G.B 1-2 SHOCKER: Day 5 in Osaka.
August 29th 2007 16:27
There really is only one place to start in covering last nights events isn’t there!
Christine Ohuruogu - wins the 2006 Commonwealth title and then is banned for 12 months for missing 3 random drugs tests, a broken woman she struggles to survive both financially and athletically.
However, even after her appeal was rejected she never gave up hope of returning to the sport she loved.
As her ban finished speculation mounted that she would be included in the 4x400m team for Osaka.
She ran encouragingly in a time trial and was then given a spot in the individual race.
She confirmed her selection by posting a 50.56 time in a warm up race a result that placed her top of the British rankings.
Improves steadily through the rounds, she wins her semi final in a pb of 50.16 and receives a favoured lane in the final 2 days later.
Coming into the home straight of the final Jamaican Novlene Williams leads with Russian Natalya Antyukh in second, Ohuruogu and fellow Britain Nicola Sanders seem out of contention but in the final few strides the brits surge past Antyukh and draw level with Williams just before hitting the line.
On the 29th of August 2007 Ohuruogu became world champion over 400m in a new pb of 49.61, She is followed home by fellow Sanders who also sets a new pb of 49.65 with Williams a solitary hundredth behind in 3rd.
A truly fantastic story and a day that will live long in the memories of athletes and athletics fans alike.
Elsewhere on the track the 100m hurdles final produced yet another American winner in the form of Michelle Perry who took gold in 12.46.
Just over 3 hundredths behind was surprise package Perdita Felicien from Canada with highly experienced Jamaican Delloreen Ennis-London just 1 hundredth further back winning bronze in a new pb.
Continuing the trend for the stars and stripes ‘American’ Bernard Legat - formerly of Kenya took the gold with a brilliantly executed race and sprint finish in the men’s 1500m.
His time of 3:34.77 enough to consign Rashid Ramzi (3:35.00) to silver medal position and Kenyan Shedrack Kibet Korir takes the bronze.
Britain’s other track finalist of the night, Andy Badderley finished in 9th place with a clocking of 3:35.95.
In the women’s Discus German Franka Dietzsch won by almost a metre (66.61m) from Russian Darya Pishchalnikova (65.71m) with Cuban Yarelis Barrios taking bronze with a best of 63.90m.
Finally in the men’s High Jump world leading Donald Thomas from the Bahamas triumphed on countback over Russian Yaroslav Rybakov and Kyriakos Ioannou of Cyprus after all 3 cleared 2.35m. Swede Stephan Holm could only manage a 2.33m clearance and finished out of the medals in 4th. Britain’s Martyn Bernard (14th) and Tom Parsons (10th) also featured.
Christine Ohuruogu - wins the 2006 Commonwealth title and then is banned for 12 months for missing 3 random drugs tests, a broken woman she struggles to survive both financially and athletically.
However, even after her appeal was rejected she never gave up hope of returning to the sport she loved.
As her ban finished speculation mounted that she would be included in the 4x400m team for Osaka.
She ran encouragingly in a time trial and was then given a spot in the individual race.
She confirmed her selection by posting a 50.56 time in a warm up race a result that placed her top of the British rankings.
Improves steadily through the rounds, she wins her semi final in a pb of 50.16 and receives a favoured lane in the final 2 days later.
Coming into the home straight of the final Jamaican Novlene Williams leads with Russian Natalya Antyukh in second, Ohuruogu and fellow Britain Nicola Sanders seem out of contention but in the final few strides the brits surge past Antyukh and draw level with Williams just before hitting the line.
On the 29th of August 2007 Ohuruogu became world champion over 400m in a new pb of 49.61, She is followed home by fellow Sanders who also sets a new pb of 49.65 with Williams a solitary hundredth behind in 3rd.
A truly fantastic story and a day that will live long in the memories of athletes and athletics fans alike.
Elsewhere on the track the 100m hurdles final produced yet another American winner in the form of Michelle Perry who took gold in 12.46.
Just over 3 hundredths behind was surprise package Perdita Felicien from Canada with highly experienced Jamaican Delloreen Ennis-London just 1 hundredth further back winning bronze in a new pb.
Continuing the trend for the stars and stripes ‘American’ Bernard Legat - formerly of Kenya took the gold with a brilliantly executed race and sprint finish in the men’s 1500m.
His time of 3:34.77 enough to consign Rashid Ramzi (3:35.00) to silver medal position and Kenyan Shedrack Kibet Korir takes the bronze.
Britain’s other track finalist of the night, Andy Badderley finished in 9th place with a clocking of 3:35.95.
In the women’s Discus German Franka Dietzsch won by almost a metre (66.61m) from Russian Darya Pishchalnikova (65.71m) with Cuban Yarelis Barrios taking bronze with a best of 63.90m.
Finally in the men’s High Jump world leading Donald Thomas from the Bahamas triumphed on countback over Russian Yaroslav Rybakov and Kyriakos Ioannou of Cyprus after all 3 cleared 2.35m. Swede Stephan Holm could only manage a 2.33m clearance and finished out of the medals in 4th. Britain’s Martyn Bernard (14th) and Tom Parsons (10th) also featured.
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