The 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics is over and Ghana won 0 Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze. The most Impressive athlete was long jumper Ignisious Gaisah, who almost won a bronze medal
Day 8 - August 30:
The Ghana 4x100 relay team failed to make it to the finals. This ends Ghana's dream of winning her first world championship
4 x 100 Relay (Semi-finals):
S?rie 1?1, q-USA (John Capel; Bernard Williams; Darvis Patton; Joshua J. Johnson), 37.99 2, q-Jama?que (Ricardo Williams; Dwight Thomas; Michael Frater; Asafa Powell), 38.45. 3, q-Pologne (Marcin Krzywanski; Lukasz Chyla; Marcin Nowak; Marcin Jedrusinski), 38.50. 4, q-Japon (Hiroyasu Tsuchie; Hisashi Miyazaki; Ryo Matsuda; Nobuharu Asahara), 38.58. 5, q-Pays-Bas (Timothy Beck; Troy Douglas; Patrick van Balkom; Caimin Douglas), 38.63. 6, Tinidad et Tobago (Marc Burns; Ato Boldon; Jacey Harper; Niconnor Alexander), 38.84. 7, Ghana (Christian Nsiah; Eric Nkansah; Aziz Zakari; Leonard Myles-Mills), 38.88. 8, Italie (Francesco Scuderi; Simone Collio; Massimiliano Donati; Alessandro Cavallaro), 38.93.
Heat 1--1, q-United States (John Capel; Bernard Williams; Darvis Patton; Joshua J. Johnson), 38.28. 2, q-France (Ronald Pognon; Issa-Aimi Nthepe; Fridiric Krantz; Jirtme Eyana), 38.61. 3, q-Germany (Tobias Unger; Marc Blume; Alexander Kosenkow; Ronny Ostwald), 38.91. 4, q-Ghana (Christian Nsiah; Eric Nkansah; Aziz Zakari; Leonard Myles-Mills), 38.94. 5, q-Dominican Republic (Juan Encarnacion; Luis Morillo; Juan Sainfleur; Yoel Baez), 39.01. 6, China (Yunbao Shen; Jun He; Yaozu Yang; Haijian Chen), 39.28. Hungary (Zsolt Szeglet; Giza Pauer; Gabor Dobos; Miklss Gyulai), DQ.
200 Semifinals
Heat 1_1, q-Kelli White, United States, 22.50. 2, q-Zhanna Block, Ukraine, 22.61. 3, q-Anzhela Kravchenko, Ukraine, 22.66. 4, q-Beverly McDonald, Jamaica, 22.92. 5, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Nigeria, 22.97. 6, Lauren Hewitt, Australia, 23.07. 7, Roxana Diaz, Cuba, 23.12. 8, Vida Anim, Ghana, 23.16.
Day 4 - August 26:
Women 200
Heat 2--1, q-Muriel Hurtis, France, 22.51. 2, q-Vida Anim, Ghana, 23.08. 3, q-Svetlana Goncharenko, Russia, 23.18. 4, q-Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas, 23.18. 5, q-Sharon Cripps, Australia, 23.29. 6, q-Digna Luz Murillo, Colombia, 23.48. 7, Huong Vu Thi, Vietnam, 24.63.
Owusu jumped 16.86 to take eighth Monday afternoon in Paris for his native Ghana. The Blue Raider graduate assistant coach had a mark of 55-5 in Saturday's qualification round to make the finals.
Former Blue Raider Christian Nsiah will also represent Ghana during the World Championships, running on a relay this weekend.
100m (Semi-finales):
S?rie 1?1, q-Bernard Williams, USA, 10.11 secondes. 2, q-Tim Montgomery, USA, 10.14. 3, q-Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria, 10.15. 4, q-Kim Collins, St. Kitts et Nevis, 10.16. 5, Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canada, 10.27. 6, Eric Nkansah, Ghana, 10.39. 7, Nobuharu Asahara, Japon, 10.42.8, Mark Lewis-Francis, GB, 10.44.
100 METRES - Men - Quarter-Final
100 m?tres Round 2
S?rie 6: 1, q-Jon Drummond, USA, 10.22. 2, q-Issa-Aimi Nthepe, France, 10.30. 3, q-Matic Osovnikar, Slov?nie, 10.31. 4, Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 10.48. 5, Wai Hung Chiang, Hong Kong, 10.70. 6, Arben Makaj, Albanie, 10.87. 7, Djikoloum Mobele, Tchad, 11.38. 8, Assad Ahmadi, Afghanistan, 11.99.
S?rie 8: 1, q-Eric Nkansah, Ghana, 10.18. 2, q-Maurice Greene, USA, 10.18. 3, q-Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria, 10.22. 4, Marc Burns, Trinit? et Tobago, 10.28. 5, Churandy Martina, Antilles, 10.35. 6, Xuan Tran Van, Vietnam, 10.78. 7, Mohd Yusof Alias, Singapour, 11.02. 8, Mohammad Shamsuddin, Bengladesh, 11.18.
S?rie 9: 1, q-Asafa Powell, Jama?que, 10.05. 2, q-Kim Collins, St. Kitts et Nevis, 10.09. 3, q-Leonard Myles-Mills, Ghana, 10.25. 4, Anson Henry, Canada, 10.33. 5, Eric Pacome N'Dri, C?te d'Ivoire, 10.38. 6, Aaron Egbele, Nigeria, 10.43. 7, Andre Blackman, Guayana, 10.86. 8, Zoran Josifovski, Mac?doine, 11.63.
Women
Second round 100m
1, q-Torri Edwards, Etats-Unis, 11.08. 2, q-Aleen Bailey, Jamaica, 11.16. 3, q-Yuliya Tabakova, Russie, 11.25. 4, q-Joice Maduaka, GB, 11.29. 5, Vida Anim, Ghana, 11.29. 6, Savatheda Fynes, Bahamas, 11.36. 7, Mercy Nku, Nigeria, 11.37. 8, Guzel Khubbieva, Ouzbekistan, 11.42.
Heats
Heat 1--q-Chandra Sturrup, Bahamas, 11.08. 2, q-Lyubov Perepelova, Uzbekistan, 11.30. 3, q-Vida Anim, Ghana, 11.35. 4, q-Mercy Nku, Nigeria, 11.52. 5, q-Kadiatou Camara, Mali, 11.70. 6, Olympia Zacharias, Nauru, 14.07. 7, Joanne Hallen, Western Samoa, 14.33.
HEPTATHLON
100 Hurdles
Heat 1--1, Svetlana Gnezdilov, Israel, 13.62 seconds, 1,033 points. 2, Margaret Simpson, Ghana, 13.68, 1,024. 3, Liga Klavina, Latavia, 13.92, 990. 4, Aryiro Strataki, Greece, 13.93, 988. 5, Gertrud Bacher, Italy, 14.01, 977. 6, Sylvie Dufour, Switzerland, 14.08, 967. 7, Julie Hollman, Britain, 14.10, 964. 8, Tia Hellebaut, Belgium, 14.24, 945.
High Jump
Group B--1, Julie Hollman, Britain, 6-0}, 1,041. 2, Aryiro, Greece, 5-10?, 966. 3, Kim Schiemenz, United States, 5-10?, 966, 4, Austra Skujyte, Lithuania, 5-9, 928. 5, Margaret Simpson, Ghana, 5-9, 928. 6, Gertrud Bacher, Italy, 5-9, 928. 7 (tie), Natalya Sazanovich, Belarus, and Sonja Kesselschlager, Germany, 5-9, 928. 9, Svetlana Kazanina, Kazakstan, 5-8, 891. 10, Sylvie Dufour, Switzerland, 5-5}, 818. 11, Svetlana Gnezdilov, Israel, 5-1, 678.
Heptathlon Points
After two events
1, Carolina Kluft, 2,255. 2, Eunice Barber, 2,236. 3, Julie Hollman, 2,005. 4, Sonja Kesselschlager, 2,002. 5, Yelena Prokhorova, 2,000. 6, Tia Hellebaut, 1,986. 7, Irina Butor, 1,956. 8 (tie), Natalya Sazanovich, and Aryiro Strataki, 1,954. 10, Margaret Simpson, 1,952. 11, Kim Schiemenz, 1,950. 12, Yelena Chernyavskya, 1,928. 13, Larisa Netseporuk, 1,919. 14, Liga Klavina, 1,918. 15, Irina Naumenko, 1,916. 16, Gertrud Bacher, 1,905. 17, Denise Lewis, 1,852. 18, Austra Skujyte, 1,845. 19, Svetlana Kazanina, 1,808. 20, Natalya Roshchupkina, 1,789. 21, Sylvie Dufour, 1,785. 22, Svetlana Gnezdilov, 1,711.
Triple Jump Qualification
Group A--1, q-David Giralt, Cuba, 56-9?. 2, q-Jonathan Edwards, Britain, 55-7. 3, q-Andrew Owusu, Ghana, 55-4}. 4, q-Jadel Gregorio, Brazil, 55-2. 5, q-Leevan Sands, Bahamas, 55-0}. 6, q-Ivaylo Rusenov, Bulgaria, 54-10. 7, q-Aleksandr, Belarus, 54-10. 8, Walter Davis, United States, 54-5?. 9, Marian Oprea, Romania, 54-3}. 10, Igor Spasovhodskiy, Russia, 53-11}. 11, Allen Simms, United States, 53-10?. 12, Olivier Sanou, Burkina Faso, 53-3.
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The 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics is over and Ghana won 0 Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze. The most Impressive athlete was long jumper Ignisious Gaisah, who almost won a bronze medal
Day 8 - August 30:
The Ghana 4x100 relay team failed to make it to the finals. This ends Ghana's dream of winning her first world championship
4 x 100 Relay (Semi-finals):
S?rie 1?1, q-USA (John Capel; Bernard Williams; Darvis Patton; Joshua J. Johnson), 37.99 2, q-Jama?que (Ricardo Williams; Dwight Thomas; Michael Frater; Asafa Powell), 38.45. 3, q-Pologne (Marcin Krzywanski; Lukasz Chyla; Marcin Nowak; Marcin Jedrusinski), 38.50. 4, q-Japon (Hiroyasu Tsuchie; Hisashi Miyazaki; Ryo Matsuda; Nobuharu Asahara), 38.58. 5, q-Pays-Bas (Timothy Beck; Troy Douglas; Patrick van Balkom; Caimin Douglas), 38.63. 6, Tinidad et Tobago (Marc Burns; Ato Boldon; Jacey Harper; Niconnor Alexander), 38.84. 7, Ghana (Christian Nsiah; Eric Nkansah; Aziz Zakari; Leonard Myles-Mills), 38.88. 8, Italie (Francesco Scuderi; Simone Collio; Massimiliano Donati; Alessandro Cavallaro), 38.93.
Heat 1--1, q-United States (John Capel; Bernard Williams; Darvis Patton; Joshua J. Johnson), 38.28. 2, q-France (Ronald Pognon; Issa-Aimi Nthepe; Fridiric Krantz; Jirtme Eyana), 38.61. 3, q-Germany (Tobias Unger; Marc Blume; Alexander Kosenkow; Ronny Ostwald), 38.91. 4, q-Ghana (Christian Nsiah; Eric Nkansah; Aziz Zakari; Leonard Myles-Mills), 38.94. 5, q-Dominican Republic (Juan Encarnacion; Luis Morillo; Juan Sainfleur; Yoel Baez), 39.01. 6, China (Yunbao Shen; Jun He; Yaozu Yang; Haijian Chen), 39.28. Hungary (Zsolt Szeglet; Giza Pauer; Gabor Dobos; Miklss Gyulai), DQ.
200 Semifinals
Heat 1_1, q-Kelli White, United States, 22.50. 2, q-Zhanna Block, Ukraine, 22.61. 3, q-Anzhela Kravchenko, Ukraine, 22.66. 4, q-Beverly McDonald, Jamaica, 22.92. 5, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Nigeria, 22.97. 6, Lauren Hewitt, Australia, 23.07. 7, Roxana Diaz, Cuba, 23.12. 8, Vida Anim, Ghana, 23.16.
Day 4 - August 26:
Women 200
Heat 2--1, q-Muriel Hurtis, France, 22.51. 2, q-Vida Anim, Ghana, 23.08. 3, q-Svetlana Goncharenko, Russia, 23.18. 4, q-Debbie Ferguson, Bahamas, 23.18. 5, q-Sharon Cripps, Australia, 23.29. 6, q-Digna Luz Murillo, Colombia, 23.48. 7, Huong Vu Thi, Vietnam, 24.63.
Owusu jumped 16.86 to take eighth Monday afternoon in Paris for his native Ghana. The Blue Raider graduate assistant coach had a mark of 55-5 in Saturday's qualification round to make the finals.
Former Blue Raider Christian Nsiah will also represent Ghana during the World Championships, running on a relay this weekend.
100m (Semi-finales):
S?rie 1?1, q-Bernard Williams, USA, 10.11 secondes. 2, q-Tim Montgomery, USA, 10.14. 3, q-Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria, 10.15. 4, q-Kim Collins, St. Kitts et Nevis, 10.16. 5, Nicolas Macrozonaris, Canada, 10.27. 6, Eric Nkansah, Ghana, 10.39. 7, Nobuharu Asahara, Japon, 10.42.8, Mark Lewis-Francis, GB, 10.44.
100 METRES - Men - Quarter-Final
100 m?tres Round 2
S?rie 6: 1, q-Jon Drummond, USA, 10.22. 2, q-Issa-Aimi Nthepe, France, 10.30. 3, q-Matic Osovnikar, Slov?nie, 10.31. 4, Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 10.48. 5, Wai Hung Chiang, Hong Kong, 10.70. 6, Arben Makaj, Albanie, 10.87. 7, Djikoloum Mobele, Tchad, 11.38. 8, Assad Ahmadi, Afghanistan, 11.99.
S?rie 8: 1, q-Eric Nkansah, Ghana, 10.18. 2, q-Maurice Greene, USA, 10.18. 3, q-Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria, 10.22. 4, Marc Burns, Trinit? et Tobago, 10.28. 5, Churandy Martina, Antilles, 10.35. 6, Xuan Tran Van, Vietnam, 10.78. 7, Mohd Yusof Alias, Singapour, 11.02. 8, Mohammad Shamsuddin, Bengladesh, 11.18.
S?rie 9: 1, q-Asafa Powell, Jama?que, 10.05. 2, q-Kim Collins, St. Kitts et Nevis, 10.09. 3, q-Leonard Myles-Mills, Ghana, 10.25. 4, Anson Henry, Canada, 10.33. 5, Eric Pacome N'Dri, C?te d'Ivoire, 10.38. 6, Aaron Egbele, Nigeria, 10.43. 7, Andre Blackman, Guayana, 10.86. 8, Zoran Josifovski, Mac?doine, 11.63.
Women
Second round 100m
1, q-Torri Edwards, Etats-Unis, 11.08. 2, q-Aleen Bailey, Jamaica, 11.16. 3, q-Yuliya Tabakova, Russie, 11.25. 4, q-Joice Maduaka, GB, 11.29. 5, Vida Anim, Ghana, 11.29. 6, Savatheda Fynes, Bahamas, 11.36. 7, Mercy Nku, Nigeria, 11.37. 8, Guzel Khubbieva, Ouzbekistan, 11.42.
Heats
Heat 1--q-Chandra Sturrup, Bahamas, 11.08. 2, q-Lyubov Perepelova, Uzbekistan, 11.30. 3, q-Vida Anim, Ghana, 11.35. 4, q-Mercy Nku, Nigeria, 11.52. 5, q-Kadiatou Camara, Mali, 11.70. 6, Olympia Zacharias, Nauru, 14.07. 7, Joanne Hallen, Western Samoa, 14.33.
HEPTATHLON
100 Hurdles
Heat 1--1, Svetlana Gnezdilov, Israel, 13.62 seconds, 1,033 points. 2, Margaret Simpson, Ghana, 13.68, 1,024. 3, Liga Klavina, Latavia, 13.92, 990. 4, Aryiro Strataki, Greece, 13.93, 988. 5, Gertrud Bacher, Italy, 14.01, 977. 6, Sylvie Dufour, Switzerland, 14.08, 967. 7, Julie Hollman, Britain, 14.10, 964. 8, Tia Hellebaut, Belgium, 14.24, 945.
High Jump
Group B--1, Julie Hollman, Britain, 6-0}, 1,041. 2, Aryiro, Greece, 5-10?, 966. 3, Kim Schiemenz, United States, 5-10?, 966, 4, Austra Skujyte, Lithuania, 5-9, 928. 5, Margaret Simpson, Ghana, 5-9, 928. 6, Gertrud Bacher, Italy, 5-9, 928. 7 (tie), Natalya Sazanovich, Belarus, and Sonja Kesselschlager, Germany, 5-9, 928. 9, Svetlana Kazanina, Kazakstan, 5-8, 891. 10, Sylvie Dufour, Switzerland, 5-5}, 818. 11, Svetlana Gnezdilov, Israel, 5-1, 678.
Heptathlon Points
After two events
1, Carolina Kluft, 2,255. 2, Eunice Barber, 2,236. 3, Julie Hollman, 2,005. 4, Sonja Kesselschlager, 2,002. 5, Yelena Prokhorova, 2,000. 6, Tia Hellebaut, 1,986. 7, Irina Butor, 1,956. 8 (tie), Natalya Sazanovich, and Aryiro Strataki, 1,954. 10, Margaret Simpson, 1,952. 11, Kim Schiemenz, 1,950. 12, Yelena Chernyavskya, 1,928. 13, Larisa Netseporuk, 1,919. 14, Liga Klavina, 1,918. 15, Irina Naumenko, 1,916. 16, Gertrud Bacher, 1,905. 17, Denise Lewis, 1,852. 18, Austra Skujyte, 1,845. 19, Svetlana Kazanina, 1,808. 20, Natalya Roshchupkina, 1,789. 21, Sylvie Dufour, 1,785. 22, Svetlana Gnezdilov, 1,711.
Triple Jump Qualification
Group A--1, q-David Giralt, Cuba, 56-9?. 2, q-Jonathan Edwards, Britain, 55-7. 3, q-Andrew Owusu, Ghana, 55-4}. 4, q-Jadel Gregorio, Brazil, 55-2. 5, q-Leevan Sands, Bahamas, 55-0}. 6, q-Ivaylo Rusenov, Bulgaria, 54-10. 7, q-Aleksandr, Belarus, 54-10. 8, Walter Davis, United States, 54-5?. 9, Marian Oprea, Romania, 54-3}. 10, Igor Spasovhodskiy, Russia, 53-11}. 11, Allen Simms, United States, 53-10?. 12, Olivier Sanou, Burkina Faso, 53-3.
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