Sporting Digest: Athletics
INTERNATIONAL MEETING (Sestriere, It): Men: 100m: 1 L Burrell (US) 10.00sec; 2 J Drummond (US) 10.01; 3 O Adeniken (Nigeria) 10.02; 4 J Regis (GB) 10.10. 100m B race: 1 S Jefferson (US) 10.08; 2 K Braunskill (US) 10.13; 3 E Madonia (It) 10.26. 200m: 1 Regis 19.87; 2 F Fredericks (Nam) 19.97; 3 Braunskill 20.22. 400m: 1 D Mills (US) 44.59; 2 S Lewis (US) 44.68; 3 A Valmon (US) 45.03. 800m: 1 P Konchellah (Ken) 1min 46.73sec; 2 W Seper (Ken) 1:47.03; 3 H Sepeng (SA) 1:48.53; 5 D Matthews (Irl) 1:49.07. 3,000m: 1 O Osoro (Ken) 8:26.51; 2 P Metta (Tan) 8:35.97; 3 M Driouche (Alg) 8:36.69. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 12.94sec; 2 A Johnson (US) 13.23; 3 L Ottoz (It) 13.32. 400m hurdles: 1 D Adkins (US) 48.20; 2 O Tverdokhleb (US) 49.34; 3 G Cadogan (GB) 49.48. Long jump: 1 M Powell (US) 8.95m; 2 C Lewis (US) 8.72; 3 S Thompson-Kareem (US) 8.58. Shot: 1 K Toth (US) 20.40m; 2 P S Soglio (It) 20.08; 3 K Saulius (Lith) 19.61. Pole vault: 1 S Bubka (Ukr) 6.14m (world record); 2 D Starkey (US) 5.80; 3 S Huffman (US) 5.80.
Women: 100m: 1 M Gainsford (Aus) 11.12sec; 2 L Ardissone (It) 11.48; 3 A Balzani (It) 11.60. 100m hurdles: 1 Y Graudyn (Rus) 12.51; 2 B Bukovec (Sloven) 12.59; 3 C Tuzzi (It) 12.99. 400m hurdles: 1 O Nazarova (Rus) 55.41; 2 D Hemmings (Jam) 56.28; 3 D A Parris (Jam) 56.44. Long jump: 1 J Joyner-Kersee (US) 7.49m; 2 H Drechsler (Ger) 7.39; 3 F May (It) 7.00.
INVITATION MEETING (Jakarta, Indon) Selected winners: Men: 100m: A Cason (US) 10.24sec. Javelin: C McKenzie (GB) 76.28m.
BUPA 10km GREAT WELSH RUN (Cardiff) Men: 1 P Evans (Belgrave) 28min 23sec; 2 R Nerurkar (Bingley) 28:25; 3 J Koech (Ken) 28:35; 4 M Flint (Telford) 28:38; 5 M McLoughlin (Liverpool) 28:49. Women: 1 M Sutton (Tipton) 32:55; 2 W Ore (Cardiff) 33:15; 3 J Lorey (Gorseinon) 33:21; 4 L Morton (NZ) 33:21; 5 H Nash (Cardiff) 33:23.
MEXICO CITY MARATHON Men: 1 G Olmedo (Mex) 2hr 16min 47sec. Women: 1 E Cabrera (Mex) 2:44:21.
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