Monte Carlo - Austrian 800m runner Stephanie Graf and Jamaican born legend Merlene Ottey are back in the IAAF World Rankings this week following their results from the Linz Gugl-Meeting.

Graf re-entered her Event Ranking in 4th position after a win in Linz in just under two minutes at 1:59.05 (1270 points PS) that saw her running alone for much of the rain soaked two laps.

At age 43 Merlene Ottey is far from being burned out. The Jamaican-born sprinter now competing for Slovenia ran her usual 100m/200m double in Linz – which was the highest Category ("B") meet over the past week – and came away with a pair of second place finishes.

In the 100m, Ottey finished in 11.28 (1227 points PS) and stepped up two places to 15th in the Event Ranking, while in the 200m the former world champion ran a season’s best of 22.98 (1234 points PS) and re-entered the Event Ranking in a modest 39th place.

Beating Ottey in the 200m was Cydonie Mothersill of the Cayman Islands. Her time of 22.89seconds (1261 points PS) allowed the 25-year-old to step up two spots to 5th in the Event Rankings.Meanwhile, Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas lost a place and dropped to 3rd, as a result of the 365-day-rule.

Jamaica’s 2003 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Maurice Wignall is Top Performer of the week after setting a new national record at the Linz Gugl-Meeting in Austria.

Wignall, 27, clocked 13.28 to win the 110m hurdles (1307 points in Performance Score), then followed it up two days later in Belgium with a 13.32seconds (1257 points PS) to finish second behind Chris Phillips’ 13.27 (1275 points PS). Wignall improved his average by eleven points but remains in 10th position in the Event Ranking.

Phillips stepped up one place to seventh after gaining two points: a very significant difference come September, when the top 8 athletes of each event are invited to participate in the inaugural World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo.

Finishing second to Wignall in Linz was home crowd favorite Elmar Lichtenegger. The 29-year-old finished the race setting a new season’s best of 13.36 (1273 points PS) and breaking into the Top 20 of the Event Ranking in 18th place.

Another Jamaican hurdler in the headlines this week is Kemel Thompson. The 28-year-old clocked 48.66 (1292 points PS) to win in Linz before traveling to Greece and winning the Thessaloniki International Meet in a slightly quicker 48.50 (1259 points PS). Thompson moved up three places to 9th in the Event Ranking.

23-year-old Demetria Washington of the United States won the Thessaloniki International Meet women’s one lap race in a time of 51.46 (1212 points PS). The 400m runner climbed four spots to be tied for 13th place in the Event Ranking with reigning World Champion Amy Mbacke Thiam of Senegal.

Spanish steeplechaser Luis Miguel Martín is also back in the Rankings this week.

The European Championships bronze medallist ran his first steeplechase of the season at the Spanish Championships in Jerez finishing third in 8:18.02 (1232 points PS). Martín is seventh in the Event Ranking.

Also at the Spanish Championships, European Championships silver medallist 400m runner David Canal improved his personal best from two years ago by .03 when he won the title with 45.01 (1240 points PS).

Canal took significant steps towards qualifying for the World Athletics Final in September. The 24-year-old moved up four places to 12th in the Event Ranking.

Three places ahead of Canal is Jerome Young of the US. The 26-year-old is preparing for his fourth consecutive World Championships, but is yet to win an individual medal. Over the weekend Young won the Thessaloniki International Meeting in a time of 44.94 (1245 points PS) and climbed one spot to 9th.

World Indoor Champion Tyree Washington is slowly closing the gap on Event Ranking leader Michael Blackwood of Jamaica. Washington won the Heusden-Zolder KBC Night of Athletics Meet in Belgium in 44.99 (1242 points PS) and improved his average by five points. The 26-year-old, in second place in the Event Ranking, is just nine points behind Blackwood.

Patrik Kristiansson stepped up two spots in the Men’s Pole Vault Event Ranking. The young Swede cleared a season’s best 5.80m (1246 points PS) to win the National Championships, and is now ranked 10th in his Event.