21st August 2012 00:17
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| Russia's Sergey shubenkov clocked a national record time of 13.09 in 110m hurdles in Linz on Monday. |
The Gugl Games, a part of the 2012 series of the European Athletics Outdoor Classic meetings, on a hot summer evening showcased a number of Olympic champions and stars of the sport.
Olympic champion Kirani James of Grenada won the 400m in 44.46, beating Jonathan Borlee of Belgium (45.10), while ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius of South Africa finished in sixth place (46.91).
Another London 2012 gold medallist Felix Sanchez won the 400m hurdles with a fast 48.13, clearly beating Jamaican Leford Green (48.89) and Olympic silver medallist Michael Tinsley (49.49).
Nickel Ashmeade clocked 10.03 in the 100m to beat fellow Jamaicans Michael Frater (10.13) and Jason Young (10.15).
Russian European champion Sergey Shubenkov clocked a Russian record time of 13.09 in the 110m hurdles, while second placed Ryan Brathwaite (the 2009 World champion) equalled his season’s best with a time of 13.23.
The 1000m saw Benson Seurei of Kenya running a world leading time of 2:16.39, while second placed Nate Brannen ran a Canadian record of 2:16.52. Nick Willis of New Zealand finished third (2:16.58) in a race where the top 10 went under 2:18.
World junior record holder Sergey Morgunov won the long jump with a leap of 7.96m.
Olympic bronze medallist Gerd Kanter of Estonia in his third competition in three days won with 65.22m over Frank Casanas 65.08m and Lawrence Okoye 64.25m.
The women’s events also saw high quality competition, with the 2011 World champion Fabiana Murer clearing 4.65m in the pole vault to secure victory.
American Chelsea Hayes leaped 6.81m in the long jump ahead of Belarussian Veronika Shutkova 6.64m.
Ginnie Crawford clocked 12.68 to win 100m hurdles win with Queen Harrison coming second in 12.77, while Olympic medalist Kellie Wells came third in 12.83.
Kenyans dominated the steeplechase, Lydia Chepkurui winning in a time of 9:23.52 and narrowly beating Hyvin Kiyeng, who ran a personal best time of 9:23.53.
British miler Hannah England won the 800m in a personal best time of 1:59.66 ahead of Americans Anna Pierce 2:00.49 and Molly Beckwith 2:00.73.
Charonda Williams clocked a solid 22.67 in the 200m, narrowly edging Olympic relay winner and fellow American Bianca Knight 22.74, as well as Jamaican Samantha Henry-Robinson 22.85.
This came after Samantha Henry-Robinson won the 100m in a time of 11.15, finishing ahead of Gloria Asumnu 11.19 and Laverne Jones-Ferrette 11.24.
Olympic 100m bronze medallist Justin Gatlin was unable to compete due to food poisoning.