Sporting Digest: Athletics

BUPA EUROPEAN CUP (Birmingham): MEN: (Saturday) 100m: 1 L Christie (GB) 10.21sec; 2 M Blume (Ger) 10.37; 3 P Galkin (Rus) 10.42; 4 S Floris (It) 10.45; 5 V Dologodin (Ukr) 10.46; 6 D Cojocaro (Rom) 10.50; 7 E Perrot (Fr) 10.56; 8 M Wenholf (Swe) 10.62. 400m: 1 R Black (GB) 45.08; 2 J-L Rapnouil (Fr) 46.43; 3 D Golovastov (Rus) 46.58; 4 R Rasmusson (Swe) 46.93; 5 T Schonlebe (Ger) 46.96; 6 A Nuti (It) 47.27; 7 V Ogiy (Ukr) 47.59; 8 I Carabas (Rom) 48.46. 1500m: 1 A Bulkovsky (Ukr) 3min 49.33sec; 2 R Stenzel (Ger) 3:49.38; 3 G Lough (GB) 3:49.57; 4 S Benfares (Fr) 3:49.61; 5 G D'Urso (It) 3:49.98; 6 V Shabunin (Rus) 3:50.44; 7 O Ovidiu (Rom) 3:50.95; 8 P Koskenkorva (Swe) 3:52.38. 10,000m: 1 F Panetta (It) 28:38.45; 2 S Franke (Ger) 28:38.99; 3 O Strizhakov (Rus) 29:03.55; 4 J Danielson (Swe) 29:10.85; 5 G Staines (GB) 29:57.27; 6 F Barreau (Fr) 30:02.33; 7 I Avramescu (Rom) 30:04.50; 8 I Sorla (Ukr) 31:02.87. 400m hurdles: 1 S Nylander (Swe) 49.36; 2 O Tverdokhleb (Ukr) 49.37; 3 S Diagana (Fr) 49.47; 4 F Mori (It) 49.96; 5 E Itt (Ger) 50.08; 6 P Crampton (GB) 50.09; 7 R Mashenko (Rus) 51.23; 8 M Mateescu (Rom) 51.81. 4 x 100m: 1 Great Britain 38.72; 2 Ukraine 38.79; 3 Germany 38.81; 4 Russia 39.12; 5 France 39.27; 6 Italy 39.33; 7 Sweden 39.39; 8 Romania 40.56. High jump: 1 H Beyer (Ger) 2.25m; 2 P Thavelin (Swe) 2.20; 3 D Grant (GB) 2.20; 4 L Pumalaynen (Rus) 2.20; 5 E Popescu (Rom) 2.15; 6 R Ferrari (It) 2.15; 7 J Vincent (Fr) 2.15; 8 S Kolesnik (Ukr) 2.10. Long jump: 1 S Tarasenko (Rus) 8.02; 2 D Haaf (Ger) 7.84; 3 B Tudor (Rom) 7.78; 4 M Sunneborn (Swe) 7.75; 5 Y Semenyuk (Ukr) 7.70; 6 B Williams (GB) 7.66; 7 O Borderan (Fr) 7.62; 8 M Campus (It) 7.60. Javelin: 1 A Moruev (Rus) 87.34; 2 R Hecht (Ger) 85.40; 3 M Hill (GB) 85.28; 4 P Boden (Swe) 83.82; 5 A Storaci (Fr) 73.44; 6 M Belletti (It) 73.28; 7 A Maznitchenko (Ukr) 70.32; 8 D Greta (Rom) 66.52. Shot: 1 D Soglio (It) 19.69m; 2 R Virastyuk (Ukr) 19.40; 3 G Guset (Rom) 19.23; 4 S-O Buder (Ger) 19.02; 5 S Nicolaev (Rus) 18.98; 6 K Larsson (Swe) 18.89; 7 P Edwards (GB) 18.10; 8 J-L Lebon (Fr) 17.13. (Yesterday) 200m: 1 L Christie (GB) 20.67; 2 S Osovitch (Ukr) 20.70; 3 D Sangouma (Fr) 21.04; 4 M Huke (Ger) 21.11; 5 D Cojocaro (Rom) 21.17; 6 A Fedoriv (Rus) 21.18; 7 L Hedner (Swe) 21.23; 8 S Floris (It) 21.28. 800m: 1 N Motchebon (Ger) 1:48.10; 2 D Cadoni (It) 1:48.42; 3 C Winrow (GB) 1:48.76; 4 A Loginov (Rus) 1:49.91; 5 T Johansson (Swe) 1:50.26; 6 A Buzenko (Ukr) 1:50.64; 7 I Bogde (Rom) 2:05.22. Disqualified: J-J Joseph (Fr). 5,000m: 1 D Baumann (Ger) 13:48.95; 2 A Behar (Fr) 13:49.12; 3 O Ovidiu (Rom) 13:49.43; 4 J Mayock (GB) 13:50.58; 5 U Pusteria (It) 13:51.80; 6 V Kashaev (Rus) 13:53.48; 7 C Nyberg (Swe) 14:13.81; 8 V Chesak (Ukr) 14:24.49. 110m hurdles: 1 F Schwarthoff (Ger) 13.35; 2 V Belokon (Ukr) 13.62; 3 A Tulloch (GB) 13.65; 4 L Ottoz (It) 13.67; 5= G Boroi (Rom), C Albihn (Swe) 13.68; 7 D Philibert (Fr) 13.70; 8 V Shishkin (Rus) 14.04. 4 x 400m: 1 Great Britain 3:02.50; 2 Russia 3:03.57; 3 France 3:03.74; 4 Sweden 3:05.34; 5 Italy 3:06.04; 6 Germany 3:06.16; 7 Romania 3:12.05. Disqualified: Ukraine. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 A Lambruschini (It) 8:24.98; 2 S Brand (Ger) 8:27.83; 3 J Chaston (GB) 8:29.99; 4 V Golyas (Rus) 8:32.97; 5 A Patserin (Ukr) 8:33.78; 6 F Ionescu (Rom) 8:38.94; 7 T Brusseau (Fr) 8:40.99; 8 M Bengtsson (Swe) 8:58.54. Triple jump: 1 D Kaspustin (Rus) 17.30; 2 T Henriksson (Swe) 16.99; 3 S Helan (Fr) 16.92; 4 J Edwards (GB) 16.88; 5 V Kravatchenko (Ukr) 16.16; 6 D Buttiglione (It) 16.15; 7 K Richter (Ger) 16.12; 8 L Spiea (Rom) 15.91. Discus: 1 D Shevchenko (Rus) 64.74; 2 J Schult (Ger) 64.42; 3 V Zinchenko (Ukr) 62.80; 4 C Grasu (Rom) 60.62; 5 D Solhaug (Swe) 59.72; 6 B Weir (GB) 58.92; 7 D Fortuna (It) 57.16; 8 J-C Retel (Fr) 57.14. Hammer: 1 V Sidorenko (Rus) 78.76; 2 A Skvaryuk (Ukr) 78.20; 3 C Epalle (Fr) 78.16; 4 H Weis (Ger) 75.02; 5 T Gustafsson (Swe) 71.16; 6 E Sgrulletti (It) 70.72; 7 P Vivian (GB) 68.44; 8 C Sorescu (Rom) 59.72. Pole vault: 1 J Galfione (Fr) 5.70; 2 P Stenlund (Swe) 5.60; 3 T Lobinger (Ger) 5.60; 4 S Yesipchuk (Ukr) 5.40; 5 M Edwards (GB) 5.20; 6 R Enescu (Rom) 4.40. Final positions: 1 Germany 121pts; 2 Great Britain 106.5; 3 Russia 101; 4 Ukraine 87; 5 Italy 84; 6 Sweden 81.5; 7 France 80; 8 Romania 56.

WOMEN: (Saturday) 100m: 1 Z Tarnopolskaya (Ukr) 11.26; 2 K Merry (GB) 11.34; 3 M Paschke (Ger) 11.37; 4 O Dyachenko (Rus) 11.50; 5 S Myers (Sp) 11.54; 6 F Bangue (Fr) 11.64; 7 M Molchan (Bela) 11.78; 8 E Niculae (Rom) 11.89. 400m: 1 S Goncharenko (Rus) 52.08; 2 M Neef (GB) 52.43; 3 F Landre (Fr) 52.86; 4 E Nasonkina (Ukr) 54.16; 5 Y Reyes (Sp) 54.31; 6 E Vizitiu (Rom) 55.00; 7 N Ignatyuk (Bela) 56.91. 800m: 1 D Modahl (GB) 2:02.81; 2 P Djate (Fr) 2:02.95; 3 E Zavadskaya (Ukr) 2:04.48; 4 S Weidner (Ger) 2:05.12; 5 V Beclea (Rom) 2:05.56; 6 T Kuprianovich (Bela) 2:05.95; 7 E Afanasyeva (Rus) 2:06.51; 8 D Rodriguez (Sp) 2:08.60. 3,000m: 1 L Borisova (Rus) 8:52.21; 2 F Fates (Fr) 8:53.40; 3 S McGeorge (GB) 8:55.47; 4 T Byelovol (Ukr) 9:06.49; 5 E Estevez (Sp) 9:08.24; 6 E Mazovka (Bela) 9:13.76; 7 M Keszeg (Rom) 9:17.62; 8 A Karhoff (Ger) 9:19.35. 400m hurdles: 1 S Gunnell (GB) 54.62; 2 T Terechtchouk (Ukr) 55.04; 3 T Kurochkina (Bela) 56.02; 4 V Ordina (Rus) 56.13; 5 H Meissner (Ger) 56.23; 6 C Nelson (Fr) 57.97; 7 I Tirlea (Rom) 58.62; 8 E Lahoz (Sp) 58.69. 4 x 100m: 1 Ukraine 43.65; 2 Great Britain 44.25; 3 Germany 44.25; 4 Russia 44.43; 5 Belarus 44.83; 6 Spain 45.90; 7 Romania 46.19. Discus: 1 I Wyludda (Ger) 68.36; 2 O Nikishina (Ukr) 63.48; 3 E Zvereva (Bela) 62.92; 4 L Korotkevich (Rus) 60.18; 5 M Tirneci (Rom) 58.56; 6 J McKernan (GB) 55.30; 7 A Barreiro (Sp) 53.88; 8 A Teppe (Fr) 50.22. Triple jump: 1 H Radtke (Ger) 13.90; 2 P Rodica (Rom) 13.83; 3 C Paredes (Sp) 13.81; 4 M Griffith (GB) 13.75; 5 N Klimovets (Bela) 13.49; 6 V Vershinina (Ukr) 13.43; 7 V Guiyoule (Fr) 13.38; 8 O Rubleva (Rus) 13.32. (Yesterday) 200m: 1 S Knoll (Ger) 23.04; 2 K Merry (GB) 23.38; 3 O Dyachenko (Rus) 23.65; 4 V Fomenko (Ukr) 23.87; 5 S Myers (Sp) 23.98; 6 F Fischer (Fr) 24.10; 7 N Vinogradova (Bela) 24.25; 8 I Tirlea (Rom) 24.52. 1500m: 1 L Kremlyova (Rus) 4:05.97; 2 K Holmes (GB) 4:06.48; 3 V Beclea (Rom) 4:09.26; 4 E Kiessling (Ger) 4:10.82; 5 E Storchevaia (Ukr) 4:13.56; 6 L Vivier (Fr) 4:17.00; 7 M Zunia (Sp) 4:19.77; 8 O Mernikova (Bela) 4:49.04. 10,000m: 1 K Wesel (Ger) 32:26.85; 2 R Murcia (Fr) 32:59.80; 3 R Rios (Sp) 33:22.18; 4 N Gallyamova (Rus) 33:25.62; 5 I Negura (Rom) 33:33.40; 6 V McPherson (GB) 34:03.07; 7 N Galushko (Bela) 34:55.62; 8 N Vorobjeva (Ukr) 35:47.39. 100m hurdles: 1 J Agyepong (GB) 13.00; 2 J Graudyn (Rus) 13.07; 3 A Piquereau (Fr) 13.21; 4 N Bodrova (Ukr) 13.22; 5 C Jung (Ger) 13.39; 6 M Mardomingo (Sp) 13.43; 7 E Niculae (Rom) 13.60; 8 I Mylnikova (Bela) 13.78. 4 x 400m: 1 Great Britain 3:27.33; 2 Germany 3:27.78; 3 Russia 3:28.85; 4 Ukraine 3:31.05; 5 France 3:32.00; 6 Belarus 3:33.25; 7 Romania 3:33.39; 8 Spain 3:38.20. High jump: 1 T Shevchik (Bela) 1.94; 2 M Jager (Rom) 1.91; 3 E Gulyaova-Rodina (Rus) 1.88; 4 M Hellman (Ger) 1.88; 5 M Martinez (Sp) 1.85; 6 J Bennett (GB) 1.85; 7= I Mikhailchenko (Ukr), M Maury (Fr) 1.80. Long jump: 1 H Drechsler (Ger) 6.99; 2 O Rubleva (Rus) 6.65; 3 L Kuchinskaia (Bela) 6.54; 4 E Semiraz (Ukr) 6.54; 5 D Lewis (GB) 6.42; 6 M Dulgheru (Rom) 6.39; 7 M Anastasic (Fr) 6.18; 8 Y Rodaiguez (Sp) 6.11. Shot: 1 A Kumbernuss (Ger) 19.63; 2 V Fedyoshina (Ukr) 19.30; 3 M Ramos (Sp) 19.17; 4 L Peleshenko (Rus) 18.86; 5 J Oakes (GB) 17.75; 6 M Oana (Rom) 17.29; 7 N Gurskaya (Bela) 16.82; 8 A Lefebvre (Fr) 15.22. Javelin: 1 N Shikolenko (Bela) 69.00; 2 K Forkel (Ger) 65.58; 3 F Tilea (Rom) 63.88; 4 E Ivakina (Rus) 63.14; 5 N Auzeil (Fr) 58.28; 6 I Kostyucheko (Ukr) 56.48; 7 B Palacios (Sp) 50.10; 8 K Costello (GB) 49.24. Final positions: 1 Germany 98pts; 2 Great Britain 97; 3 Russia 95; 4 Ukraine 86; 5 Belarus 64; 6 France 60; 7 Romania 60; 8 Spain 50.