African Athletics

Kenya’s Daniel Gitau and Australian Nikki Chapple were crowned men’s and women’s title holders at the Marugame Half Marathon in Japan.  

The 22 year old Gitau used an aggressive front running style to lead for most of the race right from the starter’s gun. He covered the distance in 1:01:08. Fellow Kenyans Mekubo Mogosu (1:01:43) and Joseph Mwaniki (1:01:49 were a distant second and third respectively.

In the women’s race Australian Mikki Chapple blew away the field and won the race in a life time best of 1:08:37. Japan’s Yoko Miyauchi (1:09:51) followed.

LEADING RESULTS

MENS 

1 Daniel Gitau (Kenya)  1:01:08; 2 Mekubo Mogusu (Kenya)  1:01:43; 3 Joseph Mwaniki (Kenya) 1:01:49;  4 Yuichiro Ogawa (Japan) 1:01:53; 5 Kosuke Takabayashi (Japan) 1:01:54; 6 Muryo Takase  (Japan )1:01:57; 7 Tomoyuki Morita (Japan) 1:02:02; 8 Shota Hiraga (Japan) 1:02:08; 9 Tomoaki Bungo  (Japan)1:02:15; 10 Satoshi Irifune  (Japan)1:02:18;

WOMEN
 1 Nikki Chapple (Australia) 1:08:37; 2 Yoko Miyauchi (Japan) 1:09:51; 3 Hiroko Miyauchi (Japan)1:10:01; 4 Megumi Seike (Japan) 1:10:17; 5 Hiromi Ominami (Japan)1:10:37; 6 Mara Yamauchi (Britain) 1:10:46; 7 Noriko Higuchi (Japan) 1:10:51; 8 Miho Notagashira (Japan) 1:11:16; 9 Kim Sung-Eun (South Korea)  1:11:34; 10 Asami Yamane  (Japan) 1:11:46

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Ethiopians Meseret Defar, Gelete Burka, and Deressa Mekkonen along with Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge clocked the world fastest times in their respective events at the Sparkassen Indoor meet in Stuttgart Germany.

Defar was on course to improve her world 3000m indoor record she set three years ago at this meet. However towards the end of the race she faded a little had ahd to settled for a world leading time this year of 8: 24.46.

World Indoor 1500m champions Gelete Burka (4:03.44) and Deresse Mekkonen (3:34.17) signalled their intention to retain their world titles come the world Indoor Championships in Doha Qatar next month. Not only did they win their events they also posted the fastest times in their specialty this year.  

Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge spoilt the Ethiopian party when he finished ahead of Tariku Bekele to claim victory in the men’s 3000m. Kipchoge’s time of 7:32.99 is the fastest in the world this year. Bekele (7:33.81) and another Kenyan Alex Sammy Mutahi (7:37.01) took the minor positions.   

Sudan’s World Indoor 800m door champion Abubakar Kaki had a modest start towards the world indoor championships His winning time of 1:46.47 suggest he will be among the medal contenders in Doha next month.

Nigeria sprinter Egwero Ogho-Oghene (6.62) improved on his best in 60m, as Ghana’s Ignisious Gaisah (7.73) continues on his long jump comeback after a layoff due to injury.

SELECTED RESULTS
WL denotes World leading time this year

MR denotes Meet record

PB denote personal best

MEN

60m

1 Lerone Clarke (Jamaica) 6.57; 2 Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) 6.58; 3 Egwero Ogho-Oghene (Nigeria) 6.62; 4 Craig Pickering (Britain) 6.64; 5 Tobias Unger (Germany) 6.71; 6 Pascal Mancini (Switzerland) 6.76  

800m

1 Abubakar Kaki (Sudan) 1:46.47; 2 Jakub Holusa (Czech Republic) 1:46.82; 3 Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva (Kenya) 1:47.03; 4 Antonio Reina (Spain) 1:47.88; 5 Kevin Hautcoeur (France) 1:48.24; 6 Georg Eberhardt (Germany) 1:49.21; 7 Yuriy Koldin (Russia) 1:52.15

1500m

1 Deresse Mekkonen (Ethiopia) 3:34.17; 2 William Tanui Biwott (Kenya) 3:36.93; 3 Bouabdellah Tahri (France) 3:37.31; 4 Bethwell Birge (Kenya) 3:39.14; 5 Juan Carlos Higuero (Spain) 3:40.76; 6 Stefan Eberhardt (Germany) 3:41.12; 7 Yoann Kowal (France) 3:47.18; 8 Mohamad Al-Boarding (Qatar) 3:59.53

3000m

1 Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 7:32.99; 2 Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 7:33.81; 3 Alex Sammy Mutahi (Kenya) 7:37.01; 4 Edwin Soi (Kenya) 7:38.60; 5 Abreham Felek Cherkos (Ethiopia) 7:40.04; 6 Diego Ruiz (Spain) 7:52.86; 7 Christophe Lohse (Germany) 7:53.11; 8 Arne Gabius (Germany) 7:54.11; 9 Alvaro Fernandez (Spain) 7:57.89; 10 Joseph Kitur Kiplimo (Kenya) 8:04.42

Long Jump

1 Jinzhe Li (China) 7.92; 2 Salim Sdiri (France) 7.87; 3 Ignisious Gaisah (Ghana) 7.73; 4 Dwight Phillips (USA) 7.72; 5 Ndiss Kaba Badji (Senegal) 7.66; 6 Remigius Roskosch (Germany) 7.57; 7 Christopher Stolz (Germany) 7.56; 8 Zhen Wei Yu (China) 7.53; 9 Nils Winter (Germany) 7.42    

WOMEN

1500m

1 Gelete Burka (Ethiopia) 4:03.44 MR/WL; 2 Anna Alminova (Russia) 4:03.88; 3 Irene Jelagat (Kenya) 4:07.45; 4 Helen Clitheroe (Britain) 4:10.08; 5 Felix fanjanteino (France) 4:11.95 Hilary Stellingwerff (Canada) 4:17.79  

3000m

1 Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 8:24.46 WL; 2 Ejigu Sentayehu (Ethiopia) 8:25:27; 3 Sylvia Kibet (Kenya) 8:42.15; 4 Ines Monteiro (Portugal) 8:59.05; 5 Rene Kalmer (South Africa) 9:02.92; 6 Sabrina Mochkenhaupt (Germany) 9:13.72  

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Kenya’s Paul Kipsiele Koech broke new grounds when winning the 5000m metres at the PSD Bank Indoor meet in Dusseldorf Germany on Wednesday night.

On a night rich with world leading performances Koech covered the distance in a life time best of 13 minutes and 02.65 seconds.  His compatriots Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (13:06.27) and Daniel Lemashon Salel (13:15.89) followed.

Earlier another Kenyan Augustine Choge produce a world best this year in the 1500m winning the race in 3 minutes 36.75 seconds. South Africa’s Juan Van Deventer (3:37.25) was second with Kenya’s Godfrey Rono (3:38.10) place third. In other events, Sudan’s Ismail Ahmed Ismail was runner up in 800m while Irene Jelagat was third in the women’s 1500m.

SELECTED LEADING RESULTS

WL denotes World leading performance

MR denotes Meeting record

AR denotes Asian record

MEN

60m

1 Mark Jelks (USA) 6.56 WL/MR; 2 Lerone Clarke (Jamaica) 6.62; 3 Ronald Pognon (France) 6.64; 4 Ehwero Ogho-Oghene (Nigeria) 6.65;5 Churandy Martina (Netherlands Antilles) 6.65; 6 Pascal Mancini (Switzerland) 6.68; 7 Morne Nagel (South Africa) 6.75;8 Dwight Phillips (USA) 6.80

800m

1 Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 1:45.77 WL/MR; 2 Ismail Ahmed Ismail (Sudan) 1:45.99; 3 Adam Kszczot (Poland) 1:46.00;4 Boaz Lalang (Kenya) 1:46.37; 5 Reuben Bett (Kenya) 1:47.44

1500m A

1 Augustine Choge (Kenya) 3:36.75 WL; 2 Juan van Deventer (South Africa) 3:37.25; 3 Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono (Kenya) 3:38.10; 4 Mekonnen Gebremehdin (Ethiopia) 3:38.36; 5 William Biwott Tanui (Kenya) 3:38.62; 6 Gideon Gathimba (Kenya) 3:39.46; 7 Christoph Lohse (Germany) 3:43.76; 8 Wolfram Muller (Germany) 3:43.97; 9 Artur Lenz (Germany) 3:45.07;

1500m B

1 Nickson Shepseba (Kenya) 3:42.77; 2 Cornelis Ndima (Kenya) 3:42.84; 3 Mateusz Demczyszak (Poland) 3:44.09; 4 Christian Schreiner (Germany) 3:47.06;

5000m

1 Paul Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) 13:02.95 WL/MR; 2 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (Kenya) 13:06.27; 3 Daniel Lemashon Salel (Kenya) 13:15.89; 4 Ismail Essa Eashed(Qatar) 13:19.10 AR; 5 Jonas Cheruiyot (Kenya) 13:34.56; 6 James Kiplagat Kosgei (Kenya) 14:14.75;7 Albert Minczer (Hungary) 14:24.54

WOMEN

60m Hurdles

1 Lolo Jones (USA) 7.85 WL/MR; 2 Yvette Lewis (USA) 7.91; 3 Anay Tejeda (Cuba) 7.98;4 Kellie Wells (USA) 8.02; 5 Carolin Nytra (Germany) 8.06; 6 Eline Berings (Belgium) 8.11; 7 Toyin Augustus (Nigeria) 8.22; 8 Vonette Dixon (Jamaica) 8.35;

1500m

1 Helen Clitheroe (Britain) 4:10.29; 2 Angelika Cichocka (Poland) 4:10.54; 3 Irene Jelagat (Kenya) 4:11.20; 4 Renata Plis (Poland) 4:11.83; 5 Ingvill Makestad Bovim (Norway) 4:13.82; 6 Marcela Lustigova (Czech Republic) 4:14.66; 7 Elina Sujew (Germany) 4:17.46; 8 Saskia Janssen (Germany) 4:20.64; 9 Denise Krebs (Germany) 4:21.13 

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