Barshim pulls out of Asian meet
Source: AFP |
July 3, 2013, Wednesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
WORLD No. 1 high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar withdrew from the Asian championships yesterday, robbing the already depleted event of its star attraction.
The 22-year-old was expected to dominate headlines during the five-day meet which opens in Pune, western India, today after becoming the first high jumper since 2000 to clear 2.40 meters outdoors.
Barshim, who achieved the feat at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in June, pulled out due to a back injury, according to the Qatar Athletics Federation.
Also missing from the Asian meet, which gives the gold medalists direct entry to the world championships in Moscow in August, is Japanese teenage sprint sensation Yoshihide Kiryu.
Kiryu, 17, clocked a junior world record equalling time of 10.01 seconds in the 100 in April, but the record was not validated because the equipment used for measuring wind speed was not up to international standards.
Kiryu's absence leaves Qatar's Nigeria-born sprinter Samuel Adelebari Francis and defending champion Su Bingtian of China as the favorites to win the event.
Woman triple jumper Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan, who won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, opted out of the meet after giving birth recently.
The meet begins two days after Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad of Qatar took over as president of the Asian Athletics Association.
The 22-year-old was expected to dominate headlines during the five-day meet which opens in Pune, western India, today after becoming the first high jumper since 2000 to clear 2.40 meters outdoors.
Barshim, who achieved the feat at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting in June, pulled out due to a back injury, according to the Qatar Athletics Federation.
Also missing from the Asian meet, which gives the gold medalists direct entry to the world championships in Moscow in August, is Japanese teenage sprint sensation Yoshihide Kiryu.
Kiryu, 17, clocked a junior world record equalling time of 10.01 seconds in the 100 in April, but the record was not validated because the equipment used for measuring wind speed was not up to international standards.
Kiryu's absence leaves Qatar's Nigeria-born sprinter Samuel Adelebari Francis and defending champion Su Bingtian of China as the favorites to win the event.
Woman triple jumper Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan, who won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, opted out of the meet after giving birth recently.
The meet begins two days after Dahlan Jumaan al-Hamad of Qatar took over as president of the Asian Athletics Association.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
