Parnov safely through to Pole Vault final

IAAF World Junior Championships, Beijing China
Day Two  Morning Session Wrap

Highlights

Commonwealth Games representative Vicky Parnov (WA) qualified for the final of the women�s pole vault after clearing the automatic qualifying height of 4.00m. Parnov entered the competition at 3.90m with a first attempt clearance, before success at 4.00m on her second attempt. 2003 World Youth Championships bronze medalist Charmaine Lucock (QLD) began confidently with first attempt clearances at 3.80m and 3.90m before passing at 3.95m. Three misses at 4.00m left Lucock outside the qualifiers for the final, with eleven automatic qualifiers; a first attempt success at 3.95 was required for the last spot, meaning Lucock will not line-up with Parnov in Friday night�s final.

Queensland�s Andrew Yong finished fifth in his heat of the 400m hurdles, however he was the fastest non-automatic qualifier for tomorrow night�s semi-final with his time of 52.42.

Victorian javelin thrower Nathan Burgess was just 7cm off his personal best with a 68.12m effort in the qualifying round. However the automatic qualifying distance was set at 70.00m and with nine athletes reaching the mark, 69.58m was required to make the final.

Competition continues tonight with Andrew Welch (QLD) in the final of the discus and Robbie Crowther (QLD) a medal chance in the men�s long jump final. Lauren Boden (ACT) competes in the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles, as do Alex Bubner (SA), Dylan Grant (QLD) and Angie Blackburn (ACT) in the 400m semis and Lachlan Renshaw and Zoe Buckman in the 800m semi-finals.

For further information or to arrange athlete interviews, please contact:
David Culbert
Athletics Australia Media - 0417 272 641 or david@jumpmedia.com.au

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Additional Quotes and Information from Day One:
Quotes from David Tarbotton in Beijing, rankings from Fletcher McEwen

Lachlan Renshaw men�s 800m heats � PB and no. 2 Under 20 all-time with the fastest time by an Australian junior for 11 years and fastest time by an Australian (junior or senior) for three years.

"I was out quick with the Ugandan athlete and we broke from the field. "I didn't have to kick it down too hard"
You ran a pb - "I shouldn't have backed off 50m out. I was very comfortable"
What will you do now? "I'll get an ice bath, eat some good food and have lots of rest."

1:45.91 Paul BYRNE 290176 V 4 Lindau .07.95
1:46.74 Byrne 4 Byrkjelo 23.07.95
1:46.87 Byrne 8 Rhede 30.07.95
1:47.00 Lachlan RENSHAW 2h Beijing 15.08.06
1:47.21 Byrne 5 Canberra 28.01.94
1:47.24 Byrne 3 Canberra 11.12.93
1:47.26 Brendan HANIGAN 190373 T 3 Seoul 19.09.92
1:47.37 Grant CREMER 090678 N 1 Canberra 06.12.97
1:47.4 Paul CLEARY 280476 V 1 Canberra 17.01.95
1:47.42 Byrne 1 Lisbon 22.07.94
1:47.45 Byrne 5 Oslo 21.07.95
1:47.5 Michael HILLARDT 220161 Q 1 Brisbane 06.12.80
1:47.57 Byrne 4 Melbourne 24.02.94
1:47.6 Hillardt 1 Klagenfurt 23.08.80
1:47.62 Hillardt 1 Canberra 21.12.80
1:47.62 Mark HOLCOMBE 210873 V 3 Melbourne 25.02.92

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Aaron Rouge-Serret � 100m

HEAT � 10.43pb - "I was feeling good, then did my first start and knew 'it was on' " In the race I got a good start and was able to maintain my speed. I was buzzing for three hours."
SEMI � 10.57 - "I was happy with that as it was still under my previous best. Two false starts unsettled me."

Aaron moved from 26th to fourth fastest in Australian history. The three athletes ahead of him are all Olympians.

10.29 +1.2 Matt SHIRVINGTON 251078 N 1 Sydney 11.10.97
10.35 +1.5 Paul NARRACOTT 081059 Q 3q Edmonton 06.08.78
10.39 +1.2 Adam MILLER 220684 N 3 Canberra 15.03.03
10.41 +1.9 Miller 2h Canberra 08.02.02
10.42 Narracott 1 Spokane 29.07.78
10.43 Narracott 1h Canberra 03.12.77
10.43 +0.9 Aaron ROUGE-SERRET V 1h Beijing 15.08.06
10.46 -0.2 Narracott 3s Edmonton 09.08.90
10.46 +0.7 Damien MARSH 280371 Q 6 Plovdiv 09.08.90
10.46 -2.4 Phil CHIODO 101074 V 1 Melbourne 13.12.91
10.47 +1.7 Darren CLARK 060965 N 1 Melbourne 18.03.83
10.47 +0.7 Marsh 3s Plovdiv 09.08.90
10.47 +1.7 Nick RENNIE 231174 V 1 Melbourne 25.02.93

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Australian results - Morning Session Day Two
Full results available at http://www.iaaf.org/WJC06/results/raceDate=08-16-2006/byDate.html

Official Results - Pole Vault - Women - Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 4.00m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 9:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 112 Li Ling CHN 4.00 Q
2 207 Nikkanen Minna FIN 4.00 Q
2 604 Anthony Tori USA 4.00 Q
4 286 Ryzih Lisa GER 4.00 Q
4 535 �utej Tina SLO 4.00 Q
4 23 Parnov Vicky AUS 4.00 Q
7 327 Cargnelli Giulia ITA 3.90
8 470 Gonz�les Alexandra PUR 3.80
9 166 Mal�cov� Romana CZE 3.80
10 30 H�llwarth Daniela AUT 3.80
11 168 H�gh-Pedersen Iben DEN 3.80 (NJ)
12 98 Vause Leah CAN 3.70
13 214 Buisson Marion FRA 3.70

Group B - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 9:50
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 528 Volik Valeriya RUS 4.00 Q
1 142 Zhou Yang CHN 4.00 Q
1 Scarpellini Elena ITA 4.00 Q
4 224 Mourand Chlo� FRA 4.00 Q
5 355 Abiko Tomomi JPN 4.00 Q
6 95 Duclos-Lasnier Gabriella CAN 3.95 q
7 22 Lucock Charmaine AUS 3.90
8 557 Gustafsson Emelie SWE 3.80
9 282 Michel Christina GER 3.80
10 296 Led�ki St�lla-Ir� GRE 3.80
11 629 Parker Brittany USA 3.80
158 Silva Yarisley CUB NM

Official Results - 400 Metres Hurdles - Men - Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 4 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 10:46
Pos Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark React
1 4 335 Stoll Stephan GER 51.57 Q (PB) 0.165
2 5 747 Melnykov Stanislav UKR 51.75 Q 0.162
3 7 459 Wambua John Kituu KEN 52.00 Q (PB) 0.164
4 2 599 Jonck Wiekus RSA 52.38 Q 0.164
5 8 34 Yong Andrew AUS 52.42 q 0.144
6 1 523 Abrahams Horatius NAM 54.37 0.148
7 3 232 Nirk Arne EST 54.46 0.152
8 6 509 Shamsudin Saiful Anwar MAS 55.88 0.152

Official Results - Javelin Throw - Men - Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 70.00m or at least best 12 qualified

Group A - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 9:00

Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 251 Mannio Ari FIN 74.17 Q
2 556 Fatecha V�ctor PAR 73.03 Q
3 605 Meyer No�l RSA 71.52 Q
4 240 Copeland Leslie FIJ 69.62 q (NJ)
5 350 Smali�s Io�nnis-Ye�ryios GRE 69.58 q
6 728 Kbabou Mohamed Ali TUN 69.20 (NJ)
7 19 Burgess Nathan AUS 68.12
8 177 Frydrych Petr CZE 67.84
9 146 Wang Qingbo CHN 67.74
10 483 Al-Ameeri Abdullah KUW 66.28
11 113 Guerra Ignacio CHI 65.61
12 579 Rakoczy Pawel POL 64.49
13 324 Lange Thomas GER 63.88
14 668 Draksler Tedy SLO 63.75
15 549 Al Qatiti Khamis Ghabish OMA 63.20 (SB)
16 486 �virin� Maris LAT 62.62
17 280 Traulle Philippe FRA 59.43
18 778 Maloney Matthew USA 57.76

Official Results - 3000 Metres Steeplechase - Men - Heats
Qual. rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified

Heat 2 - Wednesday, August 16, 2006 - 9:58
Pos Bib Athlete Country Mark
1 88 Taher Tareq Mubarak BRN 8:34.43 Q
2 460 Kiplagat Bisluke Kipkorir KEN 8:36.34 Q
3 136 Lin Xiangqian CHN 8:41.10 Q
4 259 Chapuis Vincent FRA 8:45.80 Q (PB)
5 588 Malek Salem Saeed QAT 8:47.59 q (PB)
6 473 Al-Amri Ali Ahmed KSA 8:49.53 q
7 680 Yahya Osman SUD 8:59.92 (SB)
8 557 Baz�n Mario PER 9:02.33
9 808 Blanco Marvin VEN 9:02.56 (PB)
10 102 Dillon Marcus CAN 9:10.12
11 437 Kikuchi Atsuro JPN 9:12.11
12 731 Bas Osman TUR 9:14.52
13 406 Salsi Alessandro ITA 9:23.10
14 797 Thorne Cory USA 9:24.10
15 212 Galv�n Jos� Luis ESP 9:24.19
16 729 Hamed Messaoud TUN 9:31.69
17 12 Ashkettle Ben AUS 9:33.86