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November 28. 2005
There will be ten IAAF Golden League Events contested at each of the six meetings in the 2006 series. Once again the IAAF Golden League will offer the crème of international one-day track and field action with the series opening in Oslo on 2 June and concluding in Berlin on 3 September 2006. In addition to the ten Golden League events, at least six other ‘promotional' disciplines will be contested at each meeting. In a decision also designed to ensure parity, the ten IAAF Golden League events are divided equally, five for men and five for women, as follows…
Men: 100m, 400m, 1500m, Long Jump, Javelin Throw
Women: 100m, 400m, 3000/5000m, 100m Hurdles, High Jump

IAAF Golden League Events in 2006:
Oslo (NOR), Paris (FRA), Rome (ITA), Zurich (SUI), Brussels (BEL) and Berlin (GER)
More on this at the IAAF website.

November 14. 2005
With 24 IAAF Meetings in 2006 (in 2005 there were 34) - the objective is to ensure that only the best quality competitions are staged under the IAAF brand. At least one Meeting from each Continental Area will be included in the IAAF World Athletics Tour. More on this at the IAAF website.

September 19. 2005
Results Seiko Super Track & Field Meet Yokohama, Japan
Statistically not so remarkable but none-the-less just as an emphatic a win came in the Long Jump for World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips (USA) with a leap of 8.06m.

September 17. 2005
Results 1st Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, China
In contrast to the World Championships in Helsinki where Americans swept the first four places in the men's 200m, tonight in Shanghai the Americans were shut out. Christopher Williams won the race with 20.24, a stadium record. Second and third places went to the Britons Christian Malcolm (20.42) and Marlon Devonish (20.55). World bronze medallist John Capel (USA) placed fourth (20.59). American Tyson Gay, fourth at worlds but first in Monaco last weekend, was a late scratch.
For three and a half rounds it was starting to look like the night belonged to Ignisious Gaisah of Ghana in the men's Long Jump. Gaisah led World champion Dwight Phillips after three jumps, 8.16m to 8.11m, before unleashing a big 8.34m national record in the fourth round. But Phillips responded with what would become the meet winner: an 8.39m effort and stadium record. Miguel Pate of the United States placed third (8.05m). In the women's 100m 2005 world season leader Chandra Sturrup scored a moderate upset over World champion Lauryn Williams, clocking 11.02. to Williams' 11.05. United States national champion Me'Lisa Barber placed third (11.22).
More about this meet at the IAAF website.

September 9-10. 2005
Results 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final, Monaco
Phillips leapt to a WAF record of 8.46meter which proved good enough to beat fellow American Miguel Pate (8.30m) and Jamaica's James Beckford (8.28m).
It has now become customary for World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips to secure his numerous victories with his opening round effort. Today's World Athletics Final was no exception as the US champion leapt to a new Competition record of 8.46m with his first attempt, a mark which was not to be bettered today. Phillips came into this third edition of the World Athletics Final with something to prove as the 27-year-old suffered a surprise defeat on this same track at last year's edition of the competition. Indeed Phillips was defeated by Ghana's Ignisious Gaisah who jumped a stunning 8.32m with his fourth and last attempt. “It was very important to regain my World Athletics Final title as I lost here in 2004,” said Phillips. “This year my body has been fit to compete consistently at a such a high level.”

At the men's 200m American Tyson Gay flew to a 19.96 victory to make up for finishing out of the medals in Helsinki. Gay's winning time was only three hundredths outside his best despite a 1.5 m/s headwind. Our Jamaican, Christopher Williams, found his best form of the season to finish second in 20.19 while World silver medallist Wallace Spearmon also got the better of Gatlin to finish third in 20.21. World champion in the 200m Justin Gatlin was beaten into fourth.

September 4. 2005
Results TDK Golden League ISTAF Berlin, Germany
Jamaican Christopher Williams took the men's 200m in 20.33, and along with USA's Tyree Washington (20.43) and Trinidad's Jacey Harper (20.66) disappointed the home crowd, who had hopes for their World and Olympic finalist Tobias Unger, who was fourth this afternoon (20.71). With a late drive to the line, Christine Arron, in the women's 100m, caught the long time race leader Chandra Sturrup just a matter of a metre or two before they crossed. Arron won 11.01 to 11.02, with USA's Melisa Barber in third (11.16). More about this meet at the IAAF website.

Results Russian Challenge – Russia vs USA
Man of the match - Phillips. World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips promised to his compatriot and the World record holder Mike Powell that this summer he’d break his old record in Long Jump set in 1991 in Tokyo – 8.95m. Here in Moscow the wind prevented the athletes from doing their best. Philips won but his result left much to be desired – 7.84m. Vitaliy Shkurlatov (RUS) was 2nd – 7.59 and Miguel Pate finished 3rd – 7.50. But as we'll read later that was not the end of what was to be an exhausting day for Phillips.The result of the winner in women's Long Jump by Tatyana Kotova may be regarded as extremely good taking into consideration the same wind conditions. Kotova landed at 6.71m. Richmond (USA) finished 2nd – 6.62 and Oksana Udmurtova (RUS) was only one cm behind – 6.61. The women's 200m was dominated mostly by 400m specialists. Natalya Ivanova, an Athens 4x400m relay medallist, took the win in 23.03. Yuliya Guschina was the runner-up – 23.18. Moushaumi Robinson was 3rd – 23.42. The double Olympic winner at 4x400m relay Monique Hennegan (USA) was 4th – 23.47.
Two more events for Phillips. On the contrary the men's 100m was swamped by the guests - Cobby Miller won (+1,9 m/wind) – 10.17. Dwight Phillips clocked 10.30 and Marcus Brunson finished 3rd – 10.31. One may say that Phillips turned out to be the hero of the Russian Challenge for it was due to his efforts in the 4x100m Relay that it was won by the USA squad – 39.27. It is interesting that there were only two “pure” sprinters in the USA team - Miller and Brunson - for besides Phillips there was one more outsider – Ron Bramlett, who as Phillips also celebrated his second victory at the tournament. The result of the Russian squad was 39.53.

August 28. 2005
Results Rieti 2005 GP II, Italy
Jamaicans Christopher Williams is second in the mens's 200m with a time of 20.32.

August 26. 2005
Results Memorial van Damme Golden League, Brussels Belgium
Chandra Sturrup (100m) of the Bahamas, world season's fastest runner - 10.84, finished third in a time of 11.06

August 23. 2005
Results Gugl Grand Prix, Linz Austria
World and Olympic Long Jump champion Dwight Phillips started his event in his usual great manner, with an excellent jump of 8.57m. But then he fouled the rest of his attempts. "I lost my motivation. There was no push from the others. But I am happy I got my revenge for the loss on Sunday in Sheffield. I think Miguel and myself have many good years to come with excellent jumps. I still hope for a new personal best, maybe in Monaco," explained Phillips. Miguel Pate in response to Phillips could produce only 8.19m this time. Despite the weather being a little bit colder than usual for August both 100m sprints produced very good times. Chandra Sturrup won the women's race in 11.01 and commented afterwards: "I want to get back to my shape as it was before Helsinki and this was a good step-forward. I wanted to run under 11 seconds but in the cold weather it was not possible.” More about this meet at the IAAF website.

August 22. 2005
Phillips heads Linz line-up - PREVIEW
The main star of the night will be World and Olympic Long Jump gold medallist Dwight Phillips, IAAF World Ranked event number one, who achieved his personal best of 8.60m in the Linz meeting last year, a distance which he equalled when winning the gold in Helsinki. The American has always said the runway and pit in Linz is very good and he hopes for an even better result this year. This time Phillips is especially motivated because he lost on Sunday in Sheffield, England, to his teammate Miguel Pate, 8.45m to 8.38m. In Linz, not only Pate (who did not qualify for the final in Helsinki) but also the silver medallist (Gaisah), and the 4th (Martinez), 5th (Sdiri), 6th (Saladino) and 7th (Mokoena) placers from the recent World Championships will be present.

August 21. 2005
Results Sheffield, Norwich Union British Grand Prix
Phillips lost to his fellow American Miguel Pate, whose winning long jump of 8.45m was not only a stadium record but the second longest in the world this year. Phillips was second with 8.38 and world silver medallist Ignisious Gaisah third with 8.23.
The Emsley Carr Mile was won by a Briton for the first time in 11 years when Commonwealth 1500m champion Michael East came from behind to scrape past Kenya's Laban Rotich on the line, setting a personal best 3:52.50. Rotich was only three hundredths behind while Bernard Lagat was third in 3:52.89. “To win this famous race is great,” said East.

August 19. 2005
Results Golden League Weltklasse Zurich, Germany
Chandra Sturrup(100m) of the Bahamas, who holds the fastest time of the summer - 10.84, finished third in a time of 10.97

August 13. 2005
Results men's Long Jump, 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki 2005
American Dwight Phillips lured the crowd into their rhythmical clapping and off he went, soaring along the runway and landing 8.60m. The gold that he was the clear favourite to win became his so early on that no one was ever going to go past this superb athlete. Phillips was quickly away on the runway and soared through the air, landing well. He quickly looked back to see if the white flag was going to be raised - it was and Phillips had matched his qualifying jump of 8.60m, the best jumps in the world this year. It was a superb way to retain your title and Phillips said: “This second World Championship gold feels great. This is one of the very top rated competitions I have had.” “The atmosphere was awesome. I totally understand that the crowd was supporting the Finn but we all got great support. I wasn't concerned about the other athletes.” “I was focussing only on my own performance. After the first jump, I still wanted to jump far and break the world record (of 8.95m).” “Now my next goal is that World record. I have promised Mike Powell I will break it. In the following competitions that is the only thing I am concentrating on.”

Flash Interviews - Men Long Jump Final
Gold Medallist - Dwight PHILLIPS, USA
"This second World Championship gold feels great. This is one of the very top ranked competitions I've had. The athmosphere was awesome. I totally understand that the crowd was supporting the Finn (EVILÄ) but we all got great support."
"I wasn't concerned about the other athletes. I was focusing only on my own performace. After the first jump I still wanted to jump far, break the world record."
"Now my next goal is to break the WR. I have promised Mike Powell to break it. In the following competitions that is the only thing I am concentrating on."

August 11. 2005
Tamesue – Little Big Man
Helsinki, Finland - Dai Tamesue, who won bronze in Edmonton 2001, has won another World bronze medal in the same event, making him only the third Japanese athlete in history to become a double medallist in the history of the World Championships. “After winning a bronze in Edmonton, everyone including myself expected performances worthy of a bronze medallist, and for a few years after Edmonton, there were times when I felt little uncomfortable. However, I came to realize that this is a life of an elite athlete, and since last year, I was able to accept it as such. So this year, I was able to enjoy the competitions without being too concerned about winning a medal. I think such an attitude helps,” said Tamesue.

Think big, you will run big
Describing Tamesue, Bershawn Jackson, the gold medallist at 400mH, said, “Age and size does not matter. It is all about the heart. If you think small, you will run small, but if you think big, you will run big. Like myself, he has a big heart. He is a great athlete and will be around lot more years to come.” Tamesue is only 170cm tall, making him a smallest world class hurdler, but his first name ‘Dai’ means big. After Edmonton, it was not a smooth sailing for Tamesue. In order to move up to another level, he thought hard and long and tried new things. However, Tamesue only finished third in the 2002 Asian Games, and also failed to make the final in both the 2003 Worlds and 2004 Olympics. He left comfortable life of a corporate supported athlete and become a truly professional athlete, supporting himself with sponsorship and race earnings. “After the semi, I tried to imagine the race scenario in which I could win. If storm hit the stadium and programme was delayed and the younger athletes became jittery, it will be best for me.” The day of the final could not be better for him. “I thought a miracle might happen. But then I thought it over again. A miracle does not happen I must make it happen. It only happens to those who are prepared.”

A few broken bones
Tamesue literally dived for the finish line. “I thought about the finish beforehand and concluded that diving for the finish was the best,” said Tamesue. “The worst that could happen to me is a few broken bones. I thought that is acceptable.” He drew the laughs. He was not sure of his finishing position immediately after the finish. “On the home-straight, I saw runners inside of me, so I went after them.” Tamesue gave his Edmonton medal to his mother and promised to his father that he will get another one for him. He kept his promise, but his father is no longer with him, having lost his battle against a cancer. “A medal in Osaka (2007) will have a totally different meaning from those from other championships. It will be an opportunity for track and field, not just Marathon to become a major sport in Japan. I think all the athletes think in similar line,” concluded Tamesue.
Ken Nakamura for the IAAF

August 9. 2005
Results men's 400m Hurdles 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki 2005
Flash Interview - Men 400m Hurdles Final
Bronze Medallist - Dai TAMESUE JPN
"Before the race I believed that I would finish in 7th or 8th place, and then I got the bronze medal! Today was just my lucky day.""I actually don't know why I succeeded today, maybe one reason is that all the other runners in the final are younger than me. I have the experience that they don't have."

4th place - Kerron CLEMENT USA
"I am just happy to be here and compete at my first major international championship. I really can't complain. Well, actually, the weather and lane 1 did not help me a lot. I wear contact lenses, so the rain was not any good, and I really could have gotten a better lane, that would have helped." "When I crossed the line I was hoping I had the bronze. I guess I was not thinking. At the last hurdle I started studdering, that was why he (TAMESUE) beat me. I focused much more today than in the first and second rounds. I was hoping that I will get my steps right finally, but I did not."

August 3. 2005
Gatlin, Phillips, Felix and Clement - USA Team Press Conference
Dwight Phillips – World and Olympic Long Jump champion
“I am the best jumper in the world. If someone wants to win (in Helsinki) they'll have to go through me.”
“I have been so intensely looking for the World record for a long time…I am focusing my performance on bringing the championship title back to the USA.”
“I draw my confidence from winning and kicking my opponents' butts…also from working hard, and I think I work harder than anyone else.”

Kerron Clement – USA 400m Hurdles champion; World Indoor 400m record holder**
“The first 200m is the strongest part of my race and so I just have to make sure I stay focused in the last half of the race.”
“I stay focused by thinking about every hurdle and thinking about my mom.”
About his inexperience –
“My training and basic strength will carry me through the rounds.”
“I am not really surprised about my emergence this year. Once I get my steps down right I know I can win.” “I am just prepared well. I expect gold definitely. I am very hungry for success. The (400mH) gold will be in my grasp on Tuesday (9 Aug).”

July 26. 2005
Results DN Galan Super Grand Prix, Stockholm Sweden
In the cold and the damp, Justin Gatlin was the overall fastest sprinter when the two 100m heats were combined. His 10.15 dash in the second race was better than Jamaican Christopher Williams' 10.17 in the first 100m line-up. Gatlin was chased home in his outing by Jamaican Dwight Thomas, who can be very pleased with his 10.19, which kept the pressure up all the way on the Olympic champion. There was just one women's 100m, and after many delays, unsettled rather than false starts, and a pause for a prize ceremony, the women finally got away and it was the Bahamas' Chandra Sturrup's race. Her winning time was 11.18, with 2005 USA champion Me'Lisa Barber second (11.24), and Allyson Felix, the Olympic 200m silver medallist coming very late after an appallingly bad start, to take third in 11.29. Frankly, this race was just about Sturrup, who looks in great shape just prior to the World Championships.
More about the meet at the IAAF website.

July 25. 2005
Results Asics Grand Prix, Helsinki Finland
Attracting an equally enthusiastic stir from the 12,151 spectators at the start of this IAAF Grand Prix in Helsinki's newly renovated Olympic stadium was USA's World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips with a quality 8.44m Long Jump.
Dwight Phillips, IAAF World Ranked number one long jumper, responded immediately to an opening 8.22m (+3.9m/s) effort by another - but more unlikely - local World Championship hope, Tommi Evilä, to win the men's Long Jump with his own first effort of an 8.44m (+1.3). Neither of these two men's marks were approached again in the competition but it set up an absorbing event and the stadium crowd responded with loud rhythmic clapping for all the performers but of course especially for Evilä. Phillips didn't manage to register another mark in the competition but the Finnish champion came up with two more 8m leaps – 8.06 and 8.02 – each with negligible wind assistance. In what was a competition of good overall quality, Ghana's Ignisious Gaisah leapt 8.17m for third place (also in the first round), and backed that up with 8.08m in the third. Brian Johnson, USA Champs third placer, was fourth with 8.06m (+2.7), while French champion Salim Sdiri, 8.05 (+0.7) – again in the first round – took fifth place. More about the meet at the IAAF website.

July 22. 2005
Results Norwich Union London Grand Prix Great Britain
The two hurdles events both produced surprise results. The appearance of USA's Kerron Clement had been much anticipated since he broke Johnson's World Indoor 400m record in the winter**. But the 19 year-old did not live up to expectations tonight and could only finish fifth in 49.03, nearly two seconds slower than he has run this year. Clement has been tipped as the man to break Kevin Young's World record, but he never looked in the race which was won by his fellow American Bershawn Jackson in 47.98. “I just couldn't get going tonight,” said Clement. “It was the first 200m that cost me.”
Rose Richmond won the women's long jump with 6.62m
More about the meet at the IAAF website.

July 17. 2005
Results Thessaloníki 2005 Greece
In the men's 200, Jamaicans Christopher Williams and Omar Brown ran to a photo finish in the 200, with each clocking 20.51, with Williams getting the edge. The women in the pole vault tried to continue in the rain, but the conditions made it difficult for them to produce performances better than 4.40m. American American Mary Sauer took to top honors, with compatriot Kellie Suttle second. At the woman's Discus Throw competition the previous world champion, New Zealander Beatrice Faumuina. Produced a series of throws over 60 metres, the Romanian took the lead in the second round with a 62.10 toss and finally sealed the win with a 62.54 effort, ahead of Faumuina (61.81)

July 16. 2005
Results Meeting de Marid 2012 Super GP
At a pre-meeting press conference World and Olympic Long Jump champion Dwight Phillips had already warned: “I’m in good shape, I leapt 8.39 in Rome last week and hope to jump beyond 8.60 in Madrid”. Phillips also confirmed that after the indoor campaign – where he focused on his speed work – he had suffered a hamstring injury which has delayed his build-up for the Worlds. He also confessed that “my defeat to Miguel Pate at the US Trials annoyed me a lot but it’s forgotten and I look forward to retaining my Word title in Helsinki where a 8.50m leap could suffice to succeed”. Phillips opened with a foul but bounced back to leap a second round world seasonal best of 8.47 in a following wind of 1.1. His third effort was measured at 8.34 (+2.0) and he also produced a 8.44 four-round leap. Jamaica’s World silver medallist James Beckford was second thanks to his windy (+3.0) third try of 8.28 while his best valid jump was measured at 8.14. US champion Miguel Pate had to settle for third on this occasion (8.24, +0.6), Ghana’s Ignisious Gaisah came fourth in 8.16 (+04), while Spain’s Olympic bronze medallist Joan Lino Martínez reached a season best of 8.10 (+1.6) for fifth.

July 12. 2005
Wariner versus Clement in Stockholm by Keijo Liimatainen for the IAAF
Stockholm, Sweden - They are young and fast and have already signed shoe contracts worth millions of dollars annually. Jeremy Wariner, 21, won two Olympic gold medals (individual 400m and 4 x400m Relay) in Athens last year while Kerron Clement, 19, came from nowhere and took Michael Johnson's ten year old World Indoor record with 44.57 this past winter. The DN Galan (July 26st) will proudly present the first race between the future superstars: Olympic champion Wariner and hurdles-phenom Clement. "I know that they award diamonds for Stadium records and I hope I can get one,” said Wariner who is out to get fellow countryman Alvin Harrison's three year old record, 44.57. Jeremy's agent, former superstar Michael Johnson has shown him the two 1-carat diamonds worth 10 000 dollars each that he got 1995 and 1996 for his records at 200 metres. But Wariner who won in Lausanne in 44.96 in spite of shutting down his engine will have to run fast. Since his record sensation Kerron Clement has only run 400m Hurdles and has done extremely well, so well that he won the USA Championships in June in 47.24 which makes him seventh all time. “All meets in the world would love to have the duel between Wariner and Clement,” says meeting director Rajne Söderberg. The race may be one of the highlights of the season between two future greats. Wariner will compete in the 400m and Clement in the 400m Hurdles. Thus, their meeting in Stockholm will be their first and only one before the World Championships in Helsinki, 6 - 14 August 2005. Wariner has twelve races under 45 seconds while hurdle's specialist Clement has one. They are 0-0 head-to-head.

July 11. 2005
Results Memorijala Borisa Hanžekovica, Zagreb 2005 Croatia
Satisfied, but not necessarily content would be the most apt manner in which to describe World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips after his win in the Long Jump. After a mediocre opening round 7.98meter leap, enough to take the win, Phillips fought through his lingering “fouling issues” to manage just one more fair effort, a fourth round 8.14meter.
“I'll take the win,” Phillips said, “but I really have to work through the fouling problems I've had all season.” After his next appearance at this weekend's Super Grand Prix in Madrid, Phillips said, he'll return home for a solid training stint to work out those kinks prior to his world title defence in Helsinki. “I'm sure I'll work it all out.” Jamaican James Beckford, the meet record holder here, was a distant second with a 7.92meter last round effort.
More about the meet at the IAAF website.

July 9. 2005
Results CAC Championships.
Nassau, The Bahamas – After Friday's opening ceremony, the first day of competition (9 July) at the ColinaImperial Central American and Caribbean Senior Championships opened. In the evening session, world season's leader 100m (10.84) Chandra Sturrup delighted her home crowd with a Championship record run of 11.02 (wind 1.1m/s).

July 8. 2005
Results TDK Golden League, Rome Italy
Olympic champion Dwight Phillips won the men's Long Jump with a leap of 8.39meter, comprehensively ahead of the man who beat him at the USA championships, Miguel Pate, who was second with 8.04meter. Tommi Evilä of Finland was third (7.97meter). Toby Stevenson was the victor in the Pole Vault with 5.81meter. Our Japanese Pole Vaulter Daichi Sawano took second, with 5.71meter. Dai Tamesue was third in the men's 400meter Hurdles (48.66).
More about the meet at the IAAF website.

July 5. 2005
Results Athletissima 2005 SGP Lausanne
Sturrup is impressive in cool conditions. Bahamas' Chandra Sturrup set the fastest time in the world this year with an impressive 10.84 in cool weather conditions. Olympic silver medallist Lawryn Williams from the US set her seasonal best and the second fastest time in 2005 with 10.91 for second, edging out French star Christine Arron who also ran under 11 seconds with 10.94. USA Championships winner Melissa Barber, who trains with Chandra Sturrup, was fourth in 11.12.
“When I saw the scoreboard I was excited,” confirmed Sturrup. “I never take into consideration cool weather conditions. I had a very good start but my race was not perfect. It was my seventh race of the season after taking one year off due a tibia injury. I will return to my country to run the CAC Champs. Then I will return to Europe for Madrid and Stockolm before the World Championships. I want to run 10.7 in Helsinki and win the World title. I think that 10.8 could be enough to win in Finland,” said Sturrup. More about the meet at the IAAF website.

July 1. 2005
Results TDK Golden League, Gaz de France Paris
Chandra Sturrup finishes second in a close finishes in the woman's 100m. More about the meet at the IAAF website.

June 27. 2005
Results Josef Odlozil Memorial, GPII Prague, Czech Republic
The favourite in the women's 1500m, Hayley Tullett, wins in a time of 4:14.61
Dai Tamesue wins in the men's 400m Hurdles.
Daichi Sawano our Japanese, Pole Vaulter finishes third in his first European competition this year.

June 23-26. 2005
Results US. National championships
Since breaking Michael Johnson's world indoor 400m record this winter (44.57), some observers had questioned whether Clement should forsake his specialty, the 400m hurdles, for the 400m dash. Clement's performance on Sunday demonstrated the validity of his decision-making as he won in a stunning time of 47.24 seconds. It is the fastest time in the world since 1998, makes him the seventh-fastest man in history, and gave him the title of Visa Champion.
Clement ran a smooth race throughout, but his final two hurdles were particular strong as the 1.88m(6-2), 84kg(184 pounder) sailed over barriers that often crush dreams the 400 hurdles, considered by many to be track's toughest running event. Bershawn Jackson, the #1 ranked American in 2004, held on for second place in 47.80, running out of lane 1. Two-time Olympian James Carter led the race early and finished third in 48.03.
Kerron Clement:"I'm confident I can go under my PR. I came here this morning and I was really focused. My coach told me what I needed to do and I listened to him. I gave it my full effort. At World Championships I am planning to do my best again. I charged every hurdle today. That's what I have to do to win every race. It was a perfect race. Next year I plan to run the 200 and occasionally the 4."

Men's Long Jump. The #1 ranked jumper in the world the last two years, Phillips was second with a leap of 8.28m/27-2.Dwight Phillips, on finishing second: "I'm very angry right now, but Miguel was the better man today. This is the first time I've been contested in a while, and I got to make sure it doesn't happen again."

June 20. 2005
We are proud to inform you that Kerron Clement has signed with Pro Sports International. The 19-year-old US athlete shocked the track world this year when he ran 44.57 seconds to win the 2005 NCAA indoor 400-meter title on March 12, breaking Michael Johnson's WR of 44.63, set on March 4, 1995. Pro Sports International is looking forward to work with him.

June 11. 2005
Results Banamex GalAtletica Monterrey, Mexico
It was a good day for Chandra Sturrup as she was the winner of the 100m dash in 11.14, with three-time Sydney Olympic champion Marion Jones way off the pace in fourth (11.40). Americans Lauryn Williams (11.30) and Muna Lee (11.39) filled the podium in from of Jones.

June 7. 2005
Queen Bea honoured by the Queen.
Beatrice Faumuina was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
ONZM) in the Queen's Birthday honours, for services to athletics. Faumuina has established herself as one of the nation's leading internationally recognised sports heroes. Her dedication and commitment to the sport of athletics, and in particular the discus throw, has taken her to the highest honours on the world stage, bringing recognition to the sport and New Zealand. In 1997 Faumuina became the first and to date the only New Zealander to win a world athletic championship title, with her gold medal in the discus at Athens. Following this achievement Faumuina was awarded the Halberg supreme award as well as the New Zealand sports woman of the year. Faumuina has also won the Commonwealth Games discus throw gold medal twice, in 1998 and 2002 as well as the IAAF world cup gold medal in Madrid in 2002. Her standing in athletics world wide has been recognised by the IAAF (International Association of Athletic Federations), with her appointment last year as a member of the Athletes' Commission. Faumuina said that it was an honour and privilege to receive the Queen's Birthday honour.

June 5. 2005
Results NU International Match GBR v RUSSIA v USA, Glasgow UK
The stadium records went to Olympic champion Dwight Phillips in the men's Long Jump. Phillips' 8.26m is the fourth best in the world this year but it was the American's only legal effort as he fouled his first two and opted out of the final three rounds. Miguel Pate was second with 8.02m as no one else went beyond eight metres.
Phillips left the arena predicting far greater things in the near future. Asked what distance he is aiming for this year the never-shy 27 year-old said: “In my mind I want to say nine metres. I want to take it to where no one has ever been before.”

Results V European Athletics Festival, Bydgoszcz Poland
Wind and bad weather is main attraction in Bydgoszcz. Strong, gusty wind, low temperature and torrential rain that stopped just an hour before the beginning of the fifth European Athletics Festival in Bydgoszcz had major affect on the lower than expected level of results. Our sprinter Chandra Sturrup finishes second in the woman's 100m.

June 2-5. 2005
Results Japanese Championships/Trials, Tokyo Japan (japanese)
The 400m Hurdles was expected to be a showdown between four-time champion Dai Tamesue and his young challenger Kenji Narisako who handed Tamesue his first defeat by Japanese in three years.
“It has been a long time since I approached the nationals with such intensity. I had to concentrate hard to keep my focus,” recalled Tamesue after the race. Tamesue, an Edmonton bronze medallist, started out fast as expected. After the tenth hurdle, however, Narisako started to close the gap. In the final 10 metres Narisako cut the gap in half, but the room ran out for him. Tamesue won in 49.27, with Narisako only 17/100th seconds behind. “It was the closest of my five victories at the nationals. The purpose of the race was to qualify for the World Championships. Since I have accomplished it, I am happy and relieved,” said the five-time national champion.
Daichi Sawano, national record holder at Pole Vault, started vaulting at 5.55m after all other vaulters were eliminated from the competition. However, in each of his three vaults at his opening height, Sawano lacked penetration, apparently because he lacked the speed in his run up to the bar. He had a required height, but his maximal height came in front of the bar. Thus he missed all three attempts at his opening height and ended up with no height. He was apparently not in best of health in the last few days, but he did not use it as excuse.
Nobuharu finishes second in the men's 100m and qualifies for the World Championships in Helsinki.
Highlights of day one, two, three and four of the Japanese Championships at the IAAF website.

June 4. 2005
Results Internationales Lausitzer Meet, Cottbus Germany
A day before his birthday Nick Buckfield jumps in Cottbus. Unfortunately difficult conditions deny good results in men's Pole Vault. Nick clears a height of 5.50m and finishes fourth.

Results Prefontaine Classic SGP, Eugene USA
Nicole Forrester finishes fourth in the Women's High Jump.

June 3. 2005
Results VI° Memorial Primo Nebiolo GP II, Torino Italy
After her start in Hengelo Shakeema Walker Triple Jumps again. This time in Turin (Torino) where she finishes fourth.

June 1. 2005
Results The Milan IAAF Grand Prix Regione Lombardia, Italy
Chandra Sturrup took her second win over Marion Jones to clinch her second consecutive race in four days after her convincing 11.15 win in Hengelo. “I am happy with the win but the time was sluggish. I am coming back slowly. I want to drop my times race every race. Now I will go back home to prepare for the national championships and the CAC Championships in July,” commented Chandra Sturrup.
The Milan track did not help men sprinters achieve the fast times they had hoped for while the focus was on Long Jump Olympic champion Dwight Phillips (USA) and 4x100 Olympic champion Mark Lewis Francis (GBR). But it was the Jamaican Patrick Jarrett who stole the show clocking 10.36. Mark Lewis Francis took second place in 10.40 overhauling Uchenna Emedolu of Nigeria (10.41) and Dwight Phillips (10.41). The Long Jump Olympic champion used the Milan race as test to increase his speed for his run-up in his specialty.
More about the meet at the IAAF website.

May 30. 2005
Results Payton Jordan U.S. Open Palo Alto, CA USA
Brian Lewis ran a good 100m race by finishing third with a time of 10.16 seconds

May 29. 2005
Results THALES FBK-Games, Hengelo The Netherlands
Chandra Sturrup won the 100 metres in 11.15 (+0,3), beating Marion Jones, who finished second in 11.29. For the athlete from the Bahamas' it was her fastest time of this year. After hitting the 8th hurdle, Eric Thomas fall back in position and finished sixth . More about this meet at the IAAF website or the offical one.

May 22. 2005
Results Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo, Belem Brazil
Brian Lewis prevented a trippel Brasil win (Rio, Fortaleza and Belem) for American JJ Johnson.
Brian took the victory in the 100m with a time 10.22, Johnson finished third in 10.28.
More about this meet at the IAAF website.

May 21. 2005
Results Banamex GalAtletica Hermosillo, Mexico
Olympic Champion Dwight Phillips was able to make an 8.11 meter jump on a tough track and win the meet in Hermosillo Mexico.

May 15. 2005
Results Grand Prix Rio de Atletismo, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Our Jamaican 200m specialist, Christopher Williams, was third in a time of 20.70.
On the men's 100m Brian Lewis finished fourth in a time of 10.22

May 13. 2005
Results Super-Grand-Prix Qatar Athletic, Doha
Dai Tamesue (400mH) and Beatrice Faumuina (Discus Throw) both finished sixth in their discipline.

May 7.2005
Results Grand Prix Osaka, Japan
Brian Lewis in lane five had the best start at the men's 100m, but during the acceleration phase Justin Gatlin took over the lead and pulled away to win in 10.15 ahead of Brian Lewis, who finished second in 10.28. Nobuharu Asahara was the fastest Japanese in a time of 10.35. At the men's Pole Vault Daichi Sawano succeeded in jumping higher than the favourite Tim Mack. Sawano could not improve his fourth day old record and finished third with a height of 5.70m. Jun Osakada finished second in the men's 400m with a time of 46.06. Dai Tamesue (400mH) and James Davis (400m) both finished fourth in their discipline.

Results Modesto Relays, California USA
Moushaumi Robinson finishes second in the woman's 400m with a time of 53.35. Our UK Pole Vaulter Nick Buckfield starts his outdoor season with a height of 5.50m. Kellie Suttle clears a height of 4.25m at the women's Pole Vault.

Results 2nd Jamaica International Track & Field Invitational, Kingston Jamaica.
Christopher Williams finishes fourth in the men's 200m.

May 5. 2005
Osaka - PREVIEW Mack versus new local star Daichi
The men's Pole Vault will attract a lot of attention in Osaka, for Daichi Sawano just set a national record of 5.83m this week (3 May). He will be going against the defending Osaka winner Tim Mack and Brad Walker who has also recorded 5.83m this season. Mack, of course is the reigning Olympic champion. In the head-to-head competition in Shizuoka, however, Sawano came out ahead of Walker, who no-heighted. Another 6m vaulter in the field is Australia's Dmitriy Markov, the 2001 World champion, who vaulted 5.75m in Adelaide on 14 March.

May 3. 2005
Today Daichi Sawano vaulted 5.83m. A new national record in Shizuoka (Japan). He will be competing this Saturday in Osaka.

For Sawano it was his third national record in three years, having recorded 5.75m and 5.80m in the last two national championships in 2003 and 2004. Four-time national champion (1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004) as well as two-time national inter-high school and two-time national inter-collegiate champion, Sawano holds national high school (5.40m), national collegiate (5.52m), national junior (5.50m), national indoor (5.70m), and national outdoor (5.83m) record. Leading up to the 2005 season, Sawano trained in Mt SAC for more than a month from December 22 to January 24, sometimes with Tim Mack the reigning Olympic champion.
After returning to Japan he easily cleared 5.60m in the Yokohama Indoor meet on February 19, where he said, “My 5.60m vault here was much easier than those attempted in the last year around the same time.” Turning to the outdoors, Sawano vaulted 5.70m in the Hyogo Relays, before improving the national record in Shizuoka. One of his goals in Helsinki is “to vault 5.80m on my first attempt.”
More about this on the IAAF website.

May 1. 2005
The 2005 Gran Prix Orange - Area permit meeting - took place at the Stade Municipal de Baie Mahault in Guadeloupe.
Rose Richmond enjoyed her stay in the French Caribbean, completing her second consecutive Long Jump victory with a best effort of 6.49m, to top Alice Falaiye (6.32m) of Canada and Alina Militaru (6.31m) of Romania.
Having won the previous day in Fort de France, Cuban legend Ivan Pedroso opted against competing in Fort de France. But Olympic champion Dwight Phillips profited the opportunity, the American opening with a fairly impressive 8.18m leap. He was followed by Frenchman Salim Sdiri (7.94m) and Gable Garenamotse (7.80m) of Botswana.
More about the Orange APM caps French weekend in Guadeloupe on the IAAF Website.

April 30. 2005
Results Meeting du Conseil General GP II, Martinique
Our US Olympic Long Jump champion Dwight Phillips was third in the 100m in a time of 10.14. Tim Montgomery finished with the same time as Phillips in fourth. Maurice Greene won the highly competitive 100m race in Martinique. Rose Richmond continued her great start of her outdoor season. This time she won the women's long Jump by jumping 6.73meter. In the men's 400m James Davis finished third in a time of 46.28sec.

Results 111th Penn Relays, Franklin Field, Philadelphia USA
Moushaumi Robinson finishes fourth with her USA-Blue 4x400m relay team. She anchored with a split time of 52.2sec. Christopher Williams finished third in the Jamaican 4x100m relay team in front of the Great Britain team, which finished fourth with Athens Olympians Jason Gardner and Mark Lewis-Francis.

April 28. 2005
Jun Osakada sets 300m national record.
"Jun Osakada, three-time Olympian at the 4x400m relay, ran the 300m in 32.68 on 24 April in Taisha in Shimane-prefecture. It was a Japanese national record surpassing the previous record of 32.97, which was recorded by Susumu Takano, a 400m national record holder, on 11 September 1988 in Chiba. At the 4x400m relay, Osakada ran the third leg in Atlanta and the second leg in Athens; the Japanese team finished fifth in Atlanta and fourth in Athens.
Osakada is the third fastest 400m runner in Japan, having recorded 45.05 in the 2000 Super meet. He also ran in three World outdoor Championships, having run both the 400m and the 4x400m relay in 1999, 2001 and 2003.
Osakada also ran in the 1999 and 2001 World Indoor Championships. He is a two-time national champion, having won the 400m in 1999 and 2001. However, in the last two-years Osakada was third and second respectively at the 2004 and 2003 national championships. He has also been unable to improve his personal best in the last four years. With the new national record at 300m, however, Osakada may be on his way back to the top." By Ken Nakamura for the IAAF Website.

April 17. 2005
Results Mount San Antonio College Relays, USA
Rose Richmond had a great start of her outdoor season by finishes first in the women's long Jump at Mt. Sac, with a jump of 6.72meter. James Davis finished second in the men's 400m in a time of 45.95sec.

April 16. 2005
Results Carolina Fast Times Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Moushaumi Robinson (400m specialist) prepares herself for the outdoor season by winning a 100m dash at Chapel Hill.

April 6. 2005
Moushaumi Robinson and Latasha Jenkins join Pro Sports International.
The 23-year-old Moushaumi won a Gold Medal in the 4x400m Olympic relay. Latasha (27) got a Silver Medal for the 2001 World Indoor Championships 200m. This year both are looking forward in progressing and succeeding with their track career. Pro Sports International is looking forward to work with them.

March 20. 2005
Results Tasmanian Athletics Championships, Hobart Australia
The Japanese sprinter Nobuharu Asahara and 400m runner Jun Osakada are preparing for their outdoor season in Australia with both winning their event in Hobart.

March 12. 2005
Results National Championships, Wanganui New Zeeland
Former World and reigning Commonwealth champion Beatrice Faumuina won her 12th women's Discus Throw title at the National Championships with a throw of 62.39m.

March 4. 2005
Results 28th European Indoor Championships
UK pole vault record holder Nick Buckfield did not succeed to advanced to the final at the European Indoor Championships. He jumped over 5.40m

February 25-27. 2005
Results US National Championships, Boston USA
Rose Richmond finishes first in the women's long Jump at the US National Championships. She did this with a 6.44meter jump. Her reaction after the competition, Rose:"I'm happy that I won, but not with my performance. I am still having some technical problems, but I will get it together for the outdoor season. I wish I would have jumped further because my goal was to come out and jump 6.60m. I am happy to win my first championships. This is something else to add to my resume."
James Davis finished second in the men's 400m after Bershawn Jackson in a time of 46.75

February 26. 2005
Results Meeting Gaz de France, Liévin France
Dwight Philips finishes fourth in the men's 60m.
Nicole Forrester jumps 1.80 and ends fifth.
More about this meet in Lievin on the IAAF Website.

February 24. 2005
Results Memorial José Maria Cagigal, Madrid Spain
Dwight Phillips runs a personal best in madrid. Olympic Long Jump champion highlighted the ‘Memorial José María Cagigal' - IAAF indoor permit - meeting held yesterday, running 6.47 for the 60m dash. The 27-year-old American had already given some hints of his excellent shape in his semi-final held hardly 40 minutes prior to the final by clocking 6.53. Phillips won the heat in style to cut his PB by two hundredths. In the final Phillips faced the reigning Olympic 100m silver medallist Portugal's Francis Obikwelu but the American had an overwhelming victory running in lane 3 and lowered another six hundredths from his best performance to clock 6.47, the second quickest 60m time in the world this season only bettered by France's Ronald Pognon's European record of 6.45.
An elated Phillips said: “This year my coach and I have decided to focus on my speed to be able to go further in the Long Jump in the near future and reach the 9 metres barrier hopefully”. Asked on a comparative with Carl Lewis, who successfully combined the Long Jump and the 100m event in the past, an euphoric Phillips answered: “he was a great champion but I'm better”.
More about this meet in Madrid on the IAAF Website.

February 23. 2005
Results Hochsprung Gala, Weinheim Germany
Again our high jumper Nicole Forrester jumps 1.87m. This time she finishes third behind Tatjana Efimenko and Irina Mykhalchenko.

February 20. 2005
Results SEGAS Meeting 2005, Athens Greece
Dwight Phillips finishes 2nd in the 60m dash with a time of 6.59. James Davis also finishes 2nd but for the men's 400m in a time of 46.58. Brian Lewis got the flu and had to stop his indoor season.

February 19. 2005
Results Harold Silverston Invitational, Michigan USA
Nicole Forrester jumps 1.87m high and finishes first.

February 18. 2005
- PREVIEW - Dwight Phillips enters the 60m dash at the Athens IAAF Permit Meeting.
The Long Jump Olympic Champion, Dwight Phillips, confirmed his participation in the 60m dash race, where he has a personal best of 6.55. Cuba's Freddy Mayola and Nigeria's Uchena Emedolu and Olusoji Fasuba are the main contenders for the win among the other athletes.

Results Norwich Union Grand Prix, Birmingham Great Britain
James Davis runs a season best in the men's 400m with a time of 46.56 and is ready for the National Championships.
More about this meet in Birmingham on the IAAF Website.

February 17. 2005
IAAF Grand Prix II, Telstra A-Series, Melbourne Australia
Beatrice Faumuina finishes 1st in the women's discus with a throw of 61.64m in Melbourne.

February 16. 2005
UK pole vault record holder Nick Buckfield succeeded at Manchester's Sport City to reach European Indoor Championships qualifying standards. He sailed over the qualifying height of 5.45m to erase the memory of no-heighting at the Championships.

February 15. 2005
Results GE Globen Galan Stockholm, Sweden
James Davis (400m) runs 46,96 in Stockholm and finishes second in his heat. Henry Rotich ran pace for the men's 800m.

February 13. 2005
Results LBBW Karlsruhe, Germany
Dwight Phillips runs a personal best in his first competition this year. The Olympic champion in the Men's Long Jump runs 6.55. Dwight: "I am satisfied with the result of this meet. I want to improve my personal best and hopefully do better in the next meet in Athens." More about this meet in Karlsruhe on the IAAF website or the official website.

February 12. 2005
Results Tyson Invitational Fayetteville AR, USA
Rose Richmond jumps 6,15m and finishes fourth.

February 9. 2005
Results 2005 Union Grand Prix Series, Porritt Classic Hamilton, New Zeeland
Beatrice Faumuina proved she's still the golden girl of New Zealand discus, she finishes 1st with a throw of 65.09m in Hamilton.
Throwing into an ideal cross-head wind Faumuina the reigning double Commonwealth Games gold medallist struck it perfectly in the opening rounds of the competition. “I'm really excited, it is a nice opener to the season. I now have a top venue at Waitakere at which to train and I have been getting in consistent training,” said Faumuina. More about this on the IAAF website.

February 5. 2005
Results Paul Vault Meeting Potsdam Germany
Nick Buckfield cleard 5.40m at the Paul Vault meeting in Potsdam.

Results Meyo Invitational Notre Dame IN, USA
Rose Richmond jumps 6,29m and finishes first.

February 4. 2005
Results 2005 Millrose Games, New York USA
Marcus Brunsun finishes 4th in his first 60m meeting this year.
Our Pole Vault girl Kellie Suttle also finishes 4th. More about the this meet on the IAAF website

January 29. 2005
Results Norwich Union International, Glasgow GRB
Again our British Pole Vaulter Nick Buckfield cleared 5.30m.
This time he finished in 3rd place. More about the meet in Glasgow on the IAAF website.

Results Reebok Boston Indoor Games, USA
James Davis (400m) runs 47.87 in Boston.
More about the meet in Boston on the IAAF website(+ footnotes) or the official website .

January 26. 2005
Results 3rd International Jump Meeting, Gottbus GER
British Pole Vaulter Nick Buckfield came back into action after just arriving from his trainingcamp in South Africa this Wednesday.
He cleared 5.30m for 7th place.

January 22. 2005
Results Pole Vault Summit Competitions, Reno USA
Our Pole Vault girl Kellie Suttle finishes 4th in her first meeting this year.
More about the meet in Reno on the IAAF website or the official website .

Results New Balance Games, Amory New York USA
James Davis (400m) runs 46.78 in New York and wins.

January 3. 2005
Rose Richmond joints Pro Sports International. The 23 year old US long jumper participated in the Athens Olympic Games. Her goal for this year is to qualify for the World Championships 2005 in Helsinki and she also wants to perform good in Europe. Pro Sports International is looking forward to work with her.

Season 2004
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	2005 news on Pro Sports athletes: November 28. 2005 There will be ten IAAF Golden League Events contested at each of the six meetings in the 2006 series. Once again the IAAF Golden League will offer the crème of international one-day track and field action with the series opening in Oslo on 2 June and concluding in Berlin on 3 September 2006. In addition to the ten Golden League events, at least six other ‘promotional' disciplines will be contested at each meeting. In a decision also designed to ensure parity, the ten IAAF Golden League events are divided equally, five for men and five for women, as follows… Men: 100m, 400m, 1500m, Long Jump, Javelin Throw Women: 100m, 400m, 3000/5000m, 100m Hurdles, High Jump IAAF Golden League Events in 2006: Oslo (NOR), Paris (FRA), Rome (ITA), Zurich (SUI), Brussels (BEL) and Berlin (GER) More on this at the IAAF website. November 14. 2005 With 24 IAAF Meetings in 2006 (in 2005 there were 34) - the objective is to ensure that only the best quality competitions are staged under the IAAF brand. At least one Meeting from each Continental Area will be included in the IAAF World Athletics Tour. More on this at the IAAF website. September 19. 2005 Results Seiko Super Track & Field Meet Yokohama, Japan Statistically not so remarkable but none-the-less just as an emphatic a win came in the Long Jump for World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips (USA) with a leap of 8.06m. September 17. 2005 Results 1st Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, China In contrast to the World Championships in Helsinki where Americans swept the first four places in the men's 200m, tonight in Shanghai the Americans were shut out. Christopher Williams won the race with 20.24, a stadium record. Second and third places went to the Britons Christian Malcolm (20.42) and Marlon Devonish (20.55). World bronze medallist John Capel (USA) placed fourth (20.59). American Tyson Gay, fourth at worlds but first in Monaco last weekend, was a late scratch. For three and a half rounds it was starting to look like the night belonged to Ignisious Gaisah of Ghana in the men's Long Jump. Gaisah led World champion Dwight Phillips after three jumps, 8.16m to 8.11m, before unleashing a big 8.34m national record in the fourth round. But Phillips responded with what would become the meet winner: an 8.39m effort and stadium record. Miguel Pate of the United States placed third (8.05m). In the women's 100m 2005 world season leader Chandra Sturrup scored a moderate upset over World champion Lauryn Williams, clocking 11.02. to Williams' 11.05. United States national champion Me'Lisa Barber placed third (11.22). More about this meet at the IAAF website. September 9-10. 2005 Results 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final, Monaco Phillips leapt to a WAF record of 8.46meter which proved good enough to beat fellow American Miguel Pate (8.30m) and Jamaica's James Beckford (8.28m). It has now become customary for World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips to secure his numerous victories with his opening round effort. Today's World Athletics Final was no exception as the US champion leapt to a new Competition record of 8.46m with his first attempt, a mark which was not to be bettered today. Phillips came into this third edition of the World Athletics Final with something to prove as the 27-year-old suffered a surprise defeat on this same track at last year's edition of the competition. Indeed Phillips was defeated by Ghana's Ignisious Gaisah who jumped a stunning 8.32m with his fourth and last attempt. “It was very important to regain my World Athletics Final title as I lost here in 2004,” said Phillips. “This year my body has been fit to compete consistently at a such a high level.” At the men's 200m American Tyson Gay flew to a 19.96 victory to make up for finishing out of the medals in Helsinki. Gay's winning time was only three hundredths outside his best despite a 1.5 m/s headwind. Our Jamaican, Christopher Williams, found his best form of the season to finish second in 20.19 while World silver medallist Wallace Spearmon also got the better of Gatlin to finish third in 20.21. World champion in the 200m Justin Gatlin was beaten into fourth. September 4. 2005 Results TDK Golden League ISTAF Berlin, Germany Jamaican Christopher Williams took the men's 200m in 20.33, and along with USA's Tyree Washington (20.43) and Trinidad's Jacey Harper (20.66) disappointed the home crowd, who had hopes for their World and Olympic finalist Tobias Unger, who was fourth this afternoon (20.71). With a late drive to the line, Christine Arron, in the women's 100m, caught the long time race leader Chandra Sturrup just a matter of a metre or two before they crossed. Arron won 11.01 to 11.02, with USA's Melisa Barber in third (11.16). More about this meet at the IAAF website. Results Russian Challenge – Russia vs USA Man of the match - Phillips. World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips promised to his compatriot and the World record holder Mike Powell that this summer he’d break his old record in Long Jump set in 1991 in Tokyo – 8.95m. Here in Moscow the wind prevented the athletes from doing their best. Philips won but his result left much to be desired – 7.84m. Vitaliy Shkurlatov (RUS) was 2nd – 7.59 and Miguel Pate finished 3rd – 7.50. But as we'll read later that was not the end of what was to be an exhausting day for Phillips.The result of the winner in women's Long Jump by Tatyana Kotova may be regarded as extremely good taking into consideration the same wind conditions. Kotova landed at 6.71m. Richmond (USA) finished 2nd – 6.62 and Oksana Udmurtova (RUS) was only one cm behind – 6.61. The women's 200m was dominated mostly by 400m specialists. Natalya Ivanova, an Athens 4x400m relay medallist, took the win in 23.03. Yuliya Guschina was the runner-up – 23.18. Moushaumi Robinson was 3rd – 23.42. The double Olympic winner at 4x400m relay Monique Hennegan (USA) was 4th – 23.47. Two more events for Phillips. On the contrary the men's 100m was swamped by the guests - Cobby Miller won (+1,9 m/wind) – 10.17. Dwight Phillips clocked 10.30 and Marcus Brunson finished 3rd – 10.31. One may say that Phillips turned out to be the hero of the Russian Challenge for it was due to his efforts in the 4x100m Relay that it was won by the USA squad – 39.27. It is interesting that there were only two “pure” sprinters in the USA team - Miller and Brunson - for besides Phillips there was one more outsider – Ron Bramlett, who as Phillips also celebrated his second victory at the tournament. The result of the Russian squad was 39.53. August 28. 2005 Results Rieti 2005 GP II, Italy Jamaicans Christopher Williams is second in the mens's 200m with a time of 20.32. August 26. 2005 Results Memorial van Damme Golden League, Brussels Belgium Chandra Sturrup (100m) of the Bahamas, world season's fastest runner - 10.84, finished third in a time of 11.06 August 23. 2005 Results Gugl Grand Prix, Linz Austria World and Olympic Long Jump champion Dwight Phillips started his event in his usual great manner, with an excellent jump of 8.57m. But then he fouled the rest of his attempts. "I lost my motivation. There was no push from the others. But I am happy I got my revenge for the loss on Sunday in Sheffield. I think Miguel and myself have many good years to come with excellent jumps. I still hope for a new personal best, maybe in Monaco," explained Phillips. Miguel Pate in response to Phillips could produce only 8.19m this time. Despite the weather being a little bit colder than usual for August both 100m sprints produced very good times. Chandra Sturrup won the women's race in 11.01 and commented afterwards: "I want to get back to my shape as it was before Helsinki and this was a good step-forward. I wanted to run under 11 seconds but in the cold weather it was not possible.” More about this meet at the IAAF website. August 22. 2005 Phillips heads Linz line-up - PREVIEW The main star of the night will be World and Olympic Long Jump gold medallist Dwight Phillips, IAAF World Ranked event number one, who achieved his personal best of 8.60m in the Linz meeting last year, a distance which he equalled when winning the gold in Helsinki. The American has always said the runway and pit in Linz is very good and he hopes for an even better result this year. This time Phillips is especially motivated because he lost on Sunday in Sheffield, England, to his teammate Miguel Pate, 8.45m to 8.38m. In Linz, not only Pate (who did not qualify for the final in Helsinki) but also the silver medallist (Gaisah), and the 4th (Martinez), 5th (Sdiri), 6th (Saladino) and 7th (Mokoena) placers from the recent World Championships will be present. August 21. 2005 Results Sheffield, Norwich Union British Grand Prix Phillips lost to his fellow American Miguel Pate, whose winning long jump of 8.45m was not only a stadium record but the second longest in the world this year. Phillips was second with 8.38 and world silver medallist Ignisious Gaisah third with 8.23. The Emsley Carr Mile was won by a Briton for the first time in 11 years when Commonwealth 1500m champion Michael East came from behind to scrape past Kenya's Laban Rotich on the line, setting a personal best 3:52.50. Rotich was only three hundredths behind while Bernard Lagat was third in 3:52.89. “To win this famous race is great,” said East. August 19. 2005 Results Golden League Weltklasse Zurich, Germany Chandra Sturrup(100m) of the Bahamas, who holds the fastest time of the summer - 10.84, finished third in a time of 10.97 August 13. 2005 Results men's Long Jump, 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki 2005 American Dwight Phillips lured the crowd into their rhythmical clapping and off he went, soaring along the runway and landing 8.60m. The gold that he was the clear favourite to win became his so early on that no one was ever going to go past this superb athlete. Phillips was quickly away on the runway and soared through the air, landing well. He quickly looked back to see if the white flag was going to be raised - it was and Phillips had matched his qualifying jump of 8.60m, the best jumps in the world this year. It was a superb way to retain your title and Phillips said: “This second World Championship gold feels great. This is one of the very top rated competitions I have had.” “The atmosphere was awesome. I totally understand that the crowd was supporting the Finn but we all got great support. I wasn't concerned about the other athletes.” “I was focussing only on my own performance. After the first jump, I still wanted to jump far and break the world record (of 8.95m).” “Now my next goal is that World record. I have promised Mike Powell I will break it. In the following competitions that is the only thing I am concentrating on.” Flash Interviews - Men Long Jump Final Gold Medallist - Dwight PHILLIPS, USA "This second World Championship gold feels great. This is one of the very top ranked competitions I've had. The athmosphere was awesome. I totally understand that the crowd was supporting the Finn (EVILÄ) but we all got great support." "I wasn't concerned about the other athletes. I was focusing only on my own performace. After the first jump I still wanted to jump far, break the world record." "Now my next goal is to break the WR. I have promised Mike Powell to break it. In the following competitions that is the only thing I am concentrating on." August 11. 2005 Tamesue – Little Big Man Helsinki, Finland - Dai Tamesue, who won bronze in Edmonton 2001, has won another World bronze medal in the same event, making him only the third Japanese athlete in history to become a double medallist in the history of the World Championships. “After winning a bronze in Edmonton, everyone including myself expected performances worthy of a bronze medallist, and for a few years after Edmonton, there were times when I felt little uncomfortable. However, I came to realize that this is a life of an elite athlete, and since last year, I was able to accept it as such. So this year, I was able to enjoy the competitions without being too concerned about winning a medal. I think such an attitude helps,” said Tamesue. Think big, you will run big Describing Tamesue, Bershawn Jackson, the gold medallist at 400mH, said, “Age and size does not matter. It is all about the heart. If you think small, you will run small, but if you think big, you will run big. Like myself, he has a big heart. He is a great athlete and will be around lot more years to come.” Tamesue is only 170cm tall, making him a smallest world class hurdler, but his first name ‘Dai’ means big. After Edmonton, it was not a smooth sailing for Tamesue. In order to move up to another level, he thought hard and long and tried new things. However, Tamesue only finished third in the 2002 Asian Games, and also failed to make the final in both the 2003 Worlds and 2004 Olympics. He left comfortable life of a corporate supported athlete and become a truly professional athlete, supporting himself with sponsorship and race earnings. “After the semi, I tried to imagine the race scenario in which I could win. If storm hit the stadium and programme was delayed and the younger athletes became jittery, it will be best for me.” The day of the final could not be better for him. “I thought a miracle might happen. But then I thought it over again. A miracle does not happen I must make it happen. It only happens to those who are prepared.” A few broken bones Tamesue literally dived for the finish line. “I thought about the finish beforehand and concluded that diving for the finish was the best,” said Tamesue. “The worst that could happen to me is a few broken bones. I thought that is acceptable.” He drew the laughs. He was not sure of his finishing position immediately after the finish. “On the home-straight, I saw runners inside of me, so I went after them.” Tamesue gave his Edmonton medal to his mother and promised to his father that he will get another one for him. He kept his promise, but his father is no longer with him, having lost his battle against a cancer. “A medal in Osaka (2007) will have a totally different meaning from those from other championships. It will be an opportunity for track and field, not just Marathon to become a major sport in Japan. I think all the athletes think in similar line,” concluded Tamesue. Ken Nakamura for the IAAF August 9. 2005 Results men's 400m Hurdles 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki 2005 Flash Interview - Men 400m Hurdles Final Bronze Medallist - Dai TAMESUE JPN "Before the race I believed that I would finish in 7th or 8th place, and then I got the bronze medal! Today was just my lucky day.""I actually don't know why I succeeded today, maybe one reason is that all the other runners in the final are younger than me. I have the experience that they don't have." 4th place - Kerron CLEMENT USA "I am just happy to be here and compete at my first major international championship. I really can't complain. Well, actually, the weather and lane 1 did not help me a lot. I wear contact lenses, so the rain was not any good, and I really could have gotten a better lane, that would have helped." "When I crossed the line I was hoping I had the bronze. I guess I was not thinking. At the last hurdle I started studdering, that was why he (TAMESUE) beat me. I focused much more today than in the first and second rounds. I was hoping that I will get my steps right finally, but I did not." August 3. 2005 Gatlin, Phillips, Felix and Clement - USA Team Press Conference Dwight Phillips – World and Olympic Long Jump champion “I am the best jumper in the world. If someone wants to win (in Helsinki) they'll have to go through me.” “I have been so intensely looking for the World record for a long time…I am focusing my performance on bringing the championship title back to the USA.” “I draw my confidence from winning and kicking my opponents' butts…also from working hard, and I think I work harder than anyone else.” Kerron Clement – USA 400m Hurdles champion; World Indoor 400m record holder “The first 200m is the strongest part of my race and so I just have to make sure I stay focused in the last half of the race.” “I stay focused by thinking about every hurdle and thinking about my mom.” About his inexperience – “My training and basic strength will carry me through the rounds.” “I am not really surprised about my emergence this year. Once I get my steps down right I know I can win.” “I am just prepared well. I expect gold definitely. I am very hungry for success. The (400mH) gold will be in my grasp on Tuesday (9 Aug).” July 26. 2005** Results DN Galan Super Grand Prix, Stockholm Sweden In the cold and the damp, Justin Gatlin was the overall fastest sprinter when the two 100m heats were combined. His 10.15 dash in the second race was better than Jamaican Christopher Williams' 10.17 in the first 100m line-up. Gatlin was chased home in his outing by Jamaican Dwight Thomas, who can be very pleased with his 10.19, which kept the pressure up all the way on the Olympic champion. There was just one women's 100m, and after many delays, unsettled rather than false starts, and a pause for a prize ceremony, the women finally got away and it was the Bahamas' Chandra Sturrup's race. Her winning time was 11.18, with 2005 USA champion Me'Lisa Barber second (11.24), and Allyson Felix, the Olympic 200m silver medallist coming very late after an appallingly bad start, to take third in 11.29. Frankly, this race was just about Sturrup, who looks in great shape just prior to the World Championships. More about the meet at the IAAF website. July 25. 2005 Results Asics Grand Prix, Helsinki Finland Attracting an equally enthusiastic stir from the 12,151 spectators at the start of this IAAF Grand Prix in Helsinki's newly renovated Olympic stadium was USA's World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips with a quality 8.44m Long Jump. Dwight Phillips, IAAF World Ranked number one long jumper, responded immediately to an opening 8.22m (+3.9m/s) effort by another - but more unlikely - local World Championship hope, Tommi Evilä, to win the men's Long Jump with his own first effort of an 8.44m (+1.3). Neither of these two men's marks were approached again in the competition but it set up an absorbing event and the stadium crowd responded with loud rhythmic clapping for all the performers but of course especially for Evilä. Phillips didn't manage to register another mark in the competition but the Finnish champion came up with two more 8m leaps – 8.06 and 8.02 – each with negligible wind assistance. In what was a competition of good overall quality, Ghana's Ignisious Gaisah leapt 8.17m for third place (also in the first round), and backed that up with 8.08m in the third. Brian Johnson, USA Champs third placer, was fourth with 8.06m (+2.7), while French champion Salim Sdiri, 8.05 (+0.7) – again in the first round – took fifth place. More about the meet at the IAAF website. July 22. 2005 Results Norwich Union London Grand Prix Great Britain The two hurdles events both produced surprise results. The appearance of USA's Kerron Clement had been much anticipated since he broke Johnson's World Indoor 400m record in the winter. But the 19 year-old did not live up to expectations tonight and could only finish fifth in 49.03, nearly two seconds slower than he has run this year. Clement has been tipped as the man to break Kevin Young's World record, but he never looked in the race which was won by his fellow American Bershawn Jackson in 47.98. “I just couldn't get going tonight,” said Clement. “It was the first 200m that cost me.” Rose Richmond won the women's long jump with 6.62m More about the meet at the IAAF website. July 17. 2005 Results Thessaloníki 2005 Greece In the men's 200, Jamaicans Christopher Williams and Omar Brown ran to a photo finish in the 200, with each clocking 20.51, with Williams getting the edge. The women in the pole vault tried to continue in the rain, but the conditions made it difficult for them to produce performances better than 4.40m. American American Mary Sauer took to top honors, with compatriot Kellie Suttle second. At the woman's Discus Throw competition the previous world champion, New Zealander Beatrice Faumuina. Produced a series of throws over 60 metres, the Romanian took the lead in the second round with a 62.10 toss and finally sealed the win with a 62.54 effort, ahead of Faumuina (61.81) July 16. 2005 Results Meeting de Marid 2012 Super GP At a pre-meeting press conference World and Olympic Long Jump champion Dwight Phillips had already warned: “I’m in good shape, I leapt 8.39 in Rome last week and hope to jump beyond 8.60 in Madrid”. Phillips also confirmed that after the indoor campaign – where he focused on his speed work – he had suffered a hamstring injury which has delayed his build-up for the Worlds. He also confessed that “my defeat to Miguel Pate at the US Trials annoyed me a lot but it’s forgotten and I look forward to retaining my Word title in Helsinki where a 8.50m leap could suffice to succeed”. Phillips opened with a foul but bounced back to leap a second round world seasonal best of 8.47 in a following wind of 1.1. His third effort was measured at 8.34 (+2.0) and he also produced a 8.44 four-round leap. Jamaica’s World silver medallist James Beckford was second thanks to his windy (+3.0) third try of 8.28 while his best valid jump was measured at 8.14. US champion Miguel Pate had to settle for third on this occasion (8.24, +0.6), Ghana’s Ignisious Gaisah came fourth in 8.16 (+04), while Spain’s Olympic bronze medallist Joan Lino Martínez reached a season best of 8.10 (+1.6) for fifth. July 12. 2005 Wariner versus Clement in Stockholm by Keijo Liimatainen for the IAAF Stockholm, Sweden - They are young and fast and have already signed shoe contracts worth millions of dollars annually. Jeremy Wariner, 21, won two Olympic gold medals (individual 400m and 4 x400m Relay) in Athens last year while Kerron Clement, 19, came from nowhere and took Michael Johnson's ten year old World Indoor record with 44.57 this past winter. The DN Galan (July 26st) will proudly present the first race between the future superstars: Olympic champion Wariner and hurdles-phenom Clement. "I know that they award diamonds for Stadium records and I hope I can get one,” said Wariner who is out to get fellow countryman Alvin Harrison's three year old record, 44.57. Jeremy's agent, former superstar Michael Johnson has shown him the two 1-carat diamonds worth 10 000 dollars each that he got 1995 and 1996 for his records at 200 metres. But Wariner who won in Lausanne in 44.96 in spite of shutting down his engine will have to run fast. Since his record sensation Kerron Clement has only run 400m Hurdles and has done extremely well, so well that he won the USA Championships in June in 47.24 which makes him seventh all time. “All meets in the world would love to have the duel between Wariner and Clement,” says meeting director Rajne Söderberg. The race may be one of the highlights of the season between two future greats. Wariner will compete in the 400m and Clement in the 400m Hurdles. Thus, their meeting in Stockholm will be their first and only one before the World Championships in Helsinki, 6 - 14 August 2005. Wariner has twelve races under 45 seconds while hurdle's specialist Clement has one. They are 0-0 head-to-head. July 11. 2005 Results Memorijala Borisa Hanžekovica, Zagreb 2005 Croatia Satisfied, but not necessarily content would be the most apt manner in which to describe World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips after his win in the Long Jump. After a mediocre opening round 7.98meter leap, enough to take the win, Phillips fought through his lingering “fouling issues” to manage just one more fair effort, a fourth round 8.14meter. “I'll take the win,” Phillips said, “but I really have to work through the fouling problems I've had all season.” After his next appearance at this weekend's Super Grand Prix in Madrid, Phillips said, he'll return home for a solid training stint to work out those kinks prior to his world title defence in Helsinki. “I'm sure I'll work it all out.” Jamaican James Beckford, the meet record holder here, was a distant second with a 7.92meter last round effort. More about the meet at the IAAF website. July 9. 2005 Results CAC Championships. Nassau, The Bahamas – After Friday's opening ceremony, the first day of competition (9 July) at the ColinaImperial Central American and Caribbean Senior Championships opened. In the evening session, world season's leader 100m (10.84) Chandra Sturrup delighted her home crowd with a Championship record run of 11.02 (wind 1.1m/s). July 8. 2005 Results TDK Golden League, Rome Italy Olympic champion Dwight Phillips won the men's Long Jump with a leap of 8.39meter, comprehensively ahead of the man who beat him at the USA championships, Miguel Pate, who was second with 8.04meter. Tommi Evilä of Finland was third (7.97meter). Toby Stevenson was the victor in the Pole Vault with 5.81meter. Our Japanese Pole Vaulter Daichi Sawano took second, with 5.71meter. Dai Tamesue was third in the men's 400meter Hurdles (48.66). More about the meet at the IAAF website. July 5. 2005 Results Athletissima 2005 SGP Lausanne Sturrup is impressive in cool conditions. Bahamas' Chandra Sturrup set the fastest time in the world this year with an impressive 10.84 in cool weather conditions. Olympic silver medallist Lawryn Williams from the US set her seasonal best and the second fastest time in 2005 with 10.91 for second, edging out French star Christine Arron who also ran under 11 seconds with 10.94. USA Championships winner Melissa Barber, who trains with Chandra Sturrup, was fourth in 11.12. “When I saw the scoreboard I was excited,” confirmed Sturrup. “I never take into consideration cool weather conditions. I had a very good start but my race was not perfect. It was my seventh race of the season after taking one year off due a tibia injury. I will return to my country to run the CAC Champs. Then I will return to Europe for Madrid and Stockolm before the World Championships. I want to run 10.7 in Helsinki and win the World title. I think that 10.8 could be enough to win in Finland,” said Sturrup. More about the meet at the IAAF website. July 1. 2005 Results TDK Golden League, Gaz de France Paris Chandra Sturrup finishes second in a close finishes in the woman's 100m. More about the meet at the IAAF website. June 27. 2005 Results Josef Odlozil Memorial, GPII Prague, Czech Republic The favourite in the women's 1500m, Hayley Tullett, wins in a time of 4:14.61 Dai Tamesue wins in the men's 400m Hurdles. Daichi Sawano our Japanese, Pole Vaulter finishes third in his first European competition this year. June 23-26. 2005 Results US. National championships Since breaking Michael Johnson's world indoor 400m record this winter (44.57), some observers had questioned whether Clement should forsake his specialty, the 400m hurdles, for the 400m dash. Clement's performance on Sunday demonstrated the validity of his decision-making as he won in a stunning time of 47.24 seconds. It is the fastest time in the world since 1998, makes him the seventh-fastest man in history, and gave him the title of Visa Champion. Clement ran a smooth race throughout, but his final two hurdles were particular strong as the 1.88m(6-2), 84kg(184 pounder) sailed over barriers that often crush dreams the 400 hurdles, considered by many to be track's toughest running event. Bershawn Jackson, the #1 ranked American in 2004, held on for second place in 47.80, running out of lane 1. Two-time Olympian James Carter led the race early and finished third in 48.03. Kerron Clement:"I'm confident I can go under my PR. I came here this morning and I was really focused. My coach told me what I needed to do and I listened to him. I gave it my full effort. At World Championships I am planning to do my best again. I charged every hurdle today. That's what I have to do to win every race. It was a perfect race. Next year I plan to run the 200 and occasionally the 4." Men's Long Jump. The #1 ranked jumper in the world the last two years, Phillips was second with a leap of 8.28m/27-2.Dwight Phillips, on finishing second: "I'm very angry right now, but Miguel was the better man today. This is the first time I've been contested in a while, and I got to make sure it doesn't happen again." June 20. 2005 We are proud to inform you that Kerron Clement has signed with Pro Sports International. The 19-year-old US athlete shocked the track world this year when he ran 44.57 seconds to win the 2005 NCAA indoor 400-meter title on March 12, breaking Michael Johnson's WR of 44.63, set on March 4, 1995. Pro Sports International is looking forward to work with him. June 11. 2005 Results Banamex GalAtletica Monterrey, Mexico It was a good day for Chandra Sturrup as she was the winner of the 100m dash in 11.14, with three-time Sydney Olympic champion Marion Jones way off the pace in fourth (11.40). Americans Lauryn Williams (11.30) and Muna Lee (11.39) filled the podium in from of Jones. June 7. 2005 Queen Bea honoured by the Queen. Beatrice Faumuina was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit. ONZM) in the Queen's Birthday honours, for services to athletics. Faumuina has established herself as one of the nation's leading internationally recognised sports heroes. Her dedication and commitment to the sport of athletics, and in particular the discus throw, has taken her to the highest honours on the world stage, bringing recognition to the sport and New Zealand. In 1997 Faumuina became the first and to date the only New Zealander to win a world athletic championship title, with her gold medal in the discus at Athens. Following this achievement Faumuina was awarded the Halberg supreme award as well as the New Zealand sports woman of the year. Faumuina has also won the Commonwealth Games discus throw gold medal twice, in 1998 and 2002 as well as the IAAF world cup gold medal in Madrid in 2002. Her standing in athletics world wide has been recognised by the IAAF (International Association of Athletic Federations), with her appointment last year as a member of the Athletes' Commission. Faumuina said that it was an honour and privilege to receive the Queen's Birthday honour. June 5. 2005 Results NU International Match GBR v RUSSIA v USA, Glasgow UK The stadium records went to Olympic champion Dwight Phillips in the men's Long Jump. Phillips' 8.26m is the fourth best in the world this year but it was the American's only legal effort as he fouled his first two and opted out of the final three rounds. Miguel Pate was second with 8.02m as no one else went beyond eight metres. Phillips left the arena predicting far greater things in the near future. Asked what distance he is aiming for this year the never-shy 27 year-old said: “In my mind I want to say nine metres. I want to take it to where no one has ever been before.” Results V European Athletics Festival, Bydgoszcz Poland Wind and bad weather is main attraction in Bydgoszcz. Strong, gusty wind, low temperature and torrential rain that stopped just an hour before the beginning of the fifth European Athletics Festival in Bydgoszcz had major affect on the lower than expected level of results. Our sprinter Chandra Sturrup finishes second in the woman's 100m. June 2-5. 2005 Results Japanese Championships/Trials, Tokyo Japan (japanese) The 400m Hurdles was expected to be a showdown between four-time champion Dai Tamesue and his young challenger Kenji Narisako who handed Tamesue his first defeat by Japanese in three years. “It has been a long time since I approached the nationals with such intensity. I had to concentrate hard to keep my focus,” recalled Tamesue after the race. Tamesue, an Edmonton bronze medallist, started out fast as expected. After the tenth hurdle, however, Narisako started to close the gap. In the final 10 metres Narisako cut the gap in half, but the room ran out for him. Tamesue won in 49.27, with Narisako only 17/100th seconds behind. “It was the closest of my five victories at the nationals. The purpose of the race was to qualify for the World Championships. Since I have accomplished it, I am happy and relieved,” said the five-time national champion. Daichi Sawano, national record holder at Pole Vault, started vaulting at 5.55m after all other vaulters were eliminated from the competition. However, in each of his three vaults at his opening height, Sawano lacked penetration, apparently because he lacked the speed in his run up to the bar. He had a required height, but his maximal height came in front of the bar. Thus he missed all three attempts at his opening height and ended up with no height. He was apparently not in best of health in the last few days, but he did not use it as excuse. Nobuharu finishes second in the men's 100m and qualifies for the World Championships in Helsinki. Highlights of day one, two, three and four of the Japanese Championships at the IAAF website. June 4. 2005 Results Internationales Lausitzer Meet, Cottbus Germany A day before his birthday Nick Buckfield jumps in Cottbus. Unfortunately difficult conditions deny good results in men's Pole Vault. Nick clears a height of 5.50m and finishes fourth. Results Prefontaine Classic SGP, Eugene USA Nicole Forrester finishes fourth in the Women's High Jump. June 3. 2005 Results VI° Memorial Primo Nebiolo GP II, Torino Italy After her start in Hengelo Shakeema Walker Triple Jumps again. This time in Turin (Torino) where she finishes fourth. June 1. 2005 Results The Milan IAAF Grand Prix Regione Lombardia, Italy Chandra Sturrup took her second win over Marion Jones to clinch her second consecutive race in four days after her convincing 11.15 win in Hengelo. “I am happy with the win but the time was sluggish. I am coming back slowly. I want to drop my times race every race. Now I will go back home to prepare for the national championships and the CAC Championships in July,” commented Chandra Sturrup. The Milan track did not help men sprinters achieve the fast times they had hoped for while the focus was on Long Jump Olympic champion Dwight Phillips (USA) and 4x100 Olympic champion Mark Lewis Francis (GBR). But it was the Jamaican Patrick Jarrett who stole the show clocking 10.36. Mark Lewis Francis took second place in 10.40 overhauling Uchenna Emedolu of Nigeria (10.41) and Dwight Phillips (10.41). The Long Jump Olympic champion used the Milan race as test to increase his speed for his run-up in his specialty. More about the meet at the IAAF website. May 30. 2005 Results Payton Jordan U.S. Open Palo Alto, CA USA Brian Lewis ran a good 100m race by finishing third with a time of 10.16 seconds May 29. 2005 Results THALES FBK-Games, Hengelo The Netherlands Chandra Sturrup won the 100 metres in 11.15 (+0,3), beating Marion Jones, who finished second in 11.29. For the athlete from the Bahamas' it was her fastest time of this year. After hitting the 8th hurdle, Eric Thomas fall back in position and finished sixth . More about this meet at the IAAF website or the offical one. May 22. 2005 Results Grand Prix Brasil de Atletismo, Belem Brazil Brian Lewis prevented a trippel Brasil win (Rio, Fortaleza and Belem) for American JJ Johnson. Brian took the victory in the 100m with a time 10.22, Johnson finished third in 10.28. More about this meet at the IAAF website. May 21. 2005 Results Banamex GalAtletica Hermosillo, Mexico Olympic Champion Dwight Phillips was able to make an 8.11 meter jump on a tough track and win the meet in Hermosillo Mexico. May 15. 2005 Results Grand Prix Rio de Atletismo, Rio de Janeiro Brazil Our Jamaican 200m specialist, Christopher Williams, was third in a time of 20.70. On the men's 100m Brian Lewis finished fourth in a time of 10.22 May 13. 2005 Results Super-Grand-Prix Qatar Athletic, Doha Dai Tamesue (400mH) and Beatrice Faumuina (Discus Throw) both finished sixth in their discipline. May 7.2005 Results Grand Prix Osaka, Japan Brian Lewis in lane five had the best start at the men's 100m, but during the acceleration phase Justin Gatlin took over the lead and pulled away to win in 10.15 ahead of Brian Lewis, who finished second in 10.28. Nobuharu Asahara was the fastest Japanese in a time of 10.35. At the men's Pole Vault Daichi Sawano succeeded in jumping higher than the favourite Tim Mack. Sawano could not improve his fourth day old record and finished third with a height of 5.70m. Jun Osakada finished second in the men's 400m with a time of 46.06. Dai Tamesue (400mH) and James Davis (400m) both finished fourth in their discipline. Results Modesto Relays, California USA Moushaumi Robinson finishes second in the woman's 400m with a time of 53.35. Our UK Pole Vaulter Nick Buckfield starts his outdoor season with a height of 5.50m. Kellie Suttle clears a height of 4.25m at the women's Pole Vault. Results 2nd Jamaica International Track & Field Invitational, Kingston Jamaica. Christopher Williams finishes fourth in the men's 200m. May 5. 2005 Osaka - PREVIEW Mack versus new local star Daichi The men's Pole Vault will attract a lot of attention in Osaka, for Daichi Sawano just set a national record of 5.83m this week (3 May). He will be going against the defending Osaka winner Tim Mack and Brad Walker who has also recorded 5.83m this season. Mack, of course is the reigning Olympic champion. In the head-to-head competition in Shizuoka, however, Sawano came out ahead of Walker, who no-heighted. Another 6m vaulter in the field is Australia's Dmitriy Markov, the 2001 World champion, who vaulted 5.75m in Adelaide on 14 March. May 3. 2005 Today Daichi Sawano vaulted 5.83m. A new national record in Shizuoka (Japan). He will be competing this Saturday in Osaka. For Sawano it was his third national record in three years, having recorded 5.75m and 5.80m in the last two national championships in 2003 and 2004. Four-time national champion (1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004) as well as two-time national inter-high school and two-time national inter-collegiate champion, Sawano holds national high school (5.40m), national collegiate (5.52m), national junior (5.50m), national indoor (5.70m), and national outdoor (5.83m) record. Leading up to the 2005 season, Sawano trained in Mt SAC for more than a month from December 22 to January 24, sometimes with Tim Mack the reigning Olympic champion. After returning to Japan he easily cleared 5.60m in the Yokohama Indoor meet on February 19, where he said, “My 5.60m vault here was much easier than those attempted in the last year around the same time.” Turning to the outdoors, Sawano vaulted 5.70m in the Hyogo Relays, before improving the national record in Shizuoka. One of his goals in Helsinki is “to vault 5.80m on my first attempt.” More about this on the IAAF website. May 1. 2005 The 2005 Gran Prix Orange - Area permit meeting - took place at the Stade Municipal de Baie Mahault in Guadeloupe. Rose Richmond enjoyed her stay in the French Caribbean, completing her second consecutive Long Jump victory with a best effort of 6.49m, to top Alice Falaiye (6.32m) of Canada and Alina Militaru (6.31m) of Romania. Having won the previous day in Fort de France, Cuban legend Ivan Pedroso opted against competing in Fort de France. But Olympic champion Dwight Phillips profited the opportunity, the American opening with a fairly impressive 8.18m leap. He was followed by Frenchman Salim Sdiri (7.94m) and Gable Garenamotse (7.80m) of Botswana. More about the Orange APM caps French weekend in Guadeloupe on the IAAF Website. April 30. 2005 Results Meeting du Conseil General GP II, Martinique Our US Olympic Long Jump champion Dwight Phillips was third in the 100m in a time of 10.14. Tim Montgomery finished with the same time as Phillips in fourth. Maurice Greene won the highly competitive 100m race in Martinique. Rose Richmond continued her great start of her outdoor season. This time she won the women's long Jump by jumping 6.73meter. In the men's 400m James Davis finished third in a time of 46.28sec. Results 111th Penn Relays, Franklin Field, Philadelphia USA Moushaumi Robinson finishes fourth with her USA-Blue 4x400m relay team. She anchored with a split time of 52.2sec. Christopher Williams finished third in the Jamaican 4x100m relay team in front of the Great Britain team, which finished fourth with Athens Olympians Jason Gardner and Mark Lewis-Francis. April 28. 2005 Jun Osakada sets 300m national record. "Jun Osakada, three-time Olympian at the 4x400m relay, ran the 300m in 32.68 on 24 April in Taisha in Shimane-prefecture. It was a Japanese national record surpassing the previous record of 32.97, which was recorded by Susumu Takano, a 400m national record holder, on 11 September 1988 in Chiba. At the 4x400m relay, Osakada ran the third leg in Atlanta and the second leg in Athens; the Japanese team finished fifth in Atlanta and fourth in Athens. Osakada is the third fastest 400m runner in Japan, having recorded 45.05 in the 2000 Super meet. He also ran in three World outdoor Championships, having run both the 400m and the 4x400m relay in 1999, 2001 and 2003. Osakada also ran in the 1999 and 2001 World Indoor Championships. He is a two-time national champion, having won the 400m in 1999 and 2001. However, in the last two-years Osakada was third and second respectively at the 2004 and 2003 national championships. He has also been unable to improve his personal best in the last four years. With the new national record at 300m, however, Osakada may be on his way back to the top." By Ken Nakamura for the IAAF Website. April 17. 2005 Results Mount San Antonio College Relays, USA Rose Richmond had a great start of her outdoor season by finishes first in the women's long Jump at Mt. Sac, with a jump of 6.72meter. James Davis finished second in the men's 400m in a time of 45.95sec. April 16. 2005 Results Carolina Fast Times Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Moushaumi Robinson (400m specialist) prepares herself for the outdoor season by winning a 100m dash at Chapel Hill. April 6. 2005 Moushaumi Robinson and Latasha Jenkins join Pro Sports International. The 23-year-old Moushaumi won a Gold Medal in the 4x400m Olympic relay. Latasha (27) got a Silver Medal for the 2001 World Indoor Championships 200m. This year both are looking forward in progressing and succeeding with their track career. Pro Sports International is looking forward to work with them. March 20. 2005 Results Tasmanian Athletics Championships, Hobart Australia The Japanese sprinter Nobuharu Asahara and 400m runner Jun Osakada are preparing for their outdoor season in Australia with both winning their event in Hobart. March 12. 2005 Results National Championships, Wanganui New Zeeland Former World and reigning Commonwealth champion Beatrice Faumuina won her 12th women's Discus Throw title at the National Championships with a throw of 62.39m. March 4. 2005 Results 28th European Indoor Championships UK pole vault record holder Nick Buckfield did not succeed to advanced to the final at the European Indoor Championships. He jumped over 5.40m February 25-27. 2005 Results US National Championships, Boston USA Rose Richmond finishes first in the women's long Jump at the US National Championships. She did this with a 6.44meter jump. Her reaction after the competition, Rose:"I'm happy that I won, but not with my performance. I am still having some technical problems, but I will get it together for the outdoor season. I wish I would have jumped further because my goal was to come out and jump 6.60m. I am happy to win my first championships. This is something else to add to my resume." James Davis finished second in the men's 400m after Bershawn Jackson in a time of 46.75 February 26. 2005 Results Meeting Gaz de France, Liévin France Dwight Philips finishes fourth in the men's 60m. Nicole Forrester jumps 1.80 and ends fifth. More about this meet in Lievin on the IAAF Website. February 24. 2005 Results Memorial José Maria Cagigal, Madrid Spain Dwight Phillips runs a personal best in madrid. Olympic Long Jump champion highlighted the ‘Memorial José María Cagigal' - IAAF indoor permit - meeting held yesterday, running 6.47 for the 60m dash. The 27-year-old American had already given some hints of his excellent shape in his semi-final held hardly 40 minutes prior to the final by clocking 6.53. Phillips won the heat in style to cut his PB by two hundredths. In the final Phillips faced the reigning Olympic 100m silver medallist Portugal's Francis Obikwelu but the American had an overwhelming victory running in lane 3 and lowered another six hundredths from his best performance to clock 6.47, the second quickest 60m time in the world this season only bettered by France's Ronald Pognon's European record of 6.45. An elated Phillips said: “This year my coach and I have decided to focus on my speed to be able to go further in the Long Jump in the near future and reach the 9 metres barrier hopefully”. Asked on a comparative with Carl Lewis, who successfully combined the Long Jump and the 100m event in the past, an euphoric Phillips answered: “he was a great champion but I'm better”. More about this meet in Madrid on the IAAF Website. February 23. 2005 Results Hochsprung Gala, Weinheim Germany Again our high jumper Nicole Forrester jumps 1.87m. This time she finishes third behind Tatjana Efimenko and Irina Mykhalchenko. February 20. 2005 Results SEGAS Meeting 2005, Athens Greece Dwight Phillips finishes 2nd in the 60m dash with a time of 6.59. James Davis also finishes 2nd but for the men's 400m in a time of 46.58. Brian Lewis got the flu and had to stop his indoor season. February 19. 2005 Results Harold Silverston Invitational, Michigan USA Nicole Forrester jumps 1.87m high and finishes first. February 18. 2005** - PREVIEW - Dwight Phillips enters the 60m dash at the Athens IAAF Permit Meeting. The Long Jump Olympic Champion, Dwight Phillips, confirmed his participation in the 60m dash race, where he has a personal best of 6.55. Cuba's Freddy Mayola and Nigeria's Uchena Emedolu and Olusoji Fasuba are the main contenders for the win among the other athletes. Results Norwich Union Grand Prix, Birmingham Great Britain James Davis runs a season best in the men's 400m with a time of 46.56 and is ready for the National Championships. More about this meet in Birmingham on the IAAF Website. February 17. 2005 IAAF Grand Prix II, Telstra A-Series, Melbourne Australia Beatrice Faumuina finishes 1st in the women's discus with a throw of 61.64m in Melbourne. February 16. 2005 UK pole vault record holder Nick Buckfield succeeded at Manchester's Sport City to reach European Indoor Championships qualifying standards. He sailed over the qualifying height of 5.45m to erase the memory of no-heighting at the Championships. February 15. 2005 Results GE Globen Galan Stockholm, Sweden James Davis (400m) runs 46,96 in Stockholm and finishes second in his heat. Henry Rotich ran pace for the men's 800m. February 13. 2005 Results LBBW Karlsruhe, Germany Dwight Phillips runs a personal best in his first competition this year. The Olympic champion in the Men's Long Jump runs 6.55. Dwight: "I am satisfied with the result of this meet. I want to improve my personal best and hopefully do better in the next meet in Athens." More about this meet in Karlsruhe on the IAAF website or the official website. February 12. 2005 Results Tyson Invitational Fayetteville AR, USA Rose Richmond jumps 6,15m and finishes fourth. February 9. 2005 Results 2005 Union Grand Prix Series, Porritt Classic Hamilton, New Zeeland Beatrice Faumuina proved she's still the golden girl of New Zealand discus, she finishes 1st with a throw of 65.09m in Hamilton. Throwing into an ideal cross-head wind Faumuina the reigning double Commonwealth Games gold medallist struck it perfectly in the opening rounds of the competition. “I'm really excited, it is a nice opener to the season. I now have a top venue at Waitakere at which to train and I have been getting in consistent training,” said Faumuina. More about this on the IAAF website. February 5. 2005 Results Paul Vault Meeting Potsdam Germany Nick Buckfield cleard 5.40m at the Paul Vault meeting in Potsdam. Results Meyo Invitational Notre Dame IN, USA Rose Richmond jumps 6,29m and finishes first. February 4. 2005 Results 2005 Millrose Games, New York USA Marcus Brunsun finishes 4th in his first 60m meeting this year. Our Pole Vault girl Kellie Suttle also finishes 4th. More about the this meet on the IAAF website January 29. 2005 Results Norwich Union International, Glasgow GRB Again our British Pole Vaulter Nick Buckfield cleared 5.30m. This time he finished in 3rd place. More about the meet in Glasgow on the IAAF website. Results Reebok Boston Indoor Games, USA James Davis (400m) runs 47.87 in Boston. More about the meet in Boston on the IAAF website(+ footnotes) or the official website . January 26. 2005 Results 3rd International Jump Meeting, Gottbus GER British Pole Vaulter Nick Buckfield came back into action after just arriving from his trainingcamp in South Africa this Wednesday. He cleared 5.30m for 7th place. January 22. 2005 Results Pole Vault Summit Competitions, Reno USA Our Pole Vault girl Kellie Suttle finishes 4th in her first meeting this year. More about the meet in Reno on the IAAF website or the official website . Results New Balance Games, Amory New York USA James Davis (400m) runs 46.78 in New York and wins. January 3. 2005 Rose Richmond joints Pro Sports International. The 23 year old US long jumper participated in the Athens Olympic Games. Her goal for this year is to qualify for the World Championships 2005 in Helsinki and she also wants to perform good in Europe. Pro Sports International is looking forward to work with her. Season 2004 Read here the news from last season. For the 2004 outdoor results click here.
			Dwight Phillips hits the sand at 8.47m in Madrid (Beatriz Guzman Pedraza )

			Dwight Phillips after his 6.47 second 60m win in Madrid (Andrés Ballesteros)
			Beatrice Faumuina (NZL) with 2002 Commonwealth Discus gold medal (Getty Images)
			Daichi Sawano - Foto by Agence SHOT
			Dwight Phillips - Photo by IAAF