Runner breaks leg
This was reported in the Star on Sunday (if I recall), and taken off iaaf.org. 800 meter runner Karen Harewood fell and broke her leg.
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There were no major surprises in the opening round of the women’s 800 metres, but there was plenty of drama after a horrendous pile-up left bodies scattered about the track in the second heat.
Just as she passed the midway point, Briton Karen Harewood was tripped from behind by Russian Mariya Shapayeva, fell hard to track and eventually caused Eleni Filandra of Greece and Portugal’s Maria Carmo Tavares to the ground as well. More than 20 minutes would pass before a team of nine carried the 30-year-old Harewood from the track; the initial prognosis was a fractured left femur.
When the dust settled, only world leader Tetyana Petlyuk (2:05.44) and Brigita Langerholc (2:05.95), Slovenia’s No. 2, finished, and by default, subsequently advanced. Shapayeva, who was third at this year’s Russian indoor championships, continued the race after regaining her balance and finished, but was later disqualified.
Jolanda Ceplak, who lowered the World record to 1:55.82 en route to the 2002 continental indoor title, took control of the fourth heat and maintained it through the finish to win the fourth heat in 2:02.82, the afternoon’s fastest performance.
“We were waiting so long to start,” said Ceplak, also the 2004 Olympic bronze medallist over the distance. “I couldn’t really do anything and it affected my preparation. And we really didn’t get to warm up.”
Russia’s Oksana Zbrozhek was the easy winner of the first heat in 2:03.67, with Briton Marilyn Okoro advancing as well, while Aneta Lemiesz of Poland and Jenny Meadows, another Briton, moved on from heat three. With Ceplak’s pacing assistance, everyone in the third heat moved on as well to Saturday afternoon’s semi-final round.
The main casualty of the opening round was Bulgarian record holder Teodora Kolarova, who late last month fell just shy of dipping beneath the two-minute barrier.
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There were no major surprises in the opening round of the women’s 800 metres, but there was plenty of drama after a horrendous pile-up left bodies scattered about the track in the second heat.
Just as she passed the midway point, Briton Karen Harewood was tripped from behind by Russian Mariya Shapayeva, fell hard to track and eventually caused Eleni Filandra of Greece and Portugal’s Maria Carmo Tavares to the ground as well. More than 20 minutes would pass before a team of nine carried the 30-year-old Harewood from the track; the initial prognosis was a fractured left femur.
When the dust settled, only world leader Tetyana Petlyuk (2:05.44) and Brigita Langerholc (2:05.95), Slovenia’s No. 2, finished, and by default, subsequently advanced. Shapayeva, who was third at this year’s Russian indoor championships, continued the race after regaining her balance and finished, but was later disqualified.
Jolanda Ceplak, who lowered the World record to 1:55.82 en route to the 2002 continental indoor title, took control of the fourth heat and maintained it through the finish to win the fourth heat in 2:02.82, the afternoon’s fastest performance.
“We were waiting so long to start,” said Ceplak, also the 2004 Olympic bronze medallist over the distance. “I couldn’t really do anything and it affected my preparation. And we really didn’t get to warm up.”
Russia’s Oksana Zbrozhek was the easy winner of the first heat in 2:03.67, with Briton Marilyn Okoro advancing as well, while Aneta Lemiesz of Poland and Jenny Meadows, another Briton, moved on from heat three. With Ceplak’s pacing assistance, everyone in the third heat moved on as well to Saturday afternoon’s semi-final round.
The main casualty of the opening round was Bulgarian record holder Teodora Kolarova, who late last month fell just shy of dipping beneath the two-minute barrier.
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11:51 am
1 Comments:
Ouch!! Never had any fall while running marathon but this story will keep me alert all times..
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