Sporting Digest: Athletics
US NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Knoxville, Tennessee): Men: 200m: R Clark 20.77sec. 800m: M Everett 1min 46.08sec. 20km walk: A James 1hr 28min 35.87sec. Javelin: T Riech 77.86m. Pole vault: S Huffman 5.97. Women: 200m: C Guidry 22.71. 800m: J Clark 2:00.41. 100m hurdles: J Joyner-Kersee 12.88. Long jump: Joyner-Kersee 7.14. Shot: C Price-Smith 19.60. Javelin: D Mayhew 58.94.
INTERNATIONAL MEETING (Lisbon, Por): Men: 100m: 1 D Bailey (Can) 10:15sec; 2 A Silva (Bra) 10:46; 3 L Cunha (Por) 10:52. 400m: 1 G Haughton (Jam) 45:27; 2 C Gitonga (Ken) 45:57; 3 I Sena (Bra) 45:75. 800m: 1 K Osey (Gha) 1min 46.72sec; 2 T Teresa (Sp) 1:46.99; 3 A Abrantes (Por) 1:47.80. 1500m: 1 I Viciosa (Sp) 3:38.73; 2 J Valente (Bra) 3:39.03; 3 M Yates (GB) 3:40.55. 5,000m: 1 P Guerra (Por) 13:25.13; 2 A Mezgebu (Eth) 13:26.66; 3 J Junqueiro (Por) 13:27.31. 400m hurdles: 1 P Rodrigues (Por) 50:00; 2 A Bazarova (Isr) 50:64; 3 E Araujo (Bra) 51:02. High jump: 1 J Sotomayor (Cuba) 2.32m; 2 Y Serguienko (Ukr) 2.28; 3 B Reilly (GB) 2.25. Triple jump: 1 Y Quesada (Cuba) 17.35; 2 M Bruzika (Lith) 17.30; 3 A Kajukov (Rus) 16.76. Shot: 1 A Bagach (Ukr) 20.00; 2 P dal Soglio (It) 19.59; 3 J Bartl (Cz Rep) 17.92. Pole vault: 1 D Marti (Sp) 5.70; 2 A Korchagin (Kaz) 5.60; 3 G Chico (Sp) 5.60. Women: 100m: 1 N Botrova (Ukr) 12.95; 2 A Lopez (Cuba) 13.04; 3 K Patzwahl (Ger) 13.07. 200m: 1 M Trandenkova (Rus) 22.99; 2 Allen (Cuba) 23.03; 3 S Meyers (Sp) 23.30. 800m: 1 L Mendes (Bra) 2:00.41; 2 D Modahl (GB) 2:00.50; 3 C Sacramento (Por) 2:01.11. 400m hurdles: 1 T Kurochkina (Bela) 55.41; 2 G Retchakan (GB) 56.16; 3 M Warnicka (Pol) 56.90. Long jump: 1 R Nielsen (Den) 6.88; 2 N Montalvo (Cuba) 6.70; 3 Y Khlopotniva (Ukr) 6.15. Discus: 1 B Echevarria (Cuba) 63.12; 2 V Malatova (Cz Rep) 62.24; 3 R Katewicz (Pol) 62.24.
WELSH CHAMPIONSHIPS (Cwmbran): Men: 100m: T Rutherford (Cardiff) 10.66sec. 200m: J Baulch (Cardiff) 21.85. 400m: I Thomas (Newham and Essex) 47.09. 800m: D Maynard (Belgrave) 1min 54.87sec. 1500m: C Stephenson (Cardiff) 3min 55.19sec. 5,000m: J Chaston (Belgrave) 14:1.73. 10,000m: M Healey (Lliswerry) 31:13.84. 110m hurdles: T Gray (Cardiff) 14.38. 400m hurdles: B Griffin (Cardiff) 52.75. 3,000m steeplechase: D Lee (Blackheath) 9:2.21. High jump: D Nolan (Swansea) 2.06m. Long jump: S Ingram (Swansea) 7.91. Triple jump: P Farmer (Cardiff) 14.61. Pole vault: T Thomas (Swansea) 4.90. Shot: L Wiltshire (Portsmouth) 16.93. Discus: A Turner (Bournemouth) 43.28. Hammer: G Jones (Cardiff) 58.74. Javelin: N Bevan (Belgrave) 68.68. Women: 100m: S A Short (Porsean) 12.17. 200m: Short 24.75. 400m: G Archard Cashell (Solent) 54.77. 800m: C White-Dawson (Highgate) 2:6.10. 1500m: W Ore (Cardiff) 4:27.69. 3,000m: D Newhams (Bridgend) 9:34.65. 100m hurdles: B Edwards (Cardiff) 14.36. 400m hurdles: N Bartlett (Cardiff) 59.25. High jump: T Andrews (Preseli) 1.70. Long jump: Short 5.76. Triple jump: N Jupp (Reading) 10.75. Shot: K Owen (Ynysmon) 12.88. Discus: J Fisher (Swansea) 45.38. Hammer: S Moore (Bristol) 48.32. Javelin: C White (Trafford) 49.24.
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