Review 4x100m and 4x400m Relays at Daegu 2011 and Moscow 2013

A glance at the 4x100m and 4x400m  medal winners  at the IAAF World Championships at Daegu 2011 and Moscow 2013

M 4x100m - Daegu 2011 -------- Moscow 2013
Gold -------- JAM 37.04 (WR) --- JAM 37.36 (WL)
Silver ------- FRA 38.20 (SB) ----- USA 37.66
Bronze ----- SKN 38.49 ----------- CAN 37.92
DNF -------- USA

W 4x100m - Daegu 2011 -------- Moscow 2013
Gold -------- USA 41.56 (WL) --- JAM 41.29 (CR) (WL) (NR)
Silver ------- JAM 41.70 (NR) ---- USA 42.75
Bronze ------ UKR 42.51 (SB) ---- GBR 42.87


M 4x400m - Daegu 2011 -------- Moscow 2013
Gold -------- USA 2:59.31-------- USA 2:58.71 (WL)
Silver ------- RSA 2:59.87 -------- JAM 2:59.88  (SB)
Bonze ------ JAM 3:00.10 --------- RUS 2:59.90 (SB)

W 4x400m - Daegu 2011 --------- Moscow 2013
Gold -------- USA 3:18.09 (WL) -- RUS 3:20.19 (WL)
Silver ------- JAM 3:18.71 (NR) --- USA 3:20.41 (SB)
Bronze ------ RUS 3:19.36 (SB) --- GBR 3:22.61 (SB)
Finished 2nd in Heat and disqualified - JAM


Statistics :
4x100m
Men
WR 36.84 - Jamaica - London 2012
WL 37.36 - Jamaica - Moscow 18 Aug

Women
WR 40.82 - United States - London 2012
WL 41.29 - Jamaica - Moscow 18 Aug

4x400m
Men
WR 2:54.29 - United States 1993 Stuttgart
WL 2:58.71 - United States - Moscow 16 Aug

Women
WR 3:15:17 - Soviet Union 1988 Seoul
WL 3:20:19 - Russia - Moscow 17 Aug

Review Track and Marathon World champions at Moscow

A glance at the status of the reigning track and marathon world champions after the closing of the 14th World Championships Moscow 2013  today :

World titles reclaimed :
Men
Usain Bolt (JAM) --------- 100m  - 9.77 (-0.3) (SB) - previous Berlin 2009
LaShawn Merritt (USA) - 400m - 43.74 (WL) - previous Berlin 2009

Women
Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) ------- 10,000m - 30:43.35 - previous Osaka 2007
Christine Ohuruogu (GBR) ------- 400m - 49.41 (NR) - previous Osaka 2007
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) - 100m - 10.71 (WL) - previous Berlin 2009
Meseret Defar (ETH) ------------ 5000m -- 14:50.19 - previous Osaka 2007
Russia ------------------------------ 4x400m  - 3:20.19 (WL)  - previous Helsinki 2005 
Jamaica ---------------------------- 4x100m -  41.29 (CR) (WL) - previous Berlin 2009


World titles retained :
Men
Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) - 3000m Steeplechase - 8:06.01
Mo Farah (GBR) -------------------------- 5000m -  13:26.98
United States ----------------------------- 4x400m  -  2:58.71(WL)
Usain Bolt (JAM) --------------------------- 200m - 19.66 (WL)


Asbel Kiprop (KEN) ---------------------- 1500m - 3:36.28
Jamaica ----------------------------------- 4x100m - 37.36 (WL)

Women
Edna Kiplagat (KEN) - Marathon 2:25:44



First-time World champions :
Men
Mo Farah (GBR) ------------- 10,000m - 27:21.71 (SB)
David Oliver (USA) --- 110m Hurdles - 13.00 (WL)
Mohammed Aman (ETH) ------- 800m - 1:43.31 (SB)
Jehue Gordon (TRI) -- 400m Hurdles - 47.69 (WL)
Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) - Marathon - 2:09:51

Women
Milcah Cheywa (KEN) - 3000m Steeplechase - 9:11.65 (WL)
Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) ---------- 400m Hurdles - 52.83 (WL)
Abeba Aregawi (SWE) -------------------- 1500m - 4:02.67
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) --------- 200m - 22.17
Brianna Rollins(USA) ----------- 100m Hurdles - 12.44
Eunice Jepkoech Sum (KEN) ------------- 800m - 1:57.38 (PB)


Ref. IAAF 

19.66 - Bolt wins Worlds Moscow 200m gold for another "double-double"

Photo credit : Ian Walton/Getty Images

Usain Bolt (JAM), 27, aka ‘Lightning Bolt’, world’s fastest man ever, 6-time Olympic champion including London 2012 sprint double, added his 7th world title when he won Worlds Moscow 200m final in 19.66 (WL) tonight, in addition to his 100m gold last Sunday, hence repeating the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2009 Worlds Berlin ‘double-double’ of holding both the 100m and 200m Olympic and World titles.

Men's 200m Final
Gold --- Usain Bolt (JAM) - 19.66 (WL)  - 3rd 200m Worlds Gold in a row
Silver -- Warren Weir (JAM) - 19.79 (PB)
Bronze - Curtis Mitchell (USA) - 20.04

Bolt  is the first man to hold the both the 100m (9.58 Berlin 2009) and 200m (19.19 Berlin 2009) world records (along with shared 4x100m Relay 36.84 London 2012) since 1977

Mo Farah is the First British 10,000m World champion - World Moscow 2013 Day 1 track final #1

Photo credit : Julian Finney/Getty Images

Reigning 5000m and 10,000m Olympic champion and 5000m World champion, Mo Farah (GBR) took sweet revenge by reversing  the 1-2 outcome over the 2011 Daegu episode in beating defending champion Ibrahim Jeilan of Ethiopia into 2nd place in the 1st track final in 10,000m on Day 1 of the Worlds Moscow 2013 today and making him the 1st British man to win the world title over this distance. Paul Tanui of Kenya took the bronze.

Men 10,000m Final
Gold : Mo Farah (GBR) ------- 27:21.71 (SB)
Silver : Ibrahim Jeilan (ETH) - 27:22.23 SB)
Bronze : Paul Tanui (KEN) ---- 27:22.61

4th : Galen Rupp (USA) -- 27:24.39 (SB)
5th : Abera Kuma (ETH) - 27:25.27 

The official results 

on youtube 

Kenya win the first World Championships 2013 Moscow Gold medal in women marathon

Photo credit : Ivan Sekretarev

Photo credit : Matt Dunham


Kenya captured the first Gold medal of the 14th IAAF World Championships 2013 Moscow  on the opening day today 10 August when Edna  Kiplagat successfully defended her marathon World champion title in 2:25:44 and  making history as the first female marathon runner to retain the world title following the footstep of her male compatriot Abel Kirui who won 2 marathon world titles consecutively in 2009 Berlin (in championships record) and 2011 Daegu (Kirui withdrew to defend the title 2nd time this time due to injury.)
Valeria Straneo of Italy won the silver in 2:25:58 while Kayoko Fukushi of Japan took the bronze in 2:27:45 under sunny sky and hot temperatures close to 30 C

Women Marathon
Gold : Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:25:44
Silver : Valeria Straneo (ITA) 2:25:58
Bronze : Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) 2:27:45

The official results  


 Performances of Asian female marathon competitors :

3rd -- Kayoko Fukushi (JPN) - 2:27:45 - Bronze medal
4th -- Ryoko Kizaki (JPN) - 2:31:28
8th -- Hye-Gyong Kim (PRK) - 2:35:49
14th - Hye-Song Kim (PRK) - 2:38:28
17th - Yong-Sun Sin (PRK) - 2:39:22
19th - Changqin Ding (CHN) - 2:40:13
28th - Xiaojie Wei (CHN) - 2:46:46
32nd - Seongeun Kim (KOR) - 2:48:46
34th - Mojie Cao (CHN)

DNF - Mizuki Noguchi (JPN)
DNF - Otgonbayar Luvsanlundeg (MGL)
DNF - Chaofeng Jia (CHN)
DNF - Yinli He (CHN)
DNF - Mi-Gyong Kim (PRK)
DNF - Yu-Hsuan Chen (TPE)

List of missing stars so far as of coundown 1 day to the World Championships Moscow 2013

Among the list of missing elite athletes who will not be competing in the 14th IAAF World Championships  Moscow 2013 Aug 10 to 18 so far are :

Tyson Gay (USA) - 2007 World champion 100m 200m - drug test
Afasa Powell (JAM) - ex WR holder 100m - did not qualify - drug test
Yohan Blake (JAM) - reigning 100m World champion - hamstring injury
David Rudisha (KEN) - reigning 800m World champion - knee injury
Blanka Vlasic (CRO) - 2007 2009 World HJ champion - old injury
Jessica Ennis-Hill (GBR) - Olympic heptathlon champion - injury
Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) - reigning 200m World champion - positive drug test
Sanya Richards-Ross (USA) - 400m 2009 World champion, 2012 Olympic champion - injury
Liu Xiang (CHN) - 110mH ex WR holder 2007 World champion, 2004 Olympic champion - injury
Dayron Robles (CUB) - ex 110mH WR holder, 2008 Olympic champion - banned by Cuba
Asli Alptekin (TUR) - London Olympic 1500m champion - life-ban on 2nd drug test
Walter Dix (USA) - 2011 Daegu Worlds 100m n 200m silver medallist - injury
Sherone Simpson (JAM) - 2008 100m Olympic silver medallist - drug test
Nijel Amos (BOT) - London Olympic 800m Silver medalist - injury
Tatyana Chernova (RUS) - reigning heptathlon World champion - injury
Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) - reigning 5000m n 10,000m World champion - extended break
Phillips Idowu (GBR) - 2009 Triple Jump World champion - extended break
Barbora Spotakova (CZE) - Javelin reigning WR holder, 2008 2012 Olympic champion - maternity leave
Li Yanfeng (CHN) - Reigning Women discus World champion - injury
Yuliya Zaripova (RUS) - reigning 3000m S.C. Olympic and World champion - injury 
Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) - reigning 5000m and 10,000m WR and OR holder, 4th fastest 10,000m runner this year


Also notable missing elite Kenyan marathon runners :
Abel Kirui (double World champion 2009, 2011) - injury
Wilson Kipsang (2nd fastest marathon runner IAAF all time) - to focus on other races
[absentees - WR holder Patrick Makau 2011Berlin, Geoffrey Mutai and Moses Mosop who ran the fastest and 2nd fastest marathon ever in 2011 Boson respectively, Dennis Kimetto, and Emmanuel Mutai]

Preview of men's 10,000m - First track final at Worlds Moscow 2013

The Men's 10,000m will be the first track final event on the opening day Saturday 10 August of the 14th IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013  which will be held at 6:55pm at the Luzhniki  Stadium.

Top contenders, prior to the release of the Start-list, are :

Mo Farah (GBR) 30 ---------------------- PB 26:46.57 (AR) Eugene 2011   
Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) 24 - (SB) (PB) 26:51.02 (WL) Sollentuna 27 Jun 2013
Abera Kuma (ETH) 22 -------- (SB) (PB)  26:52.85 Sollentuna 27 Jun 2013
Imane Merga (ETH) 25 ------- SB 26:57.33 Sollentuna 27 Jun 2013, PB 26:48.53 Eugene 2011
Bedan Karoki (KEN) 22 ------ SB 27:13.12 Eugene 31 May, PB 27:05.50 Eugene 2012
Ibrahim Jeilan (ETH) [defending champion] 24 - PB 27:02.81 Brussels 2006
Teklemariam Medhin (ERI) 24 -- SB 27:19.97  Eugene 31 May, PB 27:16.69 Hengelo 2012
Paul Tanui (KEN) 23 ----------- SB 27:21.50  Kitakyushu18 May, PB 26:50.63 Eugene 2011
Goitom Kifle (ERI) 20 --------- (SB) (PB) 27:32.00 Eugene 31 May 2013
Kenneth Kipkemoi (KEN) 29 - SB 27:41.28 Nairobi 27 July, PB 26:52.65 Brussels 2012
Nguse Amlosom (ERI) 27 ---------------------------------------------- PB 27:28.10 Holland 2012
Galen Rupp (USA) 27 --------- SB 28:47.32 Des Moines 20 Jun, PB 26:48.00 (AR) Brussels 2011
Dathan Ritzenhien (USA) 31 --SB 28:49.66  Des Moines 20 Jun, PB 27:22.28 Berlin 2009

The Start-list courtesy of IAAF WC


Statistics : Men's 10,000m

World Record ------------ 26:17.53 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Brussels 2005 August 26
Championships Record - 26:46.31 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Berlin 2009 August 17
World Leading ----------- 26:51.02 Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) Sollentuna (SWE) 2013 June 27

Photo credit : Andy Lyons/ Getty Images  (Daegu 2011 Men 10,000m Final)

Reigning World champion - Ibrahim Jeilan (ETH) 27:13.81 Daegu 2011 August 28
Silver Medallist ------------ Mo Farah (GBR) 27:14.07
Bronze Medallist ----------- Imane Merga (ETH) 27:19.14

Ref : IAAF 

The Start-list

Ethiopian/Kenyan showdown for the marathon World champions' titles at Moscow on 10 and 17 August 2013

The opening of the 14th IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 coming Saturday 10 August will decide the first gold medallist and new World champion when the first final of the 9-day meet, the women marathon, starts at 2:00pm local time at the Luzhniki Stadium while the men's event will kick-off at 3:30pm on the 17 Aug, on the eve of closing day of the biennial competitions.

The 42.195km course consists of a 600m track-run starting at the 100m start area of the Luzhniki Stadium, followed by a short loop and 3x10km loops with turning point at The Red Square along the banks of the Moscow River and it finishes after 300m inside the stadium.

The marathon event of the World Championships  is a World Marathon Majors race, among others, Boston, New York, Chicago, Berlin, London, Tokyo and the Olympic marathons 

The previous IAAF World Championships was held in Daegu, South Korea in 2011 while Beijing will host the next edition in 2015 August 22/30

A preview on the profile of the top contenders : (before the release of the Start-list)

Women :
Tiki Gelana (ETH) 26 [reigning Olympic Champion] PB 2:18:58 Rotterdam 2012
Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 34 [Defending champion] ---- PB 2:19:50 London 2012
Lucy Kabuu (KEN) 29 --------- PB 2:19:34 Dubai 2012
Aberu Kebede 24 (ETH) ------ PB 2:20:30 Berlin 2012
Meselech Melkamu (ETH) 28 - PB 2:21:01 Frankfurt 2012
Feysa Tadese (ETH) 25 ------- PB 2:21:06 Paris 2013
Meseret Hailu (ETH) 23 ------ PB 2:21:09 Amsterdam 2012
Valentine Kipketer (KEN) 20  PB 2:24:33 Mumbai 2013
Ryoko Kizaki (JPN)  28 ------- PB 2:23:24 Nagoya 2013 
Mizuki Noguchi (JPN) 35 ----- SB 2:24:05 Nagoya 10 Mar, PB 2:19:12 Berlin 2005


Men
Tsegaye Kebede (ETH) 26 [WMM Leader]- PB 2:04:38 Chicago 2012 
Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 23 ------PB 2:04:45 [WL] Dubai 2013
Yemane Tsegay (ETH) 28  - PB 2:04:48 Rotterdam 2012
Tadese Tola (ETH) 26 ------- PB 2:04:49 Dubai 2013
Feyisa Lelisa (ETH) 23  ----- PB 2:04:52 Chicago 2012
Bernard Koech (KEN) 22 --- PB 2:04:53 Dubai 2013
Tilahun Regasa (ETH) 23 --- PB 2:05:27 Chicago 2012
Peter Some (KEN) 23 -------- PB 2:05:38 Paris 2013
Nicholas Kipkemboi (KEN) 27  PB 2:06:33 Dubai 2013
Michael Kipyego (KEN) 30 - SB 2:06:58 Tokyo 24 Feb, PB 2:06:48 Eindhoven 2011
Bernard Kipyego (KEN) 27-- SB 2:07:53 Tokyo 24 Feb, PB 2:06:29 Chicago 2011 
Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) 24 [Olympic champion]SB 2:08:05 London 21 Apr, PB 2:07:20 Enschede 2011


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The Ethiopian squad :

Men (6)
Tsegaye Kebede 26 - PB 2:04:38 Chicago 2012
Lelisa Desisa 23 -----PB 2:04:45 [WL] Dubai 2013 
Yemane Tsegay 28 -- PB 2:04:48 Rotterdam 2012
Feyisa Lelisa 23 ----- PB 2:04:52 Chicago 2012
Tadese Tola 26 ------- PB 2:04:49 Dubai 2013
Tilahun Regasa 23 --- PB 2:05:27 Chicago 2012 
Women (6)
Tiki Gelana 26 ---------- PB 2:18:58 Rotterdam 2012
Aberu Kebede 24 ------- PB 2:20:30 Berlin 2012
Meseret Hailu 23 ------- PB 2:21:09 Amsterdam 2012
Meselech Melkamu 28 - PB 2:21:01 Frankfurt 2012
Merima Mohamed 21--- PB 2:23:06 Toronto 2010
Feysa Tadese 25 ------- PB 2:21:06 Paris 2013






  The Kenyan squad :

Men (5)
Peter Some 23 -------- PB 2:05:38 Paris 2013
Nicholas Kipkemboi 27 PB 2:06:33 Dubai 2013
Michael Kipyego 30  -- PB 2:06:48 Eindhoven 2011
Bernard Kipyego 27 --- PB 2:06:29 Chicago 2011
Bernard Koech 22 ----- PB 2:04:53 Dubai 2013 
Women (3)
Edna Kiplagat 34 [Defending champion] PB 2:19:50 London 2012
Lucy Kabuu 29 ------- PB 2:19:34 Dubai 2012
Valentine Kipketer 20 PB 2:24:33 Mumbai 2013

[notable missing elites : Abel Kirui, double champion (injury), Wilson Kipsang, Patrick Makau, Geoffrey Mutai, Dennis Kimetto and Emmanuel Mutai]
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Statistics :

Reigning marathon World champions :
M - 2:07:38 Abel Kirui (KEN) [successfully defended title and beating 2nd placed Vincent Kipruto (KEN) 2:10:06 by the largest ever margin in Worlds]
W - 2:28:43 Edna Kiplagat (KEN)


Championships Records :
M - 2:06:54 Abel Kirui (KEN) Berlin 2009
W - 2:20:57 Paula Radcliffe (GBR) Helsinki 2005  

World Leading :
M - 2:04:45 - Leleisa Desisa Benti (ETH) Dubai 25 January 
W -  2:04:45 - Leleisa Desisa Benti (ETH) Dubai 25 January 

World Records:
M - 2:03:08 - Patrick Makau (KEN) 2011 Berlin
W - 2:15:25 - Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2003 London

Ref. IAAF World Championships 


The Women's Start-list

Countdown to the 14th IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013

A glance at a list of Marathon and some Track statistics as it stands now after the Diamond League London 27 July and before the IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 Aug 10-18 with 9 days  to go :

100m
Men [WR 9.58 (+0.9) Usain Bolt (JAM) 2009 Berlin]
WL 9.75 (+1.1) - Tyson Gay (USA) Des Moines, Iowa (USA) 21 June

Women [WR 10.49 (0.0) Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 1988 Indianapolis (USA)]
WL 10.77 (+0.7) - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) London 27 July

200m
Men [WR 19.19 (-0.3) Usain Bolt (JAM) 2009 Berlin]
WL 19.73 (+0.2) - Usain Bolt (JAM) Paris 6 July

Women [WR 21.34 (+1.3) Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)1988 Seoul]
WL 22.13 (+1.0) - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) Kingston 23 June

400m
Men [WR 43.18 Michael Johnson (USA) 1999 Seville (ESP)]
WL 43.96 - Kirani James (GRN) Paris 6 July

Women [WR 47.60 Marita Koch (GDR) 1985 Canberra]
WL 49.33 - Amantle Montsho (BOT) Monaco 19 July

800m
Men [WR 1:40.91 - David Rudisha (KEN) 2012 London]
WL 1:43.27 - Duane Solomon (USA) Des Moines 23 June

Women [WR 1:53.28 - Jarmila Kratochvilova (TCH) 1983 Munich]
WL 1:56.72 - Francine Niyonsaba (BDI) Eugene (USA) 1 June

1500m
Men [WR 3:26.00 - Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 1998 Rome]
WL 3:27.72 - Asbel Kiprop (KEN) Monaco 19 July

Women [WR 3:50.46  Yunxia Qu 1993 Beijing]
WL 3:56.60 - Abeba Aregawi (SWE)  Doha 10 May

5000m
Men [WR 12:37.35 - Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2004 Hengelo (NED)]
WL 12:51.34 - Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (KEN) Monaco 19 July

Women [WR 14:11.15 - Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 2008 Oslo]
WL 14:23.68 - Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) Paris 6 July

10,000m
Men [WR 26:17.53 - Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 2005 Brussels]
WL 26:51.02 - Dejen Gebremeskel (ETH) Sollentuna (SWE) 27 June

Women [WR 29:31.78 - Junxia Wang (CHN) 1993 Beijing]
WL 30:08:06 - Meseret Defar (ETH) Sollentuna (SWE) 27 June

110mH
Men [WR 12.80 (+0.3) - Aries Merritt (USA) 2012 Brussels]
WL 13.03 (+0.9) - David Oliver (USA) Lausanne 4 July

100mH
Women [WR 12.21 (+0.7) - Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 1988 Stara Zagora (BUL)]
WL 12.26 (+1.2) (NR) - Brianna Rollins (USA)  Des Moines 22 June

400mH 
Men [WR 46.78 - Kevin Young (USA) 1992 Barcelona]
WL 47.96 - Michael Tinsley (USA) Des Moines 22 June

Women [WR 52.34 - Yuliya Nosova-Pechonkina (RUS) 2003 Tula (RUS)]
WL 53.07- Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) London 26 July

4x100m
Men [WR 36.84 - Jamaica 2012 London]
WL 37.58 - United States 'Red' - Monaco 19 July

Women [WR 40.82 - United States 2012 London]
WL 41.75 - United States 'RED' - Monaco 19 July

4x400m
Men [WR 2:54.29 - United States 1993 Stuttgart]
WL 3:00.91 - United States 'Red' - Philadelphia (USA) 27 April

Women [WR 3:15:17 - Soviet Union 1988 Seoul]
WL 3:22.66 - United States 'Red'  - Philadelphia (USA) 27 April


Marathon (42.195km)
Men [WR 2:03:38 - Patrick Makau (KEN) 2011 Berlin]
WL 2:04:45 - Leleisa Desisa Benti (ETH) Dubai 25 January

Women [WR 2:15:25 - Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2003 London]
WL 2:20:15 - Prisca Jeptoo (KEN) London 21 April

Ref. IAAF