Christine Arron impresses in her first race of season
13 June 1999 – Villeneuve d’Asq, France (Reuters) – European sprint champion Christine Arron, back in action for the first time in the outdoor season in her native France, scored an impressive win in the 200 metres on Sunday.
Arron, who won the European 100 metres gold in Budapest last August, clocked 22.63 seconds in the 200, just 0.01 seconds outside her personal best in an event she rarely races.
Gearing up for the World Championships in Seville in August -- her only goal this season -- Arron took a solid lead from the start and, despite cracking a little in the last 30 metres, kept her rivals at bay. Arron also led France to victory in the 4x100 metres relay.
American Dennis Mitchell easily won the 100 metres in 10.05 seconds, while the men's 1,500 metres was the most exciting race of the meeting, Kenyan Noah Ngeny winning in 3:31.12.
Villeneuve d'Ascq meeting results
Men's 100m
Heat A: 1. Dennis Mitchell (U.S.) 10.05 2. Leonard Myles-Mills (Ghana) 10.11 3. Innocent
Asonze (Nigeria) 10.12
Heat B: 1. Stephane Cali (France) 10.36 2. Frederic Krantz (France) 10.40 3. Ian Mackie
(Britain) 10.48
Women's 100m
Heat A 1. Glory Alozie (Nigeria) 11.35 2. Frederique Bangue (France) 11.40 3. Sandra Citte
(France) 11.48
Heat B 1. Oksana Ekk (Russia) 11.50 2. Doris Deruel (France) 11.67 3. Aita Diop (Senegal)
11.67
Men's 200m
Heat A 1. Brian Lewis (U.S.) 20.46 2. Ramon Clay (U.S.) 20.50 3. Sebastian Keitel (Chile)
20.81
Heat B 1. Marlon Devonisch (Britain) 20.50 2. Troy Douglas (Netherlands) 20.61 3. Erick
Wijmeersch (Belgium) 20.88
Women's 200m
Heat A 1. Christine Arron (France) 22.63 2. Ionela Tirlea (Romania) 22.87 3. Oksana Ekk
(Russia) 22.88
Heat B 1. Muriel Hurtis (France) 22.80 2. Damayanthi Darsha (Sri Lanka) 22.99 3. Kim
Gevaert (Belgium) 23.03
Men's 400m hurdles 1. Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 48.51 2. Joey Woody (U.S.)
48.55 3. Samuel Matete (Zambia) 48.80
Men's 100m hurdles 1. Katie Anderson (Canada) 12.61 2. Glory Alozie (Nigeria) 12.87 3.
Yelena Krasovskaya (Ukraine) 12.99
Women's 1500m 1. Jackline Maranga (Kenya) 4:05.76 2. Margarita Marusova
(Russia) 4:06.48 3. Zoia Kaznovskaia (Ukraine) 4:06.55
Men's 1500m 1. Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 3:31.12 2. Nadir Bosch (France) 3:33.45 3. Driss
Maazouzi (France) 3:34.23
Men's 5,000m 1. Benjamin Limo (Kenya) 13:03.13 2. Fita Bayissa (Ethiopia) 13:14.05 3. Tom
Nyariki (Kenya) 13:19.43
Women's 400m 1. Ionela Tirlea (Romania) 50.70 2. Mbacke Thiam Ami (Senegal) 51.20 3.
Olabisi Afolabi (Nigeria) 51.63 Women's 4x100m relay 1. France (Girard/Dia/Hurtis/Arron)
43.03 2. Britain/Canada (Richardson/Anderson(CAN)/Bloomfeld/Fraser) 44.23 3. Nigeria
(Aboaja/Atede/Afolabi/Alozie) 44.82
Men's 4x100m relay 1. France (Patros/Krantz/Cheval/Cali) 39.18 2. Britain
(Livingston/Wariso/McKie/Devonish) 39.30 3. France A (Vallon/Lubin/Zami/Menal) 40.10
Women's 10,000m 1. Leah Malot (Kenya) 31:31.73 2. Restituta Joseph (Tanzania) 31:32.02 3.
Merima Denboba (Ethiopia) 31:32.63
Men's triple jump 1. Ionut Punga (Romania) 17.04 metres 2. Jerome Romain (France) 16.90 3.
Andrew Owusu (Ghana) 16.67
Men's pole vault 1. Romain Mesnil (France) 5.73 metres 2. Trond Barthel (Norway) 5.72 3.
Alain Andji (France) 5.63
Men's high jump 1. Serguey Klyugin (Russia) 2.33 metres 2. Martin Buss (Germany) 2.31 3.
Tomas Janku (Czech Republic) 2.25
Women's long jump 1. Niurka Montalvo (Spain) 6.81 metres 2. Eunice Barber (France) 6.78 3.
Olga Rublyova (Russia) 6.68
Hammer 1. Tibor Gecsek (Hungary) 80.50 metres 2. Karsten Kobs (Germany) 80.30 3. Adrian
Annus (Hungary) 79.88
