Kirani James posts stadium record to take XL-Galan Stockholm

By Michael Bascombe

STOCKHOLM, February 23, 2012 - Kirani James posted a new arena record of 45.52 seconds in the Men’s 400 metres in his European Indoor debut at the 23^rd XL-Galan in the Ericsson Globe Arena here on Thursday night.

The previous mark of 45.93 was set in 2000 by Alejando Cardenas of Mexico.

It was James’ third consecutive victory on the 2012 Indoor Circuit and it was his final race before the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Turkey next month.

The World Champion from Daegu 2011 won easily from Chris Brown of the Bahamas (46.68), homeboy Johan Wissman (47.06) and Nick Ekelund of Denmark (47.33).

James’ time was also the fastest on the continent this season ahead of Great Britain’s Nigel Levine, who clocked 45.71 in Birmingham last Saturday.

But the Grenadian champion still leads the world this year with 45.19 posted at the USA Track & Field Classic in Fayetteville, Arkansas on February 11.

James is now the favourite to win the Men’s 400m at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, March 9-11, 2012.

Ericsson Globe Stockholm Tuesday 23 February 2012

Results

M 400 m A
1	Kirani James	93		Grenada	45.52		AR
2	Chris Brown	78		Bahamas	46.68
3	Johan Wissman	81		IFK Helsingborg	47.06		SB
4	Nick Ekelund	89		Denmark	47.33		PB

M 400 m B
1	Rabah Yousif	86		Sudan	46.72		SB
2	Marcell Deak Nagy	92		Hungary	47.31		SB
3	Ali Ekber Kayas	87		Turkey	47.34
4	Johan Eriksson	88		Turebergs FK	49.90

M 800 m A
1	Mohamed Aman	94		Ethiopia	1:45.84
2	Marcin Lewandowski	87		Poland	1:46.02
3	Yuri Borzakowski	81		Russia	1:46.19
4	Joe Thomas	88		Great Britain	1:46.33
5	Adam Kszczot	89		Poland	1:47.06
6	Boaz Lalang	89		Kenya	1:47.41
7	Musaeb Balla	89		Qatar	1:47.85		PB
	Matt Scherer	83		USA	DNF

M 800 m B
1	Timothy Kitum	93		Kenya	1:46.81
2	Andrew Osagie	88		Great Britain	1:47.14
3	Andreas Bube	87		Denmark	1:47.88
4	Jackson Kivuva	89		Kenya	1:48.05
5	Karim Mohammadi	89		Spårvägens FK	1:50.78
6	Lotfi Chebli	88		Hässelby SK	1:50.82
7	Elmar Engholm	92		Hässelby SK	1:51.86
8	Rickard Gunnarsson	91		Hässelby SK	1:52.08
	David Takacs	86		Hungary	DNF

M 1500 m
1	Ilham Tanui Özbilen	90		Turkey	3:34.88
2	Bethwell Birgen	88		Kenya	3:35.38
3	Amine Laalou	82		Morocco	3:37.03		PB
4	Aman Wote	84		Ethiopia	3:37.08
5	Yoann Kowal	87		France	3:38.51
6	Andreas Vojta	89		Austria	3:39.10
7	Hamza Driouch	94		Qatar	3:42.12
8	Nacerddine Hallil	88		Hässelby SK	3:42.21
9	Zebene Alemayehu	92		Ethiopia	3:43.52
10	Johan Walldén	87		Gefle IF	3:49.15
	Justus Koech	80		Kenya	DNF
	Ismail Kombich	85		Kenya	DNF

M 3000 m
1	Isiah Koech	93		Kenya	7:33.55
2	Dejen Gebremeskel	89		Ethiopia	7:34.14
3	Augustine Choge	87		Kenya	7:34.74
4	Caleb Ndiku	92		Kenya	7:35.42
5	Thomas Longosiwa	88		Kenya	7:37.07
6	Tariku Bekele	87		Ethiopia	7:37.96
7	Abera Kuma	90		Ethiopia	7:39.09
8	Gideon Gathimba	80		Kenya	7:39.70
9	Abiyote Abinet	87		Ethiopia	7:43.35		PB
10	Mekkonen Gebremehdin	88		Ethiopia	7:46.89
11	Teshome Dirirsa	94		Ethiopia	7:51.76
12	Adil Bouafif	78		Hässelby SK	7:54.95
13	Björnar Ustad Kristensen	82		Norway	8:06.82
14	Iain Donnan	85		Great Britain	8:19.40
	Remmy Ndiwa	88		Kenya	DNF
	Richard Kiplagat	84		Kenya	DNF

M 60 mh A
1	Dayron Robles	86		Cuba	7.66
2	Orlando Ortega	91		Cuba	7.68
3	Maksim Lynsha	85		Belarus	7.73
4	Emanuele Abate	85		Italy	7.75
5	Philip Nossmy	82		Malmö AI	7.91		SB
	Xiang Liu	83		China	DQ

M 60 mh B
1	Balazs Baji	89		Hungary	7.70
2	Alexander Brorsson	90		IFK Växjö	7.82		PB
3	Marvin Tay	90		Spårvägens FK	7.97
4	Juha Sonck	81		Finland	8.04
5	Martin Kallur	91		Falu IK	8.25		PB

M Long Jump
1	Michel Tornéus	86		Hammarby IF	7.99		SB
2	Ignisius Gaisah	83		Ghana	7.98		SB
3	Luis Filipe Meliz	79		Spain	7.98		SB
4	Tommy Evilä	80		Finland	7.89		SB
5	Morten Jensen	82		Denmark	7.72
6	Andreas Otterling	86		Örebro	7.72		SB
7	Louis Tsatoumas	82		Greece	7.64
8	Mattias Sunneborn	70		Spårvägens FK	7.44		SB
9	J J Jegede	85		Great Britain	7.26

Tommy Evilä	7.70	X	X	7.72	7.89	X
Andreas Otterling	7.30	X	7.72	X	X	5.50
Morten Jensen	X	7.43	X	X	7.72	X
J J Jegede	7.26
Mattias Sunneborn	7.25	7.31	7.44	5.62	7.40	7.35
Luis Filipe Meliz	X	7.98	7.55	X	7.82	X
Louis Tsatoumas	X	7.57	7.64	7.50	-	-
Ignisius Gaisah	7.71	7.86	7.98	X	X	7.91
Michel Tornéus	7.85	X	7.93	X	7.99	X

W 60 m
1	Mariya Ryemyen	87		Ukraine	7.17		SB
2	Olesya Povh	87		Ukraine	7.20
3	Aleen Bailey	80		Jamaica	7.22
4	Yulia Balykina	84		Belarus	7.28
5	Lena Berntsson	78		Ullevi FK	7.49
	Gloria Asumnu	85		Nigeria	DQ

W 400 m A
1	Patricia Hall	82		Jamaica	51.66		PB
2	Antonina Krivoshapka	87		Russia	51.81		SB
3	Moa Hjelmer	90		Spårvägens FK	52.43		PB
4	Svetlana Usovich	80		Belarus	52.76		SB

W 400 m B
1	Shana Cox	85		Great Britain	53.48
2	Emily Diamond	91		Great Britain	54.08		PB
3	Josefin Magnusson	89		Malmö AI	54.18
4	Shelayna Oskan	90		Great Britain	54.95

W 1500 m
1	Btissam Lakhouad	80		Morocco	4:07.86
2	Tizita Bogale	93		Ethiopia	4:07.88
3	Morgan Uceny	85		USA	4:08.06
4	Angelika Cichocka	88		Poland	4:08.60
5	Renata Plis	85		Poland	4:09.15
6	Helen Clitheroe	74		Great Britain	4:09.70
7	Lidia Chojecka	77		Poland	4:11.20
8	Senbere Teferi	95		Ethiopia	4:14.55
9	Anna Pierce	84		USA	4:18.91
10	Meraf Bahta	89		Hälle IF	4:24.55
	Sonja Roman	79		Slovenia	DNF
	Wiola Frankiewicz	77		Poland	DNF
	Katarzyna Broniatowska	90		Poland	DNF

W High Jump
1	Anna Chicherova	82		Russia	2.00
2	Ebba Jungmark	87		Mölndals AIK	1.94
3	Tia Hellebaut	78		Belgium	1.94
4	Emma Green Tregaro	84		Örgryte IS	1.91
5	Airine Palsyte	92		Lithuania	1.88
6	Oksana Okuneva	90		Ukraine	1.88
7	Tonje Angelsen	90		Norway	1.80
8	Lesyani Mayor	89		Cuba	1.80

1.75

1.80

1.84

1.88

1.91

1.94

1.97

2.00

2.04

Tonje Angelsen

-

xo

xxx

Lesyani Mayor

o

xxo

xxx

Airine Palsyte

o

o

o

o

xxx

Oksana Okuneva

-

o

o

xo

xxx

Emma Green Tregaro

-

-

o

xo

xo

xxx

Tia Hellebaut

-

xo

o

xxo

xo

o

xxx

Ebba Jungmark

-

-

o

o

xo

o

xxx

Anna Chicherova

-

-

o

-

o

o

-

o

xxx

W Pole Vault
1	Jelena Isinbajeva	82		Russia	4.92		AR SB
2	Holly Bleasdale	91		Great Britain	4.72		AR
3	Yarisley Silva	87		Cuba	4.72		AR PB
4	Anna Rogowska	81		Poland	4.52
5	Nicole Büchler	83		Switzerland	4.52		PB
6	Daylis Caballero	88		Cuba	4.42		PB
7	Cathrine Larsåsen	86		Norway	4.22
7	Malin Dahlström	89		Ullevi FK	4.22
9	Minna Nikkanen	88		Finland	4.22
	Monika Pyrek	80		Poland	x

4.02

4.22

4.42

4.52

4.62

4.72

4.82

4.92

5.01

Daylis Caballero

-

xo

o

xxx

Cathrine Larsåsen

o

o

xxx

Monika Pyrek

-

xxx

Malin Dahlström

o

o

xxx

Nicole Büchler

-

o

o

xxo

xxx

Minna Nikkanen

xxo

xxo

xxx

Yarisley Silva

-

-

xxo

xo

xxo

xxo

xxx

Anna Rogowska

-

-

-

xo

xxx

Holly Bleasdale

-

-

-

o

-

o

xxx

Jelena Isinbajeva

-

-

-

-

-

xo

o

xxo

x

W Triple Jump
1	Olga Saladukha	83		Ukraine	14.79		AR PB
2	Yargeris Savigne	84		Cuba	14.47		SB
3	Yamile Aldama	72		Great Britain	14.44		SB
4	Dana Veldakova	81		Slovakia	14.04		SB
5	Marija Sestak	79		Slovenia	14.02
6	Keila Costa	83		Brazil	13.93
7	Lynn Johnson	94		Ullevi FK	13.46

Yamile Aldama	X	14.44	13.98	X	13.86	14.18
Marija Sestak	13.78	14.02	13.90	X	X	X
Dana Veldakova	14.04	X	X	13.87	13.59	X
Keila Costa	13.93	13.80	X	X	13.75	X
Lynn Johnson	13.46	X	-	13.18	13.01	13.29
Yargeris Savigne	14.47	14.41	X	X	X	13.89
Olga Saladukha	14.16	14.62	X	X	X	14.79