Previous Event 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships Valencia, ESP, SPAIN 07 MAR 2008 - 09 MAR 2008

09 MAR 2008

Valencia 2008 - HIGHLIGHTS Day 3

<P>The women's 1500m final here at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships will be written in the record books for quite a few years, as the race established a national record for Bulgaria (Daniela Yordanova, 4:04.19), Area records for Asia (Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Bahrain, 3:59.79) and Africa (Gelete Burka, Ethiopia, 3:59.75), and a new World Record** (pending ratification) from gold medal winner Yelena Soboleva of Russia, who ran 3:57.71.</P>

Blanka Vlašic wins the high jump with a 2.03m clearance (Getty Images)

Yelena Soboleva of Russia wins the 1500m in a World indoor record (AFP / Getty Images)

09 MAR 2008

World indoor 1500m record for Soboleva!

ain - This was always likely to be the race of the championships and it did not disappoint as Yelena Soboleva bettered her own World indoor record mark** by a monster 0.34 posting 3:57.71.<BR>

Timetable
Media
Winners

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
10:00	M	Shot Put	Qualification Group A	Startlist	Result
10:05	M	High Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result
10:10	W	Triple Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result
10:15	W	3000 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
10:55	M	3000 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
11:45	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Pentathlon	Startlist	Result
12:00	W	60 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
12:15	M	Long Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result
12:30	W	High Jump	Pentathlon	Startlist	Result
12:45	M	60 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
16:15	W	Shot Put	Pentathlon	Startlist	Result
17:00	W	Pole Vault	Qualification	Startlist	Result
17:10	W	60 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
17:25	W	Long Jump	Pentathlon	Startlist	Result
17:30	M	60 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
17:55	W	800 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
18:20	M	800 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
18:30	M	Shot Put	Final	Startlist	Result
18:50	M	Triple Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result
19:00	M	400 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:30	W	400 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:00	M	1500 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
20:25	W	60 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
20:35	W	800 Metres	Pentathlon	Startlist	Result
20:45	M	60 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
10:00	M	60 Metres	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result
10:20	M	Pole Vault	Qualification	Startlist	Result
10:25	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
10:55	M	Long Jump	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result
11:15	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
11:25	W	High Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result
12:00	W	Long Jump	Qualification	Startlist	Result
12:15	W	1500 Metres	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary
12:35	W	Shot Put	Qualification	Startlist	Result

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
17:00	M	High Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
17:00	M	Shot Put	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result
17:00	W	3000 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
17:05	W	Triple Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
17:25	W	800 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
17:45	M	800 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
18:10	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
18:30	W	Pole Vault	Final	Startlist	Result
18:35	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:00	M	400 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:05	M	Long Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
19:20	M	High Jump	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result
19:25	W	400 Metres	Semi-Final	Startlist	Result	Summary
19:55	M	1500 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
20:15	W	60 Metres Hurdles	Final	Startlist	Result
20:35	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Final	Startlist	Result

Morning Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
10:00	M	60 Metres Hurdles	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result
10:50	M	Pole Vault	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result
11:00	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Heats	Startlist	Result	Summary

Afternoon Session

LOCAL TIME	SEX	EVENT	ROUND
16:00	M	Pole Vault	Final	Startlist	Result
16:00	W	Long Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
16:05	W	Shot Put	Final	Startlist	Result
16:15	W	400 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
16:35	M	400 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
16:55	M	1000 Metres	Heptathlon	Startlist	Result
17:15	W	800 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
17:25	W	High Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
17:45	M	3000 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
17:45	M	Triple Jump	Final	Startlist	Result
18:05	W	4x400 Metres Relay	Final	Startlist	Result
18:25	W	1500 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
18:40	M	800 Metres	Final	Startlist	Result
19:05	M	4x400 Metres Relay	Final	Startlist	Result

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Winners in Valencia, ESP 2008

Men

DISCIPLINE	ATHLETE	COUNTRY
60 Metres	Olusoji A. Fasuba	NGR	Results
400 Metres	Tyler Christopher	CAN	Results
800 Metres	Abubaker Kaki	SUD	Results
1500 Metres	Deresse Mekonnen	ETH	Results
3000 Metres	Tariku Bekele	ETH	Results
60 Metres Hurdles	Xiang Liu	CHN	Results
High Jump	Stefan Holm	SWE	Results
Pole Vault	Evgeniy Lukyanenko	RUS	Results
Long Jump	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena	RSA	Results
Triple Jump	Phillips Idowu	GBR	Results
Shot Put	Christian Cantwell	USA	Results
Heptathlon	Bryan Clay	USA	Points
4x400 Metres Relay		USA	Results

Women

DISCIPLINE	ATHLETE	COUNTRY
60 Metres	Angela Williams	USA	Results
400 Metres	Olesya Zykina	RUS	Results
800 Metres	Tamsyn Manou	AUS	Results
1500 Metres	Gelete Burka	ETH	Results
3000 Metres	Meseret Defar	ETH	Results
60 Metres Hurdles	LoLo Jones	USA	Results
High Jump	Blanka Vlašic	CRO	Results
Pole Vault	Elena Isinbaeva	RUS	Results
Long Jump	Naide Gomes	POR	Results
Triple Jump	Yargeris Savigne	CUB	Results
Shot Put	Valerie Adams	NZL	Results
Pentathlon	Tia Hellebaut	BEL	Points
4x400 Metres Relay		RUS	Results