WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Edmonton, Canada)
Men's 20km walk: Roman Rasskazov (Russia) 1h 20m 31s 1, Ilya Markov (Russia) 1:20:33 2, Viktor Burayev (Russia) 1:20:36 3, Nathan Deakes (Australia) 1:20:55 4, David Marquez (Spain) 1:21:09 5, Joel Sanchez (Mexico) 1:22:05 6, Satoshi Yanagisawa (Japan) 1:22:11 7, Jefferson Perez (Ecuador) 1:22:20 8, Jiri Malysa
(Czech Rep) 1:22:42 9, Hatem Goula (Tunisia) 1:23:14 10.
Men's marathon: Gezahegne Abera (Ethiopia) 2h 12m 42s 1, Simon Biwott (Kenya) 2:12:43 2, Stefano Baldini (Italy) 2:13:18 3, Tesfaye Tola (Ethiopia) 2:13:58 4, Shigeru Aburaya (Japan) 2:14:07 5, Abdelkader El Mouaziz (Morocco) 2:15:41 6, Tesfaye Jifar (Ethiopia) 2:16:52 7, Yoshiteru Morishita (Japan) 2:17:05 8, Takayuki Nishida (Japan) 2:17:24 9, Simretu Alemayehu (Ethiopia) 2:17:35 10.
Women's pole vault qualifying round (qualification standard 4.40m or best 12 to final), group A: Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 4.35, Monika Pyrek (Poland) 4.35 1, Mary Sauer (US) 4.35 3, Caroline Hingst (Germany) 4.35 4, Janine Whitlock (Britain) 4.35 5, Anzhela Balakhonova (Ukraine) 4.25 6, Monique de Wilt (Netherlands) 4.25 7, Tanya Koleva (Bulgaria) 4.25 8, Jenny Dryburgh (NZ) 4.25 9, Stephanie McCann (Canada) 4.25 10, Alejandra Garcia (Argentina) 4.25 11, Vala Flosadottir (Iceland) 4.15 12.
Group B: Stacy Dragila (US) 4.35, Gao Shuying (China) 4.35 1, Tatiana Grigorieva (Australia) 4.35 3, Yvonne Buschbaum (Germany) 4.35 4, Pavla Hamackova (Czech Rep) 4.45 5, Thorey Edda Elisdottir (Iceland) 4.35 6, Doris Auer (Austria) 4.35 7, Annika Becker (Germany) 4.25 7, Marie Bagger Rasmussen (Denmark) 4.25 9, Krisztina Molnar (Hungary) 4.25 10, Hanna-Mia Persson (Sweden) 4.15 11, Mari Mar Sanchez (Spain) 4.00 12.
GLEN EDEN 10m ROAD RACE
Men: I. Richards (Uni) 54m 10s 1, S. Meredith (Lyn) 57m 0s 2, M. Sweetingham (Lyn) 57m 1s 3, C. Watson (Tak) 57m 18s 4, J. Thompson (Man) 58m 42s 5, G. Glass (Uni) 58m 43s 6.
Women: B. Baxter (Lyn) 63m 12s 1, E. Coombe (U/Reg) 63m 28s 2, K. Smith (CM) 63m 35s 3, S. Ward (CM) 63m 36s 4, K. Newman (CM) 64m 19s 5.
SHERILYN WHITE MEMORIAL 5km ROAD RACE
(Owairaka)
Women: S. Venville (Dio) 19m 55s 1, K. Campbell (Dio) 290m 2s 2, R. Holton (How) 20m 35s 3.
Teams: Diocesan (Venville, Campbell, OI. Spencer) 1, St Cuthberts 2.
Men: J. Elvery (AGS) 16m 39s 1, S. Krawitz (AGS) 16m 50s 2, T. Calkin (AGS) 16m 59s 3.
Teams: Auckland Grammar 1, AGS B 2, Glendowie 3.
