London Grand Prix

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RESULTS

Men’s 100m

  1. Tyson Gay (US) 10.02 seconds
  2. Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 10.18
  3. Marlon Devonish (Britain) 10.26

Men’s 200m

  1. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 20.06 seconds
  2. Wallace Spearmon (US) 20.11
  3. Joshua Johnson (US) 20.48

Men’s 110m Hurdles

  1. Ryan Wilson (US) 13.27 seconds
  2. Aries Merritt (US) 13.35
  3. Ron Bramlett (US) 13.47

Men’s Triple Jump

  1. Aarik Wilson (US) 17.58 metres
  2. Leevan Sands (Bahamas) 17.55
  3. Randy Lewis (Grenada) 17.43

Men’s Shot Putt

  1. Reese Hoffa (US) 22.43 metres
  2. Christian Cantwell (US) 21.66
  3. Rutger Smith (Netherlands) 21.19

Women’s 200m

  1. Veronica Campbell (Jamaica) 22.55 seconds
  2. Torri Edwards (US) 23.19
  3. Kim Gevaert (Belgium) 23.31

Women’s 3000m

  1. Lauren Fleshman (US) 8mins 43.92secs
  2. Joanne Pavey (Britain) 8:44.13
  3. Sarah Jamieson (Australia) 8:48.41

Men

100_1, Tyson Gay, United States, 10.02 seconds. 2, Francis Obikwelu, Portugal, 10.18. 3, Marlon Devonish, Britain, 10.26. 4, Craig Pickering, Britain, 10.28. 5, Mark Lewis-Francis, Britain, 10.31. 6, Leroy Dixon, United States, 10.31. 7,
Tyrone Edgar, United States, 10.33. 8, Dwight Thomas, Jamaica, 10.33.

200_1, Usain Bolt, Jamaica, 20.06 seconds. 2, Wallace Spearmon, United States, 20.11. 3, J.J. Johnson, United States, 20.48. 4, Rodney Martin, United States, 20.49. 5, Paul Hession, Ireland, 20.61. 6, Luke Fagan, Britain, 21.11. 7, Alex Nelson, Britain, 21.11. 8, Christian Malcolm, Britain, 21.19.

400_1, Jeremy Wariner, United States, 44.05 seconds. 2, LaShawn Merritt, United States, 44.23. 3, Johan Wissman, Sweden, 45.03. 4, John Steffensen, Australia, 45.22. 5, Timothy Benjamin, Britain, 45.28. 6, Michael Blackwood, Jamaica, 45.69. 7, Andrew Steele, Britain, 45.92. 8, Darold Williamson, United States, 46.66.

1,500_1, Bernard Lagat, United States, 3 minutes, 35.71 seconds. 2, Nicholas Kemboi, Kenya, 3:36.13. 3, Andrew Baddeley, Britain, 3:36.68. 4, Kevin Sullivan, Canada, 3:37.40. 5, Mark Fountain, Austria, 3:37.42. 6, Bernard Kiptum, Kenya, 3:38.45. 7, Adrian Blincoe, New Zealand, 3:39.63. 8, Mitchell Kealey, Australia, 3:40.31.

2 miles_1, Craig Mottram, Australia, 8 minutes, 11.16 seconds. 2, Mo Farah, Britain, 8:20.47. 3, John Kibowen, Kenya, 8:21.34. 4, Kensuke Takezawa, Japan, 8:24.69. 5, Ian Dobson, United States, 8:24.98. 6, Edwin Kipkorir, Kenya, 8:29.24. 7, Alistair Craig, Ireland, 8:31.08. 8, Moumin Geele, Somalia, 8:34.80.

400 relay_1, United States B (Mickey Grimes, Leroy Dixon, Ernest Wiggins, Xavier Carter), 38.38 seconds. 2, United States (Rodney Martin, Wallace Spearmon, Darvis Patton, J.J. Johnson), 38.65. 3, Poland (Przemyslaw Rogowski, Lukasz Chyla, Marcin Jedrusinski, Dariusz Kuc), 38.99. 4, Jamaica (Demi Omole, Dwight Thomas, J-Mee Samuels, Andy Turner), 39.01. 5, Australia (Matt Shirvington, Patrick Johnson, Adam Miller, Joshua Ross), 39.09. 6, Britain B (Christian Malcolm, Dwayne Grant, Alex Nelson, Tyrone Edgar).

110 hurdles_1, Ryan Wilson, United States, 13.27 seconds. 2, Aries Merritt, United States, 13.35. 3, Ron Bramlett, United States, 13.47. 4, David Payne, United States, 13.59. 5, Joel Brown, United States, 13.61. 6, Andy Turner, Britain, 13.61. 7, Allan Scott, Britain, 14.01. 8, Justin Merlino, Australia, 14.10

High Jump_1, Stefan Holm, Sweden, 2.32 meters. 2, Thomas Janku, Czech Republic, 2.29. 3, Jesse Williams, United States, 2.26. 4, Aleksandr Walerianczyk, Poland, 2.22. 4, Germaine Mason, Britain, 2.22. 6, Donald Thomas, Bahamas, 2.22. 7. James Dilling, United States, 2.22. 8. Martyn Bernard, Britain, 2.22.

Long Jump_1, Christopher Tomlinson, Britain, 8.16 meters. 2, Brian Johnson, United States, 8.14. 3, Nathan Morgan, Britain, 7.95. 4, Morten Jensen, Denmark, 7.87. 5, John Moffitt, United States, 7.84. 6, Jonathan Moore, Britain, 7.66. 7, Tim Parravicini, Australia, 7.53. 8, Nils Winter, Germany, 7.38.

Triple Jump_1, Aarik Wilson, United States, 17.58 meters. 2, Leevan Sands, Bahamas, 17.55. 3, Randy Lewis, Grenada, 17.43. 4, Tosin Oke, Britain, 16.64. 5, Alexander Martinez, Switzerland, 16.46. 6, Jaroslav Dobrovodsky, Slovakia, 16.03. 7, Julian Golley, Britain, 15.87.

Shot Put_1, Reese Hoffa, United States, 22.43 meters. 2, Christian Cantwell, United States, 21.66. 3, Rutger Smith, Netherlands, 21.19. 4, Dan Taylor, United States, 20.86. 5, Ralf Bartels, Germany, 19.95. 6, Carl Myerscough, Britain, 19.80.

Women

200_1, Veronica Campbell, Jamaica, 22.55 seconds. 2, Torri Edwards, United States, 23.10. 3, Kim Gevaert, Belgium, 23.31. 4, Kerron Stewart, Jamaica, 23.35. 5, LaShuante’a Moore, United States, 23.36. 6, Jeanette Kwakye, Britain, 23.64. 7, Cydonie Mothersill, Cayman Islands, 23.72. 8, Carolina Kluft, Sweden, 24.03.

400_1, Sanya Richards, United States, 49.79 seconds. 2, Allyson Felix, United States, 50.17. 3, Novlene Williams, Jamaica, 50.91, 4, Nicola Sanders, Britain, 50.97. 5, Mary Wineberg, United States, 51.22. 6, Shereefa Lloyd, Jamaica, 52.13. 7, Deedee Trotter, United States, 52.13. 8, Donna Fraser, Britain, 53.07.

800_1, Lucia Klocova, Slovakia, 1 minute, 59.91 seconds. 2, Marilyn Okoro, Britain, 2:00.11. 3, Jemma Simpson, Britain, 2:00.18. 4, Jenny Meadows, Britain, 2:00.30. 5, Rebecca Lyne, Britain, 2:00.86. 6, Treniere Clement, United States, 2:01.50. 7, Nikeya Green, United States, 2:03.81. 8, Irene Jelagat, Kenya, 2:04.63.

3,000_1, Lauren Fleshman, United States, 8 minutes, 43.92 seconds. 2, Joanne Pavey, Britain, 8:44.13. 3, Sarah Jamieson, Australia, 8:48.41. 4, Deena Kastor, United States, 8:50.90. 5, Helen Clitheroe, Britain, 8:51.94. 6, Sabrina Hockenhaupt, Germany, 8:52.17. 7, Stephanie Twell, Britain, 8:53.34. 8, Mary Cullen, Ireland, 8:53.34.

Pole Vault_1, Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, 4.82 meters. 2, Svetlana Feofanova, Russia, 4.76. 3, Jenny Stuczynski, United States, 4.70. 4, Yuliya Golubchikova, Russia, 4.70. 5, Gao Shuying, China, 4.60. 5, Katia Badurova, Czech Republic, 4.60. 7, Tatyana Polnova, Russia, 4.60. 8, Fabiana Murer, Brazil, 4.50.

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hopefully now the uka pulls their head from where the sun doesn’t shine and puts tim in over steele and rooney.

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That’s a big SB for Tim isn’t it? Escaping a shit coach -.6 instantly :slight_smile: ?

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You would know :slight_smile: that preparation is everything, so Colin and Tim must have done some good work together. 45-low doesn’t come from thin air, but it also doesn’t come if you’re constantly torn down, so perhaps the performance has come from freshening up. Would love to be a fly on the wall next time Colin and Tim meet up. Then again, the split was by all accounts amicable, perhaps more so now.

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Too bad for Colin he didn’t see the writing on the wall and cut some volume several weeks earlier so Tim ran his low 45 while still with him.

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Yeah, you’re probably correct but I don’t know enough about the work Colin does (or advocates) these days to make a sure call on it anymore. You know it could just be a case of Colin feeding Tim too much high intensity work and insufficient rhythm/tempo for Tim’s liking? Too much high intensity stuff will kill you just as surely as too much volume. From what I remember of watching Linford and Colin train during the Nineties, the longer reps did appear to be pretty intense. Like even Colin was hitting his (occasional) 300s in 32.
It’s also possible the density of Colin’s sessions, the way the reps stack up and the way the sessions back into each other, may have been too difficult for Tim. Just because Tim is a 400m runner doesn’t necssarily mean he can tolerate extreme or serial intensity of sessions any better than the next guy. In fact a pure speed/power creature like an elite 110m hurdler would probably handle that stuff much better than a 400 animal. The 400 types have the capacity to handle a lot of work at sub-max, not necessarily though a lot at super high intensity. Does that make any sense at all?

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Is it true that Wineberg may pull out for Richards to run in Osaka?

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I’d make sure I got a payday if I was her before deciding anything!

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Gee, you’re sinical, synikle, cylindrical… you’re also spot-on (as well as cynical)