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46th Zlata Tetra - Golden Spike Ostrava 27-Jun-2007

Results	MEN

Official Result Men - 100 Metres Wind:0m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Pickering, Craig GBR 10.16 10
2 Martina, Churandy AHO 10.31 8
3 Edgar, Tyrone GBR 10.33 7
4 Ross, Joshua AUS 10.34 6
5 Fasuba, Olusoji A. NGR 10.40 5
6 Scott, Ryan GBR 10.49 4
7 Gunev, Desislav BUL 10.59 3
8 Vojtík, Jirí CZE 10.63 2

Official Result - Revised - Men - 800 Metres
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Ali, Belal Mansoor BRN 1:44.74 10
2 Borzakovskiy, Yuriy RUS 1:45.12 8
3 Chepkirwok, Abraham UGA 1:45.12 7
4 Kombich, Ismael Kipngetich KEN 1:45.70 6
5 Czapiewski, Pawel POL 1:45.91 5
6 Repcìk, Jozef SVK 1:46.45 4
7 Lewandowski, Marcin POL 1:46.97 3
8 Bromley, Nicholas AUS 1:47.28 2
9 Kaplan, Miroslav CZE 1:48.50
10 Svoboda, Richard CZE 1:48.81
Žnava, Peter SVK DNF

Official Result Men - 5000 Metres
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Mottram, Craig AUS 13:04.97 10
2 Bekele, Tariku ETH 13:05.42 8
3 Feleke, Abreham Cherkos ETH 13:05.83 7
4 Mosop, Moses KEN 13:07.89 6
5 Ebuya, Joseph KEN 13:09.01 5
6 Gebremariam, Gebre-egziabher ETH 13:10.29 4
7 Masai, Moses Ndiema KEN 13:10.54 3
8 Geneti, Markos ETH 13:10.61 2
9 Zewdie, Maregu ETH 13:11.32 1
10 Kosgei, Shadrack KEN 13:11.85 1
11 Kogo, Micah KEN 13:12.93 1
12 Ali Aboosh, Mohamed ETH 13:13.08 1
13 Songok, Isaac Kiprono KEN 13:15.70
14 El Amri, Khalid MAR 13:16.13
15 Songok, Boniface Kiprotich KEN 13:16.74
16 Blincoe, Adrian NZL 13:17.28
17 Tola, Tadese ETH 13:33.74
18 Birmingham, Collis AUS 13:55.28
19 Silva, Rui Pedro POR 14:00.36
Kiplagat, Bernard Kipchirchir KEN DNF
Kipsang, Churchill KEN DNF

Official Result Men - One Hour
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Gebrselassie, Haile ETH 21.285
2 Limo, Daniel Kiprop KEN 20.271
3 Tabut, Edward Kiptum KEN 19.380
4 Chirchir, Erastus KEN 18.067
Guta, Abiyote ETH DNF
Korir, John Cheruiyot KEN DNF
Kosgei, Barnabas Kiplagat KEN DNF

Official Result Men - 3000 Metres Steeplechase
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Koech, Paul Kipsiele KEN 8:10.01 10
2 Kosgei, Reuben KEN 8:11.94 8
3 Komen, Willy Rutto KEN 8:12.46 7
4 Mateelong, Richard Kipkemboi KEN 8:15.03 6
5 Weidlinger, Günther AUT 8:15.35 5
6 Kosgei, Collins KEN 8:25.68 4
7 Tariku, Nahom Mesfin ETH 8:26.68 3
8 Kiprotich, Wesley KEN 8:29.72 2
9 Akkas, Halil TUR 8:30.75 1
10 Chabowski, Marcin POL 8:32.55 1
11 Mays, Jermaine GBR 8:33.09 1
12 Olshanskiy, Andrey RUS 8:35.15 1
13 Kristensen, Bjørnar Ustad NOR 8:41.37
Langat, John KEN DNF
Talam, Henry KEN DNF
Zouhar, František CZE DNF

Official Result Men - 110 Metres Hurdles - Final Wind:+0.8m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Payne, David USA 13.25 10
2 Olijars, Stanislavs LAT 13.44 8
3 Robles, Dayron CUB 13.45 7
4 Bramlett, Ron USA 13.53 6
5 Sedoc, Gregory NED 13.77 5
6 Sajdok, Stanislav CZE 13.92 4
Moore, Anwar USA DNF
Traore, Bano FRA DNF

Official Result Men - 110 Metres Hurdles - Heat 1 Wind:-0.4m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Payne, David USA 13.31
2 Olijars, Stanislavs LAT 13.44
3 Moore, Anwar USA 13.73
4 Sajdok, Stanislav CZE 13.74
5 Traore, Bano FRA 14.05
6 Tomoszek, Jakub CZE 14.66
7 Uher, Jakub CZE 14.77
8 Šebrle, Roman CZE 14.77

Official Result Men - 110 Metres Hurdles - Heat 2 Wind:-1.5m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Robles, Dayron CUB 13.54
2 Bramlett, Ron USA 13.73
3 Sedoc, Gregory NED 13.80
4 Janecek, Matus SVK 14.15
5 Svoboda, Petr CZE 14.39
6 Pokorny, Lubomir CZE 14.45
7 Krejcí, Michal CZE 14.46
8 Kouril, Jan CZE 14.82

Official Result Men - 110 Metres Hurdles - Final Wind:+0.8m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Payne, David USA 13.25 10
2 Olijars, Stanislavs LAT 13.44 8
3 Robles, Dayron CUB 13.45 7
4 Bramlett, Ron USA 13.53 6
5 Sedoc, Gregory NED 13.77 5
6 Sajdok, Stanislav CZE 13.92 4
Moore, Anwar USA DNF
Traore, Bano FRA DNF

Official Result Men - 110 Metres Hurdles - Heat 1 Wind:-0.4m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Payne, David USA 13.31
2 Olijars, Stanislavs LAT 13.44
3 Moore, Anwar USA 13.73
4 Sajdok, Stanislav CZE 13.74
5 Traore, Bano FRA 14.05
6 Tomoszek, Jakub CZE 14.66
7 Uher, Jakub CZE 14.77
8 Šebrle, Roman CZE 14.77

Official Result Men - 110 Metres Hurdles - Heat 2 Wind:-1.5m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Robles, Dayron CUB 13.54
2 Bramlett, Ron USA 13.73
3 Sedoc, Gregory NED 13.80
4 Janecek, Matus SVK 14.15
5 Svoboda, Petr CZE 14.39
6 Pokorny, Lubomir CZE 14.45
7 Krejcí, Michal CZE 14.46
8 Kouril, Jan CZE 14.82

Official Result Men - 400 Metres Hurdles
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 van Zyl, L.J. RSA 48.64 10
2 Harris, Rickey USA 49.58 8
3 Myburgh, Alwyn RSA 50.08 7
4 Alozídis, Minás GRE 50.51 6
5 Maïga, Ibrahim MLI 50.78 5
6 Sánchez, Felix DOM 50.82 4
7 Uhlík, Michal CZE 50.88 3
8 Jackson, Bershawn USA 56.76 2

Official Result Men - High Jump
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Ioannou, Kyriakos CYP 2.30 10
2 Holm, Stefan SWE 2.27 8
3 Horák, Peter SVK 2.27 6.5
3 Tereshin, Andrey RUS 2.27 6.5
5 Williams, Jesse USA 2.24 5
6 Janku, Tomáš CZE 2.24 4
7 Bába, Jaroslav CZE 2.20 2.5
7 Thörnblad, Linus SWE 2.20 2.5
9 Bieniek, Michal POL 2.20
9 Moya, Víctor CUB 2.20
11 Rybakov, Yaroslav RUS 2.20
Bettinelli, Andrea ITA NM

Official Result Men - Shot Put
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Hoffa, Reese USA 21.77 10
2 Cantwell, Christian USA 21.68 8
3 Taylor, Daniel USA 20.52 7
4 Majewski, Tomasz POL 20.43 6
5 Armstrong, Dylan CAN 20.03 5
6 Häggblom, Robert FIN 19.81 4
7 Stehlík, Petr CZE 19.62 3
8 Haborák, Milan SVK 19.39 2

Official Result Men - Hammer Throw
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Tsikhan, Ivan BLR 80.19 10
2 Charfreitag, Libor SVK 79.76 8
3 Devyatovskiy, Vadim BLR 79.31 7
4 Pars, Krisztián HUN 78.38 6
5 Konopka, Miloslav SVK 76.99 5
6 Kozmus, Primož SLO 76.36 4
7 Ziólkowski, Szymon POL 75.91 3
8 Melich, Lukas CZE 72.51 2

Official Result Men - Javelin Throw
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Oosthuizen, John Robert RSA 82.35 10
2 Wirkkala, Teemu FIN 78.42 8
3 Wenk, Stefan GER 77.93 7
4 Veselý, Vítezslav CZE 72.27 6
5 Frydrych, Petr CZE 69.97 5
6 Bokor, Marián SVK 68.59 4

Results	WOMEN

Official Result Women - 100 Metres Wind:+0.1m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Glenn, Brianna USA 11.38 10
2 Polyakova, Yevgeniya RUS 11.44 8
3 Jones, LaVerne ISV 11.48 7
4 Lalova, Ivet BUL 11.51 6
5 Benavides, Virgen CUB 11.58 5
6 Cechová, Katerina CZE 11.77 4
7 Šcerbová, Denisa CZE 11.86 3
8 Ottey, Merlene SLO 12.03 2

Official Result Women - 800 Metres
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Cherkasova, Svetlana RUS 1:59.05 10
2 Klocová, Lucia SVK 1:59.88 8
3 Kotlyarova, Olga RUS 1:59.98 7
4 Zbrozhek, Oksana RUS 2:00.48 6
5 Ceplak, Jolanda SLO 2:00.58 5
6 Lewis, Tamsyn AUS 2:00.65 4
7 Simpson, Jemma GBR 2:00.81 3
8 Meadows, Jennifer GBR 2:00.95 2
9 Chizhenko, Yuliya RUS 2:01.04
10 Mrácková, Veronika CZE 2:03.74
11 Rücklová, Alena CZE 2:04.04
12 Masna, Lenka CZE 2:05.28
Eidrnová, Drahomíra CZE DNF

Official Result Women - 5000 Metres
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Defar, Meseret ETH 14:30.18 10
2 Burika, Gelete ETH 14:31.20 8
3 Melkamu, Meselech ETH 14:33.83 7
4 Jepkorir, Eunice KEN 15:19.97 6
5 Agafonova, Kseniya RUS 15:23.17 5
6 Papp, Krisztina HUN 15:54.59 4
7 Mezeghrane, Samira FRA 15:58.42 3
8 Kiptum, Anitha KEN 16:08.51 2
9 Kwambai, Gladys Jepkoskei KEN 16:19.41 1
Komyagina, Olga RUS DNF

Official Result Women - 100 Metres Hurdles Wind:+0.2m/s
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Onyia, Josephine ESP 12.91 10
2 Felicien, Perdita CAN 13.02 8
3 Tejeda, Anay CUB 13.04 7
4 Lamalle, Adrianna FRA 13.20 6
5 Bobková, Miriam SVK 13.44 5
6 Vári, Edit HUN 13.49 4
7 Martincová, Lucie CZE 13.67 3
Perry, Michelle USA DQ

Official Result Women - 400 Metres Hurdles
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Pechonkina, Yuliya RUS 54.58 10
2 Isakova, Yevgeniya RUS 55.18 8
3 Ivanova, Natalya RUS 55.25 7
4 Johnson, Sheena USA 55.73 6
5 Danvers-Smith, Tasha GBR 56.40 5
6 Hejnová, Zuzana CZE 56.67 4
7 Târlea-Manolache, Ionela ROM 57.50 3
8 Blackett, Andrea BAR 57.57 2

Official Result Women - Pole Vault
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Isinbaeva, Yelena RUS 4.66 10
2 Badurová, Katerina CZE 4.66 8
3 Hamácková-Rybova, Pavla CZE 4.40 6.5
3 Polnova, Tatyana RUS 4.40 6.5
5 Hingst, Carolin GER 4.40 4.5
5 Howe, Kym AUS 4.40 4.5
7 Spiegelburg, Silke GER 4.20 3
Parnov, Vicky AUS NM
Rogowska, Anna POL NM

Official Result Women - Long Jump
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Wind Pts
1 Trybanska, Malgorzata POL 6.68 +0.5 10
2 Udmurtova, Oksana RUS 6.52 +0.8 8
3 Veldáková, Jana SVK 6.46 -1.1 7
4 Thompson, Bronwyn AUS 6.43 +1.2 6
5 Glenn, Brianna USA 6.36 -0.2 5
6 Upshaw, Grace USA 6.35 -0.4 4
7 Madison, Tianna USA 6.35 -0.2 3
8 Darmovzalová, Martina CZE 6.10 -0.4 2
9 Šcerbová, Denisa CZE 6.04 +0.2

Official Result Women - Discus Throw
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Dietzsch, Franka GER 64.61 10
2 Pishchalnikova, Darya RUS 63.72 8
3 Söderberg, Anna SWE 62.98 7
4 Grasu, Nicoleta ROM 62.44 6
5 Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Vera CZE 62.03 5
6 Powell, Suzanne USA 59.54 4
7 Robert-Michon, Mélina FRA 59.54 3
8 Müller, Nadine GER 58.13 2
9 Potepa, Wioletta POL 57.08

Official Result Women - Hammer Throw
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Lysenko, Tatyana RUS 77.71 10
2 Heidler, Betty GER 73.74 8
3 Moreno, Yipsi CUB 73.00 7
4 Skolimowska, Kamila POL 70.69 6
5 Dahlgren, Jennifer ARG 68.95 5
6 Klaas, Kathrin GER 68.93 4
7 Khoroshikh, Yekaterina RUS 68.66 3
8 Claretti, Clarissa ITA 68.16 2
9 Gromanova, Romana CZE 58.15

Official Result Women - Javelin Throw
Pos Athlete Nat Mark Pts
1 Špotáková, Barbora CZE 64.94 10
2 Bani, Zahra ITA 62.09 8
3 Nerius, Steffi GER 61.89 7
4 Scherwin, Christina DEN 59.36 6
5 Chilla, Mercedes ESP 59.22 5
6 Robbeson, Justine RSA 57.42 4
7 Brejchová, Nikola CZE 57.25 3
8 Tarvainen, Paula FIN 57.19 2

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slightly disappointing meet. Olu Fasuba 5th, needs to shake the cobwebs off.

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Eurosport - Wed, 27 Jun 21:55:00 2007
Ostrava Golden Spike - Twice Olympic 10,000 metres champion Haile Gebrselassie broke the world one-hour record at the Ostrava grand prix on Wednesday, running 21.285 km.

The 34-year-old Ethiopian ran 21.285 km in 60 minutes to surpass Mexican Arturo Barrios’s previous mark of 21.101 km, set in La Fleche, France, on March 30, 1991.

On the way, he also broke the 20-km world mark of 56 minutes 55.60 seconds, set by Barrios during his run in 1991. Gebrselassie clocked 56:25.98.

“When I arrived at the stadium I was worried about the wind but it died down. At that moment I was thinking I could break the (one-hour) record,” a smiling Gebrselassie said. “I felt comfortable the whole way.”

In her first race since breaking the women’s 5,000 metres world record, fellow Ethiopian Meseret Defar ran a measured race over the distance to win in 14 minutes 30.18 seconds, well outside her 14:16.63 record.

Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva easily won the women’s pole vault at 4.66 metres but was also well short in her bid to break her own world record of 5.01 metres.

“I don’t know why I jumped so poorly. I wanted to jump higher and beat the world record but I just couldn’t do it,” Isinbayeva said.

Britain’s Craig Pickering, establishing himself as one of Europe’s top sprinters, cruised to victory in the men’s 100 metres in 10.16, one-tenth of a second off his personal best.

The 20-year-old, who won the 100 in the European Cup in Munich last weekend, has a busy schedule with Monday’s meeting in Athens and the European Under-23 championships after that.

“I ran a technically good race. My form has been improving steadily and I feel I can run even faster in Athens next week,” Pickering said. He said he was confident Britain could win the 4x100 metres relay at August’s world championships in Osaka.

U.S. world champion Michelle Perry had a less than happy ending to her day when she had a false start, the second in the 100 metres hurdles final after Slovak Miriam Bobkova had the first, and was automatically disqualified.

Gebrselassie, the best distance runner of his era, retired from track running to concentrate on the marathon after the 2004 Athens Olympics.

In preparation for Wednesday’s record attempt he made a surprise return to the track in the Dutch town of Hengelo last month, clocking 26:52.91 in a 10,000 metres.

“Today is just fantastic day,” he said.

Gebrselassie is one of only three men to win consecutive Olympic 10,000 metres titles, the second at the 2000 Sydney Games providing an indelible image when he just held off the frenzied challenge of his great Kenyan rival, Paul Tergat.

He set 17 world records before his 2004 retirement from the track and has since broken a further three road records plus Wednesday’s double on the Ostrava track.

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Another great run from Craig…this cat is scrubbing up well…Very disappointed with the rest of the field’s results…especially Fasuba. I’m not going to beat around the bush with this but he’s is performing terrible…no disrespect to PJ or any of Team Fasuba…just being honest…as a track fan and as a supporter of Fasuba. He’s got a PR of 9.8x and ran 6.4x indoors. Running 10.40 doesnt equate to those times.

PJ maybe you can share some insight as to whats going on?

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Fasuba needs t be located out of Nigeria and in a long-term base to get the job done

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Fasuba ran 10.32 into -3.0 at the Nigerian Trials, but has had back trouble ever since and doesn’t have the money to spend enough on therapy. I can only suspwect that maybe the back played up in Ostrava? But also he is much troubled about his career path, so perhaps his mind was not on the game?

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However “disappointed” we may be, there are so many factors we simply don’t know. We should also think, why does someone has to race more often than others? And what does it take for some to be there in the first place? It was just a race and there are many more to come!

Surprise in men’s high jump! No surprise with Gebre though, I guess… :slight_smile:

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This I agree with…It can’t be a healthy environment to be trying to be the best at what you do…Especially with muscle heads trying to beat you up in gyms,little to no support from your Federation etc…

Why hasn’t a permanent move to Europe been done?

Whilst I do agree with you Nik about problems in the background, it is fair to say as athletes we all our own trials and tribulations to deal with. Whether that be physical or mental. Some are apparent…some aren’t.

I think the first thing PJ and Fasuba need to do is set up a proper base/set up in europe. If all else fails come to UK…I’m sure there are plenty of prospective sponsors and private backers in and out of the Nigerian community who’d help…especially if he joined a top flight BAL team who ain’t short of cash… :rolleyes:

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Of course! All I am saying is that some have to deal with more than others (and this is not for Fasuba only). Anyway, no need to go into details and it wasn’t something personal to you, as I am sure you understand.

Fasuba Has a base in Europe, but perhaps this isn’t enough…

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Never personal Nik! :smiley:

Yes…where ever this base is…he needs to remain there more often.

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It’s a shame that Fasubas talent as sprinter ( and PJ’s talent as trainer :wink: ) might be wasted because of lacking support of his federation. But as we discussed earlier a change of nationality is not easy under current IAAF rules and means years of non-competing.
But if things get hopeless he might forget about 2008 and invest a few years…better to make a medal in 2012 than to drop out before semis in 2008…

But Ostrava in fact has a VERY slow track. I don’t know about any sprinter clocking a sub 10 there yet, except for Asafas incredible run 2 years ago. HUrdles or flat, M or F, it looks like sprinters there always deliver times at least 0.1 worse than on better tracks. Look at all the other competitors times. Ross and Churandy ran much faster this year already.

I do not want to exaggerate, but Pickerings performance was really remarkable and might be worth a 10.05 or better on a track like Athens. Not to mention better circumstances concerning temperature and wind. I would not be surprised, if he delivers something between 9.90 -10.00 in one of the meets coming.

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Ostrava’s track is fast enough for Asafa to run 9.85 with 9 degrees under the rain, and Olu placed second then in 10.17, so there’s no question about that.

In Ostrava he was leading during 55m then nothing.

Training went just perfect in March, April, but from then it was elections in Nigeria he could’nt leave the country since the Trials date would pop up any time. So he missed a lot of training because it was too dangerous to walk outside with the street fights, then he had some competition, in Doha he had one of the best first 70m of his career but then lost focus and faded, he learned there that the Trials would take place 1 week later so he did fine there. Then he came back to Europe training base but hasn’t post decent training workout since then with those back pains coming from the Trials (i wasn’t in Ostrava but saw on TV that Olu was checking his head, i know that with him it’s always the sign that his neck/back is locked) but overall many “political” issue that take his mind out of the “thing”. There’s no secret or excuses, Olu is not more talented than the others, when you don’t work good you run slow, when you work ok you run fast.

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2nd place in 110 m women hurdles seems like a good result for Perdita Felicien of Canada, does it not!

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its 100m hurdles

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PJ, your honesty and your insights are a lesson and a blessing to members of this forum. Thankyou

(Now hurry up and fix up Fasuba! :stuck_out_tongue: )

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Great response PJ. Thats what I wanted to see…a no nonsense…no bs reply. Tell it how it is…I respect that fully. I hate it when I hear people say ‘track was too slow’! or the dude in lane 6’s mum was shouting too loud at the start…lol…

I really hope that you and Fasuba can get things together and start building a strong training base…then we can really see the true potential of Fasuba.

Why does Fasuba still need to go back to Nigeria? I understand he has family at home but why not visit after the season is done…

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The track there is slow when the weather is hot cause the underlayment melts and there are generally headwinds- just the way it is.
That said, Fasuba needs support to have a full time base outside Nigeria and some sort of long term visa. As I understand it, he used to be able to get one for 6mos at a time but now has to go back and renew every 3mos. A real pain that generates expenses and real, life-threatening risks other athletes don’t have to contend with.
With every slow result, his paydays go down- his only real income of consequence. He needs a real sponsor, not half-assed support. 10 grand from Nigeria- are you fucking kidding me?

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To the average person there that is a lot of money! :wink:

Obviously like many other countries their interests lie elsewhere. It’s funny that countries always wnat the best results in everything (sports, top ranked universities, etc) but 95% of the time they’re not willing to fund it past a laughable ammount.

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R3N, Olu has enough money to stay in Nigeria, the problem is to get him and girlfriend out of there with enough money to live in Europe and get European resident permit. The Nigerian yearly training grant : Olu earned more money that this grant with his bonus for 5th place in Ostrava (should i mention that this grant is yet to be received…). In 2006, he was broke so had to compete in Abuja meeting (only appearence fee so he litterally jogged in 10.25) in spite of hamstring pain a week before Doha in order to pay his ticket to Qatar. Well, at that time he could jog in 10.25! I’m confident he can come back to that level within 2 x 3 weeks training cycle time.

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What I meant was the condition of the government and there inability to provide adequate support for world class athletes.

10K is plenty for any average nigerian but for him…completely different story!!!

Hopefully soon he’ll be in better financial condition!