2010 London Grand Prix

2010 London Grand Prix 1314 August 2010 London, England Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 250px 2010 IAAF Diamond League 40 (27 Diamond League) 2009 2011 The 2010 London Grand Prix was the 58th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in London, England. Held from 1314 August at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, it was the twelfth leg of the inaugural IAAF Diamond League – the highest level international track and field circuit.Fordyce, Tom (2010-08-13). "Tyson Gay sets best 100m time of 2010 at Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-04-30. 40 events were contested with 27 of them being point-scoring Diamond League events. Rain fell both days and temperatures were described as "cold" by the BBC. Despite this, 2008 Paralympics champion Oscar Pistorius for South Africa, running in the men's T44 (below knee amputee) 400 metres event, set a new world record with a time of 47.04 seconds. Though the time was slower than his personal best set in Italy in July of the same year, 46.02 seconds, his personal best had not been run in an International Paralympic Committee sanctioned race, making his 47.04 seconds race on 14 August the official world record."Oscar Pistorius sets new world 400m record ". BBC Sport (2010-08-14). Retrieved 2021-04-30. Meet organisers hoped to stage a competition between the three fastest men in the world—Usain Bolt, Tyson Gay, and Asafa Powell—in the men's 100 metres.Herman, Martin; Oxley, Sonia (2010-08-12). "Injured Asafa Powell withdraws from London Diamond League". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-04-30. However, Bolt declined to participate, claiming he would lose more money than he would make because of British taxes, and Powell withdrew the day before the race with injuries to his hamstring and back."Usain Bolt turns down London and Britain's high taxes to run in Paris". Associated Press via The Guardian (2010-07-12). Retrieved 2021-04-30. With Bolt and Powell absent, Gay won in a world leading time of 9.78 seconds ahead of Yohan Blake, who finished second behind Gay in a personal best time of 9.89 seconds. Gay's time was also a stadium and meeting record, and his victory made him the top ranked 100 metres sprinter for the season. Other notable records in the men's events included a meeting record by Gerd Kanter in the discus throw with a mark of 67.82 metres, and an equalling of the 110 metres hurdles meeting record of 13.06 seconds by David Oliver, originally set by Colin Jackson in 1992. In the women's events, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep won in a world leading time and meeting record of 12.52 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles, making up a metre deficit from the 50 metres mark to pass Sally Pearson who finished second in a time of 12.61 seconds. Milcah Chemos narrowly held off Yuliya Zarudneva in the 3000 metres steeplechase, winning in 9:22.49 to Zarudneva's 9:22.60, both under the previous meeting record. Allyson Felix doubled in the 200 metres and 400 metres sprints, winning the former by half of a second (22.37 seconds to Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie's 22.88 seconds), and narrowly winning the latter in 50.79 seconds ahead of Tatyana Firova who placed second in 50.84 seconds. Diamond League results Top three placers in each scoring event earned four points, two points, and one point for first place, second place, and third place respectively. The athlete with the most points in a Diamond League event (e.g. women's 100 metres) at the end of the season wins the Diamond Trophy for their event."IAAF Diamond League – Diamond Race: How it works". IAAF Diamond League (2010-05-13). Retrieved 2021-04-30. Men Event First (+4) Second (+2) Third (+1) 100 m 0.0 Tyson Gay USA 9.78 WL MR Yohan Blake JAM 9.89 PBRichard Thompson TTO 10.05 400 mJeremy Wariner USA 44.67Jermaine Gonzales JAM 44.80Ricardo Chambers JAM 45.18 MileAugustine Choge KEN 3:50.14 PBMekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 3:50.35Leonel Manzano USA 3:50.64 PB 110 m hurdles -0.4David Oliver USA 13.06 =MRDwight Thomas JAM 13.32Garfield Darien FRA 13.34 =PB 400 m hurdlesBershawn Jackson USA 48.12Javier Culson PUR 48.17Dai Greene GBR 49.09 3000 m steeplechasePaul Kipsiele Koech KEN 8:17.70Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:19.95Brimin Kipruto KEN 8:20.77 Long jumpDwight Phillips USA 8.18 m +0.2Morten Jensen DEN 7.96 m +0.3Chris Tomlinson GBR 7.92 m +0.7 Triple jumpChristian Olsson SWE 17.41 m -0.7Teddy Tamgho FRA 17.27 m -0.5Alexis Copello CUB 17.02 m +0.1 High jumpIvan Ukhov RUS 2.29 mJesse Williams USA 2.27 mDonald Thomas BAH 2.27 m Pole vaultŁukasz Michalski POL 5.71 mDerek Miles USA 5.61 mPrzemysław Czerwiński POL 5.51 m Shot putReese Hoffa USA 21.44 mTomasz Majewski POL 21.20 mChristian Cantwell USA 20.78 m Discus throwGerd Kanter EST 67.82 m MRZoltán Kővágó HUN 65.54 mVirgilijus Alekna LTU 65.33 m Javelin throwAndreas Thorkildsen NOR 87.38 mMatthias de Zordo GER 86.97 mTero Pitkämäki FIN 84.71 m Women Event First (+4) Second (+2) Third (+1) 200 m +0.5Allyson Felix USA 22.37Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 22.88Sherone Simpson JAM 23.04 400 mAllyson Felix USA 50.79Tatyana Firova RUS 50.84Debbie Dunn USA 50.89 800 mMariya Savinova RUS 1:58.94Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1:59.16Jemma Simpson GBR 1:59.26 1500 mNancy Langat KEN 4:07.60Lisa Dobriskey GBR 4:09.07Erin Donohue USA 4:09.72 5000 mTirunesh Dibaba ETH 14:36.41Vivian Cheruiyot KEN 14:38.17Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 14:39.24 100 m hurdles +0.2Priscilla Lopes-Schliep CAN 12.52 WL MRSally Pearson AUS 12.61Lolo Jones USA 12.66 400 m hurdlesKaliese Spencer JAM 53.78Zuzana Hejnová CZE 55.11Eilidh Child GBR 55.16 PB 3000 m steeplechaseMilcah Chemos KEN 9:22.49 MRYuliya Zarudneva RUS 9:22.60Lydia Jebet Rotich KEN 9:23.68 Long jumpDarya Klishina RUS 6.65 m -0.5Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS 6.65 m 0.0Hyleas Fountain USA 6.57 m -0.3 Triple jumpYargelis Savigne CUB 14.86 m +0.7Olga Rypakova KAZ 14.74 m -0.6Olha Saladukha UKR 14.40 m +1.3 High jumpBlanka Vlašić CRO 2.01 mRuth Beitia ESP 1.91 mIrina Gordeyeva RUS 1.91 m Shot putNadezhda Ostapchuk BLR 20.27 mValerie Adams-Vili NZL 19.83 mGong Lijiao CHN 19.26 m Discus throwYarelis Barrios CUB 65.62 mSandra Perković CRO 63.30 mNicoleta Grasu ROU 61.78 m Javelin throwBarbora Špotáková CZE 63.50 mKara Patterson USA 63.41 mLinda Stahl GER 59.60 m Other results Men Event First Second Third 200 m -0.6Wallace Spearmon USA 20.12Churandy Martina AHO 20.42Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 20.43 400 mConrad Williams GBR 46.09Robert Tobin GBR 46.12Richard Buck GBR 46.48 800 mAbubaker Kaki SUD 1:44.38Andrew Wheating USA 1:44.56 PBNick Symmonds USA 1:45.28 3000 mBernard Lagat USA 7:40.36Mo Farah GBR 7:40.75Mark Kosgei Kiptoo KEN 7:41.56 4×100 m relayEngland ENG Tremayne Gilling Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun Leevan Yearwood Mark Lewis-Francis 39.31All Stars Tyron Akins USA Aaron Armstrong TTO Brian Dzingai ZIM Joel Brown USA 39.75Scotland SCO Nick Smith Stuart Benson Ryan Oswald Calum Innes 39.88 T44 400 mOscar Pistorius RSA 47.04 WRIan Jones GBR 51.64Richard Whitehead GBR 59.52 T54 1500 mMarcel Hug SUI 3:14.58David Weir GBR 3:15.09Richard Colman AUS 3:20.64 Under-20 3000 mRichard Goodman GBR 8:12.94 PBJonny Hay GBR 8:15.96John McDonnell GBR 8:16.02 PB Women Event First Second Third 100 m -0.3Marshevet Myers USA 11.01Carmelita Jeter USA 11.06Blessing Okagbare NGR 11.10 800 mLenka Masná CZE 2:00.72Nikki Hamblin NZL 2:00.96Celia Taylor GBR 2:01.16 PB Pole vaultFabiana Murer BRA 4.46 mJillian Schwartz ISR 4.46 mKate Dennison GBR 4.46 m T12/T44 100 m +0.1Libby Clegg GBR 12.72April Holmes USA 13.69Stefanie Reid GBR 14.09 Under-20 3000 mEmelia Gorecka GBR 9:27.02Beth Potter GBR 9:27.50Lily Partidge GBR 9:34.17 PB See also 2010 Weltklasse Zürich (first half of the Diamond League final) 2010 Memorial Van Damme (second half of the Diamond League final) References Results "Results Archive Diamond League Selected Season: 2010" https://web.archive.org/web/20181125024325/https://london.diamondleague.com/programme-results/results-archive/ 2018-11-25 . 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