Sport in Short: Athletics

EUROPEAN CUP (Rome, first day of two): Men: 100m: 1 L Christie (GB) 10.22sec; 2 A Porkhomovsky (Rus) 10.28; 3 D Sangouma (Fr) 10.42; 4 M Blume (Ger) 10.44; 5 E Madonia (It) 10.45; 6 D Vanyaikin (Ukr) 10.49; 7 J Valik (Cz Rep) 10.50; 8 E Talavera (Sp) 10.56; 9 M Zalewski (Pol) 13.72. 400m: 1 D Grindley (GB) 44.75; 2 D Golovastov (Rus) 45.65; 3 J-L Rapnouil (Fr) 45.91; 4 A Nuti (It) 46.07; 5 C Cornet (Sp) 46.46; 6 T Czubak (Pol) 46.63; 7 R Pfersich (Ger) 46.73; 8 V Kozlov (Ukr) 47.48; 9 O Vesely (Cz Rep) 47.84. 1500m: 1 A Bulkovsky (Ukr) 3min 37.51sec; 2 F Cacho (Sp) 3:38.09; 3 P Thiebaut (Fr) 3:38.12; 4 A Lambruschini (It) 3:38.37; 5 C Robb (GB) 3:38.56; 6 H Fuhlbrugge (Ger) 3:38.57; 7 S Melnikov (Rus) 3:39.70; 8 W Glinka (Pol) 3:41.09; 9 M Drahonvsky (Cz Rep) 3:42.85. 10,000m: 1 T Pantel (Fr) 28:2.71; 2 F Panetta (It) 28:13.99; 3 C Adan (Sp) 28:16.19; 4 O Strizhakov (Rus) 28:24.59; 5 S Franke (Ger) 28:46.43; 6 M Kucera (Cz Rep) 29:07.57; 7 P Sarafanyuk (Ukr) 29:09.23; 8 K Baldyga (Pol) 29:29.70. E Martin (GB) did not finish. 400m hurdles: 1 S Diagana (Fr) 48.08; 2 O Hense (Ger) 48.48; 3 O Tverdokhleb (Ukr) 48.70; 4 K Akabusi (GB) 48.73; 5 G Frinolli (It) 49.22; 6 P Kotlarski (Pol) 50.31; 7 O Pitillas (Sp) 50.70; 8 A Belikov (Rus) 50.93; 9 R Bartakovic (Cz Rep) 52.81. 4x100m relay: 1 Great Britain (J John, A Jarrett, J Regis, L Christie) 38.53; 2 France 38.72; 3 Russia 38.89; 4 Germany 39.01; 5 Ukraine 39.10; 6 Italy 39.36; 7 Poland 39.78; 8 Spain 39.83; 9 Czech Republic 40.49. Long jump: 1 G Evangelisti (It) 8.04m; 2 A Hernandez (Sp) 8.04; 3 S Tarasenko (Rus) 7.93; 4 K Krause (Ger) 7.92; 5 S Helan (Fr) 7.79; 6 M Gombala (Cz Rep) 7.70; 7 F Salle (GB) 7.63; 8 R Golanowski (Pol) 7.60; 9 E Semenyuk (Ukr) 7.54. High jump: 1 A Partyka (Pol) 2.30; 2 J-C Gicquel (Fr) 2.30; 3 R Ferrari (It) 2.30; 4 W-H Beyer (Ger) 2.28; 5 A Emelin (Rus) 2.28; 6 S Smith (GB) 2.28; 7 A Ortiz (Sp) 2.20; 8 T Janku (Cz Rep) 2.20; 9 Y Sergiyenko (Ukr) 2.15. Shot: 1 A Bagach (Ukr) 20.15; 2 P Dal Soglio (It) 19.79; 3 E Palchikov (Rus) 19.64; 4 O-S Buder (Ger) 19.30; 5 H Krieger (Pol) 18.41; 6 P Edwards (GB) 18.33; 7 M Martinez (Sp) 18.16; 8 L Viudes (Fr) 17.94; 9 J Bartl (Cz Rep) 17.84. Discus: 1 L Riedel (Ger) 66.30; 2 D Shevchenko (Rus) 63.96; 3 V Zinchenko (Ukr) 62.42; 4 L Zerbini (It) 61.10; 5 I Bugar (Cz Rep) 58.66; 6 R Weir (GB) 57.42; 7 M Majkrzak (Pol) 55.50; 8 J Pons (Fr) 54.72; 9 A Delgado (Sp) 49.84. Standings after 10 events: 1 France 64; 2 Italy 64; 3 Russia 61; 4 Germany 59; 5 Great Britain 53; 6 Ukraine 48; 7 Spain 42; 8 Poland 35; 9 Czech Republic 23.

Women: 100m: 1 I Privalova (Rus) 11.08; 2 M-J Perec (Fr) 11.27; 3 D Tarnopolskaya (Ukr) 11.29; 4 M Paschke (Ger) 11.50; 5 B Kinch (GB) 11.50; 6 S Hernesniemi (Fin) 11.53; 7 D Krawczak (Pol) 11.81; 8 L-E Murgu (Rom) 11.85; 9 S Vigati (It) 11.88. 400m: 1 E Ruzina (Rus) 51.54; 2 E Devassoigne (Fr) 51.92; 3 L Keough (GB) 52.14; 4 M Florea (Rom) 52.24; 5 A Rucker (Ger) 52.36; 6 L Dzhigalova (Ukr) 52.60; 7 E Klinska (Pol) 53.15; 8 F Carbone (It) 53.23; 9 A Haikkonen (Fin) 53.73. 800m (Offical times unavailable because of mechanical failure): 1 E Kovacs (Rom); 2 L Kremlyova (Rus); 3 E Storchevaya (Ukr); 4 F Trabaldo (It); 5 D Modahl (GB); 6 P Djate (Fr); 7 M Rydz (Pol); 8 C Wachtel (Ger); 9 S Jaaskelainen (Fin). 3,000m: 1 M Keszeg (Rom) 8:51.88; 2 Y Kopytova (Rus) 8:52.27; 3 A Wyeth (GB) 8:52.98; 4 R Brunet (It) 8:54.16; 5 A Sandell (Fin) 8:55.46; 6 A Brzezinska (Pol) 8:55.52; 7 F Fates (Fr) 8:56.09; 8 C Mai (Ger) 9:00.24; 9 Z Kaznovskaya (Ukr) 9:01.86. 400m hurdles: 1 S Gunnell (GB) 53.73sec; 2 A Chuprina (Rus) 54.42; 3 N Carutasu (Rom) 54.94; 4 S Rieger (Ger) 55.04; 5 M Warnicka (Pol) 55.82; 6 I Nepliueva (Ukr) 58.20; 7 C Nelson (Fr) 58.58; 8 M-L Cilimbini (It) 58.66; 9 M Toyli (Fin) 58.83. 4x100 metres relay: 1 Russia (O Bogoslovskaya, N Voronova, M Trandenkova, I Privalova) 42.79; 2 France 43.01; 3 Germany 43.46; 4 Ukraine 43.90; 5 Finland 44.20; 6 Great Britain 44.53; 7 Poland 44.73; 8 Italy 44.83; 9 Romania failed to finish. Triple jump: 1 Y Chen (Rus) 14.34; 2 H Radtke (Ger) 14.05; 3 I Kravets (Ukr) 13.99; 4 M Griffith (GB) 13.54; 5 M Toth (Rom) 13.46; 6 A Stanczyk (Pol) 13.34; 7 L Rossi (It) 13.18; 8 M Salminen (Fin) 13.18; 9 S Borda (Fr) 13.15. Javelin: 1 F Tirlea (Rom) 62.68m; 2 K Forkel (Ger) 61.92; 3 Y Ivakina (Rus) 61.74; 4 N Teppe (Fr) 58.70; 5 P Alafrantti (Fin) 56.40; 6 I Kostyuchenko (Ukr) 56.28; 7 S Gibson (GB) 55.24; 8 G Patla (Pol) 55.22; 9 C Coslovich (It) 50.06. Shot: 1 A Romanova (Rus) 19.43m; 2 V Fedyushina (Ukr) 18.91; 3 S Storp (Ger) 18.85; 4 M Oana (Rom) 18.35; 5 K Danilczyk (Pol) 18.04; 6 M Tuliniemi (Fin) 17.26; 7 A Maffeis (It) 16.89; 8 M Augee (GB) 16.86; 9 N Belotti (Fr) 14.71. Standings after 9 events: 1 Russia 76; 2 Romania 53; 3 Germany 51; 4 Great Britain 48; 5 Ukraine 48; 6 France 42; 7 Poland 32; 8 Finland 28; 9 Italy 26.

INDY GAMES (Indianapolis) (Selected results) (US unless stated): MEN: 100m: 1 D Mitchell 10.12sec; 2 M Green (Jam) 10.18; 3 R Stewart (Jam) 10.26. 200m: 1 M Johnson 20.16; 2 D Oaks 20.35; 3 J Hendrix 20.36. 400m: 1 B Reynolds 44.37; 2 A Valmon 44.89; 3 J Rouser 45.82. 800m: 1 T Davis 1:47.34; 2 S Redwine 1:47.44; 3 M Dailey 1:47.48. Mile: 1 M O'Sullivan (Irl) 3min 54.48sec; 2 J Spivey 3:54.98; 3 T Herrington 3:56.75. 3,000m: 1 B Kennedy 7min 50.76sec; 2 R Reina 7:51.29; 3 J Gregorek 7:57.94. 110m hurdles: 1 C Hawkins 13.25; 2 G Foster 13.27; 3 T Dees 13.33m. Long jump: 1 M Powell 8.49; 2 E Floreal (Can) 8.02; 3 A Turner 7.99. High jump: 1 P Sjoberg (Swe) 2.30; 2 H Conway 2.30; 3 T Barton 2.26.

WOMEN: 100m: 1 G Devers 11.12; 2 H Hyche 11.23; 3 C Gaines 11.26. 400m: 1 G Torrence 50.37; 2 N Kaiser-Brown 50.52; 3 S Richards (Jam) 50.87. 800m: 1 M Rainey 2:2.92; 2 A Wickus 2:03.25; 3 K Toney 2:04.56. 3,000m: 1 L Jennings 8:57.45; 2 K Franey 9:09.22; 3 J Bravard 9:15.38. 100m hurdles: 1 L Martin-Floreal 12.78; 2 L Tolbert 12.78; 3 J Joyner-Kersee 12.97. High jump: 1 T Hughes 1.90; 2= Y Henry 1.87; A Bradburn 1.87.