2012 World Ranking list ramblings

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INDOOR RANKINGS, CURRENT - 'NEW' within the last week or so

New top marks have been made in the last week or so in 7 events (IN) & 6 events (OUT).

We wonder how long has it been when KEN has not topped the MAR lists. Here ETH top both M & W

IN
M 60H the top 3 stars of Xiang (7.41), Robles (7.33) & Oliver (7.37) were led by Jarret Eaton, USA (7.49) early in the season; now it is the turn of Dexter Faulk, USA (7.40); WR 7.30 Colin Jackson, GBR '94

M TJ a new emerging star Will Clay, USA, '91, who did 17.50 outdoors last year, now up to 17.63. The outdoor surprise world champ, Christian Taylor, '90, USA, 17.96, was 2nd to Clay at 17.21

M SP not a SB but another surprise Daegu winner, David storl, GER, 90, at 21.78 outdoors last year, is rounding into form now with 21.40 (in PB)

W PV Isinbayeva is back and added 1cm to her '09 WR (IN) doing 5.01; WR (OUT) by her is 5.06, '09.

OUT
M DEC early days but nice to see top is 7493 Martin Brockman GBR (his PB is 7712 '10)

W PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS, NR --- NEW, reflecting the progress being made at the top of this event at the moment. Indoors 22 NRs set this season
see subscription site
www.athlerecords.net/pages/records.php? ... 6&tri=perf

HT: 72.29 Betty Heidler GER --- NEW: the WR holder (79.42) already out competing

Men IN
60: 6.45 Trell Kimmons USA --- NEW
200: 20.50 Demetrius Pinder BAH
400: 45.19 Kirani James GRN
800: 1:44.57 Adam Kszczot POL
1000: 2:19.78 Tevan Everett USA
1500: 3:34.10 Abdelaati Iguider MAR
Mile: 3:52.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN
3000: 7:29.94 Augustine Choge KEN Edwin Soi KEN
5000: 12:58.67 Thomas Longosiwa KEN
60H: 7.40 Dexter Faulk USA --- NEW
HJ: 2.37 Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT
PV: 5.93 Renaud Lavillenie FRA
LJ: 8.24 Aleksandr Menkov RUS Will Claye USA
TJ: 17.63 Will Claye USA --- NEW
SP: 21.87 Reese Hoffa USA
WT: 25.18 A.G. Kruger USA
Hep: 6237 Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR
5000W: 18:16.54 Valeriy Borchin RUS
Women
60: 7.02 Tianna Madison USA
200: 22.86 Kamaria Brown USA --- NEW
400: 50.71 Sanya Richards-Ross USA --- NEW
800: 1:59.01 Malika Akkaoui MAR
1000: 2:36.69 Yelena Arzhakova RUS
1500: 4:00.13 Genzebe Dibaba ETH
Mile: 4:28.41 Sally Kipyego KEN
3000: 8:31.56 Meseret Defar ETH
5000: 15:15.41 Sally Kipyego KEN
60H: 7.84 Kristi Castlin USA --- NEW
HJ: 2.06 Anna Chicherova RUS
PV: 5.01 WR Yelena Isinbayeva RUS --- NEW
LJ: 6.91 Olga Kucherenko RUS
TJ: 14.84 Olga Rypakova KAZ
SP: 20.70 Nadzeya Ostapchuk BLR
WT: 25.12 Brittany Riley USA
Pen: 4896 Yekaterina Bolshova RUS
3000W: 11:44.10 Anisya Kirdyapkina RUS
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Men OUT
100: 10.27 Kagiso Kumbane RSA --- NEW
200: 20.79 Nicholas Hough AUS
400: 45.61 John Steffensen AUS
800: 1:45.91 Asbel Kiprop KEN
1500: 3:35.66 David Torrence USA
Mile: 3:58.49 Will Leer USA
3000: 8:02.19 Aitor Fernández ESP
5000: 13:15.57 Collis Birmingham AUS
10000: 28:12.87 Tasama Moogas ISR
HM: 59:22 Feyisa Lelisa ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN
110H: 13.96 Dayron Capetillo CUB
400H: 49.77 Justin Gaymon USA
HJ: 2.26 Simón Siverio ESP
PV: 5.45 Mark Hollis USA
LJ: 8.27 Henry Frayne AUS
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 20.51 Russ Winger USA
DT: 65.46 Russ Winger USA
HT: 77.18 Markus Esser GER
JT: 83.39 Sergey Makarov RUS
Dec: 7493 Martin Brockman GBR --- NEW
20W: 1:17:45 Andrey Ruzavin RUS
50W: 3:47:30 Li Jianbo CHN
4x1: 38.84 MIX
4x4: 3:05.84 MIX
Women
100: 11.25 Sally Pearson AUS
200: 23.06 Sally Pearson AUS
400: 51.42 Sherone Simpson JAM
800: 2:01.53 Tamsyn Manou AUS
1500: 4:09.26 Zoe Buckman AUS
Mile: 4:47.01 Kellie Palmer NZL
3000: 9:23.0h Kaila McKnight AUS
5000: 15:38.10 Emily Brichacek AUS
10000: 34:45.21 Sally Gibbs NZL
HM: 66:49 Mary Keitany KEN
Mar: 2:19:31 Aselefech Mergia ETH
3000S: 10:08.98 Milly Clark AUS
100H: 12.66 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 55.45 Lauren Boden AUS
HJ: 1.91 Chaunté Lowe USA --- NEW
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS --- NEW
LJ: 6.58 Kerrie Perkins AUS
TJ: 14.35 Yargelis Savigne CUB
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 66.19 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 72.29 Betty Heidler GER --- NEW
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO --- NEW
Hep: 5905 Sarah Cowley NZL
10W: 47:24 Su Yingqiu CHN
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 44.01
4x4: 3:29.02

see
www.tilastopaja.org/

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'MEN’S WORLD RANKINGS BY NATION, 1947-2011'

lots and lots of lists

see
www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/spe ... ticles/817

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In the last week or so no new World leaders (IN) have emerged, athletes bracing themselves for Istanbul, but OUTDOORS changes have been seen

M OUT
100: 10.26 Sandro Viana BRA --- new
200: 20.53 Delano Williams TKS --- new
400: 45.61 John Steffensen AUS
800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN --- new
1500: 3:35.66 David Torrence USA
Mile: 3:58.49 Will Leer USA
3000: 8:00.35 Bolota Asmerom USA --- new
5000: 13:15.57 Collis Birmingham AUS
10000: 28:12.87 Tasama Moogas ISR
HM: 59:22 Feyisa Lelisa ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN
110H: 13.91 Dayron Capetillo CUB Yordan L. O'Farrill CUB --- new
400H: 49.39 Brendan Cole AUS --- new
HJ: 2.26 Simón Siverio ESP
PV: 5.45 Mark Hollis USA Yanquier Lara CUB
LJ: 8.27 Henry Frayne AUS
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 20.51 Russ Winger USA
DT: 65.46 Russ Winger USA
HT: 79.37 Pavel Kryvitski BLR --- new
JT: 83.39 Sergey Makarov RUS
Dec: 7844 Stephen Cain AUS --- new
20W: 1:17:47 Andrey Ruzavin RUS
50W: 3:44:59 Erick Barrondo GUA --- new
4x1: 38.48 JAM --- new
4x4: 3:05.84 MIX
W OUT
100: 11.25 Sally Pearson AUS
200: 23.02 Sally Pearson AUS --- new
400: 51.42 Sherone Simpson JAM
800: 2:01.53 Tamsyn Manou AUS
1500: 4:09.26 Zoe Buckman AUS
Mile: 4:47.01 Kellie Palmer NZL
3000: 9:23.0h Kaila McKnight AUS
5000: 15:38.10 Emily Brichacek AUS
10000: 34:45.21 Sally Gibbs NZL
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN --- new
Mar: 2:19:31 Aselefech Mergia ETH
3000S: 9:57.85 Victoria Mitchell AUS --- new
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS --- new
400H: 55.45 Lauren Boden AUS
HJ: 1.91 Chaunté Lowe USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 6.58 Kerrie Perkins AUS
TJ: 14.35 Yargelis Savigne CUB
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 66.85 Sandra Perković CRO --- new
HT: 72.29 Betty Heidler GER
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO --- new
Hep: 5958 Sarah Cowley NZL --- new
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS --- new
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 44.01
4x4: 3:29.02

see
www.tilastopaja.org/

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Perhaps many indoor National Records (NRs) are weak compared with the outdoor records but Istanbul perhaps sent many athletes home fairly happy. There a total of 83 NRs in the 3 day event

see subscription site
www.athlerecords.net/pages/derniers-rec ... oor=1&pg=1

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New World leaders in the last week or so

IN
Men
200: 20.39 Ameer Webb USA
400: 45.11 Nery Brenes CRC
PV: 5.95 Renaud Lavillenie FRA
LJ: 8.28 Mauro da Silva BRA
TJ: 17.70 Will Claye USA
SP: 22.00 Ryan Whiting USA
Hep: 6645 WR Ashton Eaton USA
Women
60: 7.01 Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM
200: 22.74 Kimberlyn Duncan USA
800: 1:58.83 Pamela Jelimo KEN
60H: 7.73 Sally Pearson AUS
LJ: 7.23 Brittney Reese USA
Pen: 5013 WR Nataliya Dobrynska UKR

OUT
Just 1 new
TJ: 14.47 Deborah Amoah USA

see
www.tilastopaja.org/

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Modification to W HT (out) listing (see above)

NEW Asia Record HT (W)

Zhang Wenxiu CHN, is an experienced athlete. Never higher than 3rd in the very top comps is she going to go higher this year.

75.72 AR Zhang Wenxiu CHN 22 Mar 86 182/108 1 NGP Chengdu 12.03.12
annual progress
11 75.65
10 73.83
09 74.25
08 74.32
07 74.86
06 74.15
05 73.24
04 72.37
03 70.60
02 67.13
01 66.30
00 60.30

see
www.tilastopaja.org/db/toplist.php?list ... eason=2012
www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/count ... index.html

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GBR's Istanbul Manager wanted 8 medals and came home with 9 and GBR ranked 2nd by nations

So perhaps interesting to see how our top athletes have ended up in the 2012 indoor season's world rankings:

M
18 6.58 Chambers
5 45.71 Levine
8 1.46.33 Thomas
14 3.37.16 Baddeley
10 7.37.40 Farah
13 13.22.44 Baddeley
19 13.56 Pozzi
4 2.34 Grabarz
7 5.77 Lewis
16= JJJ
TJ - 20th 16.72 top 16.35 Reid
SP - 20th 20.41 top 20.03 Myerscough
HEP - 20th 5880 top 5582 Gregory
W
20 7.19 Philip
13 52.13 Cox
800 - 20th 2.01.81 top 2.02.62 Okoro
1.5k - 20th 4.08.93 top 4.09.70 Clitheroe
8 8.45.59 Clitheroe
3 8.87 Ennis
HJ - 20th 1.92 top 1.91 Ennis
3 4.87 Bleasdale
5 6.89 Proctor
2 14.82 Aldama
SP - 20th 18.06 top 16.92 Francis
2 4965 Ennis

see
www.tilastopaja.org/db/toplist.php?list ... eason=2012
www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/

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7 men & 5 women new world leaders in the last week or so; '12 season outdoors is starting to wake up round the world

Men
100: 10.18 Charles Silmon USA --- NEW
200: 20.53 Delano Williams TKS
400: 45.61 John Steffensen AUS
800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN
1500: 3:35.66 David Torrence USA
Mile: 3:58.49 Will Leer USA
3000: 8:00.35 Bolota Asmerom USA
5000: 13:15.57 Collis Birmingham AUS
10000: 28:12.87 Tasama Moogas ISR
HM: 58:54 Stephen Kibet KEN --- NEW
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN
110H: 13.66 Fred Townsend USA Fred Townsend USA --- NEW
400H: 49.39 Brendan Cole AUS
HJ: 2.26 Simón Siverio ESP
PV: 5.45 Mark Hollis USA Yanquier Lara CUB
LJ: 8.27 Henry Frayne AUS
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 21.02 Marco Fortes POR --- NEW
DT: 66.05 Jorge Fernández CUB --- NEW
HT: 79.37 Pavel Kryvitski BLR
JT: 83.39 Sergey Makarov RUS
Dec: 7844 Stephen Cain AUS
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA --- NEW
50W: 3:44:59 Erick Barrondo GUA
4x1: 38.48 JAM
4x4: 3:05.14 Tx A&M Uni USA --- NEW
Women
100: 11.25 Sally Pearson AUS
200: 23.02 Sally Pearson AUS
400: 51.42 Sherone Simpson JAM
800: 2:01.53 Tamsyn Manou AUS
1500: 4:09.26 Zoe Buckman AUS
Mile: 4:47.01 Kellie Palmer NZL
3000: 8:53.83 Sally Kipyego KEN --- NEW
5000: 15:38.10 Emily Brichacek AUS
10000: 34:45.21 Sally Gibbs NZL
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:19:31 Aselefech Mergia ETH
3000S: 9:57.85 Victoria Mitchell AUS
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 55.45 Lauren Boden AUS
HJ: 1.91 Chaunté Lowe USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 6.58 Kerrie Perkins AUS Christabel Nettey CAN
TJ: 14.40 Dailenis Alcántara CUB --- NEW
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER --- NEW
HT: 75.72 Zhang Wenxiu CHN --- NEW
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO
Hep: 5958 Sarah Cowley NZL
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 43.56 Tx A&M Uni USA --- NEW
4x4: 3:29.02 MVP T&F Club JAM

see
www.tilastopaja.org/

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10 men & 6 women new world leaders in the last week or so, even more than last week's 7 & 5

Men
100: 10.04 Darvis Patton USA --- new
200: 19.95 Wallace Spearmon USA --- new
400: 45.20 Oscar Pistorius RSA --- new
800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:21.08 Matt Lincoln CAN --- new
1500: 3:35.66 David Torrence USA --- new
Mile: 3:58.49 Will Leer USA
3000: 8:00.35 Bolota Asmerom USA
5000: 13:15.57 Collis Birmingham AUS
10000: 28:12.87 Tasama Moogas ISR
HM: 58:54 Stephen Kibet KEN
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN
110H: 13.30 David Oliver USA --- new
400H: 49.39 Brendan Cole AUS
HJ: 2.31 Mickaël Hanany FRA --- new
PV: 5.55 Mike Woepse USA --- new
LJ: 8.27 Henry Frayne AUS
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 21.02 Marco Fortes POR
DT: 66.05 Jorge Fernández CUB
HT: 79.37 Pavel Kryvitski BLR
JT: 83.39 Sergey Makarov RUS
Dec: 7844 Stephen Cain AUS
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:40:58 Alex Schwazer ITA --- new
- performances 6 days apart. An OLY double coming up??, 20k 4aug, 50k 11aug
Has that 20k/50k walk double ever been done in one OLY?
4x1: 38.48 JAM
4x4: 3:02.24 ? (no name offered in lists) --- new

Women
100: 11.22 Antonique Strachan BAH --- new
200: 22.89 Tsholofelo Thipe RSA --- new
400: 51.42 Sherone Simpson JAM
800: 2:01.53 Tamsyn Manou AUS
1500: 4:09.26 Zoe Buckman AUS
Mile: 4:47.01 Kellie Palmer NZL
3000: 8:53.83 Sally Kipyego KEN
5000: 15:38.10 Emily Brichacek AUS
10000: 32:08.54 Gemma Barrachina ESP --- new
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:19:31 Aselefech Mergia ETH
3000S: 9:55.91 Lennie Waite GBR --- new
- GBR to the fore; hopefully Lennie will peak in AUG
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 55.45 Lauren Boden AUS
HJ: 1.91 Chaunté Lowe USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 6.58 Kerrie Perkins AUS Christabel Nettey CAN
TJ: 14.40 Dailenis Alcántara CUB
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 75.72 Zhang Wenxiu CHN
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO
Hep: 5958 Sarah Cowley NZL
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 43.50 Clemson Uni USA --- new
4x4: 3:28.03 One goal Athletics USA? --- new

see
www.tilastopaja.org/
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout= ... /list.html

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50W: 3:40:58 Alex Schwazer ITA --- new
- performances 6 days apart. An OLY double coming up??, 20k 4aug, 50k 11aug
Has that 20k/50k walk double ever been done in one OLY?

Three men have won the "walking double" at the Olympics.
Robert Korzeniowski at Sydney did the 20/50 double at Sydney.
Brighton's George Larner (1908) and Frigerio (ITA) in 1920 both won two golds but at much shorter distances.

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5 men & 7 women new world leaders in the last week or so.

Men
100: 10.04 Darvis Patton USA
200: 19.95 Wallace Spearmon USA
400: 45.20 Oscar Pistorius RSA
800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:21.08 Matt Lincoln CAN
1500: 3:35.66 David Torrence USA
Mile: 3:58.49 Will Leer USA
3000: 8:00.35 Bolota Asmerom USA
5000: 13:15.57 Collis Birmingham AUS
10000: 28:12.87 Tasama Moogas ISR
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH, '91 --- new

PBs
5000 13:54.24 24/07/2010
10k 27:46 25/06/2011
15K 41:46 31/03/2012
20k 55:52 31/03/2012
HM 58:47 31/03/2012

Very interesting that ETH lead in M HM & MAR & W Mar

Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN
110H: 13.30 David Oliver USA
400H: 49.39 Brendan Cole AUS
HJ: 2.31 Mickaël Hanany FRA
PV: 5.60 Andrew Irwin USA --- new
LJ: 8.27 Henry Frayne AUS
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 21.02 Marco Fortes POR
DT: 66.05 Jorge Fernández CUB
HT: 79.37 Pavel Kryvitski BLR
JT: 83.39 Sergey Makarov RUS
Dec: 8067 Isaac Murphy USA --- new
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:40:58 Alex Schwazer ITA
4x1: 38.30 Auburn Univ USA ---- new
4x4: 3:01.54 Central TX All Stars USA --- new
Women
100: 11.20 Chelsea Hayes USA --- new
200: 22.89 Tsholofelo Thipe RSA
400: 51.42 Sherone Simpson JAM
800: 2:01.53 Tamsyn Manou AUS
1500: 4:09.26 Zoe Buckman AUS
Mile: 4:47.01 Kellie Palmer NZL
3000: 8:53.83 Sally Kipyego KEN
5000: 15:38.10 Emily Brichacek AUS
10000: 32:08.54 Gemma Barrachina ESP
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:19:31 Aselefech Mergia ETH
3000S: 9:55.91 Lennie Waite GBR
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 55.45 Lauren Boden AUS
HJ: 1.95 Amy Acuff USA ------ new
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 6.62 Whitney Gipson USA --- new
TJ: 14.41 Dailenis Alcántara CUB --- new
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 75.72 Zhang Wenxiu CHN
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO
Hep: 6143 Bettie Wade USA --- new
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.99 Louisiana State Univ USA --- new
4x4: 3:27.03 Hart of Texas USA --- new

see
www.tilastopaja.org/
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout= ... /list.htmld

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In the last week or so more new world leaders: 3 men and 6 women

Men
100: 10.04 Darvis Patton USA
200: 19.95 Wallace Spearmon USA
400: 45.20 Oscar Pistorius RSA
800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:21.08 Matt Lincoln CAN
1500: 3:35.66 David Torrence USA
Mile: 3:58.49 Will Leer USA
3000: 8:00.35 Bolota Asmerom USA
5000: 13:15.57 Collis Birmingham AUS
10000: 28:12.87 Tasama Moogas ISR
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN
110H: 13.30 David Oliver USA

400H: 48.49 Bershawn Jackson, '83, USA --- NEW
- perhaps a stronger past: 47.30 '05 BUT 47.32 '10

HJ: 2.32 PB Ricky Robertson, '90, USA --- NEW
- a still rising young athlete

PV: 5.60 Andrew Irwin USA
LJ: 8.27 Henry Frayne AUS
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 21.02 Marco Fortes POR

DT: 66.25 Frank Casañas, '78, ESP --- NEW
- has a PB 67.91 '08, within 1m of that each season since

HT: 79.37 Pavel Kryvitski BLR
JT: 83.39 Sergey Makarov RUS
Dec: 8067 Isaac Murphy USA
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:40:58 Alex Schwazer ITA
4x1: 38.30 Auburn USA
4x4: 3:01.54 Central TX All Stars MIX

Women
100: 11.10 PB, Octavious Freeman, '92, USA --- NEW
- precocious, she was down to 11.16 '10; 200 PB 22.80 '12

200: 22.64 PB Shenique Ferguson, '89, BAH --- NEW
- sub-23 performer since '08; 100 PB 11.17 '11

400: 51.42 Sherone Simpson JAM
800: 2:01.53 Tamsyn Manou AUS
1500: 4:09.26 Zoe Buckman AUS
Mile: 4:47.01 Kellie Palmer NZL
3000: 8:53.83 Sally Kipyego KEN

5000: 15:18.31 PB Jackie Areson, '88, USA --- NEW
- gradually moving up from shorter distances

10000: 32:08.54 Gemma Barrachina ESP
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:19:31 Aselefech Mergia ETH

3000S: 9:48.35 PB Lennie Waite, '86, GBR --- NEW
- Lennie led last week with 9.55.91; this latest 0.35 off OLY qualifying mark B mark; A: 9.43.00

100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS

400H: 54.88 Tierra Brown, '89, USA --- NEW
- PB 54.74 '10; '11 SB 55.59

HJ: 1.95 Amy Acuff USA Brigetta Barrett USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 6.62 Whitney Gipson USA Chelsea Hayes USA
TJ: 14.41 Dailenis Alcántara CUB
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 75.72 Zhang Wenxiu CHN
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO

Hep: 6337 PB Sharon Day '85 USA --- NEW
13.57/0.0 1.84 14.40 24.27/0.3 6.06 41.60 2:12.63
pbs 13,57/0.0 1.95 14.40 24.27/0.3 6.06 45.19 2.11.89
- big breakthrough for Sharon 2apr12; prev PB 6177 '09

10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.99 Louisiana State MIX
4x4: 3:27.03 Hart of Texas USA

see
www.tilastopaja.org/
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

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In the last week or so more new world leaders: 7 men and 7 women

Men
100: 9.90 Yohan Blake JAM, '89, 1.81m, 73kg, PB 9.82 --- NEW
- Blake, the young pretender and perhaps? the 1st real theat to the dominance of Bolt, b.86, is the season's 1st and only, so far, sub-10.00 athlete. From 9.82 to Bolt's 9.58 is quite a bit!!! The big question is will Bolt approach or improve on his 9.58 this year? One would get yes & no answers. Certainly one would expect Blake to improve on his 9.82pb

200: 19.95 Wallace Spearmon USA
400: 45.20 Oscar Pistorius RSA
800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:21.08 Matt Lincoln CAN
1500: 3:35.66 David Torrence USA
Mile: 3:58.49 Will Leer USA

3000: 7:54.31 Chris Derrick USA, '90, PB 7.46.81in '12 --- NEW
- no big guns have so far done this event this year

5000: 13:15.57 Collis Birmingham AUS

10000: 27:40.73 Steven Mokoka RSA, '85, PB --- NEW
- Again the top athletes have yet to tackle this event. Mokoka has improved his 10000 time each year since '08 and has done 2.08.33 MAR

HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN
110H: 13.30 David Oliver USA
400H: 48.49 Bershawn Jackson USA
HJ: 2.32 Ricky Robertson USA

PV: 5.82 Björn Otto GER, '77, PB 5.92in '12 --- NEW
- Otto's career has found a new lease of life.
OUT progression
'07 5.90 PBout
'08 5.70
'09 5.75
'10 5.41
'11 5.75
'12 5.82
IN progression
'07 5.90
'08 5.70
'09 5.60
'10 5.60
'11 5.61
'12 5.92 PBin
One to watch perhaps

LJ: 8.27 Henry Frayne AUS
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB

SP: 21.54 Adam Nelson USA, '75, 1.83m, 115kg, PB 22.51 '02 --- NEW
- What a long career; world champ '05
Did 22.09 '11

DT: 66.28 Vikas Gowda IND, '83, 1.89m, 110kg, --- NEW
- an Indian leading the DT. Thinks are looking up!
66.28 would have placed Gowda 16th in last year's DT world list; he was 7th in '11 World Champs. His prev PB was 64.96 '07, another athlete having a special surge this year.

HT: 79.37 Pavel Kryvitski BLR
JT: 83.39 Sergey Makarov RUS

Dec: 8244 Willem Coertzen RSA, '82, 1.87m, 82kg, PB --- NEW
- his previous PB 8146 '09; 8244 would have ranked 14th in last year's world list

20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:40:58 Alex Schwazer ITA

4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM --- NEW
- JAM could well break their 37.04 WR this year.

4x4: 3:01.54 Central TX All Stars MIX
- USA teams have the top 12 places to date in this event this year down to 3.05.35

Women
100: 11.10 Octavious Freeman USA

200: 22.31 Carmelita Jeter USA, '79, PB 22.20 '11 --- NEW
- Jeter is more a 100 star, though took 2nd in Daegu last year in 200

400: 51.13 Rosemarie Whyte JAM, '86, PB 49.84 '11 --- NEW
- even did HEP (5262) back in '06; prev 400 PB: 50.05 '08

800: 2:01.53 Tamsyn Manou AUS
1500: 4:09.26 Zoe Buckman AUS
Mile: 4:47.01 Kellie Palmer NZL
3000: 8:53.83 Sally Kipyego KEN
5000: 15:18.31 Jackie Areson USA
10000: 32:08.54 Gemma Barrachina ESP
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN

Mar: 2:18:58 Tiki Gelana ETH, '87, PB & NR --- NEW
- this run places Gelana 4th on the all'time list.
other PBs
5000 15.17.74 '08
10000 31.27.80 '08
HM 68.48 '12
MAR prev PB 2.22.08 '11

ETH has 9 in the top 13 in this year's world list so far
World all time 30 list MAR (W) ETH 7, KEN 8
KEN has such depth in men/women MD/LD running but are ETH giving another challenge to their supremacy and at the top too including MAR (W)?

3000S: 9:45.92 Jin Yuan CHN, '88, 1.68m, 49kg, PB 9.41.60 '08 --- NEW
- OLY year does bring a few athletes out of the wood

100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 54.88 Ti'erra Brown USA
HJ: 1.95 Amy Acuff USA Brigetta Barrett USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS

LJ: 7.04 Brittney Reese USA '86, 1.70m, 61kg, PB 7.23in '12 --- NEW
- the '09 / '11 World Champ & World IN '12 Champ, has already set out her stall

TJ: 14.41 Dailenis Alcántara CUB
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 75.72 Zhang Wenxiu CHN
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO
Hep: 6337 Sharon Day USA
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS

4x1: 42.65 Bobby Kersee Allstars USA --- NEW
- USA have the top 15 in this year's rankings to date

4x4: 3:24.14 One Goal Athletics USA --- NEW
- after the top 3 USA clubs JAM in the 4th slot

see
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www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

[d pickup]

In the last week or so more new world leaders: 8 men and 10 women

Men
100: 9.90 Yohan Blake JAM
200: 19.95 Wallace Spearmon USA

400: 44.92 Martyn Rooney GBR, '87, 1.98m, 78kg --- NEW
- PB 44.60 '08, and this his best time since '08, so perhaps he'll beat that by AUG, if injury free and peaking then

800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:21.08 Matt Lincoln CAN
1500: 3:35.66 David Torrence USA

Mile: 3:52.21 Jamel Ahrass FRA, '81, 1.87m, 75kg, PB --- NEW
- Ahrass did a 1.5k PB on the way of 3.35.70 (prev PB 3.37.49 '10); this appears to be his first 1ml ever. Norandrosterone Punishment: 2 years ineligibility 28.09.05-27.09.07

3000: 7:54.31 Chris Derrick USA
5000: 13:15.57 Collis Birmingham AUS

10000: 27:35.16 Martin Mathathi KEN, '85, 1.67m, 49kg --- NEW
- PB 26.59.88 '09; has at least 10 10000 runs faster than this world leader

HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN

110H: 13.17/1.5 David Oliver, USA, '82, 1.85m, 82kg --- NEW
- was at a PB of 12.89 '10, with the world at his feet, but didn't pull it together for '11 in the same impressive way. '12 perhaps ...

400H: 48.20 Bershawn Jackson USA, '83, 1.73m, 68kg --- NEW
- early days but Jackson improves his world lead of 48.49

HJ: 2.32 Ricky Robertson USA
PV: 5.82 Björn Otto GER

LJ: 8.29 Godfrey Mokoena RSA, 85, 1.90m, 73kg --- NEW
- PB 8.50 '09, SB's of 8.25 '11, 8.23 '10

TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB

SP: 21.73 Reese Hoffa USA, '77, 1.82m, 133kg --- NEW
- World champs '07, World champs (in) '08, PB 22.43 '07

DT: 66.67 Lawrence Okoye GBR, '91 --- NEW
- PB 67.63 '11, so perhaps even greater distances this season

HT: 79.37 Pavel Kryvitski BLR
JT: 83.39 Sergey Makarov RUS
Dec: 8244 Willem Coertzen RSA
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:40:58 Alex Schwazer ITA
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM
4x4: 3:01.54 Central TX All Stars MIX

Women
100: 11.05/1.0 Kimberlyn Duncan USA, '91, PB --- NEW
- 200 PB 22.24 '11; IN/OUT 40 races this year already

200: 22.31/1.5 Carmelita Jeter USA

400: 50.18 Sanya Richards-Ross USA, '85, 1.73m, 61kg --- NEW
- PB 48.70 '06; 49.66 '11

800: 1:59.58A Caster Semenya RSA, '91 --- NEW
- PB 1.55.45 '09; 1.58.16 '10; 1.56.35 '11

1500: 4:08.59 Sally Kipyego KEN, '85 --- NEW
- '11 World champs 10000 silver; PB 4.06.23 '11

Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN, '81 --- NEW
- PB 4.28.62 '07; 1500 PB 4.09.96 '07

3000: 8:53.83 Sally Kipyego KEN

5000: 15:15.91 Molly Huddle USA, '84 --- NEW
- PB 14.44.76 '10; 15.10.01 '11

10000: 32:08.54 Gemma Barrachina ESP
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN

Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN, '82 --- NEW
- HM WR holder, MAR PB & 3rd all'time list, one for the podium in Ldn surely

3000S: 9:42.27 Korine Hinds JAM, '76, 1.63m, 54kg --- NEW
- sleepy event do far; PB 9.28.86 '07

100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 54.88 Ti'erra Brown USA

HJ: 2.00 Chaunté Lowe USA, '84, 1.75m, 60kg --- NEW
- PB 2.05 '10; 1.78 '11

PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS

LJ: 7.12/-0.9 Brittney Reese USA --- NEW
- Reese adding to her world lead of 7.0; she did 7.23i 11mar12

TJ: 14.41 Dailenis Alcántara CUB
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 75.72 Zhang Wenxiu CHN
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO
Hep: 6337 Sharon Day USA
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.64 Bob Kersee All Stars USA
4x4: 3:24.14 One Goal Athletics USA

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www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

[d pickup]

In the last week or so more new world leaders: 6 men and 7 women

Men
100: 9.90 Yohan Blake JAM
200: 19.95 Wallace Spearmon USA
400: 44.92 Martyn Rooney GBR
800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:21.08 Matt Lincoln CAN

1500: 3:35.19 Andy Baddeley GBR, '82, 1.86m, 69kg --- NEW
- PB 3.34.36 '08, so will Andy have his best season ever?

Mile: 3:52.21 Jamel Ahrass FRA
3000: 7:54.31 Chris Derrick USA

5000: 13:11.63 Lopez Lomong USA, '85, 1.80m, 68kg --- NEW
- PB, an ex 800/1500 runner: 1.45.58/3.32.20/3.53.18

10000: 27:27.96 Cam Levins CAN, '89 --- NEW
- PB; 5000 PB 13.18.47 '12; 1ml PB 3.57.16 '12

HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 8:19.14 Jairus Kipchoge KEN
110H: 13.17 David Oliver USA
400H: 48.20 Bershawn Jackson USA
HJ: 2.32 Ricky Robertson USA
PV: 5.82 Björn Otto GER
LJ: 8.29 Godfrey Mokoena RSA
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 21.73 Reese Hoffa USA

DT: 66.97 Rutger Smith NED, '81, 1.97m, 120kg --- NEW
- PB 67.77 '11, '10 -, '09 -, '08 66.85, '07 67.63
Interestingly 2 days earlier another NED athlete had topped the DT list 66.80: Erik Cadee, '84, 2.00m, 110kg; PB 66.95 '11

HT: 79.37 Pavel Kryvitski BLR

JT: 86.31 Stuart Farquhar NZL, '82, 1.90m, 97kg --- NEW
- PB up from 85.35 '10

Dec: 8244 Willem Coertzen RSA
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:40:58 Alex Schwazer ITA
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM

4x4: 3:00.15 USA Red --- NEW

Women
100: 11.05 Kimberlyn Duncan USA
200: 22.31 Carmelita Jeter USA
400: 50.18 Sanya Richards-Ross USA
800: 1:59.58 Caster Semenya RSA

1500: 4:07.00 Anna Pierce USA, '84, 1.63m, 54kg --- NEW
- PB 3.59.38 '09; '11 4.10.38; '10 4.04.52

Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:53.83 Sally Kipyego KEN

5000: 14:43.11 Sally Kipyego KEN, '85 --- NEW
- PB 14.30.42; 10000 '11 World Champs 2nd

10000: 31:15.97 Betsy Saina KEN, '88 --- NEW
- PB; prev PB 33.13.13 '10

HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN
3000S: 9:42.27 Korine Hinds JAM
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 54.88 Ti'erra Brown USA
HJ: 2.00 Chaunté Lowe USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA

TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL, '84 --- NEW
- PB 14.99 '11; 14.29 '10, 13.96 '09, '11 World Champs 3rd
Also HJ 1.93 '05, LJ 6.63 '11

SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER

HT: 78.19 Oksana Menkova BLR, '82, 1.86m, 85kg --- NEW
- 3rd all time list, current OLY champ
series: 76.50 - 78.19 - F - 70.34 - 71.94 - 75.04.
Had a child sep'10
'04 70.23, '06 76.86, '08 77.32, '09 76.32, '10 -, '11 67.78
In this event the last 3 WR holders (Heidler current 79.42, Wlodarczyk previous 78.30, Lysenko 77.80) are all active. Who'll make the Ldn podium????

JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO
Hep: 6337 Sharon Day USA
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS

4x1: 42.19 USA Red --- NEW

4x4: 3:21.18 USA Red --- NEW

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[marcusfond171]

thanks for the list. i was looking for this list ...

[d pickup]

In the last week or so more new world leaders: 8 men and 4 women

Men
100: 9.82 Usain Bolt JAM, '86, 1.96m, 88kg --- NEW
- '08 9.69
- '09 9.58
- '10 9.82
- '11 9.76
Early season: we could be in for some special treats this OLY year

200: 19.91 Yohan Blake JAM, '89, 1.81m, 73kg --- NEW
- '11 19.26 PB jolted the world, but Bolt (19.19) feels the 200 is his best event. Will the 200 be even more exciting than the 100

400: 44.73 LaShawn Merritt USA, '86, 1.88m, 82kg --- NEW
- reigning OLY Champ (43.75pb) looks to want to defend his title

800: 1:44.33 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:21.08 Matt Lincoln CAN
1500: 3:35.19 Andy Baddeley GBR
Mile: 3:52.21 Jamel Ahrass FRA
3000: 7:54.31 Chris Derrick USA
5000: 13:11.63 Lopez Lomong USA
10000: 27:27.96 Cam Levins CAN
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH

3000S: 8:18.06 Jairus Kipchoge KEN, '92 --- NEW
- PB 8.11.31 '11; this event will perhaps wake up when the Diamond Series commences, 11may in Doha!

110H: 13.03 Aries Merritt USA, 85, 1.88m, 75kg--- NEW
- sharp indoors, winning in Istanbul over 60m with a PB of 7.43. This 13.03 is his PB, but he'll perhaps need sub-13.00 to medal in Ldn. Prev PB 13.09 '07, so a seasoned athlete; Xiang, Oliver & Robles are currently 2-4 in '12 ranking list

400H: 48.20 Bershawn Jackson USA
HJ: 2.32 Ricky Robertson USA
PV: 5.82 Björn Otto GER

LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR, '86, 1.88m, 85kg --- NEW
- ='s Tomlinson's '11 NR, so will there be an effective, injury-free double-prong attack on the OLY medal slots from GBR!!

TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 21.73 Reese Hoffa USA

DT: 68.21 Zoltán Kővágó HUN, '79, 2.04m, 122kg --- NEW
- 33yrs old, massive, OLY silver '04, PB 69.95 '06 & over 65.98m every year since '00, and over 69m '10 & '11

HT: 81.16 Krisztián Pars HUN, '82, 1.88m, 104kg --- NEW
- 2nd World '11; PB 82.45 '06 & over 81m every year since '06 since '10

JT: 86.31 Stuart Farquhar NZL
Dec: 8244 Willem Coertzen RSA
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:40:58 Alex Schwazer ITA
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM
4x4: 3:00.15 USA red USA

Women
100: 10.81 Carmelita Jeter USA, '79, --- NEW
- PB 10.64 '09; current world champ, sub-11.00 each year since '08

200: 22.31 Carmelita Jeter USA, '79
- PB 22.20 '11; silver world champs '11

400: 49.99 Novlene Williams-Mills JAM, '82, 1.67m, 55kg --- NEW
- PB 49.63 '06, bronze world '07 & otherwise relay medallist

800: 1:59.58 Caster Semenya RSA
1000: 2:41.48 Yvonne Hak NED
1500: 4:07.00 Anna Pierce USA
Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:53.83 Sally Kipyego KEN
5000: 14:43.11 Sally Kipyego KEN
10000: 31:15.97 Betsy Saina KEN
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN

3000S: 9:39.77 Bridget Franek USA, '87 --- NEW
- PB 9.32.35 '10; like the men's StCh a sleepy event

100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 54.88 Ti'erra Brown USA
HJ: 2.00 Chaunté Lowe USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA
TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 78.19 Aksana Menkova BLR
JT: 65.24 Martina Ratej SLO

Hep: 6353 Brianne Theisen CAN, '88, PB --- NEW
- 13.50/0.9 1.83 12.61 23.90/1.9 6.24/0.7 44.29 2:12.99
The big guns of this event have yet to appear

10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.19 USA Red USA
4x4: 3:21.18 USA red USA

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http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

[d pickup]

In the last week or so more new world leaders: 10 men and 5 women. The OLY (athletics) now only c.79 days to go (3aug-12aug), things are warming up.

Men
100: 9.82 Usain Bolt JAM
200: 19.91 Yohan Blake JAM

400: 44.19 LaShawn Merritt USA, '86 --- NEW
- Merritt, OLY '08 winner, at this stage is a heafty 0.69 ahead of the world field. he topped the '11 rankings with a mere 44.35, Wariner the '10 list with 44.13, Merritt himself the '09 list with 44.06, and in '08 Merrit again with 43.75 from Wariner's 43.82, then both well ahead of 3rd ranked Taylor at 44.38. Merritt might be hard to beat in Ldn; we note '11 World Champ James, GRN (PB 44.36, '11) hasn't yet shown his '11 form.

800: 1:43.10 David Rudisha KEN, 88 --- NEW
- this respectable time (though still 2secs behind his 1.41.01 WR of '11) done in a Diamond Meet but we note that young Job Kinyor, KEN, '90, has moved straight from 1.45 times to the 1.43 slot.

1000: 2:20.05 Benson Seurei KEN, '88 --- NEW
- down the lists for KEN athletes but he is no slouch; all his PBs set last year: 1.45.79, 2.19.18, 3.34.67, 3.57,74, 7.48.96i

1500: 3:29.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN, '89 --- NEW
- PB 3.29.27 '10, silver in Daegu last year. No one beat 3.30 last year, so will OLY year prompt a few other sub-3.30 times?

Mile: 3:52.21 Jamel Ahrass FRA

3000: 7:30.42 Augustine Choge KEN, '87 --- NEW
- PB 7.28.00i '11, and also 3.29.47 '09, 12.53.66 '05. What special peak will he reach this year and at what event??

5000: 13:11.63 Lopez Lomong USA
10000: 27:27.96 Cam Levins CAN
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH

3000S: 7:56.58 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN, '81 --- NEW
-at last this event has woken up, and with a bang with 2 under 7.57. PB 7.56.37 '05. OLY bonze '04 and silver 3000 in '08, so will '12 follow his 4-year pattern of grabbing a championship something. Here, after 7 years, a tantalizing 0.21 off his PB.

110H: 13.03 Aries Merritt USA

400H: 48.00 Javier Culson PUR, 84 --- NEW
- silver in '09 & '11 world champs so will he add an OLY medal to his collection? PB 47.72 '10. Has set a 400 flat PB this year of 45.99

HJ: 2.32 R Robertson USA D Hondrokoúkis GRE
PV: 5.82 Björn Otto GER
LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 21.73 Reese Hoffa USA

DT: 68.52 Robert Harting GER, '84, 2.01m, 126kg --- NEW
- this athlete knows when to peak: world champ '09, '11 (silver '07) so perhaps a good bet for gold in LDN?

HT: 81.16 Krisztián Pars HUN
JT: 86.31 Stuart Farquhar NZL

Dec: 8365 Sergey Sviridov RUS, '90 --- NEW
- 10.88/1.2 7.52/1.2 15.03 1.94 48.28 14.83/0.5 49.01 4.40 68.89 4:25.15; young, so likely to rise higher this year perhaps. 8365 in '11 would have ranked 6th, '10 8th, & '09 11th, & '08 11th.

20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA

50W: 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS, '80 --- NEW
- after 50km he equals his PB - of 7 years ago! World champs for 50km '05 and '09, so will be keen for OLY glory.

4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Lub JAM
4x4: 3:00.15 USA red USA

Women
100: 10.81 Carmelita Jeter USA
200: 22.31 Carmelita Jeter USA
400: 49.99 Novlene Williams-Mills JAM

800: 1:56.94 Pamela Jelimo KEN, '89, PB 1.54.01 '08 --- NEW
- she is back, after 3 seasons away. LDN beckons. And gold for her? - or '09 world champs Semenya - or will '11 world champ Savinova have something to say about that!

1000: 2:39.80 Annett Horna GER, '87 --- NEW
- other PBs include 2.02.29 '11, 4.13.60 '11

1500: 4:07.00 Anna Pierce USA
Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN

3000: 8:46.44 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN, '83 --- NEW
- She took the 5000 / 10000 double in Daegu last year. She could be very hard to beat in LDN. PBs 3.28.66 '07, 14.20.87 '11, 30 48 98 '11. In this world leader race she scalped Meseret Defar, ETH, '83, by a mere 0.05s, one of the greats of women's MD running, and with a long career, will she be a force in LDN and may want to finish her career perhaps on a high note. PBs 8.23.72i '07, 14.12.88 '08, 29.59.20 '09.

5000: 14:43.11 Sally Kipyego KEN
10000: 31:15.97 Betsy Saina KEN
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN
3000S: 9:39.77 Bridget Franek USA
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS

400H: 54.62 Melaine Walker JAM, '83 --- NEW
- OLY champs '08, world champ '09, silver in Daegu, so is likely to be podium chasing in LDN. PB 52.42 '09, 2nd all-time list.

HJ: 2.00 Chaunté Lowe USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA
TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 78.19 Aksana Menkova BLR

JT: 66.86 Mariya Abakumova RUS, '86 --- NEW
- PB 71.99 '11; made 70.78 '08, 68.92 '09, 68.89 '10. Current world champ, silvered in '08 OLY, so is to be feared in LDN. Looking at her top 10 comps it reveals she responds to the challenge of the big comps - mostly

Javelin, 10 best results (legal):
71.99 1 Daegu 2 Sep 2011
70.78 2 Beijing 21 Aug 2008
68.92 1q Berlin 16 Aug 2009 (3rd final 66.06, behind 67.30, 66.42)
68.89 1 Doha 14 May 2010
68.31 1 Adler 25 Feb 2010
68.14 1 Split 4 Sep 2010
67.98 1 Velenje 28 Jun 2011
67.39 1 Tallinn 25 Aug 2009
67.25 1 Irkutsk 2 Aug 2008
66.89 1 Ostrava 17 Jun 2009

Hep: 6353 Brianne Theisen CAN
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.19 USA red USA
4x4: 3:21.18 USA red USA

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[Kermit]

I missed this morning's Degau meet but just saw a tweet that Kirani James opened his season with a 44.72!

[d pickup]

In the last week or so more new world leaders: 3 men and 2 women; last week there were 10 & 5 new leaders.

Men
100: 9.82 Usain Bolt JAM
200: 19.91 Yohan Blake JAM
400: 44.19 LaShawn Merritt USA
800: 1:43.10 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:20.05 Benson Seurei KEN
1500: 3:29.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN
Mile: 3:52.21 Jamel Ahrass FRA
3000: 7:30.42 Augustine Choge KEN

5000: 13:11.00 Hagos Gebrehiwot ETH, '94 --- NEW
- 18 yrs old! A WRJ 5km run on 1Apr of 13.14 gave notice of this young man's fast rise. Has also done 7.44.08i 3000 & 10km 27.57 31dec11. Some interesting new stars are emerging from ETH

10000: 27:27.96 Cam Levins CAN
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 7:56.58 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN

110H: 12.97 Liu Xiang CHN, '83 --- NEW
- Xiang making a significant mark. Him the first of the top 3 of Oliver & RObles and he to do so. Or will the top be effectively challenged by '12 60H world champ Merritt, USA, '85, with PBs in '12 of 7.43 and 13.03 or '11 110H world champ Richardson, USA, with PB of 13.04 '11?

400H: 48.00 Javier Culson PUR
HJ: 2.32 Ricky Robertson USA/Dimítrios Hondrokoúkis GRE
PV: 5.82 Björn Otto GER
LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR
TJ: 17.49 Osviel Hernández CUB
SP: 21.73 Reese Hoffa USA

DT: 70.31 Robert Harting GER --- NEW
- Harting increases his world lead from the previous 68.52 of a week earlier. Interesting that he only had 2 registered throws in both events:
X 67.35 X X 68.52 X
X 66.41 70.31 X X X
But if you do a big one ..

HT: 81.16 Krisztián Pars HUN
JT: 86.31 Stuart Farquhar NZL
Dec: 8365 Sergey Sviridov RUS
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Lub JAM
4x4: 3:00.15 USA red USA

Women
100: 10.81 Carmelita Jeter USA
200: 22.31 Carmelita Jeter USA
400: 49.99 Novlene Williams-Mills JAM
800: 1:56.94 Pamela Jelimo KEN
1000: 2:39.80 Annett Horna GER

1500: 3:57.77 Genzebe Dibaba ETH, '91, PB, NR --- NEW
- Dibaba won in Istanbul ('12 in World champs) so is she top of the podium bound for LDN OLY? Rising fast her prev PB 4.00.13i '12 and before that interestingly 4.04.80i '10

Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:46.44 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
5000: 14:43.11 Sally Kipyego KEN
10000: 31:15.97 Betsy Saina KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN

3000S: 9:15.81 Milcah Chemos KEN, '86 --- NEW
- this world champs bronze lady ('09 & '11) posts her 5th best mark ever to lead the world to date this season. PB 9.08.57 '09

100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 54.62 Melaine Walker JAM
HJ: 2.00 Chaunté Lowe USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA
TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 78.19 Aksana Menkova BLR
JT: 66.86 Mariya Abakumova RUS
Hep: 6353 Brianne Theisen CAN
10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.19 USA red USA
4x4: 3:21.18 USA red USA

see
www.tilastopaja.org/
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

[d pickup]

In the last week or so more new world leaders: 7 men and 5 women.

Men
100: 9.82 Usain Bolt JAM
200: 19.91 Yohan Blake JAM
400: 44.19 LaShawn Merritt USA
800: 1:43.10 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:20.05 Benson Seurei KEN
1500: 3:29.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN
Mile: 3:52.21 Jamel Ahrass FRA
3000: 7:30.42 Augustine Choge KEN

5000: 12:59.28 Vincent Chepkok KEN, '88 --- NEW
- PBs 7.30.15 '11; 12.51.45 '10; 28.23.46 '06; 10k 28.11 '12. Vincent is experienced, has picked up medals in world cross country, but is likely to be overtaken in the big races ahead ..

10000: 27:11.70 Tariku Bekele ETH, '87, PB --- NEW
- another Bekele (not the great Keninisa), and there is Azmeraw as well 20th in the ranking list for this event this year at the present. Tariku, world champ (in) 3000 '08; 12.52.45 '08. Stepping up to 10000 but this event will further heat up in the next 2 months.

HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 7:56.58 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN
110H: 12.97 Liu Xiang CHN
400H: 48.00 Javier Culson PUR
HJ: 2.32 Ricky Robertson USA Dimítrios Hondrokoúkis GRE

PV: 5.90 Renaud Lavillenie FRA, '86 --- NEW
- World Champ (in) '12, so perhaps the man to beat in LDN
PB 6.03i '11 & 6.01o '09

LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR

TJ: 17.53 Lyukman Adams RUS, '88 --- NEW
- bronze at the '12 world champs (in) with a PB of 17.36, so a rising star able to cope with the big event ..
'10 17.17, '11 17.32

SP: 21.73 Reese Hoffa USA

DT: 70.66 Robert Harting GER, '84, PB ---NEW
- Harting consolidates his place as No.1 in the world at the moment

HT: 82.28 Krisztián Pars HUN, '82 --- NEW
- bronze in '10 Barcelona (EUR champs), silver in '11 Daegu (World champs), so will it be LDN gold .. PB 82.45 '06

JT: 86.31 Stuart Farquhar NZL

Dec: 8519 Hans Van Alphen BEL, '82, PB --- NEW
- steady progress over last 4 seasons: 8.70, 8.91. 8200, 8519, and set 5 pbs in the 8519 PB event. Only USA athletes plus 2 Cubans, 1 Russian, 1 Belarusian & 1 German athletes have beated 8519 since Beijing, so Hans is sniffing at perhaps 4th in LDN ..

20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM
4x4: 3:00.15 USA red USA

Women
100: 10.81 Carmelita Jeter USA

200: 22.22 Kimberlyn Duncan USA, '91, PB --- NEW
- a very frequent racer so what will be left for JUN-AUG time .. Also this year 100 PB 10.96

400: 49.99 Novlene Williams-Mills JAM
800: 1:56.94 Pamela Jelimo KEN

1000: 2:37.84 Zoe Buckman AUS, '88, PB --- NEW
- other PBs 2.02.50 '08, 4.05.06 '11

1500: 3:57.77 Genzebe Dibaba ETH
Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:46.44 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
5000: 14:43.11 Sally Kipyego KEN
10000: 31:15.97 Betsy Saina KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN
3000S: 9:15.81 Milcah Chemos KEN
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS

400H: 53.87 Irina Davydova RUS, '88 --- NEW
- prev PB 55.48 '11. 400 PB 51.94i '12. Irina has been doing 400H since at least 2006, and now .. !!

HJ: 2.00 Chaunté Lowe USA
PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA
TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL
SP: 20.67 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 78.19 Aksana Menkova BLR

JT: 67.78 Barbora Špotáková CZE, '81 --- NEW
- PB 72.28, OLY champs '08, world champs '07, world silver '09 & '11. Barbora is peaking to be a podium athlete in LDN and even defend her OLY title, though 70m+ might be required

Hep: 6906 Jessica Ennis GBR, '86, PB, NR --- NEW
- PB's in 3 events and solidness in the rest except perhaps her HJ saw Ennis break new ground and place her ahead of rival Chernova (PB 6880 '11). LND is likely to be close, dramatic ..

10W: 44:32 Nadezhda Leontyeva RUS
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.19 USA red USA
4x4: 3:21.18 USA red USA

see
www.tilastopaja.org/
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

[d pickup]

In the last week or so (UP TO MON 4JUN) more new world leaders: 8 men and 8 women.
Men
100: 9.76 Usain Bolt JAM, '86 --- NEW
- Usain is making the noises and certainly producing the results to indicate he will be difficult to beat over 100 in LDN. Perhaps his chief rival, 2nd-ranked Yohan Blake, hasn't done 100 since his 9.84 on 9may

200: 19.91 Yohan Blake JAM
400: 44.19 LaShawn Merritt USA
800: 1:43.10 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:20.05 Benson Seurei KEN
1500: 3:29.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN

Mile: 3:49.40 Astel Kiprop KEN, '89 --- NEW
- OLY '08 1500 Champ rounding off into form

3000: 7:30.42 Augustine Choge KEN

5000: 12:56.98 Mohamed Farah GBR, '83 --- NEW
- done in a strong field

10000: 27:01.98 Wilson Kiprop KEN, '87, PB--- NEW
- Wilson the World Champ over HM '10; this performance emerged in the KEN OLY Trials for this event held in Eugene.

HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH

3000S: 7:54.31 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN, '81 --- NEW
- Paul ups his prev WL performance of 7.56.58, so this senior performer looks as if he means business this year; OLY bronze '04 & World (IN) silver '08.

110H: 12.97 Liu Xiang CHN
400H: 47.92 Javier Culson PUR

HJ: 2.33 Robbie Grabarz, GBR, ' 87, PB --- NEW
- his best year yet, following his PB (in) of 2.34 '12

PV: 5.90 Renaud Lavillenie FRA
LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR

TJ: 17.62 Christian Taylor USA, '90 --- NEW
- World champ out '11, silver World champs in '12, so likely to be an athlete for podium placing in Ldn

SP: 21.81 Reese Hoffa USA, '77 --- NEW
- nearly 35 yrs old, with a PB of 22.43 '06, and has been over 21.89 every year since '06

DT: 70.66 Robert Harting GER
HT: 82.81 Ivan Tikhon BLR
JT: 88.11 Vítezslav Veselý CZE
Dec: 8519 Hans Van Alphen BEL
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM
4x4: 3:00.15 USA
Women
100: 10.81 Carmelita Jeter USA
200: 22.19 Kimberlyn Duncan USA

400: 49.39 Sanya Richards-Ross USA, '85 --- NEW
- 6 years ago Sanya did her PB of 48.70, so maybe finding another peak? World Champ '09 & IN World Champ '12

800: 1:56.94 Pamela Jelimo KEN
1000: 2:37.84 Zoe Buckman AUS

1500: 3:56.54 Abeba Aregawi ETH, '90 --- NEW
- ETH has had Gabresillase and Bekela and one or two other greats in the past, but there appears to be a number of new ETH athletes emerging to challenge KEN's strength and depth. Here for Abeba a 5-secs improvement on her PB (out) of '10, following her 3.59.23 of mid-May

Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:34.47 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR

5000: 14:35.62 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN, '83--- NEW
- '11 World Champ (5000 & 10000) is not going to be easily beaten this season though ETH athletes Defar & Dibaba won't make it easy for her ; PB 14.20.87 '11

10000: 30:24.39 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH, '85 --- NEW
- Tirunesh is back, back in a big way OLY year. 5000 WR holder, OLY champ '08 5000 & 10000

HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN

3000S: 9.13.69 Milcah Chemos KEN, '86 --- NEW
- a SB and so improving in this OLY year; PB 9.08.57 '09

100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 53.87 Irina Davydova RUS

HJ: 2.02 Anna Chicherova RUS, '02 --- NEW
- the current World Champ, after a NR (in) earlier in the year is now coming into form outdoors for the OLY; PB 2.07 '11

PV: 4.76 Alana Boyd AUS
LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA
TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL

SP: 21.03 Valerie Adams NZL, '84 --- NEW
- 50cm ahead of her top rival Ostapchuk (PB 21.70 in '10) at this stage of the season; PB 21.24 '11; OLY Champ '08 & World Champ '07, '09, '11, & World Champ (in) '08, '12

DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 78.19 Aksana Menkova BLR

JT: 68.65 Barbora Spotakova CZE, ' 81 --- NEW
- OLY Champ '08; PB 72.28 '08

Hep: 6906 Jessica Ennis GBR
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x4: 3:21.18 USA

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In the last week or so more new world leaders: 3 men and 4 women.

Men
100: 9.76 Usain Bolt JAM
200: 19.91 Yohan Blake JAM
400: 44.19 LaShawn Merritt USA

800: 1:41.74 David Rudisha KEN, '88, PB & WR 1.41.01 '11 --- NEW
- even DR surprised himself being so fast at this stage of the season. Some think he will be unbeatable at the OLY LDN. Very interesting that the next 3 in the current ranking list are all so young, b.'94, and African, with DR's great rival of recent years, Kaki, just behind them at this stage

2 1:43.11 NR NJR Nijel Amos BOT 15 Mar 94 1 Mannheim 9 Jun
3 1:43.51 Mohamed Aman ETH 10 Jan 94 1 Colorful Daegu 16 May
4 1:43.60 NJR Leonard Kosencha KEN 21 Aug 94 2 Mohammed VI Rabat 27 May
5 1:43.71 Abubaker Kaki SUD 21 Jun 89 176/65 1 Pre Eugene OR 2 Jun

1000: 2:20.05 Benson Seurei KEN
1500: 3:29.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN

Mile: 3:49.22 Asbel Kiprop KEN, '89, PB 3.48.50 '09 --- NEW
- Asbel here knocked 0.18 off the WL time he set 5 days earlier

3000: 7:30.42 Augustine Choge KEN
5000: 12:56.98 Mohamed Farah GBR
10000: 27:01.98 Wilson Kiprop KEN
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 7:54.31 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN
110H: 12.97 Liu Xiang CHN
400H: 47.92 Javier Culson PUR

HJ: 2.37 Ivan Ukhov RUS, '86, PB 2.40i '09, 2.37o '12 --- NEW
- Will Ivan gold out in LDN and approach his indoor PB; he was World Champ (IN) '10 , but only bronze this year at the World IN. Of his 10 best jumps the top 9 were all done IN.

PV: 5.90 Renaud Lavillenie FRA
LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR
TJ: 17.62 Christian Taylor USA
SP: 21.81 Reese Hoffa USA
DT: 70.66 Robert Harting GER
HT: 82.81 Ivan Tikhon BLR
JT: 88.11 Vítězslav Veselý CZE
Dec: 8519 Hans Van Alphen BEL
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM

4x4: 3:00.02 Florida USA --- NEW
- US Colleges still topping this event

Women
100: 10.81 Carmelita Jeter USA

200: 22.09 Sanya Richards-Ross USA, '85, PB--- NEW
- World Champ '12 IN at 400, and previous 4x400r medal winner, so how will her season pan out this year??? Has her individual year come at last? As we see below she also tops the year's 400 list.

400: 49.39 Sanya Richards-Ross USA
800: 1:56.94 Pamela Jelimo KEN
1000: 2:37.84 Zoe Buckman AUS
1500: 3:56.54 Abeba Aregawi ETH
Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:34.47 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR
5000: 14:35.62 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
10000: 30:24.39 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN

3000S: 9:07.14 Milcah Chemos KEN, '86, PB, NR, AFR rec --- NEW
- In the men's StCh KEN have 8 (9 remembering that Shaheen moved from KEN to QAT - & MOR athlete Boulami was caught as a druggie) in the top 10 . And how strong are KEN's MD flat runners too.

Here in the women's StCh things are a little different. How strong the KEN & ETH MD women flat runners, so how are they doing in the StCh? They're coming, they're coming. Yes RUS have the top 3, and a total of 4 in the top 10. But now KEN have 4th & 6th spots, ETH 7th & 9th spots, with 3 of these E AFR spots set this season. In this year's top 20: KEN 5, ETH 3, TUR 2, GER 2, and interestingly RUS only 1 and only down at 14th spot.

100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 53.87 Irina Davydova RUS
HJ: 2.02 Anna Chicherova RUS

PV: 4.77 Fabiana Murer BRA, '81, PB 4.85 '10, '11 --- NEW
- '11 World Champ, '10 World Champ IN. WR holder Isibayeva 5.06o '09, 5.01i '12, competed 5 times indoors earlier in the year but has yet to appear outdoors! She is the current OLY Champ (5.05m)

LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA
TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL
SP: 21.03 Valerie Adams NZL
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 78.19 Aksana Menkova BLR

JT: 69.35 Sunette Viljoen RSA, '83, PB, NR, AFR rec --- NEW
- European stars Spotakova ('08 OLY gold, PB 72.28 WR '08), Obergfoll (EUR silver '10, PB 70.20 '07), Abakumova (World Champ '11, PB 71.99 '11) may not have it all their own way in LDN OLY.
Sunette obtained bronze in Daegu's World Champs last year. Back in '03 61.59 ... '08 62.24, '09 65.43, '10 66.38, '11 68.38.

An interesting series in NY 60.48 64.51 65.34 66.60 69.35 X. Also 67.95 in Rome.

Does anybody know the height and weight of quite petit Ms Viljoen??

Hep: 6906 Jessica Ennis GBR
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.19 USA red USA
4x4: 3:21.18 USA red USA

see
www.tilastopaja.org/
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

[d pickup]

In the last week or so more new world leaders: 0 men and 1 woman + another woman tying her lead + a missed leader of 3 weeks ago in 1 men's event. All 3 performances are from BLR!!!

Men
100: 9.76 Usain Bolt JAM
200: 19.91 Yohan Blake JAM
400: 44.19 LaShawn Merritt USA
800: 1:41.74 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:20.05 Benson Seurei KEN
1500: 3:29.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN
Mile: 3:49.22 Asbel Kiprop KEN
3000: 7:30.42 Augustine Choge KEN
5000: 12:56.98 Mohamed Farah GBR
10000: 27:01.98 Wilson Kiprop KEN
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 7:54.31 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN
110H: 12.97 Liu Xiang CHN
400H: 47.92 Javier Culson PUR
HJ: 2.37 Ivan Ukhov RUS
PV: 5.90 Renaud Lavillenie FRA
LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR
TJ: 17.62 Christian Taylor USA
SP: 21.81 Reese Hoffa USA
DT: 70.66 Robert Harting GER
HT: 82.81 Ivan Tikhon BLR

82.81 Ivan Tikhon BLR, 24 Jul 76 186/110 1 Blr Cup Brest 25 May 12
78.09 79.58 80.88 X 81.02 82.81
- Ivan has been there, top of the list for over 3 weeks, topping Pars's 82.28 of 1 day earlier on 24may, and I missed it!
Sorry Ivan, Ivan the man who, by 1cm in 2005, missed the HT WR of 86.74 (Sedyakh SU/UKR, '55, '86, the 2nd oldest mens WR). He peaked again in '08 with 84.51. He did nothing 09-11, the time when a drugs offence of 21aug08 hung over him, but his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was upheld (jun'10). He is back with a vengeance.
World Champ '03, '05, '07 & OLY silver )('04), OLY bronze ('08) - and may complete the set in LDN ('12) and get gold; he may indeed be hard to beat.

JT: 88.11 Vítězslav Veselý CZE
Dec: 8519 Hans Van Alphen BEL
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM
4x4: 3:00.02 Florida USA
Women
100: 10.81 Carmelita Jeter USA
200: 22.09 Sanya Richards-Ross USA
400: 49.39 Sanya Richards-Ross USA
800: 1:56.94 Pamela Jelimo KEN
1000: 2:37.84 Zoe Buckman AUS
1500: 3:56.54 Abeba Aregawi ETH
Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:34.47 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR
5000: 14:35.62 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
10000: 30:24.39 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN
3000S: 9:07.14 Milcah Chemos KEN
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 53.87 Irina Davydova RUS
HJ: 2.02 Anna Chicherova RUS
PV: 4.77 Fabiana Murer BRA
LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA
TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL

SP: 21.13 Nadzeya Ostapchuk BLR, 1.80,. 90kg --- NEW
- This 21.13 is Nadzeya's PB & NR outdoors but she has done 21.70 i '10. Her versus Adams might go either way in LDN? Adams, '08 OLY Champ, is up to 21.03 this season, approaching her 21.24 PB '11.

DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER

HT: 78.19 Aksana Menkova BLR
- not a new leader but on 12jun Aksana equalled her WL mark of 28apr, so she will challenge Heidler and other top throwers in LDN, and out to defend her '08 OLY title.

JT: 69.35 Sunette Viljoen RSA
Hep: 6906 Jessica Ennis GBR
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.19 USA red USA
4x4: 3:21.18 USA red USA

see
www.tilastopaja.org/
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Tikhon

[sprintfan]

At the risk of being called a miserable old git - can anyone tell my why this thread adds any value when folks can go directly to the sites listed at the bottom of the thread and see for themselves in some detail just whats happening......

[Tuckin]

:cry: At the risk of being called a miserable old git - can anyone tell my why this thread adds any value when folks can go directly to the sites listed at the bottom of the thread and see for themselves in some detail just whats happening......

You miserable old git!

Perhaps you'd like to tell us all how many separate pages you have to click on in order to access all the info listed here?

I do keep an eye on certain IAAF top lists - but I'm still immensely grateful that someone has taken the time to put a one-stop-shop list together.

[sprintfan]

Just my opinion.........

[d pickup]

In the last week or so more new world leaders: 4 men (+ 1 =ed) and 1 woman.

Men
100: 9.76 Usain Bolt JAM
200: 19.91 Yohan Blake JAM

400: 44.12 LaShawn Merritt USA, 1.88m, 82kg, PB 43.75 '08 --- NEW
- the '08 OLY Champ, undefeated this year, is looking to hold on to his title

800: 1:41.74 David Rudisha KEN
1000: 2:20.05 Benson Seurei KEN
1500: 3:29.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN
Mile: 3:49.22 Asbel Kiprop KEN
3000: 7:30.42 Augustine Choge KEN
5000: 12:56.98 Mohamed Farah GBR
10000: 27:01.98 Wilson Kiprop KEN
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 7:54.31 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN
110H: 12.97 Liu Xiang CHN
400H: 47.92 Javier Culson PUR
HJ: 2.37 Ivan Ukhov RUS

PV: 5.91 Malte Mohr GER, '86, 1.93m, 78kg, PB
- upped his PB i early this year to 5.87; his prev PBo 5.90 '10

LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR/Sergey Morgunov RUS
- = lead: Sergey Morgunov, RUS, '93,
A WR(J) beating the oldest WR(J) in the book, of 1972
'10 7.66
'11 8.10 (& 8.18w+3.6 winning EUR (J) title)
'12 8.35+1.1
8.00/0.7 6.31/-0.6 8.06/0.0 7.93/-1.0 8.12/1.3 8.35/1.1

TJ: 17.62 Christian Taylor USA

SP: 22.00 Reese Hoffa USA, '77, 1.82m, 133kg, PB 22.43 '07 --- NEW
- never under 21.89 in ther last 6 years with his SB's
10th in '04 OLY and 7th '08 OLY, so perhaps might do better this time

DT: 70.66 Robert Harting GER
HT: 82.81 Ivan Tikhon BLR
JT: 88.11 Vítězslav Veselý CZE

Dec: 9039 WR Ashton Eaton USA, '88, 1.85m, 86kg - NEW
- One 'interesting' event was the 400: his PB is 45.68 (along with 100, SP, DT, JT that weekend), & a later 45.87 (along with HJ on that day), both earlier this season, but here 46.70
So not 1025 or 1015 but in cold rainy conditions 973 ie 25-50pts lost. DEC athletes are not going to do PBs in every event (Eaton had 4 in this WR) but his 400 running has moved up a solid notch this season so even though tired at the end of the day one guesses the weather really hurt this one.

400 m, 10 best results (legal):
45.68 D* Santa Barbara CA 2 Apr 2012 *DEC comp tho' he never aimed to do 10 events
45.87 2 Burnaby 10 Jun 2012
46.28 D Eugene OR 10 Jun 2010
46.34 3 Eugene OR 17 May 2009
46.35 D Eugene OR 23 Jun 2011
46.70 D Eugene OR 22 Jun 2012
46.74 1 Eugene OR 19 Apr 2008
46.85 D Fayetteville AR 10 Jun 2009
46.99 D Daegu 27 Aug 2011
47.00 D Sacramento CA 27 Mar 2008

20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM
4x4: 3:00.02 Florida USA

Women
100: 10.81 Carmelita Jeter USA
200: 22.09 Sanya Richards-Ross USA

400: 49.28 Sanya Richards-Ross USA, 1.93m, 61kg, PB 48.70 '06 --- NEW
- this lady has lots of gold medals, all relays + winning though the '12 indoor world 400 title. Individual Bronze in Beijing, so perhaps better in LDN

800: 1:56.94 Pamela Jelimo KEN
1000: 2:37.84 Zoe Buckman AUS
1500: 3:56.54 Abeba Aregawi ETH
Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:34.47 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR
5000: 14:35.62 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
10000: 30:24.39 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN
3000S: 9:07.14 Milcah Chemos KEN
100H: 12.49 Sally Pearson AUS
400H: 53.87 Irina Davydova RUS
HJ: 2.02 Anna Chicherova RUS
PV: 4.77 Fabiana Murer BRA
LJ: 7.12 Brittney Reese USA
TJ: 14.95 Caterina Ibargüen COL
SP: 21.13 Nadzeya Ostapchuk BLR
DT: 68.89 Nadine Müller GER
HT: 78.19 Aksana Menkova BLR
JT: 69.35 Sunette Viljoen RSA
Hep: 6906 Jessica Ennis GBR
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.19 USA red USA
4x4: 3:21.18 USA red USA

see
www.tilastopaja.org/
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html

[d pickup]

Recent new World Leaders: 9 new men leaders and 9 new women leaders

Men
100: 9.75 Yohan Blake JAM --- NEW
- a warning to Champion Bolt (who was 2nd here) that he must be at his best in LDN

200: 19.80 Yohan Blake JAM --- NEW
- another warning to Bolt (who was 2nd here again, & at his best event perhaps too), that he must be at his best in LDN

400: 44.12 LaShawn Merritt USA

800: 1:41.54 David Rudisha KEN --- NEW
- too cold in Paris for a WR but Rudisha solidifies his No.1 ranking

1000: 2:20.05 Benson Seurei KEN
1500: 3:29.63 Silas Kiplagat KEN
Mile: 3:49.22 Asbel Kiprop KEN
3000: 7:30.42 Augustine Choge KEN

5000: 12:46.81 Dejen Gebremeskel ETH, '89, 1.78m, 53kg, PB --- NEW
- he beat a strong field too, of the top ETH/KEN runners; 3rd in Daegu's 5000. Young and rising and a likely medallist

10000: 27:01.98 Wilson Kiprop KEN
HM: 58:47 Atsedu Tsegay ETH
Mar: 2:04:23 Ayele Abshero ETH
3000S: 7:54.31 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN

110H: 12.93 Aries Merritt USA, '85, 1.88m, 75kg, PB --- NEW
- not so long ago the LDN podium slots might have been fought for by Xiang, Olivier, Robles, but that appears to be all changed, and if Xiang is still good for a medal, Merritt leads now on times with a very respectable time too. He particularly emerged in the spring with 7.43i 60H; his previous 110H PB before this season was 13.09 '07.

400H: 47.78 Javier Culson PUR, '84, 1.98m, 79kg, PB 47.72 '10 --- NEW
- 2nd World Champs '09 & '11, and now 47.78, pushed hard here by GBR star '11 World Champ Greene (who did 47.84, nudging his PB down by 0.04). LDN will be interesting.

HJ: 2.39 Ivan Ukhov RUS, '86, 1.93m, 84kg, PBo (prev PBo 2.36 '10) --- NEW
- at last getting his outdoor jumping up to his indoor level (PBi 2.40 '09)

PV: 5.97 Renaud Lavillenie FRA, '86, 1.76m, 69kg, PBo 6.01 '09, PBi 6.03 '11 --- NEW
- when this athlete gets it right, and he often doesn't, he is stunning. He has yet to get on the podium at World (out) / OLY except 3rd in Daegu '11

LJ: 8.35 Greg Rutherford GBR/ Sergey Morgunov RUS

TJ: 17.63 Christian Taylor USA, '90, 1.90m, 75kg, PB 17.96 '11 --- NEW
- the current world champ is coming into form at the right time

SP: 22.00 Reese Hoffa USA
DT: 70.66 Robert Harting GER
HT: 82.81 Ivan Tikhon BLR
JT: 88.11 Vítězslav Veselý CZE
Dec: 9039 WR Ashton Eaton USA
20W: 1:17:30 Alex Schwazer ITA
50W: 3:38:08 Sergey Kirdyapkin RUS
4x1: 37.82 Racers Track Club JAM
4x4: 3:00.02 Florida USA

Women
100: 10.70 Shelly-Ann Fraser JAM, '86, PB --- NEW
- she won this event in Beijing!

200: 21.69 Allyson Felix USA, '85, 1.68m, 57kg, PB --- NEW
- Allyson has a cabinet full of medals from the last 8 years for 200, 400, 1600r, but no OLY gold (individual) - yet

400: 49.16 Antonina Krivoshapka RUS, '87, PB --- NEW
- '09 World 3rd, prev PB 49.29 '09, so something is happening this year

800: 1:56.94 Pamela Jelimo KEN
1000: 2:37.84 Zoe Buckman AUS

1500: 3:56.15 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR, '84, 1.65m, 49kg, PB --- NEW
- doping ban 22.08.09-21.08.11; prev PB 4.00.77 '11 & before that 4.00.95 '09

Mile: 4:31.04 Hilary Stellingwerff CAN
3000: 8:34.47 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR
5000: 14:35.62 Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
10000: 30:24.39 Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
HM: 66:38 Florence Kiplagat KEN
Mar: 2:18:37 Mary Keitany KEN
3000S: 9:07.14 Milcah Chemos KEN

100H: 12.40 Sally Pearson AUS, '86, 1.76m, 60kg, PB 12.28 '11 Daegu World Champs - NEW
- Sally here taking 0.09 off the 12.49 she had done twice earlier in the season

400H: 53.40 Natalya Antyukh RUS, '81, 1.75m, 64kg, PB 52.92 '10 --- NEW
- lots of championship medals incl 400H bronze Daegu '11

HJ: 2.03 Anna Chicherova RUS, '82, 1.78m, 53kg, PB 2.07 '11
- '11 World Champ, and now shaping up to excel in LDN

PV: 4.77 Fabiana Murer BRA

LJ: 7.15 Brittney Reese USA, '86, 1.70m, 61kg, PB 7.23i '12, 7.19o '11
- '09 & '11 world champ

TJ: 14.99 Olha Saladuha UKR, '83, 1.75m, 55kg, PB - NEW
- EUR Champ '10, '12, World Champ '11 ... prev PB 14.98 '11

SP: 21.39 Nadzeya Ostapchuk BLR, '80, 1.80m, 90kg, PBo; PB in 21.70 '10 --- NEW
- just 4 weeks to go to LDN, so a challenge thrown out by Nadzeya to arch-rival Valerie Adams, (PB 21.24 '11, but at 21.03 so far this season)

DT: 70.69 Darya Pishchalnikova RUS, '85, 1.90m. 103kg, PB --- NEW
- PB progress: 68.18 jun'12, 67.00 may'12, 65.55 aug'06, so back in the reckoning in a big way; EUR champ '06; 3 other athletes at 68m this season

HT: 78.51 Tatyana Lysenko RUS, '83, 1.80m, 84kg, PB --- NEW
- druggie 15.07.07-14.07-09; world champs '11

JT: 69.35 Sunette Viljoen RSA
Hep: 6906 Jessica Ennis GBR
20W: 1:25:27 Elmira Alembekova RUS
4x1: 42.19 USA red USA
4x4: 3:21.18 USA red USA

see
www.tilastopaja.org/

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Just 1 new world leader since the last listing (see entry above)

Women
800: 1:56.76 Pamela Jelimo KEN, 89, PB 1.54.01 '08 --- NEW
- this 1.56.76 is Pamela's 10th best perf at 800, the top 9 all set '08; this season she has set a 400 PB this year of 52.14 & 600 PB of 1.23.35

see
www.tilastopaja.org/db/atw.php?ID=53302&Odd=1

With the London and Monaco Diamond events soon occurring there still may be other world leaders before the early-Aug OLY