The Hindu : Pinki's best is not enough

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2003

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Pinki's best is not enough

SHERBROOKE (Canada) July 14. Despite clocking another personal best, her second in as many days, Pinki Parmanik, could do no better than place seventh in her semifinal heat of the girls' 800 metres the third World Youth athletics championships here on Saturday. Six other Indians were eliminated earlier in the qualifying rounds.

The Indian girl timed 2:09.84 as against her previous personal best of 2:10.51 clocked in the first round heats here. Her semifinal heat was won by Russian Maria Chapaeva in a championship record time of 2:05.40. The Russian went on to better that mark while winning the gold on Sunday in 2:03.40.

For Asia, the notable success included that of Saudi Arabian 800m runner Mohamed Al-Salhi in a championship record of 1:48.79 on Saturday and that of Chinese girls javelin thrower Xue Juan with a meet record of 56.82m on Sunday.

China had a tally of three gold and one silver to occupy the fourth place in the medals tally behind the United States (6-4-4), Russia (4-5-3) and Kenya (3-4-2). Saudi Arabia had a haul of two gold, three silver and two bronze for the fifth place while Japan came at the 11th place with one gold, one silver and four bronze.

The results:

Boys:

200m: 1. Usain Bolt (Jam) 20.40s, 2. Michael Grant (U.S.) 21.04, 3. Jamahl Alert (Gbr) 21.35; 1,500m: 1. Benson Esho Marrianyi (Ken) 3:44.94, 2. Samson Ngetich Kiplangat (Ken) 3:48.05, 3. Isaac Mboyaza (RSA) 3:48.05; 2,000m steeplechase: 1. Ronald Kipchumba (Ken) 5:30.27, 2. Justus Kichirchir (Ken) 5:31.24, 3. Chris Winter (Can) 5:44.23; High jump: 1. Martin Gunther (Ger) 2.11m, 2. Oleksandr Nartov (Ukr) 2.11, 3. Hikaru Tsuchiya (Jpn) 2.11; Triple jump: 1. Denny Fernandes (Cub) 15.77m, 2. Mousa Qarqaran (KSA) 15.60, 3. Mohamed Darwish (UAE) 15.55; Discus: 1. Ronnie Buckley (Aus) 64.34 (NMR), 2. Wu Jian (Chn) 63.18, 3. Wang Yao-Hui (Tpe) 60.00; 10,000m walk: 1. Aleksandr Prokhorov (Rus) 42:16.16, 2. Makoto Sawada (Jpn) 42:17.62, 3. Vyacheslav Golovin (Rus) 42:37.15.

Girls:

800m: 1. Maria Chapaeva (Rus) 2:03.40 (NMR), 2. Olga Cristea (Mda) 2:04.30, 3. Larisa Arcip (Rom) 2:04.31; 400m hurdles: 1. Zuzana Hejnova (Cze) 57.54 (NMR), 2. Eakaterina Kostetskaya (Rus) 58.37, 3. Mackenzie Hill (U.S.) 59.15; Pole vault: 1. Elizaveta Ryshich (Ger) 4.05m, 2. Sviatlana Makarevich (Blr) 4.00, 3. Charmaine Lucock (Aus) 4.00; Long jump: 1. Cristine Spataru (Rom) 6.41m (NMR), 2. Denis Scerbova (Cze) 6.40, 3. Ganna Demydova (Ukr) 6.15; Javelin: 1. Xue Juan (Chn) 56.82 (NMR), 2. Shin Bo-ra (Kor) 53.74, 3.Vivian Zimmer (Ger) 52.20;

Saturday's results: Boys: 100m: Yahya Al-Gahes (KSA) 10.69s, 2. Hassan Habib Yahya (KSA) 10.73, 3.Craig Pickering (Gbr) 10.85; 400m: 1. Ali Nagmeldin Abubaker (Sud) 46.10 (NMR), 2. Cedric Goodman (U.S.) 46.42, 3. Zeljko Vincek (Cro) 47.45; 800m: 1.Mohammed Al-Salhi (KSA) 1:48.79 (NMR), 2. Bernard Kiptanui (Ken) 1:49.14, 3. Abraham Kipngetich (Ken) 1:49.17; 3,000m: 1. Choge Augustine Kiprono (Ken) 7:52.53, 2. Tariku Bekele (Eth) 7:54.71, 3. Shimelis Gimra (Eth) 7:55.12; 400m hurdles: 1. Jason Richardson (U.S.) 49.91s, 2. Wouter Le Roux (RSA) 50.85, 3. Jamaal Charles (U.S.) 51.48; Pole vault: 1. German Chiarviglio (Arg) 5.15m, 2. Dmitry Satrodubtsev (Rus) 5.10, 3. Steven Lewis (Gbr) 5.05.

Girls: 200m: 1. Anneisha McLaughlin (Jam) 23.26s, 2. Courtney Champion (U.S.) 23.56, 3. Cleo Tyson (U.S.) 23.67; 400m: 1. Natasha Hstings (U.S.) 53.41s, 2. Antonina Krivoshapka (Rus) 53.54, 3. Jaimee-Lee Hoegergen (Aus) 53.78; 1,500m: 1. Alem Techale (Eth) 4:17.41, 2. Jelena Stin (Lat) 4:17.43, 3. Joyce Kepkosgei (Ken) 4:17.65; 100m hurdles: Sally McLellan (Aus) 13.42s, 2. Latoya Greaves (Jam) 13.49, 3. Domenique Manning (U.S.); High jump: 1. Iryna Kovalenko (Ukr) 1.92m (NMR), joint 2. Svetlana Shkolina (Rus) and Annett Engel (Ger) 1.86; Hammer: 1. Valentina Srsa (Cro) 61.18m, 2. Maria Bespalova (Rus) 57.81, 3. Johanna Hoppe (Ger) 56.46; Shot put: 1. Jiang Limin (Chn) 15.60m, 2. Magdalena Sobieszek (Pol) 15.42, 3. Marli Knoetze (RSA) 15.10.