Yelena Isinbayeva in action (© Getty Images, Michael Steele)
In the past two years Polish athletes had performed well in the Zywiec International Meeting of Stars, winning most events but this year in Poznan it was no domestic affair anymore.
A plague of injuries eliminated the local stars at the very beginning of the new season. Robert Mackowiak (400 metres), Pawel Czapiewski (800 metres), Artur Kohutek (110 metres hurdles), Marek Plawgo and Pawel Januszewski (400 metres hurdles), Adam Kolasa (pole vault), Grzegorz Marciniszyn (long jump) and Szymon Ziolkowski (Olympic champion in hammer throw) were able only to watch Sunday`s very exciting competition in the Olympia Stadium where 10 000 spectators applauded some excellent performances, but this time by foreign athletes.
Topping these was most certainly the new meeting record and the world leading mark this year, by the Russian rising star Yelena Isinbayeva, with her 4.73 metre clearance in the women`s pole vault. Isinbayeva is accustomed to performing well on Polish soil as her first successful international appearance came at the IAAF World Youth Championships 1999 in Bydgoszcz, where she won the title. She is now aiming to grab some gold in that city once again on the occasion of the European Under-23 Championships to be held in July.
“I always strive to achieve as much as possible and I hope to better Stacy Dragila`s world record (4.81), probably in Bydgoszcz. I do not want to wait for the World Championships in Paris,” said Isinbayeva.
She failed to dethrone Dragila in Poznan, despite making three attempts at 4.82. It was almost a world female pole vault summit in Poland because Yelena defeated on Sunday USA`s Kellie Suttle (4.58), another Russian Tatyana Polnova (4.53) and Polish record holder Monika Pyrek (4.53).
There was one more big surprise in Poznan by the men`s 400 metres hurdles winner Kemel Thompson of Jamaica. He improved his personal best to 48.28 sec defeating the current European champion and former World champion Stephane Diagana of France and former World vice-champion Llewellyn Herbert of South Africa.
Caribbean athletes dominated the male and female sprints with one exception. Frankie Fredericks won 200 metres in 20.26 sec beating Shawn Crawford of the USA and rising Polish medal hope, Marcin Jedrusinski. Kim Collins of St. Kitts & Nevis repeated his last year’s win in the 100 metres and announced that he is going to become a World champion in Paris.
International Stars Meeting in Poznan, 29 June
MEN
100 m men
Heat 1 (Wind: +0.1 m/s)
1 Llewelyn BREDWOOD 76 JAMAICA 10.43 Q
2 Sherwin VRIES 80 SOUTH AFRICA 10.47 Q PB
3 Matthew QUINN 76 SOUTH AFRICA 10.53 q
4 Francesco SCUDERI 77 ITALY 10.54
5 Pawel PTAK 83 POLAND 10.77 SB
6 Marcin KULCZAK 82 POLAND 10.84
7 Tomasz LINKA 73 POLAND 10.89
8 Jakub HEROLD 81 POLAND 10.92
Heat 2 (Wind: -0.6 m/s)
1 Lukasz CHYLA 81 POLAND 10.48 Q
2 Marcin KRZYWANSKI 75 POLAND 10.52 Q
3 Marcin NOWAK 77 POLAND 10.53 q SB
4 Tomasz KONDRATOWICZ 79 POLAND 10.62 SB
5 Piotr KOLASA 76 POLAND 10.69
6 Marcin NIEWIARA 81 POLAND 10.73 SB
7 Adam GAJ 83 POLAND 10.74
FINAL (Wind: 0.0 m/s)
1 Kim COLLINS 76 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS 10.14
2 Sherwin VRIES 80 SOUTH AFRICA 10.29
3 Liewelyn BREDWOOD 76 JAMAICA 10.38
4 Lukasz CHYLA 81 POLAND 10.44
5 Marcin NOWAK 77 POLAND 10.47 SB
6 Marcin KRZYWANSKI 75 POLAND 10.50 SB
7 Matthew QUINN 76 SOUTH AFRICA 10.54
8 Terrence TRAMMELL 78 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 11.11
200 m men (Wind: +0.1 m/s)
1 Frank FREDERICKS 67 NAMIBIA 20.26
2 Shawn CRAWFORD 78 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20.39
3 Marcin JEDRUSINSKI 81 POLAND 20.44 SB
4 Ricardo WILLIAMS 76 JAMAICA 20.69
5 Marcin URBAS 76 POLAND 20.74
6 Jaroslaw KULESZA 77 CANADA 21.41
7 Tomasz KONDRATOWICZ 79 POLAND 21.46
8 Morne NAGEL 78 SOUTH AFRICA 22.49
400 m men
1 Leslie DJHONE 81 FRANCE 45.33 PB
2 Davian CLARKE 76 JAMAICA 45.58
3 Michael MCDONALD 75 JAMAICA 45.59 SB
4 Clinton HILL 80 AUSTRALIA 45.61
5 Paul GORRIES 81 SOUTH AFRICA 46.07
6 David CANAL 78 SPAIN 46.20
7 Filip WALOTKA 80 POLAND 46.87
8 Labronte GARRETT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 47.38
800 m men
1 Werner BOTHA 78 SOUTH AFRICA 1:46.26
2 Joseph MUTUA 78 KENYA 1:46.32
3 Michael ROTICH 82 KENYA 1:46.36
4 Vincent KEMBOI 82 KENYA 1:46.37 SB
5 Gregory KONCHELLAH 83 KENYA 1:46.46
6 Kennedy KIMWETICH 73 KENYA 1:46.60
7 John LITEI 83 KENYA 1:46.82
8 Grzegorz KRZOSEK 76 POLAND 1:46.84 SB
9 Glody DUBE 78 BOTSWANA 1:46.92 SB
10 Nathan BRANNEN 82 CANADA 1:47.42 SB
11 James MCILROY 76 GREAT BRITAIN 1:51.36
Andriy TVERDOSTUP 77 UKRAINE DNF
Nicolas AISSAT 80 FRANCE DNF
Intermediate
400m 10 47.32
1500 m men
1 Timothy KIPTANUI KENYA 3:35.16
2 Laban ROTICH 69 KENYA 3:36.60 SB
3 Robert RONO 74 KENYA 3:37.15 SB
4 Nick WILLIS 83 NEW ZEALAND 3:37.48 PB
5 David KIPLAK 81 KENYA 3:38.16
6 Zbigniew GRACZYK 78 POLAND 3:38.33 PB
7 Mounir YEMMOUNI 83 FRANCE 3:38.54 PB
8 Benjamin KIPKURUI 80 KENYA 3:38.88
9 Yared SHEGUMO 83 ETHIOPIA 3:40.12 PB
10 Radoslaw POPLAWSKI 83 POLAND 3:42.33 PB
11 Grzegorz WOJTCZAK 83 POLAND 3:42.47 PB
12 Benoit NICOLAS 77 FRANCE 3:43.50
13 Tomasz SZYMKOWIAK 83 POLAND 3:43.99
14 Dawid KULIK 83 POLAND 3:44.44 PB
15 Rafal WOJCIK 72 POLAND 3:44.53 SB
16 Tomasz BABISZKIEWICZ 82 POLAND 3:49.78
17 Patrycjusz SZWAJNOCH 80 POLAND 3:51.59
Stainley LILEITO KENYA DNF
Wojciech KALDOWSKI 76 POLAND DNF
Michael STEMBER 79 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DNS
Marcin FUDALEJ 76 POLAND DNF
Intermediate
1000m 16 2:25.12
400 m hurdles men
1 Kemel THOMPSON 74 JAMAICA 48.28 PB
2 Alwyn MYBURGH 80 SOUTH AFRICA 48.61 SB
3 Llewellyn HERBERT 77 SOUTH AFRICA 48.73 SB
4 Ian WEAKLEY 74 JAMAICA 48.80
5 Dean GRIFFITHS 80 JAMAICA 49.06
6 Stephane DIAGANA 69 FRANCE 49.67
7 Zenon MISTAK 80 POLAND 51.33
8 Tomasz RUDNIK 79 POLAND 51.61 SB
Long jump men
1 Bogdan TARUS 75 ROMANIA 8.03
2 Dimitrios SERELIS 81 GREECE 8.00
3 Eugnetius GAISAH 83 GHANA 7.97
4 Dmitriy MITROFANOV 76 RUSSIA 7.91
5 Yago LAMELA 77 SPAIN 7.89
6 Tomasz MATEUSIAK 80 POLAND 7.74
7 Peter BURGE 74 AUSTRALIA 7.72
8 Cheikh TOURE 70 FRANCE 7.68
9 Arkadiusz ZONTEK 79 POLAND 7.24
Konrad KATARZYNSKI 80 POLAND DNS
TRIES I II III IV V VI
Bogdan TARUS 7.52 7.85 8.02 7.95 7.90 8.03
0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0 -0,4
Dimitrios SERELIS 7.52 8.00 x x 7.83 x
0,0 -0,3 0,0 -0,3 0,0 +0,1
Eugnetius GAISAH 7.61 7.77 7.91 7.96 7.78 7.97
0,0 0,0 0,0 -0,6 0,0 0,0
Dmitriy MITROFANOV 7.37 7.91 7.73 7.71 7.60 7.78
0,0 -0,3 -0,3 -0,2 +0,1 -0,8
Yago LAMELA x 7.13 7.77 7.36 x 7.89
0,0 0,0 -0,8 0,0 -1,1 0,0
Tomasz MATEUSIAK 7.64 7.74 6.06 7.64 7.56 x
0,0 +0,5 0,0 0,0 +0,1 0,0
Peter BURGE x 7.55 7.72 7.71 7.71 7.58
0,0 0,0 -0,3 +0,1 -0,5 0,0
Cheikh TOURE 7.33 7.68 7.66 7.57 x x
0,0 -0,2 -1,0 0,0 -0,1 0,0
Arkadiusz ZONTEK x x 7.24
0,0 -0,3 0,0
Hammer throw men
1 Andriy SKVARUK 67 UKRAINE 77.34
2 Wojciech KONDRATOWICZ 80 POLAND 77.30
3 Maciej PALYSZKO 78 POLAND 77.28
4 Krzysztof KALISZEWSKI 72 POLAND 69.49
5 Kazimierz BOULGE 76 POLAND 68.88
6 Marcin FERNOWKA 82 POLAND 61.61
TRIES I II III IV V VI
Andriy SKVARUK 76.24 x x x 77.34 75.77
Wojciech KONDRATOWICZ 74.27 75.39 77.30 x 75.68 75.58
Maciej PALYSZKO 77.28 76.40 75.04 x 76.23 75.39
Krzysztof KALISZEWSKI x 69.12 69.49 68.79 68.66 x
Kazimierz BOULGE 64.11 x 66.91 65.63 68.88 66.62
Marcin FERNOWKA 55.47 x x 61.61 60.70 x
Javelin throw men
1 Dariusz TRAFAS 72 POLAND 81.80
2 Igor JANIK 83 POLAND 78.59
3 Rajmund KOLKO 71 POLAND 77.12
4 Breaux GREER 76 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 75.74
5 Maciej WISNIEWSKI 78 POLAND 69.96
6 Michal KRUKOWSKI 69 POLAND 68.27
7 ukasz BARAN 81 POLAND 65.61
TRIES I II III IV V VI
Dariusz TRAFAS 76.17 80.76 x x 81.80 x
Igor JANIK 75.39 74.73 78.59 x - -
Rajmund KOLKO 75.43 x 77.12 73.90 - 74.45
Breaux GREER 67.86 74.32 x 72.13 x 75.74
Maciej WISNIEWSKI 63.95 68.24 x 67.88 68.15 69.96
Michal KRUKOWSKI 68.27 67.49 66.89 65.16 - -
ukasz BARAN 64.91 65.50 61.11 62.81 65.61 65.51
WOMEN
100 m women (Wind: 0.0 m/s)
1 Debbie FERGUSON 76 BAHAMAS 11.27
2 Juliet CAMPBELL 70 JAMAICA 11.29 SB
3 Tetyana TKALICH 75 UKRAINE 11.47
4 Geraldine PILLAY 77 SOUTH AFRICA 11.48
5 Daria ONYSKO 81 POLAND 11.65
6 Makaredja SANGONOKO IVORY COAST 11.67
7 Iwona DOROBISZ 80 POLAND 11.80
8 Joanna BALCERZAK 73 POLAND 11.85
200 m women (Wind: +0.5 m/s)
1 Debbie FERGUSON 76 BAHAMAS 22.74
2 Juliet CAMPBELL 70 JAMAICA 22.81
3 Beverly MCDONALD 70 JAMAICA 22.96 SB
4 Geraldine PILLAY 77 SOUTH AFRICA 23.32
5 Lauren HEWITT 78 AUSTRALIA 23.33
6 Dorota DYDO 82 POLAND 23.65 PB
7 Joanna BALCERZAK 73 POLAND 23.94 SB
400 m women
1 Lorraine FENTON 73 JAMAICA 50.30 SB
2 Heide SEYERLING-QUINN 76 SOUTH AFRICA 51.45
3 Svetlana USOVICH 80 BELARUS 51.60 PB
4 Mireille NGUIMGO 76 CAMEROON 51.72 SB
5 Olga MISHCHENKO 71 UKRAINE 52.36 SB
6 Me'Lisa BARBER 80 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 52.37
7 Anna NENTWIG 83 POLAND 54.60
8 Luiza AãCUCHOWSKA 76 POLAND 55.15
800 m women
1 Olga RASPOPOVA 78 RUSSIA 2:01.85
2 Tamara VOLKOVA 79 UKRAINE 2:01.92
3 Yulia GURTAVENKO 80 UKRAINE 2:01.98
4 Michelle BALLENTINE 75 JAMAICA 2:01.98
5 Irina VASHENTSEVA 80 RUSSIA 2:02.02
6 Anna ZAGORSKA 80 POLAND 2:02.13 SB
7 Heather HENNIGAR 73 CANADA 2:02.95
8 Marian BURNETT 76 GUYANA 2:03.01
9 Joanna BUZA 81 POLAND 2:03.19 SB
10 Nadezdha VOROBYEVA 77 RUSSIA 2:03.54
11 Ewelina SETOWSKA 80 POLAND 2:04.09
12 Beata RUDZINSKA 82 POLAND 2:04.80 PB
13 Rikke RONHOLT 76 DENMARK 2:04.88
Ewa KLARECKA 80 POLAND DNF
Intermediate
400m 13 57.01
1500 m women
1 Natalya YEVDOKIMOVA 78 RUSSIA 4:05.33 PB
2 Yulia KOSENKOVA 73 RUSSIA 4:05.73 SB
3 Julia CHIJENKO 77 RUSSIA 4:07.46 PB
4 Rasa DRAZDAUSKAITE 81 LITHUANIA 4:07.78 PB
5 Berhane HIRPASSA ETHIOPIA 4:08.01
6 Justyna LESMAN 80 POLAND 4:08.90 PB
7 Jackline MARANGA 77 KENYA 4:10.35
8 Anna JAKUBCZAK 73 POLAND 4:12.22 SB
9 Malgorzata JAMROZ 73 POLAND 4:14.70
10 Barbara JABLONSKA 77 POLAND 4:15.03 PB
11 Irina KRAKOVIAK 77 LITHUANIA 4:17.57
12 Yelena SIDORCHENKOVA 80 RUSSIA 4:19.82
13 Renata HOPPOVA 76 CZECH REPUBLIC 4:20.63
14 Katarzyna CZUBSKA 82 POLAND 4:20.89
15 Aleksandra KAZUBEK 82 POLAND 4:20.99 PB
16 Patrycja WLODARCZYK 80 POLAND 4:25.05
17 Aleksandra JAKUBCZAK 82 POLAND 4:30.36
Anna NAGADOWSKA 82 POLAND DNF
Intermediate
1000m 14 7:48.06
100 m hurdles women
Heat 1 (Wind: -1.4 m/s)
1 Aurelia TRYWIANSKA 76 niestowarzyszona 12.97
2 Lacena GOLDING-CLARKE 75 JAMAICA 13.20
3 Aneta SOSNOWSKA 74 POLAND 13.22
4 Justyna OLEKSY 83 POLAND 13.41
5 Dionne ROSE-HENLEY 69 JAMAICA 13.44
6 Agnieszka FRANKOWSKA 83 POLAND 13.68
Jenny ADAMS 78 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DNS
FINAL (Wind: -0.1 m/s)
1 Glorie ALOZIE 77 SPAIN 12.83
2 Jenny ADAMS 78 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 12.96
2 Aurelia TRYWIANSKA 76 niestowarzyszona 12.96
4 Aneta SOSNOWSKA 74 POLAND 13.03 SB
5 Lacena GOLDING-CLARKE 75 JAMAICA 13.10
6 Dionne ROSE-HENLEY 69 JAMAICA 13.31
7 Justyna OLEKSY 83 POLAND 13.42
8 Agnieszka FRANKOWSKA 83 POLAND 13.65
400 m hurdles women
1 Surita FEBBRAIO 73 SOUTH AFRICA 54.31
2 Yvonne HARRISON 75 PUERTO RICO 55.03 PB
3 Brenda TAYLOR 79 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 55.36
4 Anna JESIEN 78 POLAND 55.38 PB
5 Tetyana TERESHCHUK 69 UKRAINE 55.89
6 Malgorzata PSKIT 76 POLAND 56.87
7 Marta CHRUST 78 POLAND 57.35
8 Katarzyna IZYDOREK 79 POLAND 58.74 PB
Pole vault women
1 Yelena ISINBAYEVA 82 RUSSIA 4.73 PB
2 Kellie SUTTLE 73 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 4.58
3 Tatyana POLNOVA 79 RUSSIA 4.53
3 Monika PYREK 80 niestowarzyszona 4.53
5 Zsuzsanna SZABO 73 HUNGARY 4.33
6 Tanya KOLEVA 72 BULGARIA 4.13
7 Anna WIELGUS 81 POLAND 4.03
Roza KASPRZAK 82 POLAND NM
TRIES 403 413 423 433 443 453 458 463 473 482
Yelena ISINBAYEVA - - o o o o - o xxo xxx
Kellie SUTTLE - o o o xo o xo xxx
Tatyana POLNOVA - - - o o xo xxx
Monika PYREK - - - o o xo - xxx
Zsuzsanna SZABO xo o xo xo xxx
Tanya KOLEVA - o - xxx
Anna WIELGUS xo xxx
Roza KASPRZAK xxx
