28-08-15 world athletics championships

Again today there have been personal bests commonwealth records and national records go today as the competitors are showing that they are on form at the moment.

20 KM WALK WOMEN

It was up early in the morning for the 20 metre walk and home advantage was a very important part of this race

1    Hong Liu   CHN 1:27:45  

2  Xiuzhi Lu   CHNK 1:27:45  

3  Lyudmyla Olyanovska  UKR 1:28:13 

LONG JUMP WOMEN

The long standing British record for the long jump was broken today but it still was not enough for her to win the gold medal as she was in the lead when she made the jump.

1  Tianna Bartoletta  USA  7.14 

 2 Shara Proctor  COUNTRGBR  7.07  NR

 3  Ivana Španovic   SRB  7.01  NR

200 METRES WOMEN

 

 

Shippers is becoming a very consistent performer and is going to be one that we will have to watch out for in Rio as she is showing herself to be a world class athlete and unless injury hampers her she will surely get a medal at Rio. With a championship record today it seems like she has the form to beat anyone.

1   Dafne Schippers   NED 21.63  CR

 

2  Elaine Thompson JAM 21.66  PB

3 Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 21.97  SB

110 METRES HURDLES MEN

 

1   Sergey Shubenkov  RUS  12.98  NR 

2  Hansle Parchment   JAM 13.03  SB

3  Aries Merritt   USA 13.04  SB 

110 METRES WOMEN

Williams ended the day with a gold medal for the Jamaicans and showed that they still are a force in all forms of sprinting.

 1   Danielle Williams    JAM 12.57  PB 

2 Cindy Roleder  GER  MARK12.59  PB    

3 Alina Talay BLR  MARK12.66  NR