Elvan Abeylegesse made a rather average return to competition last weekend. She ran 16:21.96 for 5000m and she was decisively beaten by Layes Abdullayeva whose recent form hasn't exactly been a hot commodity.
norunner wrote:long jump women: 1. Sosthene Moguenara GER 6.88m
Moguenara's series was good: 6.71, x, 6.77, 6.81, 6.88, x
Achkinadze also did 6.72, Florczak 6.64 and Kappler 6.60.
In Rehlingen Nicola Sanders was very disappointing finishing 4th in 52.42 behind Esther Cremer 51.76, Marie Gayot 51.78 and Janin Lindenberg 52.29. I really don't know what's wrong with her at the moment as she doesn't appear injured. A 49.6 woman struggling to break 52 secs when she should be at her peak is worrying. Perhaps she should move back to the hurdles or up to the 800, she just doesn't seem to have any speed anymore
The most remarkable result from Rehlingen was the return of Antje Möldner-Schmidt. She was 9th in Berlin 2009 with a PB of 9:18.54 over 3000m steeple. In January 2010 she was diagnosed with cancer and had to go through chemotherapy, which also meant no sports at all for almost a year. In 2011 she ran her first race after defeating the cancer at the german championships and was 4th with 10:28.74 and now she seems to be back to the form of 2009, running 9:32.14 in Rehlingen.
I was recently wondering what happened to her. She did compete in 2011, but kept a very low profile compared to earlier seasons. No international competitions so far this year, either.
Kadene VASSELL/1989 of NED stunned all of us for breaking 22.69s NR of schippers,running 22.49s/-0.6m/s, previous mark this year: 60m ind. 7.44 Gent (BEL) 18.02.2012 100m 11.78 +1.3 Hoorn (NED) 12.05.2012 150m 17.79 -1.8 Lisse (NED) 05.05.2012 200m 23.77 +0.5 Oordegem (BEL) 26.05.2012,her best only 23.61s in 2011. 200m ind. 24.00 Düsseldorf (GER) 29.01.2012
trevorp wrote:Typo? 23.49 sounds much more credible. Anyone see it? Was it broadcast?
She won the 100 in 11.78(-0.9) so I figured a typo too... Second in the 200m was 23.51 so it's very possible..
ETA - Dutch newspaper articles online make no mention of a 200m NR though they do highlight the result below:
The Dutch girls in good form though, also winning the 4x1 with a 42.90 (NR I think - ETA - beating a nearly 44yr old record from the Mexico Olympics).
PS - she's Jamaican born.
I also look at NED website, but EUROPEAN WEBSITE listed it,the website of the meeting also showed 22.49s ,by the way ,samuel won first race 23.28/-0.9m/s,the relay time really a little surprised me for no schippers.Good luck to them,
trevorp wrote:Typo? 23.49 sounds much more credible. Anyone see it? Was it broadcast?
She won the 100 in 11.78(-0.9) so I figured a typo too... Second in the 200m was 23.51 so it's very possible..
ETA - Dutch newspaper articles online make no mention of a 200m NR though they do highlight the result below:
The Dutch girls in good form though, also winning the 4x1 with a 42.90 (NR I think - ETA - beating a nearly 44yr old record from the Mexico Olympics).
PS - she's Jamaican born.
I also look at NED website, but EUROPEAN WEBSITE listed it,the website of the meeting also showed 22.49s ,by the way ,samuel won first race 23.28/-0.9m/s,the relay time really a little surprised me for no schippers.Good luck to them,
Now the 22.49s is even listed on iaaf.org. Still more likely it's a typo, but if it is then it's a typo that has made it quite far.