Balkan Indoor Championships 2006

Nikoluski · February 22, 2006, 2:30pm

22 February 2006, Peania

MEN
60m 1 Aristidis Petridis 6.75, 2 Veselin Pankov BUL 6.82, 3 Marian Katalin Kampeanu ROM 6.88, 4 Milan Milenkovic SCG 6.89, 5 Robert Tipkovski MLD 7.04, 6. Giergi Ciepani ALB 7.19.
Out of competition heat. 1 Georgios Theodoridis GRE 6.62, 2 Aristotelis Gavelas GRE 6.70, 3 Savvas Konstantinidis GRE 6.82, 4 Georgios Sabanis GRE 6.94, 5 Milos Savic SCG 7.04.

800m 1 Ionut Vasilace ROM 1.50.01, 2 Selahatin Ciobanoglou TUR 1.50.13, 3 Konstantinos Tzirtziris GRE 1.51.79, 4 Milos Salasci SCG 1.52.74, 5 Filip Kolevsci MKD 2.02.43.
Out of competition Efthimios Papadopoulos GRE 1.52.22

1500m 1 Halil Akkas TUR 3.44.44, 2 Darco Radomirovic SCG 3.54.39, 3 Emmanuel Moustakas GRE 3.55.58, 4 George Trentafilov MKD 4.28.90.

3000m 1 Marius Ionescu ROM 8.19.53, 2 Anastasios Fragos 8.24.46, 3 Tipe Martinovski MKD 9.29.07.

High Jump 1 Stafan Vasilace ROM 2.20m, 2 Michalis Tomaras GRE 2.15m, 2 Dragutin Topic SCG 2.15m, 4 Randu Tucan MLD 2.10m
Out of competition Ioannis Konstantinou CYP 2.15m

Long Jump 1 Nikolai Atanasov BUL 7.76m, 2 Petros Katsis 7.48, 3 Marian Danut Simion 7.47m 4 Admir Bregu ALB 7.07m
Out of competition. Michalis Mertzanidis 7.44m, Petar Datchev BUL 7.21m

Triple Jump 1 Marian Oprea ROM 17.51m., 2 Momchil Karailiev BUL 17.04m, 3 Vladimir Letnikov MLD 15.99m, 4 Nikolaos Fragos GRE 15.32m, 5 Selman Rentzep MKD 13.88m

WOMEN
60m 1 Tazan Naimova BUL 7.31, 2 Angela Morosanu ROM 7.40, 3 Eleftheria Kobidou GRE 7.54, 4 Saliha Oziurt TUR 7.58, 5 Ivana Jurtzevic SCG 7.85, 6 Alexandra Voinovska MKD 7.87, 7 Arta Sandria ALB 8.09.
Out of competition heat. 1 Evaggelia Kavoura GRE 7.59, 2 Lemonia Polychroniadou GRE 7.71, 3 Sara Eskenazy GRE 7.95, 4 Alexandra Pavlovic SCG 8.42.

800m 1 Mihaela Silvia Neacu ROM 2.02.00, 2 Teodora Kolarova 2.02.89, 3 Eleni Filandra 2.05.17, 4 Denisa Fengili ALB 2.18.84, 5 Christina Ristesca MKD 2.29.21.
Out of competition. Elena Iagar ROM 2.02.56, Anni Hristofidou CYP 2.09.13.

1500m 1 Daniela Yordanova BUL 4.07.11, 2 Corina Dubravean ROM 4.08.47, 3 Sonia Stolic SCG 4.20.90, 4 Fotini Dagli Pagoto GRE 4.25.84.

3000m 1 Cristina Casandra ROM 9.12.43, 2 Dobrinska Salamanova BUL 9.14.41, 3 Maria Protopapa GRE 9.20.56.

Triple Jump 1 Tereza Marinova BUL 14.49m, 2 Georgia Giannakitsidou GRE 13.82m, 3 Ioana Bujin ROM 13.46m, 4 Mucander Ulusai TU|R 13.06m, 5 Lauretta Deremi ALB 12.21m
Out of competition Maria Dimitrova BUL 13.91m, Irene Dimitraki GRE 13.50m, Ioanna Grammatikopoulou GRE 12.59m

Pole Vault 1 Afroditi Skafida GRE 4.20m, 2 Slavica Smenjuk SCG 4.10m,
Out of competition. Antigoni Asteriou GRE 4.20m, Anna Fitidou CYP 4.10m

Shot Put 1 Elena Hila ROM 16.87m, 2 Fotini Kyriakidou GRE 16.23m, 3 Tziana Sencic SCG 14.26m, 4 Valbona Lauka ALB 13.15m

Nikoluski · February 22, 2006, 2:55pm

MEN
400m 1 Florin Suciu ROM 47.13, 2 Pantelis Melahrinoudis GRE 47.38, 3 Tuncai Ors TUR 48.61, 4 Attila Keresi SCG 49.06, 5 Dalibor Spasovski MKD 51.28, 6 Erlino Beikolari ALB 53.46.
Out of competition heat. 1 Georgios Doupis GRE 48.13, 2 Marian Katalin Campeanu ROM 48.15, 3 Georgios Economidis GRE 48.47, 4 Stylianos Kopanou 49.05, 5 Stefanos Hatzinikolaou GRE 49.47, 6 Liuta Ifraim MKD 55.27.

60mh 1 Alexander Mihailescu ROM 7.74, 2 Miroslav Novacovic SCG 7.87, 3 Elton Bitinca ALB 7.92, 4 Theopistos Mavridis GRE 8.01, 5 Sagar Karamanoglou TUR 8.02, 6 Damir Haracic BRS 8.08, 7 Zlatan Petrov BUL 8.20.

Pole Vault 1 Spas Bukhalov BUL 5.60m, 2 Marios Evaggelou GRE 5.10m, 3 Igor Sarcevic SCG 4.80m, 4 Tiberiu Agoston ROM 4.80m
Out of competition 1 Ilian Efremov 5.60m, 2 Emilios Sakellariadis GRE 5.00m, 3 Dimitrios Patsoukakis GRE 5.00m, 4 Evagelos Salapataras GRE 4.80m.

Shot Put 1 George Guset 20.72m, 2 Luka Rujevic SCG 19.18m., 3 Hamza Alic BRS 19.03m, 4 Ioannis Vassilopoulos GRE 18.25m.
Out of competition. Panayotis Anyfantis GRE 16.82m

WOMEN
400m 1 Vanja Stabolova BUL 51.06, 2 Antzela Morosanu ROM 53.41, 3 Claudiana Sala ALB 53.72, 4 Ozge Guler TUR 54.73, 5 Alena Mari Panti 55.98, 6 Alexandra Spasevska MKD 68.21.
Out of competition. 1 Ionela Manolace Tirlea ROM 53.94, 2 Alisa Kalinikou CYP 55.09, 3 Marina Vassarmidou GRE 59.05.

Long Jump 1 Stella Pilatou 6.66m , 2 Andina Anton ROM 6.47m, 3 Ivana Spasovic SCG 6.46m, 4 Antonija Yordanova BUL 6.45m, 5 Mukander Ulusai TUR 6.00m, 6 Marina Yonoska MKD 5.13m.
Out of competition. Viorica Tigau 6.60m, 2 Ioanna Kafetzi GRE 6.58m, 3 Panayota Koutsioumari GRE 6.16m

High Jump 1 Venelina Veneva BUL 1.93m, 2 Oana Pantelimon ROM 1.87m, 3 Maria Papageorgiou GRE 1.87m, 4 Dunia Spajic SCG 1.70m., 5 Irena Temova MKD 1.60m.
Out of competition. Adamantia Anastasopoulou GRE 1.78m, 2 Mirela Demireva BUL 1.75m, 3 Ivana Bukomanivic SCG 1.65m.

pierrejean · February 23, 2006, 3:55am

What is this out of competition heat for, or why Theodoridis was not in the main race for the title? Only one athlete per country per event?

Nikoluski · February 23, 2006, 7:14am

Yes, PJ, only one athlete per country per event and this athlete comes from the National Champs.
The out of competition series is rather common in such cases…

Nikoluski · February 23, 2006, 3:23pm

Oprea eager for Moscow gold and World record - Balkan Indoor Champs report
Thursday 23 February 2006

Athens, Greece - As expected, Romania’s triple jumper Marian Oprea, was the athlete who attracted most attention at the 13th edition of the Balkan Indoor Championships, held yesterday in Peania, Athens.

The World bronze and Olympic silver medallist dominated the competition with a 17.51m effort, and then a few minutes later declared to the Greek television his eagerness not only to win the gold medal in the World Indoor Championships in Moscow next month, but also to set a new World Indoor record before the end of the season.

“I have the record on my mind. It’s my main objective for this season, along with the gold medal in Moscow,” Oprea stressed.

Oprea currently leads the world indoor list with the top-four best marks of 2006, headed by his 17.74m (18 Feb) which he jumped in Bucharest, Romania. The current World Indoor record is 17.83m held jointly by Cuba’s Alicer Urrutia (1997) and Sweden’s Christian Olsson (2004).

Marinova returns with 14.49m

Another Triple Jump star, Bulgaria’s Tereza Marinova produced one of the highlights of the championships. The Sydney Olympic champion won with 14.49m, the fourth best world mark in this season so far, and convinced all here that she will be among the main contenders of the World Indoor medals.

Romanians dominate the middle distances

Once more, the Romanian athletes were almost unbeatable in the middle distance events. Mihaella Neacu clocked 2:02.00 in the 800m race, defeating compatriot Elena Iager, the European Indoor 1500m champion, who clocked 2.02.25. In the 3000m, Cristina Casandra won in a time of 9:12.43.

Only Bulgaria’s Daniela Yordanova could break Romania’s winning streak. Yordanova was the winner of the1500m with 4:07.11, defeating the silver medallist from last winter’s European Indoor Championships, Romania’s Corina Dumbravean.

Theodoridis returns to track, setting Moscow standard

The return of Georgios Theodoridis, after more than a year of absence, was one of the pleasant moments for the Greek team. Theodoridis set the best time in the 60m with 6.62 to meet the standard for the World Indoor Championships. Two more Greek athletes also verified their good shape; the long jumper Stella Pilatou who won with 6.66m, and the hurdler Alexandra Komnou who set a 60mH personal best with 8.09, in a close competition with Romania’s Viorica Tigau (8.11).

A veteran of the women’s High Jump, Bulgaria’s Venelina Veneva cleared 1.93m to defeat Oana Pantelimon (1.87m), while George Guset verified his good condition in this period with a winning 20.72m in the men’s Shot Put.

Michalis Nikitaridis for the IAAF