September 21: Florence
Griffith Joyner dies at the age of 38
FloJo died today in California
at the age of 38. The world record holder of women sprints had a heart
seizure, shedding saddness and skepticism to the worldwide athletics family.
She was triple gold medallist in Seoul 1988. In that year she bettered
Ashford's 100 m. WR for 0.27 sec. (from 10"76. to 10"49) and Drechshler's
200 m. WR for 0.37 sec. (from 21"71. to 21"34.). She was married with the
triple jump champion Al Joyner.
September 20: New
Marathon World Best in Berlin
Ronaldo da Costa of Brazil
set a WR in Berlin Marathon with 2: 06' 05" running only the second marathon
of his career.
September 19: The
outdoor season ends in Tokyo
The outdoor season came
to its end with the International Meeting
of Tokyo. The Bulgarian Iva Pradzheva won the triple jump with 15,12
m. and Boldon the 100 m. (10"07.) against Greene, Fredericks and Ogunkoya.
Significant performances by Beckford (8, 46 m.) and Ouaziz (15' 08"
03).
September 12: Marion
Jones' winning streak ends by Dreschler
African men (110 p.)
and U.S. women (96 p.) won the overall clasification of the World Cup,
with Europe second at both categories (109 p. M- 94 p. W). The 8th
World Cup in Athletics , held in Johannesburg, ended with the first
defeat of Marion Jones after 35 competitions. European Long Jump Champion
Heike Dreschler beated her today. However, yesterday Jones was once again
impressive, as she ran the 100 m. in 10" 65., although the weather was
not warm, and became the second woman ever in history under 10" 70. In
men's steeple the incredible German Damian Kallabis did it again: He won
the race as he beated the WR holder Berbard Barmassai at the last meters!
Virgilius Alekna was fantastic with 69, 66 m. in the Discus and Tarasov
jumped 5, 85 m. in the pole vault despite the cool weather and the strong
winds.
On the first day some more
impressive performances were achieved: Nezha Bidouane ran the 400 m. Hurdles
in a new AR 52" 96.), Marion Jones made the 2nd All-time performance in
the 200 m. with 21" 62. and a headwind of 0.6. Greek Olga Vasdeki won the
Triple Jump with 14, 64 m. which is a new NR and Games record. Obadele
Thompson became one of the top 100 m. sprinters ever with his win at 9"
87. (wind -0.2) and Ivan Pedroso jumped 8, 37 m.
Related
Topics: [Greek NRs] ['98
Lists] [More Stats]
September 5: Hicham
El Guerrouj and Marion Jones win the '98 GP Series after the GP Final of
Moscow
El Guerrouj, Jones
and Gebresselasie are the three athletes that won the Golden League 1 million
$ jackpot award after their wins in the GP Final in Moscow, while Bryan
Bronson did not manage to add his name at the list after his first defeat
of the year. Hicham El Guerrouj and Marion Jones were also the GP Series
winners for 1998, with Gerbreselassie finishing second in the men's ranking
and Masterkova in the women's. Maksim Tarasov (5, 95 m.) was the only athlete
who could cope with the harsh weather conditions of Moscow , as the cold
prevented all the others from having good performances.
Related
Topics: ['98 GP Standings]
['98 GP Series] ['97
GP Standings] ['97 Moscow Results]
['98 Lists]
September 1: Gabriela
Szabo rules women's best 5.000 m. race ever!
The 6th
Golden League '98 meeting was held today in Berlin. The spectators
were lucky enough to attend the best 5.000 m. race that women have ever
ran, with Gabriela Szabo breaking the European Record with 14' 31" 48.
and Zohra Ouaziz breaking the African one with 14' 42" 08. These are also
the best performances ever by a non-Chinese athlete, so for a lot of people
(not the IAAF - that ratified Jang Bo's record lately- however) Szabo and
Ouaziz are the two best athletes ever in the event. As far as the quest
for the one million, all four athletes managed to continue their winning
streak witn Bryan Bronson struggling hard at the last meters to beat European
Record holder Stephane Diagana by 1/100 of a second. Maurice Greene won
the 100 m., but he made a false start that the organisers should have understood.
His reaction time was 0.092 while the legal limit is 0.100.
Related
Topics: [World Records] [European
Records] [European All-time lists]
['98 Lists] [Berlin
'97 Results] ['98 GP Series] ['98
GP Standings]
August 25: Marion
Jones once more at 10" 72. in Lausanne.
The Grand Prix meeting "Athletissima"
was held today in Lausanne. Marion Jones was once again impressive, as
she ran the 100 m. in 10" 72., while Katerina Thanou was second with 11"
02. Maurice Greene won the 100 m. by 9" 92. and Jean Galfione jumped 5,
90 m. in Men's Pole Vault.
Related
Topics: ['98 Lists] ['98
GP Series] ['98 GP Standings]
[Lausanne '97]
August 22: Italian
trio wins the European Championships men's Marathon.
Italians Baldini,
Goffi and Modica won the three medals of the Men's Marathon race on the
5th day of the European Championships in Budapest, repeating the 1994 Spanish
triumph. Places 4, 5 and 6 were captured by the Spaniards, in a fantastic
race, were Greek Nikos Pollias was 21st, making a season best time.
August 20: Seun
Ogunkoya wins African 100 m. title.
Frankie Fredericks
lost once again to Nigerian Ogunkoya at the African Championships. Seun
ran the 100 m. in 9" 94., Fredericks in 9" 97. and Leo Mills-Myles was
third with 10" 10. Matete won the 400 m. Hurdles with 48" 56. and Gloria
Alozie the 100 m. Hurdles with 12" 77.
August 19: Christine
Arron makes European Record in the faster 100 m. race ever!
Everything was perfect!
Four athletes were on their top form for the year, the wind was just within
the limits (+ 2), the weather was warm and the crowd was very enthousiastic.
What would have happened if the track was not so slow? Arron broke the
ER in Women's 100 m. with 10" 73., followed by Privalova (10" 83.), Thanou
(10" 87 -NR) and Pintussevich (10" 92.)
August 12: Sergey
Klyugin beats Sotomajor, Japhet Kimutai beats Kipketer and Seun Ogunkoya
wins the 100 m. in Zurich.
Sergey Klyugin set the best
world performance in 1998, in the Zurich
GP, with 2, 36 m., improving by 6 cm. his personal best. Japeth Kimutai
won the 800 m. race against Kipketer, Seun Ogunkoya set a personal best
with 9"96. beating Thompson and Fredericks, while Donovan Bailey pulled
up because of a problem with his leg. Allen Johnson run the 110 m. hurdles
in 12" 98. (world leader), Maria Mutola came back at the top with 1' 56"
11. while Jearl Miles Clark set a new American record (1' 56" 43). Terrific
performances by Grit Breuer (49" 51), Marion Jones (10" 77. and 7, 31 m.),
Kim Batten (52" 84), Hicham El Guerrouj (3' 26" 45.), Haile Gebreselasie
(12' 54" 08), Bernard Barmassai (8' 01" 98.), Lars Riedel (67, 90 m.),
Trine Hattestad (69, 59 m.) and Heike Drechsler (7, 05 m.).
Related Topics: ['98
World Lists] ['98 GP Series] ['98
GP Standings] ['97 Zurich Results]
[U.S. Records]
August 9: Six world
leading performances and nine National Records in Monte Carlo.
During the spectacular GP
of Monte Carlo, Monaco, six athletes set the best 1998 world performances
of their events. They were Afanasyeva (1' 56" 63, 800 m.), Szabo (3' 56"
97, 1.500 m.), Alozie (12" 44, 100 m. hurdles), Batten (52" 74, 400 m.
hurdles), Gebreselasie (7' 25" 54., 3.000 m.) and Barmassai (8' 00" 67.,
steeplechase).
August
2. Douglas Walker 20" 38 in Sheffield.
Douglas
Walker set the best performance in Sheffield
Grand Prix, where Roger Black was third in the 400 m. race after Richardson
and Thomas. Anastassia Kelesidou was 3rd with 63, 62 m.
July
25. International Meetings
July
25. Three international meetings were held on Saturday, but without
top performances, as the best athletes will appear in Paris this week and
then in the Golden League Meets of August. The Edwardsville
(St. Louis) GP, the Haifa Invitational
and the Barcelona IAAF Permit meeting
attracted mainly local stars.
Related
Topics: [98
GP Series] [98 GP Standings]
July
19-22. Goodwill Games '98: Top stars gathered in New York
The
Goodwill
Games are held in New York. Among the sports there is, of course, Track
and Field with some of the greatest world stars competing. The
results contain Bryan Bronson's 47" 15., Marion Jones' 10" 90 (with
a headwing) and 21" 80., Yelena Belyakova's 4, 38 m. win over Emma George
(4, 30 m.), Dan O 'Brien's impressive comeback with 8.755 points, Mark
Crear's 13" 06., Michael Johnson's 43" 76., Maurice Greene's 9" 96. and
of course the new records: World 4 X 400 m. Record by J. Young, A. Pettigrew,
T. Washington and M. Johnson with 2' 54" 20., American Pole Vault record
by Jeff Hartwig (6, 01 m.) and Women's World Hammer throw record by Michaela
Melinte (72, 64 m.)
Related
Topics: [Official
Goodwill Games Site] ['98
Lists] [World Records]
July 19: El Guerrouj
misses 2 km WR for less than half a second
In the Grand prix
II meeting of Gateshead it was the third WR attempt for El Guerrouj in
one week, this time at the 2.000 m. Although he broke Aouita's Moroccan
record he missed Morcelli's WR for less than 50/100. The weather conditions
in Gateshead and the lack of big names did not bring any more good performances.
Quite unlucky was the Greek champion Lambros Papakostas that was ijured
badly and will probably miss the European games in August.
Related
Topics: [GP Standings]
['98 GP Series]
July 16: El Guerrouj
tried to break second WR in two days
After his 1.500 m. WR in
Rome, the Moroccan 23 years old runner attempted to break the Mile record
as well at the Grand Prix I Meeting of Nice
in France, but just missed it. The meeting included many good performances
by Sotomajor, Batten, Barmassai and others.
Related
Topics: [World
Records] ['98 GP Series] [GP
Standings] [Nikaia '97 Results]
July 14: Fabulous
world record by Hicham El Guerrouj in Rome: 3' 26" 00.
Hicham El Guerrouj
finally broke the 1.500 m. world record that he was seeking the last couple
of years. In a fantastic race in the Golden
Gala meeting of Rome, he ran alone after the 1.150 m. and proved that
he is the best runner ever in the distance by smashing the previous Morceli's
record by more than a second! The Golden Gala Meeting of Rome, the second
of the Golden League Series, was held in the Olympico Stadium of the "eternal
city" with the participation of all the top stars. Jonathan Edwards, Bryan
Bronson, Frank Fredericks, Svetlana Masterkova, Charity Opara, Marion Jones,
Haile Gebresselasie and of course El Guerrouj doubled their victories on
their quest for the 1 million dollars to be awarded to the winner of allthe
6 Golden League and the Moscow GP Final meetings. Michael Johnson
(44" 40.) was the winner of the 400 m. this time with Mark Richardson (44"
62.) finishing second. William Kiptanui tried to break the Steeple WR,
but he was desperately alone, while Marion Jones jumped 7, 23 m. in the
Long Jump, leaving May wandering what might have been. Niki Xanthou jumped
only 6, 40 m. to remain 10th. It is a pity that the beautiful stadium hosted
a very small crowd and that the stopwatches were very rarely working. As
a result, even after El Guerrouj's record, everybody knew it was a WR but
nobody knew what was the exact time!
Related
Topics: [Official
Godlen Gala Site] ['97 Results] [World
Records] [WRs in
'98] ['98 World Lists]
['98 GP Series] ['98
GP Standings] [Photo Gallery]
July 11: Iagar once
again over 2 meters in Villeneuve d' Ascq
The International
Meeting of Villeneuve d' Ascq was held today with some good performances
by Pedroso (8, 51 m.), Walder (8, 48 m.) and McGhee (8, 40 m.) in the Long
Jump, Rodica Mateescu in the Triple Jump (15, 01 m.) and Monica Iagar who
jumped 2 m. once again this season. Meanwhile, in salonica yesterday, Christos
Polychroniou thew 78, 60 m. to break the NR in Men's Hammer Throw for Greece.
Related
Topics: [Villeneuve '97 Results]
[Greek National Records]
[Greek All-time
Lists] ['98 World
Lists]
July 9: The Mobil
Bislet Games - IAAF Golden League Meeting of Oslo were held on July 9.
European Record
by Isaac Viciosa in the 3 Km. World leading performances by: Edwards, Gerbresselasie,
El Guerrouj, Morisson, Jones
The first of the 6 Golden
League Meetings was held today in Oslo.
Rome, Monte Carlo, Brussels, Zurich and Berlin follow. As it was expected,
the Bislett Stadium was packed by a warm crowd in a "sunny summer night"
in Oslo. Not so sunny though, as it rained just before the meeting and
the track was wet. Concerning the competition: Fredericks (100 m. - 9"
95.) defeated Greene by 1/100 of a second, Boldon won easily (200 m.- 20"
23.), as Bronson (400 m. H. - 47" 94.) did also. Masterkova (1.500 m.-
4' 01" 37.) seems ready for an astonishing season, as she beated
Dulecha, Szabo and O' Sullivan this evening. Hartwig ovecame 5, 90 m. but
failed to break his PB by 6, 01 m., while it was Partyka (2, 28 m.) who
won the High Jump. Papakostas was sixth with 2, 25 m. Damaske managed a
66, 57 m. in her last throw and Gebresselasie (3.000 m. - 7' 27" 42. )
won the race with a 54" final lap, although he started in a fast pace aiming
for a new WR. Viciosa set an ER in that race with 7' 29" 34. Morisson (100
m. H. -12" 67.) celebrated her birthday with a victory and the crowd sang
"Happy Birthday" to her in a fantastic atmosphere. Jones made her best
100 m. for '98 with 10" 82. in an impressive race, while the top race of
the day was the men's 400 m. one, with the Britons Richardson (44" 37.)
and Thomas (44" 50.) beating Johnson and his fellow Americans. El
Guerrouj ran the fastest 1.500 m. this year in 3' 29" 12. and homeboy Rodahl
won a fantastic 800 m. race in 1' 44" 17. Finally, in a top triple jump
game, Edwards achieved 18, 01 m. to become the '98 world leader for the
event.
For the complete results
click
here (or follow this link
to the official Mobil Bislett Site.)
Related
Topics: ['98 GP Series] ['98
GP Standings] ['97 Oslo Results] ['98
World Lists] ['98
Greek Lists] [European
Records] [All-Time
European Lists] [Photo Gallery]
July 7: Yelena Afanasyeva
runs the faster 800 m. in Zagreb
Yelena Afanasyeva won the
International
Meeting of Zagreb with 1' 57" 51, the best world performance for 1998.
Other great performances were Morcelli's 3' 50" 68. in the Mile, Marc Crear's
13" 08. in the 110 m. Hurdles and Graff's 1' 57" 97. in her race behind
Afanasyeva.
Related
Topics: ['98
Lists]
July 5: The Linz
Grand Prix II was held with sucess in Austria
John Godina threw 21, 55
m. in Men's Shot, while Ivan Pedroso had a jump at 8, 42 m. in
Linz Grand Prix II. Marion Jones was once again the star of the games
with 10" 84. in the 100 m. dash.
Related
Topics: [GP Standings]
['98 GP Series] ['98
World Lists] ['98
Greek Lists] ['97 Linz Results]
July 4-5: Nool of
Esthonia and Colonville of france led the individuals while the Czech Republic
(Men) and Russia (Women) won the European Cup in combined events
Erki Nool of Esthonia jumped
5, 60 m. in the Pole Vault and completed 8.628 points to win the
Super League of the European Cup in Comboned Events this weekend in
Tahlin.
June 23: Mutola's
Indoor WR not ratified by the IAAF
The IAAF decided that
Maria Mutola's indoor WR was illegal as she was running in the infield
of her lane. The press release of the IAAF says: "The Council of the International
Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), on the advice of its Technical Committee
and following a review of video evidence, has decided not to ratify the
800 metres mark of 1:56.36, set by Maria Mutola (MOZ) in Lievin,
France on February 22, as a new indoor world record. The Council confirmed
from TV images that the athlete had contravened rule 141.2 by running outside
of her lane (effectively on the in-field) during the final bend. The Indoor
World Record for women's 800 metres remains 1:56.40, set by Christine Wachtel
(GDR) in Vienna on February 13 1988.
Related
Topics: [World
Indoor records] [WRs
in '98]
June 19-21: Marion
Jones makes historical hat-trick in the USATF Champs
The USATF
'98 Championships were held in New Orleans. Marion Jones made an historical
hat-trick as she is the first woman to win three golden medals after 50
years. She made 10" 72. in the 100 m. (10" 71. in the semis), 22" 24. in
the 200 m. and 7, 21 m. in the Long Jump (wind assisted). Bryan Bronson
tried to become the second man ever to run under 46" in the 400 m. Hurdles,
but the clock stopped at 47" 03. making him the 3rd alltime hurdler in
this distance. John Godina won both the Shot and the Discus and many other
good performances were achieved in New Orleans.
Related
Topics: [All-time Lists: W
100 m. - M
400 m. H.] ['98 Lists]
['98 USATF Indoor Champs]
June 17: Tsiklitiria
'98: A great success for Athens
The Athens meeting was held
with a lot of success in the Olympic Stadium, where the World Champs were
held last summer. 45.000 spectators attended the meeting that was organised
by Panhellenios G.S. in the memory of Kostis
Tsiklitiras. Co-organisers were the City of Athens and the Greek Athletics
Federation, while the Antenna Telecommunications was the main sponsor.
Ato Boldon ran 9" 86. and 19" 88. to excite the fans. More details on our
Athens
'98 page.
June 13: Haile does
it again! 12' 39" 36 new 5.000 m. WR in Helsinki
For those who watched his
5.000 m. run in Helsinki, it will be a memory to last forever -or at least
until his next time! Haile Gebresselasie broke the WR of Daniel Komen by
running an incredible last 800 m. under 1' 56". Other exciting moments
from Helsinki GP II were the 400 m.
of Mark Richardson in 44" 53. the world leading 8' 10" 15. of Kiptanui
in # Km. Steeple, Maschenko's 48" 06. (7th European Alltime) in 400 m.
Hurdles, the 100 m. run in 10" 89. by Marion Jones and Galkina's 6,99 m.
in the Long Jump.
Related
Topics: [World
Records] [WRs in
'98] [All time
European Lists] [GP Standings]
[Photo
Gallery]
June 11: Aki Parviainen
leads javelin throwers with 4th alltime European performance, 90,88 m.,
which is a new Finnish record
Aki Parviainen became the
best Finnish Javelin thrower ever. He broke Seppo Raty's NR with his throw
of 90,88 m. in Tarto of Esthonia.
Related
Topics: [All
Time European Lists] [Finnish
Records]
June 9: Bartova
sets new ER and Monica Iagar jumps once more over 2 m. this year, while
Komen and Kipkosgei run the 2 km under 4' 53" in Bratislava
Monica Iagar - Dinescu who
jumped 2, 02 m. in Budapest on Saturday proved in what a fantastic shape
she is, after her very successful indoor period, when she won the European
Championships in Valencia. She jumped 2 m. in the Grand
Prix II of Bratislava, where Daniel Komen won the 2.000 m. race in
4' 52" 23., Ionela Tirlea ran the 400 m. in 50" 72. and Sarka Kasparkova
jumped 14, 82 m. in the Triple Jump. However, the day's performance was
that of Daniela Bartova who jumped 4, 51 m. to set a new European Record
for Women's Pole Vault.
Related
Topics: [GP Standings]
[European Records]
[Photo Gallery]
June 4: Jeff Hartwig
becomes the 8th man ever to pass over 6 m.
Jeff Hartwig, the
American Pole Vaulter, made the most impressive performance of the day
in the Grand Prix II meeting of St. Dennis
in France. He jumped 6 m. to win the event and add his name to the hall
of fame of the sport, after the "Czar" Sergeij Bubka, Brits, Gataulin,
Trandenkov, Tarasov, Lobinger and Markov. Balazs Kiss became one of the
top throwers ever, also, by throwing 83 m. in the Hammer Throw, which is
the 8th European performance ever. Melissa Morisson beated Ludmilla Enquist
in women's high hurdles, while Venelina Veneva continued her impressive
performances by winning the High Jump with 1,98 m.
Related
Topics: [Pole
Vault Alltime World list] [Hammer
Throw Alltime European list]
June 1: Haile Gebreselasie
breaks the 10.000 m. WR in Hengelo.
Haile Gebreselasie
broke the 10.000 m. World Record in Hengelo,
with 26' 22" 75. Anastassia Kelesidou was second in the Discus Throw
(64, 70 m.) and Chrysostomia Iakovou 8th in the 3.000 m. race with a NR
(8' 59" 89.)
Related
Topics: [World
Records] [WRs in
'98] ['98 Lists]
May 27: Rodica Mateescu
jumps 14, 96 m. in Chania
Rodica Mateescu made the
best performance of the 50th "Venizeleia",
the international meeting of Chania. She jumped 14, 96 m. in women's Triple
Jump to lead the world list for '98. Monica Iagar had a jump at 1, 98 m.,
while Smiriagin and Strongalev tried to pass 6 m. after they won with 5,
85 m. in men's Pole Vault. Thaleia Iakovidou broke the Pole Vault NR for
Greece with 3, 92 m.
May 17: Olga Kuzenkova
breaks own Hammer Throw WR, while Anzhela Balakhonova sets new ER
Olga Kuzenkova of
Russia broke her Hammer Throw World Record in Togliatti with 73, 80 m.,
while Anzhela Balakhonova of Ukraine set a new European Pole Vault record,
with 4, 37 m. in the meeting of Kiev.
May 10-16: Marion
Jones runs 10" 71. in China,
Monica Gotz jumps 4, 31
m. and sets new
Junior
Women Pole Vault World Record, while Georgia Tsilliggiri breaks Greek
NR with 3, 81 m. during this week.
May 9: The Japan
Grand Prix was held in Osaka
Marion Jones' performance
of 10" 79. was the best of the Japan Grand
Prix in Osaka, where Balazs Kiss threw 81, 01 m. and Antonio Pettingrew
run the 400 m. in 44" 49.
May 7: The Qatar
meeting (attended eventually by women) results include Kibowen's win over
Morcelli
John Kibowen of Kenya won
the 1.500 m. race, leaving world record holder Morcelli at second place
in an historical meeting in Qatar, where
women were allowed to attend sports games for the first time. Mirella Tzelili-Maniani
in Women's Javelin threw 62, 22 m. and was 4th, while Angeliki Tsilakoudi
was 6th with 57, 78 m.
May 5: Marion Jones
at 7, 05 m.
In the MITO meeting of Japan,
Marion Jones made the best jump of the year so far in Women's Long Jump
by 7, 05 m. Frankie Fredericks won the 100 m. with 10" 12. and Natasha
Kaiser-Brown won the 400 m. with 51" 96. Lisa Vizaniari won the Discus
with 60, 42 m.
May 3: Rio de Janeiro
Grand Prix
Erik Walder jumped 8, 34
m. and Fiona May 6, 91 m. in the Long Jump events for men and women, while
Kevin Toth had a shot at 20, 95 m. and C.J. Hunter 20, 75 m. in the Shot
Put. The full Results are posted
on our site.
9.3: New World Records
and a lot of top performances during the last Indoor weekend of 1998
As the 1998 Indoor season
reaches its end, it seems that a lot of athletes remain in top form. In
the Gunma meeting of Maebashi, Japan,
Marion Jones of the U.S. made an astonishing performance at 60 m. running
at 6" 95. which is, of course, the best '98 performance. Also, in Sindelfingen
of Germany, the Pole Vault world record was broken again. This time is
was Stacey Dragila's turn to see her name in the WR list. Stacey, as well
as Daniela Bartova, jumped 4, 48 m. It was the 4th time that this WR was
broken during this March. Balakhonova won the European Championships with
4, 45 m., Bartova jumped 4, 46 m. on 6.3. in Berlin, George 4, 47 m. on
7.3. in Adelaide and Bartova again with Dragila reached at 4, 48 m. in
Sindelfingen, where Gabriella Szabo made a new 2 Km Indoor record with
5' 30" 53. In Sindelfingen, Mark Crear made the world's best performance
for '98 in 60 m. Hurdles with 7" 38, while Yoelvis Quesada jumped 17, 38
m. in the Triple Jump.
March 6 1998: IAF
Zepter Masterclass Press Release
With less than a week to
go before the IAF Zepter Masterclass, 30 promising young athletes from
around the world (19 men and 11 women) have confirmed they will attend
Monaco's Stade Louis II for the lesson of a lifetime from four of the world's
best athletes - Sergey Bubka, Stephane Diagana, Wilson Kipketer and Merlene
Ottey. Among the hand-picked group of youngsters are a reigning European
Junior gold medallist (Lars Bergeling - Pole Vault), two European Junior
silver medallists (Pavel Guerassimov - Pole Vault and Alina Ripanu - 400m
hurdles) a US champion and Panamerican Junior double gold medallist
(Kinshasa Davis - 200m/4x100m) and an Arab Junior gold medallist (Shiman
El Hanifi - 200m/4x100m) as well as a number of other internationals.
Included on the weekend's
schedule are:
* Video presentation by
master athletes
* Question and answer session
* Practical training sessions
* Table tennis tournament
* Social activities
The IAF Zepter Masterclass
is a collaboration between the International Athletic Foundation, whose
Honorary President Prince Albert of Monaco will be extending his personal
welcome to all participants, the kitchenware company Zepter, which sponsors
the annual Zepter Herculis Golden League meeting and the Zepter Indoor
1998 Athletic Meeting in Tampere and the Monegasque Athletic Federation.
The Master Class groups,
with their leaders, are as follows (dates of birth and personal bests included
when known).
Sprints - Merlene Ottey
Siska Bruyckere 1981
BEL 100m (11.93)
Atia Weekes 1980
CAN 100m (11.76)
Fani Chalkia 1979
GRE 400m (59.17)
Roy Bailey 1979 JAM
100m (10.40)
Shiman El Hanifi 1979
MAR 100m (11.94)
Mailis Bouchard 1982
MON 100m (12.98)
J Ekah Uduak 1980
NGR 100m (11.27)
Davis Kinshasa 1979
USA 200m (22.09)
Middle distances - Wilson
Kipketer
Farid Hussain 1981
BHR 800m/1500m
Richard Pell 1979
SWE 800m (1:49.76)
Lars Rohbrandt 1979
DEN 5000m (15:33)
Jaime Jove
ESP 800m/1500m
Henry Rop 1979 KEN
800m (1:49.0)
Emmanuel De Lorenzi 1979
MON 800m (1:59.8)
Alina Ripanu 1981
ROM 400m/800m (53.10/2:05.40)
Hurdles - Stephane Diagana
Nikolay Roykov BUL
110mh (14.07)
Matthew Elias 1979
GBR 400mh (51.71)
Giorgio Berdini 1979
ITA 60mh (8.02)
Sebastien Rousset
1979 MON 110mh (14.38)
Andrej Murn 1980
SLO 110mh (14.06)
Simone Oberer 1980
SUI 100mh (14.40)
Pole Vault - Sergey Bubka
James Filshie 1981
AUS 4.70m
Adam Ptacek 1980
CZE 5.40m
Marie Poissonnier 1979
FRA 4.15m
Lars Borgeling 1979
GER 5.50m
Katalin Donath HUN
4.00m
Jerome Fressart 1980
MON 4.20m
Jakub Szymczak 1978
POL 5.15m
Pavel Guerassimov 1979
RUS 5.50m
Oleg Mikhailishin 1977
UKR 5.20m
27, 28.2 - 1.3:
The 25th Indoor European Championships were held in Valencia, Spain.
Ashia Hansen's 15, 16 m.
and Anzhela Balakhonova's 4, 45 m. were the top
performances of the 25th Indoor EC in Valencia, Spain, that wereheld with
a lot of success. Other great performances were achieved by:Sergeij Osovich
(20" 40 -Men's 200 m.), Jonathan Edwards (Men's Triple Jump),
Sebastian Chmara, Deszo Szabo and Lev Lobotin in Men's Heptathlon,Svetlana
Goncharenko and Melanie Paschke (Women's 200 m.), Grit Breuer (50"
45.) and Ionela Tirlea (50" 56.) in women's 400 m., and of courseGabriella
Szabo, who managed to win women's 3km in spite of an early fallafter the
start line. EAA general secretary Till
Lufft said: "When you look at what the athletesthat were here, their position
in the world rankings, and what they did,it has been a very good three
days."Germany won 5 golden medals and led the medal board. For the results
check at the fantastic official
site 
.
21-22 February 1998:
Emma George and Maria Mutola set new Outdoor and Indoor World Records
Emma George of Australia
broke her previous world record in women's Pole Vault in Auckland, New
Zealand on February 21, with a jump at 4, 57 m. Her previous record was
4, 55 m. from 20.2.97 in Melbourne. In Lievin
of France, Maria Mutola of Mozambique set a new 800 m. record in the women's
event by running the distance in 1' 56" 36., four hundreds of a second
better than Christine Wachtel's previous WR from 1988 in Vienna.
15 February 1998:
Haile Gebresselasie breaks 2.000 m. record and Vala Flosadottir breaks
Pole Vault WR two hours after Bartova.
Haile Gebresselasie who
had lost his 3 km mark by Komen, broke the 2 km record in Birmingham.
Meanwhile, on February 14, Daniela Bartova (4, 42 m.) and, two hours later,
Vala Flossadotiir (4, 43 m.) had WR jumps in women's Pole Vault.
6 February 1998:
Daniel Komen smashes 3.000 m. record. and Vala Flosadottir breaks Pole
Vault WR.
The Kenyan 5.000 m. World
Champion broke Haile Gebrasselasie's WR, by running the 3km distance in
7' 24" 90 in Budapest. For
more information go to the Sports
Illustrated
article.
Meanwhile, Iceland's Vala
Flosadottier set a new world record for the women's pole vault at the indoor
athletics meeting of Bielefeld, when she cleared 4, 42 m.
3 February 1998:
Greene sets world indoor 60-meter record
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Maurice
Greene, the world champion at 100 meters, set a world indoor 60-meter record
Tuesday with a time of 6.39. The record came three days after Greene
equaled the previous world record of 6.41 seconds set by Andre Cason in
1992 in Madrid.
1 February 1998:
Greene equals world indoor 60 m. record
Maurice Greene of the USA
won the Stuttgart Indoor meeting 60 m. race and tied the world record that
Andre Cason holds with 6" 41. Jon Drummond was second with 6" 46. For the
full story check at the Sports
Illustrated .
.