Posted: September 6, 2006

Athletics: World Athletics Final Provisional Entries

By Bob Ramsak
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STUTTGART, Germany -– Some notable doubles appear in the provisional entry lists for this weekend's World Athletics Final made available earlier this evening. In the men's sprints, American Tyson Gay and double European champion Francis Obikwelu of Portugal are planning a 100/200 double, while 100 meter co-world record holder Asafa Powell is not. Gay won the 200 at the season-capping event last year while Powell took the double in 2004. Jamaican Sherone Simpson, the world leader in both the sprints, will double as well after receiving a wild card entry in the 200. Belgian Kim Gevaert, the women's double European champion, will contest both events as well. In the distance events, both Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia are entered in the 3000 and 5000, extending their hot rivalry one more week. Last year Defar won both events, netting a cool $60,000 for the weekend. Xavier 'X-Man' Carter, who in July sped to a 19.63 performance to become the second fastest man ever in the 200 meters, declined his invitation to compete this weekend. According to Chris Layne of Total Sports Management, Inc., the management firm that represents Carter, the 20-year-old chose instead to return home to prepare for his fall classes at Louisiana State University. A total of US$ 3,020,000 will be awarded this weekend, with each finisher guaranteed a paycheck. Additionally, a $100,000 bonus is on offer for any world records set during the competition. Provisional startlists (FINAL start lists will NOT be confirmed until after Friday evening's technical meeting): MEN 100m 1 Powell, Asafa JAM 2 Crawford, Shawn USA 3 Scott, Leonard USA 4 Brunson, Marcus USA 5 Gay, Tyson USA 6 Obikwelu, Francis POR 7 Pognon, Ronald FRA 8 Burns, Marc TRI 200m 1 Spearmon, Wallace USA 2 Gay, Tyson USA 3 Bolt, Usain JAM 4 Saidy Ndure, Jaysuma GAM 5 Martin, Rodney USA 6 Williams, Christopher JAM 7 Batman, Daniel AUS Wild Card - Obikwelu, Francis POR 400m 1 Wariner, Jeremy USA 2 Merritt, LaShawn USA 3 Kikaya, Gary COD 4 Rock, Andrew USA 5 Blackwood, Michael JAM 6 Simpson, Brandon BRN 7 Francique, Alleyne GRN Wild Card - Raquil, Marc FRA 800m 1 Mulaudzi, Mbulaeni RSA 2 Bungei, Wilfred KEN 3 Laalou, Amine MAR 4 Kamel, Youssef Saad BRN 5 Yiampoy, William KEN 6 Yego, Alfred Kirwa KEN 7 Som, Bram NED 8 Robinson, Khadevis USA 1500m 1 Kipchirchir, Alex KEN 2 Komen, Daniel Kipchirchir KEN 3 Heshko, Ivan UKR 4 Korir, Shadrack KEN 5 Boukensa, Tarek ALG 6 Lagat, Bernard USA 7 Moustaoui, Mohamed MAR 8 Choge, Augustine Kiprono KEN 9 Angwenyi, Elkanah Onkware KEN 10 Kaouch, Adil MAR Wild Card - Baala, Mehdi FRA 3000m 1 Kipchoge, Eliud KEN 2 Songok, Isaac Kiprono KEN 3 Biwot, Yusuf Kibet KEN 4 Songok, Boniface Kiprotich KEN 5 Bekele, Tariku ETH 6 Ebuya, Joseph KEN 7 Korir, Shadrack KEN 8 Soi, Edwin Cheruiyot KEN 9 Bellani, Hicham MAR 10 El Amri, Khalid MAR 11 Bett, Mark KEN 12 Farah, Mohammed GBR 5000m 1 Bekele, Kenenisa ETH 2 Kipchoge, Eliud KEN 3 Bekele, Tariku ETH 4 Kiprop, Boniface UGA 5 Kogo, Micah KEN 6 Soi, Edwin Cheruiyot KEN 7 Kigen, Mike Kipruto KEN 8 Cheruiyot, Jonas KEN 9 Feleke, Abreham Cherkos ETH 10 Songok, Boniface Kiprotich KEN 11 Goumri, Abderrahim MAR 3000m Steeplechase 1 Mateelong, Richard Kipkemboi KEN 2 Kemboi, Ezekiel KEN 3 Koech, Paul Kipsiele KEN 4 Taher, Tareq Mubarak BRN 5 Hachlaf, Abdelkader MAR 6 Kipruto, Brimin Kiprop KEN 7 Tahri, Bouabdallah FRA 8 Kiprotich, Wesley KEN 9 Kipyego, Michael KEN 10 Martín, Luis Miguel ESP 11 Pérez, César ESP Wild Card - Keskisalo, Jukka FIN 110m Hurdles 1 Merritt Aries USA 2 Robles, Dayron CUB 3 Trammell, Terrence USA 4 Oliver, David USA 5 Liu, Xiang CHN 6 Johnson, Allen USA 7 Olijars, Stanislavs LAT Wild Card - Blaschek, Thomas GER 400mH 1 Jackson, Bershawn USA 2 Iakovákis, Periklís GRE 3 van Zyl, L.J. RSA 4 Myburgh, Alwyn RSA 5 Carter, James USA 6 Thompson, Kemel JAM 7 McFarlane, Danny JAM Wild Card - Keďta, Naman FRA High Jump 1 Holm, Stefan SWE 2 Silnov, Andrey RUS 3 Rybakov, Yaroslav RUS 4 Williams, Jesse USA 5 Ukhov, Ivan RUS 6 Ton, Svatoslav, CZE 7 Thörnblad, Linus SWE Wild Card - Janku TomᚠCZE Pole Vault 1 Burgess, Paul AUS 2 Hooker, Steven AUS 3 Walker, Brad USA 4 Stevenson, Toby USA 5 Schulze, Fabian GER 6 Lobinger, Tim GER 7 Sawano, Daichi JPN Wild Card - Börgeling, Lars GER Long Jump 1 Saladino, Irving PAN 2 Phillips, Dwight USA 3 Gaisah, Ignisious GHA 4 Tsátoumas, Loúis GRE 5 Nima, Issam ALG 6 Al-Khuwalidi, Mohamed Salman KSA 7 Pate, Miguel USA 8 Beckford, James JAM Triple Jump 1 Gregório, Jadel BRA 2 Oprea, Marian ROM 3 Betanzos, Yoandri CUB 4 Wilson, Aarik USA 5 Davis, Walter USA 6 Kapek, Julien FRA 7 Martínez, Alexander SUI 8 Lewis, Randy GRN Shot Put 1 Hoffa, Reese USA 2 Cantwell, Christian USA 3 Majewski, Tomasz POL 4 Taylor, Daniel USA 5 Martin, Scott AUS 6 Martínez, Manuel ESP 7 Smith, Rutger NED Wild Card - Bartels Ralf GER Discus Throw 1 Alekna, Virgilijus LTU 2 Kövágó, Zoltán HUN 3 Kanter, Gerd EST 4 Tammert, Aleksander EST 5 Waltz, Ian USA 6 Rome, Jarred USA 7 Malachowski, Piotr POL Wild Card - Möllenbeck, Michael GER Hammer Throw 1 Ziólkowski, Szymon POL 2 Pars, Krisztián HUN 3 Murofushi, Koji JPN 4 Tikhon, Ivan BLR 5 Karjalainen, Olli-Pekka FIN 6 Devyatovskiy, Vadim BLR 7 Esser, Markus GER 8 Kozmus, Primož SLO Javelin Throw 1 Thorkildsen, Andreas NOR 2 Pitkämäki, Tero FIN 3 Vasilevskis, Vadims LAT 4 Rags, Eriks LAT 5 Zelezný, Jan CZE 6 Kovals, Ainars LAT 7 Wenk, Stefan GER 8 Esenwein, Peter GER WOMEN 100m 1 Simpson, Sherone JAM 2 Barber, Me'Lisa USA 3 Edwards, Torri USA 4 Durst, Stephanie USA 5 Ferguson, Debbie BAH 6 Gevaert, Kim BEL 7 Jones,LoLo USA 8 Mang, Veronique FRA 200m 1 Gevaert, Kim BEL 2 Mothersill, Cydonie CAY 3 Ferguson, Debbie BAH 4 Feraez, Fabienne BEN 5 Durst, Stephanie USA 6 Felix, Allyson USA Wild Card - Simpson, Sherone JAM 400m 1 Richards, Sanya USA 2 Williams, Novlene JAM 3 Stambolova, Vania BUL 4 Williams, Shericka JAM 5 Henderson, Monique USA 6 Trotter, DeeDee USA 7 Thiam, Amy Mbacke SEN 8 Amertil, Christine BAH 800m 1 Jepkosgei, Janeth KEN 2 Calatayud, Zulia CUB 3 Lyne, Rebecca GBR 4 Benhassi, Hasna MAR 5 Sinclair, Kenia JAM 6 Clark, Hazel USA 7 Petlyuk Tetyana UKR 8 Cherkasova, Svetlana RUS 1500m 1 Soboleva, Yelena RUS 2 Chizhenko, Yuliya RUS 3 Jamal, Maryam Yusuf BRN 4 Jamieson, Sarah AUS 5 Tomashova, Tatyana RUS 6 Yegorova, Olga RUS 7 Lishchynska, Iryna UKR 8 Douma-Hussar, Carmen CAN 9 Tadesse, Mestawat ETH 10 Mérah-Benida, Nouria ALG 11 Dehiba, Hind FRA 12 Chojecka, Lidia POL 3000m 1 Alaoui Selsouli, Mariem MAR 2 Cheruiyot, Vivian KEN 3 Wellings, Eloise AUS 4 Papp, Krisztina HUN 5 Chenonge, Ines KEN 6 Tufa, Mestawet ETH 7 Wangui, Lucy KEN 8 Wigene, Susanne NOR 9 Kibet, Sylvia Chibiwott KEN 10 Dibaba, Tirunesh ETH 11 Defar, Meseret ETH Wild Card - Pavey, Joanne GBR 5000m 1 Dibaba, Tirunesh ETH 2 Defar, Meseret ETH 3 Ochichi, Isabella KEN 4 Bati, Gelete Burika ETH 5 Masai, Edith KEN 6 Adere, Berhane ETH 7 Ngetich, Priscah Jepleting KEN 8 Melkamu, Meselech ETH 9 Dibaba, Ejegayehu ETH 10 Cheruiyot, Vivian KEN 11 Kipchumba, Irene Kwambai KEN Wild Card - Mockenhaupt, Sabrina GER 3000m Steeplechase 1 Kiptum, Jeruto KEN 2 Chepchumba, Salome KEN 3 Mitchell, Victoria AUS 4 Janowska, Wioletta POL 5 Ivanova, Lyubov RUS 6 Kipkemoi, Gladys Jerotich KEN 7 Messner, Carrie USA 9 Casandra, Cristina ROM 10 Vieira, Zenaide BRA 11 McGettigan, Roisin IRL Wild Card - Turava, Alesia BLR 100m Hurdles 1 Perry, Michelle USA 2 Foster-Hylton, Brigitte JAM 3 Jones, LoLo USA 4 Kallur, Susanna SWE 5 Cherry, Damu USA 6 Bolm, Kirsten GER 7 Felicien, Perdita CAN 400m Hurdles 1 Demus, Lashinda USA 2 Ross-Williams, Tiffany USA 3 Glover , Sandra USA 4 Jesien, Anna POL 5 Danvers-Smith, Tasha GBR 6 Tereschuk-Antipova, Tetiana UKR 7 Johnson, Sheena USA Wild Card - Marx, Claudia GER High Jump 1 Bergqvist, Kajsa SWE 2 Vlašic, Blanka CRO 3 Hellebaut, Tia BEL 4 Slesarenko, Yelena RUS 5 Acuff, Amy USA 6 Veneva, Venelina BUL 7 Chicherova, Anna RUS 8 Beitia, Ruth ESP Pole Vault 1 Isinbaeva, Yelena RUS 2 Pyrek, Monika POL 3 Murer, Fabiana BRA 4 Stuczynski, Jennifer USA 5 Howe, Kym AUS 6 Grigorieva, Tatiana AUS 7 Feofanova, Svetlana RUS Wild Card - Spiegelburg, Silke GER Long Jump 1 Thompson, Bronwyn AUS 2 Udmurtova, Oksana RUS 3 Lebedeva, Tatyana RUS 4 Upshaw, Grace USA 5 Kotova, Tatyana RUS 6 Richmond, Rose USA 7 Glenn, Brianna USA Wild Card - Sotherton, Kelly GBR Triple Jump 1 Lebedeva, Tatyana RUS 2 Pyatykh, Anna RUS 3 Smith, Trecia JAM 4 Devetzí, Hrysopiyí GRE 5 Saladuha, Olha UKR 6 Safronava, Natallia BLR 7 Martinovic-Šestak, Marija SLO 8 Aldama, Yamilé SUD Shot Put 1 Vili, Valerie NZL 2 Khoroneko, Natallia BLR 3 Cumbá, Yumileidi CUB 4 Heaston, Kristin USA 5 Kleinert, Nadine GER 6 Ostapchuk, Nadzeya BLR Wild Card - Lammert, Petra GER Discus Throw 1 Dietzsch, Franka GER 2 Grasu Nicoleta, ROM 3 Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Vera CZE 4 Potepa, Wioletta POL 5 Söderberg, Anna SWE 6 Thurmond, Aretha USA 7 Zvereva, Ellina BLR 8 Powell, Suzanne USA Hammer Throw 1 Heidler, Betty GER 2 Moreno, Yipsi CUB 3 Gilreath, Erin USA 4 Skolimowska, Kamila POL 5 Claretti, Clarissa ITA 6 Balassini, Ester ITA 7 Brkljacic, Ivana CRO 8 Klaas, Kathrin GER Javelin Throw 1 Nerius, Steffi GER 2 Špotáková, Barbora CZE 3 Obergföll, Christina GER 4 Bisset, Sonia CUB 5 Scherwin, Christina DEN 6 Bani, Zahra ITA 7 Tilea-Moldovan, Felicia ROM 8 Madejczyk, Barbara POL

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