Julius Yego at the IAAF World Championships in Moscow. The Javelin star set a new NR in Ostrava
OSTRAVA, May 26- Commonwealth and African champion, Julius Yego shattered the national record with a performance of his life in the Javelin while meet star David Rudisha pulled out of the 600m showdown in mixed fortunes for Kenya at the 54th Ostrava Golden Spike- an IAAF World Challenge Meeting-on Tuesday night.
The Glasgow and twice African titleholder, Yego, affectionately known as the ‘You Tube Man’ was the toast of the Kenyan challenge, throwing a season’s best of 86.88 to set a new national marker, the eighth time he has achieved the milestone in his illustrious Javelin career.
Yego was languishing down in ninth place after two rounds and needed a good throw in the third round to stay in the competition. But he did more than merely survive; he thrived off the pressure and set a national record to take the lead.
Diamond Race winner Thomas Rohler put together a consistent series but couldn’t catch the Kenyan, throwing a season’s best of 85.36m.
“The weather wasn’t very good to us, but I’m really happy that I produced such a good result,” said Yego. “It’s an honour to compete in front of the world record-holder, Jan Zelezny. He is my role model.
World leader Tero Pitkamaki was third with 83.96m, while world champion Vitezslav Vesely and Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott finished sixth and seventh respectively.
-Rudisha scare-
Usain Bolt wins at Ostrava Golden Spike. PICTURE IAAF
Along with Jamaican sprint icon, Usain Bolt, Olympic 800m champion Rudisha was the other headliner of the meeting. But the world record-holder made it only around the first bend of the 600m before pulling up injured, clutching at the front of his thigh.
“It’s very unfortunate that I pulled my muscle just after 100m,” Rudisha said afterwards. “But it’s not a very serious injury.”
As he hobbled off the track, Adam Kszczot caught Mark English just before the line to win in 1:16.02, establishing a meeting record by default as it was the first time the event had been contested in Ostrava. In second, English set an Irish record of 1:16.14.
Kszczot’s win was one of three victories for Polish athletes in rarely contested events in which global champions were defeated.
European indoor champion Marcin Lewandowski won the 1000m in 2:17.25, beating world 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop who ran 2:17.38 to second as Olympics 800m bronze medallist, Timothy Kitum rounded the podium in 2:17.62.
Ethiopia’s Olympics silver medallist, Dejen Gebremeskel topped the men 5000m race in 13:23.72 after a lung bursting sprint in the homestretch with 2013 World Cross champion, Japheth Korir (13:29.01) sliding down to fifth after holding on to the leaders all the way to the bell to be the best placed Kenyan.
Hayle Ibramov of Azerbijan was second in 13:26.77 as Somali runner, Abdi Bashir closed the podium in 13:28.07.
Selah Jepleting was the top placed Kenyan in the women 1500m with a performance of 4:09.74 landing her sixth in a race won by Ukraine’s Anna Mishchenko in 4:07.09.
And in the curtain closing eagerly anticipated race of the day, Bolt lined-up for the men 200m finals and had a noticeable lead at half way and continued to edge ahead of Isiah Young down the home stretch, clocking a season’s best of 20.13 to win by more than two metres.
“I wouldn’t say it was a difficult race,” said Bolt. “It’s not the conditions I’d like to run my first international race in, but I’m happy that I came away from the race injury-free. I just need more races; the more I run, the better I’ll get.”
Young had earlier finished second in the 100m in a race won by Asafa Powell in 10.04 (-0.4m/s).
US based Kenyan sprinter, Carvin Nkanata also featured, running 20.97 for fifth in a commendable performance against the man who has taken sprinting to an ethereal plane.
-Material sourced from IAAF
54th Ostrava Golden Spike Results
Men’s results
100 Metres – Men Wind: -0.4 m/s
1 Powell , Asafa JAM 10.04
2 Young , Isiah USA 10.13
3 Kilty , Richard GBR 10.31
4 Lehata , Mosito LES 10.34
5 Morris , Joseph USA 10.38
6 Ellington , James GBR 10.45
7 Silmon , Charles USA 10.57
8 Stromšík , Zdenek CZE 10.72
200 Metres – Men Wind: +0.6 m/s
1 Bolt , Usain JAM 20.13
2 Young , Isiah USA 20.35
3 Tsákonas , Likoúrgos-Stéfanos GRE 20.62
4 Ellington , James GBR 20.81
5 Nkanata , Carvin KEN 20.97
6 Morris , Joseph USA 21.01
7 Jirka , Jan CZE 21.69
8 Seribe , Pako BOT 21.89
300 Metres – Men
1 Zalewski , Karol POL 32.25
2 Maslák , Pavel CZE 32.35
3 Omelko , Rafal POL 32.58
4 Borlée , Kévin BEL 32.83
5 Feeney , Patrick USA 32.97
6 Steele , Edino JAM 33.08
7 Williams , Conrad GBR 33.54
8 Šorm , Patrik CZE 33.76
600 Metres – Men
1 Kszczot , Adam POL 1:16.02
2 English , Mark IRL 1:16.14
3 Langford , Kyle GBR 1:16.69
4 Kuciapski , Artur POL 1:16.98
5 Learmonth , Guy GBR 1:17.03
6 Repcìk , Jozef SVK 1:17.41
7 Tesar , Jan CZE 1:18.05
8 Bube , Andreas DEN 1:18.93
Rudisha , David Lekuta KEN DNF
1000 Metres – Men
1 Lewandowski , Marcin POL 2:17.25
2 Kiprop , Asbel KEN 2:17.38
3 Kitum , Timothy KEN 2:17.62
4 Holuša , Jakub CZE 2:18.42
5 Bosse , Pierre-Ambroise FRA 2:19.35
6 Kipyegon , Bernard KEN 2:19.57
7 Philibert-Thiboutot , Charles CAN 2:20.04
8 Petrac , Jan SLO 2:21.38
9 Demczyszak , Mateusz POL 2:22.10
10 Friš , Jan CZE 2:22.92
11 Ševcík , Jakub CZE 2:23.16
Rotich , Andrew Kiptoo KEN DNF
5000 Metres – Men
1 Gebremeskel , Dejen ETH 13:23.72
2 Ibrahimov , Hayle AZE 13:26.77
3 Bashir , Abdi SOM 13:28.07
4 Gelant , Elroy RSA 13:28.69
5 Korir , Japhet Kipyegon KEN 13:29.01
6 Korir , Geoffrey Kipkirui KEN 13:31.88
7 Wolde , Dawit ETH 13:32.71
8 Kipkoech , Vedic KEN 13:34.16
9 Bekele , Alemu BRN 13:34.63
10 Gezmu , Debeli ETH 13:34.76
11 Kibet , Alex QAT 13:39.36
12 Kiplimo , Joseph Kitur KEN 13:39.50
13 Robinson , Brett AUS 13:40.80
14 Kipyeko , Phillip UGA 13:45.53
15 Bacha , Zelalem BRN 13:46.84
Koech , Paul Kiprono KEN DNF
Kiptarus , Dominic KEN DNF
Rono , Vincent Kipsang KEN DNF
High Jump – Men
1 Bondarenko , Bohdan UKR 2.24
2 Bába , Jaroslav CZE 2.24
3 Protsenko , Andriy UKR 2.24
4 Bednarek , Sylwester POL 2.24
5 Fassinotti , Marco ITA 2.24
6 Donisan , Mihai ROU 2.20
7 Krimarenko , Yuriy UKR 2.15
8 Mástoras , Adónios GRE 2.15
9 Rivera , Edgar MEX 2.15
Pole Vault – Men
1 da Silva , Thiago Braz BRA 5.75
2 Lisek , Piotr POL 5.55
3 Kudlicka , Jan CZE 5.55
4 Wojciechowski , Pawel POL 5.55
5 Ivakin , Anton RUS 5.40
6 Stecchi , Claudio ITA 5.40
6 Ménaldo , Kévin FRA 5.40
8 Balner , Michal CZE 5.40
9 Dilla , Karsten GER 5.20
Pašiak , Adam CZE NM
Chiaraviglio , Germán ARG NM
Triple Jump – Men
1 Taylor , Christian USA 17.52 -0.8
2 Fedorov , Aleksey RUS 17.11 +0.3
3 Copello , Alexis CUB 16.38 -0.4
4 Veszelka , Tomáš SVK 15.82 +0.3
5 Rosa , Jean-Cassimiro BRA 15.69 -2.5
6 Oprea , Marian ROU 15.49 -2.0
7 Rapinier , Yoann FRA 14.81 -2.4
8 Betunák , Bohumil CZE 14.71 +0.1
Shot Put – Men
1 Kolašinac , Asmir SRB 20.51
2 Birkinhead , Damien AUS 20.07
3 Stanek , Tomáš CZE 20.02
4 Nedow , Tim CAN 19.96
5 Ivanov , Georgi BUL 19.80
6 Haratyk , Michal POL 19.40
7 Novák , Martin CZE 19.34
8 Bukowiecki , Konrad POL 19.06
9 Kozák , Tomáš CZE 17.79
Javelin Throw – Men
1 Yego , Julius KEN 86.88 NR
2 Röhler , Thomas GER 85.36
3 Pitkämäki , Tero FIN 83.96
4 El Sayed , Ihab Abdelrahman EGY 82.85
5 Vadlejch , Jakub CZE 82.61
6 Veselý , Vítezslav CZE 82.37
7 Walcott , Keshorn TTO 81.56
8 Frydrych , Petr CZE 80.29
9 Jílek , Jaroslav CZE 77.39
Women’s results
200 Metres – Women Wind: 0.0 m/s
1 Williams , ChaRonda USA 23.11
2 Stewart , Kerron JAM 23.43
3 Williams , Bianca GBR 23.50
4 Simpson , Sherone JAM 23.56
5 Adeoye , Margaret GBR 23.58
6 Siragusa , Irene ITA 24.09
7 Schmidova , Martina CZE 24.64
8 Slaninová , Jana CZE 24.76
1500 Metres – Women
1 Mishchenko , Anna UKR 4:07.09
2 Sado , Besu ETH 4:07.93
3 Koster , Maureen NED 4:08.17
4 Sifuentes , Nicole CAN 4:09.50
5 Cichocka , Angelika POL 4:09.70
6 Busienei , Selah Jepleting KEN 4:09.74
7 Mäki , Kristiina CZE 4:12.52
8 Twell , Stephanie GBR 4:13.22
9 Broniatowska , Katarzyna POL 4:13.47
10 Mezuliáníková , Diana CZE 4:13.92
11 Sekanová , Lucie CZE 4:17.45
12 Lagat , Viola KEN 4:18.21
13 Capková , Tereza CZE 4:19.86
Hálová , Katerina CZE DNF
Tverdostup , Tamara UKR DNF
100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: -1.7 m/s
1 Nelvis , Sharika USA 12.55
2 Talay , Alina BLR 12.78
3 Porter , Tiffany GBR 12.90
4 Pedersen , Isabelle NOR 13.12
5 Coward , Jacqueline USA 13.27
6 Platitsyna , Hanna UKR 13.29
7 Koudelová , Lucie CZE 13.49
8 Cachová , Katerina CZE 13.52
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
1 Hejnová , Zuzana CZE 55.13
2 Rosolová , Denisa CZE 55.45
3 Nel , Wenda RSA 55.47
4 Titimets , Anna UKR 56.27
5 Linkiewicz , Joanna POL 56.45
6 Child , Eilidh GBR 56.56
7 Carter , Kori USA 58.24
8 Slanicková , Lucia SVK 59.06
Javelin Throw – Women
1 Dorozhon , Marharyta ISR 63.85
2 Ratej , Martina SLO 62.02
3 Li , Lingwei CHN 60.63
4 Abakumova , Maria RUS 58.78
5 Špotáková , Barbora CZE 58.57
6 Ogrodníková , Nikola CZE 52.87
7 Andrejskova , Petra CZE 50.64
3000 Metres Race Walk – Women
1 Drahotová , Anežka CZE 11:52.38
2 Virbalyté , Brigita LTU 12:11.12
3 Madarász , Viktória HUN 12:33.51
4 Czaková , Mária SVK 12:46.40
5 Dygacz , Agnieszka POL 13:03.88
6 Pelantová , Lucie CZE 13:17.61
7 Kubenková , Veronika CZE 15:28.94
