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Prize Structure (USD):
1:st: 8.000:-
2:nd: 6.000:-
3:rd: 4.500:-
4:th: 3.000:-
5:th: 2.000:-
6:th: 1.000:-
7:th: 800:-
8:th: 600:-
Field by lanes:
(edited 07.07.13: corrected Bolt:s name and moved Wissman bullet point up).
1:st: 8.000:-
2:nd: 6.000:-
3:rd: 4.500:-
4:th: 3.000:-
5:th: 2.000:-
6:th: 1.000:-
7:th: 800:-
8:th: 600:-
Field by lanes:
- Lane 1: Johan Wissman.
20,38 PB. 20,40 SB.
Wissman placed third in the 2004 Athletissima in 20,50, which was his then #3 all-time best and a 2004 season-best. Frankie Fredricks won in 20,21. Wissman is coming off a NR-setting race in the 400m at MAI Galan eight days ago - a race which saw the two-time championship 200m silver-medallist (Europeans, World Indoors) race to a time of 45,12. Wissman has never raced Wariner over 200m; he is 0-2 against Spearmon in finals reached; 0-1 against Gay in finals reached; 0-1 against Bolt in finals reached; 0-1 against Merritt.
[/*:m:twqn550o] - Lane 2 : Jeremy Wariner.
20,19 PB. 20,35 SB.
Wariner has never raced over 200m at this meet, but ran 44,96 there two years ago in a victory. He has run the 200m six times in 2007, with victories in two of those races (including heats and semi-finals). He ran seven 200m races last season when he set his personal best, and was victorious in five of those (including heats and semi-finals). Wariner is 0-4 lifetime against Spearmon; 0-1 against Gay in races both athletes were in a final; he has raced neither Wissman nor Merritt at 200m.
[/*:m:twqn550o] - Lane 3: Rodney Martin.
20,14 PB. 20,18 SB.
Martin has never raced over 200m at this meet, though he did run a 10,29 in the 100m there last year for fourth in a race won by Kelly Willie in 10,13.
[/*:m:twqn550o] - Lane 4: LaShawn Merritt.
19,98 PB. 19,98 SB.
Merritt placed fifth in that fabled 200m last year in a then-lifetime best of 20,10 - a race won by Xavier Carter in 19,63 - at the time, the 2:nd-fastest mark ever behind Michael Johnson:s 19,32. Merritt, like Wariner, is a 400m specialist (world indoor record holder) who possesses a 44,06 PB in his own right. Merritt is 0-3 against Spearmon; 0-1 against Gay; 0-1 against Bolt.
[/*:m:twqn550o] - Lane 5: Usain Bolt.
19,75 PB. 19,75 SB.
Bolt placed third in the 2006 Athletissima meet in a then-lifetime best of 19,88 seconds - also a national Jamaican record; it was a 0,11-second personal best. He has since recorded three sub-20,00 times this season as you know - his 19,75 at the Jamaican National Champs another Jamaican national record for him. Bolt is 2-4 against Gay; 1-0 against Merritt.
[/*:m:twqn550o] - Lane 6: Tyson Gay.
19,62 PB. 19,62 SB.
Gay was winning the 2006 Athletissima 200m before Carter snuck up on the outside in lane eight to take the race. Gay finished in a then-PB of 19,70. He went on to record three more sub-20,00 times culminating with a 19,68 in Stuttgart. He has since run two more sub-20,00 times in 2007 - his most recent mark a 19,62 PB (and #2 All-time) at USATF. Gay is 12-5 on Spearmon in races where they have both reached the final; Gay is 4-2 on Bolt; Gay is 1-0 on Wariner in races both athletes have reached the final; Gay is 1-0 on Merritt.
[/*:m:twqn550o] - Lane 7: Wallace Spearmon.
19,65 PB. 19,82 SB.
Spearmon placed fourth last year in 19,90 in running his second of five sub-20,00 times in 2006. Spearmon, like Bolt, has also run three legal sub-20,00 times this season - his most recent a 19,89 behind Gay in Indianapolis. Spearmon is 5-12 against Gay in races they:ve both reached the final; Spearmon is 7-1 on Bolt and 3-0 on Merritt.
[/*:m:twqn550o] - Lane 8: David Alerte.
20,34 PB. 20,34 SB.
Alerte has never competed at Athletissima, but was the 2005 European U-23 200m champion, and has a bronze from last year:s Euro Champs 4x100m.[/*:m:twqn550o]
(edited 07.07.13: corrected Bolt:s name and moved Wissman bullet point up).
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