Isinbayeva warms up for Olympic threepeat with win
Russia's pole vaulting legend Yelena Isinbayeva won on her first appearance at an open air athletics meeting this season on Tuesday just under a month ahead of her bid for a third successive Olympic title.
The 30-year-old - who won her fourth world indoor title earlier this year in Istanbul - won with a best vault of 4.75 metres, which she achieved on her first attempt.
Isinbayeva, who had pulled out of the meeting in Reims last week because she said she wasn't ready, tried her luck at what would have been a season best 4.85m but failed in her three attempts.
Nevertheless she was happy at her evening's work and looking forward to competing at the higher-profile Monaco meeting on July 20 before heading for London.
"I am happy with my victory. I have a huge amount of potential to improve. But I still have adjustments to do," she said.
RESULTS
Men
100m (wind: +0.6 m/s)
1. Kim Collins (SKN) 10.11sec
2. Marc Burns (TRI) 10.27
3. Calesio Newman (USA) 10.29
400m
1. LaShawn Merritt (USA) 45.51sec
2. Calvin Smith (USA) 45.65
3. Tabarie Henry (Iles Vierges) 46.09
800m
1. Leonel Manzano (USA) 1min 46.79sec
2. Maury Castillo (CUB) 1:47.09
3. Lachlan Renshaw (AUS) 1:47.10
3000m:
1. John Kipkoech (KEN) 7min 48.17sec
2. Cornelius Kangogo (KEN) 7:48.28
3. Jamal Hitrane (MAR) 7:48.51
Triple jump:
1. Alexis Copello (CUB) 17.12 metres
2. Leevan Sands (BAH) 17.08 m
3. David Girat (CUB) 16.83 m
Women
100m hurdles (wind: + 0.7 m/s)
1. Lolo Jones (USA) 12.74sec
2. Kristi Castlin (USA) 12.82
3. Christina Manning (USA) 12.87
200m (wind: + 0.9 m/s)
1. Laver Jones Ferrette (Virgin Isles) 22.67sec
2. Charonda Williams (USA) 22.69
3. Nelly Banco (FRA) 22.98
400m hurdles:
1. Adjoke Odumosu (NGR) 54.75sec
2. Vera Barbosa (POR) 55.83
3. Yadisleidis Pedroso (CUB) 55.87
800m:
1.Tatyana Markelova (RUS) 2min 01.07sec
2. Yuneysi Santiusti (CUB) 2:01.36
3. Svetlana Cherkasova (RUS) 2:01.42
3000m steeplechase
1. Zemzem Ahmed (ETH) 9min 25.85
2. Polina Jelizarova (LAT) 9:32.71
3. Svetlana Schmidt (UKR) 9:37.50
Pole vault
1. Yelena Isinbaeva (RUS) 4.75m
2. Holly Bleasdale (GBR) 4.70m
3. Anna Rogowska (POL) 4.70m
Javelin
1. Viktori Sudarushkina (RUS) 60.59m
2. Hanna Hatsko (UKR) 58.42m
3. Sephora Bissoly (FRA) 57.22m
