A three
hour Olympic games in Athens!
George Niflis for the IAAF
8 June 2001 - Athens,
Greece -Twenty four Olympic medallists, four world record holders and numerous world and
European champions, will compete in this year's "Tsiklitiria Delta" Grand Prix
meeting on 11 of June in Athens. Maurice Green will lead the way with an attempt on his
9.79 world record mark set in Athen in 1999 and Olympic champion Kostas Kenteris will run
his first 200m race after his triumph in Sydney. Silver medallist in Seville and Sydney
(100m), Katerina Thanou and this year world's best in javelin, Kostas Gatsioudis, will be
the Greek hopes for something very good against excellent competition.
In women's triple jump Tereza Marinova, Tatiana Lebedeva and Olena Govorova, will remember the good time they had in Sydney and in men's javelin throw only Jan Zelezny will not appear. In the 100m race Harris Papadias (world indoor champion in 1997 and bronze medalist in the 1998 European Championships), will run for the first time, after almost 3 years and in women's pole vault only Stacey Dragila will be missing. Ivan Pedroso, Javier Sotomayor and Anier Garcia lead the way in long jump, high jump and 100m hurdles. "I can't promise any world records, but i'm sure that all the great athletes we will see Monday, will do their best to give something special to the fans", said the president of Panellinios A.C. Minoas Kyriakou.
The final starting lists for the "Tsiklitiria Delta" Grand Prix:
MEN
100m
Maurice Greene (USA), Ato Bolton (TRI), Bernard Williams (USA), Tim Montgomery (USA), Jason Gardener (GBR), Abdul Aziz Zakari (GHA), Dennis Mitchell (USA), Llewellyn Bredwood (JAM), Matthew Quinn (RSA), George Theodoridis (GRE), Alexis Alexopoulos (GRE), Harris Papadias (GRE), Aris Gavelas (GRE), Kostas Boukis (GRE)
200m
Kostas Kenteris (GRE), Francis Obikwelu (NGR), Floyd Heard (USA), Andre Da Silva (BRA), Stefan Buckland (MRI), Ricardo Williams (JAM), Patrick Van Balkom (BEL), Patrick Stevens (BEL)
1500 m
Noah Ngeny (KEN), Ali Said Sief (ALG), Rui Silva (POR), Reyes Estevez (ESP), Laban Rotich (KEN), John Kibowen (KEN), John Mayock (GBR), Peter Philipp (SUI), William Tanui (KEN), Sammy Mutai (KEN), Panayotis Stroubakos (GRE), Kevin Sullivan (CAN), Vyacheslav Shabunin (RUS), Driss Maazouzi (BEL), Savros Karres (GRE)
5000 m
Benjamin Limo (KEN), Sammy Kipketer (KEN), Daniel Komen (KEN), Evans Rutto (KEN), Assefa Mezegebu (KEN), Daniel Gachara (KEN), Tom Nyariki (KEN), Hailu Mekonnen (ETH), Brahim Jabbour (MAR), Abderahim Gumri (MAR), Sergey Lebed (UKR), Antonis Papantonis (GRE), Marcos Kebeti (ETH), Lambros Zaragas (GRE)
110 m. hurdles
Anier Garcia (CUB), Colin Jackson (GBR), Chris Phillips (USA), Zhivko Videnov (BUL), Elmar Lichtenegger (AUT), Yuniel Hernandez (CUB), Dan Phillibert (FRA), Dimitris Pietris (GRE)
3000 m. steeple
Jonathan Kandie (KEN), Brahim Boulami (MAR), Laid Bessou (ALG), Abraham Cherono (KEN), Eliseo Martin (KEN), John Kosgei (KEN), Antonio Himenez (ESP), Jose Luis Blanco (ESP), Eliud Barngetuny (KEN), Khamis Saifeldin (QAT), Josephat Kapkory (KEN)
High Jump
Javier Sotomayor (CUB), Sergey Klyugin (RUS), Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS), Abderahmane Hamad (ALG), Sergey Dymchenko (UKR), Jaroslav Rybakov (UKR), Marc Boswell (CAN), Andrey Sokolovskiy (UKR), Kwak u Boateng (CAN), Lambros Papakostas (GRE), Dimitris Kokotis (GRE), Dimitris Syrakos (GRE), George Mitrakos (GRE)
Long Jump
Ivan Pedroso (CUB), Roman Shchurenko (RUS), Luis Melis (CUB), James Beckford (JAM), Vitaliy Shkurlatov (RUS), Yunes Moudrik (MAR), Hussein Al Sabee (KSA), Kevin Dilworth (USA), Alexander Lukasevich (UKR), Mersal Hatem (EGY), Kostas Koukodimos (GRE), Stergios Nousios (GRE)
Javelin Throw
Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE), Aki Parviainen (FIN), Sergey Makarov (RUS), Steve Backley (GBR), Boris Henry (GER), Raymond Hecht (GER), Harri Haatainen (FIN), Emeterio Gonzales (CUB), Sergey Voynov (UZB), Mike Hill (GBR), Dimitris Polymerou (GRE), Isbel Luases (CUB)
WOMEN
100 m
Katerina Thanou (GRE), Christine Arron (FRA), Zhanna Pintusevich (UKR), Debbie Ferguson (BAH), Myriam Leonie Mani (CAM), Torri Edwards (USA), Kellie White (USA), Petya Pendareva (BUL), Marina Kislova (RUS), Lyubov Perepelova (UZB), Froso Patsou (GRE), Georgia Kokloni (GRE), Magda Pantaleon (GRE), Athanassia Rera (GRE).
400 m
Katharine Merry (GBR), Heidi Seyerling (RSA), Michelle Collins (USA), Olabisi Afolabi (NGR), Olesya Zykina (RUS), Sandie Richards (JAM), Chryssa Goudenoudi (GRE).
800 m
Yelena Afanasyeva (RUS), Helena Fuchsova (RUS), Zulia Calatajud (CUB), Sandra Stals (BEL), Irina Mistyukevich (RUS), Brigitta Langerholc (SLO), Natalya Dukhnova (BLR), Svetlana Cherkasova (RUS), Luciana Mendes (BRA), Jolanda Ceplak (SLO), Faith Macharia (KEN), Fabian Dos Santos (BRA), Agnes Samaria (NAM), Carolina Skourti (GRE), Angeliki Raftaki (GRE), Pagona Nika (GRE), Maria Protopapa (GRE), Maria Papadopoulou (GRE)
400 m. hurdles
Sandra Glover (GBR), Deon Hemmings (JAM), Kim Batten (USA), Daimi Pernia (CUB), Ionela Tirlea (ROM), Debbie Parris (JAM), Natalya Torshina (KZK), Heike Meissner (GER), Surita Febbraio (RSA), Eleni Kalogirou (GRE), Christina Chatzi (GRE)
Pole Vault
Sveltana Feofanova (RUS), Tatiana Grigorieva.(AUS), Pavla Hamackova (CZE), Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR), Elena Belyakova (RUS), Elena Isinbayeva (RUS), Daniela Bartova (CZE), Nicol Humbert (GER), Vala Flossadotir (ISL), Georgia Tsiligiri (GRE), Thalia Iakovidou (GRE), Dimitra Emmanuil (GRE), Doris Auer (AUT), Tanya Koleva (BUL), Errica Prezerakou (GRE)
Triple Jump
Tereza Marinova (BUL), Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS), Olena Govorova (UKR), Christina Nikolau (ROM), Anja Valant (SLO), Elena Lebedenko (RUS), Anastassia Ilyina (RUS), Oksana Rogova (RUS), Olga Yershova (RUS), Magdaline Martinez (CUB), Baya Rahouli (ALG), Chryssopigi Devetzi (GRE), Yannoula Kafetzi (GRE)
Discus Throw
Elina Zvereva (RUS), Franka Dietzsch (GER), Nicoletta Grasu (ROM), Natalya Sadova (RUS), Olga Chernyavskaya (RUS), Valentina Ivanova (RUS), Anja Mollenbeck (GER), Stella Tsikouna (GRE), Katerina Voggoli (GRE), Areti Ambatzi (GRE), Maria Koletsou (GRE), Amalia Laboura (GRE)
