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Athletics-Paris Golden League meeting results
PARIS, July 23 (Reuters) - Results from the Paris Golden League athletics meeting on Friday (+ denotes non-golden league event, +denotes new result):
MEN
100 metres
1. Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 10.06 seconds
2. Maurice Greene (U.S.) 10.14
3. Aziz Zakari (Ghana) 10.14
4. Brian Lewis (U.S.) 10.19
5. Uchenna Emedolu (Nigeria) 10.26
6. Leonard Scott (U.S.) 10.28
7. Joshua J. Johnson (U.S.) 10.29
8. Lueyi Dovy (France) 10.57
Darrel Brown (Trinidad) Did not finish
110m hurdles
1. Allen Johnson (U.S.) 13.07
2. Terrence Trammell (U.S.) 13.37
3. Ron Bramlett (U.S.) 13.46
4. Charles Allen (Canada) 13.50
5. Redelen Melo dos Santos (Brazil) 13.55
6. Robert Kronberg (Sweden) 13.64
7. Sebastien Denis (France) 13.64
8. Robby Hughes (U.S.) 13.70
Doucoure Ladji (France) DSQ
200m
1. Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 20.12
2. Joshua J.Johnson (U.S.) 20.28
3. Frank Fredericks (Namibia) 20.35
4. Stephane Buckland (Mauritius) 20.46
5. Joseph Batangdon (Cameroon) 20.49
6. Ronald Pognon (France) 20.52
7. John Capel (U.S.) 20.62
8. Uchenna Emedolu (Nigeria) 20.94
400 metres
1. Leslie Djhone (France) 44.99
2. Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 45.22
3. Lewis Banda (Zimbabwe) 45.39
4. Derrick Brew (U.S.) 45.53
5. Davian Clarke (Jamaica) 45.70
6. Jerome Young (U.S.) 45.84
7. Eric Milazar (Mauritius) 46.40
400m Hurdles
1. Felix Sanchez (Dominican Republic) 47.99
2. Naman Keita (France) 48.17
3. Dai Tamesue (Japan) 48.60
4. Angelo Taylor (U.S.) 48.86
5. Bershawn Jackson (U.S.) 48.97
6. James Carter (U.S.) 49.11
7. Llewellyn Herbert (South Africa) 51.48
Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) Did not start
800 metres
1. William Yiampoy (Kenya) 1:45.03
2. Florent Lacasse (France) 1:45.70
3. Michael Rotich (France) 1:45.71
4. Amine Laalou (Morocco) 1:45.75
5. Nicolas Assat (France) 1:45.92
6. Justus Koech (Kenya) 1:46.01
7. Jimmy Lomba (France) 1:47.10
8. Glody Dube (Botswana) 1:47.53
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (South Africa) DNF
Henry Rotich (Kenya) DNF
1500 metres
1. Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 3:29.21
2. Timothey Kiptanui (Kenya) 3:30.04
3. Cornelius Chirchir (Kenya) 3:30.60
4. Paul Korir (Kenya) 3:31.57
5. Alex Kipchirchir (Kenya) 3:32.14
6. Ivan Heshko (Ukraine) 3:33.01
7. Ali Saidi-Sief (Algeria) 3:34.06
8. Noah Ngeny (Kenya) 3:34.06
9. Adil Kaouch (Morocco) 3:35.06 10. Rui Silva (Portugal) 3:36.83 11. Juan Carlos Higuero (Spain) 3:37.08 12. Marko Koers (Netherlands) 3:38.20 13. Abdelkader Chekhemani (France) 3:38.62 14. Driss Maazouzi (France) 3:41.41 15. David Lelei (Kenya) 3:47.95
Arthemon Hatungimana (Burundi) DNF
Benjamin Kipkurui (Kenya) DNF
3000m Steeplechase
1. Ezekiel Kemboi (Kenya) 8:11.03
2. Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 8:11.29
3. David Chemweno (Kenya) 8:11.44
4. Kipkirui Misoi (Kenya) 8:13.38
5. Wesley Kiprotich (Kenya) 8:14.49
6. Ali Ezzine (Morocco) 8:14.74
7. Antonio Jimnez David (Spain) 8:14.81
8. Bouabdallah Tahri (France) 8:16.73
Discus
1. Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) 70.21 metres
2. Aleksander Tammert (Estonia) 65.69
3. Frantz Kruger (South Africa) 65.35
4. Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 64.78
5. Zoltan Kovago (Hungary) 64.51
6. Mario Pestano (Spain) 64.41
7. Michael Mollenbeck (Germany) 61.45
8. Jean-Claude Retel (France) 58.83
Triple jump
1. Christian Olsson (Sweden) 17.41
2. Jadel Gregrio (Brazil) 17.37
3. Karl Taillepierre (France) 17.13
4. Leevan Sands (Bahamas) 17.08
5. Marian Oprea (Romania) 16.93
6. Yoandri Betanzos (Cuba) 16.76
7. Julien Kapek (France) 16.73
8. Momchil Karailiev (Bulgaria) 16.45
9. Dmitriy Valyukevich (Belarus) 16.27 10. Phillips Idowu (Britain) 16.19 11. Yoelbi Quesada (Cuba) 16.12 12. Walter Davis (U.S.) 16.06
Charles Michael Friedek (Germany) no mark
Pole Vault
1. Aleksandr Averbukh (Israel) 5.75 metres
2. Tim Lobinger (Germany) 5.75
3. Derek Miles (U.S.) 5.75
4. Toby Stevenson (U.S.) 5.75
5- Jeff Hartwig (U.S.) 5.65
5- Romain Mesnil (France) 5.65
7. Patrik Kristiansson (Sweden) 5.55
8. Nicolas Guigon (France) 5.45
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WOMEN
100 metres
1. Christine Arron (France) 11.10
2. Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas) 11.11
3. Ivet Lalova (Bulgaria) 11.13
4. Inger Miller (U.S.) 11.22
5. Chryste Gaines (U.S.) 11.33
6. Fana Ashby (Trinidad) 11.33
7. Muna Lee (U.S.) 11.36
8. Veronique Mang (France) 11.40
9. Natasha Mayers (St Vincent) 11.94
100m hurdles
1. Perdita Felicien (Canada) 12.60
2. Linda Ferga-Khodadin (France) 12.78
3. Jenny Adams (U.S.) 12.84
4. Glory Alozie (Spain) 12.84
5. Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 12.87
6. Rena-Flor Okori (France) 12.89
7. Danielle Carruthers (U.S.) 12.99
8. Nichole Denby (U.S.) 13.18
9. Nicole Ramalalanirina (France) 13.22
200m
1. Muna Lee (U.S.) 22.49
2. Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas) 22.74
3. Ivet Lalova (Bulgaria) 22.76
4. Christine Arron (Framce) 22.80
5. Muriel Hurtis (France) 22.84
6. Sylviane Felix (France) 22.99
7. LaShauntea Moore (U.S.) 23.06
8. Consuella Moore (U.S.) 23.38
400 metres
1. Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas) 49.15
2. Ionela Tirlea-Manolache (Romania) 50.48
3. Christine Amertil (Bahamas) 50.58
4. Jana Pittman (Australia) 50.93
5. Solen Desert (France) 51.56
6. Amy Mbacke Thiam (Senegal) 51.75
7. Nadia Davy (Jamaica) 52.47
1500 metres
1. Judit Varga (Hungary) 4:03.92
2. Hayley Tullett (Britain) 4:04.24
3. Nuria Fernandez (Spain) 4:04.34
4. Hasna Benhassi (Morocco) 4:04.42
5. Bouchra Ghezielle (Morocco) 4:04.44
6. Natalia Rodriguez (Spain) 4:04.58
7. Maria Martins (France) 4:04.61
8. Maria Fuentes-Pila Iris (Spain) 4:04.66
9. Latifa Essarokh (France) 4:04.69 10. Zulema Fuentes-Pila (Spain) 4:04.72 11. Nelya Neporadna (Ukraine) 4:04.86 12. Carla Sacramento (Portugal) 4:05.04 13. Trine Pilskog (Norway) 4:05.75 14. Veerle Dejaeghere (Belgium) 4:07.12 15. Maria Mutola (Mozambique) 4:07.57
Yuliya Kosenkova (Russia) DNF
Tina Paulino (Mozambique) DNF
Hind Dehiba (Morocco) DNS
3000 metres
1. Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) 8:31.32
2. Alice Timbilili (Kenya) 8:42.01
3. Sally Barsosio (Kenya) 8:43.62
4. Derbe Alemu (Ethiopia) 8:50.74
5. Christelle Daunay (France) 9:03.49
6. Tomomi Yuda (Japan) 9:05.27
Olesya Chumakova (Russia) DNF
Yelena Sergeyeva (Russia) DNF
Ines Chenonge (Kenya) DNS
Marta Domnguez (Spain) DNS
Meselech Melkamu (Ethopia) DNS
Joanne Pavey (Britain) DNS
High jump
1. Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) 1.99 metres
2. Viktoriya Styopina (Ukraine) 1.99
3. Blanka Vlasic (Croatia) 1.99
4. Inha Babakova (Ukraine) 1.92
5. Tatyana Efimenko (Kazakhstan) 1.92
6. Amy Acuff (U.S.) 1.92
7. Iryna Mykhalchenko (Ukraine) 1.88
7. Gaelle Niare (France) 1.88
9. Venelina Veneva (Bulgaria) 1.88 10. Khristina Kalcheva (Bulgaria) 1.84
Hammer
1. Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 72.43 metres
2. Manuela Montebrun (France) 71.14
3. Betty Heidler (Germany) 70.06
4. Erin Gilreath (U.S.) 69.89
5. Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 69.69
6. Yunaika Crawford (Cuba) 69.48
7. Anna Mahon (U.S.) 66.71
8. Amelie Perrin (France) 64.50