILERS’ CLUB, Dublin,June30Men 800: A: 4 CONOR BRADLEY

1:51.30. 1500: A: 4 PATRICK MONAGHAN (U20) 3:54.78; 7 GARETH HILL 3:58.01; 9 E McGinley (Anna/IRL) 3:58.38. B: 2 ROBBIE RANKIN (U20) 4:04.98. 3000: 3 P Hamilton (Anna/IRL) 8:26.32; 4 ANDREW AGNEW 8:26.77; 8 McGinley 8:37.33; 9 DECLAN REED 8:38.98; 13 JOHN PAUL WILLIAMSON 8:43.03; 14 ANDREW MONAGHAN (U20) 8:47.66.Women: 800: 1 K McNeice (Lisb/IRL) 2:05.48

SWEDENStockholm, June 26Men: 5000: A: 1 SCOTT FRASER 14:10.41

SWITZERLANDNottwil, June 30MARLON DEVONISH set a season’s best over 200m of 20.64 and won the 100m in 10.32, while Andrew Steele won the 400m in 45.83.Men: 100: Ht1 (0.1): 1 MARLON DEVONISH 10.32. 200: r1 (0.1): 1 DEVONISH 20.64. 400: r1: 1 ANDREW STEELE 45.83; 2 LOUIS PERSENT 46.28; 4 RICHARD STRACHAN 47.46; 6 BEN GREEN 49.17. 110H (-0.5): 1 P Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) 13.42; 2 E Balnuweit (GER) 13.46. 400H: 1 V Konigsmark (GER) 49.54. Women 100 (0.0): 1 ANNABELLE LEWIS 11.51. Ht1 (-0.2): 1 LEWIS 11.56. 400: r1: 1 EMILY DIAMOND 52.73. 800: 1 M Jamal (BRN) 2:00.44. 100H (0.1): 1 R Okori (FRA) 12.72

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JAMAICAJamaican Olympic Trials, June 29-Jul 1USAIN BOLT was sensationally beaten by his training partner Yohan Blake in both the 100m and 200m.

First he lost for just the second time since Beijing as he was outclassed by the world 100m champion.

Slow to react, he was not able to get within a metre of world champion Blake and he clocked 9.86 to the winner’s world-leading 9.75.

He only just managed to catch former world record-holder Asafa Powell, who was third.

Bolt said: “I thought it was a good race, but everybody kept moving in the blocks and that threw me off. It is just one of those things.”

Powell ran 9.86 seconds to qualify for his third Olympics. Michael Frater (9.94), Kemar Bailey-Cole (10.00) and Nesta Carter (10.01) will have to make do with being part of the relay squad.

Blake proved his 100m win was not an one-off when he repeated it in the 200m, but it was closer with Blake running 19.80 to Bolt’s 19.83

It was Bolt’s first loss at the distance since Wallace Spearmon and Xavier Carter beat him in Brussels in September 2007. He had won 17 successive finals.

Warren Weir ran 20.03 for third ahead of Nickel Ashmeade’s 20.16.

As impressive as Blake was, the best sprinting of the week came from Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who won the 100m in a Jamaican record 10.70 to become the fourth fastest woman in history.

Veronica Campbell-Brown ran 10.82, while Kerron Stewart took the

all-important third spot in 10.94. Sherone Simpson’s 11.01 and

Schillonie Calvert’s 11.05 were only good enough for a relay spot.

Fraser-Pryce then completed the double, running a PB 22.10.

Sherone Simpson was second in 22.36 with Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell-Brown only third on 22.42. Kerron Stewart was fifth.

Olympic champion Melaine Walker won the 400m hurdles in 54.77, while Leford Green won the men’s equivalent in 48.88.

Kenia Sinclair retained the 800m in 2:01.55, Hansle Parchment won the 110m hurdles in 13.18 and Traves Smikle took the discus with 67.12m.

Novlene Williams-Mills won the 400m in 50.60, with Shericka Williams notably fourth in 51.39.

Dane Hyatt won the 400m in a PB 44.83. Behind Rusheen McDonald and Jermaine Gonzales, Errol Nolan (45.25) and Edino Steele (45.38) were only good enough for places in the relay team.

Brigitte Foster-Hylton showed good form to win the 100m hurdles in 12.68.

Kimberly Williams, with a 14.52m triple jump, and Dorian Scott, with 20.72m, achieved Olympic ‘A’ standard marks in the women‘s triple jump and men‘s shot put.Men: 100 (1.1): 1 Y Blake 9.75; 2 U

Bolt 9.86; 3 A Powell 9.86; 4 M Frater 9.94; 5 K Bailey-Cole 10.00; 6 N Carter 10.01; 7 L Clarke 10.07. 200 (-0.5): 1 Y Blake 19.80 (19.93/1.7sf); 2 U Bolt 19.83 (20.26/1.3sf); 3 W Weir 20.03 (19.99sf); 4 Nickel Ashmeade 20.16 (20.15/1.2sf); 5 N Carter 20.45. 400: 1 D Hyatt 44.83; 2 R McDonald 45.10 (45.23sf); 3 J Gonzales 45.18 (45.27sf); 4 E Nolan 45.25; 5 E Steele 45.38. 800: R Cunningham 1:48.00. 110H: 1 H Parchment, 13.18/1.3. 2 A Riley 13.19; 3 R Phillips 13.43. 400H: 1 L Green 48.88; 2 J Robertson 49.53; 3 R Cato 49.65; 4 D McFarlane (M35?) 49.69. PV: K Samuels 5.02. SP: D Scott 20.72. DT: 1 T Smikle 67.12; 2 J Morgan 61.93. Women: 100 (0.6): 1

S Fraser-Pryce 10.70; 2 V Campbell-Brown 10.82; 3 K Stewart 10.94; 4 S Simpson 11.01; 5 S Calvert 11.05. 200 (0.6): 1 Fraser-Pryce 22.10 (22.55/1.8sf); 2 S Simpson 22.36 (22.66sf); 3 Campbell-Brown 22.42 (22.79/1.6sf); 5 Stewart 22.70. 400: N Williams-Mills 50.60 (50.52 ht); 2 R Whyte 50.78 (51.11 ht); 3 C Day 51.00; 4 S Williams 51.39 (51.58 ht). 800: K Sinclair 2:01.55. 100H (1.3): 1 B Foster-Hylton 12.68; 2 L Greaves 12.77; 3 S Williams 12.80. 400H: 1 M Walker 54.77; 2 K Spencer 55.04; 3 N Wilson 55.50; 4 R Tracey (U20) 55.64. 3000sc: K Hinds 9:46.46. HJ: 1 S Atkinson-Grier 1.89. TJ: 1 K Williams 14.52/-0.9. JT: 1 K Riettie 52.51

Lightning strikes twice for BoltUsain Bolt (left) suff ers his second defeat of

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UNITED STATESUSA OLYMPIC TRIALS, Eugene, June 21-July 1AFTER the drama of the 100m (covered along with the rest of the first few days of the action in last week’s AW), Allyson Felix ensured no one was remotely close to her in the 200m as she ran a stunning 21.69.

That broke Florence Griffith–Joyner’s trials record, was a world-leading time, and moved her to fourth on the all-time lists.

Carmelita Jeter finished second with a PB 22.11, while 400m champion Sanya Richards-Ross ran 22.22, not quite matching her 22.13 semi-final. NCAA champion Kimberlyn Duncan found her 22.34 insufficient, while Jeneba Tarmoh, who ran 22.30 in her semi, clocked 22.35 in her final to complete a frustrating week.

After a photofinish was unable to separate Tarmoh and Felix for third in the 100m earlier in the championships, the pair had been due for a rematch on Monday to decide the final place in the team. However, Tarmoh declined, meaning Felix will line up for both events and Tarmoh will be reserve for the shorter sprint and be included in the relay squad.

World indoor 60m hurdles champion Aries Merritt moved into the world all-time top 10 as he won the 110m hurdles in 12.93. Close behind, world champion Jason Richardson matched his 12.98 semi-final performance, the first time anyone has broken 13 twice on the same day.

Jeff Porter, husband of GB hurdler Tiffany, surprisingly took the final spot on the team with a final dive to set a lifetime best of 13.08.

If Britain thought their depth in the event was impressive, note seven were inside 13.25! American record-holder David Oliver was only fifth in 13.17.

Another American record-holder Chaunte Lowe fared better and she and Brigetta Barrett shared a meeting record 2.01m in the high jump with Lowe, clear to that point, winning. Veteran Amy Acuff made her fifth Olympic team.

Mo Farah’s training partner, Galen Rupp, may turn out to be the Briton’s biggest rival in London. Rupp broke Steve Prefontaine’s 40-year-old trials record with 13:22.67 to edge former world champion Bernard Lagat. The

time is not impressive but the 52.54-second last 400m and 1:53.46 last 800m certainly are. Lagat was even quicker over the final lap.

Lopez Lomong was a clear third and the Americans could even have the strongest trio in London of any nation.

In the field, Lance Brooks won the discus with 65.15m.

Evan Jager had a convincing win in the men’s 3000m steeplechase in 8:17.40,

After two 68-second laps, Julia Lucas had a near-15 metre lead at the bell of the women’s 5000m, but both Julie Culley, who won in 15:13.77 with a 65 last lap and American record-holder Molly Huddle sprinted past to book their spots.

Dramatically, as Lucas slowed on a 73 final circuit, Kim Conley, who had been fifth five seconds down, snatched the final team place by just four hundredths of a second and Abbey D’Agostino also finished within a metre. Conley was also tight on the time, beating the ‘A’ standard by just 0.21 seconds.

In unhelpful conditions Brad Walker won the pole vault in 5.67m, the lowest trials mark since 1980.

American record-holder Jill Camarena-Williams won the shot with

19.30m while Olympic silver medalist Hyleas Fountain won the heptathlon with 6419.

The standard of the women’s long jump was also astonishing. Janay Deloach, who recorded a windy 7.15m and 7.08m and a legal 7.03m in the qualifying, could only finish third as Brittney Reese jumped a legal 7.15m and Chelsea Hayes, 7.10m.

Reese’s 7.15m was originally declared a foul but after investigation, was measured as the winning jump.

Jumping 6.97m at the trials was insufficient to make the Olympics.NCAA champion Whitney Gipson was fourth in the final with 6.97m while Vashti Thomas jumped 6.97m in qualifying but failed to show that form in the final.

Wallace Spearmon’s windy 19.82 in the 200m has only been bettered in the trials by Michael Johnson. NCAA champion Maurice Mitchell was second in 20.14, while Isiah Young’s 20.16 edged Calesio Newman by just a hundredth.

In the battle of the world champions, outdoor winner Christian Taylor won the triple jump with 17.63m from Will Claye’s 17.55m, where seven of the first eight set their bests in the first round.

In the 1500m, Leonel Manzano won courtesy of a 53.08 last 400 as the first eight broke 3:38.

Morgan Uceny found a 60-second last lap good enough to win the women’s metric mile as world champion Jenny Simpson finished third.

Michael Tinsley won the 400m hurdles in 48.33 as double Olympic champion Angelo Taylor qualified for his fourth Olympics to match Ed Moses while Kerron Clement pipped Bershawn Jackson for the final spot. Men: 200 (2.3): 1 W Spearmon 19.82; 2 M Mitchell 20.14; 3 I Young 20.16; 4 C Newman 20.17; 5 D Patton 20.23; 6 J Dodson 20.25; 7 S Crawford 20.37; 8 M Rowland 20.50. 1500: 1 L Manzano 3:35.75; 2 M Centrowitz

3:35.84; 3 A Wheating 3:36.68; 4 A Bayer 3:37.24; 5 R Andrews 3:37.45; 6 D Torrence 3:27.70; 7 J McNamara 3:37.79; 8 C Miller 3:37.81; 9 J See 3:38.81. 5000: 1 G Rupp 13:22.67; 2 B Lagat 13:22.82; 3 L Lomong 13:24.47; 4 A Bumbalough 13:26.67; 5 R Hill 13:27.49; 6 B True 13:28.02; 7 E Heath 13:28.20; 8 H Mead 13:30.21. 3000sc: 1 E Jager 8:17.40; 2 D Cabral 8:19.81; 3 K Alcorn 8:22.17; 4 D Cowart 8:27.49; 5 B Bruce 8:29.61. 110H (1.2): 1 A Merritt 12.93 (13.01/1.2sf, 13.13/-1.6ht); 2 J Richardson 12.98 (12.98/1.5sf, 13.13/0.3ht); 3 J Porter 13.08 (13.19/1.5sf); 4 A Hicks 13.14 (13.22/1.2sf, 13.24/0.3ht); 5 D Oliver 13.17 (13.27/-0.6sf. 13.32/1.2ht); 6 D Faulk 13.23 (13.33/-0.6sf, 13.27/1.2 ht); 7 R Wilson 13.24 (13.32/0.6 sf, 13.33/0.3); T Akins dnf (13.37/1.2sf). in sfs: K Craddock 13.42/1.5; O Osaghae 13.43/-0.6 (13.44/1.2ht); J Brown 13.44/-0.6; B Nugent 13.49/1.2; D Berger 13.50/1.5 (13.44/1.2ht), in ht: E Lovett 13.49. 400H: 1 M Tinsley 48.33; 2 A Taylor 48.57; 3 K Clement 48.89; 4 B Jackson 48.89; 5 J Gaymon 49.41. PV: 1 B Walker 5.67; 2 Scott 5.60; 3 Roth 5.60; 4 Miles 5.60; 5 Hollis 5.60TJ: 1 C Taylor 17.63/0.0 (17.63, x, -, -, -, -); 2 W Claye 17.55/0.0 (17.55,

16.50/-1.9, 15.97/-2.2, -, -, -); 3 W Davis 16.69/0.9; 4 O Craddock 16.55/0.5. DT: 1 L Brooks 65.13; 2 J Rome 63.35; 3 J Young 62.15; 4 I Waltz 61.33; 5 R Winger 61.24; 6 C Malone 61.11. 20kW: 1 T Barron 1:23:00.10; 2 T Seaman 1:27:29.48; 3 N Christie 1:29.47.00Women: 200 (1.0): 1 A Felix 21.69 (22.30/0.8sf, 22.82/1.0 ht); 2 C Jeter 22.11 (22.64/0.8sf, 22.63/1.2ht); 3 S Richards-Ross 22.22 (22.15/0.6sf, 22.67/0.5ht); 4 K Duncan 22.34 (22.37/0.6sf, 22.69/0.8ht); 5 J Tarboh 22.35 (22.30/3.4sf ,22.90/1.0ht); 6 T Madison 22.50 (22.33/3.4sf, 22.57/0.8 ht); 7 B Knight 22.60 (22.34/3.4sf); 8 A Scott 22.68 (22.56/3.4sf, 22.72/0.8ht). in sf: P Lucas 22.70/3.4; L Moore 22.85/0.6; N Hastings 22.93/0.6; T Townsend 22.96/0.8; C Williams 22.98/0.8 (22.89/0.5ht). in ht: O Freeman 22.93/0.8; S Solomon 22.96/1.0; A Anderson 22.98/1.2. 1500: 1 M Uceny 4:04.59; 2 S Rowbury 4:05.11; 3 J Simpson 4:05.17; 4 G Anderson 4:07.38; 5 A Pierce 4:07.78; 6 S Bowman 4:08.25; 7 M Infield 4:08.31; 8 A Schmidt 4:09.64. 5000: 1 J Culley 15:13.77; 2 M Huddle 15:14.40; 3 K Conley 15:19.79; 4 J Lucas 15:19.83; 5 A D’Agostino 15:19.98; 6 L Uhl 15:24.17; 7 E Maloy 15:24.85; 8 E Infield 15:28.60. 3000: 1 E Coburn 9:32.78; 2 B Franek 9:35.62; 3 S Kipp 9:35.73; 4 A Higginson 9:38.06; 5 L Aguilera 9:41.95; 6 C Dimoff 9:45.01. 400H: 1 L Demus 53.98; 2 G Moline 54.33; 3 T Brown 54.81; 4 T Williams 55.09; 5 C Tate 55.36. HJ: 1 C Lowe 2.01 (1.79o, 1.84o, 1.89o, 1.92o, 1.95o, 1.98o, 2.01o, 2.04xxx); 2 B Barrett 2.01 (1.79o, 1.84o, 1.89o, 1.92o, 1.95xo, 1.98o, 2.01o, 2.04xxx);; 3 A Acuff 1.95; 4 S Briscoe 1.92. LJ: 1 B Reese 7.15/1.0 (x, 7.06/1.9, x, 6.87/2.3, x, 7.15) (6.88/0.9q); 2 C Hayes 7.10/1.6; 3 J DeLoach 7.08/2.4 (7.03/1.7) (7.15/2.8q); 4 W Gipson 6.97/1.2 (6.83/1.4q); 5 B Glenn 6.85/1.4; 6 V Thomas 6.72/1.2 (6.97/1.0 q); 7 F Jimoh 6.67/3.9; 8 S Marshall 6.63/1.7. SP: 1 J Camarena-Williams 19.16 (17.33, x, 19.16, 18.99, x, x); 2 M Carter 18.57; 3 T Brooks 18.34; 4 K Peoples 18.22. JT: 1 B Borman 61.51; 2 K Patterson 59.79. 20kW: 1 M Michte 1:34:53.33; 2 M Melville 1:34:56.92. Hep: 1 H Fountain 6419 (12.86/0.9, 1.87, 13.17, 23.84/1.0, 6.30/1.3, 40.43, 2:17.90); 2 S Day 6343; 3 C McMillan 6188; 4 B Wade 6018

Felix to double after flying 200m16.50/-1.9, 15.97/-2.2, -, -, -); 3 W Davis 16.69/0.9; 4 O Craddock 16.55/0.5. Rome 63.35; 3 J Young 62.15; 4 I Waltz 61.33; 5 R Winger 61.24; 6 C Malone 61.11. 2 T Seaman 1:27:29.48; 3 N Christie

Allyson Felix went to fourth all-time in the 200m while joint 100m bronze

medallistJeneba Tarmoh is set to miss out individually

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JUNE 30BRITISH ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP, HendonSHAFTESBURY BARNET took a home victory to lead the overall standings, but points took a back seat for athletes seeking last-minute Olympic standards.

The main interest perhaps centred on the discus where Abdul Buhari and Brett Morse both saved their best for last in trying to attract the eye of the selectors, one day before the deadline.

Buhari won the competition with 65.24m to gain his second ‘A’ standard over the qualification period and make himself selectable for the Olympics.

Morse was second with 64.35m, also a season’s best, but this was 65cm short of guaranteeing his place in the team alongside the automatic qualifier Lawrence Okoye – having finished second at the Trials, he needed to achieve the ‘A’ standard to do so.

However, both he and Carl Myerscough also had the requisite two ‘A’ standards with only three places up for grabs.

In third Zane Duquemin added more than two metres to his PB with 63.46m.

The best throws of each of the top three came in the fifth round. Buhari backed up his best with four more throws over 62m, while Morse also had a 63.46m and two 62-metre throws.

Jamie Williamson, previously considered a better shot-putter, added more than four metres to his best with 59.58m, one place ahead of Tom Norman, for whom 59.37 was good enough for only fifth.

In the hammer, Alex Smith crucially gained his second ‘B’ standard of the “current” selection period, making himself selectable for the Games.

Competing for City of Manchester, he recorded 74.49m – nearly half a metre over the required mark and a day before the deadline.

Smith has led the UK rankings with his 75.65m set in March, but UKA criteria dictated a minimum of two ‘B’ marks would be needed between April 1 and July 1 inclusive.

The North East athlete, bidding to become the first senior hammer thrower to represent Britain at global level, did not achieve his first ‘B’ until

the Trials the previous weekend when he narrowly beat Mark Dry into second place.

Dry has two ‘B’ standards from the current period but just two days earlier, had underperformed at the European Championships with 70.27m.

Chris Tomlinson was not so much seeking standards as good form as he lined up just the day after going out in qualification at the European Championships.

Aided by an illegal following wind of 2.7m/sec, the joint UK record-holder went just nine centimetres further than in Helsinki with his winning 7.93m, but he felt happier with this performance on tired legs.

Tom Parsons equalled his season’s best in winning the high jump with 2.25m, but four years after reaching the Olympic final, the Birchfield Harrier’s hopes of reaching London 2012 disappeared.

Richard Davenport has been slightly down on last year’s times but here won his main event, the 400m hurdles, in a solid 50.37. He also took the B-string flat 400m with 46.92 as Sudan’s Rabah Yousif took the A-string in 46.58.

Matt Devereux took another win for Newham & Essex Beagles, clearing 5.20m in the pole vault.

UK Trials winner Lee Doran won the javelin, but with 74.29m was well short of the Olympic standard.

Scott Rider took the shot with 18.12m with Greg Beard setting a season’s best of 17.90m for second.

In the sprints, which were affected by adverse strong headwinds, David Bolarinwa sharpened up for his appearance at the World Junior Championships this month.

The 18-year-old Newham & Essex Beagle, who will run the 200m in Barcelona, clocked 10.68 to win the B-string 100m, a solid performance into a 2.8m/sec gust. Sale Harrier Andrew Robertson won the A-string with 10.59 into a 1.8m/sec wind.

Shaftesbury Barnet, second in the opening match, took victory by 31 points to go to the head of the table by three points.

Meanwhile, reigning champions Manchester, sixth in Birmingham, improved to second place but they remain fifth overall.

Birchfield, the winners of the opener on home ground, were only fifth here but lie second on the table.

With City of Sheffield and Kent AC repeating their bottom two places from Birmingham, they will have to work hard to avoid the drop in the next two matches.

MATCH: 1 Shaftesbury Barnet 369; 2 City of Manchester 329; 3 Newham & Essex Beagles 282; 4 WG&EL 272; 5 Birchfield 265; 6 City of Liverpool 242; 7 Sheffield 239; 8 Kent 158Men: 100: A (-1.8): 1 A Robertson (Sale) 10.59; 2 M Findlay (NEB) 10.64; 3 S Williamson (WG&EL) 10.67; 4 C Lawson (SBH) 10.70; 5 D Lima (Kent) 10.74; 6 R Evans (Liv H) 10.90. B (-2.8): 1 D Bolarinwa (NEB, U20) 10.68; 2 D Walker-Khan (Bir) 10.95. ns1 (1.2): 1 A Robertson (Sale) 10.57; 2 M Findlay (NEB) 10.63; 3 E Stephens (NEB, U20) 10.85; 4 S Williamson (WGEL) 10.89; 5 M Arthur (SBH) 10.92; 6 A McMullen (Liv H) 10.94. 200: A (-3.5): 1 C Lawson (SBH) 21.67; 2 D Lima (Kent) 21.76; 3 R Evans (Liv H) 21.80; 4 C Craig (Sale) 21.91; 5 J Kirby-Polidore (WG&EL, U20) 21.92. B (-2.8): 1 S Watts (WG&EL) 21.56; 2 A Infantino (SBH) 21.99; 3 N Selby (Sale, U20) 22.21. 400: A: 1 R Yousif Bkheit (NEB) 46.58; 2 T Burn (Sheff)

47.37; 3 G Hedman (WG&EL) 47.37; 4 K Robertson (SBH) 47.52; 5 J Dunn (Bir) 47.64; 6 A Boyce (Liv H, U20) 48.21; 7 P Swan (Sale) 48.57. B: 1 R Davenport (NEB) 46.92; 2 H Doran (Liv H) 47.64; 3 S Juwe (WG&EL) 47.77; 4 E Okoro (Bir) 48.05; 5 C Roughneen (Sale, U20) 48.44; 6 R Beardsell (Sheff) 49.33; 7 M Paterson (SBH) 49.44. 800: A: 1 D Proctor (Sale) 1:51.28; 2 J Cook (WG&EL) 1:51.74; 3 S Ellis (Sheff) 1:51.87; 4 A Whiteman (SBH, M40) 1:52.28; 5 F Baddick (NEB) 1:53.33; 6 H Harper (Liv H) 1:54.28. B: 1 T Atkinson (Sale) 1:54.09; 2 O Heeks (WG&EL) 1:54.09; 3 R Hastey (Sheff) 1:54.28; 4 J Trollope (Bir) 1:54.42. 1500: A: 1 D Proctor (Sale) 3:57.46; 2 J Trollope (Bir) 3:57.90; 3 T Phillips (WG&EL) 3:58.36; 4 A Whiteman (SBH, M40) 3:58.72. B: 1 A Cornwell (WG&EL) 3:58.70; 6 W Ryle-Hodges (SBH, U20) 4:03.50. 3000: A: 1 M Barnes (Sale) 8:21.71; 2 S Farah (NEB) 8:23.21; 3 J Shelley (SBH) 8:23.24; 4 H Harper (Liv H) 8:25.41; 5 C Hardman (Sheff) 8:27.93; 6 J Gilbert (Kent) 8:28.67; 7 T Shiferaw (Bir) 8:29.43; 8 E Shepherd (WG&EL, U20) 8:30.72. B: 1 M Bond (Sale) 8:26.43; 2 D Cliffe (Liv H) 8:32.35; 3 D Watts (SBH) 8:41.41. 110H: A (-2.8): 1 A Al Ameen (NEB) 14.18; 2 N Gayle (Sale) 14.22; 3 A Scott (SBH) 14.37; 4 E Okoro (Bir) 14.76; 5 R Baderin (Liv H) 15.43; 6 F Smith (WG&EL) 15.86. B (-3.2): 1 W Coertzen (SBH) 14.52; 2 J Appiah (Kent, M40) 15.99. 400H: A: 1 R Davenport (NEB) 50.37; 2 C Wakeford (Sale) 51.60; 3 S Rodger (SBH) 52.00; 4 B Murphy (Liv H) 54.41; 5 E Okoro (Bir) 55.04; 6 S Garrett (Sheff) 55.45. B: 1 T Grantham (Sheff) 54.70; 2 D Lewis (Sale) 54.71. 4x100: 1 SB 41.12; 2 Sale 41.54; 3 WG&EL 41.54; 4 Bir 41.90; 5 Sheff 42.56. 4x400: 1 Sheff 3:13.38; 2 SBH 3:14.95; 3 WG&EL 3:15.10; 4 NEB 3:17.68; 5 Sale 3:17.93. HJ: A: 1 T Parsons (Bir) 2.25; 2 C Baker (Sale) 2.10; 3 T Gardner (Sheff) 2.00; 3 S Phelan (NEB) 2.00; 3 R Sithole (SBH) 2.00; 6 M Hartley (Liv H, U20) 1.95; 8 J Appiah (Kent, M40) 1.70. B: 1 B Hall (Sale) 2.00; 3 A Rafferty (Liv H, U17) 1.85. ns: 1 M Bernard (Wakefield) 2.25. PV: A: 1 M Devereux (NEB) 5.20; 2 G MacLean (SBH) 4.70; 3 J Andrew (Sale) 4.40; 4 B McConville (Liv H) 4.40; 5 J Chesterman (Bir, U20) 4.40; 6 A Strange (WG&EL) 4.20; 7 M Cooper (Kent) 4.00; 8 S Power (Sheff) 4.00. B: 1 J Ive (SBH) 4.60; 2 M Cullen (Sale) 4.40; 3 B Kingman (NEB, M35) 4.00; 4 N Cole (Sheff, U20) 4.00. LJ: A: 1 C Tomlinson (NEB) 7.93/2.7; 2 M Burton (Kent) 7.43/4.1; 3 D Bramble (SBH) 7.33/1.1; 4 A McMullen (Liv H) 7.28/0.8; 5 H Ihuoma (WG&EL) 7.05/1.9; 6 F Sayers (Bir, U20) 6.99/1.4; 7 A Khan (Sheff,

U20) 6.65/1.3. B: 1 W Coertzen (SBH) 7.10/2.9; 2 C Jones (Liv H, U20) 6.71/3.1. TJ: A: 1 M McKernan (Bir) 15.26/3.3; 2 N Fox (SBH) 15.04/0.8; 3 M Burton (Kent) 14.63/2.6; 4 M Puplampu (NEB) 14.47/0.9; 5 P Kirabo (WG&EL) 14.35/1.6; 6 A Khan (Sheff, U20) 13.89/2.3. B: 1 D Lewis (SBH) 14.64/1.0; 2 C Onyia (Kent) 14.32/0.2; 3 M Morsia (WG&EL) 13.72/0.6; 7 J Golley (NEB, M40) 11.30/1.2. SP: A: 1 S Rider (Bir) 18.12; 2 G Beard (NEB) 17.90; 3 R Martisauskas (Sale) 17.57; 4 J Williamson (Sheff) 17.08; 5 D Douglas (WG&EL) 15.21; 6 A Doyle (Liv H) 14.24; 7 G Thompson (SBH, U20) 13.80; 8 C Green (Kent) 13.41. B: 1 R Spencer-Jones (Bir) 17.11; 2 D Brunt (Sheff, M35) 14.17. DT: A: 1 A Buhari (NEB) 65.24; 2 B Morse (Bir) 64.35; 3 Z Duquemin (SBH) 63.46; 4 J Williamson (Sheff) 59.58; 5 T Norman (WG&EL) 59.37; 6 C Reynolds (Liv H) 50.37; 7 R Martisauskas (Sale) 43.47. B: 1 A McInroy (SBH) 56.49; 2 D Coleman (Bir) 53.48; 3 C Linque (WG&EL) 47.09; 4 A Morganella (Liv H, M35) 45.96; 5 S Bissell (Sheff) 44.12. HT: A: 1 A Smith (Sale) 74.49; 2 J Bedford (Bir) 68.25; 3 C Bennett (SBH) 66.29; 4 S Bown (NEB, M35) 62.83; 5 M Bomba (Liv H) 62.74; 6 P Clarke (WG&EL) 53.70; 7 S Bissell (Sheff) 50.29. B: 1 C Shorthouse (Bir) 63.11; 2 A Williamson (NEB) 60.42; 3 A Elkins (SBH, U20) 57.85; 4 O Jones (Liv H, U20) 55.72; 5 F Harford (WG&EL, M45) 34.59. JT: A: 1 L Doran (Sheff) 74.29; 2 R Shuttleworth (Sale) 67.91; 3 B Fisher (Liv H) 62.74; 4 W Coertzen (SBH) 59.51; 5 S Harvey (WG&EL) 57.39; 6 C Hughff (NEB) 56.90. B: 1 D McKay (Liv H) 60.18; 2 S Ellis (Sheff) 56.57; 3 S Bennett (WG&EL, M35) 56.31; 4 J Everard (NEB) 55.77Standings after 2 matches: 1 Shaftesbury Barnet 15; 2 Birchfield 12; 3 N&EB 11.5; 4 WG&EL 10.5; 5 City of Manchester 10; 6 City of Liverpool 7; 7 Sheffield 4; 8 Kent 2

Standings Birmingham Hendon League points Match points1 Shaftesbury 7 8 15 6612 Birchfield 8 4 12 580.53 Newham 5.5 6 11.5 5764 Woodford 5.5 5 10.5 6555 Manchester 3 7 10 5866 Liverpool 4 3 7 5177 Sheffield 2 2 4 4718 Kent 1 1 2 367.5

In the last-chance saloonHOSTS SHAFTESBURY TOOK THE HONOURS AS ATHLETES TRIED TO GAIN OLYMPIC SELECTION

Anthony Whiteman (7) and Sam Ellis chase the eventual winner of the men’s 800m, Sale’s Dave Proctor

London-bound: Abdul Buhari celebrates throwing the Olympic A standard

Lee Doran: won the javelin with 74.29m

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JUNE 30UK WOMEN’S LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION, EtonBIRCHFIELD HARRIERS reinforced their position at the top of the table with a winning team display that included seven individual A-string victories and a relay double, while hosts Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow maintained their strong showing in second spot, Martin Duff reports.

Birchfield were helped by the return of Eden Francis from the European Championships in Helsinki, where she thought her 16.35m shot was below par.

Here the 23-year-old former European under-23 discus champion was an agonising 10 centimetres short of a second Olympic ‘B’ standard in the shot.

Having thrown 17.24m in May, she went out to 17.10m here. That was after also winning the discus with a season’s best 57.61m, just under two metres short of the ‘B’.

Zoe Derham added to Birchfield’s points by narrowly taking the hammer from Edinburgh’s Susan McKelvie, with 62.63m, while Laura Langowski typified the Stags’ spirit by edging out Windsor’s Justine Kinney in a tight 400m where the wind slowed the winning time to 56.12.

Nicole Roberts also scored good points for Birchfield. After just being squeezed out by Swansea’s in-form Caryl Jones and Vicky Fuohy in the 1500m, the 20-year-old was again under seven minutes in the 2000m steeplechase with 6:59.88.

Jones was leading the Swans’ hopes after winning the UK 10,000m title the previous week. The 25-year-old was still feeling the effects of her 32:52.53 as she recorded a 9:27 3000m win.

There was a top-class 200m, which was helped in some respects by a following wind of 3.7m/sec, but it was Woodford Green’s veteran Joice Maduaka who came out on top in 23.34, leaving Desiree Henry, Katherine Endacott and Helen Pryer contesting the minor positions inside 23.7.

Maduaka, who is ranked fifth in the UK this year and was disappointed to miss out on European Championships selection, said: “I haven’t done a

league [match] for a long time.”Woodford also had Sarah Claxton

on good form in taking the 100m hurdles in a legal 13.34 and, at 32, she is another athlete whose performances just keep coming year after year.

Blackheath & Bromley’s third spot was aided by Izzy Jeffs’ personal best 55.79m javelin victory. The 20-year-old, who was third at the Aviva Trials, is second only to former UK record-holder Karen Martin on the national all-time under-23 rankings.

Enfield & Haringey had Dominique Blaize to thank for a lot of their points, but it was in her new long jump specialty that the former multi-eventer came out on top. A 6.44m leap was just one centimetre shy of her PB, set two weeks earlier.

In the 100m, Sophie Papps recorded her second-quickest ever time of 11.56 to take victory, which represented a great send-off for her as heads off to the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona.

Former champions City of Manchester were a shadow of their former selves, but did have 18-year-old Katie Byres take the pole vault with 4.10m. They failed to put in any runners in the 400m, 1500m or steeplechase.

Down the table with Sale, it was all change, as just one league point separates fourth-placed Woodford from Edinburgh in the basement, indicating that there will be an almighty scrap in the final match in Swansea at the end of this month to avoid the drop to the second flight.

MATCH: 1 Birchfield H 234; 2 Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow 188.5; 3 Blackheath & Bromley 156.5; 4 Edinburgh 154; 5 Enfield & Haringey 147; 6 Swansea H 143; 7 Woodford Green with Essex Ladies 135; 8 Sale H City of Manchester 108Women: 100: A (1.8): 1 S Papps (WSEH, U20) 11.56; 2 A Tyson (Bir) 11.61; 3 J Maduaka (WG&EL, W35) 11.72; 4 K Endacott (Sale) 11.76; 5 C Humphreys (E&H) 11.77; 6 A Shand-Whittingham (B&B) 12.08; 7 R Jeffreys (Swan, U20) 12.32. B (3.2): 1 D Henry (E&H, U20) 11.48; 2 H Pryer (WSEH) 11.75; 3 K Russell (Bir) 11.94; 4 L Evans (Sale) 11.97; 5 A Francis (WG&EL) 12.00; 6 G Sheppard (B&B) 12.24. ns (2.4): 1 T

Nubi (Unkn) 11.80; 2 S Creaner (Unkn) 12.00; 3 L Ferguson (Unkn) 12.20; 4 L Samuel (Unkn) 12.30. 200: A (3.7): 1 J Maduaka (WG&EL, W35) 23.24; 2 D Henry (E&H, U20) 23.53; 3 K Endacott (Sale) 23.64; 4 H Pryer (WSEH) 23.66; 5 L Hazel (Bir) 24.17; 6 S Downie (Edin) 24.75; 7 A Shand-Whittingham (B&B) 24.88; 8 R Jeffreys (Swan, U20) 24.94. B (3.9): 1 S Creaner (Bir) 23.58; 2 M Williams (WSEH) 23.61; 3 D Blaize (E&H) 23.66; 4 L Evans (Sale) 24.07; 5 K Skelding (WG&EL) 24.54; 6 G Sheppard (B&B) 24.73. 400: A: 1 L Langowski (Bir) 56.12; 2 J Kinney (WSEH) 56.32; 3 K Skelding (WG&EL) 57.11; 4 M Rogers (Swan, U20) 57.15; 5 R Dickens (B&B, U20) 57.44; 6 L Peffers (Edin) 57.73. B: 1 M Cooksey (Bir) 56.42; 2 L Barrow (WSEH, U20) 56.67; 3 R Williams (Swan) 57.32; 4 A Smith (E&H, U20) 58.06. 800: A: 1 C Read (Bir) 2:08.32; 2 K Evans (Edin) 2:09.11; 3 J Sparke (WG&EL) 2:10.56; 4 J Hill (Sale) 2:11.81; 5 K Eravisto (WSEH) 2:12.69; 6 E Murty (B&B) 2:13.14; 7 C Glover (Swan) 2:16.62; 8 S Dowling (E&H, W45) 2:27.40. B: 1 C Burgoyne (Bir) 2:15.88. 1500: A: 1 C Jones (Swan) 4:35.26; 2 V Fouhy (WSEH) 4:35.66; 3 N Roberts (Bir) 4:36.58; 4 L Dunn (Edin) 4:42.70. B: 1 D Barnes (WSEH) 4:36.13; 2 E Stevens (Bir) 4:41.53. 3000: A: 1 C Jones (Swan) 9:27.00; 2 L Whittaker (Sale) 9:34.49; 3 C Richardson (Bir, U20) 9:35.61; 4 L Stewart (Edin, U20) 10:14.26; 5 E Murty (B&B) 10:23.95; 6 L Stewart (WG&EL) 10:26.73; 8 S Dowling (E&H, W45) 11:03.92. B: 1 A Whitcombe (Swan, W40) 9:36.29; 2 T Armoush (Bir) 10:26.89; 3 R Dunn (Edin, U20) 10:37.76. 100H: A (1.9): 1 S Claxton (WG&EL) 13.34; 2 S Solomon (B&B) 13.52; 3 G Werrett (Bir) 13.73; 4 C Granville (Swan) 14.02; 5 D Blaize (E&H) 14.40; 6 H Shurley (WSEH) 14.75; 7 H Belch (Sale) 15.02; 8 Y Milne (Edin, U20) 15.45. B (2.3): 1 M Southwart (B&B) 13.91; 2 J Surman (Bir) 13.96; 3 J Heckford (WSEH) 14.73; 4 M Bomb (E&H) 15.26; 5 C Stone (Swan, U20) 15.60. 400H: A: 1 C Granville (Swan) 59.40; 2 M Southwart (B&B) 61.24; 3 L Burke (WSEH) 62.89; 4 A Jackson (Edin) 65.19; 5 C Blättler (E&H) 65.53. B: 1 S Davies (Swan) 61.22; 2 K Cosby (B&B) 61.83; 3 M Bomb (E&H) 65.00; 4 F Trew (Edin) 65.67; 5 E Barrett (WSEH, U20) 67.68. 2000SC: A: 1 N Roberts (Bir) 6:59.88; 2 E Kirk (Swan) 7:13.88; 3 L Stoddart

(Edin) 7:43.62. 4x100: 1 E&H 46.69; 2 Bir 46.84; 3 B&B 47.42; 4 WSEH 48.22; 5 Swan 48.53; 6 WG&EL 48.72; 7 Edin 48.94; 8 Sale 49.23. 4x400: 1 Bir 3:49.0; 2 Swan 3:49.9; 3 E&H 3:53.5; 4 Edin 3:54.9; 5 WSEH 3:57.1; 6 B&B 3:57.2; 7 WG&EL 4:14.0. HJ: A: 1 E Perkins (Sale) 1.80; 2 E Nuttall (Edin) 1.75; 3 R Dee (E&H, U20) 1.65; 4 L Hazel (Bir) 1.65; 5 S Swanson (Swan, U20) 1.65; 6 A Akim (WG&EL, W40) 1.65. PV: A: 1 K Byres (Sale, U20) 4.10; 2 M Terrisse (B&B) 3.90; 3 S Cook (Bir, U20) 3.80; 4 C Blättler (E&H) 3.50; 5 L Shortland (WG&EL) 3.50; 6 L Henderson (Edin, U20) 3.20; 7 A Humble (WSEH) 3.20. B: 1 R Arnheim (B&B) 3.50; 2 B Grimsey (E&H, U20) 3.10; 3 E Rendell (Edin) 3.00. LJ: A: 1 D Blaize (E&H) 6.44/1.5; 2 J Surman (Bir) 6.13/1.3; 3 L Ferguson (Edin) 6.12/3.9 (6.00/0.8); 4 K Eleyae (WG&EL) 6.10/2.1 (5.95/1.4); 5 J Pacey (WSEH) 5.90/3.5; 6 E Martin (B&B) 5.75/5.1 (5.56/0.5);

7 C Granville (Swan) 5.55/1.4. B: 1 S Warnock (Edin) 5.94/3.9 (5.63/0.9); 2 A Kiddle (WSEH) 5.82/2.9 (5.70/1.7); 3 S Gutzmore (Bir) 5.56/2.6. TJ: A: 1 S Gutzmore (Bir) 13.33/3.9 (12.73/1.5); 2 H Frankson (WG&EL) 13.11/1.8; 3 K Misiani (was Turner) (WSEH) 12.70/0.2; 4 E Pringle (Edin) 12.47/3.1 (12.34/0.6); 5 J Morgan (E&H) 12.18/4.9; 6 L Blackie (B&B) 11.87/3.3; 7 C Linskill (Sale) 11.32/1.5. B: 1 L Samuel (Bir) 12.91/1.3; 2 S Aneto (WG&EL) 12.50/0.8; 3 S Whight (WSEH) 12.19/3.3 (12.01/1.7); 4 D Bakre (E&H) 11.96/1.3; 5 S Warnock (Edin) 11.08/3.0. SP: A: 1 E Francis (Bir) 17.10; 2 S McKinna (WSEH, U20) 16.23; 3 S Brown (B&B) 15.95; 4 A Rodger (Sale) 14.07; 5 J Siart (Edin) 13.79; 6 T Wells (Swan, U20) 11.54. B: 1 R Wallader (WSEH) 15.97; 2 H Evenden (Edin) 13.46; 3 S Milner (B&B) 11.77; 4 L Hazel (Bir) 11.47; 5 K Law (Sale) 11.37. DT: A: 1 E Francis (Bir) 57.61; 2 K Law (Sale) 53.42; 3 S Brown (B&B) 50.09; 4 C Fitzgerald (WSEH) 48.06; 5 H Evenden (Edin) 44.21; 6 M Harrison (E&H) 42.44; 7 H Redman (WG&EL) 38.15. B: 1 S Milner (B&B) 46.16; 2 A Rodger (Sale) 39.01; 3 S Brown (E&H) 35.03. HT: A: 1 Z Derham (Bir) 62.63; 2 S McKelvie (Edin) 62.26; 3 L Marshall (WG&EL) 55.22; 4 S Brown (B&B) 54.78; 5 T Wells (Swan, U20) 50.94; 6 B Ogun (WSEH) 48.93. B: 1 J Siart (Edin) 54.32; 2 H Murray (Bir) 53.94; 3 M Perkins (WG&EL) 53.54; 5 J Smith (WSEH, W45) 37.81. JT: A: 1 I Jeffs (B&B) 55.79; 2 A Fitzgibbon (WSEH) 47.64; 3 H Redman (WG&EL) 45.47; 4 R Semenytsh (Sale) 45.43; 5 S Thomas (Bir) 43.15; 6 C Williams (Swan) 42.73; 7 F Rudolfo (E&H) 40.17

Standings Birmingham Eton League points Match points1 Birchfield 8 8 16 4852 Windsor 7 7 14 4073 Blackheath 4 6 10 322.54 Woodford 5 2 7 3485 Manchester 6 1 7 3176 Swansea 3 3 6 318.57 Enfield 2 4 6 303.58 Edinburgh 1 5 6 302.5

Stags stay ahead of the competitionHELPED BY THROWERS EDEN FRANCIS AND ZOE DERHAM, MIDLANDS CLUB WON COMFORTABLY

Eden Francis: returned from Helsinki to win shot put and discus at Eton

1500m: Caryl Jones (third from right) triumphed for Swansea

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TRACK JJULY 1UK WOMEN’S LEAGUE DIVISION 2, StevenageMATCH: 1 Crawley 243.5; 2 Herne Hill 208; 3 Herts P 184; 4 Bedford 166; 5 Portsmouth 161; 6 Harrow 158.5; 7 Havering 154; 8 Milton Keynes 144Women: 100: A (-1.0): 1 M Nwawulor (Harrow) 11.9; 2 K Thomas (Mil K) 12.0; 3 S Harrison (Hern, U20) 12.3. 200: A (-1.9): 1 K Thomas (Mil K) 24.7; 2 S Harrison (Hern, U20) 25.0. 400: A: 1 J Knight (Hern, U20) 55.8; 2 C Wenham (Craw) 56.8; 3 D Willis (Herts P) 57.8. 800: A: 1 H Brooks (Craw) 2:10.1; 2 E Gilmore (Ports, U20) 2:19.7. B: 3 T Burrows (Ports, W45) 2:29.4; 6 D Baldwin (Mil K, W55) 2:54.3. 3000: A: 1 C Ansell (Hern) 9:55.0; 2 F Clark (Craw) 9:57.4; 3 L Bromilow (Mil K) 10:13.3. B: 1 J Douglas (Craw) 10:05.1. 100H: A (-1.6): 1 M Nwawulor (Harrow) 14.1; 2 E Stevens (Herts P) 15.1; 3 R Gonse (Bed C) 15.1. 400H: A: 1 D Belbin (Bed C, U20) 64.4; 2 S Williams (Herts P, U20) 64.7. B: 1 L Spray (Bed C) 65.5. 4x100: 1 Hern 49.0; 2 Craw 49.6; 3 Herts P 50.4; 4 Bed C 50.5; 5 Harrow 51.1; 6 Hav M 51.9. 4x400: 1 Craw 3:56.0; 2 Herts P 3:56.5; 3 Hern 4:01.1; 4 Bed C 4:03.1; 5 Mil K 4:09.1. HJ: A: 1 B Siddons (Haver) 1.65. PV: A: 1 K Cowley (Haver) 3.70; 2 S Smith (Craw) 3.70; 3 S Millet (Ports) 3.10; 4 O Harry (Herts P, U20) 2.90. B: 1 L Duke (Craw) 3.00. LJ: A: 1 J Dotzek (Craw) 5.75; 2 J Knight (Hern, U20) 5.65; 3 S Wilkins (Mil K) 5.63. B: 1 E Lovell (Craw) 5.68. TJ: A: 1 Z Asante (Harrow) 12.16; 2 K Cowley (Haver) 11.48. B: 1 A Holman (Harrow) 11.46. SP: A: 1 R Gonse (Bed C) 12.47; 2 M Durbidge (Harrow) 12.03; 3 C Vernon-Hamilton (Herts P) 11.82; 4 K Cowley (Haver) 11.07; 8 A Jenkins (Mil K, W35)

9.73. DT: A: 1 E Beales (Mil K, W40) 38.94; 2 R Bennett (Bed C) 38.21; 3 M Durbidge (Harrow) 37.73. B: 1 A Jenkins (Mil K, W35) 37.68; 2 A Mitchell (Harrow, W45) 33.46. HT: A: 1 A Jenkins (Mil K, W35) 50.13; 2 L Allan (Harrow) 45.09; 3 B Knapp (Herts P, U20) 44.65; 4 R Baines (Craw, U20) 44.62. B: 1 S Watts (Mil K) 44.97; 2 L Duke (Craw) 44.20. JT: A: 1 K Watts (Ports) 45.76; 2 E Meakins (Herts P, U20) 44.40; 3 D Knight (Haver, U20) 38.32. B: 2 T Langford-Smith (Ports, U20) 32.83DIVISION 3, LiverpoolMATCH: 1 Leeds 212; 2 Reading 210; 3 Notts 206.5; 4 Belgrave 183; 5 Liverpool 169; 6 Brighton & H 156.5; 7 AFD 124; 8 Wakefield 114Women: 100: A (-2.5): 1 A Allcock (AFD, U20) 12.42. 400: A: 1 R Pile (Belg) 56.83; 2 L Shanley (Liv H, U20) 57.09; 3 A Allcock (AFD, U20) 58.57. 800: A: 1 A Simmonds (Notts) 2:09.77; 2 A Bond (Read) 2:11.64; 3 R Thompson (Liv H) 2:13.14; 4 C Duck (Leeds C) 2:14.18. 1500: A: 1 S Partridge (Leeds C) 4:36.23; 2 L Day (Notts) 4:37.81. 3000: A: 1 S Partridge (Leeds C) 9:54.98; 2 E Hosker Thornhill (AFD) 10:25.65; 3 L Blizzard (Belg, W35) 10:35.80. B: 1 E Birchall (Leeds C) 10:29.15. 100H: A (3.6): 1 K Marchant (Leeds C, U20) 14.37; 2 A Davies (Notts, U20) 14.52; 3 J Favell (Belg) 14.53. B (2.7): 1 E Komocki (Notts) 15.20. 400H: A: 1 E Komocki (Notts) 64.31; 2 M Dobson (Leeds C) 65.76. B: 1 A Horrobin (Belg) 65.41. 2000SC: A: 1 E Egan (Liv H) 7:43.32; 2 A Boniface (Read) 7:59.92; 3 J Pidgeon (Notts, W45) 8:08.95. 4x100: 1 Read 50.24; 2 Belg 50.46; 3 Notts 50.87; 4 Leeds C 51.67; 5 B&H 51.92. 4x400: 1 Notts 3:58.28; 2 Leeds C 4:00.29; 3 Belg 4:02.22; 4 Liv H 4:04.94. HJ: A: 1 H Buckley (Read) 1.65. PV: A: 1 C Parkinson (Read) 3.25; 3 J Ibbitson

(Wake, W55) 2.50. TJ: A: 1 A Onions (B&H) 11.12/3.6; 6 M Austin (Read, W45) 9.57/2.0. SP: A: 1 D Opara (Read, U20) 12.83; 2 A Simpson (Leeds C) 11.89; 3 K Johnson-Thompson (Liv H, U20) 11.53; 4 L Holmes (Wake) 11.00; 5 H Gill (Notts, U20) 10.25; 7 V Thompson (Belg, W60) 7.94. B: 1 K Marchant (Leeds C, U20) 11.53; 4 J Ibbitson (Wake, W55) 8.96. DT: A: 1 S Hewitt (B&H, W35) 38.07; 2 G Llewellyn (Liv H) 37.92; 3 C Webb (Read, U20) 36.60; 4 A Simpson (Leeds C) 35.71; 5 E Campbell (Notts, U20) 34.58; 6 J Ibbitson (Wake, W55) 29.24; 7 V Thompson (Belg, W60) 24.38. B: 1 E Kirk-Odunubi (B&H) 37.79. HT: A: 1 J Wheatman (Wake) 49.28; 2 A Simpson (Leeds C) 48.33; 3 B Mitchell (Notts) 46.66; 5 S Hewitt (B&H, W35) 31.16; 8 V Thompson (Belg, W60) 22.31. B: 1 E Campbell (Notts, U20) 43.36. JT: A: 1 G Hailstone (B&H, U20) 40.06; 2 K Johnson-Thompson (Liv H, U20) 36.96

NORTH OF ENGLAND LEAGUE DIVISION 2E, MiddlesbroughMen: 400: A: 1 J Lowdon (Gate) 50.0. 5000: A: 3 R Hand (Dur, M50) 17:16.4. HJ: A: 2 A England (York, M40) 1.70. PV: A: 1 C Myers (M’bro, U17) 3.90. B: 1 R Everett (M’bro, U17) 3.20. SP: A: 1 C Sturrock (Gate) 15.74; 2 L Richards (York) 15.37. B: 1 S Lincoln (York, U20) 15.21. DT: A: 1 R Russell (Scar, M35) 44.51; 2 C Sturrock (Gate) 43.64; 3 L Richards (York) 43.33; 4 A Bajwa (M’bro, M40) 39.72. HT: A: 1 S Blain (York, U20) 41.62. JT: A: 1 P Allsopp (York) 60.47Women: 800: A: 1 K Legg (M’bro) 2:12.5; 2 H Wood (Sky, U17) 2:21.1. 3000: A: 1 R Smith (Dur) 10:29.7. 4x100: 1 M’bro 51.7. PV: A: 1 K Tinkler (Gate) 3.60. LJ: B: 5 M Williams (York, W60) 3.16. TJ: A: 1 H Pringle (Gate, U20) 11.35. SP: A: 1 F Thomas (Sky)

11.01; 2 S Parsons (York, U20) 10.61. DT: A: 1 S Parsons (York, U20) 36.53; 2 N Baker (Gate, W35) 36.10. HT: A: 1 L Weatheritt (Gate, W35) 43.49; 2 S Parsons (York, U20) 39.55; 3 B Thomas (Sky, U17) 36.02. B: 1 L Shippen (Gate) 42.14; 2 H Cooke (M’bro, U17) 34.212EC, DerbyMen: 100: A: 1 I Rahman (Sheff, U17) 11.1. 200: A: 1 I Rahman (Sheff, U17) 22.3; 2 J Raradza (Der, U17) 22.6. 400: A: 1 J Houghton (Donc, U20) 49.4. 800: A: 1 R Weir (Der) 1:54.2. 1500: B: 3 L Ball (Linc W, M45) 4:25.7. 5000: A: 1 T Doe (Linc W) 15:07.9. 110H: A: 1 C Kavanagh (Sheff) 15.8. 400H: A: 1 O Robinson (Bing) 54.0; 2 T Grantham (Sheff) 54.8. 3000SC: A: 1 S Robinson (Linc W) 9:54.2; 2 L Athersmith (Bing) 10:00.0. 4x100: 1 Sheff 43.7. PV: A: 1 A Hague (Sheff, U17) 4.30; 3 G Powley (Linc W, M50) 3.00. B: 1 S Power (Sheff) 4.00. SP: A: 1 J Williamson (Sheff) 16.92; 3 D Askew (Donc, M40) 11.41. B: 1 D Brunt (Sheff, M35) 14.26. DT: A: 1 J Williamson (Sheff) 47.80; 2 M Francis (Der) 45.91; 3 D Askew (Donc, M40) 34.76. B: 1 N Holt (Sheff, U20) 40.64. HT: A: 1 J Robinson (Der) 53.83; 2 W Clarke (Linc W, M35) 48.18Women: 200: A: 1 B Dobbin (Donc, U20) 25.5. 400: A: 1 A Kaye (Scun, U20) 57.5; 3 C Bradley (Donc, U20) 58.6. 800: A: 1 N Shaw (Der) 2:13.0; 2 S Kemshall (Scun) 2:14.6; 3 C Bradley (Donc, U20) 2:18.4. B: 1 L Hack (Der) 2:17.4; 2 A Donnelly (Linc W, U17) 2:18.8. 3000: A: 2 J Baldwin (Donc, W45) 11:10.9. 100H: A: 1 K Clark (Sheff, U20) 14.8. B: 1 R Marino (Sheff) 15.1. 400H: A: 1 R Marino (Sheff) 62.8. 4x400: 1 Der 4:10.3; 2 Sheff 4:11.7; 3 Scun 4:14.7. LJ: A: 5 D Timmis (Linc W, W50) 3.91. SP: A: 1 L Chamberlin (Linc W) 12.16; 2 T Spathis (Sheff) 11.91. HT: A: 1 J Winson (Der) 51.28; 2 S Stanhope (Linc

W, U20) 49.13; 3 A Howard (Bing) 40.74DIVISION 2WC, StretfordMen: 100: B: 5 P Hickey (Leigh, M55) 12.2. 200: A: 5 P Hickey (Leigh, M55) 23.8. 400: A: 3 A Jamson (Leigh, U17) 50.8. 1500: A: 1 B Martin (Traff) 3:54.8; 2 G Cunliffe (Ross) 3:58.5; 3 T Carson (Bolt) 3:59.6. 5000: A: 1 A Buckley (Leeds C, M35) 15:15.0; 2 C Fell (Ross, M35) 15:28.2; 3 A Valentine (Bolt, M35) 15:38.7. HJ: B: 2 S Linsell (Leeds C, M45) 1.70. PV: A: 4 I Scholes (Traff, M55) 2.50. LJ: A: 1 J Marchan (Traff, U17) 6.65. TJ: A: 1 S Bentley (Leeds C, U20) 13.31. SP: A: 3 J Nicholson (Bolt, M50) 10.79. DT: A: 2 J Nicholson (Bolt, M50) 33.16. JT: A: 1 R Makin (Bolt, U20) 50.97Women: 100: A: 1 M Foumena Gaelle (Traff, U20) 12.1. B: 4 W Andrews (E Ches, W40) 13.7. 200: A: 1 M Foumena Gaelle (Traff, U20) 25.4. 400: A: 2 G Keir (Leeds C, U17) 60.5. 800: A: 1 G Keir (Leeds C, U17) 2:21.4. 3000: A: 1 L Thompson (Leigh) 10:22.5. 4x100: 1 Traff 51.2. HJ: B: 2 I Hemming (Bolt, W55) 1.20. TJ: A: 1 M Robbins (Traff) 12.03; 2 L Alford (E Ches, U17) 10.43; 5 I Hemming (Bolt, W55) 7.71. HT: A: 1 S Hendy (Traff) 50.81DIVISION 3E, Whitley BayMen: 200: B: 2 E Smart (Walls, M55) 26.4. 1500: A: 3 G Bracken (NSP, M50) 4:28.7Women: 800: A: 1 J Adams (R&Z) 2:14.4. SP: A: 1 C Reid (Morp, W35) 10.39. DT: A: 1 C Reid (Morp, W35) 33.403EC, RotherhamMen: 100: B: 1 B Shields (Roth, U20) 11.1. 200: B: 4 M Ward (Roth, M40) 24.5. 400: A: 6 R Scholes (Barns, M65) 67.2. 5000: A: 1 R Harris (Roth, M40) 15:49.5; 2 S Dimelow (Barns, M40) 15:57.8. 3000SC: A: 1 C Ireland (Roth, M50) 10:32.4. HJ: A: 1 B Mourbey

NETHERLANDSIPC European Championships, June 24-28THE British team took seven gold medals, seven silver and 12 bronze, including a title win in a world record time for Richard Whitehead.

Whitehead, a double leg amputee, broke his own world mark in the T42 200m by more than half a second with 24.93.

Flying out of the blocks and aided by a following wind of 1.9m/sec, he went under the time he set at the Paralympic test event in May.

Whitehead, who would prefer to be running the marathon at

the Paralympics but is having to concentrate on sprints because that event is not available in his category, said: “Obviously this past winter has been tough and I’ve been putting in a lot of hard sessions with my coaches Liz Yelling and Keith Antoine, but today was about looking at where I’m at in the training cycle.

“I broke the world record in London and that was the start of the cycle. This is the middle of the cycle and the Paralympic Games in September is the end; I know I’ve still got a few gears to move up so it’s all really positive, especially working with such a dynamic coaching team who

have helped me play to my strengths.“I worked hard in the first 40-50m

today and from there I pushed through into my transition; the home straight was about maintaining my technique which is one of the key areas that we’ve been working on.”

He also took bronze in the 100m.Libby Clegg won double gold in the

T12 100m and 200m.Clegg, already a world champion,

was disappointed with her time of 12.55 (3.6m/sec) – 0.14 off her PB set just last month – in the shorter sprint.

Later she added the 200m in 25.47, which far exceeded her PB of 26.10 but it was with marginal wind-assistance of 2.2m/sec.

“We executed that from gun to tape,” said Clegg, who is registered blind. “I knew the Slovakian had a rapid bend, so I knew I’d have to execute my own race properly to take her and we came off the bend in the lead which was important.

“That’s given me a lot of confidence in my 200m. There are a few new Chinese girls in the class who I’ve not had the chance to race yet, but I now know I can take them on with confidence.”

Tracey Hinton replicated the sprint double in her class, T11.

The blind athlete was pleased with her time of 13.22, although it was with the aid of a 4.1m/sec gust.

The assistance in the half-lap

event was just 2.2m/sec, her time of 27.31 being her quickest this season.

“That (the bend) was a lot better and it enabled me to come off into the straight a lot stronger,” said Hinton, who hopes to be selected next week for her sixth Olympics.

Someone who is set to appear at his fifth Paralympics this summer is Steven Miller, who won his third successive European F32 club throw.

His distance of 29.10 was just over five metres short of his European best.

Derek Derenalagi won a surprise gold in the F57/58 discus on his major championships debut.

Beating the world record-holder, he recorded 41.41m.

Derenalagi lost both his legs due to an exploding mine when fighting in Afghanistan in 2007 and was even pronounced dead at one point, remaining in a coma for two weeks.

Britain’s medal tally left them eighth on a medals table dominated by Russia.

USAUS Paralympic Trials, June 29-July 1BRITISH athletes competing as guests set three world records.

Peacock, a single-leg amputee, clocked 10.85 for the 100m to slice six hundredths off the world mark held by American Marlon Shirley.

His time to win the T44 class was

also quicker than the 10.91 run by double-leg amputee Oscar Pistorius in the T43 category five years ago.

Peacock, who had his right lower leg amputated at the age of five after contracting meningococcal septicaemia, said: “This was only my fifth race this year. I’ve had head winds for the two decent races I’ve run. All I’ve been asking for is a tail wind and I finally got one.”

Pistorius, who is better over the 200m and 400m distances, tweeted his congratulations in anticipation of taking him on at the Paralympics: “Well done, great to see progress in the sport! Looking forward to a very fast race at London 2012.”

Wheelchair racer Mickey Bushell broke his own world mark in the T53 100m with a time of 14.38.

Meanwhile, Hannah Cockroft revised her own figures in the T34 200m with 31.23.» RESULTS in next week’s issue.

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(C’field) 1.95. PV: A: 1 E Selvey (C’field, U17) 3.50. DT: A: 1 K Fitzgerald (Clee) 44.54. HT: B: 1 I Cooley (Roth, M55) 30.80. JT: A: 1 J Carter (Roth, U20) 59.09Women: 800: A: 1 J Allen (Roth) 2:15.0. B: 1 R Middleton (Roth) 2:17.1. 1500: A: 1 S Johnson (Roth) 4:36.8. 3000: A: 1 A Grady (Roth) 10:17.0. 4x100: 1 Barns 51.3. HJ: A: 4 A Kitchen (Newk, W35) 1.40DIVISION 3W, SportcityMen: 200: B: 3 I Broadhurst (Wrex, M55) 25.8. 400: B: 4 I Broadhurst (Wrex, M55) 58.3. 5000: A: 3 M Thompson (S’port W, M45) 16:14.0. B: 1 R Shearer (S’port W, M40) 16:14.0. 110H: A: 1 D Henshaw (Manc H) 16.0. DT: A: 1 M Pendlebury (Warr, M35) 39.27. HT: A: 1 R Bell (IoM) 45.28Women: 100: A: 1 B Sargent (Wrex, U17) 12.5. 200: A: 1 B Sargent (Wrex, U17) 25.4. 400: A: 1 C Jones (Wrex, U20) 58.2. B: 2 L Nichol (Alt, W45) 66.3. 800: A: 1 G Astin (IoM) 2:17.8; 4 H Johnson (Alt, W50) 2:41.4. 1500: A: 1 S Astin (IoM, U20) 4:41.1. B: 1 G Astin (IoM) 4:44.2. 100H: A: 1 H Riley (IoM) 14.7. 4x400: 1 Wrex 4:06.5. HJ: B: 1 A Wale (Wrex, W40) 1.40. LJ: B: 1 A Wale (Wrex, W40) 4.53. SP: A: 1 A Wale (Wrex, W40) 9.24DIVISION 3WC, CarlisleMen: 5000: A: 1 D Parkinson (L&M/Pend) 15:41.8. 3000SC: A: 1 D Parkinson (L&M/Pend) 9:40.8. LJ: A: 1 J Wright (L&M/Pend) 7.08. HT: A: 1 E Griffin (Spen, U20) 41.58Women: 200: B: 1 C Flannery (Spen, U20) 25.3. 400: A: 1 C Flannery (Spen, U20) 58.4. SP: A: 1 C Mitchell (Spen, U20) 10.49DIVISION 4WC, WiganMen: 800: B: 2 G Thompson (Bord H, M55) 2:18.5. 1500: B: 1 G Thompson (Bord H, M55) 4:38.3. PV: A: 1 H Coppell (Wig D, U17) 4.60. SP: A: 2 S Thomas (Barr, M55) 11.90. DT: A: 2 S Thomas (Barr, M55) 31.45. HT: A: 1 N Miller (Bord H, U20) 67.56; 2 S Thomas (Barr, M55) 36.37. JT: A: 1 N Miller (Bord H, U20) 50.94Women: 100: A: 1 C Browbank (Wig D, U20) 12.4; 2 A McCorry (Bord H, U17) 12.4. 1500: A: 1 C McKeown (Bord H, W40) 5:12.8. TJ: A: 1 L Gill (Hal, U20) 10.60. HT: A: 1 B Lishman (Wig D) 43.11. JT: A: 1 L Bibby (Wig D, U20) 43.86. B: 1 C Doran (Wig D) 37.11DIVISION 4EC, GranthamMen: 100: A: 3 M Culshaw (Grim, M40) 11.8. 200: A: 3 M Culshaw (Grim, M40) 24.6. HT: A: 1 P Garner (Gran, M50) 34.82. JT: A: 1 H Richards (Gran, U20) 53.61Women: HJ: A: 3 J Jagger (Gran, W50) 1.25. LJ: B: 2 J Jagger (Gran, W50) 4.02. TJ: A: 2 J Jagger (Gran, W50) 8.05. SP: A: 1 R Hall (Gran) 11.87. DT: A: 1 L Evans (Gran, W35) 31.45. HT: A: 1 H Gilbert (Gran) 41.65. JT: A: 1 L England (Womb, U20) 40.01DIVISION 4W, MacclesfieldMen: 100: B: 2 S Lightfoot (Salf, M45) 12.2. 200: B: 2 S Lightfoot (Salf, M45) 24.8. 400: A: 4 S Lightfoot (Salf, M45) 56.8. 110H: A: 1 S Sloan (E Ches) 15.4Women: 400: A: 1 S Bundy-Davies (E Ches, U20) 56.5. 400H: A: 1 S Bundy-Davies (E Ches, U20) 64.8. HT: B: 1 S Harper (O&R, W40) 28.15

UP & RUNNING MIDLAND LEAGUE DIVISION 2, StokeMATCH: 1 Charnwood 385; 2 Stoke 356; 3 Rugby/Nor 315; 4 C&S 314; 5 BRAT 297; 6 Cov G 274Men: 100: A: 1 D Lima (BRAT) 10.8. B: 1 C Wardle (R&N, U17) 11.2. 200: B: 1 C Wardle (R&N, U17) 22.9. 800: B:

1 D Sheldon (Stoke, U20) 1:57.3; 4 R Andrew (BRAT, M45) 2:05.7. 1500: A: 1 J Gray (BRAT, U20) 4:01.1. 5000: A: 1 E Banks (BRAT) 15:32.8; 2 M Couldwell (Charn, M35) 15:40.6; 3 J Allen (R&N, U20) 16:02.6. 400H: B: 4 P Edwards (C&S, M50) 71.1. HJ: A: 4 I Gidley (R&N, M40) 1.65. B: 5 N Gardner (Stoke, M50) 1.50. PV: A: 1 E Walsh (Charn, U17) 3.90. SP: A: 1 M Fox (Stoke, M45) 14.07; 4 J Moreland (R&N, M50) 10.29. DT: A: 1 G Hollingworth (R&N, M35) 39.74; 4 G Middleton (C&S, M50) 30.99. B: 1 J Moreland (R&N, M50) 37.51; 2 M Fox (Stoke, M45) 35.11. HT: A: 1 J Pearson (Charn, M45) 58.74; 2 C Murch (R&N, U20) 57.72; 3 M Roberts (C&S, M50) 41.69; 4 M Fox (Stoke, M45) 36.60. B: 2 G Middleton (C&S, M50) 35.93; 3 J Moreland (R&N, M50) 34.12. JT: A: 1 B Byrd (Stoke) 66.03; 2 G Hollingworth (R&N, M35) 52.26. B: 1 K Murch (R&N, M50) 49.52Women: 100: A: 1 E Ruddock (R&N, W35) 12.1; 3 T Miller (BRAT, U17) 12.6. B: 4 L Oliver (Charn, W40) 13.7. 200: A: 1 E Ruddock (R&N, W35) 25.4. 400: A: 1 L Langowski (Cov) 55.6; 2 E Jackson (Stoke) 57.0. 800: A: 1 K Holt (Stoke) 2:08.8; 2 S Coldwell (Charn, U20) 2:18.4. 1500: A: 1 L Hayes (Stoke, U20) 4:39.1; 2 S Coldwell (Charn, U20) 4:41.7. B: 1 L Holt (Stoke, U17) 4:44.9. 3000: A: 1 K Holt (Stoke) 10:29.8; 2 K Ramsey (Charn, W40) 10:47.9. 100H: A: 1 C Cooper (Stoke) 15.0; 2 O Walker (C&S, U20) 15.0. 4x100: 1 Stoke 49.6; 2 Charn 50.4; 3 C&S 51.8. 4x400: 1 Stoke 3:58.2. TJ: A: 1 C O’Reilly (R&N) 11.06. SP: A: 1 C Parker (Cov, W40) 12.11; 3 L Oliver (Charn, W40) 10.79; 5 D Murch (R&N, W50) 7.83. B: 1 L Smith (Cov, U20) 11.61. DT: A: 3 C Parker (Cov, W40) 32.07. B: 3 D Murch (R&N, W50) 20.31. HT: A: 3 D Rubery (Charn, W50) 24.10. B: 4 L Fogg (Charn, W70) 17.89. JT: A: 1 S Huggins-Ward (Cov) 42.16; 2 O Kotmilosi (Stoke) 40.97; 3 K Murch (R&N, U20) 33.99; 5 L Heap (C&S, U20) 33.18DIVISION 3, TelfordMATCH: 1 Broms & Redd 357; 2 Stratford/Avon 286; 3 Tamworth 280; 4 Telf 268; 5 Yate 190Men: 100: A: 1 E Phiri (Tam) 10.7; 2 D Hammond (B&R, U20) 10.8; 3 A Dummett (Tel, U20) 10.9; 4 J Evans (Yate, U17) 10.9; 5 B Stretton (Strat, U20) 11.1. B: 1 B Simons (Tel) 10.7. 200: A: 1 E Phiri (Tam) 22.0; 2 J Evans (Yate, U17) 22.2; 3 J Tipper (Tel, M40) 22.5. 5000: A: 1 P Ward (Tel, M45) 15:53.3. 110H: B: 1 I Moody (Tel, M50) 19.7. 4x100: 1 Tel 43.7. SP: A: 3 P Jackson (Yate, M50) 9.55. DT: A: 1 I Taylor (Tel, M40) 38.85. HT: A: 1 A Berrow (Tam) 48.35; 2 I Taylor (Tel, M40) 35.41. JT: A: 1 J Bell (Tel, U20) 50.30Women: 100: A: 1 J Frost (B&R) 12.2; 2 M Kellyman (Tam, U20) 12.3. 3000: A: 1 E Du Luart (Strat, U20) 10:31.4. 100H: A: 1 H Jackson (Yate) 15.5. 4x100: 1 Tam 51.7; 2 B&R 51.9. TJ: A: 1 I Billau (B&R, U20) 11.06. SP: A: 1 R Fagan (Tel, U20) 10.66. DT: A: 1 H Rubery (Tel, U20) 39.06. B: 1 K Carter (Tel, U20) 33.79; 2 J Wakelam (B&R, W50) 20.90. HT: A: 1 S Lawton (Tam, U17) 38.89; 4 J Wakelam (B&R, W50) 22.37. B: 1 S Allen (Tam, U20) 35.27. JT: A: 3 S Bland (Strat, W45) 20.20. B: 1 I Billau (B&R, U20) 32.52DIVISION 4, NewportMen: 100: A: 1 K Ennis (Banb) 11.0. 200: B: 1 J Whitworth (Corby, U17) 22.5. PV: A: 2 K Powell (Newp, M50) 2.90. B: 2 M Davies (Newp, M55) 2.60. TJ: A: 2 G Speakman (Shrews, U17) 13.21. SP: A: 2 P Wilkins (Banb, M40) 11.16. B: 1 P Knott (Corby, M50)

10.40. DT: A: 1 P Wilkins (Banb, M40) 45.90. HT: A: 1 J Hay (Corby) 48.22; 2 T Dempsey (Hale) 48.21. B: 1 M Bell (Corby) 47.69Women: 400: A: 1 K Waring (Newp, W35) 59.8. 3000: A: 1 R Hall (Corby) 10:29.0; 2 P Dodd (Hale, U17) 10:48.7. 400H: A: 2 E Keyworth (Kett, W45) 77.5. 4x100: 1 Newp 51.8. 4x400: 1 Newp 4:13.9. LJ: A: 1 M Arthur (Newp, U20) 5.36. TJ: A: 1 A Kelly (Shrews) 12.42; 2 S Parker (Banb, U20) 11.18. HT: A: 5 P Higgins (Shrews, W55) 22.48. JT: A: 1 M Arthur (Newp, U20) 36.29DIVISION 5, SolihullMATCH: 1 Solihull 158.5; 2 Leamington 156; 3 Abingdon 148.5; 4 Tipton 147; 5 Worcester 143; 6 DASH 112Men: 2000SC: A: 1 I Rawlinson (Tip) 5:58.3. SP: A: 3 S Pomeroy (Abing, M50) 10.55. JT: B: 3 S Pomeroy (Abing, M50) 30.95Women: 100: A: 1 R Barrett (SSH, U17) 12.5. 3000: A: 1 S Harrison (Leam, W40) 10:53.3. HJ: B: 1 M Garland (Worc, W45) 1.30. LJ: A: 1 E Horne (D&S, U17) 5.27. SP: A: 3 R Bird (Worc, W45) 8.91. HT: A: 1 R Bird (Worc, W45) 33.50. JT: A: 1 F Jammeh Kinteh (Abing) 38.09; 2 H Wootten (Worc, U20) 36.24DIVISION 7, NottinghamMen: PV: A: 3 A Wilkinson (Harb, M45) 3.40. LJ: A: 2 C Lynch (Here, U17) 6.39Women: 800: B: 1 K Brooks (Harb, W50) 2:43.3

WESSEX YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUESwindonMATCH: 1 City of Salisbury 387; 2 Marlborough & District Juniors 367; 3 Wimborne 277; 4 City of Portsmouth 226; 5 Bournemouth 225U17 men: 4x100: 1 Salis 46.6. HJ: A: 1 J Williamson (B’mth) 1.83U15: HJ: A: 1 R Webb (W’borne) 1.75. DT: A: 1 T Peters (B’mth) 37.03U13: 1500: A: 1 T Bourne (W’borne) 4:58.8. 75H: ns: 1 R Clark (Marl J) 13.9. SP: A: 1 J Collins (Salis) 9.31U17 women: 800: A: 1 S Hutchings (W’borne) 2:19.6. 80H: A: 1 L Clifford (Salis) 12.3. HJ: A: 1 A Mayall (B’mth) 1.60U15: 800: A: 1 G Shepherd (Marl) 2:20.2U13: 1200: A: 1 M Grant (Salis) 4:13.5. LJ: A: 1 I Sheerin (B’mth) 4.71. JT: A: 1 G Kelly (Ports) 24.31

PETROFAC GRAMPIAN ATHLETICS LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION, InvernessMen: MATCH: 1 I’ness 400; 2 Ross C 342; 3 Moray 167; 4 Nairn 128.5; 5 Caith 123.5; 6 E Suth 116; 7 Elgin 77; 8 Forres 4SP: A: 2 D Ogilvie (Ross C, M40) 11.33U16: 1500: ns: 1 L Barnsby (E Suth, U15) 4:29.78. 4x200: 1 I’ness 1:44.41Women: MATCH: 1 I’ness 133; 2 Nairn 218; 3 Ross C 164.4; 4 Caith 153.5; 5 Moray 118; 6 Elgin 76; 7 E Suth 50; 8 Forres 133000: A: 1 J Bannerman (I’ness) 10:22.93U18: 300H: A: 1 A Nelson (I’ness, U17) 46.51U14: 100: A: 1 L Bell (Moray, U13) 13.30. 1200: A: 1 G Whelan (Moray, U13) 4:09.99; 2 C Hill (I’ness, U13) 4:11.88; 3 C Nankivell (E Suth, U13) 4:12.84

BMAF THROWS PENTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIPSHendonM35 men: PenWt: 1 S Timmins (SCVAC) 3166 (46.13, 12.90, 39.53, 42.76, 13.84); 2 S Thurgood (EVAC) 3098

M40: PenWt: 1 G Holder (WMAA) 3269 (55.62, 10.23, 37.10, 28.97, 15.00); 2 D Kerr (EVAC) 2950M45: PenWt: 1 D Brown (NVAC) 2773 (29.94, 10.69, 29.22, 36.90, 10.70); 2 S Moylan (SCVAC) 2284M50: PenWt: 1 B Broadbridge (SWVAC) 3842 (47.33, 13.46, 45.75, 35.59, 17.49); 2 C Privett (SCVAC) 3369; 3 S Woolley (MMAC) 3114; 4 T Tipping (SCVAC) 2759M55: PenWt: 1 M Fenton (EVAC) 3341 (49.60, 10.06, 34.25, 21.42, 15.19); 2 R Hanbury-Brown (AUS) 3319; 3 D Maggs (VAANE) 3086M60: PenWt: 1 N Griffin (SCVAC) 3950 (41.75, 12.72, 50.01, 35.08, 16.06); 2 J Wild (VAANE) 3228; 3 R Jones (MMAC) 2884; 4 J Stevens (SCVAC) 2837; 5M65: PenWt: 1 B Hawksworth (MMAC) 4164 (40.18, 10.77, 44.72, 37.41, 16.73); 2 M Hazlewood (NVAC) 4061; 3 D Kuester (VAC) 3145M70: PenWt: 1 J Kee (EVAC) 3704 (43.89, 9.86, 30.79, 23.62, 16.92); 2 B Harlick (SCVAC) 3229M75: PenWt: 1 I Miller (EVAC) 3478 (33.01, 10.25, 25.31, 22.64, 13.32); 2 C Brand (SCVAC) 3162; 3 G Hickey (VAC) 2575M80: PenWt: 1 C Taylor (VAC) 3188 (28.99, 9.22, 21.55, 20.60, 9.57)W35 women: PenWt: 1 C Alford (WMAA) 2319 (31.82, 9.30, 29.36, 14.60, 9.86); 2 K Black (SCVAC) 2127 W40: PenWt: 1 C Thrush (SCVAC) 2863 (32.62, 10.15, 29.54, 21.73, 10.97); 2 S Lawrence (SCVAC) 2812W45: PenWt: 1 J Smith (SCVAC) 3136 (39.58, 8.16, 28.57, 19.04, 11.29); 2 J Wilson (SCVAC) 2957; 3 J Davison (SCVAC) 2582W50: PenWt: 1 I Van Dijk (NED) 4388 (48.89, 11.33, 36.11, 25.85, 15.44); 2 C Cameron (SVHC) 3001; 3 W Dunsford (SCVAC) 2550W55: PenWt: 1 L Moore-Fox (IRELAND) 2745 (28.33, 8.08, 14.79, 18.96, 10.52); 2 F Crompton (NVAC) 2505 (22.65, 8.02, 18.83, 18.97, 8.41); 3 R Prells (WMAA) 2469 (24.85, 7.48, 20.02, 12.64, 9.46)W60: PenWt: 1 A Bramford (EVAC) 2112 (24.94, 6.02, 14.16, 11.49, 7.02)W70: PenWt: 1 C Derrien (SWVAC) 2958 (21.40, 6.06, 17.60, 12.63, 8.63)

JUNE 30-JULY 1ESAA COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPSMidlands Milton KeynesU20 men: Dec: 1 M Lee (WM) 5597 (11.9, 6.33, 10.91, 1.81, 55.1, 16.3, 33.62, 3.65, 35.92, 5:22.9); 2 J Mitchell (Notts) 4480 (12.0, 6.00, 8.65, 1.62, 63.6, 16.8, 26.47, 2.75, 38.94, 5:36.5); 3 J Spolding (Der) 4414U17: Oct: 1 L Townsend (Warks) 4641 (6.20, 27.40, 46.86, 54.6, 13.7, 1.78, 10.18, 5:04.7); 2 L Gardiner (H&W) 4509 (5.91, 31.45, 40.28, 55.7, 14.5, 1.80, 9.46, 4:43.9); 3 A Grant (Warks) 3876U15: Pen: 1 H Sutherland (Warks) 3105 (11.8, 16.30, 5.75, 1.48, 2:08.4); 2 R Esien (WM) 3016 (11.7, 12.11, 6.03, 1.66, 2:11.0); 3 R Dwyer (Warks) 2651U20 women: Hep: 1 S Palmer (Der) 4376 (15.3, 1.53, 10.13, 26.9, 5.49, 32.19, 2:46.9); 2 N Burger (Oxf) 4005 (15.7, 1.47, 9.18, 26.6, 4.93, 27.23, 2:43.8); 3 T Vaughan-Fowler (Oxf) 3591U17: Hep: 1 E Wake (Warks) 4017 (12.0, 1.38, 8.54, 26.6, 5.80, 18.43, 2:44.8); 2 M Chapel (Oxf) 3659 (12.6, 1.56, 7.28, 29.3, 4.67, 29.54, 2:52.3); 3 B Roberts (WM) 3639U15: Pen: 1 A Pask (Warks) 2885 (11.7, 9.04, 1.43, 5.47, 2:49.1); 2 A Bailey (WM) 2816 (12.2, 9.61, 1.46, 4.93, 2:42.6); 3 A

Gamble (Warks) 2750North West, CreweU20 men: Dec: 1 A Wort (Ches) 6108 (11.4, 6.30, 11.43, 1.72, 52.9, 15.3, 32.63, 3.80, 37.13, 4:43.8); 2 H Stringer (Shrop) 4427 (11.4, 5.70, 8.45, 1.54, 52.0, 20.8, 21.21, 2.50, 35.00, 5:16.1)U17: Oct: 1 T Baskeyfield (Staff) 4363 (5.63, 32.53, 36.94, 56.6, 14.8, 1.81, 11.39, 5:07.0); 2 J Pearse (Lanc) 4039 (5.57, 22.35, 27.93, 54.3, 15.3, 1.84, 9.54, 4:56.4); 3 E Baines (Cumb) 3878U15: Pen: 1 J McMahon (Ches) 2446 (12.3, 10.14, 5.81, 1.57, 2:30.5); 2 L Lockett (Ches) 2231 (13.7, 8.95, 5.77, 1.51, 2:26.6); 3 A Krajewski (Ches) 2136U20 women: Hep: 1 K Ogden (Shrop) 3953 (15.1, 1.57, 8.43, 27.1, 4.98, 26.10, 2:57.7); 2 D McGifford (Mer) 3802 (14.6, 1.51, 9.22, 29.2, 5.74, 23.37, 3:22.7); 3 S Worrall (Shrop) 3684U17: Hep: 1 O Montez-Brown (Ches) 4337 (11.6, 1.48, 9.21, 26.8, 5.49, 26.49, 2:38.0); 2 R Beaumont (Lanc) 4241 (12.9, 1.57, 10.10, 27.2, 4.67, 34.48, 2:37.0); 3 K Farrimond (G Man) 3967U15: Pen: 1 E Borthwick (G Man) 3124 (12.6, 8.34, 1.66, 5.18, 2:31.1); 2 A Rowe (Mer) 2930 (12.4, 7.72, 1.48, 4.76, 2:19.9); 3 H Williamson (Shrop) 2699South East, WatfordU20 men: Dec: 1 D Hall (Kent) 6000 (11.2, 6.17, 11.64, 1.98, 51.4, 16.4, 35.50, 3.40, 42.58, 5:46.3); 2 J Ketley (Suss) 5693 (11.7, 6.21, 10.73, 1.65, 52.0, 16.3, 31.15, 3.30, 41.04, 4:53.7); 3 J Moore (Suss) 5499U17: Oct: 1 R Spivey (Suss) 4875 (5.70, 32.13, 43.81, 53.0, 14.7, 1.74, 12.53, 4:28.0); 2 S Parker (Hants) 4284 (6.09, 31.94, 30.17, 55.6, 15.6, 1.74, 11.64, 5:03.9); 3 A Magni (Lon) 4202U15: Pen: 1 A Ademremi (Lon) 2669 (12.4, 10.68, 4.97, 1.77, 2:15.0); 2 M Price (Herts) 2494 (11.7, 13.42, 5.08, 1.62, 2:40.3); 3 S Wilder (Suss) 2458U20 women: Hep: 1 N Bassham (Suss) 4254 (16.5, 1.56, 9.87, 27.4, 5.41, 28.27, 2:34.2); 2 L Hanagan (Kent) 4082 (15.5, 1.50, 8.49, 26.2, 5.16, 17.78, 2:31.5); 3 A Boughton (Hants) 4071U17: Hep: 1 G Westwood (Berks) 4638 (12.7, 1.65, 10.47, 26.6, 5.25, 34.17, 2:32.3); 2 H Turner (Suss) 4053 (13.1, 1.38, 8.56, 25.6, 5.17, 21.17, 2:27.5); 3 M Bigg (Hants) 4049)U15: Pen: 1 K Barker (Hants) 3532 (11.4, 10.42, 1.69, 5.44, 2:29.2); 2 C Day (Herts) 2897 (12.2, 9.39, 1.54, 5.03, 2:44.5); 3 D Brimecome (Hants) 2873 (12.5, 8.84, 1.51, 5.04, 2:37.9); 4 B Campbell (Lon) 2793

HEXHAM COMBINED EVENTS INTERNATIONAL, HexhamMen: Dec: 1 S Mclaren (NZL) 7713 (11.01, 7.13/4.1, 14.40, 1.87, 50.08, 15.49, 41.10, 4.72, 60.12, 4:34.45); 2 M Brockman (M&M) 7484 (11.25, 7.18/1.3, 13.53, 1.99, 50.63, 15.89, 39.99, 4.72, 51.93, 4:38.49); 3 M Bowler (IRL) 6250 (11.54, 6.55/1.9, 10.71, 1.90, 51.39, 17.46, 30.83, 3.52, 47.72, 4:36.72); 4 T Ashby (HHH) 6159 (11.58, 6.70/2.2, 14.00, 1.87, 51.62, 15.71, 47.10, 2.42, 32.35, 5:31.66); 5 M Sweeney (Liv H) 5586 Women: Hep: 1 L Slanickova (SVK) 5780 (14.25, 1.75, 11.05, 25.14, 6.10, 41.35, 2:16.18); 2 E Hallin (SWE) 5690 (13.72, 1.72, 13.12, 24.82, 5.68, 36.47, 2:21:48); 3 K Kedzia (POL) 5490 (14.44, 1.75, 11.76, 26.38, 5.74, 43.19, 2:25.71); 4 M Klaup (EST) 5437 (14.85, 1.78, 11.86, 26.15, 5.42, 44.41, 2:24.99); 5 A Borowska (POL) 5346; 9 J Lumley (GBR) 4784 (15.55, 1.69, 10.94, 26.89, 5.19, 34.55, 2:30.61); - G Clements (GBR) DNF (14.57, 1.72, 13.27, 26.62, DNS)

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JUNE 30BRITISH ATHLETICS LEAGUEDIVISION 1, GatesheadMATCH: 1 Thames Valley 298.5; 2 Herne Hill 273; 3 WSEH 269; 4 Gates 263; 5 Cardiff 254; 6 Belgrave 247; 7 Enfield & H 239; 8 Harrow 221.5Men: 100: A (-1.3): 1 G Cackett (Belg) 10.62; 2 J Swaray (Harrow) 10.76; 3 E Phiri (Gate) 10.86; 4 L Sylvester (TVH) 10.89; 5 T Knight (Card) 10.94. B (-2.4): 1 E Amaning (TVH, U20) 10.79; 2 W Bennett-Jackson (Belg) 10.94. 200: B (-3.6): 1 E Amaning (TVH, U20) 21.82; 3 O Grant (Harrow, U20) 22.37. 400: A: 1 B Sumner (E&H) 48.06; 2 S Challis (WSEH) 48.26; 3 P Phillips (Herne H) 48.47; 4 A Boudrie (Belg) 48.60; 5 T Miller (Card) 48.68. B: 1 G Hopkins (Card) 49.52; 2 L Croll Mensah (Herne H) 49.60; 3 L King (TVH) 49.88. 800: A: 1 S Davies (Belg) 1:54.13; 2 T Marshall (Card) 1:54.16; 3 R Graham-Watson (WSEH) 1:54.31; 4 A Hay (TVH) 1:54.38; 7 T O’Dowd (Harrow, U20) 1:56.74. B: 1 J Travers (Herne H) 1:54.13; 2 M Edwards (TVH) 1:54.30; 3 N Lingley (WSEH) 1:54.61. 1500: A: 1 S Davies (Belg) 3:54.8; 2 N Hall (TVH) 3:55.5; 3 J Travers (Herne H) 3:59.3; 6 C Johnson (Gate, U20) 4:03.8. B: 1 P Owor (Belg) 3:57.9. 3000: A: 1 A Tovey (WSEH) 8:24.37; 2 P Owor (Belg) 8:26.70; 3 C Parr (Gate) 8:27.68; 4 C Hartley (TVH) 8:28.53; 5 T Marshall (Card) 8:39.85. B: 1 N White (WSEH) 8:30.82; 2 R Russell (TVH) 8:35.75; 4 L McCourt (Gate, U20) 8:52.65. 110H: A (-5.0): 1 B Ashby (Herne H, U20) 14.91; 2 A Sturrock (Gate) 15.19; 3 G Wilson (Belg) 15.28; 4 K Sempers (Harrow) 15.83; 5 Z Saucede (E&H) 15.91. B (-2.1): 1 B Richardson (Gate) 15.80. 400H: A: 1 B Carne (Harrow) 51.38; 2 N Flannery (Gate) 51.96; 3 A Fry (WSEH) 53.51; 4 J Lodowski (E&H) 53.74; 5 J Mann (TVH) 54.15; 6 G Morris (Card) 55.43; 7 J Roghi (Belg) 55.93. B: 1 A Clements (WSEH) 53.24; 2 Z Saucede (E&H) 54.00; 3 M Haslett

(Card) 54.09. 3000SC: A: 1 B Nagy (E&H) 9:34.46; 2 D McDermott (Herne H) 9:36.82; 3 D McGuigan (Harrow, U20) 9:44.31; 4 M Grimes (Gate) 9:51.34. B: 1 S Collins (E&H) 9:42.09. 4x100: 1 Herne H 42.18; 2 Card 42.30; 3 Belg 42.33; 4 WSEH 42.70; 5 Gate 42.83; 6 Harrow 42.99; 7 E&H 43.38; 8 TVH 43.39. 4x400: 1 Gate 3:17.96; 2 E&H 3:18.96; 3 Card 3:20.17; 4 Belg 3:20.82; 5 Herne H 3:22.38; 6 WSEH 3:23.02. HJ: A: 1 B Pender (TVH) 2.05; 2 S Johnson (Harrow) 2.00; 3 M Field (WSEH, U20) 1.90; 4 B Ashby (Herne H, U20) 1.90. B: 1 T Andrews (Herne H, U17) 1.90. PV: A: 1 R Searles (E&H) 5.10; 2 J Phipps (TVH, U20) 5.00; 3 S McLennan (WSEH) 4.80; 4 K Sempers (Harrow) 4.00. B: 1 C Mills (WSEH, M35) 4.40; 5 M Johnson (E&H, M45) 3.40. LJ: A: 1 D Guest (Card) 7.20/5.7; 2 P Ogun (Belg) 7.04/2.8; 3 J Lelliott (WSEH, U20) 7.02/3.5; 4 P Allen (Gate) 6.97/5.9; 5 P Oluyemi (Herne H) 6.91/1.8. B: 1 J Grant (Herne H, U20) 6.89/4.4. TJ: A: 1 J Allwood (Herne H) 15.51/2.4; 2 N Childs (TVH) 14.37/3.6; 3 P Ogun (Belg) 14.12/-0.8; 4 S Hall (Gate, U20) 14.07/0.8; 5 J Bones (E&H, U20) 13.81/0.8; 6 A Kennedy (WSEH) 13.63/0.9. B: 1 T Aderini (Herne H) 14.51/1.9; 2 B Porter (Gate, U20) 13.92/1.3; 3 A Assinor (TVH) 13.83/4.8; 4 D Wellstead (Belg) 13.61/1.3. SP: A: 1 E Van Vreumingen (TVH) 19.62; 2 S Lincoln (E&H, U20) 15.85; 3 C Sturrock (Gate) 15.51; 4 G Winter (Card) 15.45; 5 M Wheeler (Herne H) 15.17; 6 L Jost (Harrow) 14.97; 7 M Allen (Belg) 13.42. B: 1 M Field (Card, U20) 14.07; 2 S Whyte (TVH, M45) 13.34. DT: A: 1 L Jost (Harrow) 53.24; 2 G Level (Gate) 51.37; 3 E Van Vreumingen (TVH) 50.06; 4 G Winter (Card) 49.96; 5 M Brown (E&H) 48.65; 6 K Irving (WSEH) 46.18; 7 M Allen (Belg) 45.38. B: 1 A Toward (Gate) 42.69; 2 S Whyte (TVH, M45) 41.17; 4 G Power (Herne H, M45) 37.38. HT: A: 1 A Warner (WSEH) 59.82; 2 M Richards (Belg) 58.59; 3 S Thurgood

(Herne H, M35) 54.98; 4 J Bloomfield (E&H) 53.46; 5 S Whyte (TVH, M45) 52.02; 6 B Cole (Card, U20) 40.22; 8 D Maggs (Gate, M55) 37.68. B: 1 M Finn (WSEH) 50.30; 2 M Allen (Belg) 48.36; 3 J Smith (E&H, U20) 42.40; 7 A French (Harrow, M45) 32.01. JT: A: 1 B Buwembo (E&H) 68.27; 2 A Crawford (Belg) 58.66; 3 D Sketchley (Harrow, M35) 56.82; 5 J Lelliott (WSEH, U20) 52.25. B: 1 K Sempers (Harrow) 55.46DIVISION 2, GlasgowMATCH: 1 Basingtoke & Mid Hants 317; 2 Glasgow 299; 3 Crawley 297.5; 4 Southend 284.5; 5 Notts 281; 6 Blackheath & Bromley 280.5; 7 Kingston & Poly 239; 8 Exeter 186.5Men: 100: A (0.5): 1 K Showler-Davis (BMH) 10.69; 2 M Warner (Notts) 10.72; 3 J Hussain (Craw) 10.79; 4 K Daly (B&B) 10.83; 5 T Johnson (Exe) 10.90; 6 S Charters (Glas) 10.93. B (0.4): 1 O Wanogho (B&B) 10.82; 2 M Dunwell (Notts, M40) 11.07. ns (0.0): 1 P Ludson (0) 10.97. 200: A (1.6): 1 J Hussain (Craw) 21.73; 2 O Wanogho (B&B) 21.75; 3 K Showler-Davis (BMH) 21.89. B (3.1): 5 M Dunwell (Notts, M40) 22.82. 400: A: 1 M Warner (Notts) 46.52; 2 M Sinclair (Craw) 48.59; 3 M Hunt (S’end) 48.85; 4 A Young (Glas) 49.17; 5 S Peters (Exe) 49.82. B: 1 Z King (Notts) 48.68; 2 J King (S’end, U20) 48.94; 3 T Johnson (Exe) 49.13; 4 R Allan (Craw, U20) 50.06. 800: A: 1 R Needham (Notts, U20) 1:52.87; 2 D Smale (S’end) 1:54.04; 3 N Duggan (Craw) 1:54.40; 4 J Trigwell (Exe, U20) 1:55.80. 3000: A: 1 L Caldwell (K&P) 8:25.93; 2 T Anderson (BMH) 8:28.30; 3 A Hickey (S’end) 8:33.89; 4 C McGurk (Notts) 8:42.92; 5 M Pickard (Craw, U20) 8:47.41. 110H: A (-0.8): 1 D Showler-Davis (BMH) 14.88; 2 T Moakes (Notts) 15.15; 3 J McLean (S’end) 15.25; 4 T Harris (K&P) 15.73. B (2.8): 1 B Hazell (BMH) 15.41. 400H: A: 1 E Harrison (B&B) 52.76; 2 D Martin (Glas) 52.82; 3 T Moakes (Notts) 54.74; 4 T Parry (K&P) 55.09; 5 R Scott (Exe, M35) 56.51. B: 1 C Henderson (Glas) 54.83; 3 R Holt (B&B, M40) 58.10. 3000SC: A: 1 M Deason (Glas) 9:30.10; 2 A Bruce-Littlewood (B&B) 9:36.30; 3 A Teuten (BMH) 9:39.81; 4 O Berry (Exe) 9:50.56. B: 1 S Fontana (Glas) 9:50.91; 7 B Creed (Craw, M50) 11:18.69. 4x100: 1 BMH 42.57; 2 B&B 42.69; 3 Notts 42.89; 4 Glas 43.52; 5 Craw 43.89. 4x400: 1 Notts 3:17.37; 2 Glas 3:21.64; 3 Craw 3:21.72. HJ: A: 1 R Bobrownicki (Glas) 2.15; 7 I Allen (Exe, M45) 1.65. PV: A: 1 J Thoirs (Glas, U20) 5.15; 2 M Longhurst (B&B) 4.80; 3 J Fry (S’end) 4.40; 4 S Sleap (BMH) 4.00; 5 L Walker (Craw) 4.00. B: 1 S Brown (B&B) 4.40; 2 A Kaye (S’end) 4.20; 3 J Sinclair (Glas) 4.00; 4 B Hazell (BMH) 4.00; 6 A Kruger (Notts, M45) 3.40. LJ: A: 1 D Showler-Davis (BMH) 7.17; 2 D Watson (Glas) 7.02; 3 J Tunstall (Exe, U20) 6.73. B: 4 I Allen (Exe, M45) 5.99. TJ: A: 1 D Watson (Glas) 14.55; 2 K Brown (S’end) 14.37; 3 D March (Craw) 14.14. B: 1 C Clark (Glas) 14.43; 5 I Allen (Exe, M45) 11.47. SP: A: 1 N Owen (K&P) 13.75; 2 S Timmins (B&B, M35) 13.18; 5 R Earle (S’END, M50) 12.19. B: 1 N Owen (K&P) 13.75; 2 S Timmins (B&B, M35) 13.18; 5 R Earle (S’end, M50) 12.19. DT: A: 1 B Hazell (BMH) 43.58; 2 T Martin (S’end, U20) 43.06; 3 B Hall (Craw) 41.79; 4 N Owen (K&P) 40.69; 6 A Kruger (Notts, M45) 35.89. B: 1 R Earle (S’end, M50) 40.11; 5 G Cook (K&P, M40) 33.77. HT: A: 1 M Lasis (Craw, U20) 52.73; 2 D Little (Glas) 51.65; 3 R Earle (S’end, M50) 50.92; 4 R Careless (Notts, M35) 50.29; 5 G Cook (K&P, M40) 48.93; 6 S Timmins (B&B, M35) 47.77. B: 1

J Lasis (Craw, U17) 49.27. JT: A: 1 F Hatton (K&P) 68.26; 2 M Smith (Exe) 61.18; 3 M van den Dobbelsteen (B&B, M40) 50.79DIVISION 3, SouthamptonMen: 400: A: 1 H Lubega (VP&TH) 49.75; 2 R Allen (Der) 49.95. B: 1 S Livingston (CI, U17) 50.44. 800: A: 1 E Dorey (CI, U20) 1:55.13. 1500: A: 1 E Dorey (CI, U20) 4:01.46; 4 D Mason (Soton, U20) 4:03.39. 3000: A: 1 D Griffiths (Swan) 8:37.88; 2 M Ryall (VP&TH) 8:38.30; 3 J Gilby (Der) 8:40.46; 5 A Marriott (Yeov, M35) 8:52.95. ns: 1 A Morgan-Lee (Soton, M40) 8:59.8. 400H: A: 1 I Ogunlade (Hav M) 53.37; 2 O Robinson (Der) 53.94; 3 D Garland (CI) 54.21; 4 A Cooke (Traff) 55.11; 5 A Faulkner (Yeov) 55.71. B: 1 S Davies (Yeov, U20) 55.75; 6 J Tilt (Soton, M45) 61.00. 3000SC: A: 1 D Westbury (Der) 9:52.31; 2 R Warner (Hav M) 9:55.19. 4x100: 1 VP&TH 42.92; 2 Soton 43.33; 3 Traff 43.66; 4 Yeov 43.75. 4x400: 1 Traff 3:19.43; 2 Hav M 3:19.46; 3 Soton 3:21.16. HJ: A: 1 M Watson (Soton) 2.00; 2 M Alner (CI, U20) 1.95. PV: A: 1 A Hemery (Traff) 4.40; 2 E Jones (Swan) 4.20; 3 L Hodgetts (Soton, U20) 4.00; 4 G Showell (Der, M35) 4.00; 8 A Harvey (Yeov, U17) 3.40. B: 1 S Bass-Cooper (Soton, U17) 4.00. LJ: A: 1 N Clements (Yeov) 7.34/5.3; 2 J Groocock (Soton) 7.11/4.4; 3 L Harvey (Traff) 7.03/3.3; 4 R Bailey (Der, U20) 6.88/5.2; 5 K Thompson (VP&TH, U20) 6.71/5.1. TJ: A: 1 L Harvey (Traff) 14.95/5.1; 2 M Watson (Soton) 13.90/5.2. SP: A: 1 G Newton (Soton) 13.90; 2 L Goodacre (Hav M) 13.90; 3 J Cottrell (Der) 13.12. DT: A: 1 M Francis (Der) 43.90; 2 R Bate (Traff) 42.56; 3 L Barker (Hav M) 42.12. HT: A: 1 R Bate (Traff) 59.15; 2 R Wells (Swan) 55.49; 3 J Robinson (Der) 55.41; 4 D Avery (Soton, U20) 45.23; 6 W Clarke (VP&TH, M45) 39.91. JT: A: 1 R Williams (Swan) 63.58. B: 1 J Llewelyn (Swan) 61.10; 2 P Ostapowycz (Traff, M55) 45.75; 7 T Bennett (Soton, M45) 35.25

DIVISION 4, Stoke GiffordMATCH: 1 Bristol & West 248; 2 Reading 230; 3 Nene Valley 216; 9 Mansfield 194; 5 Camb H 176; 6 Bournemouth 170Men: 100: A (-0.1): 1 R Anthony (Mans, U20) 10.8; 2 B Pickup (B’mth) 10.9; 3 M Nevill (Read) 10.9; 4 D Holding (Nene V, U20) 11.1. 200: A (1.4): 3 A Bell (Camb H, U20) 22.4. 400: A: 1 T Anim-Somuah (Read) 49.9. 800: B: 1 R Peters (B&W) 1:52.2; 2 J Williams (Read, U20) 1:57.5. 3000: A: 1 D Studley (B&W) 8:37.1; 2 D Lacy (Camb H) 8:41.1; 5 S Way (B’mth, M35) 8:50.8. B: 1 O Mott (B&W) 8:41.4. 110H: A (1.8): 1 M Dyer (Read) 15.4; 2 W Hartley (B&W) 16.0. 400H: A: 1 S Reidy (Nene V) 55.8. B: 4 P Benedickter (B’mth, M40) 60.0. 3000SC: A: 1 D Lacy (Camb H) 9:38.2; 2 N Earl (Read) 9:49.2. 4x100: 1 Mans 43.4; 2 Read 43.8. 4x400: 1 Mans 3:21.1; 2 B&W 3:21.7; 3 Read 3:24.5; 4 Nene V 3:25.0. HJ: A: 1 R Bonifas (Read, U20) 1.95; 2 A Cox (B’mth, U20) 1.95. B: 1 M Aldridge (B’mth, U17) 1.90. PV: A: 1 T Hillier (B&W) 4.60; 5 J Ferris-Choi (Camb H, U17) 3.20. B: 1 L Bailey (B&W) 4.00. LJ: A: 1 B Pickup (B’mth) 6.97. TJ: A: 6 P Weston (B&W, M40) 11.59. SP: A: 1 K Baker (Nene V, M35) 14.24; 2 L Biddlecombe (B&W, U20) 13.97. B: 1 M Tinkler (Nene V) 13.53; 3 T Tipping (Camb H, M50) 10.61. DT: A: 1 S Biddlecombe (B&W, M35) 43.09; 2 J Edwards (Nene V) 42.01. B: 1 L Biddlecombe (B&W, U20) 42.35; 3 T Tipping (Camb H, M50) 34.12. ns:

1 J Preston (B&W) 40.00. HT: A: 1 J Edwards (Nene V) 58.83; 2 M Frampton (B’mth) 50.98; 3 M Spicer (B&W, M40) 43.63; 4 M White (Read, U20) 41.25; 5 T Tipping (Camb H, M50) 37.46. B: 1 A Wain (Nene V, M45) 33.28. JT: A: 1 C Lacy (Camb H) 57.19; 2 R Danaher (B&W, U20) 56.46; 3 G Millar (Mans) 54.03. ns: 1 N Crossley (Chelt) 65.65

UK WOMEN’S LEAGUE DIVISION 1, HendonWomen: 100: A (-0.4): 1 L Bloor (Traff) 11.85; 2 A Tagoe (TVH, U20) 11.97; 3 T Nuga (NEB) 12.22; 4 T Kafke (Rad) 12.23; 5 M Moore (Card) 12.29. 200: A (-2.7): 1 L Bloor (Traff) 24.54. 400: A: 1 E Pullen (Card) 54.15; 2 A Simukonda (TVH) 54.32; 3 N Desai (Traff) 55.92; 4 E Bonnett (Yeov O) 56.20; 5 E Leggate (VPCG) 57.76; 6 N Anderson (SB, W40) 59.81. B: 1 R Linington-Payne (Card) 56.09. 800: A: 1 A Campbell (SB) 2:08.54; 2 C Mitchell (Soton) 2:09.17; 3 J Fairchild (Traff) 2:09.48; 4 D Cocking (Card) 2:12.54; 5 K Hunter (VPCG) 2:13.52; 6 L Lennon (NEB) 2:16.28. B: 1 B Strange (Card) 2:12.80; 2 L Webb (Soton) 2:13.30; 3 V O’Donnell (Traff) 2:14.18; 4 H Young (VPCG) 2:16.52; 5 N Anderson (SB, W40) 2:16.69; 6 F Thompson (TVH) 2:17.72. 1500: A: 1 A Campbell (SB) 4:25.74; 2 C Mitchell (Soton) 4:26.03; 3 D Rees (Card) 4:42.63; 4 F Thompson (TVH) 4:43.43; 6 S Potter (VPCG, U20) 4:47.16. B: 1 J Beckingham (Soton) 4:37.30. 3000: A: 1 J Fairchild (Traff) 9:43.47; 2 D Niccol (B&W) 9:52.77; 3 V Webster (SB) 9:58.46; 4 K Good (TVH) 10:02.21; 5 D Rees (Card) 10:07.77; 6 E Monks (Soton) 10:23.06. B: 5 S Branney (VPCG, W55) 12:39.03. 100H: A (-2.5): 1 A Broadbelt-Blake (TVH) 14.27; 2 K Drew (Team S) 14.35; 3 H Riley (Manx) 15.08. B (-2.1): 1 P Agbo (TVH) 14.15. 400H: A: 1 N Desai (Traff) 59.19; 2 E Bonnett (Yeov O) 60.34; 3 E Peters (Card) 60.64; 4 J Halket (VPCG) 65.71. B: 1 R Smith (Soton) 63.39; 2 L Hunter (VPCG) 63.74; 3 K Davies (Card) 64.51. 2000SC: A: 1 L Webb (Soton) 6:53.62; 2 E Brown (Card) 7:23.51; 3 V Walker (SB) 7:42.65. 4x100: 1 TVH 47.88; 2 NEB 48.05; 3 SB 48.71; 4 VPCG 49.45; 5 Card 49.56; 6 Traff 49.59. 4x400: 1 Soton 3:53.9; 2 Card 3:54.6; 3 TVH 3:55.6; 4 VPCG 3:56.0; 5 SB 4:03.3; 6 NEB 4:06.3. HJ: A: 1 K Drew (Team S) 1.70; 2 L Chamberlin (Linc W) 1.65. PV: A: 1 Z Brown (SB) 4.00; 2 B Raine (Card) 3.40; 3 S McKeever (Traff, U20) 3.40; 4 A Rees (SNH) 3.20; 5 K Montgomery (NEB, W40) 2.30. LJ: A: 1 P Agbo (TVH) 5.75/2.4; 2 N Williams (SB) 5.73/2.8. B: 1 A Barrett (TVH) 5.64/3.5. ns: 1 A Irozuru (Sale) 6.32/-1.1; 2 J Sawyers (Stoke, U20) 6.31/2.1 (6.29/0.8). TJ: A: 1 Y Aldama (SB, W35) 13.03/0.3; 2 C Matthews (NEB) 12.58/1.3; 3 A Barrett (TVH) 12.30/4.5; 4 M Robbins (Traff) 11.80/2.0; 5 I Miles (Card) 11.35/0.4. B: 1 N Williams (SB) 12.41/2.6; 2 M O’Sullivan (Card, U20) 10.98/1.9. SP: A: 1 P Agbo (TVH) 13.05; 2 L Chamberlin (Linc W) 12.11; 3 L Underdown (SB) 11.89; 4 F Jones (Soton, U20) 11.52; 5 R Hunter (Ayr S, U20) 11.23. B: 1 A Moronkeji (TVH) 11.26. DT: A: 1 S Duquemin (SB, U20) 50.97; 2 C Gair (Traff) 47.74; 3 P Dowson (B’mth, U20) 45.51; 4 N Walsh (Wig D) 42.29; 5 C Letheby (Walton, U20) 40.29; 6 S Wilson (VPCG) 36.19. B: 1 E Cank (Traff) 45.06; 2 L Underdown (SB) 44.97; 3 K Wilson (Birt) 38.90; 4 M Tuck (Dor) 37.63; 6 C Cameron (VPCG, W50) 34.43. HT: A: 1 R Gair (Traff) 61.38; 2 L James (Hast, U20) 57.05; 3 K Wilson (Birt) 51.59; 4

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R Hunter (Ayr S, U20) 51.15; 5 B Sewell (Card) 43.25; 6 C Letheby (Walton, U20) 40.12. B: 1 S Hendy (Traff) 48.54; 2 S Wilson (VPCG) 45.60; 3 B Lishman (Wig D) 42.49; 4 A Stephenson (TVH, U20) 34.34. JT: A: 1 H Thomas (Leigh) 46.78; 2 F Jones (Soton, U20) 45.30; 3 A Rennie (Ayr S, U20) 37.60. B: 1 P Murray (VPCG) 37.01; 2 P Barker (Soton, U20) 36.15; 3 C Letheby (Walton, U20) 32.59; 4 J Harding (Traff, W45) 25.23

NORTHERN 10,000m CHAMPIONSHIPS, WiganMen: 10,000: 1 A Jones (Salf) 30:10.36; 2 B Fish (B’burn) 30:40.91; 3 T Cornthwaite (B’burn) 31:12.78; 4 D Bradford (Sale) 31:15.73; 5 J Douglas (Bord) 31:19.09; 6 M Crawley (Dur) 31:26.50; 7 A Russell (Ken) 31:48.24; 8 R Burney (Liv H, M35) 31:52.37; 9 M Shaw (Salf) 32:19.10; 10 K Billington (B’burn) 33:01.26; 11 M Dawson (Morp) 33:22.17; 12 L Foster (Leeds C) 34:50.11

BMC PB CLASSIC, Birmingham (Un)Men: 800: A: 1 S Bedford (Wells, U20) 1:52.03; 2 K Roberts (Carm, U17) 1:53.34; 3 H Fleming (Walton, U20) 1:53.76; 4 P Taylor (VoA, U17) 1:54.07; 5 R Granville (Carm, U17) 1:54.72; 6 W Durkin (Phoe, U20) 1:55.63. B: 1 J Preece (Card, U17) 1:55.99; 2 C Von Eitzen (VoA, U17) 1:56.48; 3 N Morris (Card, U20) 1:56.49; 4 C Perrin (C&S, U20) 1:57.01; 5 J Tobin (Swan, U17) 1:57.46. C: 1 L Jones (Tam, U17) 1:57.17; 2 J Barnes (Cov, U17) 1:58.02; 3 A Keat (Bolt, U17) 1:59.10; 4 J Hatton (Leic C, U17) 1:59.83; 5 J Dee (SB, U15) 2:02.10. E: 2 O Cantrill (C&C, U15) 2:09.52. F: 9 A Banks (Charn, U13) 2:21.02. G: 1 J Vincent (Card, U13) 2:22.37; 2 H Davis (Stroud, U13) 2:24.50. 1500: A: 1 M Edwards (Card, U20) 4:00.74; 2 M Ward (Card, U20) 4:01.01. B: 1 N Neary (Carm, U15) 4:16.85; 3 T Dodd (Bir, U15) 4:23.02; 4 B Dijkstra (Leic C, U15) 4:24.19. C: 1 J Heyward (Card, U15) 4:22.39; 2 I Akers (Corby, U15) 4:28.07; 3 C Smith (Leic C, U15) 4:28.87; 4 R Huckle (C&C, U15) 4:28.87; 5 A Rees (Swan, U15) 4:28.92. D: 3 I Suleman (M’bro, U13) 4:58.66. 3000: A: 1 K Wood (C&C, U17) 8:56.13; 4 T Heylen (C&C, U15) 9:38.24Women: 800: A: 1 F Price (Brec, U20) 2:09.35; 2 M Smith (Leic C, U17) 2:10.06; 3 H Parker (C&C, U17) 2:13.64; 4 M Rezougui (Cwmb, U17) 2:17.25; 5 A Mundell (Salis, U17) 2:17.46; 6 O Gwynn (Swan, U17) 2:18.15. B: 1 F Ashworth (Kett, U17) 2:17.72; 2 L Parker (C&C, U15) 2:18.50. C: 5 A Cunningham (Sale, U13) 2:25.29. 1500: A: 1 R Price (Brec, U20) 4:31.73; 2 A Griffiths (Leic C, U17) 4:40.26; 3 L Jones (Charn, U15) 4:41.99; 4 S Livett (Menai, U20) 4:44.65; 5 E Sales (Leic C, U20) 4:46.20; 6 C Thomas (Linc W, U17) 4:46.29; 7 C Murphy (C&C, U15) 4:46.62; 8 K Seary (Card, U17) 4:52.12. B: 1 K Whiteoak (Stock H, U15) 4:55.63; 2 E Twite (Sale, U13) 4:58.49; 3 C Roper (Leic C, U15) 4:59.29; 7 L Murphy (C&C, U13) 5:01.00. C: 1 J Kiffin (Charn, U13) 5:12.81; 2 F Brint (Sale, U13) 5:13.39. 3000: A: 1 H Alderson (Yate) 9:51.76; 2 E O’Brien (IRL) 10:00.34; 3 J Emery (Cov) 10:06.16; 4 R Hiles (G&G) 10:26.47; 5 M Davison (WSEH, U17) 10:42.43

NORTH OF ENGLAND LEAGUE4DIVISION 4E, HexhamMen: 5000: A: 1 A Wiles (New M) 15:22.0. TJ: A: 3 D Dixon (Tyne, M50) 11.92. SP: A: 1 D Dowson (M&C) 14.46Women: LJ: A: 3 S White (Tyne, W50)

3.93; 5 J Archibold (Heat, W50) 3.77. TJ: A: 3 S White (Tyne, W50) 8.35. SP: A: 1 K Bulmer (J&H) 11.19; 2 K Enderwick (M&C, U17) 10.20

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CUP FINAL, ChelmsfordU16 men: HJ: 1 D Stratton (Esx, U17) 1.81; 1 J Masterson (Kent, U17) 1.81. PV: 1 J Longhurst (Esx, U15) 3.60; 1 J Nutman (Esx, U17) 3.60. TJ: 1 S Amokwandoh (Sy, U17) 14.01; 2 C Carter-Vickers (Esx, U15) 13.37. SP: 1 N Best (Sy, U15) 13.90; 2 C Carter-Vickers (Esx, U15) 13.37; 3 H King (Esx, U15) 12.15. DT: 3 J Thwaites (Esx, U15) 33.19. HT: 1 J Thwaites (Esx) 57.76U14: 1500: A: 1 T Kendrick (Kent, U13) 4:29.3. PV: 1 H Smith (Esx, U15) 2.70. SP: 8 S Owen (Esx, U13) 9.75U16 women: 100: A: 1 S Fajemisin (Oxf, U15) 12.6. 200: B: 1 A Barrett (Derb, U15) 25.8. 800: A: 1 N Sinha (Lon, U17) 2:19.3; 2 A Cooper (Som, U17) 2:19.7; 3 C Dailly (Esx, U17) 2:21.0. B: 1 V Hiscock (Esx, U15) 2:21.2. 1500: A: 1 H Brown (Som, U17) 4:47.8. LJ: 1 S Fajemisin (Oxf, U15) 5.29. TJ: 1 G Duke (Esx, U17) 10.43. DT: 1 Y Sofolarin (Lon, U17) 37.48U14: 1500: A: 1 S Sinha (Kent, U15) 4:41.5. DT: 1 A Dekker (Hant, U15) 26.40

SCOTTISH ATHLETICS HAMMER GRAND PRIX & KUGELFEST, LivingstonMen: HT: 1 D Little (Glasgow) 47.77U20: HT: 1 N Miller (Bord) 73.76; 2 D McGuigan (SB) 64.77; 3 C Stoney (Law) 44.88U18: HT: 1 C Wright (Falk, U17) 56.31; 2 B Main (Shett, U17) 54.44. HT: 4 R Burns (Central, U15) 37.93; 5 J Mitchell (Moray, U15) 36.45U14: SP: 2 A Peck (Ayr S, U13) 10.20U20 women: SP: 1 K Yates (VPCG) 14.96. HT: 1 J Plain (Falk) 47.19; 2 L Mcalpine (Pit) 37.59; 3 K Yates (Victoria Park CoG) 36.74U18: HT: 1 K Reed (Edin, U20) 53.36; 2 E Bowie (Moray, U17) 47.93; 3 C Nethery (Pit, U17) 36.05; 4 M Shepherd (Kilb, U17) 32.68U16: SP: 1 A Horne (I’ness, U15) 10.44. HT: 1 N Robbins (Edin, U15) 41.84; 2 V Cleer (Kilb, U15) 40.44; 4 K Cowe (Law, U15) 36.34; 6 S Lewis (North Ayrshire, U15) 28.56; 7 H Fawcett (Kilb, U13) 26.66; 9 K Cleer (Kilb, U13) 21.45

SOUTHERN MEN’S LEAGUE DIVISION 1, Carshalton (Match 1)Men: 100: A: 1 Z Plummer (Herne H, U17) 10.7. B: 1 M Popoola (Herne H, U17) 10.9. ns1: 1 N Ossai (SB, M35) 10.7. 200: ns: 1 N Ossai (SB, M35) 21.9

Carshalton (Match 2)Men: 100: A: 1 J Chimkah (S Lon, U20) 11.0; 2 R Agyapong (HW) 11.0. 5000: A: 1 A Robinson (HW) 15:24.4. 110H: A: 1 S Agbaje (S Lon) 16.0. 3000SC: A: 3 A Tindall (S Lon, M50) 11:11.3. SP: A: 1 E Ntim-Dwemoh (Kent) 13.30. B: 1 G Holder (Bexley, M40) 11.25. DT: A: 1 G Holder (Bexley, M40) 39.76. B: 1 C Stanton (Bexley) 3162.00. HT: A: 1 G Holder (Bexley, M40) 55.59

DIVISION 2N, Mile EndMen: 100: ns2: 3 B Sandiford (VP&TH, U15) 12.0. ns3: 1 A Essex (Lon Hth, M60) 11.6. 400: ns: 2 I Licietis (Mil K, M55) 59.5. 5000: A: 1 R Hope (VP&TH, M40) 16:17.5; 2 S Murtagh (Harlow, M45) 16:40.6. PV: B: 3 C Baldwin (Mil K, M55) 2.60. SP: B: 1 D Bauer (Harlow, M45) 10.79. DT: B: 1 D Bauer (Harlow, M45) 36.15. HT: A: 1 M Roberson (Mil K, M35) 45.94; 3 D Bauer (Harlow, M45) 34.04

DIVISION 2S, HastingsMen: 100: B: 2 R Buckingham (Worth, M45) 12.5; 3 J Smith (Tun W, M65) 12.5. 200: B: 3 B Matthews (Worth, M55) 27.6. 400: ns: 1 A Gorton (Horsh BS, U15) 53.6. 800: A: 3 A Haines (Craw, M45) 2:03.2. PV: ns: 1 B Slaughter (E’bne, M50) 2.80. LJ: B: 2 J Smith (Tun W, M65) 4.93. DT: B: 2 R Buckingham (Worth, M45) 30.06. HT: A: 1 S Evans (Worth) 48.16. B: 1 R Duke (Worth, U20) 45.43. JT: B: 2 B Matthews (Worth, M55) 29.17

LILY B GIRLS’ LEAGUE MATCH 1, CroydonU17 women: 80H: A: 1 S Irving (Croy) 11.7. 4x100: 1 Croy 50.2. HT: A: 1 A Mido (Croy) 32.22U15: 100: A: 1 A Clarke (Croy) 12.9. 75H: A: 1 S Elliss (Reig) 11.9; 2 T Campbell (Croy) 12.1U13: 100: A: 1 D Marshall-Brown (Herne H) 13.4. 1500: A: 1 T Horton (AFD) 5:14.7. 70H: A: 1 C Gordon (Croy) 12.2; 2 C Lord (HW) 12.3. 4x100: 1 Croy 57.6. SP: A: 1 D Marshall-Brown (Herne H) 10.00

ENGLISHOOLS AA INTER COUNTIES DEVELOPMENTAL RACE WALK, Milton KeynesU13 boys: 2000W: 1 J Leversidge (South Yorkshire) 10:48.6; 2 C Snook (Surrey) 12:26.4; 3 S Redfern (Derbyshire) 12:35.3; 4 F Walsh (Bedfordshire) 12:59.0U20 women: 3000W: 1 J Nicholls (Leicester & Rutland) 16:14.6U13: 2000W: 1 A Garcia (South Yorkshire) 10:51.4; 2 K Lane (West Midlands, U11) 12:35.1

JUNE 28CARMARTHEN THROWS, CarmarthenU20 men: SP: 1 M Field (Card) 15.95. DT: 1 M Field (Card) 42.43. JT: 1 B Cole (Card) 51.64U17: SP: 1 K Evans (Carm) 12.27U15: SP: 1 J Evans (P’broke) 12.44. DT: 1 J Evans (P’broke) 34.77. JT: 1 R Dangerfield (B&V) 45.97U13: SP: 1 B Evans (P’broke) 8.89Women: SP: 1 S Benson (Bing) 12.69U20: JT: 1 A Tidball (B’end) 37.06U17: SP: 1 A Rosser (Carm) 11.49. DT: 1 A Rosser (Carm) 38.03. JT: 1 N Davenport (B’end) 33.56U13: JT: 1 E Woodhead (Carm) 24.17

INTERTRUST SENIOR GRAND PRIX, St Peter PortMen: 400: 1 D Garland (Guern) 49.38Mixed events: 1500: 2 S Mercier (Guern, W) 4:38.22; 3 L Perrio (Guern, W) 4:39.29; 4 N Whitty (Guern, W) 4:40.05; 5 K Rowe (Guern, U15W) 4:40.17; 7 E Leask (Guern, U20W) 4:49.28U17: HJ: 1 A Batiste (Guern, U15) 1.70U13 girls: HJ: 1 R Toll (Guern) 1.40

JUNE 27WATFORD GRADED OPENEMELIA GORECKA showed good speed prior to the World Junior Championships when she set a PB 1500m of 4:14.22 to go top of the UK under-20 rankings.

At the other end of the age scale, Clare Elms went to No.1 on the W45 rankings with 4:35.69.Mixed events: 100: r2 (0.3): 5 M Maisey (Herts P, M60) 13.82. r3 (0.9): 3 P Canning (Mil K, M45) 12.51; 5 G Reddington (WSEH, M45) 12.63. r6 (0.9): 1 Z Topping (NZ) 10.92; 2 C Archer (St Alb, U20) 11.00; 6 J Parry (Unatt, U15) 11.60. 1500: r3: 5 T De

Klerk (WSEH, U13W) 5:14.03. r4: 8 T Horton (AFD, U13W) 5:08.49; 14 S Morton (Chilt, U13W) 5:11.26; 16 O Fawcett (Chilt, U13W) 5:14.38. r5: 5 C Marshall (ESM, U15W) 4:58.49; 6 I Hoy (Orion, U13W) 5:01.15; 12 C Sharp (Dartf, U13W) 5:07.13; 15 E Cockle (WSEH, U13W) 5:14.92. r6: 2 P Kennedy (WSEH, M60) 4:57.63; 4 P Tilney (AFD, U15W) 4:58.39; 5 P Cousins (Woking, M55) 4:59.30. r7: 3 H Thear (Chilt, U15W) 4:53.38; 4 L Langford (SB, U15W) 4:55.24; 7 H Novakovic (WSEH, U15W) 4:56.51; 11 J Killip (WSEH, U13) 4:59.56. r8: 1 A Baxter (Ips, U13) 4:39.70; 3 J Harper (SB, U13) 4:45.89; 13 N Gammon (Owensool, U13) 4:57.71; 14 H Morton (Chilt, U15W) 4:58.87. r9: 4 M Wood (AFD, U20W) 4:44.59; 5 S Chapman (WSEH, U15W) 4:44.74; 7 A Collins (Lewes, U20W) 4:47.93; 8 S Davies (WSEH, U15W) 4:48.51; 10 L Parker (C&C, U15W) 4:50.11; 14 M O’Neill (WSEH, U13) 4:53.93. r10: 1 E Hosker Thornhill (Unatt, W) 4:37.07; 2 R Robinson (AFD, W) 4:38.26; 3 J Savill (WSEH, U17W) 4:38.85; 4 J Douglas (Lough S, W) 4:39.29; 5 K Jacobs (Swin, W35) 4:39.38; 6 C Lewis (Chilt, U17W) 4:39.76; 9 M Webb (Bas, U13) 4:41.69; 10 R Hall (Corby AC, W) 4:42.71; 12 H Archer (W Suff, U20W) 4:45.09; 13 G Withers (Bas, U13) 4:46.31; 15 M Riglin (WSEH, U20W) 4:46.78; 16 A Barbour (WSEH, U15W) 4:50.97. r11: 4 R Walcott-Nolan (Luton, U20W) 4:35.07; 6 C Elms (Camb H, W45) 4:35.69; 10 G Groom (Barn, U13) 4:38.19; 11 K Johansen (Chelm, U20W) 4:38.24; 12 K Dodd (Bas, U17W) 4:40.26. r12: 1 A Rayner (E&H, U15) 4:29.36; 5 E Danby (Grant) (Hill, W) 4:33.27; 8 C Boosey (VoA, W) 4:36.80; 10 R Killip (WSEH, U17W) 4:38.75; 14 H Parker (C&C, U17W) 4:40.68. r13: 3 J Boswell (AFD, U15) 4:26.65; 7 E Wicks (AFD, W) 4:29.17; 8 O Cantwell (Bas, U15) 4:29.28; 12 K Eravisto (WSEH, W) 4:32.39. r14: 1 C Soloman (WG&EL, U15) 4:17.58; 2 L Ball (Linc W, M45) 4:18.19; 6 P Aukett (SB, W) 4:21.50; 7 R McCawley (C’ley, U15) 4:21.78; 10 A Rolt (VoA, M45) 4:22.59. r15: 1 J Rowe (C&T, U17) 4:11.10; 3 E Gorecka (AFD, U20W) 4:14.22; 12 L Willmore (S’end, U15) 4:20.62. r16: 2 B Rochford (Wat, U17) 4:10.68; 4 C Laleye (Herts P, U17) 4:11.57; 14 C Tarplee (S&SH, W) 4:19.09. r17: 1 A Revell (Ips, U20) 4:04.61; 2 C De’Ath (Ton, U17) 4:04.99; 5 C Critchley

(WSEH, U17) 4:07.02; 6 R Tennant (Ips, U17) 4:08.25; 9 J Finnigan (WSEH, U17) 4:09.89; 12 M Pearce (SB, U17) 4:10.87; 14 J Brennan (SB, U17) 4:11.47. r18: 2 R Harvie (WSEH, U20) 4:01.31; 3 R Mudd (SB, U17) 4:01.47; 5 J McCarthy (Chilt, U17) 4:02.74; 6 B Priddle (Read, U17) 4:02.87; 9 J West (Ton, U17) 4:03.65; 10 M Seddon (Brack, U17) 4:04.15. r19: 1 K Reilly (Inv EK, U20) 3:53.30; 2 B Goater (WSEH, U20) 3:53.71; 3 R Axe (Cardiff) 3:54.18; 4 O Aitchison (AFD) 3:54.42; 5 M Axe (Wyc P, U17) 3:55.36; 6 D Cummins (IRL) 3:55.47; 7 F Downs (Chilt) 3:56.21; 8 H Pearce (Ton, U20) 3:56.78; 9 J Williams (Read, U20) 3:59.47; 10 P Crout (SB, U20) 3:59.73; 14 J Singh (WSEH, U17) 4:04.98. 3000: r1: 1 A Turnbull (Bed C, M45) 9:32.86; 2 L Partridge (AFD, W) 9:36.18; 3 K Shiel-Rankin (AFD, U15W) 9:36.72; 4 K Addy (Lough S, W) 9:38.21; 5 L Paulley (VoA, U15) 9:41.91; 6 A Rippin (Mil K, U15) 9:48.41; 7 J Andrews (AFD, W) 9:49.20; 10 C Arnold (AFD, W) 9:59.75; 14 C Peppiatt (Benf, W) 10:11.07; 15 E Roche (Mil K, U20W) 10:12.66; 16 S Foreman (Ton, U17W) 10:21.76. r2: 1 T Carroll (Norw) 8:27.64; 2 B Jones (Cov) 8:32.88; 3 J McDonnell (Luton) 8:33.22; 4 T Frith (S’end) 8:36.14; 5 J Prickett (AFD) 8:36.60; 6 C Lambert (Mil K) 8:37.86; 7 A Hulin (AFD, U20) 8:39.01; 8 R Allen (AFD, U17) 8:39.23; 9 R Skelton (Hast, U20) 8:39.97; 10 J Parslow (D&T) 8:40.16; 11 M Burton (Bed C) 8:40.81; 12 S Naylor (Bed C) 8:40.83; 13 J Entwistle (Norw) 8:41.15; 14 B Pochee (High, M40) 8:42.06; 15 T Cox (Ton, U20) 8:42.13; 16 A Muir (Newb) 8:42.32; 17 T Smith (AFD, U20) 8:43.38; 18 H Curling (AFD, U20) 8:46.64; 19 B Westhenry (Wey SP, U20) 8:46.82; 26 K Wye (WSEH, U17) 9:15.61. LJ: 4 G Reddington (WSEH, M45) 5.08; 9 D Wardle (VAC, M65) 4.49U15 boys: JT: 1 J Pownall (Mil K) 55.73U13 girls: JT: 1 A Levy (SNH) 30.94

TNT INVITATIONAL THROWS, InvernessU16 women: SP: 1 A Horne (I’ness, U15) 10.29. DT: 1 D Milne (Moray, U15) 36.03U14: SP: 1 K Scott (Nairn, U13) 8.67

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STAFFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS U13/U14 CHAMPIONSHIPS, TamworthU14 boys: 800: 1 J Fradley 2:05.5; 2 T Randolph 2:05.6U13: 800: 1 J Simpson 2:21.3. 1500: 1 C Maddock 4:52.5. 75H: 1 K Woodall 13.7; 2 E Knott 13.8; 3 I Hussain 14.0. Ht2: 1 K Woodall 13.8. LJ: 1 C Steven 4.75. SP: 1 O Price 9.48; 2 T Furnival 9.15U14 girls: 1500: 1 G Rafferty (U15) 4:58.5U13: 200: 1 I Neville 28.5. Ht1: 1 I Neville 27.9. 70H: Ht3: 1 L Wytcherley 12.4. JT: 1 B Rees 35.68; 2 D Paskin 24.04

NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGLES OUTDOOR OPEN SERIES, NewhamMixed events: 100: r1 (-0.5): 1 M Douglas (B&B, W) 11.63; 2 T Nubi (E&H, W) 12.07. r2 (-0.5): 1 M Devonish (GB, M35) 10.52; 2 D Walker-Khan (Bir) 10.59; 3 M Findlay (NEB) 10.63; 4 R Graham (Herne H) 10.68; 5 S Burns (Unatt) 10.80; 6 N Stone (PNG) 10.91. r6 (-1.0): 3 D Akinyemi (E&H, U15) 11.96; 5 L Campbell (E Grin, M45) 12.23. r8 (-1.5): 1 M Douglas (B&B, W) 11.76; 2 T Nubi (E&H, W) 12.24. 200: r2 (-1.4): 1 D Walker-Khan (Bir) 21.29; 2 N Stone (PNG) 21.56; 3 A Infantino (SB) 21.82; 4 R Strachan (Traff) 21.89. r3 (-1.0): 1 S Burns (Unatt) 21.99. r4 (-0.6): 6 L Campbell (E Grin, M45) 24.86. 400: r1: 1 B Burua (PNG, W) 55.58; 2 D Alakija (WG&EL, U17W) 57.27. r2: 1 R Strachan (Traff) 46.08; 2 M Boino (PNG) 48.04. r3: 7 B Clay (Inv EK, U17W) 59.19. r4: 2 D Lucas (Camb H, M60) 60.62. 800: r1: 5 B Clay (Inv EK, U17W) 2:08.94

TEAM BATH OPEN, BathMen: 400: 1 J Eades (Marl J, U20) 50.0. 3000: 2 W Stockley (Wilt, U15) 9:52.7; 3 B Gardner (Swin, M55) 10:03.1. HJ: 1 M Bernard (Wake) 2.20; 2 M Brown (Cov) 2.00. PV: 1 C Walker-Shepherd (Bir) 4.80; 2 T Hillier (B&W) 4.40; 4

M Davies (Newp, M55) 3.02. SP: 1 G Winter (Glouc) 15.44. HT: 1 M Spicer (B&W, M40) 47.11U17: HT: 1 J Palmer (Card) 60.96; 2 M Holmes (Card) 48.46U15: 100: 1 W Kennedy (Bath) 11.9. 200: 1 W Kennedy (Bath) 23.8. 800: 2 R Howorth (Bath, U13) 2:15.5; 4 J Howorth (Bath, U13) 2:19.8U13: PV: 1 K Cameron (B&W) 2.52. LJ: 1 J Burkey (Bath) 4.78Women: 3000: 4 J Thompson (Bath, W50) 10:40.2; 5 J Carter (Bath, W35) 10:47.2. HJ: 1 H Pitman (B&W) 1.65. HT: 1 C Parry (Rhon) 62.89; 2 B Sewell (Card) 43.05U20: PV: 1 G Pearce (Bath) 3.12U17: SP: 1 E Hutchinson (Bath) 10.19U15: HT: 1 E Webb (Bath) 43.47; 2 E Pearce (Rhon) 41.03; 3 H Powell (Neath) 35.59U13: HJ: 1 P Clifford-Jones (Oxf) 1.48

JUNE 26TRAFFORD GRAND PRIXStretfordU15 mixed events: 1500: r1: 1 J Taylor (Wirral) 4:12.31; 2 B Yates (Pres) 4:21.30; 3 F Kisela (Pres) 4:21.64; 4 C Durney (Pres) 4:22.70; 5 R Babcock (Traff) 4:24.08; 6 J Shields (Sheff) 4:27.51; 8 A Hinchly (Vale R, U15W) 4:37.46; 10 C Hughes (Menai, U15W) 4:46.71Mixed events: 800: r1: 2 H Baxter (Linc W, U20) 1:57.34. r2: 1 E Stones (Scun, U17) 1:59.49. r4: 5 S Eviston (IRL, W) 2:04.54. r5: 1 M Thompson (Liv PS, M40) 2:04.81. r6: 4 J Fairchild (Traff, W) 2:12.80; 5 P Hallas (Wake, M50) 2:13.37; 6 N Shaw (Der, W) 2:13.59. r7: 3 L Lennon (NEB, W) 2:13.74; 5 V O’Donnell (Traff, W) 2:14.54. r8: 3 S Brace (Stoke, W) 2:15.41; 4 S Johnson (Roth, W) 2:15.98; 5 R Scott (Pres, U17W) 2:16.34; 6 R Middleton (Roth, W) 2:17.89; 7 G Keir (Leeds C,

U17W) 2:18.13. r9: 2 S Woollin (Wake, U17W) 2:18.78; 3 G Maddox (Pres, U17W) 2:19.19; 4 M Ashelby (Stock H, U17W) 2:19.26; 5 L Glencross (Carl, U17W) 2:19.33. r10: 4 J Kind (SHS, W40) 2:31.31; 7 K Winrow (Kend, W50) 2:49.54. 1500: r1: 3 H Dunderdale (Linc W, U17) 4:03.33; 4 J Roberts (Wrex, U20) 4:03.82; 8 R Blackwell (Liv PS, U17) 4:07.72. r2: 12 C Jarvis (Stock H, U17W) 4:29.19. r3: 1 P Hall (B’burn, M50) 4:25.01; 3 H Tarver (Wirral, U20W) 4:27.95; 4 J Lonsdale (KuH, U20W) 4:28.90; 5 J Watson (P&B, M50) 4:30.64; 6 S Roe (Pres, W) 4:31.48. r4: 1 S Mccarthy (IRL, W) 4:37.35; 2 E Peters (Stock H, U20W) 4:41.20; 3 N Hatswell (Roth, U20W) 4:44.27; 4 E Beedham (Sale, W) 4:44.86; 5 K Buckley (Bury, U17W) 4:48.08. 3000: r1: 1 J Townsend (Leeds C) 8:28.99; 2 A Holliday (Tip) 8:31.05; 3 T Jervis (Warr, U20) 8:33.72; 4 B Riddell (Salf) 8:34.41; 5 J Douglas (Bord) 8:35.30; 6 C Perrin (C&S, U20) 8:35.61; 7 J Vernon-Mcguigan (Liv PS, U20) 8:38.39; 8 A Peers (Liv H) 8:43.23; 9 R Park (B&W, U20) 8:45.39; 13 M Sheen (Vale R, U17) 9:05.77. r2: 5 S Kemshall (Scun, W) 9:41.49; 6 H Singleton (Wake, W) 9:54.83; 11 S Burns (Roth, W) 10:11.28; 12 S Whiteside (Liv H, W) 10:11.32; 13 E Birchall (Leeds C, W) 10:11.98; 14 A Grady (Roth, W) 10:12.62; 15 S Livett (Menai, U20W) 10:15.47; 17 A Wood (Ribb V, U17W) 10:21.07; 18 J Parsons (Vale R, U17W) 10:25.57; 19 G Leck (Leigh, U20W) 10:27.78; 22 A Pettitt (Vale R, U20W) 10:35.55Men: HT: 1 M Bomba (Liv H) 63.62U20: DT: 1 N Holt (Sheff) 39.92. HT: 1 O Jones (Liv H) 61.88U17: SP: 1 J Sheldon (Sale) 12.10. DT: 1 J Sheldon (Sale) 38.15. HT: 1 J Booth (Sale) 42.39; 2 S Livett (Menai) 40.89M45: SP: 1 A Hough (N Vets) 10.56M50: DT: 1 A Nagy (Roth) 35.71M70: DT: 1 J Watts (N Vets) 37.77Women: DT: 1 E Cank (Traff) 39.90U20: HT: 1 H Farrell (Bord) 41.86

BMC GOLD STANDARD RACES, StretfordMen: 800: A: 1 M Salter (Leeds C) 1:51.00; 2 M Jackson (Liv H) 1:51.61; 3 S Bennett (Prest) 1:51.84; 4 L Betts (Chor AC, U20) 1:51.92; 5 B Ryan (NEB) 1:52.17; 6 M Shirling (Liv H, U17) 1:52.76; 7 K Moriarty (IRL) 1:53.15; 8 W Frey (Bir) 1:53.80. B: 1 T Carter (Vale R) 1:53.14; 2 M Patterson (N Down) 1:53.47; 3 R Weir (Der) 1:53.48; 4 R Fairclough (Nthn (IOM)) 1:53.71; 5 M Fallaize (VoA) 1:53.77; 6 T Straw (Linc W) 1:54.10; 7 J Robertson (Scar, U20) 1:54.50; 8 J Crabtree (Traff, U17) 1:54.58. C: 1 B Martin (Traff) 1:52.52; 2 D Horniman (Traff) 1:52.99; 4 O James (Sun, U20) 1:56.06; 5 T Guy (Stoke, U20) 1:56.63. 1500: A: 1 T Lancashire (Bolt) 3:40.14; 2 D Garbutt (Dur) 3:47.37; 3 A Cornwell (WG&EL) 3:47.51; 4 C Hulson (Sale, U20) 3:49.64; 5 D Devine (Liv H) 3:50.02; 6 A Wiles (New M) 3:50.64; 7 J Lamswood (KuH, U20) 3:51.19; 8 C Boyek (Shild, U20) 3:51.99; 9 S Cameron (Stock H) 3:52.75; 10 R Moore (Sale, U20) 3:54.47; 11 K Billington (B’burn) 3:56.22; 12 J Wildrianne (Team Derby Runner) 3:57.19. B: 1 S King (Mans) 3:52.59; 2 K Bell (Bord H) 3:54.69; 3 J Townsend (Leeds C) 3:55.17; 4 J Riley (Liv H) 3:55.36; 5 M Hartley (Staffs M) 3:55.61; 6 G Cunliffe (Ross) 3:55.98; 7 A Scott (Notts) 3:55.99; 8 K Leehers (Unatt) 3:56.30; 9 B Houghton (Donc, U20) 3:56.63; 10 L Johnson (Warr) 3:58.28; 11 J Nixon (Stock H, U20) 4:00.26; 12 J Bleakley (Traff, M35) 4:01.54; 14 J

Coleman (Prest, U17) 4:04.26; 16 P Dever (Prest, U17) 4:07.09

BMC REGIONAL RACES, ExeterMen: 1500: A: 1 T Marshall (Card) 3:47.02; 2 J Morgan (Newp) 3:53.12; 3 S Petty (N Dev) 3:53.76; 4 A Phelps (Stroud, U20) 3:54.84; 5 B Halliwell (Yate, U20) 3:55.65; 6 G Smith (Swan) 3:56.28; 7 H Martin (B&W, U20) 3:56.98; 8 J Trigwell (Exe, U20) 3:57.40; 9 A Speake (B&W, U20) 3:59.21. B: 1 S Bedford (Wells, U20) 3:59.67; 2 J Tobin (Swan, U17) 4:00.33; 5 R Preece (Taun, U20) 4:03.15; 6 R Harrison (Yeov O, U20) 4:03.28. C: 1 J Hopkins (Swan, U17) 4:05.76. D: 9 J Palmer (Exm H, M40) 4:24.07. E: 5 T Symons (Tav, M50) 4:41.67; 9 I Snow (Torr, M60) 5:04.65Women: 1500: A: 1 O Sadler (B&W, U20) 4:23.38; 2 R Chamberlain (Exe, U20) 4:32.11; 3 B Strange (Card) 4:32.49; 4 C Cayton-Smith (N&P, U17) 4:33.53; 5 K Humphreys (Exe) 4:33.91; 6 V Ockenden (Poole R) 4:35.45; 7 M Long (B&W, U17) 4:37.11; 8 M Sadler (B&W, U17) 4:37.48; 9 E Weeks (Exe) 4:39.71; 10 O Gwynn (Swan, U17) 4:41.60; 11 L Philippart (Swan, U17) 4:42.38. B: 1 E Stepto (Corn, W40) 4:33.55; 2 L Campbell (N Dev, U20) 4:44.78; 3 R Langbein (Taun, U20) 4:47.37; 4 E Smith (Yeov O, U17) 4:47.90; 5 P Tank (Ply, U15) 4:53.08. C: 5 B Bickel (Poole R, U13) 5:09.03

JUNE 23SOUTH EAST INTER COUNTY SCHOOLS’, CHAMPIONSHIPS KingstonU17 men: 100: r1 (-2.6): 1 T Ramdhan (Kent) 11.06; 2 M Mondelli (Sy) 11.10. 200 (-1.5): 1 M Richardson (Hant) 22.41. 400: 1 M Coleman (Hant) 49.87; 2 S Clarke (Sy) 50.97; 3 J Ness (Hant) 51.28; 4 C Baldwin (Suss) 51.37; 5 S Ball (Kent) 51.49. 800: 1 P Lucas (Sy) 1:59.69. 1500: 1 T Holden (Sy) 4:01.60; 2 G Duggan (Kent) 4:03.25; 3 B White (Suss) 4:04.15; 5 J West (Kent) 4:04.22; 4 D Wallis (Sy) 4:04.97; 6 T Starling (Hant) 4:11.22; 7 J McKenzie (Suss) 4:11.63. 3000: 1 J Goss (Kent) 9:07.18; 2 H Leleu (Suss) 9:16.41. 100H (1.0): 1 K Beswick (Sy) 13.25; 2 N Parker (Suss) 13.44; 3 J Masterson (Kent) 13.99; 4 J Bell (Sy) 14.02; 5 M Papanicola (Suss) 14.27; 6 S Thomas (Hant) 14.34; 7 L Jackson (Kent) 14.40. 400H: 1 J Lynch (Hant) 57.72; 2 C Harris (Kent) 58.02; 3 J Buckett (Suss) 59.49. 4x100: 1 Kent 44.11; 2 Hant 44.74; 3 Suss 46.27; 4 Sy 46.50. HJ: 1 L Church (Kent) 1.84. PV: 1 B Williams-Watson (Suss) 3.80; 2 C Maw (Hant) 3.70; 3 C Jinks (Kent) 3.50; 4 J Lane (Kent) 3.40; 5 T Farres (Hant) 3.30; 6 J Shackleton (Suss) 3.20. LJ: 1 S Adams (Hant) 6.63. TJ: 1 S Adams (Hant) 14.01; 2 S Amokwandoh (Sy) 13.83; 3 J Adomakoh (Suss) 13.27; 4 J Gwilliam (Sy) 13.09; 5 O Komolate (Kent) 13.03; 6 N Fatola (Kent) 12.89. SP: 1 D Ghosh (Sy) 14.77; 2 M Blandford (Kent) 14.73; 3 L Mascarenhas (Kent) 14.20; 4 C Sandford (Hant) 12.78. DT: 1 M Blandford (Kent) 49.07; 2 O Reid (Sy) 48.09; 3 L Mascarenhas (Kent) 47.08; 4 N Carty (Sy) 40.79; 5 A Mead-Briggs (Hant) 39.83. HT: 1 J Lasis (Suss) 59.84; 2 W Cox (Suss) 51.16; 3 L Parkes (Hant) 48.68; 4 N Healy (Kent) 43.59. JT: 1 C Vineall (Suss) 54.96U15: 100: r1 (-2.7): 1 R Miller (Sy) 11.87. r2 (-2.6): 1 O Bromby (Hant) 11.66; 2 C Lyttle (Kent) 11.77; 3 R Page (Sy) 11.85. 200 (-2.0): 1 G Makombe (Hant) 23.62; 2 D Aguma (Kent) 24.08; 3 O Richardson (Hant) 24.37. 400: 1 I Fesnoux (Sy) 53.88; 2 R King

(Sy) 54.02; 3 L Ryan (Kent) 54.30; 4 J Dalsan (Kent) 54.65. 800: 1 J Ladhams (Hant) 2:06.99; 2 J Brown (Sy) 2:08.00. 1500: 1 G Butler (Hant) 4:19.65; 2 S Ferroni (Suss) 4:22.12; 3 H Spawforth (Sy) 4:23.20; 4 C Cohen (Kent) 4:23.55; 5 R McCawley (Sy) 4:25.42; 6 D Hogan (Sy) 4:29.61; 7 J Boswell (Hant) 4:29.73. 80H (0.5): 1 B Isaac (Kent) 11.94; 2 M Gbonda (Suss) 12.07; 3 R Sakala (Sy) 12.42; 4 P Firth (Suss) 12.48; 5 F Allan (Kent) 12.52; 6 A Wall (Sy) 12.64. 4x100: 1 Hampshire 46.32; 3 Sy 47.49; 4 Hampshire B 48.52; 5 Suss 49.18. PV: 2 J West (Suss) 2.90. LJ: 1 C Dawson (Hant) 5.82; 2 A Jones (Hant) 5.79; 3 E Hutton (Sy) 5.78; 4 J Crookes (Hant) 5.73. TJ: 1 J Meerapen (Sy) 11.83; 2 E Sowole-James (Sy) 11.78. SP: 1 D Olajiga (Sy) 14.38; 2 F Boyce (Hant) 12.48. DT: 1 E Jenkinson (Hant) 38.57; 2 R Kelly (Sy) 37.78; 3 M Ritchie (Sy) 36.68; 4 T Hines (Suss) 35.44; 5 A Ahmed (Suss) 32.77; 6 C Rawlings (Sy) 32.50. HT: 1 M Ritchie (Sy) 50.85; 3 A Lynch (Suss) 44.64; 4 J Haines (Suss) 42.49; 5 A Jacques (Kent) 41.23; 6 R Kelly (Sy) 38.47; 7 L Jones (Hant) 36.81. JT: 1 M Dingle (Suss) 44.39U17 women: 100: r1 (-1.8): 1 S Hylton (Kent) 12.50. 200 (2.1): 1 D Asher-Smith (Kent) 24.80; 2 E Smith-Hahn (Sy) 25.34. 300: r1: 1 C Hylton (Kent) 39.30; 2 E Jenkinson (Hant) 40.86; 3 M Rainsborough (Sy) 40.87. 800: 1 C Plowden-Roberts (Hant) 2:18.69; 2 L Ferguson (Sy) 2:19.62. 1500: 1 B Clay (Kent) 4:28.42; 2 E Reeves (Sy) 4:54.35. 3000: 1 A Clay (Kent) 9:45.19. 80H: 1 S Irving (Sy) 11.65; 2 L Bailey (Sy) 11.92; 3 B Close (Suss) 11.99; 4 V Mould (Hant) 12.10. 300H: 1 S Richards (Sy) 44.37; 2 N Orogun (Kent) 46.84; 3 P Willis (Suss) 46.90; 4 K Bajorinaite (Suss) 47.41. 4x100: 1 Kent 48.59; 2 Sy 51.11; 3 Hampshire 51.14; 4 Suss 51.27. HJ: 1 K Garland (Suss) 1.60. PV: 1 J Brewster (Suss) 3.50; 2 A McGovern (Kent) 3.30; 3 E Gooding (Kent) 3.20; 4 A Try (Hant) 3.10; 5 D Scott (Guest) 2.90; 6 H McDonald (Suss) 2.70; 7 H Coleman (Kent) 2.70. LJ: 1 J Ware (Kent) 5.21. TJ: 1 V Mould (Hant) 11.58; 2 K Davidson (Sy) 11.38; 3 E Stenner (Sy) 11.04; 4 E Syron-Russell (Kent) 11.03; 5 B Crocker (Suss) 10.67. SP: 1 F Brown (Hant) 10.03. DT: 1 N Gregory (Kent) 33.33; 2 C Eyers (Kent) 32.89; 3 T Reid (Sy) 30.95. HT: 1 A Bartle (Sy) 33.78; 2 N Lee (Hant) 33.77. JT: 1 J Campbell (Hant) 38.19U15: 100: r1 (-3.2): 1 M Bruney (Sy) 12.65. r2 (-2.0): 1 I Lansiquot (Sy) 12.56. 200 (-2.8): 1 A Clarke (Sy) 26.06. 800: 1 M Pocock (Sy) 2:16.67; 2 E Grice (Hant) 2:19.22; 3 S Mansfield (Suss) 2:20.08; 4 S Riskey (Kent) 2:20.30; 5 P Tilney (Sy) 2:22.70. 1500: 1 S Sinha (Kent) 4:40.47; 2 N Brown (Sy) 4:45.91; 3 H Knapton (Hant) 4:49.08; 4 D D’Santos (Sy) 4:50.22; 5 J Keene (Kent) 4:55.27; 6 A Weston (Kent) 4:58.21. 75H: 1 M Cavanagh (Hant) 12.15; 2 S Elliss (Sy) 12.22; 3 T Campbell (Sy) 12.30; 4 A Beswick (Suss) 12.36; 5 E Milligan (Kent) 12.47. 4x100: 1 Sy 50.79; 2 Hampshire 51.79; 3 Kent 52.53. HJ: 1 K Barker (Hant) 1.64; 2 L Milnthorpe (Suss) 1.55. LJ: 1 R Wallwork (Kent) 5.20; 2 D Brimecome (Hant) 5.15; 3 D Adegoke (Kent) 5.09; 4 E Chalmers (Suss) 4.92. SP: 1 S Mace (Sy) 10.14; 2 K Watts (Kent) 9.95; 3 S Focacci (Suss) 9.87. DT: 1 S Mace (Sy) 37.29; 2 E Green (Hant) 36.43; 3 J Stevens (Kent) 32.13; 5 E Wilcox (Hant) 28.48. JT: 1 M Bilsland (Hant) 32.78; 2 E Green (Hant) 30.51; 3 E Fossett (Sy) 30.38

ATHLETICS WEEKLY 47

Emelia Gorecka: sets 1500m PB of 4:14.22 at Watford

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ROADJULY 2SELF TRANSCEDENCE 5km, Battersea ParkOverall: 1 J Ellis (Clap) 16:03; 2 M Shore (THH) 16:07; 3 A Lawrence (Morp) 16:14M45: S Whiting (High) 16:17. M50: M Bridgeland 17:19Women: 1 C Walsh (Met P) 18:26; 2 T Gray (Ful) 19:38W55: A Sanders Reece (Morn C) 23:54

JULY 1BODDINGTON 50km (Inc ENGLAND ULTRA CHAMPS), BoddingtonNEW ZEALANDER Paul Martelletti clocked 2:50:11, one of the fastest times ever in a 50km race.

The 2:16 marathoner, who is based in London and seeking British citizenship, maintained even pace over the flat course on rural roads and went through the marathon distance in around 2:23.

He hopes to be selected to compete in the World 50km Trophy in Italy in October.

Despite that global event taking place annually and several trail 50km races taking place in the United States, the distance is not that commonly staged on the roads.

Rankings for 50km are not very comprehensive, but it is quicker than the UK record of 2:53 and no Brit has run below three hours in more than 15 years. At least 39 quicker times are on record, mainly en route to 56km races in South Africa, and the world best is 2:43:38 according to the Association of Road Race Statisticians.

The time is worth a 2:18 marathon according to race time calculators and, although few elite attempt the distance, the paucity of quicker times is nevertheless still perhaps surprising.

Sam Amend won the marathon held in conjunction beating the fastest man by nearly four minutes.Overall: 1 P Martelletti (VP&TH) 2:50:11; 2 D Mitchinson (NEB) 3:08:32; 3 R Maddams (Kesw, M35) 3:08:45; 4 P Fernandez (Abing, M35) 3:08:48; 5 A Smalls (Col H, M40) 3:08:53; 6 M Scotney (Dumf, M35) 3:12:25; 7 O Ellis (Tip) 3:23:45; 8 J Doran (Unatt) 3:25:51; 9 R Clifton (Chard, M50) 3:45:24; 10 D Robinson (BRAT) 3:49:03M40: 2 N Slade (Wat J) 5:46:14. M45: 1 S Selby (Q’tock) 4:41:46. M50: 2 L

Wilkins 3:57:33; 3 D Michael King (SW Vets) 4:43:28. M55: 1 W D’Rozario (Sand V) 4:27:06Women: 1 K Rushton (SW Vets, W40) 4:01:13; 2 R Fullylove (Wat J, W45) 5:46:14Overall (Marathon): 1 S Amend (Belg, W) 2:44:11; 2 S Holloway (Salis) 2:48:09; 3 C Collins (B’ville) 2:52:27M40: 1 J Hayes (Bitt) 2:52:46Women: 1 Amend 2:44:11; 2 A Sadler (Tewk, W50) 3:20:00W50: 2 T Lasan (Read RR) 3:21:17Overall (1/4M): 1 R Gornall (Stroud, M45) 36:42; 2 K Paul (Taun, M45) 39:18; 3 D Aubrey 39:18Women: 1 F Maycock (Belg, W40) 39:54; 2 E Denton (Unatt, W35) 44:18

ISLE OF ARRAN HALF MARATHON, BlackwaterfootOverall: 1 N Renault (Edin) 68:49; 2 D Clarkson (Edin) 72:54; 3 C McGill (Edin, M35) 72:56; 4 T Holowka (New C) 74:40; 5 Q Lewis (Bail, M35) 74:55M40: 1 R Van Gompel (Dund H) 75:12. M45: 1 A McNeill (Long E) 77:11. M50: 1 R Rogerson (Kirk O) 81:11. M55: 1 P Thompson (Helen) 77:28Women: 1 L Clarkson (I’ness) 88:44; 2 A Mccaffery (Kirk O, W35) 94:56

JOHN O’CALLAGHAN 5, LutonDARREN DEED took this event for the twelfth consecutive year and was again well under 25 minutes, eventually stopping the watch at 24:37, nearly a minute clear of local runner Daniel Woodgate.The 34-year-old is now building up for his marathon debut in Amsterdam in October.Overall: 1 D Deed (Bed C) 24:37; 2 D Woodgate (Lut) 25:28; 3 A Inskip (Bed C) 26:52M50: D Green (Harp) 29:37Women: 1 L Peters (Stops, W35) 31:09; 2 C McMahon (Lut) 31:48W40: A Folland (Bed H) 32:32. W45: S Cartwright (Bed H) 32:56. W50: V Singleton (Bed H) 35:39. W55: N Haggart (Bed H) 36:49

TADLEY 10km, HampshireOverall: 1 T Lambert (Win) 32:34; 2 D Meacock (BMH) 34:14; 3 J Knight (Over) 34:33; 4 R Nickerson 34:48M40: J Sherman (Read RR) 35:56. M50: T Ellis (Vets) 36:05Women: 1 R Jakeman (BMH) 41:27; 2 L Wilkinson (W35) 43:02

REGENT’S PARK SUMMER 10km SERIES, LondonOverall: 1 H Torry (Serp) 33:09; 2 M Rosetti (Morn) 34:29; 3 R Dadomo 36:04Women: 1 B Borthwick 39:40; 2 A Camago 39:40; 3 J Singer (VP&TH, W35) 39:48

STONEHAVEN HALF-MARATHONOverall: 1 B Hukins 68:54; 2 R Gauld 79:01; 3 S Reeve (Moray, M40) 80:17M60: 1 S Hastie (P’head) 90:14; 2 B Adams (Metro) 89:19Women: 1 C McLeod (W45) 86:12; 2 P Morris (Metro) 91:02W50: M Hill (Kinross) 95:51

BUSHEY QUARTER-MARATHONHertfordshireOverall: 1 B Rochford (Wat) 36:42; 2 M Castleton (St Alb) 36:46; 3 M Dooley (Army, M40) 37:46M50: G Foster 40:57. M60: R Devitt (SB) 47:48TEAM: Watford HWomen: 1 J Maddocks (Bushey G) 43:44; 2 J MacLannen (D Lloyd) 45:03W55: G Hill (Wat J) 45:14TEAM: Watford H

JUNE 30SAUMAREZ PARK 5kmGuernseyOverall (all Guern): 1 M Wilesmith 17:10; 2 G Mason (U17) 17:17; 3 N Gosling 17:29U15: 1 D Ray 18:09; 2 E Mason 18:11Women: 1 K Thomson 20:32; 2 A Le Sauvage (U15) 21:42

WICK TC SUMMER SERIES 5, WickOverall (all Wick TC): 1 D Patton 31:54; 2 B Newlands 34:31; 3 S Christie (M40) 36:01Women: K Farmer 39:44

GARMOUTH 5, GarmouthOverall: 1 G Boyne (Spey) 30:29; 2 R Hardie (Moray, M40) 31:29; 3 I Kerrigan 34:43Women: 1 G Griffiths (Manx H, W45) 37:11; 2 H O’Shea 39:53

BARRATHON HALF-MARATHON, Castlebay, Isle of BarraOverall: 1 A Lacock (M40) 80:53; 2 N Macinnes (Bella R) 82:04; 3 J Low 82:21M50: C Feechan (Borderers) 85:28Women: 1 G White 92:17; 2 G Carr (Borderers, W35) 95:10; 3 K Henly (W35) 96:04

LANCASTER 5km SERIES, LancasterOverall: 1 I Quinn (Barr) 15:22; 2 D Rigby (Prest) 15:23; 3 J Reed (Alt) 15:38M45: 1 S MacDonald (Bing) 16:45. M50: 1 S McMyler (Bolt) 17:47. M55: 1 J Chaplin (B’burn) 17:48Women: 1 S Becconsall (Bing, W50) 18:40; 2 M Lowe (Horw) 18:45; 3 K Bridge (Eden, W40) 18:51W45: 1 L Goddard (L&M) 20:39. W60: 1 D Priestley (Kend) 22:01

STRATFORD SUMMER 6, Stratford-upon-AvonOverall: 1 P Andrew (Kenil) 32:21; 2 C McCarthy (Tip) 32:34; 3 P Mccorquodale (Kenil) 33:25; 4 A Siggers (Kenil) 33:34; 5 I Mansell (Centu) 34:17; 6 P Roddy (Kenil, U17) 34:24M40: 1 N Payne (GES) 35:31. M45: 1 M Carwardine (Centu) 36:12. M50: 1 H Andersen (Cov) 36:07. M55: 1 P Fellows (N’brook) 38:26. M70: 1 R Wilson (Strat) 43:14

Women: 1 E Fowler (Nun) 36:17; 2 A Deavy (N’brook, W35) 37:02; 3 M Kirkham (Cov) 37:48; 4 Z Chamdler (Strat) 39:02; 5 J Spillane (Spa) 40:35W45: 1 T Woolley (Centu) 43:36. W50: 1 J Johnson (Centu) 43:39. W55: 1 M Williams (Centu) 45:26

JUNE 29STRAWBERRY NOVICE AND JUNIOR RACES, CuparNovice (2M): 1 P Tracey 12:36; 2 N Watson (S’earn, W) 14:08U20 (2M): 1 S Sweeney (S’earn) 10:36; 2 R Brocklebank (Fife) 11:22; 3 C Morris (Fife) 11:47U20 women: 1 A Cruickshanks (Anst) 12:22; 2 M Watson (S’earn) 12:50; 3 S Sweeney S’earn) 14:33

ATKINS ON THE GREEN 3km SERIES, Glasgow GreenOverall: 1 K Brydon (Shett) 9:24; 2 B McGarrity (Shett) 9:35; 3 S Prentice (Bella H) 9:57Women: E Bourgault 12:11

ARDS HM, NewtonardsOverall: 1 C Magill (NBH) 70:39; 2 B Teer (E Down) 72:14; 3 A McCullough (Willow, M45) 72:33; 4 J McAllister (St Mal) 74:40M40: 1 S McGrory (Anna) 75:25. M50: 1 N Grier (A’ville) 81:07. M65: 1 S Hogg (Lisb) 97:51Women: 1 C Jennings (IRL) 77:13; 2 J Balmer (N Down, W35) 85:39W50: 1 G Douglas (Eden) 93:16. W65: 1 B Quinn (Ballym R) 1:55:27

BROOKS SERPENTINE LAST FRIDAY 5km, London Kensington GardensOverall: 1 J Laing (Hill, U20) 16:21; 2 E Vamben (Serp, M35) 16:31; 3 J Parker (High) 16:40M40: 1 K Lennard (S Lon) 16:47. M55: 1 D Cox (WG&EL) 17:55. M70: 1 J Batchelor (Ilf) 20:27Women: 1 R Clarke (E&E, U20) 17:48; 2 V Carter (Serp, W40) 19:03W40: 2 C Wilding (Serp) 19:57. W45: 1 L Vacher (Eton M) 19:22; 2 S Mcdonald (S Lon) 20:22; 3 P Dalton (S’oaks) 20:23. W55: 1 A Sanders-Reece (Morn) 21:02. W60: 1 R Tabor (Dulw) 22:27. W70: 1 C Morrison (Ports) 24:18. W75: 1 P Jones (Ilf) 26:25

JUNE 28SERPENTINE RUNNING CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPBattersea Park, LondonOverall (all Serp): 1 H Lobb 15:31; 2 R Philllips 15:35; 3 H Torry 15:46; 4 D Morgan 15:54Women: 1 V Crawford 18:33; 2 S Pemberton 18:57W40: G Wu 20:03. W45: L Bruno 21:15

HERTS & ESSEX MIDWEEK LEAGUEDivision One, St AlbansOverall (7M): 1 P Adams (St Alb) 38:12; 2 S Riley (St Alb) 39:04; 3 J Scott (St Alb) 39:10; 4 P Williams (Trent P) 39:42; 5 R McCormick (Barn, M45) 39:52; 6 S Murtagh (Harl, M45) 40:02; 7 P Lastras (St Alb) 40:07; 8 M Jubb (St Alb, M40) 40:15TEAM: 1 St Albans Striders 231; 2 Barnet & District 373; 3 Garden City Runners 381VET TEAM: 1 Barnet & District 66; 2 St Albans Striders 74; 3 Garden City Runners 99Women: 1 L Waterlow (St Alb) 44:24; 2 M Hall (Gard CR, W35) 44:39; 3 L Elmore (Trent P, W40) 44:47; 4 J Kent (Barn, W45) 45:38; 5 K Philp (Gard CR) 46:03; 6 N Barnard (FVS) 46:24; 7 M Cooper (Barn, W40) 46:44; 8 N Froud

(Barn, W45) 47:22TEAM: 1 St Albans Striders 130; 2 Garden City Runners 154; 3 Trent Park 184VET TEAM: 1 Trent Park 25; 2 Barnet & District 27; 3 Garden City Runners 37

KING’S BUILDING 4, EdinburghOverall: 1 V Scott 22:01; 2 C Ward (HBT, W) 24:58; 3 B Kirkwood (Lass, Mmm) 25:14Women: 1 Ward 24:58; 2 H Spenceley (C’thy, W40) 29:20Handicap: M Peebles 26:50

MOTHERWELL AAC TIME TRIAL 4, Strathclyde ParkOverall (all Moth): 1 G McArthur 25:02; 2 B McLinden (M50) 25:26; 3 M Fernandez (M40) 26:12Handicap: I Young (M50) 32:15Women: 1 J Clark (W35) 26:22; 2 A Gilchrist (W35) 27:29; 3 P Hands (W50) 29:23Handicap: A Downie (W40) 30:46

JUNE 27HERTS & ESSEX MIDWEEK LEAGUEDivision Two, StevenageOverall (10km): 1 M Leach (NHRR) 34:28; 2 N Beresford (NHRR) 34:38; 3 A Mutton (NHRR) 35:53TEAM: 1 North Herts RR 168; 2 Royston Runners 287; 3 Orion H 398VET TEAM: 1 North Herts RR 61; 2 Royston Runners 64; 3 Orion H 65Women: 1 A McKeown (NHRR, W35) 41:34; 2 S Mitcherson (NHRR) 42:02; 3 E Hutchinson (NHRR) 42:27; 4 N Pitman (NHRR, W35) 42:28; 5 P Adams (NHRR, W40) 42:51; 6 S Crocker (Royst, W40) 42:54TEAM: 1 North Herts RR 25; 2 Bishops Stortford RC 106; 3 Royston Runners 109VET TEAM: 1 North Herts RR 9; 2 Royston Runners 29; 3 Bishops Stortford RC 30

BACK IN A FLASH 5km SERIES, CoateOverall: 1 N Clinton (Swin, U17) 16:10; 2 C Reade (Swin) 16:37; 3 G O’Brien (Swin, M40) 16:48M60: 1 S Thorp (Oxf C) 19:20Women: 1 L Bellamy (Swin, U17) 18:54; 2 E Dean (W45) 21:09

NEW MARSKE SUMMER COAST ROAD 5km, RedcarOverall: 1 J Askew (Dur) 15:50; 2 J Bulman (New M) 15:51; 3 C Pasco (New M) 16:16M45: 1 M Lamb (Hart) 16:49Women: 1 A Owen (Loft) 18:31; 2 T Waller (Hart) 19:02W55: 1 P Costello (Redc) 21:41

TAIN GALA 10kmOverall: 1 G Lennox (Forres) 33:47; 2 S Mackay 35:01; 3 J Bannerman (I’ness, W) 38:47M60: I Johnstone (I’ness) 40:14Women: 1 Bannerman 38:47; 2 M Nur Lakdawala (Pit) 43:39

PROMENADE 5kmPortsmouth, HampshireSAM AMEND warmed up for the Boddington Marathon with victory in a PB 17:36, Martin Duff reports.

The 33-year-old said: “It’s only my third road 5km and something I need to improve on. It gives me great confidence to know I can go into the weekend positive after heavy training.”

She plans to run the Berlin Marathon in Septmber.

In the absence of regular winner James Baker through illness, the men’s

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race went to 47-year-old Lewis Chalk in 15:40.Overall: 1 L Chalk (Stubb G) 15:40; 2 M Gordon (Havant, U20) 16:01; 3 M Le Gassick (Stubb G) 16:07M50: 1 S McMoran (IOW) 17:30; 2 M Williams (Ports J) 17:40. M55: M Hargreaves 18:26. M60: P Young 19:11Women: 1 S Amend (Belg) 17:36; 2 E Montiel (Ports, W35) 18:22; 3 E Rogers (Win) 18:25; 4 J Harrop (Chich, W50) 18:40; 5 E Patel (Win) 19:23

NEW MARSKE SUMMER COAST ROAD 5km, RedcarOverall: 1 J Askew (Dur) 15:50; 2 J Bulman (New M) 15:51; 3 C Pasco (New M) 16:16M45: 1 M Lamb (Hart) 16:49Women: 1 A Owen (Loft) 18:31; 2 T Waller (Hart) 19:02W55: 1 P Costello (Redc) 21:41

NAILSEA FESTIVAL 10kmNorth SomersetOverall: 1 M Jacobs (B&W, M40) 35:55; 2 L Murray (Cleve) 36:58; 3 J Ridgeley (R Forever, M40) 37:12M50: 1 N Hides (Cleve) 37:20; 2 G Eagle 37:47Women: 1 A Grainger (B&W) 38:08; 2 R Edwards (Roth) 39:17; 3 E Smith (W’bury) 39:19; 4 S Voller (W’bury) 39:30W60: S Hume (W’bury) 49:18

SCOTTISH VETERAN HARRIERS’ 5km CHAMPIONSHIPS, ClydebankOverall (all SVHC): 1 R Whittington (M40) 16:48; 2 A Chalmers (M40) 16:58; 3 F Matheson (W50) 17:13; 4 L Chisholm (W35) 17:33M55: 1 A Chisholm 17:49; 2 A Law 18:19. M60: S Waugh 19:41. M65: 1 P Cartwright 19:34; 2 S McCrae 19:36. M70: W Jones 22:25. Women: 1 Matheson 17:13; 2 Chisholm 17:33; 3 J Thomson (W45) 18:07; 4 A Mason (W35) 18:15W40: 1 A Winship 19:16; 2 A Bristow 19:20; 3 C Barr 19:36. W50: 2 P McCrossan 19:19; 3 M McChord 21:04.

JUNE 26EMGP WEEDON 10kmNorthamptonshireOverall: 1 T Foulerton (Spa, M35) 34:55; 2 A Siggers (Kenil) 35:29; 3 A Miles (Sphin, M40) 35:36MEN TEAM: 1 Rugby & Northampton 2:29:11; 2 Marshall Milton Keynes: 2:30:38; 3 silson Joggers 2:33:11M40 TEAM: 1 R&N 2:09:11; 2 Silson 2:33:11; 3 Sphinx 2:43:46Women: 1 N Nealon (Hunc, W40) 38:56; 2 R Andrews (N’hant RR, U20) 40:11W40: 2 S Harrison (Leam) 40:23. W50: 1 S Tawney (Leam) 43:26

TEAM: 1Wootton RR 2:07:35; 2 Bedford H 2:12:01; 3 R&N 2:14:17W35 TEAM: 1 Bed H 2:12:01; 2 Woott RR 2:12:53; 3 Huncote H 2:15:21

GALLANACH 5km, ObanOverall: 1 T Smith (L’ber) 16:45; 2 G McGregor (Oban) 17:56; 3 A Hall (Oban, M50) 21:08Women: 1 K Forgrieve (Oban) 25:08; 2 L Soper 26:29; 3 C Jesson 29:32

BRIDGE INN (BRISTOL) 5km SERIES, BristolOverall: 1 R Peters (B&W) 14:43; 2 Z Tobias (B&W) 15:36; 3 S Francis (B&W) 16:04M45: 1 P Parry (B&W) 16:14. M50: 1 L Collins (Wells) 16:48. M55: 1 D Wintle (GWR) 17:54; 2 D Gunstone (Bath) 18:11; 3 P Mountain (B&W) 18:19; 4 D Bedwell (B&W) 18:42. M60: 1 A Daley (Glouc) 19:50Women: 1 M Kerfoot (Bitt, W40) 19:00; 2 S Everitt (B&W, W45) 19:26W45: 2 H Hinsley (Bitt) 20:03; 3 C Jolliffe (B&W) 20:17. W50: 1 T Allan (B&W) 21:28

EHH SUMMER LEAGUE (10km), ConistonOverall: 1 S Bateson (E Hull) 32:08; 2 P Taylor (Bella RR) 33:00; 3 M Hayes (E Hull, M40) 34:43M65: 1 K Horn (With) 41:29Women: 1 B Jackson (E Hull, W50) 39:52; 2 N Peters (KuH, U20) 41:05W55: 1 J Potter (Bella RR) 45:43. W60: 1 J Allison (Bella RR) 48:08

HOLME PIERREPOINT GRAND PRIX 10km, West BridgfordOverall: 1 S Newport (Barr R, M45) 33:10; 2 M Whitehouse (Notts, M35) 33:39; 3 A Peat (Long E) 33:46; 4 A Whitehead (Notts, W) 34:17; 5 M Stratford (Red) 34:25; 6 J Walker (Shelt) 34:49M50: 1 N Watkin (E Vets) 37:00. M60: 1 H Partridge (Holme P) 38:13Women: 1 Whitehead 34:17; 2 J Doyle (Charn) 35:10W50: 1 G Bythway (U/A) 44:33. W65: 1 S Poole (Holme P) 51:45; 2 F Plant (Holme P) 52:42

JUNE 24ABERDARE 5, AberdareOverall: 1 R Gardiner (A’dare, M35) 26:13; 2 M Jacklin (A’dare, M35) 28:15; 3 S Thomas (Aberdare Valley AAC, M40) 28:41Women: 1 C Phillips (Port Talbot H, W40) 30:47; 2 R Garland (Rhondda Valley Runners) 36:26

ARDEN 9, Hampton-in-ArdenOverall: 1 M Williams (Tip) 45:36; 2 R Simkiss (Kenil) 48:44; 3 P Gould

(Kenil) 49:35Women: 1 E Fowler (Nun) 55:25; 2 M Kirkham (Cov) 56:46

HUMBER BRIDGE HALF-MARATHON, HessleOverall: 1 P Bangani (Scun, M35) 73:45; 2 S Pass (Salt, M40) 75:50; 3 G Young (Army) 77:56Women: 1 T Spillings 90:43; 2 J Walker (W35) 91:00W40: 1 J Burgess (denbydale travellers) 93:49. W45: 1 C Oakshott (CoH) 91:58

LANCASTER CASTLE MARATHON,Overall: 1 M Aspinall (Tip) 2:41:19; 2 G Butler (Prest, M40) 2:44:33; 3 J Reed (Alt) 2:51:03Women: 1 L Green (Ingli, W50) 3:30:59; 2 S Ford (W35) 3:31:53

WE LOVE MANCHESTER 10km, ManchesterOverall: 1 M Abu-Rezeq (Alt) 30:35; 2 T Elly (Salf) 31:39; 3 T Mulugeta 32:13; 4 J Scott-Buccleuch (Stock H) 32:40; 5 D Simpson (Roch) 33:52; 6 P Speake (Bild, M35) 33:55; 7 P Crawford (Sale) 34:35; 8 M Fowler (Wilm, M45) 34:45; 9 G Tamirat (Belg, W) 34:49; 10 S Midwood (Vall) 34:50; 11 S Grundy (E Ches, M45) 34:52; 12 J Gavura 34:59M40: 1 S Carroll (Royt) 35:15. M50: 1 J Cook (B’burn RR) 37:29. U20: 1 T Halloway (Staffs M) 35:43Women: 1 Tamirat 34:49; 2 T Walker (Salf) 36:10; 3 G Connolly (SHS) 36:17; 4 K Longley (Liv PS, W35) 36:55; 5 L Rudd (Stock H, W35) 38:20; 6 R Burns (Liv RC) 39:06; 7 L Bestow (W Ches) 39:44; 8 S Stevens (W40) 39:51W40: 2 L Smith (Holm) 40:07. W45: 1 J Ridgard (E Ches) 43:00. W55: 1 J Needham (Roch) 42:39; 2 L Turton (Stock H) 45:38; 3 C Beattie (Steel) 46:32

TORBAY HALF-MARATHON, TorbayOverall: 1 T Shiferaw (Bir) 66:14; 2 P Emase 67:31; 3 K Stone (NEB, M35) 69:22; 4 P Burden (Run For) 74:48; 5 J Mohamed (NEB) 74:58M40: 1 D Stone (Exm H) 76:51. M45: 1 A Ryder (Erme) 78:42; 2 D Moore (DMV) 79:04; 3 N Holmes (Erme) 79:42. M50: 1 A Trigg (Erme) 81:34. M55: 1 T Hutchison (Bath) 84:43; 2 G Rhimes (Ports) 85:23. M60: 1 M Eveleigh (Teign) 87:51. M65: 1 R Rowe (Exm H) 95:10Women: 1 A Granger (B&W, W35) 81:21; 2 J Jagger (B&W) 82:31; 3 V Pincombe (W35) 83:59; 4 J Swift (Erme, W40) 84:37; 5 H Dyke (Poole R, W35) 84:58; 6 A McEwing (Erme) 85:13; 7 E Sutcliffe (Exm H) 85:50W45: 1 Y Scarrott (Harb) 91:53. W55: 1 K Cook (SWRR) 92:30; 2 S Rhimes (E’leigh) 97:45. W60: 1 C Horder (B’mth J) 94:37. W70: 1 S Lambert (Serp) 1:50:52

THAME CPM 10km, ThameOverall: 1 D Bellinger (Oxf C) 31:52; 2 J Bolton (W’stock, M35) 32:06; 3 A Burgess (Oxf C) 33:54Women: 1 S Carter (W’stock) 36:41; 2 L Napier (Oxf C) 37:41

EDDIE FAURE MEMORIAL 10km, RhuddlanOverall: 1 S Roberts (Buck, M40) 33:20; 2 D Blazier (A’gele, M40) 34:03; 3 L Crowe 34:47M45: 1 T Watson 35:43. M50: 1 T Cahill (A’gele) 37:04. M60: 1 G Nixon (P’atyn) 37:28. M75: 1 R Harrison-Jones (P’atyn) 46:50Women: 1 I Redfern (Col B, W35) 37:25;

2 T Llewelyn (Cybi, W35) 41:43W50: 1 C Willgoose (Hal) 42:21; 2 B Tiedke (P’atyn) 42:46; 3 G Waring (P’atyn) 44:28. W65: 1 C Birch (A’gele) 43:32

HAMPSTEAD 10km, HampsteadOverall: 1 R McKinlay (High) 33:28; 2 N Shasha (Orion, M35) 33:51; 3 J McKeane (VP&TH) 34:33Women: 1 A Gounelas (Eton M) 37:41; 2 S Murphy 41:04

HEATHFIELD 10km, East SussexFurther resultsMen: M55: J Lowdon (B&H) 38:10TEAM: 1 Lewes 52;2 Horsham Joggers 55; 3 Haywards Heath H 64WomenW60: K Bowler (Hails) 50:52. W65: S Garner (Seaf) 53:43TEAM: 1 Wadhurst R 21; 2 Hailsham H 23; 3 Seaford Striders 55

JUNE 19VETS AC 5 ChampionshipsBattersea Park, LondonMen: 1 T Tuohy (Dulw R, M45) 28:18; 2 M Barlow (Ton, M45) 30:09; 3 L O’Hare (Barn, M60) 31:08M75: C Collins (Vets) 42:55Women: 1 P Major (THH, W45) 33:47; 2 A Sanders-Reece (Morn, W55) 34:57W75: P Jones (Ilf) 43:03

MULTI-TERRAINJULY 1BEWL 15, WadhurstOverall: 1 D Anderson (Hast) 1:31:08; 2 P Woodward (B&W) 1:33:08; 3 M Bateman (Hill, M35) 1:33:52; 4 C Rudwick (Arena, M45) 1:36:05; 5 M Taylor (Larkf, M40) 1:36:46; 6 J Lowden (B&H, M55) 1:37:38M40: 2 N McAlpine (SDH) 1:39:05 M50: 1 G Mccann 1:44:33Women: 1 T Oldershaw (Padd W, W45) 1:40:48; 2 S Alvarez (Hail, W40) 1:48:49; 3 R Guckenheim (Horsh J) 1:50:03; 4 E Proto (Arena) 1:51:07; 5 N Groom (Larkf) 1:51:20W35: 1 A Farrall (Kent) 1:53:54. W50: 1 A Norris (Dulw) 1:52:58. W60: 1 J Davies (E&E) 2:02:27; 2 C Steward (Dulw) 2:03:38

WESTON PARK HOSPITAL CANCER CHARITY 10kmSheffieldOverall: 1 W Beauchamp (Sheff RC) 36:26; 2 M Sprot (Hallam) 36:43; 3 N Sparks (Sheff TC, M40) 36:59; 4 K Lilley (Sheff RC, M50) 37:34; 5 C Carter 39:20Women: 1 E Kitchen (Bing) 43:56; 2 E Crownshaw (Hallam, U15) 45:35; 3 A Firth (Research Supers) 46:00

HUNGERFORD HAREY 8BerkshireOverall: 1 C Paul 49:06; 2 L Tolhurst (Over) 49:26; 3 M Szczepank (Newb) 50:25 M40: W Lillis (Newb) 50:56. M60: P Crozier 59:30Women: 1 S Bush (Newb) 54:49; 2 S Enhard (Compt, W45) 55:07; 3 L Godding (W35) 57:41W55: V Collins 63:55

LEITH HILL ACTION GROUP 10kmDorking, SurreyOverall: 1 A Baker 42:12; 2 D Derbyshire 42:17; 3 R Saxby (M55) 42:28M55: 2 S Law 43:50Women: 1 C Pleasance (Ex’mth, W35) 48:49; 2 L Ionascu (DMV, W40)W55: L Schlaeppi (DMV, M55) 51:43

JUNE 30POOLE RUNNERS SUMMER SERIES 3.5Upton House Country Park, Poole, DorsetOverall: 1 P Thompson (B’mth) 18;36; 2 A Smith (Poole R) 19:06; 3 C Weekes (Purb) 19:20; 4 M Grist (Poole R, M45) 19:30; 5 R Kellaway (Poole, M45) 19:47; 6 S O’Herlihy (Poole) 20:16M50: J Aylmore (Poole R) 21:32. M55: 1 M Lascelles (M Newton) 21:27; 2 M Hirst (Poole) 21:39; 3 I Driver (Poole R) 22:00. M65: 1 I Graham (B’mth) 24:04; 2 G Scott (Poole R) 24:28. M70: J Carlisle (Poole R) 27:39Women: 1 B Griffith (Poole R) 22:11; 2 L Lascelles (M Newton, W45) 22:33; 3 J Vlaarkamp (Lytch) 22:54W50: 1 J Palmer (Poole R) 23:27; 2 H Lewis 25:40. W55: S Bardsley (Purb) 27:03. W60: 1 E Sherwood (Poole R) 27:44; 2 L Dominey (Poole R) 29:12U15Overall (0.8M approx): 1 R Cooper (Poole R) 4:37; 2 G Balfour (B’mth, U130 4;42; 3 D Wilmore (Poole R, U13) 4;45Girls: 1 F Sams (IIF, U13) 5:29; 2 S Furness (Poole R) 5:50

JUNE 29CALDERGLEN TRAIL RACES (East Kilbride) Overall (10km): 1 D. Phee (Giff N) 35:39; 2 R. Gilroy (Cambus) 37:44; 3 G Glendinning (Bella R, M40) 37:56; 4 C Thomas (Green Giff) 38:14; 5 K Haining (E Kilb, M40) 39:16Women: 1 E Mooney (Loth, W35) 40:23; 2 C Couper (Centr, W35) 41:56; 3 A Martin (E Kilb, W45) 44:28Overall (5km): G Baillie (E Kilb) 15:12; 2 R McLearie (Giff N) 15:33; 3 C Macdonald (Moth) 15:45; 4 J Clements (E Kilb) 15:53; 5 M McKenna (Cambus) 16:22M45: G Irving (Irv) 17:10. M50: B Hands (Moth) 17:48U20: K McIntyre (Cambus) 17:20Women: 1 A Murray (C’dale, W45) 19:05; 2 J Clark (Moth, W45) 19:15; 3 J Logan (Moth) 20:06W55: M McIsaac (Moth) 21:25U15 (3km): 1 L Foss (Law) 10:40; 2 D Robertson (Cambus) 11:29; 3 K Carolan (U13) 11:43U15 women: 1 H Still (Giff N, U13) 12:18; 2 H Little (VPCG, U13) 12:31; 3 E Lawton (Cald, U13) 12:37

SAUMAREZ PARK 5km SERIES, CastelOverall: 1 M Wilesmith (Guern) 17:10; 2 G Mason (Guern, U17) 17:17; 3 N Gosling 17:29Women: 1 K Thomson (Sarnia, W35) 20:32; 2 A Le Sauvage (Guern, U15) 21:42

JUNE 28GREAT CHALFIELD 10kmWiltshireOverall: 1 M Hazell (T Bath) 35:38; 2 T Guerny 38:17; 3 R Lee (Wilts Pol) 38:58M50: S Butler (Avon VR) 41:59Women: 1 F Price (Avon VR, W40) 42:04; 2 J Green (Avon VR) 44:16

NEAR AS DAMMITT 10kmCoulsdon, SurreyOverall: 1 R Evans (S Lon) 35:49; 2 N Reissland (Coll, M40) 38:24; 3 S Bates 38:57M50: 1 D Ogden (S Lon) 40:08; 2 J Foss (S Lon) 40:24. M70: D Newland (S Lon) 59:32Women: 1 B Woodland (S Lon) 41:46; 2 N Glover (S Lon) 44:25W45: T Kuhn (S Lon) 51:26

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HARROGATE LEAGUE, Nidd ValleyOverall (5M approx): 1 I Fisher (Otl, M40) 28:26; 2 M John (Otl) 28:51; 3 C Miller (Harr) 29:36; 4 B Pye (Weth, U18) 30:54; 5 R Watson (Ripon, M40) 31:23; 6 R Bewell (Weth, M45) 31:26; 7 A Ashcroft (R&Z) 31:31; 8 A Dobby (Harr, M40) 31:39; 9 D McCreadie (Ripon) 31:47; 10 L Dunne (Otl) 31:48M50: P Stockburn (Harr) 32:37Women: 1 R Bamford (Otl) 32:02; 2 S Morley (Ilkley, W35) 33:34; 3 L Mawer (Weth, W40) 33:41; 4 G Ricketts (Otl) 33:48; 5 C Lambert (Weth) 34:03; 6 J Hutcheson (Harr) 36:01W50: A Bennett (Ilkley) 37:48TEAM: 1 Otl 935.25; 2 Weth 897.96; 3 Harr 891.97; 4 Ilkey 801.52; 5 Ripon 762.54; 6 Swale 539.67; 7 T&S 464.67; 8 R&Z 389.96VETS TEAM: 1 Weth 454.05; 2 Otl 434.66; 3 Harr 427.50M50+ TEAM: Otl 359.52WomenTEAM: 1 Otl 466.29; 2 Ilkley 446.25; 3 Weth 439.94; 4 Harr 410.45; 5 Ripon 372.55; 6 Swale 290.40; 7 T&S 260.91; 8 Drag 202.97VETS TEAM: 1 Ilkley 289.14; 2 Otl 281.00; 3 Weth 270.15Final standings: Overall: 1 Otl 4639.03; 2 Harr 4499.86; 3 Weth 4396.53; 4 Ilkley 3923.04; 5 Ripon 3922.74; 6 R&Z 3804.66; 7 Swale 2915.53; 8 Nidd V 2843.89Vets: 1 Weth 2245.19; 2 Harr 2213.04; 3 Otl 2202.39M50+: Harr 2100.98Women: 1 Otl 2213.70; 2 Weth 2197.60; 3 Harr 3131.81; 4 Ilkley 1800.74; 5 Swale 1627.00; 6 Ripon 1592.49; 7 Nidd V 1413.30; 7 T&S 1352.41Vets: Weth 1389.56

JUNE 27CLAREMONT ROAD RUNNERS WEETSLADE RELAYWideopen, North TynesideOverall (Mixed) (3 x 4.2km)1 Elswick H 43:36 (L Bennett 14:12, A Dargie 15:48, Mark McLeod 13:36); 2 Tyne Bridge H 45:00 (K Smith 13:56, C Freeman 17:18, T Carter 13:46); 3 Tyne Bridge H B 46:25 (M Fenwick 13:26, J Fenwick 17:44, D Appleby 15:15); 4 Heaton H 46:32 (J Buis 13:36, C Buis 17:56, A Matheson 15:00); 5 Gosforth H 46:56 (F Brodie 13:38, R Daniels 20:25, D Graham 12:53); 6 Tyne Bridge H C 47:13; 7 Elswick H B 47:27; 8 Heaton H B 47:32; 9 Claremont 47:39; 10 Tyne Bridge H D 47:50; 11 Allen Valley Striders 50:11; 12 Ponteland 50:17; 13 South Shields H 50:34; 14 Claremont B 50:56; 15 Gosforth H B 51:07Fastest: Graham 12:53; W Buswell (Gosf B, U20) 13:21; Fenwick 13:26; Buis / McLeod 13:36; Brodie (U20) 13:38; Carter / B McMillan (Clare) 13:46Veterans: Smith (M45) 13:56; Bennett (M40) 14:12; Matheson (M40) 15:00Women: Dargie (W35) 15:48; L Jardine (Heat B) 16:40; Freeman 17:18; G Howarth (Els B) / C Young (Clare B) 17:19

MONAUGHTY FOREST RACE, ElginOverall (4.5M): 1 P Rogan (Forres, M40) 24:50; 2 D Weir (Forrs, M50) 25:05; 3 L Sim (Moray, U20) 25:09; 4 K Wilson (Moray) 25:38; 5 J Goodall (Keith, M50) 26:12.Women: 1 R Pirie (Spey) 32:35; 2 J Nicol (Forres, W35) 33:27; 3 L Smith (Moray, W35) 33:38U16 (1.5M): 1 H Hurst 12:14; 2 G Whelan (W) 12:42; 3 B Cameron 13:04U16 women: 1 Whelan 12:42; 2 L Grant

14:03; 3 H Campbell 14:13Series: 1eq Hurst/Whelan 3U12 (0.5M): 1 C Smith 3:24; 2 T McGrath 3:31; 3 B Cameron 3:34U12 women: 1 L Grant 3:46; 2 N Whelan 4:09; 3 L Cameron 4:09Series: 1eq Grant/Smith 3

HOPE WAKES, Hope ValleyOverall (5.9M/1480ft): 1 D Taylor (Dark Pk, M45) 44:00; 2 D Neill (Staffs M, M55) 44:54; 3 J Wilson (Fat B) 45:24Women: 1 O Walwyn-Bush (Alt) 47:21 (rec); 2 H Berry (Holm) 51:34; 3 H Elmore (Dark Pk, W40) 52:40

MONAUGHTY FOREST 4, PluscardenOverall: 1 P Rogan (Forres, M40) 24:50; 2 D Weir (Forres, M50) 25:05; 3 L Sim (Moray, U15) 25:09Women: 1 R Pirie (Spey Runners) 32:35; 2 J Nicol (Forres, W50) 33:27

JUNE 26CHIPPENHAM HARRIERS LAYCOCK RELAYSWiltshireOverall (3x2.6m approx): 1 Team O 54:09; 2 Team H 54:33; 3 Team N 54:47Fastest: P Cusik 14:28; J Hobbs 14:30; S Henderson 14:39; C Maxwell 14:41; A Duncan 14:43; J Coward 14:53; P Gilham 15:09; S Dinwoody 15:16Women: F Price 16:49; E Shirazian 17:49; M Thorpe 17:56; P Hobden 18:15; C Ward 18:20; D Jones 18:22; G Collins 18:32; C Woods 19:00

DAM FLASK RELAYS, BradfieldMen (4x3.5M): 1 Hallam 75:13 (A Bush 18:19, T Jenkins 18:18, M Sprot 20:01, R Little 18:35); 2 Roth 77:48 (N Myers 20:01, C Adams 18:49, A Johbnson 19:54. R Harris 19:04); 3 Hallam B (M40) 77:57 (D Newbould 18:41, S Maycock 20:00, S Wilson 19:03, D Furniss 20:13); 4 Sheff RC 78:29 (S Chambers 19:53, I Barnes 20:22, W Beauchamp 19L42, J Heneghan 18:32); 5 Barns 79:11 (D Driver 20:06. D Thompson 18:46, P Altree 21:38, G Felton 18:41); 6 Hallam C 79:37; 7 Barns H 80:03; 8 Donc 81:00; 9 K’worth 81:17; 10 Sheff TC 82:45M50: Sheff RC 87:47Fastest: 1 Jenkins 18:18; 2 Bush 18:19; 3 Heneghan 18:32; 4 Little 18:35; 5 P Whitelam (Hallam) 18:37; 6 Newbould (M40) 18:41M50: C Ireland (Sheff RC) 20:04. M60 (3x3.5M): Roth 69:06Fastest: B Tintinger 22:17Women (3x3.5M): 1 Barns (W35) 66:17 (K MacKenzie 21:45, N Green 22:34, F Davies 21:58); 2 Hallam 67:30 (R Proctor 21:55, H Whitelam 22:55, B Lynne 22:40); 3 K’worth 68:12 (L James 22:02, C Spencer 22:20, S James 23:50); 4 Barns H 68:24 (J LIngrell 22:06, D Broom 23:50, P Griffin 22:28); 5 Totley 68:39; 6 Sheff RC 69:30; 7 Donc (W35) 71:45; 8 Smiley Pacers (Gst) 71:14Fastest: 1 P V-French (Totley) 21:25; 2 S Fawcett (Smiley Pacers, Gst) 21:36; 3 MacKenzie (W35) 21:45; 4 Proctor 21:55

JUNE 24GREAT LANHYDROCK 10, BodminOverall: 1 T Brewer (Mile H) 61:25; 2 P Waumsley (Tamar, M35) 63:14; 3 N Loewendahl 64:05Women: 1 R Crowle (E Corn, W50) 75:10; 2 S Daw (E Corn, W45) 76:04

JUNE 23PICNIC MARATHON & HALFBox Hill, Dorking, SurreyOverall (26.2M, 6000ft): 1 E Catmur

(THH) 4:35:45; 2 P De Witt 4:46:43; 3 J Taylor, M40) 5:05:43Women: 1 C Denneny (Serp) 5:37:00; 2 K Reade (Didcot, W35) 5:50:03Overall (13.1M, 3000ft): 1 N Booker (DMV) 2:37:05Women: S Bowers (Win, W35) 3:07:05

MIDSUMMER MUNRO 16MBox Hill, Dorking, SurreyOverall (16M, 3500ft): 1 S Blanchard (Hill) 2:05:58; 2 S Winder (E&E, M40) 2:11:07; 3 I Harrison (SoC) 2:16:08M40: 2 C Beecham (High) 2:18:58Women: 1 K Towerton (and) 2:40:18; 2 C Molinaro (Walt) 2:46:16

JUNE 23DOWNLANDS FAIR 5Burgess Hill, West SussexOverall: 1 M Bristow (B&H) 27:31; 2 T Gedin (Arena) 28:22; 3 D Webb (Burg HR) 29:39U17: K Lawrie (Seaf) 32:41Women: 1 J Hughes (Arena, W45) 37:55; 2 P Herbert (Burg HR, W45) 38:11

BURY FRIDAY 5, Bury St. EdmundsOverall: 1 S Robinson (St Edmund Pacers) 26:13; 2 T Fairbrother (Ips J) 26:44; 3 D Gibbon (C&T) 26:49Women: 1 T Jordan (S’mkt) 30:45; 2 M Deasy (C&T, W45) 31:12

JUNE 20WIRRAL SEASIDE RUNS, LeasoweOverall (4.91km): 1 A Peers (Liv H) 15:25; 2 D Jarvis (Wirr, U20) 16:52; 3 S Kenny (Strictly, M40) 17:01; 4 C Standidge (Chest TC) 17:08; 5 G Jones (W’sey) 17:29M50: S Rogers (Pens) 18:18Women: 1 C Hall (Wirr, W40) 21:36; 2 J Neville (W45) 22:18; 3 K Behan (Birken, W50) 23:02

JUNE 17STORT 10Bishops Stortford, HertfordshireOverall: 1 A Mynott (Saffron) 60:00; 2 M Woodman (Orion) 63:14; 3 N McGoun (Orion) 63:28M40: C Read (Orion) 64:30. M50: G Evans (Lon H) 66:02. M55: D Cox (WG&EL) 67:13Women: 1 J Singer (VP&TH, W35) 70:37; 2 F Halls (Saffron, W35) 72:24W45: J Nodder (Morn) 76:44

CROSS-COUNTRYJUNE 27PORTSMOUTH JOGGERS’ RACEQueen Elizabeth Country Park, Petersfield, HampshireSUSSEX cross-country champion Emma Taylor-Gooby took second overall but could not prevent local Julian Manning taking the race, more than two minutes clear.

The 31-year-old returned to action just a few days after her track 10,000m 35:10.47 in the UK Trials and after deciding to dispense with her maiden name of Emma Macready, under which she won that county title.Overall: 1 J Manning (Denm) 29:32; 2 E Taylor-Gooby (M’hurst, W) 31:02; 3 P Mitchinson (Vict) 31:27 M40: M McAlpine (S’down) 31:37. M55: P Guest (Ports J) 33:12. M60: C Hill (BMH) 37:49Women: 1 Taylor-Gooby 31;02; 2 E Alden (E&E) 32:36; 3 L Allen (Denm) 36:25W60: C Hall (Ports J) 42:17

WALKSJUNE 19VETS AC 5Battersea Park, LondonMen: 1 I Richards (Steyn, M60) 35:57; 2 S Allen (Ilf, M50) 46:10; 3 A Thomson (E&H, M75) 46:22M65: P Hannell (Sy WC) 49:52. M75: R Powell (E&H) 55:06. M80: J May (Sy WC) 66:35Women: 1 H Middleton (E&H, W45, gst) 47:14; 2 M Noel (Belg, W45) 50:38

MAY 15VETS AC 5Battersea Park, LondonMen: 1 I Richards (Steyn, M60) 39:07; 2 P Ryan (Ilf, M55) 43:07; 3 S Allen (Barn, M55, gst) 45:36M50: S Allen (Ilf) 48:39. M75: R Powell (E&H) 55:02

FELLJULY 1SKIDDAW VIEW, KeswickOverall (9M/2700ft): 1 C Bell (Howg) 68:47; 2 T Addison (Helm H) 70:28; 3 M John (Otl) 73:53Women: 1 C Pearson (Skip) 87:55; 2 E Hemstock (Pennine) 96:08; 3 S Gordon (N Marske) 96:16

GREAT BAKEWELL PUDDING, BakewellOverall (6.25M/700ft): 1 M Stenton (Dark Pk, M50) 46:05; 2 M Jones (Ripley, M40) 46:43; 3 C Jeffrey (Staffs M) 48:26Women: 1 A Hull (Quak) 49:34; 2 L Wild (Hallam) 50:34; 3 L Holmes (Ripley) 53:02U18 (4.2km/200ft): 1 T Boam (C’field, W) 16:53 (rec); 2 L McNeill (U13W) 17:06; 3 S Cook 18:51U18 women: 1 Boam 16:53; 2 McNeill 17:06; 3 A Holden (U13) 21:02

JUNE 30 WHALEY WALTZ, Whaley BridgeOverall (5.5M/800ft): 1 S Bailey (Mercia) 36:19; 2 L Taggart (Dark Pk, M40) 37:49; 3 S Harding (Macc) 39:36Women: 1 O Walwyn-Bush (Alt) 42:26; 2 V. Harding 48:24; 3 K Doyle (Stock H, W45) 49:48

DOLLAROverall (9.4M/3150ft): 1 K Richmond (Shett, M40) 81:32; 2 B Marshall (HELP, M40) 83:05; 3 G Campbell (C’gie) 83:20Women: 1 S O’Neil (HBT) 89:44; 2 C Morgan (C’thy) 93:24; 3 R Bell-Scott (HBT) 97:14

JUNE 29DONARD FORESTOverall (4.3M/1080ft): 1 A Bogle (Derry) 21:54; 2 N Carty (N Belf, M45) 2:10; 3 Deon McNeilly (Newc NI, M45) 22:13Women: 1 C Largey (Fermo) 25:06; 2 M Troeng (SWE) 26:31; 3 S O’Kane (Lagan, W40) 27:05TEAM (M&W): Newc NI 12

JUNE 27CRAGG VALE, CraggOverall (4M/800ft): 1 B Travis (Calder V) 27:48; 2 J Hall (Wharf) 27:54; 3 K Gray (Calder V. M40) 28:21Women: 1 C Crabtree (Wharf) 31:58; 2 J Buckley (Calder V) 32:30; 3 H Fines (Calder V) 34:46

PONTESBURYOverall (3M/1160ft): 1 P Jones (Mercia, M40) 21:23; 2 R Stafford

(Mercia) 21:54; 3 N Talbott 22:06Women: 1 M Price (Mercia) 24:16; 2 V Swingler (Shrops S, W45) 26:37; 3 E Millington (Mercia) 28:49

TEBAY, PenrithOverall (8M/3000ft): 1 C Bell (Howg) 71:54; 2 A Dunn (Helm H) 76:11; 3 P Winskill (Kesw) 77:38Women: 1 S Taylor (Bing) 90:01; 2 C Evans (Sett) 95:15; 3 S. McDonald (Sett) 1:41:08

JUNE 12UP THE BEAST, MaeshafnOverall (4.5M/1500ft): 1 R Grantham (Elles P) 35:20 (rec); 2 D Parker 35:48; 3 J Brown (Buck) 36:00Women: 1 L Grantham (Ches TC) 42:00 (rec); 2 J Joy (Hels) 43:12; 3 S Rowlands (Clwyd, W40) 46:25

PADDY’S POLE, ChippingOverall (4.5M/1100ft): 1 D Kay (P&B) 27:11; 2 A Fowler (Prest) 28:37; 3 A Brown (Clay) 28:38M50: M Johnson (Bowl) 29:35TEAM: 1 Bowl 15; 2 Clay 24; 3 Acc RR 33Women: 1 D Gowans (Acc RR, W40) 35:15; 2 N Jackson (Prest) 36:50; 3 S Sherratt (Bowl, W40) 38:18TEAM: 1 Acc RR 16; 2 Clay 27

Y GARN, CaernarfonOverall (2.5M/900ft): 1 F Maier (Bangor U) 27:12; 2 J Rowley 27:31; 3 P Jenkinson (Eryri, M40) 28:09 (M40 rec)M50: A Haynes (Eryri) 29:14 (rec)U16: J Griffith (Col B) 29:33 (rec)Women: 1 F Potten 31:24 (rec); 2 J Heming (Eryri, W40) 34:59 (W40 rec); 3 S Barnwell (Eryri, W40) 35:12W50: E Salisbury (Eryri) 36:22 (rec). W60: M Oliver (Eryri) 40:55 (rec)

CORFE MULLEN CARNIVAL 5kmDorsetOverall: 1 J Partridge (Poole R, U20) 16:12; 2 N Shrubb (Poole R) 16:18; 3 L Chandler (Poole R) 16:50M50: R Kellaya (Poole) 17:09. M65: G Scott (Poole R) 21:33U20: 2 B Wilson (Poole R) 16:54; 3 D Mulryan (Poole R) 16:55Women: 1 H Dyke (Poole R) 18:32; 2 B Griffith (Poole R) 19:24W45: 1 L Hutchings (Wimb) 21:15; 2 M Carroll (Poole R) 21:26. W50: J Palmer (Poole r) 20:52U20: S Hutchings (Wimb) 19:50U15Overall (1M approx): 1 P Copeland (Wimb) 5:28; 2 G Balfour (B’mth, u13) 5:35; 3 T Bourne (Wimb, U13) 5:38Girls: 1 G Copeland (Wimb, U13) 5:59; 2 M Williams (Wimb) 6:09

JUNE 11TRUNCE SERIES,OxspringOverall (4.25m/550ft): 1 S Dimelow (P’stone FPR, M40) 25:16; 2 A Swift 25:28; 3 A Reese 26:02Women: 1 D Kilpin 29:38; 2 J Latham 30:33; 3 L Kooper 34:06U16 (2M/250ft approx): 1 C Law 15:16; 2 T Slator 15:32; 3 D Lewis 15:56U16 women: 1 Ellie Crownshaw 17:03; 2 Eve Crownshaw 17:59

JUNE 10DUNNYDEER HILL RACE, InschOverall (3.5M/500ft): 1 A. Rouse 30:02; 2 N. Jaffrey (Metro) 30:23; 3 S Reeve (Moray, M40) 31:19Women: 1 C.Black (Cosmic) 38:52; 2 A. Robson 47:50

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JUNE 30PARKRUN 5kmLeading age-gradedMiddlesbrough Albert: S Gibson 22:36 W65 91.04%Frimley: P Fudge 21:14 W60 90.08%Cambridge: M Holmes 27:30 W75 89.79%York: G Dalton 17:48 M55 89.33%Whitley Bay: B Hetherington 16:25 M45 88.41%Poole: J Georghiou 21:23 W55 88.20%Edinburgh Silverknowes: E Gilchrist 24:04 W65 88.17%Bushy: M Trees 16:36 M45 88.14%Bushy: K Best 18:12 M60 88.13%Frimley: P Elliott 25:04 W65 87.38%Preston: M Hesketh 21:19 W55 87.27%Cardiff Blackweir: D James 17:28 M50 87.25%Hull: S Mason 17:22 M50 86.31%Leicester: J Douglas 15:59 M40 86.04%Edinburgh Silverknowes: J Hudson 18:50 M60 85.92%Cardiff Blackweir: C Williams 16:10 M40 85.71%Huddersfield: D Watson 16:07 M40 85.33%Cardiff Blackweir: S Johnston 19:23 M60 84.97%Gunnersbury: R Brookling 16:34 M40 84.92%Brighton Hove: P Faulkner 16:30 M40 84.61%Cambridge: C Cooke 17:26 M50 84.60%Wimbledon Common: K Hegvold 17:29 M50 84.35%Burnley: S Burns 20:56 W50 84.25%Edinburgh Silverknowes: P Mitchell 20:26 W50 84.12%Huddersfield: K McGhie 17:50 M50 84.05%Sheffield Endcliffe: D Kesterton 22:46 W60 84.01%Killerton: M Hunt 21:01 W50 83.91%Bolton: S Nolan 17:53 M50 83.82%Aberdeen: R Creswell 17:20 M45 83.73%Leamington: M Williamson 20:32 W50 83.71%Stockport: S Vernon 15:30 SM 83.63%Bolton: A Oliver 27:37 W70 83.34%Leicester: G Vaughan 20:38 W50 83.31%Netley Abbey: M Renyard 20:20 M65 83.26%Wimbledon Common: A Carpenter 21:11 W50 83.25%Northampton: C Wright 22:03 W55 83.22%Glasgow Pollok: L Corbett 24:44 W65 83.19%Solihull: D Stewart 17:48 SW 83.17%Frimley: A Soane 18:58 M55 83.11%Cardiff Blackweir: K Roberts 17:50 SW 82.99%St. Albans: P Edwards 22:08 W55 82.91%Edinburgh Silverknowes: J Blair 17:33 M45 82.70%Whitley Bay: G Penn 17:44 M45 82.50%Durham: K Lowery 17:28 M45 82.45%Sedgefield: P Teece 18:11 M50 82.44%Banstead: H Imeson 21:41 W55 82.40%Burnley: E Greenwood 19:23 U13W 82.40%Dewsbury: T Johnson 20:21 W50 82.38%Falkirk: Y Crilly 20:25 W50 82.11%Banstead: G Quarton 18:43 M55

82.10%Sewerby: T Kraft 19:14 M55 81.95%Belfast Waterworks: M Shields 19:05 M55 81.90%Cardiff Blackweir: J Baker 17:03 M40 81.88%Frimley: D Symes 17:03 M40 81.88%Hull: T Hirst 19:17 M55 81.74%Crawley: C Wood 20:17 W45 81.65%Whitley Bay: A Copland 16:51 M40 81.62%Bradford: P Pyrah 19:10 M55 81.54%Strathclyde: A Milne 17:40 M45 81.51%Leamington: S Tawney 21:06 W50 81.47%Guildford: J Spencer-Wood 19:52 M60 81.45%Bramhall: S Shaughnessy 19:02 M55 81.42%Preston: J Swarbrick 19:02 M55 81.42%Sheffield Endcliffe: P Blakeney 19:32 M55 81.40%Wimbledon Common: T Aldred 16:02 SM 81.39%Hull: T Burgin 17:26 M45 81.32%Belfast Waterworks: J Benson 17:26 M45 81.32%Bramhall: E Normansell 21:28 M65 81.19%Crystal Palace: C Steward 23:34 W60 81.16%Inverness: A Sutherland 20:29 M60 81.15%Bushy: E O’Brien 16:39 U17M 81.13%Aberdeen: C Noble 19:57 M60 81.11%Cambridge: J Ferguson 17:54 M45 81.08%Slough: J Cobb 19:07 M55 81.07%Swindon: G O’Brien 16:58 M40 81.06%Liverpool Princes: S Kenny 17:22 M40 81.01%Bradford: M Firth 18:40 M50 80.96%York: L Guscott-Trout 18:54 W40 80.91%Banstead: T Tuohy 18:05 M45 80.91%Leicester: L Griffin 24:20 W60 80.88%Leeds Hyde: D Bland 23:00 W55 80.88%Burnley: M Aspinall 18:33 M50 80.81%Middlesbrough Albert: D Watkins 17:41 M45 80.80%Bradford: A Dennison 20:30 W45 80.78%Bushy: J Henderson 18:50 W35 80.73%Preston: K Hesketh 19:32 M55 80.70%Killerton: A Darby 23:24 W55 80.60%Sheffield Endcliffe: K Thomas 19:54 M60 80.60%Bradford: J Holah 18:27 M50 80.59%Leeds Hyde: H Coulsey 23:25 W55 80.54%Bushy: P Cross 18:10 M45 80.54%Gunnersbury: I Rea 18:38 W35 80.47%Cardiff Blackweir: E Donovan 16:13 SM 80.47%Bedford: E McCaffray 20:14 U13W 80.46%Hull: A Woodcock 19:36 M55 80.42%Bushy: A Jackson 16:03 SM 80.37%Netley Abbey: P Costley 17:56 M45 80.30%Eastbourne: C Youngson 20:43 M60 80.23%Finsbury: J Nodder 21:42 W50 80.23%Durham: J Armstrong 17:43 U15M 80.09%Bolton: M Pollitt 18:34 M50 80.08%Cambridge: J Jenkins 20:57 M65 80.06%

Wythenshawe: D Maguire 17:44 U15M 80.02%Middlesbrough Albert: K Aspin 19:51 W45 80.01%

Fastest male winnersMilton Keynes: T Don 15:19Stockport: S Vernon 15:30Leicester: N Walker 15:55Cardiff Blackweir: U Athlete 15:56Wimbledon Common: T Aldred 16:02Bushy: A Jackson 16:03Huddersfield: D Watson 16:07Dulwich: R Bentley 16:20Whitstable: M Coleman 16:22Whitley Bay: B Hetherington 16:25Sunderland: M Hood 16:26Brighton Hove: P Faulkner 16:30Gunnersbury: R Brookling 16:34York: A Wear 16:34Cambridge: M Grant 16:36Sheffield Endcliffe: D Claus 16:45Greenwich: B Shearer 16:52Poole: L Chandler 16:56Leeds Hyde: M Akpan 16:58Swindon: G O’Brien 16:58Barrow-in-Furness: P Waite 16:59Belfast Waterworks: M Rea 17:00Frimley: D Symes 17:03Pennington Flash: M Swensson 17:04Finsbury: J Laybourn 17:06Norwich: J Hawes 17:07Gladstone: D Norman 17:09Brockwell: J Ellis 17:10Harrogate: I Bush 17:10Guildford: J Mitchell 17:13Edinburgh Silverknowes: I Macdonald 17:14King’s Lynn: M Pyatt 17:14Nonsuch: S Bates 17:17Aberdeen: R Creswell 17:20Strathclyde: R Milne 17:21Hull: S Mason 17:22Liverpool Princes: S Kenny 17:22Bradford: S Clegg 17:23Wormwood Scrubs: M Ribault 17:24Falkirk: B Turner 17:25Durham: K Lowery 17:28Glasgow Pollok: S MacDougall 17:30Reading: D Hollis 17:30Eastbourne: L McWilton 17:34Solihull: P Glendinning 17:37St Andrews: C Russell 17:37Riddlesdown: A O’Connor 17:38Middlesbrough Albert: D Watkins 17:41Bedford: A Perkinson 17:41Slough: B Lawrence 17:41Redcar: A Pearson 17:44Wythenshawe: D Maguire 17:44Crystal Palace: S Thackeray 17:46Kingston: M Boulton 17:47Newbury: N Gillis 17:47Richmond: P Langton 17:47Wanstead Flats: T Bower 17:47Great Yarmouth: L Wade 17:48Worsley Woods: M Hatch 17:50Walsall: T Gough 17:51Killerton: M Feighan 17:52Leamington: C Shepherd 17:52Bolton: S Nolan 17:53Ashton Court: R Dallman 17:54Netley Abbey: P Costley 17:56Mile End: J Blackburn 17:57Eastleigh: A Griggs 17:58Pontefract: C Ward 17:58Crawley: H Bristow 18:00Redbridge: S Philcox 18:00Bramhall: A Whittingham 18:02Burnley: S Fogg 18:03Basingstoke: N Martin 18:04Banstead: T Tuohy 18:05Manchester Platts Field: A Mooney 18:05Sedgefield: P Teece 18:11Newport: M Dury 18:13Tees Barrage: N Barber 18:13Belfast Victoria: A Bamisile 18:20

Leeds Roundhay: J Robson 18:20Bexley: B Matthews 18:23Colwick: J Angell 18:23Northampton: A Blaize 18:26Barnsley: S Darby 18:27Gateshead: M Keenan 18:30Oldham: M Schofield 18:31Concord: J Comrie 18:36Trowbridge: P Bryant 18:36Worcester: M Zikking 18:36Havant: L Walker 18:39Abingdon: R Kemp 18:40Enfield: D Mann 18:40St. Albans: M Turturici 18:41Andover: P Mitchell 18:46Highbury Fields: S Meiklejohn 18:47Roundshaw Downs: N Reissland 18:47Conkers: J Tilley 18:48Medina: S McMorran 18:50Crane: R Reeder 18:51Inverness: H Davidson 18:51Oak Hill: A Andreou 18:56Preston: J Swarbrick 19:02Lloyd: W Davis 19:03Hampstead Heath: T Nicholson 19:08Belfast Queen’s: S McCann 19:10Dewsbury: P Wood 19:13Gunpowder: P Blackwell 19:13Sewerby: T Kraft 19:14Coventry: T Collinge 19:19Stoke-on-Trent: B Holmes 19:19Camperdown: C Love 19:23Edmonton: P Whelpton 19:27Fritton Lake: S Lark 19:28Bedfont: I Charlton 19:30Forest of Dean: K Hale 19:38Ballymena: C Dempsey 19:40Old Deer: S Barber 19:46Sheffield Graves: T Goddard 19:57Oxford: C Williams 20:05Alexandra Palace: R Hewett 20:17Beckton: R King 20:20

Fastest non-winning menLeicester: J Douglas 15:59Cardiff Blackweir: C Williams 16:10Cardiff Blackweir: E Donovan 16:13Dulwich: M Ismail 16:24

Fastest winning womenSolihull: D Stewart 17:48Cardiff Blackweir: K Roberts 17:50Belfast Victoria: E Davis 18:35Gunnersbury: I Rea 18:38Bushy: J Henderson 18:50Leamington: E Sherwin 18:54York: L Guscott-Trout 18:54Leicester: C Gallagher 18:55Redbridge: K Gundersen 18:56Edinburgh Silverknowes: K Maxwell 19:01Cardiff Blackweir: F Langridge 19:06Slough: A Hector 19:08Newport: S Morgan 19:21Falkirk: C Moffett 19:22Burnley: E Greenwood 19:23Poole: J Dominey 19:26Sheffield Endcliffe: L Wild 19:27Manchester Platts Field: L Austen 19:29

Fastest female winnersSolihull: D Stewart 17:48Cardiff Blackweir: K Roberts 17:50Belfast Victoria: E Davis 18:35Gunnersbury: I Rea 18:38Bushy: J Henderson 18:50Leamington: E Sherwin 18:54York: L Guscott-Trout 18:54Leicester: C Gallagher 18:55Redbridge: K Gundersen 18:56Edinburgh Silverknowes: K Maxwell 19:01Slough: A Hector 19:08Newport: S Morgan 19:21Falkirk: C Moffett 19:22Burnley: E Greenwood 19:23

Poole: J Dominey 19:26Sheffield Endcliffe: L Wild 19:27Manchester Platts Field: L Austen 19:29Crystal Palace: R Coe-O’brien 19:47Wimbledon Common: M Halley 19:50Middlesbrough Albert: K Aspin 19:51Finsbury: H Wylie 19:51Whitley Bay: S Thew 19:54Ashton Court: S Wilder 19:55Abingdon: S Enhard 20:06Enfield: P Thomas 20:08Brockwell: O Balme 20:11Harrogate: H Oldroyd 20:11Bedford: E McCaffray 20:14Crawley: C Wood 20:17Ballymena: J Murphy 20:19Bramhall: E Downs 20:21Dewsbury: T Johnson 20:21Huddersfield: N McGuire 20:22Pontefract: N Steel 20:22Hull: J Hall 20:23Bolton: I Kneale 20:25Cambridge: N Mcbride 20:26Nonsuch: L Harris 20:26Killerton: E Sutcliffe 20:27Dulwich: N Richmond 20:28St. Albans: S Thorne 20:28Bradford: A Dennison 20:30Mile End: H Palmer 20:32Redcar: E Pearson 20:41Worcester: C Felton 20:41Milton Keynes: M Jesson 20:42Gladstone: S Hironaka 20:43Kingston: C Graham 20:48Havant: K March 20:51Norwich: M Evans 20:51Netley Abbey: S MacGregor 20:53Preston: M Koth 20:56Reading: N Hudson 20:59King’s Lynn: L Jermey 21:01Newbury: S Drake 21:04Richmond: O Ricko 21:04Great Yarmouth: C McCurdy 21:05Barnsley: P Griffin 21:10Bedfont: E Reeves 21:10Riddlesdown: M Lee-Smith 21:11Worsley Woods: J Robbins 21:11Glasgow Pollok: K McWilliam 21:13Frimley: P Fudge 21:14Barrow-in-Furness: K Crisp 21:16Guildford: S Harrison 21:16Crane: E Dadlani 21:19Belfast Waterworks: E Eadie 21:24Colwick: R Needham 21:26Strathclyde: K Baillie 21:29Wormwood Scrubs: R Trees 21:32Eastbourne: L Lumber 21:37Banstead: H Imeson 21:41Walsall: V Carter 21:41Leeds Roundhay: G Myers 21:43Eastleigh: E Hopkins 21:46Swindon: S Bryant 21:46Brighton Hove: S Brumwell 21:50

Fastest non-winning womanCardiff Blackweir: F Langridge 19:06

Tim Don: Milton

Keynes winner


IAAF World Junior Championships, Barcelona, July 10-15Preview

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ADAM GEMILI leads the British team into action at the 14th IAAF World

Junior Championships next Tuesday. With the event taking place in Barcelona, it means he will be competing in the same arena that saw Linford Christie stride to Olympic gold in 1992, not to mention victories by Dai Greene, Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and others at the European Championships two years ago.

In recent weeks the organisers have been generating interest in the Catalan capital by rolling out a temporary track in La Ramblas – the famous city centre street known for its human statues, colourful nightlife and fast-fi ngered pickpockets. But the championships itself takes place in the nearby Montjuïc area as the magnifi cent Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys once again stages a big track and fi eld event.

Gemili, who is Britain’s fastest man over 100m this year with 10.08, is among three athletes on a 43-strong GB team who lead the world junior rankings for their events. Long jumper

Jazmin Sawyers heads the world list by six centimetres after she improved her PB to 6.64m for third at the Aviva Trials, James Gladman is a strong medal contender in the 110m hurdles.

Gemili tops the world rankings by nine hundredths and will be looking to follow in the footsteps of former British 100m winners at this event, Christian Malcolm, Mark Lewis-Francis and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey. The world junior record of 10.01 could even be an optimistic target for the 18-year-old. Certainly, Darrel Brown’s championship record of 10.09 is in range.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson, who is in line for selection in the Olympic heptathlon, will compete in both the long jump and 100m hurdles in Barcelona. Other GB contenders include 800m runner Jessica Judd and European junior cross-country champion Emelia Gorecka, who is selected for both 3000m and 5000m, although they will face, as usual, tough opposition from Africa.

Elsewhere, the likely stars include Sergey Morgunov, who broke Randy Williams’ 40-

year-old world junior long jump record recently when he jumped 8.35m at the Russian Junior Championships in Cheboksary.

The 44.45 400m man Luguelin Santos of Dominican Republic, and American Ashley Spencer, a 50.95 runner this summer, are the favourites. Although some of the stadium records will take some beating – the 400m mark, for example is 43.50 set by Quincy Watts in 1992.

Athletes have travelled from

far and wide, too, and they include Australian decathlon talent Jake Stein and New Zealand shot put sensation Jacko Gill.

World junior champions from the past include Carolina Kluft, Haile Gebrselassie and Usain Bolt, but stars of tomorrow aren’t always junior winners. One of the IAAF ambassadors in Barcelona next week is Wilson Kipketer – who was only fourth in the 800m at the 1990 event.

Britons bound for BarcaADAM GEMILI LEADS STRONG BRITISH TEAM IN BARCELONA NEXT WEEKPictures: Mark Shearman

» Great Britain & NI team MEN 100m: Adam Gemili; Chijindu Ujah. 200m: David Bolarinwa; Joshua Street. 800m: Sean Molloy; Ben Waterman. 1500m: Charlie Grice. 110H: James Gladman. 3000SC: Zak Seddon. 4x100m relay: Edmond Amaning; Gemili; Tom Holligan; Jordan Kirby-Polidore; Emmanuel Stephens; Ujah. Long jump: Elliot Safo. Discus: Nick Percy. Javelin: Matti Mortimore. Hammer: Nick Miller, Michael Painter

WOMEN 100m: Rachel Johncock; Sophie Papps. 200m: Dina Asher-Smith; Desiree Henry. 800m: Emily Dudgeon; Jessica Judd. 1500m: Judd; Jennifer Walsh. 3000m: Emelia Gorecka; Laura Muir. 5000m: Gorecka. 100H: Katarina Johnson-Thompson. 3000SC: Pippa Woolven. 4x100m: Johncock, Papps, Annie Tagoe; Hannah Thomas; Bianca Williams; Steffi Wilson. Pole vault: Katie Byres. Long jump: Johnson-Thompson, Jazmin Sawyers. Shot: Sophie McKinna. Discus: Shadine Duquemin. Hammer: Abbi Carter. Heptathlon: Emma Buckett; Katy Marchant

Jessica Judd: medal contender at 800m

Adam Gemili: 10.08 in 2012

Katarina Johnson-Thompson: due to compete in hurdles

and long jump

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Aviva English Schools Track & Field Championships, Gateshead, July 6-7

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THE 82nd edition of these championships sees most of the country’s

top youngsters congregating for the school equivalent of the Olympics.

Although some of the best will be missing as they will be flying out to next week’s IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona (see preview, left), this is an excellent opportunity for the next generation of potential internationals.

Seven years ago athletes at these championships were boosted by the news earlier that week that London would host the 2012 Olympics. While sadly few of the winners that weekend have come close to realising what must have then been their dream, Robbie Grabarz was the senior high jump medallist on that occasion. That he is among the favourites to reach the pinnacle in his sport in the Olympic Stadium next month must provide inspiration for the youngsters in Gateshead.

The senior boys’ 400m presents an interesting match-

up between the defending champion George Caddick and last year’s intermediate champion Clovis Asong.

Asong’s exploits in running 46.74 at the age of 16 last summer led to a national newspaper labelling him “Ukain Bolt”. The European Youth Olympic champion has not been quite as quick this season and his 47.26 best puts him one hundredth behind Caddick, the England under-20 champion who competed at the Aviva Olympic Trials last month.

Oliver Newport may have only won inter long jump silver in 2011, but the Surrey athlete is favourite to take senior gold this time after a big breakthrough.

The 17-year-old, who will still be an under-20 for the two seasons after this one, jumped 7.70m to win the England senior title last month to mark a huge 37cm improvement on his PB.

He will be aiming to prove that was no fluke as he takes on his conqueror in last year’s championships, Feron Sayers from the West Midlands.

Hoping to become the latest in a growing line of young successful female pole vaulters from Britain is Avon’s Lucy Bryan, the UK under-17 best-holder with 4.10m last year.

Another British under-17 best-holder entered is javelin thrower Freya Jones, the 2010 intermediate champion aiming to improve on last year’s silver.

Kirsten McAslan, who narrowly failed to make the Barcelona team with her 400m PB of 53.91, is hoping for gold again following her intermediate 300m win two years ago.

The intermediates have a second chance to shine following the Sainsbury’s School Games at the Olympic Stadium in May. Among the winners there who are also in action in Gateshead will be Jermaine Hamilton (200m), Liam Dee (1500m), Matthew Seddon (1500m steeplechase), Chris Kandu (high jump), Daryll Neita (100m), Sabrina Bakare (300m), Loren Bleaken and Morgan Lake (long jump).

In the right conditions, Owin

Sinclair could challenge Mark Lewis-Francis’s UK under-15 100m record of 10.93, having already clocked a hand-timed 10.9 and automatic 11.07 this season.

Among the juniors defending titles are Sophie Merritt (shot) and Amy Williams (long jump).

The action begins at 10am on both days and Sky Sports 3 will cover the event live from 2-6pm on the Saturday.

Future Olympians take to trackALMOST 2000 OF ENGLAND’S TOP TEENAGE ATHLETES HEAD TO GATESHEADPictures: Mark Shearman

Kirsten McAslan: sprint talentFreya Jones: going for javelin gold

George Caddick (33): 2011 senior boys’ 400m champion

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TRACKThursday July 5HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS NATIONAL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPSLeeds (C).csaa.org.uk/results.html

Friday July 6AVIVA ENGLISH SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIPSGateshead. Until Saturday July 7.esaa.netSOMERSET SCHOOL GAMESStreet. Until Sunday July 8.

Saturday July 7BMC NIKE GRAND PRIXStretford. 5.30pm.britishmilersclub.com/fi xtures/bmcfi xtures.aspxDERBYSHIRE MINI LEAGUEDerby. 10.30am.dcaa.org.ukLEAPLoughborough.LONDON INTER-CLUB CHALLENGEWoodford Green. 11.45am.londonathletics.org/node/63McCAIN NORTHERN IRELAND YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUE FINALAntrim.ukyal.org.ukMMTG MIDLAND HIGHLAND GAMESDerby.mmtg.org.ukSEAA U20 CHAMPIONSHIPSCrystal Palace. Until Sunday July 8.seaa.org.uk

Sunday July 8ALDER VALLEY GIRLS’ LEAGUEGuildford.wseh.info/aldervalleygirlsAVON LEAGUEYate.avonleague.org.ukCHESHIRE LEAGUEAshton-Under-Lyne, Macclesfi eld, Traff ord.cheshireaa.comGATESHEAD MINOR ATHLETICS OPEN

Gateshead. 9.30am.gateshead-harriers.co.ukMcCAIN BIRMINGHAM GAMESBirmingham.midlandathletics.org.ukMMTG MIDLAND HIGHLAND GAMESDerby.mmtg.org.ukNOTTS MINI LEAGUEBingham.nottsac.co.ukSOUTH WEST LEAGUE1: Exeter. 2: Braunton.swathletics.org.ukWESSEX YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEAndover.wessexleaguetandf.co.uk

Monday July 9BLACKHEATH & BROMLEY OPENBromley.bandbhac.org.ukSOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS’ LEAGUEHants/Surrey: Aldershot. South London: Croydon.scvac.org.uk

Tuesday July 10BMC GOLD STANDARD RACESStretford. 8pm.britishmilersclub.com/fi xtures/bmcfi xtures.aspxTRAFFORD GRAND PRIX (DISTANCE & THROWS ONLY)Stretford. 6pm.tra� ordac.co.uk

Wednesday July 11BMC GOLD STANDARD RACESWatford. 7.30pm.britishmilersclub.com/fi xtures/bmcfi xtures.aspxBMC REGIONAL RACESBirmingham University. 7.45pm.britishmilersclub.com/fi xtures/bmcfi xtures.aspxBRAT CLUB OPENBirmingham University. 6.45pm.birminghamrowheath.co.ukBRISTOL & WEST OPENStoke Giff ord. 7pm.bristolandwestac.org

CHELTENHAM MIDSUMMER OPENCheltenham.athleticprowess.co.ukCIVIL SERVICE AA CHAMPIONSHIPSNuneaton.csaa.org.uk/champs.htmlEASTERN VETERANS’ LEAGUECentral: Milton Keynes. Essex: Chelmsford. Fenland: St. Ives.evac.org.uk/t&f.htmlMANX HARRIERS LEAGUEDouglas. 6.15pm.manxathletics.com/manxharriersNORTH EAST ATHLETICS LEAGUEGateshead. 7pm.gateshead-harriers.co.ukNORTHERN VETERANS’ LEAGUECleckheaton. 7pm.nvac.co.ukVETERANS AC OPENWillesden.vetsac.org.ukWATFORD GRADED OPENWatford. 7pm.watfordharriers.org.ukWEST YORKSHIRE LEAGUECleckheaton. 6.45pm.wakefi eld-harriers.co.uk/wytfl /wytfl .htm

Thursday July 12ABERDEEN SPORTS VILLAGE CHAMPIONSHIPSAberdeen. 7pm.aberdeensportsvillage.comBIGGLESWADE GRADED 3km SERIESSandy. 7.15pm.BIGGLESWADE TRACK FESTSandy. 6.30pm.biggleswadeac.org.ukHERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY 10,000m CHAMPIONSHIPSSandy. hertscaaa.org.ukINTERTRUST SENIOR GRAND PRIXSt Peter Port.SHROPSHIRE YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEShrewsbury.

Friday July 13AVIVA LONDON GRAND PRIXCrystal Palace. Until Saturday July 14.diamondleague-london.com ESSEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Woodford Green.essexathletics.org.uk

Saturday July 14CUMBRIA LEAGUEWhitehaven.athleticscumbria.org.ukISLE OF MAN CHAMPIONSHIPSDouglas. Until Sunday July 15.iomaa.infoMIDLAND U15/U17/U20 CHAMPIONSHIPSLeicester. Until Sunday July 15.midlandathletics.org.ukNORTHERN U15/U17/U20 CHAMPIONSHIPSTBC. Until Sunday July 15.noeaa-athletics.org.ukSEAA U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPSWatford. Until Sunday July 15.seaa.org.ukSOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE1: Chelmsford, Harrow, Luton, Walton. 2 C: Carshalton, Walthamstow, Woking, Wormwood Scrubs. 2 NE: Cambridge, Ipswich, Lee Valley, Sandy. 2 SE: Croydon, Eltham, Kingston, Lewes. 2 W: Carn Brea, Salisbury, Winchester, Winchester.

southernathletics.org.ukWELSH INTER REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSCardiff . welshathletics.org

Sunday July 15CITY OF YORK SUMMER LEAGUEYork. 11.15am.athleticsyork.org.ukEBBISHAM BOYS’ LEAGUECroydon.SCOTTISH ATHLETICS LEAGUE1: Grangemouth. 2: Grangemouth.scottishleague.org.ukSOUTH WEST INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPSExeter.WENLOCK OLYMPIAN GAMESMuch Wenlock. 10am.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk/olympian-gamesWESSEX YOUNG ATHLETES’ LEAGUEHorspath.

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TV guideTHURSDAY JULY 5Transvulcania ultra 18:30 – Eurosport Survival of the Fastest 21:00 –Channel 4

FRIDAY JULY 6IAAF Athletix magazine 10:30 – Sky Sports 3HD

Diamond League, Paris 19:00 – BBC red button

SATURDAY JULY 7

Aviva English Schools Champs 14:00 –Sky Sports 3HD

MONDAY JULY 9

Sporting Greats, Usain Bolt 17:00 – Sky Sports 2HD

The British Miler 18:30 – Sky Sports 4HD

Faster, higher, stronger – 100m 19:00 – BBC2

TUESDAY JULY 10IAAF World Juniors, Barcelona 08:00 – Eurosport 17:00 – Eurosport 2 18:00 – Eurosport

WEDNESDAY JULY 11IAAF World Juniors, Barcelona 08:00 – Eurosport 17:00 – Eurosport 2

18:00 – EurosportFaster, higher, stronger – 1500m 19:00 – BBC2

THURSDAY JULY 12IAAF World Juniors, Barcelona 08:00 – Eurosport 17:00 – Eurosport 20:00 – Eurosport

FRIDAY JULY 13IAAF World Juniors, Barcelona 08:00 – Eurosport 17:00 – Eurosport 20:00 – EurosportAviva London Grand Prix 18:00 – BBC2

SATURDAY JULY 14Aviva London Grand Prix 14:00 – BBC1IAAF World Juniors, Barcelona 18:00 – Eurosport

SUNDAY JULY 15IAAF World Juniors, Barcelona 17:00 – Eurosport 2 18:00 – Eurosport

MONDAY JULY 16IAAF World Juniors (repeat) 07:45 – Eurosport

TUESDAY JULY 17Lucerne Grand Prix 18:30 – Eurosport

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DAVID RUDISHA and Sally Pearson head the entries for the seventh meeting in the 2012 Samsung Diamond League series.

Rudisha is in great form after his 1:41.71 800m performance at the

New York Diamond League, while Pearson will hope to continue her unbeaten run in 2012 over 100m hurdles.

The men’s 100m will also provide an intriguing form guide ahead of the Olympics, as Americans Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay face Frenchmen Christophe Lemaitre and Jimmy Vicaut.

World champion Dai Greene races this year’s 2012 world leader Javier Culson over 400m hurdles, while Phillips Idowu is also due to compete in the triple jump – his recent injury niggles permitting.

Kenenisa Bekele races Bernard Lagat over 5000m, while French favourites Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad and Bouabdellah Tahri take on Kenyan Paul Kipsiele Koech in the steeplechase.

Other Brits in action include

Shara Proctor (long jump), Christine Ohuruogu (400m), Barbara Parker (3000m steeplechase), Steve Lewis (pole vault), Abi Oyepitan (200m) and Tiff any Porter (100m hurdles).

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Kedington, Suff olk. 7.30pm.haverhillrunningclub.org.ukKIDLINGTON AC MOTA-VATION 4 SERIESRecreation Ground, Combe, Oxfordshire. 7.30pm.kidlingtonrunning.org.ukLLANELLI 5km SERIESLlanelli Leisure Centre, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. 7pm.humanbeingactive.org/5kLLOYDS TSB FITNESS 4Pilot Inn, Hardwicke, Gloucestershire. 7.30pm.severnac.co.ukSALE SIZZLER 5kmWythenshawe Park, Manchester. 7.30pm.saleharriersmanchester.com

Friday July 6ASHFORD SUMMER SERIES 5kmVictoria Park, Ashford, Kent. 7pm.nice-work.org.ukDAVE PHILLIPS MEMORIAL 5 SERIESSt John’s FC, St John’s, Isle of Man. 7pm.westernac.orgERME VALLEY RELAYS

Ivybridge RFC, Ivybridge, Devon. 7pm.ermevalleyharriers.co.ukGREAT BENTLEY FRIDAY 5Great Bentley, Essex. 7.30pm.NEWTOWN BBQ 5kmLatham Park, Newtown, Powys. 7.30pm.maldwynharriers.org.ukSELF TRANSCENDENCE 4Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff . 7.15pm.srichinmoyraces.orgWALKINGTON 10kmPlaying Fields, Walkington, East Riding of Yorkshire.beverleyac.comWHARFEDALE TTT 4kmKettlewell, North Yorkshire. 8pm.bingleyharriers.org.uk

Saturday July 7BATH AND WEST 10kmColerne Airfi eld, Colerne, Wiltshire. 10am.nakedstrength.co.ukCARDIFF POPPY RUN 5kmBute Park, Cardiff . 9.30am.britishlegion.org.ukCATFORTH CANTER 5kmVillage Hall, Catforth, Lancashire. 6.30pm.

ukroadraces.infoCHESTERFIELD NO WALK IN THE PARK 5kmQueens Park, Chesterfi eld, Derbyshire. 9.30am.northderbyshirerc.jimdo.comFORRES HIGHLAND GAMES 10kmGrant Park, Forres, Moray. 2.40pm.forreshighlandgames.fsnet.co.ukHALEWOOD 5kmHalewood Park visitor centre, Halewood, Merseyside. 1pm.bugruns.org.ukISLE OF HARRIS HALF-MARATHONTarbert, Isle of Harris. 1pm.srac.org.uk/heb3.htmNORWICH LORD MAYOR’S 5kmTombland, Norwich, Norfolk. 4.45pm.conac.org.ukSELF TRANSCENDENCE 10kmBattersea Park, London. 8am.uk.srichinmoyraces.org/races/londonTIMBERHONGER 10kmSanders Park, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. 6pm.timberhonger10k.co.uk

Sunday July 8AMMANFORD 10kmRecreation Ground, Ammanford. 11am.ASICS BRITISH 10kmHyde Park Corner, London.thebritish10klondon.co.ukBATH AND WEST LADIES ONLY 5km – CANCELLEDColerne Airfi eld, Colerne, Wiltshire.CAPEL 5Capel St Mary, Suff olk. 10.30am.capelcheetahs.co.ukCATFORTH 10kmVillage Hall, Catforth, Lancashire. 10am.fyldecoastrunning.comCHEADLE 4Tean Road, Cheadle, Staff ordshire. 10.30am.cheadlerunningclub.comCRIEFF 10kmMorrisons Academy Playing Fields, Crieff , Perthshire. 11am.strathearnharriers.org.ukCROYDON ULTRA 30Sandilands Club, Croydon, Surrey. 9am.personaltrainercroydon.co.ukDEBDALE PARK GRAND PRIX 7kmDebdale Park, Manchester. 11am.bellevueracers.co.ukFELSTED 10kmWatch House Green, Felsted, Essex. 11am.grangefarmdunmowrunners.co.ukGIRVAN HALF-MARATHONHamilton Park, Girvan, Ayrshire. Noon.girvanathleticclub.co.ukGRIMSBY SEA WALL 5Novartis Social Club, Moody Lane, Grimsby, NE Lincolnshire. 11am.woldsvets.co.ukHITCHIN HARD HALF-MARATHONHitchin Priory, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. 9.30am.h3m.co.ukJANE TOMLINSON’S LEEDS 10kmLeeds, West Yorkshire. 9am.forallevents.co.ukKILBURN 7Kilburn, North Yorkshire. 2pm.MOUNT EPHRAIM CHALLENGE 10kmMount Ephraim Gardens, Boughton, Kent. 11am.

mountephraim10k.orgNOTFAST OPEN 10kmNewark RFC, Newark, Nottinghamshire. 10.30am.notfastrunningclub.co.ukSOUTH LAKES HALF-MARATHONCommunity Centre, Quarry Road, Allithwaite, Cumbria. 11am.allithwaiterunningclub.org.ukSPILSBY SHOW 6Spilsby, Lincolnshire. 11am.spilsbyshow.co.ukST ANNES CARNIVAL 5kmLord Derby Pub, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. 11am.lythamrunners.org.ukTOWNELEY PARK 5kmTowneley Park, Burnley, Lancashire. 10.30am.pendleandburnleygrandprix.co.ukWELLINGTON 10Wellington RFC, Wellington, Somerset. 10.30am.thewellingtonten.co.ukWELLINGTON 10kmWellington RFC, Wellington, Somerset. 10.40am.thewellingtonten.co.ukWINTERTON SHOW 10Winterton showground, Winterton, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire. 10am.wintertonshow.net

Monday July 9FRAMPTON 10kmFrampton, Gloucestershire. 7.30pm.SELF TRANSCENDENCE 2Battersea Park, London. 7pm.uk.srichinmoyraces.org/races/london

Tuesday July 10BRIDGES OF THE TYNE 5Quayside, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear. 7.15pm.tynebridgeharriers.comCHARNDON 5kmVillage Hall, Charndon, Oxfordshire. 7.30pm.EHH SUMMER LEAGUE (8)Village Hall, Skirlaugh, East Yorkshire. 7.15pm.easthullharriers.comRAVENSCRAIG PARK MILE SERIESRavenscraig Park, Kirkcaldy. 7pm.fi feac.co.ukROSE INN 4 SERIESRose Inn, Redwick, Gwent. 7.30pm.chepstowharriers.org.uk/roseinn.htmSELF-TRANSCENDENCE 2Eastville Park, Bristol. 7.15pm.uk.srichinmoyraces.org/races/bristolWISTOW 10kmWistow, North Yorkshire. 7.30pm.selbystriders.org.uk

Wednesday July 11BROOKS SUMMER TURKEY TROT 4Trickys, Redruth, Cornwall. 7.30pm.cornwallac.org.ukDONCASTER TOWN CENTRE 5kmMansion House, High Street, Doncaster, South Yorkshire. 7.30pm.doncasterathleticclub.comDROITWICH 10kmDroitwich High School, Droitwich, Worcestershire. 7.30pm.droitwichac.co.ukENDMOOR 10kmVillage Hall, Endmoor, Cumbria. 7.30pm.kendalac.co.ukHAIGH HALL 4

Wigan RFC, Wigan, Lancashire. 7.30pm.wiganphoenix.org.ukNEWBURGH RACENewburgh, Fife. 7.30pm.fi feac.co.ukNOTTINGHAMSHIRE SUMMER LEAGUEWorksop, Nottinghamshire. 7.15pm.RAF RELAYS (Inc RAF INTER-STATION CHAMPIONSHIPS)RAF Wittering.raf.mod.uk/rafathleticsSELF TRANSCENDENCE 2The Meadows, Edinburgh. 7pm.srichinmoyraces.orgYEOVILTON SUMMER 5km SERIESNuffi eld Bar, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset. 7.15pm.yeoviltownrrc.com

Thursday July 12CALDERVALE SUPPER RUN 4Village Hall, Caldervale, Lancashire. 7.30pm.wwwshoestringresults.comHARDWICK HALL 6Pilsley Primary School, Pilsley, Derbyshire. 7.30pm.hardwickrun.co.ukHARROGATE DISTRICT SUMMER RACE LEAGUERipon, North Yorkshire. 7.45pm.harrogate-league.org.ukJCB AC LAKESIDE 5JCB Lakeside club, Rocester, Staff ordshire. 7pm.jcb.comSTANDARD CHARTERED GREAT CITY RACELondon. 7.15pm.SUNDAYSHILL 10kmThornbury RFC, Thornbury, Avon. 7.30pm.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk

Friday July 13JUBILEE 10kmShipley Park, Heanor, Derbyshire. 7.15pm.heanorrunningclub.comWHISSENDINE 6Whissendine, Rutland. 7.30pm.

Saturday July 14BUXTON CARNIVAL 5Buxton, Derbyshire.buxtonac.org.ukELMORE 7High Road, Chipstead, Surrey. 2pm.southlondonharriers.orgHALEWOOD 5kmHalewood Park visitor centre, Halewood, Merseyside. 1pm.bugruns.org.ukHORNTON 6Hornton, Oxfordshire. 7pm.cherwellrunners.co.ukPARC BRYN BACH 10kmParc Bryn Bach, Tredegar, Gwent. 10am.hospiceofthevalleys.comPILOT INN 10Pilot Inn, Hardwicke, Gloucestershire. 7.45pm.severnathletic.org.ukSWANAGE HALF-MARATHONSeafront, Shore Road, Swanage, Dorset. 9.30am.swanagecarnival.com

Sunday July 15APTEK KELSO CRAWLERS 10km

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NEW UK 1500m champion Laura Weightman will fi ne-tune her preparations for London when he lines up for the 800m.

The 20-year-old will be racing for the fi rst time since that magnifi cent victory at the trials in Birmingham after which she was quick to insist that there was still plenty of hard work ahead in order to ensure she makes an impact at the Games.

Saturday’s 800m will be a good sharpener and Weigthman should have good memories of the Traff ord track as that is where she ran a personal best of 2:03.18 in 2010, a time which she only eclipsed last month at the BMC GP in Watford with a sparkling 2:02.52.

No doubt Weightman, who is coached by Steve Cram, would love to go quicker again and among her rivals on Saturday will be Anna Simmonds, Claire Burgoyne, Adele Tracy and Alex Bell.

The men’s 800m also looks interesting with Americans Richard Jones (1.45.56), Prince Mumba (1.46.14) and Romania’s Ioan Zaizan, who ran 1:47.3 in the heats of the European Championships, providing hot competition for top Brits entered.

The men’s 1500m looks highly competitive with Kent AC’s 29-year-old Jermaine Mays among the favourites as he seeks to follow up his fi ne fourth place in the trials.

Mays has a best of 3:41,57 to his name this year but would love to get under 3:40 again – his PB of 3:39.84 was set two years ago in Oslo – and he should certainly have men to push him with

Poland’s Adam Czerwinksi (3:41 this year) and Raul Botezan of Romania (3:41) also running.

In addition, a strong British contingent includes the irrepressible Tony Whiteman, running as well as ever and Frank Baddick.

Katrina Wooton, who was fi fth in the trials at the 5000m, heads the entries for the women’s 1500m with Claire Gibson, Amy Campbell, Kirsty Legg and Alison Leonard also registered.

In the women’s 3000m Aldershot, Farnham & District’s Charlotte Purdue, who fi nished sixth in the 10,000m at the European Championships in Helsinki last weekend, will be joined by Abby McGhee and Jess Coulson, while Luke Cragg is among the entries for the men’s 5000m.

The meeting starts at 5.30pm and for the latest details see britishmilersclub.com

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Kelso RFC, Kelso, Scottish Borders. 11am.kelsocrawlers.org.ukBNY MELLON BRENTWOOD 10kmHerongate FC, Billericay Road, Brentwood, Essex. 11am.thriftgreentrotters.co.ukBOSTON BUTTERFLY RUN 5kmPunchbowl Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire. 11am.bostonanddistrictac.comBURTON PIDSEA 10kmBurton Pidsea, East Yorkshire.CHERNOBYL CHALLENGE 10kmWelcome Inn, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire. 11am.ukroadraces.infoCLYST VALE 5Clyst Vale Community College, Broadclyst, Devon. 10am.swrr.co.ukCOVENTRY NORTHBROOK 10kmAllesley, Coventry, Warwickshire. 10.15am.northbrookac.org.uk/10kEAST HARLING 10kmRecreation Ground, East Harling, Norfolk. [email protected] 10Church Lane, Adel, Leeds, West Yorkshire. 9.30am.abbeyrunners.co.ukEDGEHILL GAMES HALF-MARATHONCompton Verney, Near Kineton, Warwickshire. 9.30am.thresholdevents.co.ukGRANT & STONE WYCOMBE 10km/HALF-MARATHONThe Rye, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 9:30.handycrossrunners.co.ukKELSO 10kmKelso, Scottish Borders. 11am.kelsocrawlers.org.ukMAGNIFICENT 7Saltash, Cornwall.tamartrotters.co.ukNORTON 10kmNorton Parish Hall, Littleworth, Worcestershire. 11am.cambaevents.co.ukPRUDHOE MINERS RUN 5Prudhoe, Northumberland.RunNorthumberland.orgRAF MARHAM 10Marham, Norfolk. 11.30am.oaa.co.ukROMNEY MARSH 10kmSt Martins Field, Fairfi eld Road, New Romney, [email protected] IVES 10kmOne Leisure Outdoor Centre, St Ives, Cambridgeshire. 10.30am.huntsac.org.ukSTOPSLEY STRIDERS LADIES 5kmWardown Park, Luton, Bedfordshire. 10.30am.stopsleystriders.org.ukTRENTHAM 10Village Hall, Tittensor, Staff ordshire. 10.30am.trenthamrunningclub.co.ukTYTHERLEY 10kmKing Edward’s Hall, West Tytherley, Wiltshire. 11am.westtytherley.comWENLOCK OLYMPIAN 10kmMuch Wenlock, Shropshire. 12.30pm.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk/olympian-games

WINDMILL HALF-MARATHONFairhaven Lake Cafe, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. 10am.fyldecoastrunning.orgWORCESTER PITCHCROFT 10kmWorcester Racecourse, Pitchcroft, Worcestershire. 11am.worcester-ac.co.ukWYVERN 10kmWyvern College, Fair Oak, Hampshire. 10am.wyvern.hants.sch.uk/wyvern10k

MULTI-TERRAINThursday July 5BADGER 10kmThe Barn, Berkeley Drive, Bamber Bridge, Lancashire. 7.30pm.ukresults.netBARBURY CASTLE RAMPARTS 5Barbury Shooting School, Swindon, Wiltshire. 7.30pm.grassrootsevents.co.ukBOB HANCOCK MEMORIAL MIDSUMMER 5Federation Sports Club, Downham Market, Norfolk. 7.30pm.rystonrunners.org.ukDEESTRIDERS 5Tata Sports &Social Club, Rowley’s Drive, Shotton, Flintshire. 7.30pm.deestridersrunningclub.netGIBSON GRIND 14.4kmDean Gibson School, Kendal, Cumbria. 6.30pm.deangibson.cumbria.sch.ukHOLME PIERREPOINT GRAND PRIX 5kmColwick Park, Nottingham. 7.15pm.hprcrun.co.ukTINTERN TROT 10kmAbbey Mill, Tintern, Gwent. 7.30pm.chepstowharriers.org.uk/tintern.htmTREGORRICK 5kmSt Austell, Cornwall.staustellrunningclub.co.uk

Friday July 6CHORLEY PARK 5km SERIESAstley Park, Chorley, Lancashire. 7pm.youspoon.com/cac/index.phpCOLIN POTTER MEMORIAL 10kmHaslam’s, Haslam’s Lane, Derby. 7.15pm.colinpotter10k.com

Saturday July 7ABNEY CHEADLE RUN 5kmAbney Hall, Cheadle, Cheshire. 9.30am.abneycheadlerun.co.ukAVON VALLEY RELAY (4x4.5)Christie Miller Sports Centre, Melksham, Wiltshire. 2pm.avonvalleyrunners.org.ukBASECAMP 5kmGraves Park, Sheffi eld, South Yorkshire.ratracebasecamp.co.ukBIRMINGHAM AND BLACK COUNTRY HALF-MARATHONRailway Station, Wolverhampton, West Midlands. 9am.bbchm.co.ukCHARMOUTH CHALLENGE 8Charmouth School, Lower Sea Lane, Charmouth, Dorset. 2.30pm.charmouthchallenge.co.ukCOMPTON CANTER 9.1kmRecreation Ground, Burrell Road, Compton, Berkshire. Noon.comptonharriers.org.ukDERWENT RIVER RELAYS

Belper RFC, Belper, Derbyshire. 2.30pm.belperharriers.wordpress.comHOPTON SCENIC 7Hopton CEVC Primary School, Hopton, Diss, Suff olk. 10am.hoptonrun.org.ukKIRTLINGTON 6kmVillage Hall, Kirtlington, Oxfordshire. 1.30pm.kirtlingtonfete.co.ukLETCHWORTH FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 5kmLetchworth Outdoor Pool, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. 9am.fi rstsaturday5km.org.ukMAIDEN CASTLE LOOP 6.5Dorchester FRC, Dorchester, Dorset. 7pm.egdonheathharriers.comORION HARRIERS FOREST 5Jubilee Retreat, Chingford, London. 10am.orionharriers.org.ukRUNNYMEDE RELAYSWindsor, Berkshire. Noon.THE HURT 12/24kmLawbrook Lane, Peaslake, Surrey. 9am.thehurt.co.uk

Sunday July 8BOLLINGTON NOSTALGIA 7Bridgend Centre, Bollington, Cheshire. 11am.bridgendcentre.org.ukBUSHY 10kmBushfi eld Sports Centre, Orton Southgate, Cambridgeshire. 11am.bushfi eldjoggers.co.ukCHEDDAR GORGE 10km/HALF-MARATHONStrawberry Fields, Cheddar, Somerset. 11am.relishrunningraces.comCHICHESTER CHALLENGE 15/25/42kmVillage Green, Pook Lane, Chichester.chichester-march.org.ukCLAYGATE COUNTRY 5Recreation Ground, Church Road, Claygate, Surrey. 10.30am.claygatecountryfi ve.co.ukEVESHAM VALE 10kmHigh Street, Evesham, Worcestershire. 10.30am.eveshamvalerunningclub.org.ukFISHBOURNE FLAT 5Fishbourne, West Sussex. 9.45am.fi shbournefl atfi ve.co.ukHEVENINGHAM HALL X 10kmHeveningham Hall, Heveningham, Suff olk. 9.45am.runheveningham.co.ukHUGHENDEN MANOR 10kmHughenden Manor, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 9am.purplepatchrunning.comKELVEDON HATCH 5kmKelvedon hatch, brentwood, Essex.kh5k.ukgo.coMKINGSCLERE 5Fieldgate Centre, Kingsclere, Hampshire. 11am.twistkingsclere5.org.ukLYMM FESTIVAL ‘O-LYMM-PIC’ 5kmLymm High School, Lymm, Cheshire. 11.30am.lymmrunners.org.ukMIKE GROVES 10kmVillage Hall, Rectory Road, Coltishall, Norfolk. 10.30am.jaguarraces.co.uk

MILTON KEYNES HALF-MARATHONWebber Independent School, Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire. 10am.nspcc.org.uk/miltonkeyneshalfmarathonNEW FOREST 10New Park Farm, Brockenhurst, Hampshire. 11.15am.nf10.co.ukONE BOLTON 5kmBolton Arena, Horwich, Bolton, Lancashire. 12.15pm.bwct.org.uk/one-bolton-5k1PRINCES RISBOROUGH 10kmMarket Square, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. 9.30am.voaac.org.ukQUANTOCK BEAST 5.7Fyne Court, Broomfi eld, Somerset. 11am.quantockharriers.co.ukRUN THE RIVER 5Tottenham Marshes, Watermead Way, London. 10.30am.edmontonrc.co.uk/rtr5SOAPBOX SPECTACULAR 5Richards Castle, Ludlow, Shropshire. Noon.croftambreyrunningclub.co.ukSTOURHEAD CREAM TEA SUNDAY 5kmStourhead Estate, Mere, Somerset. 11am.ecofi tness.co.ukTYTHING BARN BARE IF YOU DARE 5kmWest Williamston, Pembrokeshire. 11am.tb5k.moonfruit.comUCKFIELD LIONS 10kmHempstead Playing Fields, Uckfi eld, East Sussex. 10.30am.funrun@uckfi eld-lions.org.ukUDDER 10km/MARATHONCassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire. 9am.udder-marathon.infoWATERGATEWatergate Park, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. 10am.lowfellrunningclub.co.ukWENLOCK OLYMPIAN HALF-MARATHON/MARATHONCraven Arms, Shropshire.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk/olympian-gamesWYRE FOREST HALF-MARATHONWyre Forest Visitor Centre, Callow Hill, Worcestershire. 10.30am.amazingfeet.co.uk

Monday July 9ANNITA NOTT WOMEN ONLY 6kmWallsend, Tyne & Wear. 7.30pm.WESTBURY WIPEOUT 3kmWestbury, Avon. 7y.15pm.

Tuesday July 10MOFFAT GALA 15kmThe Ram, High Street, Moff at, Dumfries & Galloway. 7.15pm.entrycentral.com

Wednesday July 11CHIPPENHAM RIVER RUN 5kmOlympiad Leisure Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire. 7.30pm.chippenhamharriers.co.ukCOLYTON REBEL RUN 5/10kmColyton Grammar School, Colyford, Devon. 7pm.rebelrun.org.uk

COSMESTON RELAYSCosmeston Lakes Country Park, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. 7.30pm.penarthanddinasrunners.org.ukCROWN TO CROWN 5kmWestley Heights Country Park, Basildon, Essex. 7.30pm.pitsearunningclub.org.ukGIBBET HILL 10kmLion Green, Haslemere, Surrey. 7.30pm.hbac.co.ukROYTON 5.5Tandle Hill Tavern, Royton, Manchester. 7.30pm.roytonroadrunners.co.ukTHAMES 10kmWhitchurch on Thames, Berkshire. 7.30pm.WATERMEAD CHALLENGE 5Syston, Leicestershire. 7pm.WOLDS DASH SERIESHubbards Hills, Louth, Lincolnshire. 7pm.louth-ac.org.uk

Thursday July 12WIZARD 5NT car park, Macclesfi eld Road, Alderley Edge, Cheshire. 7.30pm.wilmslowrunningclub.org

Friday July 13BLACK ROCKS 4.2Cromford Meadows, Matlock, Derbyshire. 7.30pm.matlockac.org.ukGWR TOWPATH 10km SERIESGreville Smyth Park, Bristol, Avon. 7.30pm.greatwesternrunners.org.uk

Saturday July 1410 IN THE GLEN 10kmGlen Nevis, Fort William, Highlands. 9am.nofussevents.co.ukCRICH MONUMENT 11kmRecreational Ground, Crich, Derbyshire. 1.30pm.cacn.org.ukDEVILS CHIMNEY CHASE 10kmCheltenham, Gloucestershire. 6pm.DUCKPONDS 7kmOreston Community Academy School, Plymstock, Devon. 6pm.plymstockroadrunners.co.ukGLASGOW BIG FUN RUN 5kmBellahouston Park, Glasgow. 11am.bigfunrun.com/?glasgowOTTER RAIL AND RIVER RUN 10kmTipton St John, Devon. 10.30am.sidmouthrunningclub.co.ukRADCLIFFE 3 DAY CHALLENGE (WOODCOCKS 5)Radcliff e CC, Radcliff e, Manchester.ukresults.netTHREE SPIRES 10km/HALF-MARATHONLucy Plackett Playing Field, Adderbury, Oxfordshire. 9.45am.adderburyrunningclub.co.ukTOCKENHAM VILLAGE FAIR 5kmVillage Hall, Tockenham, Wiltshire. 4pm.tockenhamvillagefair.co.ukWINDSOR GREAT PARK DASH 10kmWindsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire. 10am.datchetdashers.com/dorney-dash

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CROSS-COUNTRYFriday July 13RADCLIFFE 3 DAY CHALLENGE (SUMMER XC)Giant Seat camp site, Radcliff e, Manchester.

FELLThursday July 12RADCLIFFE 3 DAY CHALLENGE (BULL HILL FELL)Wagon & horses, Hawkshaw, Lancs.

PARKRUNSAberdeen – Beach Esplanade. 9.30amAbingdon – Rye MeadowAndover – Charlton Playing FieldsAshford – Bedfont Lakes Country ParkBallymena - Ecos ParkBanstead – Banstead WoodsBarnsley – Locke ParkBarrow-in-Furness – Barrow ParkBasingstoke – War Memorial ParkBedford – Bedford ParkBelfast – Queen’s UniversityBelfast – Victoria ParkBelfast – Waterworks ParkBexley – Danson ParkBirmingham – Cannon Hill ParkBolton – Leverhulme ParkBradford – Lister ParkBramhall – Bramhall ParkBridlington – Sewerby HallBrighton – Hove ParkBristol – Ashton Court EstateBurnley – Towneley ParkCamberley – Frimley Lodge ParkCambridge – Milton Country ParkCardiff – BlackweirCheam – Nonsuch ParkConkers – near Ashby de la ZouchCoventry – War Memorial ParkCroydon – Lloyd ParkCroydon – RiddlesdownCroydon – Roundshaw DownsDewsburyDulwich – Dulwich ParkDundee – Camperdown Country ParkDurham – Graham Sports CentreEastbourne – Shinewater ParkEastleigh – Lakeside County ParkEdinburgh – Silverknowes Promenade. 9.30amEdmonton – Pymmes ParkEnfi eld – Grovelands ParkFalkirk – Callendar Park. 9.30amForest of Dean – Covenham EnclosureFritton – Fritton Lake Country ParkGateshead – Saltwell ParkGlasgow – Pollock Park. 9.30amGreat Yarmouth – Gorleston Cliff sGreenwich – Avery Hill ParkGuildford - Stoke ParkHarrogate - The StrayHavant – Staunton Country ParkHuddersfi eld – Greenhead ParkHull – East ParkInverness – Bught Park. 9.30amIsle of Wight – MedinaIslington – Highbury FieldsKillerton – near ExeterKing’s Lynn – The WalkKingston – Canbury GardensLeamington – Newbold ComynLeeds – Hyde ParkLeeds – Roundhay Park

Leicester – Braunstone ParkLeigh – Pennington FlashLiverpool – Princes ParkLondon – Alexandra PalaceLondon - Beckton District Park SouthLondon – Brockwell ParkLondon – Bushy ParkLondon – Crystal Palace ParkLondon – Finsbury ParkLondon – Hackney MarshesLondon – Hampstead HeathLondon - Mile End ParkLondon – Norman ParkLondon – Oak Hill ParkLondon – Wanstead FlatsLondon – Wimbledon CommonLondon – Wormwood ScrubsManchester – Heaton ParkManchester – Platt Fields ParkManchester – Wythenshawe ParkMiddlesbrough – Albert ParkMilton Keynes – Willen LakeNewbury - Greenham CommonNewcastle – Exhibition ParkNewport – Tredegar HouseNorthampton – Northampton racecourseNorwich – Eaton ParkNottingham – ColwickOldham – Alexandra ParkOxford – Cutteslowe & Sunnymead ParkPontefract – Pontefract RacecoursePoole – Poole ParkPreston – Avenham ParkReading – Thames Valley ParkRedbridge – Valentines ParkRedcar – Locke ParkRichmond – Old Deer ParkRichmond – Richmond ParkSalford – Worsley WoodsSedgefi eld – Hardwick ParkSheffi eld – Concord Sports CentreSheffi eld – Endcliff e ParkSheffi eld – Graves ParkSlough – Black Park Country ParkSolihull – Brueton ParkSouth Ealing – GunnersburySouthampton – Royal Victoria Country ParkSt Albans – Verulamium ParkSt Andrews – Craigtoun Country Park. 9.30amStockport – Brabyns ParkStockport – Woodbank ParkStoke – Hanley ParkStrathclyde – Strathclyde Country Park. 9.30amSunderland – Silksworth Sports ComplexSwindon – Lydiard ParkTees Barrage International White Water Centre, DurhamTrowbridge – Southwick Country ParkTwickenham – Crane ParkWalsall – ArboretumWaltham Abbey – Gunpowder ParkWhitley Bay – Links CommonWhitstable – PromenadeWorcester – Worcester WoodsYork – York RacecourseEntry: Free. Recurs every Saturday. 9am unless stated.parkrun.com

WALKSThursday July 12MANX HARRIERS SUMMER 10kmSt Johns, Isle of Man. 7pm.manxharriers.com

Saturday July 14BMAF 30km CHAMPIONSHIPSCoventry.bmaf.org.uk

OVERSEASFriday July 6SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE inc AVIVA LONDON GRAND PRIXParis, France.diamondleague-paris.com and uka.org.uk

Saturday July 7MEETING DE MADRID 2012Madrid, Spain.iaaf.org/mini/iwc12WOODIE’S DIY AAI SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSDublin, Ireland. Until Sunday July 8.athleticsireland.ie

Tuesday July 10IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPSBarcelona, Spain. Until Sunday July 15.iaaf.org/mini/WJC12

Saturday July 14WOODIE’S DIY AAI JUVENILE CHAMPIONSHIPSTullamore, Ireland. Until Sunday July 15.athleticsireland.ie

Tuesday July 17CORK CITY SPORTSCork, Ireland.corkcitysports.ie

Wednesday July 18DUBLIN GRADED OPENDublin, Ireland. 7pm.dublinathletics.com

Friday July 20SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUEMonaco City, Monaco.diamondleague-monaco.com

Saturday July 21DUBLIN BIG FUN RUN 5kmDublin, Ireland. 11am.bigfunrun.com/?dublin

Wednesday July 25IRISH MILERS’ CLUBMEETINGDublin, Ireland.irishmilersclub.comMORTON INTERNATIONAL GAMESDublin, Ireland.mortongames.ie

Saturday July 28WOODIE’S DIY AAI JUVENILE CHAMPIONSHIPSTullamore, Ireland. Until Sunday July 29.athleticsireland.ie

Wednesday August 1DUBLIN GRADED OPENDublin, Ireland. 7pm.dublinathletics.com

Saturday August 4WOODIE’S DIY AAI COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPSDublin, Ireland. Until Sunday August 5.athleticsireland.ie

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TENNIS and athletics might not be the most obvious sporting bedfellows, but here are some track and fi eld connections with some top-flight players on the lawns of SW19 this month. » Nadia Petrova: Petrova could have easily ended up as an athlete instead of a tennis player. Her mother Nadezhda Ilyina won two silvers over 400m at the European Indoor Championships as well as a bronze in the 4x400m at the 1976 Olympics, while her father Viktor was one of the leading hammer throwers in the Soviet Union before becoming a coach for the Egyptian Athletics Federation in the early 1990s. However, Petrova’s decision to stick with tennis is hardly foolhardy as the former world No.3 has amassed $10m in prize

money, 10 tour singles titles and 20 in doubles.» Mona Barthel: The German has improved her ranking from No.196 to No.31 in the last year and her father, Wolfgang, won the European junior shot put title for West Germany in 1970. » Yaroslava Shvedova: Having the genes of an ultra-

marathon runner might not seem suited for a tennis player, but Shvedova’s mother, Nurzia Bagmanova, won the IAU World 100km Challenge in 1992 and silver at the European Championships in 1994. Shvedova reached the French Open quarter-fi nals as a qualifi er and this performance earned her a wild-card into Wimbledon. » Sergei Bubka Jr: The son of the legendary pole-vaulter is gradually moving up the rankings and he qualifi ed for last year’s US Open before losing a close match in the second round to world No.5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. While making a solid career on the pro-tour, he doesn’t share the same pedigree as his father or girlfriend Victoria Azarenka, who won the Australian Open title this year.

Got an o� -beat story?IF YOU’VE got a tale to tell about something off -beat and athletics-related, we’d love to hear about it with a view to it appearing in Dip Finish, and it’s even better if you have a picture as well. Simply email [email protected]

Aviva London Grand Prix – we look ahead to the Diamond League meeting at Crystal Palace

OUT THURSDAY JULY 12 – DON’T MISS IT!NEXT WEEK

A light-hearted look at the crazy world of athletics

It’s hit and run at Wimbledon

Bottoms up for net starsILFORD AC is celebrating the fi fth athlete in its history to reach the Olympics – a race walker from Lithuania!

Neringa Aidietyte, 29, will represent the Eastern European nation in the 20km walk in London and the Bethnal

Green-based walker follows in the footsteps of past Ilford AC athletes Phyllis Perkins (Rome 1960, 800m), Fergus Murray (Tokyo 1964, 10,000m), Wilbert Greaves (Moscow 1980, 100m hurdles) and Roger Mills (Moscow 1980, 20km walk).

THE phrase “Jessica Ennis bum” is one of the top Olympic-related Google searches according to research carried out by internet company Tamar.

When it comes to popularity on the internet demonstrated by potential British Olympians, only Andy Murray gets more hits. And when it comes to the words “Jessica Ennis bum”, the only rivals are “Tom Daley bulge”, Victoria Pendleton FHM” and “Jessica Ennis hot”.

David Beckham’s tattoos are also popular searches but the footballer will not now be competing at the Games.

High � ve for Ilford’s Olympians

IT’S NOT been a great week for Usain Bolt. On the track he was beaten twice by Yohan Blake in the Jamaican Championships. Off the track his Virgin Media broadband

advert has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for its misleading claims about doubling “everyone’s” broadband speeds.

The ads show Bolt impersonating Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson by saying: “Hi, I’m Richard Branson and I’m doubling everyone’s broadband speeds”. But small print says the offer applied only to cabled areas and the ASA has ruled the ads must not appear again in their current form, saying: “We told Virgin not to imply they were affecting the service of all their consumers if this was not the case.”

LUKAS ROSOL, the surprise winner over Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon last week, used to be married to Czech athlete Denisa Rosolova (below).

However his ex-wife was too busy concentrating on winning a silver medal in the 400m hurdles at the European Championships in Helsinki to watch the end of his famous match.

“I’m happy he won, but we no longer live together, that is all I can say,” she said. “I was following the game, but before the last set I went to sleep.”

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