2014 Paris Sprint And Field Recap: Hansle Parchment , Dawn Harper Nelson World Leaders, Sanya Richards-Ross Returns To The Top, Blessing Okagbare Over Allyson Felix
by: LetsRun.com
July 5, 2014
We recapped the tremendous distance action in a separate article here. Below is a recap of the sprint and field action in Paris.
The highlights were a 12.94 world leader by Hansle Parchment in the 110 hurdles to ruin the party for Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, a 12.44 world leader by Dawn Harper Nelson in the 100m hurdles, Sanya Richards-Ross returning to the Diamond League winner’s circle, Blessing Okagbare winning a matchup vs Allyson Felix and SAFP, and Sandra Perkovic and Renaud Lavillenie wrapping up the DL titles in their events.
Men’s 400 hurdles
World/Olympic silver medalist Michael Tinsley won in a season’s best of 48.26. The top three was the same as it was in Lausanne two days ago, but in a different order as this time it was Tinsley, then Cornel Fredericks of South Africa and Javier Culson of Puerto Rico (in Lausanne, it was Culson, Tinsley then Fredericks). Decathlon world record-holder Ashton Eaton was sixth in 49.58.
400 Metres Hurdles - Men Pts 1 Tinsley , Michael USA 48.25 4 2 Fredericks , Cornel RSA 48.42 2 3 Culson , Javier PUR 48.45 1 4 Sánchez , Felix DOM 48.91 5 Hanne , Mamadou Kasse SEN 49.29 6 Eaton , Ashton USA 49.58 7 Flannery , Niall GBR 49.73 8 Dutch , Johnny USA 49.98
Women’s 400
Sanya Richards-Ross, who was second at USAs last weekend, got her first Diamond League win since 2012, running 50.10 to get the win over Jamaican Stephenie Ann McPherson. Novlene Williams-Mills, who won the Jamaican championships last week and also won the DL races in Oslo, Eugene and Shanghai, was just third. She had won 6 straight races going back until May 6th.
400 Metres - Women Pts 1 Richards-Ross , Sanya USA 50.10 4 2 McPherson , Stephenie Ann JAM 50.40 2 3 Williams-Mills , Novlene JAM 50.68 1 4 Montsho , Amantle BOT 50.70 5 Zemlyak , Olha UKR 51.35 6 Hastings , Natasha USA 51.74 7 Guei , Floria FRA 51.89 8 Gayot , Marie FRA 52.05
Men’s 110m Hurdles
Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, the winner in Lausanne two days ago in 13.06, did even better here, running a personal best of 13.05 before 40,000+ of his countrymen.
The only problem for the Frenchman was Hansle Parchment of Jamaica ran a huge pr of 12.94 to win. Parchment had opened the season with an impressive 13.14 but not gone any faster until today. He’s only the fifth non-American to run sub-13 (16th overall).
110 Metres Hurdles - Men Wind: +0.8 m/s 1 Parchment , Hansle JAM 12.94 2 Martinot-Lagarde , Pascal FRA 13.05 3 Ortega , Orlando CUB 13.10 4 Wilson , Ryan USA 13.18 5 Oliver , David USA 13.26 6 Bascou , Dimitri FRA 13.27 7 O'Farrill , Yordan L. CUB 13.35 8 Richardson , Jason USA 13.53 9 Doucouré , Ladji FRA 13.63
Allyson Felix and Blessing Okagbare
Women’s 200
This was a great match-up between Nieria’s Blessing Okagbare, US’s Allyson Felix and Jamaica’s Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce.
Nigerian Blessing Okagbare stumbled badly at the and didn’t finish the 100 in Lausanne on Thursday, but she had no such problem today, coming from behind and able to hold off Allyson Felix to win her second DL 200 of the year in 22.32.
200 Metres - Women Wind: +0.4 m/s Pts 1 Okagbare , Blessing NGR 22.32 4 2 Felix , Allyson USA 22.34 2 3 Strachan , Anthonique BAH 22.54 1 4 Soumaré , Myriam FRA 22.60 5 Fraser-Pryce , Shelly-Ann JAM 22.63 6 Facey , Simone JAM 22.75 7 Samuel , Jamile NED 22.81 8 Duncan , Kimberlyn USA 23.01
Dawn Harper Celebrates the World Lead with a Cartwheel
Women’s 100 hurdles
U.S. champ Dawn Harper-Nelson edged out fellow American Queen Harrison as both were well under the old world-leading time of 12.53.
Dawn Harper-Nelson was super pumped afterwards and did a cartwheel.
100 Metres Hurdles - Women Wind: 0.0 m/s Pts 1 Harper Nelson , Dawn USA 12.44 4 2 Harrison , Queen USA 12.46 2 3 Jones , LoLo USA 12.68 1 4 Billaud , Cindy FRA 12.71 5 Porter , Tiffany GBR 12.72 6 Pearson , Sally AUS 12.89 7 Castlin , Kristi USA 12.96 8 Hildebrand , Nadine GER 13.00 9 Jones , Tenaya USA 13.07
Men’s 100
After taking third to Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay in the “Drug 100” in Lausanne on Thursday, U.S. champ Michael Rodgers won in Paris as no one broke 10 seconds.
100 Metres - Men Wind: -0.8 m/s Pts 1 Rodgers , Mike USA 10.00 4 2 Thompson , Richard TTO 10.08 2 3 Collins , Kim SKN 10.10 1 4 Carter , Nesta JAM 10.12 5 Bailey-Cole , Kemar JAM 10.14 6 Ujah , Chijindu GBR 10.20 7 Edward , Alonso PAN 10.26 8 Lemaitre , Christophe FRA 10.28 Ashmeade , Nickel JAM DQ
Men’s Triple Jump
Local favorite Benjamin Compaore used a favorable wind on his fifth jump to edge out American Olympic champ Christian Taylor by one centimeter.
Triple Jump - Men Pts Wind 1 Compaoré , Benjamin FRA 17.12 4 +1.8 2 Taylor , Christian USA 17.11 2 +0.6 3 Copello , Alexis CUB 17.04 1 -0.3 4 Évora , Nelson POR 16.97 0.0 5 Revé , Ernesto CUB 16.94 +0.9 6 Fedorov , Aleksey RUS 16.84 -0.2 7 Claye , Will USA 16.79 -0.1 8 Greco , Daniele ITA 16.68 +0.5 9 Rapinier , Yoann FRA 16.06 -2.0 10 Benard , Chris USA 15.76 +0.8 11 Oprea , Marian ROU 14.96 0.0
Women’s Discus
Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic wrapped up the 2014 Diamond Race with her 14th consecutive DL win. She also won the Diamond Race in 2012 and 2013.
Discus Throw - Women Pts 1 Perkovic , Sandra CRO 68.48 4 2 Samuels , Dani AUS 67.40 2 3 Lewis-Smallwood , Gia USA 65.59 1 4 Robert-Michon , Mélina FRA 64.17 5 Caballero , Denia CUB 63.29 6 Craft , Shanice GER 63.21 7 Pérez , Yaime CUB 62.72 8 Fischer , Julia GER 61.13 9 Rüh , Anna GER 61.10 10 Strokova , Ekaterina RUS 60.06
Men’s Shot Put
Germany’s world champ David Storl won his first DL event of the year, beating out the U.S.’s Reese Hoffa by three centimeters.
Discus Throw - Women Pts 1 Perkovic , Sandra CRO 68.48 4 2 Samuels , Dani AUS 67.40 2 3 Lewis-Smallwood , Gia USA 65.59 1 4 Robert-Michon , Mélina FRA 64.17 5 Caballero , Denia CUB 63.29 6 Craft , Shanice GER 63.21 7 Pérez , Yaime CUB 62.72 8 Fischer , Julia GER 61.13 9 Rüh , Anna GER 61.10 10 Strokova , Ekaterina RUS 60.06
Men’s Pole Vault
Renaud Lavillenie won his second DL event in three days in front of the home fans to wrap up his fifth straight Diamond Race title. He’s clearly the best vaulter in the world.
Pole Vault - Men Pts 1 Lavillenie , Renaud FRA 5.70 4 2 de Oliveira , Augusto BRA 5.70 2 2 Ménaldo , Kévin FRA 5.70 2 4 Lisek , Piotr POL 5.60 5 Filippídis , Konstadínos GRE 5.60 6 Hollis , Mark USA 5.60 7 Dossévi , Damiel FRA 5.45 7 Wojciechowski , Pawel POL 5.45 Lavillenie , Valentin FRA NM Lewis , Steven GBR NM Walker , Brad USA NM Yamamoto , Seito JPN NM
Women’s Long Jump
Another French win as World indoor champ Eloyse Lesueur jumped a PR to beat American Brittney Reese.
Long Jump - Women Pts Wind 1 Lesueur , Éloyse FRA 6.92 4 +0.4 2 Reese , Brittney USA 6.87 2 -0.2 3 Španovic , Ivana SRB 6.78 1 -0.6 4 Proctor , Shara GBR 6.70 +0.8 5 Klishina , Darya RUS 6.63 -0.3 6 Bartoletta , Tianna USA 6.60 -0.3 7 Moguenara-Taroum , Sostene GER 6.59 -0.2 8 Pusterla , Irene SUI 6.57 -0.3 9 Sudarava , Volha BLR 6.40 +0.4 10 Jimoh , Funmi USA 6.37 -0.7
Blanka Vlasic Had Just Enough to Win the High Jump
Women’s High Jump
Croatia’s Blanka Vlasic, a two-time world champ, and Russia’s Mariya Kuchina became the third and fourth people to clear 2.00m in 2014 as Vlasic got the win. It was a PB for Kuchina. Vlasic was emotional after clearing 2.00 again.
High Jump - Women Pts 1 Vlašic , Blanka CRO 2.00 4 2 Kuchina , Maria RUS 2.00 2 3 Šimic , Ana CRO 1.94 1 4 Beitia , Ruth ESP 1.94 5 Okuneva , Oksana UKR 1.94 6 Kasprzycka , Justyna POL 1.94 6 McPherson , Inika USA 1.94 8 Radzivil , Svetlana UZB 1.92 9 Barrett , Brigetta USA 1.89 10 Gordeeva , Irina RUS 1.89 10 Licwinko , Kamila POL 1.89
Men’s Javelin
Egypt’s Ihab Abdelrahman won his second DL event of the season.
Javelin Throw - Men Pts 1 El Sayed , Ihab Abdelrahman EGY 87.10 4 2 Pitkämäki , Tero FIN 86.63 2 3 Röhler , Thomas GER 84.74 1 4 Arai , Ryohei JPN 81.52 5 Veselý , Vítezslav CZE 81.43 6 Grzeszczuk , Lukasz POL 81.04 7 Thorkildsen , Andreas NOR 80.79 8 Sirmais , Zigismunds LAT 77.99 9 Frydrych , Petr CZE 76.44 10 Yego , Julius KEN 71.06 Amb , Kim SWE NM