Sporting Digest: Athletics

GRAND PRIX MEETING (Lille, Fr): Winners and selected: MEN: 100m: 1 A Cason (US) 10.03sec; 2 F Fredericks (Namib) 10.04; 3 C Lewis (US) 10.07. 200m: 1 F Fredericks (Nam) 20.28; 2 D Mitchell (US) 20.40; 3 M Marsh (US) 20.50. 400m: 1 A Valmon (US) 45.00. 1000m: 1 N Morceli (Alg) 2:13.73; 2 J-P Herold (Ger) 2:16.52. 1500m: 1 R El Basir (Moroc) 3min 36.31sec; 2 J Spivey (US) 3:36.46; 3 M O'Sullivan (Irl) 3:36.56. 5000m: 1 K Skah (Mor) 13:06.82. 110m hurdles: 1 M McKoy (Can) 13.08; 2 J Pierce (US) 13.14. 400m hurdles: 1 K Young (US) 47.73; 2 S Matete (Zam) 48.66. 3000m steeplechase: 1 A Sahere (Mor) 8:15.25; 2 P Sang (Ken) 8:15.94. High jump: 1 S Kostadinova (Bul) 2.00. Long jump: 1 M Powell (US) 8.50. Pole vault: 1 G Yegorov (Kaz) 5.83m; 2 R Gataullin (Rus) 5.83; 3 S Bubka (Ukr) 5.73. 5km walk: 1 F Kostiukevich (Bela) 18:31.76. Shot: 1 A Kumbernuss (Ger) 19.03. Javelin: 1 J Zelezny (Cz Rep) 91.40. WOMEN: 100m: 1 G Devers (US) 10.96sec; 2 I Privalova (Rus) 11.00. 200m: 1 M-J Perec (Fr) 21.99; 2 I Privalova (Rus) 21.99. 1,000m: 1 E Kovacs (Rom) 2:32.40; 5 S O'Sullivan (Irl) 2:34.66. 400m hurdles: 1 S Farmer-Patrick (US) 54.78. Triple jump: 1 Y Chen (Rus) 14.71m; 3 G Chistyakova (Rus) 14.36.