Sporting Digest: Athletics
STOCKHOLM GRAND PRIX: MEN: 200m: 1 F Fredericks (Namib) 20.21; 2 M Johnson (US) 20.25; 3 C Nelloms (US) 20.58; 7 M Adam (GB) 21.28. 800m: 1 M Everett (US) 1min 45.33sec; 2 N Kiprotich (Ken) 1:45.36; 3 W Tanui (Ken) 1:45.41; 7 T McKean (GB) 1:46.44. Mile: 1 R Kiplagat (Ken) 3:59.48; 2 W Kipketer (Ken) 3:59.57; 3 A Morrell (GB) 3:59.70; 5 M Hibberd (GB) 4:03.44. 1500m: 1 N Morceli (Alg) 3:31.83; 2 J Birir (Ken) 3:36.66; 3 M Yates (GB) 3:37.04. 10,000m: 1 R Chelimo (Ken) 27:07.91 (wr); 2 A Barrios (Mex) 27:34.27; 3 D Castro (Por) 27:34.53; 4 P Evans (GB) 27:47.79. 110m hurdles: 1 C Jackson (GB) 13.45; 2 A Jarrett (GB) 13.45; 3 Li Tong (Ch) 13.50. 400m hurdles: 1 K Young (US) 49.61; 2 T Zellner (US) 49.66; 3 D Adkins (US) 49.94; 4 G Cadogan (GB) 50.67. 3,000m steeplechase: 1 M Kiptanui (Ken) 8:12.52; 2 M Croghan (US) 8:20.60; 3 A Sahere (Mor) 8:23.31; 7 T Hanlon (GB) 8:28.51. High jump: 1 H Conway (US) 2.31m; 2 T Kemp (Baham) 2.31; 3 S Smith (GB) 2.28. Long jump: 1 M Powell (US) 8.38m; 2 K Streete-Thompson (Cayman Islands) 8.18; 3 I Pedroso (Cuba) 8.13. Javelin: 1 J Zelezny (Cz Rep) 84.26m; 2 K Kinnunen (Fin) 83.02; 3 M Hill (GB) 82.00. Pole vault: 1 R Gataullin (Rus) 5.70m; 2 D Petushinsky (Rus) 5.70; 3= G Yegorov (Kaz), I Potapovich (Kaz) 5.60.
WOMEN: 100m: 1 G Devers (US) 11.04; 2 G Torrence (US) 11.13; 3 I Privalova (Rus) 11.13. 800m: 1 K Holmes (GB) 2:00.45; 2 I Evseeva (Ukr) 2:00.71; 3 S Jongmans (Neth) 2:01.58. 1500m: 1 L Kremlyova (Rus) 4:08.57; 2 H Boulmerka (Alg) 4:09.97; 3 Y Podkopayeva (Rus) 4:10.63. 5,000m: 1 E Meyer (SA) 14:50.29; 2 A Peters (US) 15:11.86; 3 E Kiplagat (Ken) 15:20.21. 400m hurdles: 1 K Batten (US) 54.63; 2 T Buford (US) 55.02; 3 M Westen (Swe) 55.96. Triple jump: 1 I Muchailova (Rus) 14.79m; 2 Y Chen (Rus) 14.65; 3 I Kravets (Ukr) 14.49; 5 M Griffiths (GB) 13.62.
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