Ginnie Powell fifth in Zurich...
ZURICH, Switzerland--On a night in which Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva atoned for her shocking no-height performance at the world championships by breaking her own world pole vault record, Seattle native Ginnie Powell (left/photo by Paul Merca) finished fifth in the 100 meter hurdles at the Weltklasse meeting Friday night.
Powell ran 12.70 as reigning world champion Brigitte Foster-Hylton of Jamaica took the victory in a time of 12.46 seconds.
Isinbayeva set the 27th world record indoors and outdoors of her storied career, clearing 5.06 meters (16-7 1/4).
In his first individual race since smashing the world record in the 200 meters, Jamaica's Usain Bolt easily won the 100-meter dash, defeating countryman and former world record holder Asafa Powell, winning in 9.81 seconds.
Thirteen years after Bob Kennedy set the American record of 12:58.21 in the 5,000 meters at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting, 2008 Olympic marathoner Dathan Ritzenhein from Eugene smashed that record by almost 2 seconds finishing third in 12 minutes 56.27 seconds. It was an almost 20 second personal best for Ritzenhein, which makes him the second-fastest non-African in history and only the third American ever to run under 13 minutes.
For complete results from the Weltklasse meet, please visit www.weltklasse.ch.
Powell ran 12.70 as reigning world champion Brigitte Foster-Hylton of Jamaica took the victory in a time of 12.46 seconds.
Isinbayeva set the 27th world record indoors and outdoors of her storied career, clearing 5.06 meters (16-7 1/4).
In his first individual race since smashing the world record in the 200 meters, Jamaica's Usain Bolt easily won the 100-meter dash, defeating countryman and former world record holder Asafa Powell, winning in 9.81 seconds.
Thirteen years after Bob Kennedy set the American record of 12:58.21 in the 5,000 meters at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting, 2008 Olympic marathoner Dathan Ritzenhein from Eugene smashed that record by almost 2 seconds finishing third in 12 minutes 56.27 seconds. It was an almost 20 second personal best for Ritzenhein, which makes him the second-fastest non-African in history and only the third American ever to run under 13 minutes.
For complete results from the Weltklasse meet, please visit www.weltklasse.ch.
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