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Three world leads in Karlsruhe - IAAFPublished by
Karlsruhe, Germany - The indoor hall in Karlsruhe has always been a good sprinting venue, and in keeping with tradition, two of the three world-leading marks in Sunday’s (13) 27th BW-Bank Meeting – an IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting - came in the short races. Wells continues to improve Kellie Wells continued her brilliant hurdling during this indoor season with a world-leading (and PB) 7.82 to win the women’s 60m Hurdles. Finishing right behind the American, in a new Norwegian record, was Christina Vukicevic in 7.90 [with 7.92 =PB in the heats] as Jamaica’s Vonette Dixon (7.98), American Yvette Lewis (8.01) and Lisa Urech of Switzerland (8.02) took the next places. [Urech also matched her personal best in the heats with 8.00.] A confident Clarke offered, “I’m not surprised that I won. Kim Collins ran fast in the heats, but I’m also a good athlete. I ran a personal best tonight, and I’m very satisfied with everything.” With Olesya Povh withdrawing after straining a hamstring during warmups, her Ukrainian teammate Mariya Ryemyen jumped into the void and came away with a PB 7.15 win in the 60m, as she was pushed all the way to the wire by Norway’s Ezinne Okparaebo in 7.17, also a lifetime best. Germany’s Verena Sailer, the European 100m champion in Barcelona last year, was making a delayed season debut after lower back pains had hampered her indoor progress. She finished a distant third in 7.28. Elsewhere... The current World junior silver medallist in the men’s 400m, Hungary’s Marcell Déak-Nagy, posted the best time of 47.10 in the two sections of the men’s 400m. The lean 19-year-old grabbed the curb position after the opening lap (22.23) and held off German Marco Kaiser (47.57) and Barcelona bronze winner in the 400m Hurdles, Stanislav Melnykov of Ukraine (47.58). The other section was won in the final 40 metres by Germany’s David Gollnow (=PB 47.29) as he overtook Roman Smirnov of Russia (PB 47.39). The Russian clocked 22.04 for the first lap but faded significantly in the final stages. More news
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