IAAF Dakar Grand Prix: Start Lists

[Rineanna]

Dakar GP kicks off tomorrow wih the Shot event taking place on the historic Gorée Island.

Startlists for all events are now available here: http://www.iaaf.org/gp09/results/eventc ... index.html

Some good and some not so good fields.

The women's shot features former Olympic medallist Nadine Kleinert, recent European indoor medallist Denise Hinrichs, 19m+ thrower Anca Heltne and American Kristin Heaston.

The men's event features four Americans, including Hoffa & Cantwell, as well as Jamaica's Dorian Scott.

The event I'm most looking forward to is the wTJ, which is loaded:
Marija Šestak SLO
Yamilé Aldama SUD
Hrysopiyí Devetzí GRE
Magdelín Martínez ITA
Joanna Skibinska POL
Dana Veldáková SVK

Wow!

Men's 3000m should be a good race too.

[nevetsllim]

Both shot put events and the women's triple jump look very tasty indeed. Men's 3000m is solid too, and so is the w400.

I think the start-lists are good for an early-season event.

[AS]

Both shot put events and the women's triple jump look very tasty indeed. Men's 3000m is solid too, and so is the w400.

I think the start-lists are good for an early-season event.

Do you reckon? They look weaker than we get down here for the Aussie meets...

[kamikaze7]

None of the lists have any locals. I sure hope thats an oversight

[AS]

None of the lists have any locals. I sure hope thats an oversight

With fields of 4 and 5 for most sprints, I'm sure there will be more SEN on the startline...

[carfu]

The event has been facing financial woes. The biggest share of the budget usually comes from the Senegalese governement and the city of Dakar. But until two weeks ago (I don't know if there were some changes since), they had not promised any money at all, forcing the relocation of the meet from the Leopold Sedar Senghor stadium (60,000 seats) to the Iba Mar Diop stadium (5,000 seats?) to reduce spending.

An article from le Quotidien (April 11) reports that IAAF president Lamine Diack and Senegalese NOC president Diagna Ndiaye came to the rescue of the meet, getting involved financially . The meet was running the risk of losing its IAAF Grand Prix label, a label that the Moroccan meet of Rabat may be lusting for, according to a member of the organising committee .

[nevetsllim]

Both shot put events and the women's triple jump look very tasty indeed. Men's 3000m is solid too, and so is the w400.

I think the start-lists are good for an early-season event.

Do you reckon? They look weaker than we get down here for the Aussie meets...

True - but most of the international athletes who compete in the Australian season have based themselves there for the winter so it has to be expected.

[Rineanna]

The first results from Gorée island are in:

1 Denise Hinrichs GER 19.19
2 Nadine Kleinert GER 18.82
3 Anca Heltne ROU 18.26
4 Cleopatra Borel-Brown TRI 18.14
5 Anita Márton HUN 16.75
6 Josephine Terlecki GER 16.74
7 Kristin Heaston USA 16.63
8 Magdalena Sobieszek POL 16.58 2
9 Jessica Cérival FRA 15.71

[LopenUupunut]

Official Results - Men - Shot Put
1 Christian Cantwell USA 21.53
2 Reese Hoffa USA 19.97
3 Russell Winger USA 19.85
4 Dorian Scott JAM 19.65
5 Milan Haborák SVK 19.29
6 Garrett Johnson USA 19.04
7 Maris Urtans LAT 18.66

[gh]

62-11½ for Hinrichs

70-7¾ for Cantwell

[gh]

Complete results now posted to front page. Contender for weakest GP meet ever?

[pela2]

Complete results now posted to front page. Contender for weakest GP meet ever?

close , decent results at least in men's 3000m, long jump and SP.

[kamikaze7]

Some high school meets may even have better times.