Rieti 2010

Last month in August, 29th to be exact, the Rieti Meeting was held. Part of the IAAF World Challenge, it was most remembered for Asafa Powell breaking the 100m world record, lowering it to 9.74 seconds, back in 2007.

This year edition another record was set. David Rudisha’s 800m men’s world record that was lowered to 1:41.01. The event was held at the Raul Guidobaldi Stadium in Rieti, Italy.

Below are a few results, and media videos from the event.

Official Site: WWW / Results.

Men 100 Heat 1 & 2

Heat 1 Wind : +1.0 m/s
1 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure [NOR] 10.07
2 Michael Frater [JAM] 10.12
3 Nesta Carter [JAM] 10.13
4 Richard Thompson [TRI] 10.13
5 J-Mee Samuels [USA] 10.15
6 Simone Collio [ITA] 10.24
7 Aaron Rouge-Serret [AUS] 10.32
8 Maurizio Checcucci [ITA] 10.45

Heat 2 – Wind : +1.1 m/s
1 Ryan Bailey [USA] 9.95
2 Christophe Lemaître [FRA] 9.98
3 Mario Forsythe [JAM] 9.99
4 Daniel Bailey [ANT] 10.09
5 Mike Rodgers [USA] 10.10
6 Emanuele Di Gregorio [ITA] 10.20
7 Lerone Clarke [JAM] 10.23
8 Marlon Devonish [GBR] 10.25

Men 100m Finals – Wind : +0.9 m/s

1 Nesta Carter [JAM] 9.78
2 Ryan Bailey [USA] 9.88
3 Mario Forsythe [JAM] 9.95
4 Christophe Lemaître [FRA] FRA 9.97
5 Michael Frater [JAM] 9.98
6 Mike Rodgers [USA] 10.00
7 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure [NOR] 10.00
8 Daniel Bailey [ANT] 10.11

Men 200m – Wind : +0.6 m/s

1 Wallace Spearmon [USA] 19.85
2 Angelo Taylor [USA] 20.23
3 Marc Schneeberger [SUI] 20.42
4 Paul Hession [IRL] IRL 20.72
5 Matt Davies [AUS] 20.82
6 Roberto Donati [ITA] 20.89
7 Lancford Davis [JAM] 21.07
8 Alessandro Cavallaro [ITA] 21.44

Men 800m – World Record

1 David Lekuta Rudisha [KEN] 1:41.01 WR
2 Boaz Kiplagat Lalang [KEN] 1:42.95
3 Nick Symmonds [USA] 1:43.76
4 Michael Rimmer [GBR] 1:43.89
5 Marcin Lewandowski [POL] 1:44.10
6 Arturo Casado [ESP] 1:44.74
7 Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva [KEN] 2:23.39

Men 3000m

1 Tariku Bekele [ETH] 7:28.70
2 Bernard Lagat [USA] 7:29.00
3 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi [KEN] 7:29.75
4 John Kipkoech [KEN] 7:32.72
5 Chris Solinsky [USA] 7:34.32
6 Bouabdellah Tahri [FRA] 7:35.50
7 Collis Birmingham [AUS] 7:38.77
8 Essa Ismail Rashed [QAT] 7:39.61
9 Adrian Blincoe [NZL] 7:46.38
10 Daniel Huling [USA] 7:46.97
11 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa [KEN] 7:48.67
12 Suleiman Kipses Simotwo [KEN] 7:49.41
13 Serhiy Lebid [UKR] 7:49.45
14 Galen Rupp [USA] 7:50.46
15 Isaac Kiprono Songok [KEN] 7:52.59
Yusuf Kibet Biwott [KEN] DNF
Collins Cheboi [KEN] DNF

Men 110m Hurdles – Wind : +0.8 m/s

1 David Oliver [USA] 13.01
2 Dwight Thomas [JAM] 13.26
3 Jason Richardson [USA] 13.37
4 Joel Brown [USA] 13.39
5 William Sharman [GBR] 13.50
6 Petr Svoboda [CZE] 13.69
7 Stefano Tedesco [ITA] 13.84
8 Ryan Wilson [USA] 23.80

Women 100m – Wind : +0.6 m/s

1 Sherone Simpson [JAM] 11.11
2 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie [BAH] 11.15
3 Mikele Barber [USA] 11.21
4 Gloria Asumnu [USA] 11.27
5 Aleen Bailey [JAM] 11.31
6 Melissa Breen [AUS] 11.59
7 Giulia Arcioni [ITA] 11.78

Credit: YouTube user kobol8, and IAAF for the results.