Report05 Jun 1999


Season bests for Gebrselassie and Komen in Stuttgart

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Haile Gebrselassie at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships (© © Allsport)

Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie and Kenyan Daniel Komen posted the fastest times this year for the 1,500 and 3,000 metres respectively at an international athletics meeting on Sunday.

Gebrselassie clocked three minutes 33.73 seconds for the 1500 metres on a mild afternoon in Stuttgart, where he burst into the limelight with gold in the 10,000 metres and silver in the 5000 at the 1993 world championships.

Kenyan Benjamin Kipkirui was a distant second in 3:36.42 with Shadrack Langat, also from Kenya, third in 3:36.42.

Komen, who had opted for the 3000 metres, clocked 7:32.72. Hailu Kekkonen of Ethiopia was second in 7:33.09 and Kenya's Richard Limo third in 7:34.70.

Briton Colin Jackson, who became world champion on the same track six years ago, shrugged off a brave challenge from Cuba's Anier Garcia to win the 110 metres hurdles in a world class time of 13.14. Garcia was second in 13.17.

Trinidad's Ato Boldon, the 200 metres world champion, won the 100 metres in 9.97, beating American Dennis Mitchell into second place.

Cuba's Ivan Pedroso exacted revenge for his defeat Saturday in Iena, beating Jamaica's James Beckford by 13 centimetres to win the men's long jump. Beckford won with an 11 cm margin in Iena.

Men:

100 m 1. Ato Boldon (TRI) 9.97 2. Dennis Mitchell (USA) 10.09 3. Eric Nkansah (GHA)10.10

1.500 m 1. Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 3:33.73 2. Benjamin Kipkirui (KEN) 3:36.42 3. Shadrack Langat (KEN) 3:36.64

3.000 m 1. Daniel Komen (KEN) 7:32.72 2. Hailu Mekkonen (ETH) 7:33.09 3. Richard Limo (KEN) 7:34.70

110 m hurdles 1. Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.14 2. Anier Garcia (CUB) 13.17 3. Falk Balzer (GER) 13.30

400 metre hurdles 1. Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) 48.96 2. Pawel Januszewski (POL) 49.09 3. Ibou Faye (SEN) 49.27

3.000 m steeplechase 1. Kipkirui Misoi (KEN) 8:13.17 2. Paul Kosgei (KEN) 8:13.26 3. Gael Pencreach (FRA) 8:18.53

Pole vault 1. Tim Lobinger (GER)5.70 m 2. Michael Stolle (GER) 5.60 3. Martin Eriksson (SWE) 5.60

Long jump 1. Ivan Pedroso (CUB) 8.13 2. James Beckford (JAM) 8.00 3. Marc Anthony Awerne (GHA) 7.87

Triple jump 1. Joel Garcia (CUB) 17.03 2. Charles Friedek (GER) 17.01 3. Yelvis Quesada (CUB) 16.94

Discus 1. Virgilius Alekna (LIT) 66.22 2. Juergen Schult (GER) 65.98 3. Lars Riedel (GER) 65.04

Women:

100 m 1. Endurance Ojokolo (NIG) 11.26 2. Merlene Ottey (JAM) 11.27 3. Susanthika Jajasinghe (Sri Lanka) 11.36

400 m 1. Lorraine Graham (JAM) 50.92 2. Anja Ruecker (GER) 51.35 3. Monique Hennegan (USA) 51.59

1,500 m 1. Kutre Dulecha (ETH) 4:06.78 2. Lidia Chojecka (POL) 4:07.07 3. Anna Jacubczak (POL) 4:09.29

100 m hurdles 1. Katie Anderson (CAN) 12.80 2. Birgit Hamann (GER)13.08 3. Sriyani Kulanwansa (Sri Lanka)13.13

High jump 1. Svetlana Lapina (RUS) 1.93 2. Susan Jones (GBR)1.87 3. Amewu Mensah (GER) 1.87

Javelin 1. Karen Forkel (GER)63.16 2. Tanja Damaske (GER) 63.13 3. Oxana Makarova-Ovtschinnikova (RUS) 62.20

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