Godfrey Mokoena leaps to world indoor long jump gold (© Getty Images)
Godfrey Mokoena’s 8.33m leap was the key highlight at the annual Papaflessia meeting in Kalamata, Greece, on Saturday (30). More than 150 athletes from 30 countries participated.
Mokoena threatens own national record
Mokoena, the reigning World indoor champion and Olympic silver medallist, dominated the event with his season’s best leap, the third farthest in the world this season and just six centimetres shy of his won South African national record set in 2006. Algeria’s Issam Nima was a distant second, reaching 8.00m, a season’s best.
Russia’s Anna Pyatykh won the Triple Jump with 14.37m, to dominate for the second in a week. The Russian also won at the Filothei Women’s Gala last week with 14.30m.
Greece’s rising star of the event, Paraskevi Papachristou, was second with a career outdoor best of 14.20m. With her jump Papachristou equaled the A qualifying standard for the Berlin World Championships and also for the European U-23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, which is her main objective this year.
Briton Dwain Chambers cruised to a double sprint victory, winning the 100m in 10.06 and the 200m in 20.58. His 100m performance is the fastest among Europeans this season. Over the half lap, Swede Johan Wissman was second just ahead of Norwegian Jaysuma Saidy Ndure. Both were credited with 20.67.
Elsewhere
Experienced Jamaican Michael Blackwood won the men’s 400m in 46.17, while Greece’s Petros Kyriakidis, running in the second heat clocked 46.73 to collect the standard for the European U-23 Championships.
Russian Andrey Olshanskiy dominated the 3000m Steeplechase in 8.57.32 and his compatriot Ilya Korotkov was the only javelin thrower who managed to exceed the 80m line (80.80m). Ukraine’s Oleksandr Nartov cleared 2.24m in the High Jump, while in the women’s event Kazakstan’s Marina Aitova cleared 1.94m.
Ukraine’s Irina Shtanhyeyeva won the 100m (11.51) and Poland’s Urszula Piwnicka won the Javelin Throw (63.53m).
Michalis Nikitaridis for the IAAF
Leading results
MEN -
100m (+0,3 m/s)
1 Dwain Chambers 10.06, 2 James Dasaolu GBR, Phil DeRosier 10.32
200m (+0.6 m/s)
1 Dwain Chambers GBR 20.58, 2 Johan Wissman SWE 20.67, 3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 20.67
400m
Heat 1: Michael Blackwood JAM 46.17, 2 Graham Hedman GBR 46.70, 3 Catalin Cimpeanu ROM 46.81
Heat 2: Petros Kyriakidis GRE 46.63
800m 1 Vitalij Kozlov LIT 1.48.27, 2 Konstantinos Nakopoulos 1.48.29, 3 Matthias Rosseeuw BEL 1.48.62
3000m steeple 1 Andrey Olshanskiy RUS 8.57.32, 2 Alexandros Litsi GRE 9.06.39, 3 Christoforos Merousis GRe 9.07.80
High Jump 1 Oleksandr Nartov UKR 2.24m, 2 Yiriy Krymarenko UKR 2.21m, 3 Andriy Protsenko UKR 2.18m
Long Jump 1 Godfrey Mokoena RSA 8.33m, 2 Issam Nima ALG 8.00m, 3 Andriy Makarchev UKR 7.88m
Javelin throw 1 Ilya Korotkov RUS 80.80m, 2 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR 79.40m, 3 Roman Avramenko UKR 78.60m
WOMEN -
100m
Heat 1 (+1.5 m/s): Irina Shtanhyeyeva UKR 11.51, 2 Sani Roseby USA 11.57, 3 Yulia Balytina BLR 11.70
Heat 2 (-1.6 m/s) 1 Georgia Kokloni GRE 11.53
200m
Heat 1: 1 Kaltouma Nadjina CHA 23.15, 2 Irina Staniejeva UKR 23.25, 3. Sani Roseby USA 23.95
Heat 2: 1 Agni Derveni GRE 23.90, 2 Maria Karastamati 23.93
400m 1 Vania Stambolova BUL 51.85, 2 Kaltouma Nadjina CHA 51.85, 3 Tatyana Firova 52.64
800m 1 Yeliz Kurt TUR 2.01.03, 2 Eleni Filandra GRE 2.02.01, 3 Olha Yekymenko UKR 2.03.09
High Jump 1 Marina Aitova KZK 1.94m, 2 Venelina Veneva 1.91m, 3 Natalya Mamlina RUS 1.88m
Triple Jump 1 Anna Pyatykh 14.37m, 2 Paraskevi Papachristou GRE 14.20, 3 Biljana Topic SRB 14.13m, 4 Anastasia Taranova – Potapova 14.04m
Javelin Throw 1 Urszula Piwnicka POL 63.53m, 2 Sava Lika GRE 59.25m, 3 Marina Novyk BLR 56.10m
Mokoena threatens own national record
Mokoena, the reigning World indoor champion and Olympic silver medallist, dominated the event with his season’s best leap, the third farthest in the world this season and just six centimetres shy of his won South African national record set in 2006. Algeria’s Issam Nima was a distant second, reaching 8.00m, a season’s best.
Russia’s Anna Pyatykh won the Triple Jump with 14.37m, to dominate for the second in a week. The Russian also won at the Filothei Women’s Gala last week with 14.30m.
Greece’s rising star of the event, Paraskevi Papachristou, was second with a career outdoor best of 14.20m. With her jump Papachristou equaled the A qualifying standard for the Berlin World Championships and also for the European U-23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, which is her main objective this year.
Briton Dwain Chambers cruised to a double sprint victory, winning the 100m in 10.06 and the 200m in 20.58. His 100m performance is the fastest among Europeans this season. Over the half lap, Swede Johan Wissman was second just ahead of Norwegian Jaysuma Saidy Ndure. Both were credited with 20.67.
Elsewhere
Experienced Jamaican Michael Blackwood won the men’s 400m in 46.17, while Greece’s Petros Kyriakidis, running in the second heat clocked 46.73 to collect the standard for the European U-23 Championships.
Russian Andrey Olshanskiy dominated the 3000m Steeplechase in 8.57.32 and his compatriot Ilya Korotkov was the only javelin thrower who managed to exceed the 80m line (80.80m). Ukraine’s Oleksandr Nartov cleared 2.24m in the High Jump, while in the women’s event Kazakstan’s Marina Aitova cleared 1.94m.
Ukraine’s Irina Shtanhyeyeva won the 100m (11.51) and Poland’s Urszula Piwnicka won the Javelin Throw (63.53m).
Michalis Nikitaridis for the IAAF
Leading results
MEN -
100m (+0,3 m/s)
1 Dwain Chambers 10.06, 2 James Dasaolu GBR, Phil DeRosier 10.32
200m (+0.6 m/s)
1 Dwain Chambers GBR 20.58, 2 Johan Wissman SWE 20.67, 3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 20.67
400m
Heat 1: Michael Blackwood JAM 46.17, 2 Graham Hedman GBR 46.70, 3 Catalin Cimpeanu ROM 46.81
Heat 2: Petros Kyriakidis GRE 46.63
800m 1 Vitalij Kozlov LIT 1.48.27, 2 Konstantinos Nakopoulos 1.48.29, 3 Matthias Rosseeuw BEL 1.48.62
3000m steeple 1 Andrey Olshanskiy RUS 8.57.32, 2 Alexandros Litsi GRE 9.06.39, 3 Christoforos Merousis GRe 9.07.80
High Jump 1 Oleksandr Nartov UKR 2.24m, 2 Yiriy Krymarenko UKR 2.21m, 3 Andriy Protsenko UKR 2.18m
Long Jump 1 Godfrey Mokoena RSA 8.33m, 2 Issam Nima ALG 8.00m, 3 Andriy Makarchev UKR 7.88m
Javelin throw 1 Ilya Korotkov RUS 80.80m, 2 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR 79.40m, 3 Roman Avramenko UKR 78.60m
WOMEN -
100m
Heat 1 (+1.5 m/s): Irina Shtanhyeyeva UKR 11.51, 2 Sani Roseby USA 11.57, 3 Yulia Balytina BLR 11.70
Heat 2 (-1.6 m/s) 1 Georgia Kokloni GRE 11.53
200m
Heat 1: 1 Kaltouma Nadjina CHA 23.15, 2 Irina Staniejeva UKR 23.25, 3. Sani Roseby USA 23.95
Heat 2: 1 Agni Derveni GRE 23.90, 2 Maria Karastamati 23.93
400m 1 Vania Stambolova BUL 51.85, 2 Kaltouma Nadjina CHA 51.85, 3 Tatyana Firova 52.64
800m 1 Yeliz Kurt TUR 2.01.03, 2 Eleni Filandra GRE 2.02.01, 3 Olha Yekymenko UKR 2.03.09
High Jump 1 Marina Aitova KZK 1.94m, 2 Venelina Veneva 1.91m, 3 Natalya Mamlina RUS 1.88m
Triple Jump 1 Anna Pyatykh 14.37m, 2 Paraskevi Papachristou GRE 14.20, 3 Biljana Topic SRB 14.13m, 4 Anastasia Taranova – Potapova 14.04m
Javelin Throw 1 Urszula Piwnicka POL 63.53m, 2 Sava Lika GRE 59.25m, 3 Marina Novyk BLR 56.10m
