Liu ends up third again in 60 hurdles
February 15, 2011, Tuesday
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DAVID Oliver won the 60-meter indoor hurdles at the Karlsruhe Indoors event in Germany on Sunday, with former Olympic champion Liu Xiang finishing third.
The 28-year-old American won in a time of 7.40 seconds, ahead of France's Dimitri Bascou in 7.53 with China's Liu finishing in 7.55.
On Friday, the 110-meter hurdles record holder Liu also finished third in the 60 hurdles at the Duesseldorf indoor meet in Germany, his first European appearance in three years. The 27-year-old Shanghai native timed 7.60, 0.18 off his personal best of 7.42 seconds set in February 2007.
Lerone Clarke of Jamaica was fastest in the 60 sprint, finishing in 6.52 seconds, ahead of Marc Burns from Trinidad and Tobago in 6.56 and Italy's Emanuele di Gregorio in 6.63.
Kellie Wells claimed victory in the women's 60 hurdles in the absence of world indoor champion Lolo Jones with a time of 7.82 seconds, ahead of Norway's Christina Vukicevic in 7.90 and Jamaican Vonette Dixon in 7.98.
Kenya's Mercy Njoroge ran 3,000 meters in 8 minutes, 42.75 seconds, ahead of Poland's Sylwia Ejdys and Sara Moreira of Portugal.
German David Gollnow won the 400 in 47.29 seconds, ahead of Roman Smirnow of Russia and another German, Rouven Christ, in third.
In Ghent, Belgium, Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya set a world's best mark in the rarely run 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Flanders Indoor meet on Sunday.
Koech, 29, finished in 5:13.77, slicing 3.27 seconds off the time he set at the same meet last year.
Meanwhile, former Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene has been found guilty of misappropriating funds.
The South African Olympic Committee says Chuene and two other officials have until Thursday to appeal the ruling, which includes allegations they evaded taxes and ran Athletics South Africa poorly. After any appeal, they could face sanctions.
The charges emerged from an investigation ordered after ASA fell into disarray following the Caster Semenya gender case.
Questions about whether Semenya should be allowed to run as a woman emerged after she won the 800 world title in 2009. After undergoing gender tests, Semenya was cleared to run as a woman last year by international track officials.
The 28-year-old American won in a time of 7.40 seconds, ahead of France's Dimitri Bascou in 7.53 with China's Liu finishing in 7.55.
On Friday, the 110-meter hurdles record holder Liu also finished third in the 60 hurdles at the Duesseldorf indoor meet in Germany, his first European appearance in three years. The 27-year-old Shanghai native timed 7.60, 0.18 off his personal best of 7.42 seconds set in February 2007.
Lerone Clarke of Jamaica was fastest in the 60 sprint, finishing in 6.52 seconds, ahead of Marc Burns from Trinidad and Tobago in 6.56 and Italy's Emanuele di Gregorio in 6.63.
Kellie Wells claimed victory in the women's 60 hurdles in the absence of world indoor champion Lolo Jones with a time of 7.82 seconds, ahead of Norway's Christina Vukicevic in 7.90 and Jamaican Vonette Dixon in 7.98.
Kenya's Mercy Njoroge ran 3,000 meters in 8 minutes, 42.75 seconds, ahead of Poland's Sylwia Ejdys and Sara Moreira of Portugal.
German David Gollnow won the 400 in 47.29 seconds, ahead of Roman Smirnow of Russia and another German, Rouven Christ, in third.
In Ghent, Belgium, Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya set a world's best mark in the rarely run 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Flanders Indoor meet on Sunday.
Koech, 29, finished in 5:13.77, slicing 3.27 seconds off the time he set at the same meet last year.
Meanwhile, former Athletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene has been found guilty of misappropriating funds.
The South African Olympic Committee says Chuene and two other officials have until Thursday to appeal the ruling, which includes allegations they evaded taxes and ran Athletics South Africa poorly. After any appeal, they could face sanctions.
The charges emerged from an investigation ordered after ASA fell into disarray following the Caster Semenya gender case.
Questions about whether Semenya should be allowed to run as a woman emerged after she won the 800 world title in 2009. After undergoing gender tests, Semenya was cleared to run as a woman last year by international track officials.
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