World Athletics (Track & Field) Championship, Helsinki

[jaydeep]

Yeah we can hope atleast final appearance from Vikas Gowda ... Lets hope he keep continue progressing ... We will definetly having medal hopes from him in Asian and Commonwealth games.

Jaydeep.

[BSharma]

Anju George will compete in the long jump on Tuesday Aug. 9th.

Qualifying rule: qualification standard 6.65m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 14:15

Order; Bib; Athlete; Country; 2005 best; Personal best
1 543 Torres Marestella PHI 6.55 6.55
2 681 Ndoye Kéné SEN 6.39 6.64
3 216 Salaqiqi Soko FIJ 5.38 5.38
4 285 Sotherton Kelly GBR 6.67 6.68
5 192 Montaner Concepción ESP 6.92 6.92
6 403 Goulbourne Elva JAM 6.64 7.16
7 643 Kotova Tatyana RUS 6.96 7.42
8 156 Savigne Yargelis CUB 6.77 6.77
9 820 Richmond Rose USA 6.73 6.76
10 160 Darmovzalová Martina CZE 6.66 6.66
11 226 Kilpeläinen Natalia FIN 6.58 6.58
12 470 Radevica Ineta LAT 6.80 6.80
13 575 Gomes Naide POR 6.72 6.72
14 388 May Fiona ITA 6.64 7.11

Group B - Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 14:15

Order; Bib; Athlete; Country; 2005 best; Personal best
1 302 Kappler Bianca GER 6.66 6.71
2 323 Kafetzí Ioánna GRE 6.62 6.71
3 354 Vaszi Tünde HUN 6.69 6.86
4 756 Shyshlyuk Oleksandra UKR 6.62 6.64
5 669 Udmurtova Oksana RUS 6.86 6.86
6 237 Barber Eunice FRA 6.75 7.05
7 665 Simagina Irina RUS 7.04 7.27
8 585 Anton Adina ROM 6.65 6.80
9 809 Madison Tianna USA 6.82 6.82
10 356 Bobby George Anju IND 6.47 6.83
11 841 Upshaw Grace USA 6.73 6.84
12 426 Ikeda Kumiko JPN 6.69 6.78
13 24 Edwards Jackie BAH 6.65 6.80

Good luck Anju.

[PKBasu]

Good luck today, Anju. She has had a rather lukewarm season so far, and I hope she can raise her jumping to near peak levels when it matters. I suspect the cold of Helsinki will be a disadvantage, but Anju has the ability to do well on the big occasion.

[SaniaFan]

I suspect she going to have a tough time qualifying for the finals

[Kumar]

Anju had a season best to start her first jump (6.54) which should probably see her safely through the qualifying rounds


She is currently 6th in her group and in Group 'A', there are four athletes in front of her.. If tthe script stays the same, she should be through to finals.. But looks like Medal chances are not that impressive!!

[PKBasu]

Superb effort from Anju! To have your season's best performance at the event that matters is a sign of a truly professional athlete. Learning to peak at the right time is of course extremely difficult.
I hope she can leap toward her career-best mark in the final...

[sameerph]

Anju qualified for the final with that effort of 6.54 m. But her other 2 jumps were only 6.38 & 6.47.
She qualified as 10th best among 12 qualifiers. Best was Tinnona Medison from USA with 6.83 m.
The field doesn't look as strong as olympics with only Tatyana Kotova of the 3 Russian medalists there are competing here.
The positive side is that Anju is improving every meet & if she can really peaks & performs her best in final there may be a surprise in store.

[suresh]

I was skeptical of Anju making it to the final -- nice to be wrong Given her pre-season form, this is a good performance in itself. The 6.54 was
iwith the wind against her! A medal of any hue would be a pleasant suprise as well. Good luck Anju and give skeptics like me a kick anywhere you choose.

[Kumar]

A medal of any hue would be a pleasant suprise as well.

Suresh, Thatz an understatement of the day!!!

[jaydeep]

Nice to see Anju in final ... Wasn't sure after knowing her best of the year was 6.48 mtrs ... But medal hopes r out of question .. It would be sweet surprise if she manages to finish in top 6 in the end.

Jaydeep.

[Prem]

But medal hopes r out of question .. It would be sweet surprise if she manages to finish in top 6 in the end.Jaydeep.

You can never say in Long Jump.....Anju can pull off a PB after the SB and you never know. I am keeping my fingers crossed. In Paris, noone expected her to take the bronze. Good that the expectations are lower this time...... Anjuuuuu

[arjun2761]

Anju has a real chance to finish high here -- 6th or better would be good (and of course a medal would be just as stunning as last time). Notice that 2 of the top 3 Russians are missing and although several of the heptathletes are competing, the best long jumper among the heptathletes(Carolina Kluft with 6.87) is not.

[Prem]

Anju has the worst Season best among the finalists. So statistically she has little chance. But, when u know u are the underdog, maybe u can relax a bit and that should help Anju come up with a decent jump. I am confident she will have a SB again, as she will do better than 6.54, but for a medal she needs to better her PB.......and go 6.85+

[BSharma]

Women's Long Jump - Qualifying round:
Qual. rule: qualification standard 6.65m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 14:15

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind
1 192 Montaner Concepción ESP 6.65 Q (2.3)
2 643 Kotova Tatyana RUS 6.63 q (1.7)
3 156 Savigne Yargelis CUB 6.57 q (0.7)
4 285 Sotherton Kelly GBR 6.55 q (1.3)
5 403 Goulbourne Elva JAM 6.53 q (0.6)
6 820 Richmond Rose USA 6.53 (2.5)
7 388 May Fiona ITA 6.51 (-1.0)
8 543 Torres Marestella PHI 6.46 (0.9)
9 575 Gomes Naide POR 6.42 (0.1)
10 226 Kilpeläinen Natalia FIN 6.34 (0.9)
11 470 Radevica Ineta LAT 6.18 (-0.7)
12 216 Salaqiqi Soko FIJ 5.77 (1.7) (PB)
13 160 Darmovzalová Martina CZE 5.74 (-0.5)

Group B - Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 14:15

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark Wind
1 809 Madison Tianna USA 6.83 Q (1.2) (PB)
2 354 Vaszi Tünde HUN 6.62 q (-0.9)
3 237 Barber Eunice FRA 6.60 q (0.6)
4 841 Upshaw Grace USA 6.59 q (-0.5)
5 669 Udmurtova Oksana RUS 6.56 q (1.6)
6 356 Bobby George Anju IND 6.54 q (-1.0) (SB)
7 24 Edwards Jackie BAH 6.53 q (1.5)
8 426 Ikeda Kumiko JPN 6.51 (-1.0)
9 756 Shyshlyuk Oleksandra UKR 6.40 (1.5)
10 302 Kappler Bianca GER 6.35 (0.9)
11 323 Kafetzí Ioánna GRE 6.31 (0.0)
12 585 Anton Adina ROM 6.25 (0.4)

Bobby George Anju's three jumps 6.54 (-1.0) 6.38 (0.2) 6.47 (-0.2)

[BSharma]

Women's Long Jump - finals

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 18:35

Order; Bib; Athlete; Country; 2005 best; Personal best
1 669 Udmurtova Oksana RUS 6.86 6.86
2 192 Montaner Concepción ESP 6.92 6.92
3 809 Madison Tianna USA 6.83 6.83
4 285 Sotherton Kelly GBR 6.67 6.68
5 237 Barber Eunice FRA 6.75 7.05
6 403 Goulbourne Elva JAM 6.64 7.16
7 356 Bobby George Anju IND 6.54 6.83
8 643 Kotova Tatyana RUS 6.96 7.42
9 354 Vaszi Tünde HUN 6.69 6.86
10 156 Savigne Yargelis CUB 6.77 6.77
11 841 Upshaw Grace USA 6.73 6.84
12 24 Edwards Jackie BAH 6.65 6.80