Grand finale for Inzikuru
THE cream of world athletics, Uganda’s own Dorcus Inzikuru and Boniface Kiprop included, assemble in Monaco tonight for the invitational 3rd IAAF World athletics final.
By Norman Katende
Today 8.05pm
Dorcus Inzikuru - 3000mSC
Tomorrow
Boniface Kiprop - 5000m
World rankings - Top 6
3000m steeplechase Pts
1. Dorcus Inzikuru 1309
2.Cristina Casandra 1220
3. Salome Chepchumba1207
3.Korine Hinds 1207
5. LÃvia Toth 1201
6. Mardrea Yman 1200
5000m/10000m
1. Kenenisa Bekele 1451
2. Eliud Kipchoge 1373
3. Augustine Choge 1353
4. Benjamin Limo 1351
5. Boniface Kiprop 1346
6. Sileshi Sihine 1342
THE cream of world athletics, Uganda’s own Dorcus Inzikuru and Boniface Kiprop included, assemble in Monaco tonight for the invitational 3rd IAAF World athletics final.
Inzikuru, 23, the first world champion from Uganda, has the season’s best time of 9:15.04.
She is still chasing the 9:01.59 world record held by Russian Gulnara Samitova and the last major athletics meeting of the year is a great chance.
“Only the top ranked athletes are invited for the finals. She is expected to have stiff competition and improve her time,†said local athletics federation secretary Beatrice Ayikoru.
Inzikuru is on the shortlist of five for the IAAF ‘performance of the year’ award tomorrow night.
Double sprint champion Justin Gatlin completes a full list of 30 Helsinki individual world champions in Monaco, with Kenenisa Bekele the only absentee.
Today 8.05pm
Dorcus Inzikuru - 3000mSC
Tomorrow
Boniface Kiprop - 5000m
World rankings - Top 6
3000m steeplechase Pts
1. Dorcus Inzikuru 1309
2.Cristina Casandra 1220
3. Salome Chepchumba1207
3.Korine Hinds 1207
5. LÃvia Toth 1201
6. Mardrea Yman 1200
5000m/10000m
1. Kenenisa Bekele 1451
2. Eliud Kipchoge 1373
3. Augustine Choge 1353
4. Benjamin Limo 1351
5. Boniface Kiprop 1346
6. Sileshi Sihine 1342
THE cream of world athletics, Uganda’s own Dorcus Inzikuru and Boniface Kiprop included, assemble in Monaco tonight for the invitational 3rd IAAF World athletics final.
Inzikuru, 23, the first world champion from Uganda, has the season’s best time of 9:15.04.
She is still chasing the 9:01.59 world record held by Russian Gulnara Samitova and the last major athletics meeting of the year is a great chance.
“Only the top ranked athletes are invited for the finals. She is expected to have stiff competition and improve her time,†said local athletics federation secretary Beatrice Ayikoru.
Inzikuru is on the shortlist of five for the IAAF ‘performance of the year’ award tomorrow night.
Double sprint champion Justin Gatlin completes a full list of 30 Helsinki individual world champions in Monaco, with Kenenisa Bekele the only absentee.