Results from Around the World, by Alfons Juck, EME News PRETORIA (RSA, Apr 28): At final Varsity meet Wayde van Niekerk confirmed good shape with 45.37 400 m win ahead of Shaun de Jager 45.87. Akani Simbine won the 200 m in 20.70 (+0.5) and best women result the 57.00 of Anneri Ebersohn over 400 m hurdles. BAMBOUS (MRI, Apr 27): At the 7th African Combined Events meet in the mens decathlon, the South African junior Friedrich Pretorius won with 7572 points score. Second home African Games medalist Guillaume Thierry improved Mauritius record to 7537 points. In women heptathlon Marthe Koala of Burkina Faso scored national record 5247 points ahead of Tunisian record holder Nada Cheroudi 5233. In individual events good sprints for Mosito Lehata of Lesotho 10.26 (-0.8) in the 100 m and Botswana´s Isaac Makwala 45.49 in the 400 m. Kenyan Vincent Kibet won the 3000 m in 7:58.9. MIRAMAR (USA, Apr 24): At the Florida High School Regional meet Andre Ewers won the 100 m in 10.31 (+1.9) and good girls double by Krystal Sparling 11.34 (+1.1) and 23.34 (+2.0). ROMA (ITA, Apr 25): Marzia Caravelli improved Italian all-time best in women 300 m hurdles to 39.00. Former mark of Yadisleidy Pedroso was 39.09 from last year. World all-time best by Zuzana Hejnova is 38.16 from last year. ZGORZELEC (POL, Apr 26): Lukasz Krawczuk won the 300 m here in 33.76 and in women events Weronika Wedler 17.47 150 m and 38.64 300 m. POZNAN (POL, Apr 26): Personal bests at 300 m for Artur Zaczek 33.88 and Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz 37.51. VESZPREM (HUN, Apr 26): Good hammer throwing by young Hungarians. Bence Pasztor improved with 6 kg implement to 78.51. Bence Halasz missed his European all-time best with 5 kg by 10 cm with 84.33 m. BAURU (BRA, Apr 25): At the 2nd meet of Sylvio Magalhaes Padilha circuit Tiago da Silva leaped to 792 (+3.9, legal 789) in the long jump and sprinter Nilson de Oliveira clocked windy 10.30 (+3.1) and 10.23 (+3.9) in the 100 m.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 00:50:34 +0000
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