August 17, 2009 (Monday) August 2009 in sports

1 august 17, 2009 (monday)

1.1 athletics
1.2 basketball
1.3 cricket

august 17, 2009 (monday)
athletics

world championships in berlin, germany:

men s hammer throw: 01 ! primož kozmus (slo) 80.84 02 ! szymon ziółkowski (pol) 79.30 03 ! aleksey zagornyi (rus) 78.09
women s pole vault: 01 ! anna rogowska (pol) 4.75 02 ! chelsea johnson (usa) & monika pyrek (pol) 4.65

four-time world champion yelena isinbayeva fails clear height.


women s triple jump: 01 ! yargelis savigne (cub) 14.95 02 ! mabel gay (cub) 14.61 03 ! anna pyatykh (rus) 14.58
women s 3000 metres steeplechase: 01 ! marta domínguez (esp) 9:07.32 02 ! yuliya zarudneva (rus) 9:08.39 03 ! milcah chemos cheywa (ken) 9:08.57
men s 10,000 metres: 01 ! kenenisa bekele (eth) 26:46.31 cr 02 ! zersenay tadese (eri) 26:50.12 03 ! moses ndiema masai (ken) 26:57.39

bekele wins fourth straight title @ event.


women s 100 metres:

semifinals, heat 1: (1) shelly-ann fraser (jam) 10.79
semifinals, heat 2: (1) carmelita jeter (usa) 10.83
final: 01 ! fraser 10.73 02 ! kerron stewart (jam) 10.75 03 ! jeter 10.90

fraser becomes joint-third fastest woman in history , clocks fastest time in more 10 years.







basketball

eurobasket qualification additional qualifying round: (teams in bold advance final series)

group a: belgium  102–79  bosnia , herzegovina

standings: bosnia & herzegovina 7 points (4 games), belgium 5 (3),  portugal 3 (3).
belgium advance final series if beat portugal; otherwise bosnia & herzegovina advance.


group b: finland  77–73  france

standings: france 7 points (4 games), italy, finland 4 (3).





cricket

icc intercontinental cup:

 canada v  kenya in king city, ontario, day 4:

 kenya 317 & 362/3d;  canada 234 & 198 (65.3 ov). kenya win 247 runs.

kenya goes top of standings 23 points 2 matches, ahead of scotland 20 points 1 match.




 zimbabwe xi v  afghanistan in mutare, day 2:

 zimbabwe xi 350 (tatenda taibu 172);  afghanistan 358/7 (110.0 ov, noor ali 130). afghanistan lead 8 runs 3 wickets remaining in 1st innings.


 scotland v  ireland in aberdeen, day 1:

 ireland 202;  scotland 76/2 (27.0 ov). scotland trail 126 runs 8 wickets remaining in 1st innings.