African Athletics

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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