Centre - Yuliya Krevsun of Ukraine on the medal podium in Bangkok - (left) Ekaterina Kostetskaya RUS; (right) Charlotte Best GBR (© Nicolas Messner / FISU)
Bangkok, ThailandUkraine's Yuliya Krevsun became the fastest woman over 800m this year with a personal best of 1:57.63 as Russia dominated the medal tally on Tuesday (14) on the sixth and last day of athletics at the 24th World University Games (WUG) in the Thai capital.
Mohamed Fadil of Morocco added a second title after his 10,000m win, while Buoban Pamang, Deok Hyeon Kim and Ehsan Mohajershojaei achieved historic victories respectively for Thailand, South Korea and Iran, respectively, at the Main Stadium of Thammasat University's Rangsit Campus.
The best two laps of her life
In her last year eligible to compete at World University Games, Krevsun ran the race of her life. After passing the first lap in 56.17, the 27-year-old went on unchallenged to cross the finish line in 1:57.63, over two second faster than her previous personal best (1:59.60), set in early July. She also erased Russian Olga Kotlyarova's previous world leading mark (1:58.14).
It was her first season running 800m in under two minutes and this time places the Ukrainian as a top candidate for the World Championships final in Osaka.
Russia's Ekaterina Kostetskaya (1:59.52) and Britain's Charlotte Best (2:01.50) were distant second and third, respectively.
Hard fought spear contest
Buoban Pamang pleased the home crowd with a hard-fought win the women’s Javelin Throw, the first athletics gold for a Thai woman in the WUG history.
The 23-year old threw the 600m implement to 61.40, a new personal best, to defeat Romania's Monica Stoian (61.19 PB ) and Poland's Urszula Jasinska (60.63).
Playing host to the Universiade has paid good dividends for Thailand as they won their first two athletics medals ever, including two titles: the men's 4x100m relay on the opening day and now the women's Javelin, plus the women's 4x100m silver.
Iran triumphs
Propelled to a personal best of 1:45.90 in the first round by Fabiano Peçanha, Iranian Ehsan Mohajershojaei saved his best kick for the final taking the men’s 800m gold in 1:46.04. The 24-year old prevented the Brazilian from successfully defending his 2005 crown, but the South American (1:46.11) will go home with two medals here for an overall career total of five at the WUG. Livio Sciandra of Italy secured the bronze medal with 1:46.19.
A Korean first too
On the eve of Korea's National Independence Day, Deok Hyeon Kim gave his country its first men's Universiade athletics gold ever as Duk-hyun Kim easily dominated the men’s Triple Jump with 17.02m. The 21-year old, runner-up at the 2007 Asian Championships in Amman, was followed by Wu Bo of China (16.64) and Belarus' junior Dzmitry Platnitski (16.50).
10,000m win makes it two for Fadil
Mohamed Fadil of Morocco became the third double winner in the Thai capital as he won the 10,000m to go with the Half Marathon he had taken on Saturday.
Fadil led an African sweep with his 30:19.41-minute effort. He was followed home by Uganda's 20-year old Simon Ayeko (30:22.58), who was third in the 5000m, and South Africa's Stephen Mokoka (30:31.78).
The other double winners here were Turkey's Halil Akkas (5000m and 3000m steeplechase) and Finland's Johanna Manninen (100m-4x100m).
Youthful walker
At 18, Yafei Chu of China became the youngest 2007 WUG athletics champion as he crossed the line first in the men's 20km Race Walk in 1:24:37. Yafei Chu joined his compatriot Jiang Qiuyan, who won the women's race on 9 August to secure a Chinese hegemony in race walking, the two athletics titles of the Asian giant here. Korea's Chil Sung Park (1:24:42) and Japan 's Koichiro Morioka (1:25:10) completed an Asian sweep.
Three Hammer Throw golds in a row for Belarussia
Back to the field, Aliaksandr Vashchyla (76.94m) gave Belarus its third consecutive men's Hammer throw gold at the Universiade, while Maxim Sidorov released the Shot to 20.01m in a 19-man final to secure Russia's six gold of the games.
The Ukrainian women and the Polish men sealed the athletics competition with the 4x400m relay wins.
Russia topped the tally with 16 medals (six gold, five silver and five bronze), ahead of Ukraine (5-6-3), Kazakhstan (4-1-0) and Belarus (3-2-2) as 47 countries have achieved at least one medal. The United States, one of the athletics powerhouses, did not send a team.
Akkas (8:20.83 in 3000m Steeplechase) and Portugal's Jessica Augusto (5000m-15:28.78) smashed the only two WUG records.
Javier Clavelo Robinson for the IAAF
Top Results:
Men
800m
1. Ehsan Mohajershojaei IRI 1:46.04
2. Fabiano Peçanha BRA 1:46.11
3. Livio Sciandra ITA 1:46.19
4. Nabil Madi ALG 1:46.26
5. Jozef Repcik SVK 1:46.53
6. Ioan Zaizan ROM 1:46.99
10.000m
1. Mohamed Fadil MAR 30:19.41
2. Simon Ayeko UGA 30:22.58
3. Stephen Mokoka RSA 30:31.78
4. Yuki Matsuoka JPN 30:33.17
5. Liu Chao CHN 30:42.81
6. Vasyl Matviychuk UKR 30:48.72
Triple Jump
1. Deok Hyeon Kim KOR 17.02 (+0.7)
2. Wu Bo CHN 16.64
3. Dzmitry Platnitski BLR 16.50
4. Fabrizio Schembri ITA 16.31
5. Viktor Kuznyetsov UKR 16.31
6. Jiang Wei CHN 16.12
Shot Put
1. Maxim Sidorov RUS 20.01
2. Maris Urtans LAT 19.38
3. Chang Ming-huang TPE 19.36
4. Alexander Grekov RUS 18.94
5. Sven Hahn GER 18.72
6. Asmir Kolasinac SRB 18.50
Hammer Throw
1. Aliaksandr Vashchyla BLR 76.94
2. Aliaksandr Kazulka BLR 74.52
3. Igor Vinichenko RUS 73.94
4. Mohsen Anani EGY 72.66
5. Dmitry Velikopolskiy RUS 72.05
6. Lorenzo Povegliano ITA 71.41
20km Walk
1. Yafei Chu CHN 1:24:37
2. Chil Sung Park KOR 1:24:42
3. Koichiro Morioka JPN 1:25:10
4. Yusuke Suzuki JPN 1:25:50
5. Benjamin Kucinski POL 1:26:25
6. Hyunsub Kim KOR 1:27:20
4x400m
1. Poland 3:02.05
(Witold Banka, Piotr Klimczak, Piotr Kedzia, Daniel Dabrowski)
2. Australia 3:02.76
3. Russia 3:05.04
4. South Africa 3:06.44
5. Algeria 3:06.85
6. Thailand 3:09.71
Women
800m
1. Yuliya Krevsun UKR 1:57.63
2. Ekaterina Kostetskaya RUS 1:59.52
3. Charlotte Best GBR 2:01.50
4. Olga Cristea MDA 2:01.84
5. Natallia Kareiva BLR 2:02.05
6. Laura Finucane GBR 2:03.18
Javelin Throw
1. Buoban Pamang THA 61.40
2. Monica Stoian ROM 61.19
3. Urszula Jasinska POL 60.63
4. Natallia Shymchuk BLR 58.69
5. Sunette Viljoen RSA 58.39
6. Katharina Molitor GER 58.19
4x400m
1. Ukraine 3:29.59
(Nataliya Pycyda, Antonina Yefremova, Olha Zavhorodnya, Oksana Shcherbak)
2. Russia 3:30.49
3. Great Britain 3:33.70
4. Lithuania 3:38.04
5. Thailand 3:45.37
6. Ghana 3:58.49
All the 2007 World University Games athletics champions
Women
100m Johanna Manninen FIN 11.46 (-0.8)
200m Iryna Shtangyeyeva UKR 22.95 (-1.3)
400m Olga Tereshkova KAZ 51.62
800m Yuliya Krevsun UKR 1:57.63
1500m Olesya Chumakova RUS 4: 09.32
5000m Jessica Augusto POR 15:28.78 UR
10,000m Ksenia Agafonova RUS 32: 20.94
H. Mar Kim Kum Ok PRK 1:12:31
3000m ST Dobrinka Shalamanova BUL 9:45.04
100m H Yauheniya Valadzko BLR 13.03
400m H Tatyana Azarova KAZ 55.52
HJ Marina Aitova KAZ 1.92
PV Alexandra Kiryashova RUS 4.40
LJ Olga Rypakova KAZ 6.85 -0.7
TJ Olga Saladukha UKR 14.79 (0.4)
SP Irina Tarasova RUS 17.46
DT Yarelis Barrios CUB 61.36
HT Darya Pchelnik BLR 68.74
JT Buoban Pamang THA 61.40
4x100m Finland 43.48
(Heidi Hannula, Sari Keskitalo, Ilona Ranta, Johanna Manninen)
4x400m Ukraine 3:29.59
(Nataliya Pycyda, Antonina Yefremova, Olha Zavhorodnya, Oksana Shcherbak)
20km Walk Jiang Qiuyan CHN 1:35:22
Men
100m Simeon Williamson GBR 10.22 (-0.9)
200m Amr Seowd EGY 20.74 (+0.2)
400m Sean Wroe AUS 45.49
800m Ehsan Mohajershojaei IRI 1:46.04
1500m Samir Khadar ALG 3:39.62
5000m Halil Akkas TUR 14:08.47
10,000m Mohamed Fadil MAR 30:19.41
H. Mar Mohamed Fadil MAR 1:05:49
3000m ST Halil Akkas TUR 8:20.83 UR
110m H Sergii Demidiuk UKR 13.33
400m H Petrus Koekemoer RSA 49.06
HJ Alexander Shustov RUS 2.31
PV Alexander Straub GER 5.60
LJ Robert Crowther AUS 8.02 (0.6)
TJ Deok Hyeon Kim KOR 17.02 (+0.7)
SP Maxim Sidorov RUS 20.01
DT Gerhard Mayer AUT 61.55
HT Aliaksandr Vashchyla BLR 76.94
JT Vadims Vasilevskis LAT 83.92
Dec Jacob Minah GER 8099
(10.75, 7.87, 13.80, 1.92, 47.79/14.38, 42.38, 4.80, 52.66, 4:41.11)
20km Walk Yafei Chu CHN 1:24:37
4x100m Thailand 39.30
(Pirom Autas, Wachara Sondee, Sompote Suwannarangsri, Sittichai Suwonprateep)
4x400m Poland 3:02.05
(Witold Banka, Piotr Klimczak, Piotr Kedzia, Daniel Dabrowski)
UR- World University Games Record
