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News10 Mar 2006


Men's 60m Round One

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Terrence Trammell began his quest to become the first 60m/60mH double winner by turning in the swiftest effort of the morning.

The two-time Olympic medallist in the sprint hurdles bounced back from an upset stomach on Thursday to produce a powerful 6.60 win in heat six, well ahead of the four-way blanket finish for second. Italy’s Francesco Scuderi, Finn Nipa Tran, Dariusz Kuc of Poland and Slovenian newcomer Marko Bratoz were each credited with a 6.70. For the Finn, it was a personal best.

Nigerian Olusoji Fasuba, who won heat three with a 6.61 effort, was the morning’s second fastest. The 21-year-old, who won a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympic 400m Relay, was well ahead of Oudere Kankarafou’s 6.70, a personal best for the 22-year-old Togolese-born Frenchman. Briton Tim Abeyie (6.81) also advanced.

Anatoliy Dovhal’s season’s best of 6.63 propelled the Ukrainian to the win in the first heat, well ahead of Jamaican newcomer Lerone Clarke (6.71). Two-time Brazilian Olympian Vicente de Lima (6.73) was third.

Ukrainian Kostyantyn Vasyukov took advantage of Leonard Scott’s sluggish start to win heat two in 6.66, one one-hundredth better than the American World leader. Cuban Henry Vizcaino was third, notching a PB 6.69. Kael Becerra, fourth in 6.70, clocked a Chilean national record.

European record holder Ronald Pognon of France took heat four with a 6.67 clocking, just ahead of Austrian Martin Lachkovics (6.71).  Briton Mark Findlay (6.74) also advanced automatically as well.

Pleasing the small but appreciative morning session crowd Russian Andrey Yepishin took heat five in 6.63, just ahead of Slovenian national record holder Matic Osovnikar (6.67), the double winner in Tampere a month ago.

Rounding out the morning competition on the track was Hungarian stalwart Gabor Dobos’s narrow win in heat seven. The 30-year-old national record holder, a finalist in 2003, clocked 6.73, just ahead of Wen Yongyi of China, was given the same time. Finishing fourth was the morning’s lone major casualty of the round, Deji Aliu. The Nigerian finished in 6.78, and did not advance.

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