Sporting Digest: Athletics
LAUSANNE GRAND PRIX: MEN: 100m - First race: 1 D Ezinwa (Nig) 10.26sec; 2 J John (GB) 10.38; 3 R Stewart (Jam) 10.38; 4= R da Silva (Bra) 10.40; S Jefferson (US) 10.40; 6 J Regis (GB) 10.45. Did not start: C Smith (US). Second race: 1 A Cason (US) 10.04; 2 C Lewis (US) 10.07; 3 F Fredricks (Nam) 10.12; 4 C Smith (US) 10.17; 5 M Green (Jam) 10.22; 6 B Surin (Can) 10.23. 200m: 1 C Lewis (US) 19.99; 2 M Johnson (US) 20.06; 3 R da Silva (Bra) 20.16; 4 J Regis (GB) 20.25; 5 M Marsh (US) 20.26; 6 C Nellons (US) 20.34. 400m: 1 D Grindley (GB) 44.53; 2 S Kitur (Ken) 44.80; 3 A Valmon (US) 45.11; 4 I Morris (Trin) 45.16; 5 A Pettigrew (US) 45.17; 6 S Bada (Nig) 45.19. 800m: 1 J Gray (US) 1:44.27; 2 P Ruto (Ken) 1:44.94; 3 W Tanui (Ken) 1:44.98; 4 J Tengelei (Ken) 1:45.70; 5 S Ole Marai (Ken) 1:46.78; 6 G Kersh (US) 1:47.25. 1500m: 1 M Suleiman (Qatar) 3min 35.54sec; 2 M O'Sullivan (Irl) 3:35.79; 3 J Spivey (US) 3:36.02; 4 T Herrington (US) 3:36.21; 5 B Burke (US) 3:36.59; 6 J Birir (Ken) 3:36.68. 5,000m: 1 I Kirui (Ken) 13:06.71; 2 W Sigei (Ken) 13:07.35; 3 P Bitok (Ken) 13:10.18; 4 S Chemwoyo (Ken) 13:18.85; 5 M Issangar (Mor) 13:22.97; 6 F Panetta (It) 13:24.85. 400m hurdles: 1 K Young (US) 47.37; 2 S Matete (Zam) 48.64; 3 S Diagana (Fr) 48.78. 5 K Akabusi (GB) 49.32. Long jump: 1 M Powell (US) 8.51m; 2 J Pedroso (Cuba) 8.22; 3 E Walder (US) 8.18; 4 K Streete-Thompson (Cay Isl) 8.10; 5 L Myricks (US) 7.95; 6 M Conley (US) 7.89. Pole vault: 1 R Gataullin (Rus) 5.70m; 2= V Bubka (Ukr), V Bukreyev (Est), D Putushinskiy (Rus) 5.70; 5 I Potapovich (Kaz) 5.60; 6 S Huffkan (US) 5.60. Javelin: 1 J Zelezny (Cz Rep) 88.36m; 2 V Sasimovich (Bela) 82.22; 3 K Kinnunen (Fin) 81.62; 4 G Lovegrove (NZ) 81.12; 5 M Hill (GB) 80.12; 6 T Pukstys (US) 78.34. Shot: 1 W Guenthoer (Swit) 21.72m; 2 J Doehring (US) 20.24; 3 K Toth (US) 20.01; 4 M Stulce (US) 20.01; 5 K Bodenmueller (Aut) 19.61.
WOMEN: 100m: 1 G Devers (US) 10.82; 2 M Ottey (Jam) 10.96; 3 G Torrence (US) 10.97; 4 I Privalova (Rus) 11.06; 5 Z Tarnopolskaya (Ukr) 11.09; 6 M Finn (US) 11.16. 200m: 1 I Privalova (Rus) 22.17; 2 N Voronova (Rus) 22.62; 3 Z Tarnopolskaya (Ukr) 22.81; 4 D Young (US) 22.95; 5 G Malchugina (Rus) 22.97; 6 K Graham (US) 23.31. 800m: 1 L Gurina (Rus) 1:57.56; 2 L Rogachova (Rus) 1:58.33; 3 M Rainey (US) 1:59.12; 4 J Clark (US) 1:59.37; 5 I Yevseyeva (Ukr) 1:59.86; 6 Y Afanasyeva (Rus) 2:02.01. 100m hurdles: 1 A Lopez (Cuba) 12.85sec; 2 L V Martin (US) 12.86; 3 L Tolbert (US) 12.87; 4 M Freeman (Jam) 13.06; 5 J Baumann (Swit) 13.09; 6 O Ramirez (Cuba) 13.51. 400m hurdles: 1 S Gunnell (GB) 53.86; 2 S Patrick-Farmer (US) 54.52; 3 K Batten (US) 54.53; 4 T Buford (US) 55.16; 5 A Knoroz (Rus) 55.43; 6 G Retchakan (GB) 56.13. High jump: 1 S Kostadinova (Bul) 2.01m; 2 G Astafei (Rom) 1.95; 3 Y Gribanova (Rus) 1.92; 4 T Shevchik (Bela) 1.92; 5 A Bradburn (US) 1.92; 6 I Quintero (Cuba) 1.92. Long jump: 1 H Drechsler (Ger) 7.08; 2 I Mushaylova (Rus) 7.02; 3 L Ninova (Aut) 6.67; 4 I Kravets (Ukr) 6.66; 5 Y Khlopotnova (Ukr) 6.57; 6 Y Chen (Rus) 6.39. Triple jump: 1 I Kravets (Ukr) 14.61m; 2 I Lasovskaya (Rus) 14.52; 3 I Mushailova (Rus) 14.50; 4 A Biryukova (Rus) 14.27; 5 Y Chen (Rus) 14.13; 6 G Chistyakova (Rus) 14.08.
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