Kiptoo, Langat, Kikaya, Koech and Defar earn victories at Stockholm's DN Galan

Submitted by Yomi Omogbeja on 6 August 2010 - 10:54pm

Many African champions came up from the five-day African Athletics Championships in Nairobi to score significant victories at the DN Galan - Samsung Diamond League event in Stockholm, Sweden today.

Mark Kiptoo earned a dramatic victory in a personal best of 12:53.46 after a finish which saw the lead change twice in the final 50 metres of the men's 5000m.

Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel clocked a personal best time of 12:53.56 for second place, with Samsung Diamond Race leader, Ethiopia's Imane Merga also running a personal best in beating Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge to third place in 12:53.58. Kipchoge finished fourth in 12:54.36.

Kenya's Olympic champion Nancy Langat bounced back to winning form with a convincing victory after the hiccup of losing over 1500m on the Lausanne leg of the Samsung Diamond League series.

Langat scored a third victory, winning in 4:00.70 from Anna Alminova, the Russian champion who last month achieved a runaway victory in Paris, and Bahrain's Mimi Belete, who clocked 4:01.53 and 4:01.64, respectively.

Paul Kipsiele Koech led a Kenyan sweep of the 3,000m Steeplechase winning in 8:02.18. The 28-year-old failed to break his own 7:59.42 stadium record and take home the evening’s first one carat diamond.

Compatriots Silas Kosgei Kitum was second in a personal best 8:12.42 and Elijah Chelimo was third in a season's best 8:12.93.

In other results, African record holder Gary Kikaya of Congo won the men's 400m in 45.81 and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia took the women's 5,000m in 14:42.46.

Complete Results

Men's 100m

Final, wind: 0.0

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Tyson GAY	USA	82	9.84
2.	Usain BOLT	JAM	86	9.97
3.	Richard THOMPSON	TRI	85	10.10
4.	Trell KIMMONS	USA	85	10.11
5.	Mario FORSYTHE	JAM	85	10.20
6.	Michael RODGERS	USA	85	10.21
7.	Travis PADGETT	USA	86	10.22
8.	Rae Monzavous EDWARDS	USA	81	10.29

Heat 1, wind: -0.7

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Usain BOLT	JAM	86	10.10
2.	Richard THOMPSON	TRI	85	10.10
3.	Michael RODGERS	USA	85	10.22
4.	Travis PADGETT	USA	86	10.31
5.	Marlon DEVONISH	GBR	76	10.32
6.	Emmanuel CALLANDER	TRI	84	10.39
7.	Tony DARKWAH	SWE	86	10.81

Heat 2, wind: -0.1

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Tyson GAY	USA	82	10.02
2.	Trell KIMMONS	USA	85	10.11
3.	Mario FORSYTHE	JAM	85	10.23
4.	Rae Monzavous EDWARDS	USA	81	10.30
5.	Aaron ARMSTRONG	TRI	77	10.44
6.	Brian DZINGAI	ZIM	81	10.47
7.	Ryan MOSELEY	AUT	82	10.57
8.	Alexander NORDKVIST	SWE	90	10.63

Men's 800m

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Marcin LEWANDOWSKI	POL	87	1:45.06
2.	Michael RIMMER	GBR	86	1:45.11
3.	Jackson Mumbwa KIVUNA	KEN	89	1:45.28
4.	Boaz LALANG	KEN	89	1:45.31
5.	Nick SYMMONDS	USA	83	1:45.32
6.	Leonel MANZANO	USA	84	1:45.41
7.	Alfred Kirwa YEGO	KEN	86	1:46.41
8.	Andrew WHEATING	USA	87	1:46.51
9.	Youssef Saad KAMEL	BRN	83	1:46.86
-	Khadevis ROBINSON	USA	76	DNF
-	Abubaker KAKI KHAMIS	SUD	89	DNF

Men's 5000m

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Mark KIPTOO	KEN	76	12:53.46
2.	Dejen GEBREMESKEL	ETH	89	12:53.56
3.	Imane MERGA	ETH	88	12:53.58
4.	Eliud KIPCHOGE	KEN	84	12:54.36
5.	Chris SOLINSKY	USA	84	12:55.53
6.	Vincent Kiprop CHEPKOK	KEN	88	12:58.17
7.	Titus MBISHEI	KEN	90	13:00.04
8.	Augustine Kiprono CHOGE	KEN	87	13:04.64
9.	Thomas Pkemei LONGOSIWA	KEN	88	13:05.60
10.	Vincent YATOR	KEN	89	13:06.15
11.	Joseph EBUYA	KEN	87	13:13.14
12.	Matthew Kipkoech KISORIO	KEN	89	13:14.72
13.	Ed MORAN	USA	81	13:20.25
14.	James Kwalia C'KURUI	QAT	84	13:21.05
15.	Juan VAN DEVENTER	RSA	83	13:22.64
16.	Yusuf Kibet BIWOTT	KEN	86	13:25.03
17.	Lucas Kimeli ROTICH	KEN	90	13:31.89
18.	Collis BIRMINGHAM	AUS	84	13:31.96
-	Suleiman Kipses SIMOTWO	KEN	80	DNF
-	Gideon GATHIMBA	KEN	80	DNF
-	Galen RUPP	USA	86	DNF

Men's 400mH

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Bershawn JACKSON	USA	83	47.65
2.	Javier CULSON	PUR	84	48.50
3.	Angelo TAYLOR	USA	78	49.57
4.	Jehue GORDON	TRI	91	49.66
5.	Michael TINSLEY	USA	84	49.83
6.	Richard YATES	GBR	86	49.93
7.	Isa PHILLIPS	JAM	84	50.00
-	Félix SÁNCHEZ	DOM	77	DQ

Men's 3000mSC

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Paul Kipsiele KOECH	KEN	81	8:02.18
2.	Silas Kosgei KITUM	KEN	90	8:12.42
3.	Elijah CHELIMO	KEN	87	8:12.93
4.	Tareq Mubarak TAHER	BRN	86	8:17.21
5.	Linus CHUMBA	KEN	80	8:18.48
6.	Tomasz SZYMKOWIAK	POL	83	8:21.05
7.	Youcef ABDI	AUS	77	8:29.40
8.	Mustafa MOHAMED	SWE	79	8:29.95
9.	Patrick Kipkurui LANGAT	KEN	88	8:33.54
-	Haron LAGAT	KEN	83	DNF
-	Hillary Kipsang YEGO	KEN	92	DNF

Men's Triple Jump

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result	Wind
1.	Teddy TAMGHO	FRA	89	17.36	-0.3
2.	Christian OLSSON	SWE	80	17.32	+0.4
3.	Alexis COPELLO	CUB	85	17.22	+0.6
4.	Viktor KUZNYETSOV	UKR	86	16.81	-0.1
5.	Randy LEWIS	GRN	80	16.81	+0.5
6.	David GIRALT	CUB	84	16.74	-0.6
7.	Aleksey FYODOROV	RUS	91	16.74	0.0
8.	Momchil KARAILIEV	BUL	82	16.54	0.0
9.	Yoandri BETANZOS	CUB	82	16.43	+0.4
10.	Lyukman ADAMS	RUS	88	16.28	-0.4
11.	Tosin OKE	NGR	80	16.24	-0.8

Men's Shot Put

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Christian CANTWELL	USA	80	22.09
2.	Tomasz MAJEWSKI	POL	81	21.01
3.	Cory MARTIN	USA	85	20.73
4.	Reese HOFFA	USA	77	20.68
5.	Dylan ARMSTRONG	CAN	81	20.61
6.	Ryan WHITING	USA	86	20.56
7.	Daniel TAYLOR	USA	82	20.28
8.	Pavel LYZHYN	BLR	81	20.01
9.	Maris URTANS	LAT	81	19.63
10.	Dorian SCOTT	JAM	82	19.07
11.	Niklas ARRHENIUS	SWE	82	18.92
-	Adam NELSON	USA	75	NM

Men's Javelin Throw

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Tero PITKÄMÄKI	FIN	82	84.41
2.	Andreas THORKILDSEN	NOR	82	83.63
3.	Matthias DE ZORDO	GER	88	82.05
4.	Ainars KOVALS	LAT	81	81.18
5.	Teemu WIRKKALA	FIN	84	79.90
6.	Jarrod BANNISTER	AUS	84	77.89
7.	Oleksandr PYATNYTSYA	UKR	85	77.53
8.	Ari MANNIO	FIN	87	76.68
9.	Petr FRYDRYCH	CZE	88	75.18
10.	Gabriel WALLIN	SWE	81	73.35
11.	Eriks RAGS	LAT	75	72.67
12.	Sergey MAKAROV	RUS	73	70.00

Women's 200m

Final, wind: -0.2

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Allyson FELIX	USA	85	22.41
2.	Shalonda SOLOMON	USA	85	22.51
3.	Bianca KNIGHT	USA	89	22.59
4.	Aleksandra FEDORIVA	RUS	88	22.79
5.	Yuliya CHERMOSHANSKAYA	RUS	86	22.95
6.	Debbie FERGUSON-MCKENZIE	BAH	76	22.97
7.	Consuella MOORE	USA	81	23.32
8.	Monica HARGROVE	USA	82	23.66

Women's 400m

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Tatyana FIROVA	RUS	82	50.46
2.	Debbie DUNN	USA	78	50.59
3.	Francena MCCORORY	USA	88	50.66
4.	Shericka WILLIAMS	JAM	85	50.71
5.	Amantle MONTSHO	BOT	83	50.74
6.	Novlene WILLIAMS-MILLS	JAM	82	51.18
7.	Antonina KRIVOSHAPKA	RUS	87	51.19
8.	Natalya NAZAROVA	RUS	79	52.97

Women's 1500m

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Nancy Jebet LANGAT	KEN	81	4:00.70
2.	Anna ALMINOVA	RUS	85	4:01.53
3.	Mimi BELETE	BRN	88	4:01.64
4.	Abeba AREGAWI	ETH	90	4:01.98
5.	Morgan UCENY	USA	85	4:02.72
6.	Gelete BURKA	ETH	86	4:02.84
7.	Shannon ROWBURY	USA	84	4:02.95
8.	Maryam Yusuf JAMAL	BRN	84	4:03.29
9.	Stephanie TWELL	GBR	89	4:04.25
10.	Anna PIERCE	USA	84	4:04.52
11.	Christin WURTH-THOMAS	USA	80	4:04.56
12.	Ingvill MÅKESTAD	NOR	81	4:04.92
13.	Natalya YEVDOKIMOVA	RUS	78	4:07.13
14.	Hannah ENGLAND	GBR	87	4:07.86
15.	Charlotte SCHÖNBECK	SWE	84	4:11.29
-	Tamara TVERDOSTUP	UKR	79	DNF

Women's 5000m

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Meseret DEFAR	ETH	83	14:42.46
2.	Alemitu BEKELE	TUR	77	14:42.62
3.	Emebet ANTENEH	ETH	92	14:55.65
4.	Sule UTURA	ETH	90	14:56.18
5.	Margaret MURIUKI	KEN	86	14:57.26
6.	Alice Aprot NAWOWUNA	KEN	94	15:16.74
7.	Shitaye ESHETE	BRN	90	15:25.67
8.	Jennifer RHINES	USA	74	15:50.55
-	Lauren FLESHMAN	USA	81	DNF
-	Renata PLIŚ	POL	85	DNF

Women's 100mH

Final, wind: +0.2

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Sally PEARSON	AUS	86	12.57
2.	Priscilla LOPES-SCHLIEP	CAN	82	12.59
3.	Lolo JONES	USA	82	12.70
4.	Queen HARRISON	USA	88	12.78
5.	Perdita FELICIEN	CAN	80	12.79
6.	Danielle CARRUTHERS	USA	79	12.96
7.	Vonette DIXON	JAM	75	12.98
8.	Yevheniya SNIHUR	UKR	84	13.05

Heat 1, wind: -0.7

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Lolo JONES	USA	82	12.78
2.	Perdita FELICIEN	CAN	80	12.89
3.	Vonette DIXON	JAM	75	12.90
4.	Virginia POWELL-CRAWFORD	USA	83	12.90
5.	Tatyana DEKTYARYOVA	RUS	81	12.92
6.	Christina VUKICEVIC	NOR	87	12.99
7.	Aleesha BARBER	TRI	87	13.05
8.	Nichole DENBY	USA	82	13.24

Heat 2, wind: 0.0

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Priscilla LOPES-SCHLIEP	CAN	82	12.66
2.	Queen HARRISON	USA	88	12.70
3.	Sally PEARSON	AUS	86	12.70
4.	Danielle CARRUTHERS	USA	79	12.83
5.	Yevheniya SNIHUR	UKR	84	12.89
6.	Tiffany OFILI	USA	87	13.39
-	Kellie WELLS	USA	82	DNF

Women's 3000mSC

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Yuliya ZARUDNEVA	RUS	86	9:17.59
2.	Milcah Chemos CHEIYWA	KEN	86	9:19.32
3.	Lydia Jebet ROTICH	KEN	88	9:21.25
4.	Sofia ASSEFA	ETH	87	9:22.09
5.	Gladys Jerotich KIPKEMOI	KEN	86	9:24.96
6.	Mercy Wanjiku NJOROGE	KEN	86	9:26.64
7.	Katarzyna KOWALSKA	POL	85	9:37.00
8.	Lisa AGUILERA	USA	79	9:37.98
9.	Bridget FRANEK	USA	87	9:42.17
10.	Karoline Bjerkeli GRØVDAL	NOR	90	9:47.07
11.	Korene HINDS	JAM	76	10:06.41
-	Mardrea HYMAN	JAM	72	DNF
-	Wioletta FRANKIEWICZ	POL	77	DNF

Women's High Jump

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Blanka VLAŠIĆ	CRO	83	2.02
2.	Chaunte HOWARD-LOWE	USA	84	2.00
3.	Emma GREEN	SWE	84	1.94
4.	Svetlana SHKOLINA	RUS	86	1.94
5.	Irina GORDEYEVA	RUS	86	1.90
6.	Ebba JUNGMARK	SWE	87	1.90
7.	Stine KUFAAS	NOR	86	1.90
8.	Airiné PALŠYTÉ	LTU	92	1.85
9.	Anna ILJUŠTŠENKO	EST	85	1.85
-	Lavern SPENCER	LCA	84	NH

Women's Pole Vault

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Svetlana FEOFANOVA	RUS	80	4.71
2.	Silke SPIEGELBURG	GER	86	4.61
3.	Fabiana MURER	BRA	81	4.51
4.	Kristina GADSCHIEW	GER	84	4.51
5.	Yuliya GOLUBCHIKOVA	RUS	83	4.51
6.	Aleksandra KIRYASHOVA	RUS	85	4.41
7.	Kate DENNISON	GBR	84	4.41
8.	Jiřina PTÁČNÍKOVÁ	CZE	86	4.41
9.	Lisa RYZIH	GER	88	4.41
10.	Lacy JANSON	USA	83	4.41
11.	Carolin HINGST	GER	80	4.21

Women's Long Jump

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result	Wind
1.	Darya KLISHINA	RUS	91	6.78	+1.7
2.	Brittney REESE	USA	86	6.75	+0.3
3.	Naide GOMES	POR	79	6.72	-0.2
4.	Lyudmila KOLCHANOVA	RUS	79	6.70	+0.4
5.	Ineta RADEVIČA	LAT	81	6.70	-1.2
6.	Funmi JIMOH	USA	84	6.61	+1.8
7.	Carolina KLÜFT	SWE	83	6.57	+0.7
8.	Olga KUCHERENKO	RUS	85	6.46	-0.3
9.	Brianna GLENN	USA	80	6.36	-0.1
10.	Ivana SPANOVIĆ	SRB	90	6.26	+1.7
11.	Tatyana KOTOVA	RUS	76	6.24	-0.2
12.	Chaunte HOWARD-LOWE	USA	84	6.20	-0.4

Women's Shot Put

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Nadezhda OSTAPCHUK	BLR	80	20.63
2.	Valerie VILI	NZL	84	19.79
3.	Natalya KHORONEKO-MIKHNEVICH	BLR	82	19.57
4.	Nadine KLEINERT	GER	75	18.78
5.	Jillian CAMARENA-WILLIAM	USA	82	18.74
6.	Cleopatra BOREL-BROWN	TRI	79	18.57
7.	Helena ENGMAN	SWE	76	17.97

International Events

Men's 400m

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result
1.	Gary KIKAYA	COD	78	45.81
2.	Andretti BAIN	BAH	85	46.03
3.	Erison HURTAULT	DMA	84	46.16
4.	Ben OFFEREINS	AUS	86	46.21
5.	Oral THOMPSON	JAM	82	46.48
6.	Michael MATHIEU	BAH	84	46.57
7.	Danny MCFARLANE	JAM	72	47.66

Women's Long Jump

Final

Pl.	Athlete	Nat.	Birth	Result	Wind
1.	Anastasiya MIRONCHIK	BLR	89	6.72	+1.7
2.	Yelena SOKOLOVA	RUS	86	6.64	-0.9
3.	Hyleas FOUNTAIN	USA	81	6.56	-0.4
4.	Rhonda WATKINS	TRI	87	6.43	-0.5
5.	Viktoriya RYBALKO	UKR	82	6.36	-1.1
6.	Tianna MADISON	USA	85	6.35	-0.4

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