The Karlsruhe thread

[Jon]

WL from Gardener in the 60m heats. Through to the final are:

Jason Gardener - 6.55
Marcus Brunson - 6.60
Ronny Ostwald - 6.67
Mark Findlay - 6.69
Ron Bramlett - 6.69
Matic Osovnikar - 6.70
Christopher Williams - 6.71
Gabor Dobos - 6.74


A Brit also leads the female qualifiers:

Jeanette Kwakye - 7.25
Heidi Hanula - 7.32
Marion Wagner - 7.33
Stephanie Durst - 7.33
Verena Sailer - 7.41
Katrin Kaart - 7.46
Sylviane Felix - 7.50
Johanna Kedzierski - 7.52

[EPelle]

Was just on the Karlsruhe trail, and thought I:d check once before starting... thinking alike... Eurosport in 35 mintues.

[Jon]

For those without Eurosport:

http://www.lbbw-meeting.de/seiten/ergeb ... _index.htm

[EPelle]

And/or

http://www.bw-bank-meeting.de/

[nevetsllim]

I cant wait to watch it.

I'm looking forward to see how Tirlea goes in the women's 400m and the 800m between Bungei and Borzakovskiy.

Which other meets are usually televised? Birmingham is on the BBC and what about the Lieven meet?

[dl]

You can listen to live audio on Eurosport.com NOW!!! Men's 3000 just about to start.

[EPelle]

Men:s 3000m:

• Splits:
  2.30,62 at 1000m Kipchoge in second
  3.00,8 at 1,200m
  3.47,3 at 1500m pacer out
  4.02,1 at 1600m Kipchoge, Korir
  5.02,22 at 2000m Kipchoge, Korir
  7.33,07 Kipchoge strong and uncontested last 400m
  
  Kipchoge drops Korir with 3,25 laps remaining
  
  1 KIPCHOGE, Eliud KEN WL, 7.33,07
  2 KORIR, Shadrack KEN 7.40,23
  3 AKKAS, Halil TUR 7.52,77
  4 CASADO, Arturo ESP 7.55,77
  5 BENHARI, Moktar FRA 7.56,08
  6 LAGAT, Shadrack KEN 8.02,48
  7 HALLMANN, Sebastian GER 8.04,24

[Jon]

Kipchoge - 7:33.07 WL!! Not a bad indoor career debut.

If only he'd have been in the Boston 2-mile....

[Flumpy]

Go Jeanette.

Good to see her back after injury. Hopefully both her and Abi can be fit and well this year.

[EPelle]

Men:s 1500m

• Splits:
  55,34 | 1.54,92 | 2.26,45 | 2.56,90 | 3.39,29
  
  1 TAHRI, Bouabdellah FRA WL 3.39,29
  2 NOLAN, James IRL 3.39,89
  3 BABA, Youssef MAR 3.40,14
  4 MAAZOUZI, Driss FRA 3.40,40
  5 KIPTANUI TOO, Timothy KEN 3.41,06
  6 KIMUTAI, Philemon Kipkorir KEN 3.42,09
  7 KAREEM, Nasser Shams QAT 3.48,26
  
  Tahri decisive down the final backstraight, used steeple power to clear himself of the field. Former Razorback James Nolan moved up from third to break 3.40. Spill after 100m mark (13,6 seconds for rabbit).

[EPelle]

Men:s 1000m

• Splits:
  26,95 | 54,28 | 1.21,45 | 1.50,57 | 2.18,20 (27,63)
  
  Kipchirchir-Komen has wheels... took lead over Yiampoy at 1.30 into race, produced a WL. Yiampoy has a 2.18,15 indoor PB.
  
  1 KOMEN, Daniel Kipchirchir KEN WL 2.18,19
  2 YIAMPOY, William KEN 2.19,04
  3 IGUIDER, Abdelatif MAR 2.20,99
  4KOLDIN, Yuri RUS 2.21,89
  5 PIRES, Joao POR 2.22,30
  6 HERMS, René GER 2.23,97
  CO, Steffen GER DNF

[EPelle]

Men:s 800m

• Splits:
  25,43 | 51,77 | 1.19,46 | 1.45,83 (26,37)
  
  Borzakovskiy, though he lagged some at the beginning, played out a better stategy than sit-in-last-and-kick. Challenged Bungei down the backstraight, held off Bungei around the turn and was not challenged down the homestretch. Borzakovskiy lowers his WL time from 1.46,65 run in Moskow on Wednesday to 1.45,83.
  
  1 BORZAKOVSKIY, Yuriy RUS WL 1.45,82
  2 BUNGEI, Wilfred KEN 1.46,05
  3 BOGDANOV, Dmitryi RUS 1.46,91
  4 LACASSE, Florent FRA 1.47,07
  5 OLMEDO, Manuel ESP 1.47,38
  6 MOISE, Joseph HAI PB 1.47,56

[Jon]

Oprea jumped a 17.38 WL in the last round of the TJ. Davis improved to 17.11m, but it wasn't enough to win.

[nevetsllim]

That was quite a fall in the men's 1500m. Was Kiptanui injured last season because I don't think I saw him racing at all.

Has the women's 1500m started yet?

[Jon]

Great battle going on in the women's PV.

- Rogowska failed first time at 4.40m, while Pyrek cleared it on her first attempt.
- Pyrek extended her lead with a first-round clearance of 4.55m
- Rogowska fought back with a first-try 4.60m
- Pyrek failed first time at 4.65m, but got it on the second to take the lead back and then passed at 4.70m.
- Rogowska went for 4.70m WL & MR. Took her three attempts, but she got there in the end.
- Pyrek fails first time at 4.75m. She fails her second try. And now her third. Rogowska is the winner – what height will she attempt now?