Zurich Diamond League RESULTS - 8th Sept 2011

Men - 100 Metres - Final
Wind : 0.0 m/s
1 Yohan Blake JAM 9.82
2 Asafa Powell JAM 9.95
3 Walter Dix USA 10.04
4 Michael Frater JAM 10.06
5 Kim Collins SKN 10.09
6 Nesta Carter JAM 10.12
7 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 10.2
8 Richard Thompson TRI 10.23
9 Trell Kimmons USA 10.33

Men - 100 Metres - B Race
Wind : -0.2 m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark
1 James Ellington GBR 10.40
2 Pawel Stempel POL 10.43
3 Michael Tumi ITA 10.44
4 Pascal Mancini ITA 10.48
5 Emanuele Di Gregorio ITA 10.57
6 Sven Knipphals GER 10.59
7 Kamil Masztak POL 10.59
8 Artur Zaczek POL 10.78
9 Simone Collio ITA 10.94

Men - 400 Metres
1 Kirani James GRN 44.36
2 LaShawn Merritt USA 44.67
3 Jermaine Gonzales JAM 45.39
4 Rondell Bartholomew GRN 45.43
5 Chris Brown BAH 45.47
6 Martyn Rooney GBR 45.63
7 Greg Nixon USA 45.85
8 Angelo Taylor USA 46.33

Men - 1500 Metres
1 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 3-32.74
2 Silas Kiplagat KEN 3-33.56
3 Haron Keitany KEN 3-34.37
4 Mohamed Moustaoui MAR 3-34.61
5 Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN 3-34.67
6 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 3-34.75
7 Asbel Kiprop KEN 3-34.89
8 Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 3-36.78
9 Jeffrey Riseley AUS 3-39.45
10 Yoann Kowal FRA 3-42.41
11 Arturo Casado ESP 3-43.43
Abubaker Kaki SUD DNF
David Krummenacker USA DNF
Nick Symmonds USA DNF

Men - 3000 Metres Steeplechase
1 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8-07.72
2 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 8-07.89
3 Benjamin Kiplagat UGA 9-12.08
4 Ruben Ramolefi RSA 8-15.40
5 Jonathan Muia Ndiku KEN 8-16.15
6 Hillary Kipsang Yego KEN 8-20.31
7 Ion Luchianov MDA 8-22.24
8 Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong KEN 8-28.81
9 Ben Bruce USA 8-29.24
10 Lukasz Parszczynski POL 8-32.17
11 Andrey Farnosov RUS 8-32.52
12 Abraham Kipkirong Chirchir KEN 8-34.15
13 Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux FRA 8-35.75
14 William Nelson USA 8-39.65
Haron Lagat KEN DNF
Patrick Kipkirui Langat KEN DNF


Men - 4x100 Metres Relay
1 Jamaica JAM 38.31
2 Great Britain & N.I. GBR 38.35
3 Switzerland SUI 38.62
4 United States USA 38.72
5 Poland POL 38.86
6 Germany GER 38.93
7 Italy ITA 39.44
8 Switzerland U20 SUI 40.98

Women - 200 Metres
Wind : -0.1 m/s
1 Carmelita Jeter USA 22.27
2 Allyson Felix USA 22.4
3 Shelly-Ann Fraser - Pryce JAM 22.59
4 Shalonda Solomon USA 22.63
5 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 22.82
6 Bianca Knight USA 23.05
7 Sherone Simpson JAM 23.3
8 Kerron Stewart JAM 23.54


Women - 800 Metres
1 Mariya Savinova RUS 1-58.27
2 Alysia Johnson Montano USA 1-58.41
3 Jennifer Meadows GBR 1-58.92
4 Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei KEN 1-59.71
5 Caster Semenya RSA 1-59.77
6 Ekaterina Kostetskaya RUS 2-00.06
7 Morgan Uceny USA 2-00.59
8 Malika Akkaoui MAR 2-01.47
9 Kenia Sinclair JAM 2-01.71
10 Yuliya Rusanova RUS 2-03.24
Halima Hachlaf MAR DNF
Liliya Lobanova UKR DNF

Women - 5000 Metres
1 Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot KEN 14-30.10
2 Sally Kipyego KEN 14-30.42
3 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 14-35.11
4 Sylvia Jebiwott Kibet KEN 14-35.43
5 Priscah Jepleting Cherono KEN 14-44.82
6 Meselech Melkamu ETH 14-45.76
7 Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 14-55.28
8 Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 15-03.97
9 Alemitu Bekele TUR 15-08.86
10 Zakia Mrisho TAN 15-17.18
11 Purity Cherotich Rionoripo KEN 15-20.93
12 Yelena Zadorozhnaya RUS 15-25.15
13 Lidia Chojecka POL 15-29.42
14 Helen Clitheroe GBR 15-29.85
15 Shalane Flanagan USA 15-32.31
Mercy Cherono KEN DNF
Renata Plis POL DNF

Women - 100 Metres Hurdles
Wind : +0.2 m/s
1 Sally Pearson AUS 12.52
2 Dawn Harper USA 12.81
3 Phylicia George CAN 12.84
4 Kellie Wells USA 12.85
5 Danielle Carruthers USA 13.04
6 Nikkita Holder CAN 13.07
7 Ginnie Crawford USA 13.12
8 Beate Schrott AUT 13.2
Lisa Urech SUI DNF


Women - 400 Metres Hurdles
Pos Athlete Nat Mark
1 Kaliese Spencer JAM 53.36
2 Melaine Walker JAM 53.43
3 Lashinda Demus USA 54.04
4 Natalya Antyukh RUS 54.5
5 Zuzana Hejnová CZE 54.89
6 Anastasiya Rabchenyuk UKR 55.27
7 Queen Harrison USA 55.54
8 Elena Churakova RUS 55.72

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World 100m champion Yohan Blake runs personal best in Zurich By Associated Press

Univeral Sport.com
September 8, 2011


ZURICH (AP) - Showing the swagger that comes from being world champion, Yohan Blake ran a personal best time of 9.82 seconds to win the 100 meters at the Weltklasse meeting on Thursday.

The 21-year-old Jamaican stumbled slightly out of the blocks and had no wind assistance on a still night, yet ran .07 seconds faster than ever before. His time left him ranked seventh on the alltime list.

"I knew I had this in me. I wanted to show people I can do it and run under pressure," said Blake, who seized the world title last week in Daegu, South Korea after his training partner Usain Bolt was disqualified for a false start.

"I feel fast. I feel like I can lift up a mountain but being a champion that is how you feel," Blake said.

Another young world champion to shine in a star-studded Diamond League lineup was Kirani James in the 400.

The 19-year-old from Grenada ran a personal best of 44.36 to repeat his Daegu victory over Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt of the United States.

Other world champions to win included Sally Pearson of Australia in the 100 hurdles, Mariya Savinova of Russia in the 800 and Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya in the women's 5,000.

Yelena Isinbayeva was beaten again in the pole vault, finishing third after a single clearance at 4.62 meters, as American Jennifer Suhr won at 4.72.

Yet it was Blake in center stage just 10 days after he was almost unknown to all but athletics aficionados. He had won the gold medal in 9.92 into a headwind to set his previous season-best time.

Blake's dash in his first individual race since was the fourth fastest legal time this year, just .04 behind Asafa Powell's 9.78 performance at the Lausanne Diamond League meet in June.

Powell finished second in 9.95 Thursday, though nursing a hip injury that caused him to miss the world championships.

"I didn't want to try to push and injure myself," said Powell, who led at the halfway stage but stood up straighter in the closing strides as he looked left at Blake's winning surge. "It was a good race for (Blake). He had a good start."

In fact, Blake's reaction time was faster than only two others, including world silver medalist Walter Dix of the United States.

"I think that I stumbled in the first 10 meters. I quickly made it up and I came through victorious," said Blake, who will run his final scheduled 100 of the season at Berlin on Sunday.

Dix placed third in 10.04 and worlds bronze medalist Kim Collins of Saint Kitts and Nevis was fifth in 10.09.

In the 400, James lowered his previous lifetime best from the Daegu final by 0.24, and was just .01 outside Merritt's world-leading time.

"I executed the race perfectly," said James, dismissing talk of a sub-44 run soon. "I will be happy to run at least 44.35 next year."

Merritt lost his world title by .03 last week but trailed by 0.31 this time.

Dayron Robles proved a point in the 110 hurdles after his disqualification at the worlds.

The Cuban world record holder ran his season-best time of 13.01, as gold medalist Jason Richardson of the U.S. trailed by .09 in second.

"Great satisfaction for me after Daegu," Robles acknowledged.

Carmelita Jeter again beat American teammate Allyson Felix in the 200, winning in 22.27. World champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica was one of the few gold medalists to miss the Weltklasse.

In a thrilling finish to the women's 800, Savinova outlasted Alysia Montano of the U.S. to cross in 1 minute 58.27 seconds. Caster Semenya of South Africa was fifth.

Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, who swept the worlds 5,000 and 10,000, ran 25 seconds faster than her Daegu time winning the 5,000 in 14:30.10 seconds.

World champion Ezekiel Kemboi won the 3,000-meter steeplchase in 8:07.72, and Kenya also took the men's 1,500. However, gold medalist Asbel Kiprop was seventh as Nixon Chepseba won in 3:32.74.

Jamaica's Kaliese Spencer reversed her 400 hurdles form after being fourth in Daegu. Spencer clocked 53.36 to edge silver medalist Melaine Walker into second, with world champion Lashinda Demus of the U.S. in third.

Ngonidzashe Makusha of Zimbabwe, the worlds bronze medalist, won the men's long jump with an opening leap of 8.00 meters. Four-time world champion Dwight Phillips of the U.S. was fourth, at 7.87.

Dimitrios Chondrokoukis of Greece had a lifetime best leap of 2.32 meters to win the high jump, and two-time world champion Robert Harting of Germany won the discus. Christina Obergfoell of Germany won the javelin at 69.57.

The Weltklasse meeting started Wednesday evening in the entrance hall at Zurich's main train station where the shot put events were staged, won by women's world champion Valerie Adams of New Zealand and Canada's worlds silver medalist Dylan Armstrong.

The Diamond League season ends Sept. 16 with the second half of the finals program at the Van Damme Memorial meet in Brussels.