Ottey runs 11.18 age 44 !!!

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Menendez and Ottey shine in Estonia
Wednesday 21 July 2004
Tallinn, Estonia - This year’s edition of the annual EAA Permit meeting “Tallinn 2004” was watched by 4000 spectators in good weather of 23-24 degrees at the beginning of the evening and some 17 degrees by the end. Tonight they saw some interesting results and the meet at this continental level lived up to all expectations.

The lady of the sprints must be mentioned first. It is nearly unbelievable that the 44 years old Merlene Ottey was able to achieve an impressive winning time of 11.18 for the 100m.

It is obvious that no one so far in the history of athletics has been able to achieve such time at such an age. Her mark is also a new national record for Slovenia. She last ran quicker in 2000. Simply magic!

As expected the women’s Javelin world record holder Osleidys Menendez from Cuba won her event (63.92), and her compatriot Nora Aida Bicet went over 63 metres for first time in her career to take second.

The local men’s Discus heroes were beaten by Olympic bronze medallist Frantz Kruger of South Africa, who achieved a throw of 66.18 m. Aleksander Tammert and Gerd Kanter finished next with 65.99 and 65.57m to keep the crowd happy.

All in all, it was a good night for the Kruger family, for Frantz’s wife Heli Koivula-Kruger of Finland, the European Triple Jump silver medallist won the Long Jump with a new personal best of 6.65m, for the second time this year over the Olympic “B” standard for that event.

The strong Jamaican contingent took expected wins in the men’s 100m (Patrick Jarrett), 400m Hurdles (Dean Griffiths), women’s 400m (Novlene Williams) and the men’s Long Jump (James Beckford).

In the Long Jump, Estonia’s star Erki Nool, made 7.60m in preparation for his Olympic Decathlon title defence next month.

The men´s Javelin was not as strong as expected with Erik Rags from Latvia the only one to throw over 80 metres. Estonian World Championships silver medallist Andrus Varnik was third, just behind Finland’s Tero Pitkamäki.

Surprisingly taking the 400m race was World Indoor 200m silver medallist Johan Wissman from Sweden who won with 45.57, a new personal best. He missed the national record of Jimisola Laursen from 2001 by 0.03 seconds.

A high quality women’s 100m Hurdles was taken by Olena Krasovska of Ukraine in 12.85 seconds.

By an IAAF Correspondent

Selected results

MEN

M 100 m race A
Wind:-2.4

  1. Patrick Jarrett JAM 10,49
  2. Jacey Harper TRI 10,64
  3. Tommi Hartonen FIN 10,69

M 400 m

  1. Jonas Wissman SWE 45,57
  2. Davian Clarke JAM 45,89
  3. Mark Ormrod AUS 46,37
  4. Jeremy Davis USA 46,47

M 800 m

  1. Dmitriy Milkevich LAT 1.47,16
  2. Wilson Kirwa FIN 1.47,17
  3. Zach Whitmarch CAN 1.47,17
  4. Willy Rotich KEN 1.47,37
  5. Hiroshi Sasano JPN 1.47,75

M 200 m
Wind:-0.2

  1. Tommi Hartonen FIN 20,98
  2. Aleksander Kaydash UKR 21,13
  3. Adam Miller AUS 21,23
  4. Yuusuke Ohmae JPN 21,24

M Mile run

  1. Kenta Oshima JPN 4.05,83
  2. Kazuyoshi Tokumoto JPN 4.07,64
  3. Terukazy Oomori JPN 4.07,69
  4. Yoshinori Oda JPN 4.08,21

M 400 m Hurdles

  1. Dean Griffiths JAM 49,56
  2. Gennadi Gorbenko UKR 49,95
  3. Kenji Narisako JPN 50,35
  4. Matthew Douglas GBR 50,93

M 110 m Hurdles
Wind:+0.5

  1. Yuniel Hernandez CUB 13,50
  2. Dadley Dorival HAI 13,64
  3. Sergiy Demidyuk UKR 13,74
  4. Todd Jouda Matthews SUD 13,81

M High Jump

  1. Mark Boswell CAN 224
    218 221 224 226 228
    XO - XXO - X–
  2. Lisvany Perez CUB 221
    205 210 214 218 221 224
    O - XO - XO XXX
  3. Rainer Piirimets EST 221
    210 214 218 221 224
    O XO XXO XXO XXX
  4. Sergei Klyugin RUS 218
    210 214 218 221
    XO O XO XXX

M Long Jump

  1. James Beckford JAM 8,19 0.0
    7,96 7,95 8,05 8,13 8,19 8,14
    0.0 +1.0 +0.3 +0.4 0.0 +0.5
  2. Tommi Evila FIN 8,01 +1.1
    7,73 7,80 X X X 8,01
    -0.1 +0.5 +1.0 +0.1 -0.5 +1.1
  3. Olexey Lukashevich UKR 7,89 -0.2
    7,72 7,83 7,89 7,82 X 7,85
    +0.8 +0.1 -0.2 +0.4 +0.7 +0.6
  4. Kirill Sossunov RUS 7,82 +0.4
    7,65 7,80 X 7,82 7,79 -
    -0.7 -0.2 +0.4 +0.4 -0.7
  5. Ilja Tumorin EST 7,65 +0.8
    X 7,58 X 7,65 X X
    +1.0 +0.7 +0.5 +0.8 -0.2 +0.8
  6. Erki Nool EST 7,60 +0.2
    X X 7,60 7,22 7,54 7,33
    +0.6 +0.7 +0.2 -0.4 +0.8 +0.1

M Shot Put

  1. Taavi Peetre EST 19,51
    18,47 18,51 18,93 19,21 19,51 19,43
  2. Mika Vasara FIN 19,45
    18,16 18,79 X 18,17 18,98 19,45

M Discus Throw

  1. Frantz Kruger RSA 66,18
    65,49 X X X X 66,18
  2. Aleksander Tammert EST 65,99
    65,36 65,89 X 65,42 65,99 X
  3. Gerd Kanter EST 65,57
    65,57 X 63,87 X X 64,82
  4. Roland Varga HUN 65,13
    61,84 64,45 65,03 62,86 X 65,13
  5. Libor Malina CZE 63,58
    61,16 X X 63,58 X X
  6. Lois Maikel Martinez CUB 60,87
    59,27 X 59,41 59,80 X 60,87

M Javelin Throw

  1. Eriks Rags LAT 80,51
    X 79,97 76,40 X 77,98 80,51
  2. Tero Pitkamäki FIN 79,70
    79,70 X 77,80 78,26 78,61 X
  3. Andrus Värnik EST 79,53
    X X 74,48 77,09 X 79,53
  4. Voldemars Lusis LAT 78,04
    X X 68,89 X X 78,04
  5. Emeterio Gonzalez CUB 77,67
    73,26 73,42 X X 76,49 77,67
  6. Oliver Dzuibak AUS 73,54
    X 73,35 71,67 72,24 73,54 X

M 4 x 400 m

  1. Saudi Arabian Team 3.05,30
    Khalid Bashir
    Hamed Al-Bishi
    Ibrahim Al-Hamedi
    Hamdan Al-Bishi
  2. Finland 3.24,33
    Petri Pohjonen
    Antti Vasala
    Juha Kukkamo
    Wilson Kirwa
    International MIX DNF
    Bandar Sharahili
    Mohamed Daak
    Ali Abubaker
    Todd Jouda Matthews

WOMEN

W 400 m

  1. Novlene Williams JAM 51,65
  2. Olessia Pogorelova RUS 52,63
  3. Egle Uljas EST 53,09

W 800 m

  1. Neisha Bernard-Thomas GRN 2.03,71
  2. Aimee Teteris CAN 2.03,77
  3. Mari Järvenpää FIN 2.04,02

W 100 m
Wind:+0.8

  1. Merlene Ottey SLO 11,19
  2. Virgen Benavides CUB 11,38
  3. Agne Eggerth LTU 11,45
  4. Lauren Hewitt AUS 11,61
  5. Misleydis Lazoo CUB 11,64
  6. Peta-Gaye Dowdie JAM 11,67

W 100 m Hurdles
Wind:+1.3

  1. Olena Krasovska UKR 12,85
  2. Nadine Faustin HAI 12,98
  3. Lacena Golding-Clarke JAM 13,00
  4. Suzanne Dickerson JAM 13,12
  5. Mirjam Liimask EST 13,21

W Long Jump

  1. Heli Koivula FIN 6,65 -0.3
    6,65 X X X - X
    -0.3 -0.7 +0.4 +1.6 +0.8

  2. Johanna Halkoaho FIN 6,49 +0.4
    6,39 X X 6,40 6,49 X
    +0.2 -0.4 +1.8 +1.0 +0.4 -0.5

  3. Ineta Radevica LAT 6,38 -0.1
    6,26 6,27 6,35 6,38 X 6,21
    +1.6 -1.0 -0.9 -0.1 +0.2 -0.1

  4. Kadiine Geddes JAM 6,27 -1.7
    6,20 6,27 5,93 5,92 6,21 5,75
    +0.3 -1.7 -0.4 -1.0 -0.6 -0.3

  5. Daniela Lincoln-Saavedra SWE 5,98 -1.3
    X 5,98 X 5,97 5,79 X
    +1.0 -1.3 -1.3 -0.1 -0.5 +0.3

  6. Vera Baranova EST 5,98 -1.1
    5,87 X 5,98 5,92 X X
    -1.6 -1.6 -1.1 -1.4 -0.2 -1.0

  7. Larissa Netseporuk EST 5,96 +0.8

    5,90 5,96 5,60 5,92 X 5,91
    -1.6 +0.8 -0.1 +0.4 +1.1 0.0

  8. Ksenja Balta EST 5,91 0.0
    5,48 5,91 5,91 5,72 5,73 X
    -0.7 -1.2 0.0 -0.1 +0.9 -0.8

  9. Yudelkis Fernandez CUB 5,87 +0.1
    5,86 X 5,87
    +0.9 -1.4 +0.1

W Discus Throw

  1. Eha Rünne EST 57,39
    54,42 56,91 57,39 54,08 53,37 54,94

W Hammer Throw

  1. Sini Pöyry FIN 67,69
    66,21 67,33 67,69 X 65,47 67,59
  2. Merje Korpela IN 64,29
    60,88 64,29 X X 61,97 X
  3. Aldenay Vasallo CUB 63,18
    61,78 63,18 X 62,03 X X
  4. Debbie Sosimenko AUS 62,64
    X 52,80 61,81 62,64 X X

W Javelin Throw

  1. Osleidys Menendez CUB 63,92
    X 63,92 62,59 60,11 60,55 60,24
  2. Noraida Bisset CUB 63,32
    57,93 X X 63,32 59,24 58,77
  3. Moonika Aava EST 57,72
    X 51,46 57,61 51,03 57,25 57,72
  4. Ilze Gribule LAT 57,31
    57,31 X X X X 54,18

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The lady of the sprints must be mentioned first. It is nearly unbelievable that the 44 years old Merlene Ottey was able to achieve an impressive winning time of 11.18 for the 100m.

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WOW! She holding up pretty good. I rember reading about her training years ago when she had an Italian coach. I was pretty similar to the type of work Charlie does. Does any one know who is coaching her now or what she does?

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She’s amazing in my book.
She’s in Slovenia now and from what I’m told the coaching is very much similar/influenced by Charlies work.

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her coach is Srdjan Djordjevic from Slovenia.

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How long was she in Italy for (I heard she was training in Genova), and who was the coach?

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How long was she in Italy (I heard she was training in Genova) for, and who was the coach?[/QUOTE]

I cant remember the coaches name. But I remember reading about how she was skeptical of the training methods there. She complained from day one about how they made her sprint during her fall GPP. She said she was used to doing 600m runs and stuff like that during the fall and her new coaches had her sprinting in spikes from day one (sounds like a short to long). Any way what ever the hell shes doing she has found the fountian of youth!

Who knows maybe even C.F. will bust out a 10.0 if he figures out her secret :smiley:

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Of course she’s incredible, I think her (successful) sprinting career is the longest in history (she’s Ben’s generation!).

But we should not forget that she ran several 10.7x
times in the 90s, so with a 11.18 he’s almost 0.5 secs off her PB.

She was/is one of the greatest female sprinters ever, her only problem was that in her younger days she had to deal with such strong competitors that she alwas ended up second or third in major championships…

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I think it’s great for sport and society as a whole to have more ‘older’ people still partaking.

Not that 40+ is old of course, but there is an idea that for some athletes once they reach their late 20’s it’s all downhill is unfortunate.

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She is hot. I am in love with her.