2013 adidas Grand Prix Recap

by LetsRun.com
May 25, 2013

The third stop of the 2013 IAAF Diamond League track and field circuit took place Saturday afternoon at New York City’s Icahn Stadium in rainy, cold and windy conditions.

We recap the mid-d and distance action for you below in great detail before quickly taking a look at the other events.

Women’s Steeplechase:

At the  IAAF opener in Doha, Kenya’s Lidya Chepkurui was viewed as a big surprise as the non-Olympian beat five of the top six from last year’s Olympics. Well, this afternoon in New York, in a rematch with the runner-up from Doha (Ethiopia’s 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Sofia Assefa), Chepkurui showed that her win in Doha was no fluke as she won again in very similar fashion

In Doha, the 27-year-old Chepkurui got the victory in a new personal best of 9:13.75 after a blistering last 1 km of 2:57.32, with Assefa second in 9:14.61. Today in New York, Chepkurui’s last 1k was 2:57.89 as she won in 9:30.82. The time was a little slower than Doha, but the conditions here were much, much worse (low 50s temps, winds 20+ mph gusting to 39). The runner-up was 2012 Olympic placer Etenesh Diro (9:33.76) with Assefa third (9:33.84). Former Penn State star and 2012 US Olympian Bridget Franek finished fourth and left a very happy as she was easily under the 9:43.00 “A” standard thanks to her 9:35.42.

The Race
Today in NYC, the race started out very conservatively with the rabbit way out front and no one willing to go with her. Leading the race for the first couple of laps were US steeplers Bridget Franek of the OTC and Ashely Higginson of the NY-NJ Track Club. Assefa and Chepkurui were sitting in the pack. That arrangement would continue through the first mile with the pacemaker way out front and the field running slowly, around 80-second quarter pace (10:00 minute pace).

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Then at about the 2k mark, Chepkurui went to the lead with Etenesh Diro in second, Franek in 3rd and Assefa in 4th (Higginson had faded outside the top 4). Going into the last lap, the order remained unchanged and Chepkurui put in a surge and started to pull away. Back in 4th, Assefa started to move up as well, going around Franek, but she moved too late as Chepkrui and Diro already had a gap by the time she made a move.

In the end, it wouldn’t have mattered for the win, as Chepkuri crushed the last lap in 65 and put about 3 seconds on second place. Assefa did gain ground on second place in the last 200m, but Diro Neda just held her off for second with Franek in fourth.

Behind Franek, the next American was former UVA star Stephanie Garcia, who was ninth in a new seasonal best of 9:45.78 (she’d run  9:50.79 in Puerto Rico last week). 2012 Olympic Trials steeplechase fourth placer Ashley Higginson, who ran 9:45.83 at the USATF Oxy meet earlier this month, was 10th (9:49.30), just in front of Sara Hall (11th – 9:54.88).

After the race, we caught up with a pleased Franek and a slightly disappointed Higginson. You can watch them below. On her race, Franek said it felt way easier than her first steeple of the year, which was a 9:46.99 win at the Oregon Twilight meet. A pretty good sign considering the conditions today. Higginson said if she could do it all over again, she wouldn’t have led once the rabbit dropped off.

Quick Take (QT) #1: Chepkurui is for real now. Two Diamond League wins in two attempts for 2012.

QT#2: We forgot that Sara Hall was in this race until looking at the results at the end. That’s not a great sign as she was never mixing it up with the top Americans (Franek/Higginson) even given the slow pace. Still, she’s headed in the right direction and there is still a month to USAs. 9:54 is way better than the 10:11 and 10:06 she ran in her first two steeples of the year (one in perfect conditions at Oxy). And this was run in horrible conditions.

QT 3: In finishing fourth, Franek beat 21- year-old Purity Kirui, the 2010 world junior champ, who had lowered her PR from 9:35.61 to 9:19.42 in Doha.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
KEN
9:30.82
8
1
img
2
ETH
9:33.76
2
3
3
ETH
9:33.84
3
2
4
USA
9:35.42
SB
5
KEN
9:40.33
6
PUR
9:43.28
SB
7
FRA
9:43.70
PB
8
GBR
9:45.66
9
USA
9:45.78
SB
10
USA
9:49.30
11
USA
9:54.88
SB
12
PAN
9:58.49
NR
JAM
DNF

Women’s 1,500:

As expected, 2013 world leader Abebe Aregawi of Sweden (Formerly of Ethipoia) picked up her second Diamond League victory of the season today at the 2013 adidas Grand Prix at Icann, Stadium on Randall’s Island in dominant fashion.

Aregawi, who had run a 3:56.60 world lead in Doha, won in just 4:03.69 as cold and windy conditions greatly impacted the race. Coming into the race, there was hope that Mary Slaney’s US all-comers record of 3:58.92 from 1986 would go down, but with the wind and rain that just wasn’t in the cards for today.

The question we’d been wondering all week of, ‘Who would finish second’ was answered by Kenya’s Hellen Obiri who ran 4:04.84, well ahead of Brenda Martinez who claimed first American honors in third in 4:06.25. 2009 world championship bronze medallist was fifth in 4:07.36, former Villanova star Sheila Reid was sixth (4:07.47) as 2011 world #1 Morgan Uceny made a huge step forward by finishing seventh in 4:08.49 ass she’d only run 4:17.71 at Drake.

The Race

From the gun, the rabbits gapped the field and with more than a 10 meter gap by their first trip past the finish line. Leading the “chase pack” was the Canadian Olympian and former Villanova star Sheila Reid with Aregawi sitting right behind her. The pack would stay like that through the first half of the race.

With Aregawi all but guaranteed the win, the drama coming in was who would get second and who would be the top American as you had Olympians Shannon Rowbury and Morgan Uceny, along with Brenda Martinez who has been killing it in 2013. For the first half the Americans were all back running around mid-pack, but on the penultimate backstretch Martinez started going out way wide to go around people.

With 600 to go she was really moving up on the outside and put herself in good position with one lap to go. At the bell, Reid still led, but Aregawi blew by her to take the lead and started pulling away. The only one to go with her was Obiri who moved up to 2nd as Reid started fading hard. Behind those two Martinez was moving up well passing everyone else and putting herself into 3rd.

The other Americans didn’t  move up as well as Martinez, but definitely fared much better than they have been in some other early season races. The 2009 world championship bronze medallist Rowbury, who ran 4:09 for 4th at Drake Relays after an abysmal 16:08 5k at Carlsbad in April, improved to a SB of 4:07.36.

Quick Take (QT) #1: This was a huge step forward for the 2011 world #1 Morgan Uceny. In addition to the fact that Uceny ran 9+ than her 4:17 bomb at Drake and much better than her 2:05 800 season opener, she got some confidence beating some of the US women she will take on at the US Trials including three who had trounder her at Drake – 2013 US road mile champ Kate Grace, 2012 US Trials 4th placer Gabriele Anderson and Sarah Bowman who all ran  between 4:08.92 and 4:09.38

QT #2: That being said, this race definitely doesn’t bode well for US medal chances in Moscow this summer. While Martinez finished well here and has been having a great year and is running better than all the other US milers except Jenny Simpson, she got dropped significantly here by both Aregawi and Obiri.

QT #3: No shame here that Rowbury and Grace didn’t get the  ‘A’ of 4:05.50 in this conditions. They can take solace in the fact that they beat both Mary Cain and Gabriele Anderson at Drake who have subsequently gone on to get the ‘A’.

QT #4: This was a good 2003 individual opener for Kenya’s 23-year old Helen Obiri. She seemed poised for a second good years. Obiri enjoyed an incredible 2012 as she was the world indoor 3000 champion and ran 3:59.68 in Rome on May 31st. She’s probably not as sharp as she was last year when she ran 3:59 in Rome (but maybe she is as she did finish within 1-second of a 3:56 runner) but that may be a good thiing come Moscow.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
SWE
4:03.69
8
1
img
2
KEN
4:04.84
2
2
3
USA
4:06.25
1
4
4
KEN
4:06.57
5
USA
4:07.36
SB
6
CAN
4:07.47
SB
7
USA
4:08.49
SB
8
USA
4:08.92
9
USA
4:09.02
10
USA
4:09.38
11
KEN
4:09.63
12
CAN
4:10.70
13
MAR
4:11.14
14
POL
4:13.45
15
SRB
4:18.32
SB
ETH
DNF
ETH
DNF
USA
DNF
USA
DNF

Men’s 5,000:

The big question going into today’s men’s 5,000 was, “Who is going to be Mo Farah’s biggest threat at Worlds this year? Dejen Gebremeskel or Hagos Gebrhiwet?” Both have PRs under 12:50 and Gebremeskel is the 2012 Olympic silver medalist while Gebrhiwet is the World Junior record holder and has been unstoppable this year, beating Galen Rupp handedly indoors and destroying the 3k field two weeks ago in Doha. The other question was, “How will American Ben True do against some of the top 5k runners in the World?”

As for the first question, let there be no doubt. Hagos Gebrhiwet’s spectacular 2013 continued as he dominated this race. He did something you don’t really see anymore in Diamond League races – gap the field early. Before 3k, he had gapped the field and was able to cruise to victory in a new world leading time of 13:10.03. In the process, he clearly established himself as Farah’s r#1 rival and did nothing to dampen the talk that he might be the third Ethipian ruler in the Gebrselassie-Bekele reign of the 5,000 and 10,000.

As for True, he competed very well. At 2k, the world cross country sixth placer was ahead of just two guys. At the finish, he was behind just three as he finished fourth in 13:16.94

The Race

Today’s race started off as every other race of the day seemingly did – with the rabbits way out in front and the field – with the pack bunched up not wanting to follow in the poor conditions. Leading the pack behind the rabbits was 2011 World XC bronze medalist Vincent Chepkok with Gebremeskel sitting right behind him.

The rabbits realized they were way out in front and slowed down a lot and by 800 in, the pack actually caught up to the rabbits and was strung out behind them with True sitting in around 7th or 8th. As they came around to 10 laps to go Gebrhiwett took the top racer sport behind the two rabbits with Gebremeskel following him. Laps 11, 10, and 9 before the finish were run in just under 3:11 for the leaders (63.6 average) but soon the pace accelerated and became a one trick pony.

Perhaps Gebrihwet told them he was warmed up and ready to run (we tried to ask him after the race but he doens’t speak English) as he next to last 1600 was very fast – 4:07.7 :

61.64 (gives him 5 meter gap on non-rabbits)
62.87
61:30 (15 + meter lead)
61.91

In the midst of that, after a 6:37.5 halfway split, around 2800, Gebrhiwet even passed the rabbit and led outright on his own. His lead only grew until the very end when he coasted in to victory and those behind him kicked it in for spots 2-3-4.

It was soon obvious no one was catching Hagos. Behind him, Chepkok ran all alone in second. ZBehind Chepok, an interesting battle played itself out for spots three and four.

The Race For Third
The American True had gradually been picking people off and with four laps remaining (9:07 for True), he shockingly passed 2012 Olympic silver medallist Dejen Gebremeskel and 2011 world champion Ibrahim Jeilan and moved into third. A lap later 10:08, Gebremeskel lost contract with True and Jeilan. Over the final three laps, True and Jeilan would battle it out for third. Most of the time True was in third. 800 to go was reached in 11:13 and the bell was reached in 12:17. Just before the bell, Jeilan moved into third and he’d stay there as his roughly 59 flat final lap got him third  (13:16.46).  He and True (13:16.94) closed hard and gained ground on Chepkok, but were never in serious contention for 2nd (13:15.51). Gebremeskel finished way back in 6th with 13:31.02.

QT#1: Gebrhiwett put up a 13:10 in the wind and rain, running on his own for the last mile and a half with no one to even compete against. Farah is going to have his work cut out for him this year in Moscow. If you had to call it now, you have to pick Gebrhiwet as Farah’s season has barely got going. When is the last time someone destroyed a Diamond League field before 3k?

Our unofficial splits for Gebrihwet.

1:36.7 first 600
65.43
2:05.43 (first 1600 of 416)
61.64 (give him 5 meter gap on noon-rabbits, True only ahead of two people)
62.87
61,30
61.91
62.85
63.81
64.75
63.12

QT #2: True just finished within 1.5 seconds of a World 10,000m champion and World XC bronze medalist. He’s definitely at a new level this year and it will be interesting to see how things play out between him and the other top US runners (Rupp, Riz, Lomong, etc) at US Champs.We spoke to him after the race (interview embedded on left) and he said that he’s not running any long distance races before USAs (maybe a 1500) and that he didn’t know that he was battling it out with a former 10,000 champ, but it didn’t matter who it was, he wanted to beat him.

QT #3: This race was a huge step forward for Jeilan who came out of nowhere seemingly and won worlds in 2011. After missing last year due to injury, he’s on his way back. We spoke to him and he said his injuries are a thing of the past and talked to us confidently about Moscow. A member of the press asked him if he could beat Mo Farah in Moscow and he didn’t take the bit and gave the double Olympic champ a lot of respect said he wasn’t sure about that. We’ll try to upload out interview with him later tonight but are on a train right now.

QT# 4: A total disaster for Gebremeskel.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
ETH
13:10.03
WL
8
1
img
2
KEN
13:15.51
2
2
3
ETH
13:16.46
1
4
4
USA
13:16.94
5
MEX
13:28.17
6
ETH
13:31.02
7
KEN
13:36.92
8
ITA
13:50.53
KEN
DNF
USA
DNF
KEN
DNF

Men’s 800:

Considering David Rudisha’s PR was almost two seconds faster than the next closest person in the race, there was very little question about who would cross the finish first in today’s 800 at the NYC adidas Grand Prix. However, the field did have a ray of hope given the windy and rainy conditions which seem to be Rudisha’s kryptonite.

In the end though there was none of that as Rudisha gapped the field with a lap to go and then stormed away in the final 100 to get the win in 1:45.14. The race started out with rabbit-extraordinaire Matt Scherer taking them through the first lap in 50.64 with Rudisha in 2nd. 50.64 may sound slow but after the race Rudisha told the press corps (interview embedded ***) given the horribly cool and windy conditions he asked Scherer to go out in 50 as if you go too fast, he was afraid he might risk injury.

Amazingly at 50.64, Scherer had actually gapped the field slightly as Rudisha was just over 51 seconds for his first 400 and that gap grew a bit as they came by the bell. But then with about 300m to go Rudisha turned it on and blew by Scherer who dropped out and had a good lead over the rest of the field. The others reacted and did close the gap on Rudisha slightly by the time they were on the homestretch, but in the final straight there was no question who would win as Rudisha threw in one last surge and pulled away again easily.

Behind him there was an intense fight for 2nd place between Kenya’s Olympic bronze medalist Timothy Kitum, the US’s Erik Sowinski, who has been having a dream year after setting the US 600m record indoors and winning the US indoor 800 title, and Great Britain’s Andrew Osagie, who has the unlucky distinction of being the guy who amazingly got last in the Olympic final with a 1:43.77. With about 50m to go there was some contact between Sowinski and Kitum and Sowinski went down with Kitum stumbling, effectively giving Osagie 2nd place honors (1:46.44). Kitum took 3rd (1:46.93) while Sowinski would get up and finish last in 1:53.68.

With Sowinski going down, the fight for the top American went down to Michael Rutt and Robby Andrews. Rutt has been having a solid 2013 (beating Andrews the last two times they met this outdoor season) while Andrews has been struggling to find form and was hoping that stepping back down to his go to event, the 800, might turn things around. Well, his struggles would continue as he was 6th in 1:48.57, losing to Rutt’s 1:47.53 in 5th. 2009 world champion and 2004 Olympic silver medalist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi beat both of them out for 4th.

QT#1: After the race, we asked Sowinski what happened. He said he was closing well and pumped as he thought he was going to finish second, but got bumped on the inside (he wasn’t sure by whom but we think it was Osagie) and totally became jello legged and went down to his outside, nearly taking a slew of others with him. He said he was upset about it and tried to protest but was stunned when the officials told him not to bother as in their mind, they thought he was responsible. Our interview with Sowinski is embedded on the left – it’s definitely an interesting one to listen to.

QT #2: We also caught up with Robby Andrews (interview embedded on left as well). Off camera while talking to others, he seemed fairly upbeat that he closed at least somewhat competitively, but he admitted to us that it’s been a bit of a struggle so far this year. We asked him if he might run the 800 at USAs, not the 1,500 like last year, and it certainly seemed to us in reading between the lines that that is likely.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
KEN
1:45.14
8
1
img
2
GBR
1:46.44
2
2
3
KEN
1:46.93
1
4
4
RSA
1:47.46
5
USA
1:47.53
6
USA
1:48.57
7
CAN
1:48.61
8
USA
1:48.89
9
KEN
1:50.27
10
USA
1:53.68
USA
DNF

Non-Distance Events:

Men’s 100:

Tyson Gay had two great starts today in his semi and final and took this race comfortably over US Olympian Ryan Bailey. Gay got out front quick and held it running 10.02 into a slight .8 headwind. Gay says he’s healthy, feels good, and is considering doubling 100-200 at the US Championships.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT REACTION TIME DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
USA
10.02
0.143
4
1
img
2
USA
10.15
SB
0.168
2
3
3
TRI
10.16
0.132
1
5
4
JAM
10.24
0.180
1
5
5
JAM
10.29
0.167
6
JAM
10.31
0.147
7
JAM
10.33
0.176
8
USA
10.50
0.170
9
CAN
10.60
0.138

Women’s 400:

Amantle Montsho took this fairly easily as she had a big gap going into the last 100. She eased up a lot at the end and we were actually thinking Natasha Hastings might catch her as she really turned it on the last 50m. But Montsho took it in 49.91 to Hastings’ 50.24.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT REACTION TIME DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
BOT
49.91
MR
0.181
8
1
img
2
USA
50.24
SB
0.175
2
2
3
USA
51.06
0.191
1
4
4
JAM
51.12
0.226
5
USA
51.47
SB
0.257
6
GBR
52.08
0.181
1
4
7
JAM
52.12
SB
0.186

Men’s 400 Hurdles:

This race was between US’s Olympic silver medalist Michael Tinsley, Puerto Rico’s Olympic bronze medalist Javier Culson, and US’s Johnny Dutch who recently beat Culson in a big upset at the Ponce GP in Puerto Rico. Dutch got out quick and had the lead with 60m to go, but Tinsley and Culson blew by him in the final 50 meters and Tinsley finished well to beat out Culson.

QT#1: This was Tinsley’s 6th time racing at this meet, but his first win.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT REACTION TIME DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
USA
48.43
SB
0.193
8
1
img
2
PUR
48.53
0.177
2
2
3
USA
48.78
0.191
1
4
4
CUB
49.33
0.222
5
USA
49.41
0.185
6
TRI
49.76
0.175
7
JAM
50.09
0.207
8
RSA
50.73
0.182
1
4

Women’s 200:

Veronica Campbell-Brown got out quick and had a big lead going into the last 100. Jamaica’s Anneisha Mclaughlin gained a lot of ground on her and looked like she might catch VCB, but ran out of room.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT REACTION TIME DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
JAM
22.53
SB
0.167
4
1
img
2
JAM
22.63
SB
0.157
2
3
3
USA
22.91
0.151
1
5
4
JAM
22.96
0.155
2
3
5
USA
23.03
PB
0.163
6
USA
23.33
0.162
7
USA
23.37
0.166
8
BAH
23.85
0.155

Men’s 200:

This wasn’t a diamond league event, but Jamaica’s 2012 bronze medalist Warren Weir got the easy win.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT REACTION TIME
1
JAM
20.11
SB
0.162
2
PAN
20.38
SB
0.152
3
USA
20.65
0.149
4
USA
20.68
SB
0.172
5
JAM
20.77
SB
0.165
6
USA
20.77
0.191
7
JAM
21.43
SB
0.165

Men’s 110 Hurdles:

Last year’s Olympic 5th placer (and 2009 World champ) Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados got the win over Cuba’s Olympics 6th placer Orlando Ortega.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT REACTION TIME DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING
1
BAR
13.19
SB
0.172
4
1
img
2
CUB
13.24
0.146
2
3
3
RUS
13.29
SB
0.143
1
5
4
USA
13.49
0.215
5
USA
13.49
0.151
6
JAM
13.50
0.165
7
USA
13.63
0.172
8
USA
13.64
0.173
9
USA
13.86
0.173

Women’s Pole Vault:

6 of the top 7 women pole vaulters from 2012 were in this competition, but Jenn Suhr showed why she is the Olympic champion and indoor WR holder as she came in at 4.63m when the rest of the field was out of the competition by 4.53m. She only needed two jumps to win.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING 4.23 4.38 4.53 4.63 4.73
1
USA
4.63
4
1
img
xo
xxx
2
BRA
4.53
2
3
o
xxx
3
CUB
4.53
1
5
xo
o
xxx
4
USA
4.53
=SB
xxo
xxo
xxo
xxx
5
CZE
4.38
xo
o
xxx
6
GBR
4.23
xxo
6
USA
4.23
xxo
xxx
SWE
NM
xxx
GER
DNS
1
5

Men’s Shot Put:

Americans dominated the top 4 spots as Ryan Whiting got his second Diamond League victory of the year, beating out Reese Hoffa. Canada’s 2011 World siller medalist Dylan Armstrong and Poland’s 2-time Olympic Champion Tomasz Majewski were 5th and 6th.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT
WIND
DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1
USA
21.27
8
1
img
20.32
x x 21.27 x 20.39
2
USA
20.69
3
2
19.35
19.59 19.69 19.79 20.30 20.69
3
USA
20.60
SB
1
4
19.66
19.82 20.23 x 20.37 20.60
4
USA
20.46
x
19.68 20.46 x 19.87 20.35
5
CAN
20.27
20.22
x 19.89 x 20.02 20.27
6
POL
20.11
SB
19.13
20.11 19.51 19.53 19.58 19.62
7
SRB
19.68
19.58
19.47 19.68
8
CAN
19.12
x
19.08 19.12
USA
DNS

Women’s High Jump:

Blanka Vlasic made a triumphant return to competition after missing all of 2012 with injury and surgery as she equaled the Meet Record in bad conditions with 1.94m. US’s Olympic silver medalist Brigetta Barrett was 3rd after winning the NCAA Division I West Regional yesterday and flying to NYC last night.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING 1.75
1.97
1.80 1.85 1.88 1.91 1.94
1
CRO
1.94
=MR
4
1
img
o
xxx
o
o
o
o
o
2
SWE
1.91
2
2
o
o
o
xo
xxx
3
USA
1.91
1
3
o
o
o
xo
xo
xxx
4
LCA
1.85
o
xxo
x-
xx
5
NGR
1.80
o
o
xxx
5
UKR
1.80
o
o
xxx
5
FRA
1.80
o
o
xxx
8
USA
1.80
o
xo
xxx

Men’s Triple Jump:

Olympic Champ Christian Taylor just lost out to France’s Benjamin Compaore in what was definitely an upset victory as Compaore was only 6th in London.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT
WIND
DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1
FRA
16.45
-0.8
6
1
img
x
(+1.4)
16.45
(-0.8)
x
(-0.7)
16.36
(+0.6)
x
(+1.3)
x
(-0.5)
2
USA
16.42
+0.6
6
1
img
15.51
(+1.3)
16.34
(0.0)
x
(+1.4)
16.42
(+0.6)
16.13
(+1.1)
16.28
(+1.4)
3
FRA
16.15
+1.9
1
3
16.08
(+0.3)
16.04
(+0.9)
x
(-2.3)
16.15
(+1.9)
x
(+0.3)
15.60
(+0.8)
4
HAI
16.08
+1.4
16.08
(+1.4)
16.06
(+0.9)
x
(+0.8)
x
(+1.5)
15.56
(-0.4)
15.51
(+1.9)
5
FRA
16.07
-1.3
15.91
(+0.4)
13.92
(+1.4)
16.07
(-1.3)
15.80
(+2.0)
x
(+0.8)
15.93
(+0.2)
6
DEN
15.97
+2.3
15.60
(-1.3)
15.97
(+2.3)
x
(+0.9)
x
(+0.2)
15.92
(+2.1)
x
(+1.0)
7
NGR
15.72
+1.6
15.45
(0.0)
15.28
(0.0)
15.72
(+1.6)
8
CHN
15.02
+0.6
15.02
(+0.6)
x
(+0.5)
x
(+1.2)
GBR
DNS

Women’s Long Jump:

After having an amazing competition in Doha where she jumped one of the best jumps the World has seen in years at 7.25m, US’s Olympic champ Brittney Reese had a horrible day as she didn’t make the final and finished back in 8th. US’s Janay Deloach took up the slack to win it over UK’s Shara Prctor.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT
WIND
DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1
USA
6.79
-1.1
MR
5
1
img
5.99
(+0.6)
6.28
(+1.0)
6.79
(-1.1)
x
(-0.2)
6.53
(+0.5)
2
GBR
6.72
-0.9
2
3
6.25
(-0.8)
6.67
(-0.5)
6.49
(+0.6)
6.62
(+0.2)
6.72
(-0.9)
6.53
(+1.4)
3
FRA
6.67
-0.9
SB
1
5
6.39
(+1.2)
6.38
(-0.5)
6.67
(-0.9)
6.52
(-1.6)
x
(+0.3)
6.53
(-0.1)
4
USA
6.42
+0.6
6.42
(+0.6)
6.34
(+0.6)
6.36
(+0.8)
6.25
(-0.2)
6.22
(-0.8)
x
(+0.6)
5
SWE
6.31
+0.7
6.29
(-1.1)
6.27
(-0.5)
x
(-1.3)
x
(+1.5)
6.17
(-0.6)
6.31
(+0.7)
6
USA
6.31
-2.0
4.34
(+1.2)
6.31
(-2.0)
x
(+0.3)
x
(-0.2)
x
(-0.4)
6.16
(+1.0)
7
USA
6.10
+1.1
x
(+0.6)
6.10
(+1.1)
5.86
(-0.5)
8
USA
5.99
-1.2
4
2
x
(-0.3)
5.99
(-1.2)
x
(-0.8)
9
USA
5.74
-1.1
x
(-1.3)
5.74
(-1.1)
x
(0.0)
USA
NM
x
(0.0)
x
(-0.9)
x
(+1.0)

Women’s Discus Throw:

Croatia’s Olympic champ Sandra Perkovic won easily.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT
WIND
DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1
CRO
68.48
WL,MR
8
1
img
64.00
62.50 66.31 x 68.48 x
2
USA
61.86
2
2
61.86
59.46 57.29 x 56.98 60.08
3
FRA
61.45
SB
1
4
52.68
60.02 61.45 59.77 59.69 x
4
POL
61.02
58.71
60.83 60.61 x x 61.02
5
USA
58.17
57.94
58.17 x x x 54.95
6
JAM
57.85
SB
54.83
55.21 52.76 x 57.85 57.66
7
USA
57.55
x
54.82 57.55 x 54.72 55.11

Women’s Javelin Throw:

Germany’s Olympic silver medalist Christina Obergfoll won over Russia’s 2011 World champion Mariya Abakumova.

RANK ATHLETE NATION RESULT
WIND
DIAMOND POINTS DIAMOND RANKING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
1
GER
65.33
SB
4
1
img
x
60.65 60.18 65.33 61.71 x
2
RUS
64.25
2
2
61.72
x 62.53 63.01 x 64.25
3
AUS
63.93
SB
1
3
61.09
59.89 63.93 x 59.28 63.22
4
UKR
60.95
57.00
60.95 x x x x
5
SLO
60.51
SB
60.51
x x 60.17 58.23 58.02
6
USA
58.73
SB
58.73
57.39 58.33 53.69 x 53.37
7
RSA
57.87
54.10
57.87 51.69
8
ISL
56.90
53.00
x 56.90
9
JAM
51.77
51.07
51.77 51.58
10
USA
49.99
49.99
48.97 x

 

*Full 2013 adidas GP Results

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