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Ukhov increases world lead to 2.35m – Russian Winter
01.02.2009
At the 18th edition of the annual ‘Russian Winter’ meeting in Moscow on Sunday (1), Ivan Ukhov, 22, added 1cm to his world indoor season lead for the High Jump of 2.34 which he set in Hustopeče.
The Russian Winter is an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting.
After clearing five heights on each of his first time attempts and with all his opponents competitively killed off by 2.28m Ukhov progressed from the last of a first time clearances (2.31m) to take-on 2.35 and made that height at his third approach to the bar.
The only significant challenge came from compatriot Aleksandr Shustov who after clearing 2.28 on his second effort was the only other person to attempt 2.31m though he failed all those chances, while the winner sailed over on his first as he had also done at 2.15, 2.20, 2.24 and 2.28m.
It was at this same Moscow meeting in 2007 that Ukhov set his indoor and overall career best of 2.39m, which still stands as the national indoor record.
On the track the best time of the day came from Kenyan Haron Keitany who set a meeting record of 2:16.76 for the 1000m. The World Athletics Final victor last summer at 1500m, who has a PB for the metric mile of 3:32.06 when winning last year’s Zürich meeting, today saw off Russia’s 2004 Olympic 800m champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy who clocked 2:17.10 with Belal Mansoor Ali of Bahrain, third in 2:17.82.
Russia’s Olga Kucherenko took the women’s Long Jump with 6.81m, while Italy’s European champion Andrew Howe opened his year with an 8.02m first round leap which won the men’s competition. His second round 7.87m was his only other valid effort with three passes and a foul making up the rest of his series. His compatriot Fabio Cerutti took the men’s 60m in 6.64 sec.
A more impressive dash came in the women’s 60m which was taken by Russia’s Anna Geflikh in 7.18 sec.
There was a useful scalp for Russia’s Yevgeniy Borisov whose 7.59sec run in the men’s 60m Hurdles saw off France’s 2005 World 110m Hurdles champion Ladji Doucouré who finished third in 7.77 sec.
There was better luck for France in the men’s Pole Vault, as their major international breakthrough talent of the year Renaud Lavillenie who vaulted a PB of 5.81m in late December scaled the same height here in Moscow to beat a starry field of major championship medallists. These names included Russia’s 2005 World Championship bronze medallist Pavel Gerasimov in second (5.76) and 2008 Olympic silver medallist Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (5.66) in third, and in fourth place French compatriot and 2007 World Championships silver medallist Romain Mesnil (5.66).
22-year-old Lavillenie who had an indoor PB before this season of 5.70 (his outdoor best is 5.65) took the winning 5.81m height on his first attempt and then had three failures at 5.86m.
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