Sporting digest: Athletics

GOLDEN GALA GRAND PRIX MEETING (Rome, first three and GB only): MEN: 200m: 1 F Fredericks (Nam) 20.18sec; 2 M Johnson (US) 20.33; 3 R Da Silva (Bra) 20.54; 7 L Christie (GB) 21.16. 400m: 1 S Kitur (Ken) 45.03; 2 D Grindley (GB) 45.44; 3 S Bada (Niger) 45.51. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 13.11; 2 M McKoy (Can) 13.20; 3 J Pierce (US) 13.38. 3000m steeplechase: A Lambruschini (It) 8:17.54; 2 A Brahmi (Alg) 8:20.86; 3 S Brand (Ger) 8:21.34. Discus: 1 L Riedl (Ger) 67.80m; 2 V Kidikas (Est) 64.58; 3 J Schult (Ger) 63.48. Long jump: 1 I Pedroso (Cuba) 8.16m; 2 G Evangelisti (It) 7.88; 3 L Khaida (Alg) 7.75. 1500m: 1 M Suleiman (Qatar) 3:35.22; 2 J P Herold (Ger) 3:35.49; 3 T Viali (It) 3:37.94. 5,000m: 1 E Bitok (Ken) 13:10.66; 2 J Koech (Ken) 13:10.95; 3 K Kororia (Ken) 13:11.89. Javelin: 1 M Hill (GB) 82.82m; 2 G Lovegrove (NZ) 80.80m; 3 V Zaitsev (Rus) 78.08m. Pole Vault: 1 S Bubka (Ukr) 5.90m; 2 M Tarasov (Rus) 5.90; 3 J Galfione (Fr) 5.70. WOMEN: 100m: 1 M Ottey (Jam) 11.13; 2 N Voronova (Rus) 11.20; 3 M Onyali (Niger) 11.24. 800m: 1 E Kovacs (Rom) 1:57.48; 2 Y Afanaseva (Rus) 1:58.88; 3 I Evseeva (Ukr) 1:59.03; 4 D Modhal (GB) 1:59.58. Mile: 1 V Beclea (Rom) 4:21.69; 2 L Rogachova (Rus) 4:22.33; 3 L Kremlyova (Rus) 4:22.46; 4 S O'Sullivan (Irl) 4:22.94. 400m hurdles: 1 S Gunnel (GB) 54.64; 2 D Hemmings (US) 55.05; 3 K Batten (US) 55.74; 5 G Hodge (GB). Shotput: 1 V Fediuschina (Ukr) 19.15m; 2 S Krivelova (Rus) 19.01; 3 L Peleshenko (Rus) 18.71. 3,000m: 1 Y Romanova (Rus) 8:50.55; 2 L Borisova (Rus) 8:51.56; 3 G Griffiths (SA) 8:52.71. High jump: 1 S Kostadinova (Bul) 1.98m; 2 Y Gribanova (Rus) 1.95; 3 A Bevilacqua (It) 1.85. Triple jump: 1 I Lasovskaia (Rus) 14.64; 2 I Chen (Rus) 14.44; 3 Z Gureyeva (Belar) 14.17; 8 M Griffith (GB) 13.60.