Track Events
Women's 100 - Veronica Campbell-Brown (VCB) who false started in her last race in Reims will look to run the race this time. VCB will have competition from her countrywoman Kerron Stewart. The Olympic silver medalist will be looking for revenge after finishing second to VCB at the Jamaican Trials. Sherone Simpson could make it a Jamaican sweep. Also in the race is the woman who took advantage of VCB's false start, Kelly-Ann Baptise of Trinidad and Tobago. Don't count out Shalonda Solomon and Ivet Lalova.
Result: 1.VCB 2.Stweart 3.Baptise
Women's 400 hurdles - This race is loaded with the top hurdlers in the world. The only name missing from the list is the World Leader Lashinda Demus. In her absence there are three Jamaicans, the reigning World and Olympic Champion Melanie Walker, World Number 2 from 2010 Kaliese Spencer, and Ristananna Tracey a new up and coming runner who can run anything from 200 to 800. Also in the race is Zuzana Hejnová and Vania Stambolova. Without Demus The 2 favorites are Walker and Spencer.
Result: 1.Spencer 2.Hejnová 3.Walker
Women's 800 - 4 of the 5 fastest women in the world this year are in this race including the top 3 fastest. Kenia Sinclair of Jamaica is the third fastest woman in the world this year but one of only 2 women to run 2 sub 1:59's this year. she also has run some 1500's most notably winning the 1500 in NY. the World leader Svetlana Usovich of Belarus is in the race along with Alysia Montano of the USA and the controversial 2009 World Champ Caster Semenya. This race is very open with how close the times are this year.
Result: 1.Sinclair 2.Monano 3.Semnya
Women's 5000 - There are some big names like Meseret Defar, Shalane Flanagan, Sentayehu Egiju, Genzebe Dibaba, and Mercy Cherono. Flanagan looks to be in the shape of her life. She won the 10,000 at USA's and looked very comfortable. She should challenge the AR set by Molly Huddle last year, especially since it is only a few hundredths better than the previous, Shalane's PR.
Result: 1.Defar 2.Egiju 3.Dibaba or Cherono with Shalane in fifth in a new AR.
Men's 110 hurdles - This race is the first time David Oliver and Dyron Robles meet this year. Oliver has the world lead at 12.94 and Robles' fastest this year is 13.07. Oliver is the only man to break 13 seconds this year wit Liu Xiang running a 13.00.
Result: 1.Oliver 2.Robles 3.Terence Trammell
Men's 200 - The featured race of the day. This race will be won by Usain Bolt, but the question is how fast can he run. He has not looked race sharp as of yet this season, but with him training through the Jamaican Trials and not running, that may have given him the time he needed to get ready for the rest of the summer. The race should be for second with Christophe Lemaitre the home country's star, Darvis 'Doc' Patton, Shawn Crawford the 2004 Olympic Champion, and Mario Forsythe
Result: 1.Bolt 2.Patton 3.Lemaitre
Men's 400 - Can Jeremy Wariner Run like the Jeremy Wariner of 2004-2007? Wariner was beaten at the US Championships, and has only run 44.88 this season. His challengers in this race should be Jermaine Gonzales of Jamaica, Jonathan Borlée of Belgium, Chris Brown of the Bahamas and Calvin Smith of the US.
Result: 1.Wariner 2.Gonzales 3.Brown
Men's 1500 - There are 4 American's in the race Bernard Lagat, Leo Manzano, Andrew Wheating, and Matt Centrowitz. Centrowitz recently won the USA Championships with Manzano in second Lagat in third and Wheating in 4th. Since Lagat is going to focus on the 5000 Wheating will get to go to South Korea if he gets the A standard. Also in the race is Amine Laalou, Asbel Kiprop the Olympic Champ, and Mekonnen Gebremedhin.
Result: 1.Kiprop 2.Laalou 3.Lagat
Men's 3k steeple - With Paul Koech not running the Favorite is Ezekiel Kemboi.
Result: 1.Kemboi 2.Roba Gary 3.Benjamin Kiplagat
Field Events
Women's Javelin - Barbora Špotáková of the Czech Republic the world record holder has not been the best thrower this season that would be Christina Obergföll of Germany. But Mariya Abakumova of Russia is the world leader. All three women have PR's over 70m, so this should be a good fight for the win. ALso in the field is Kara Patterson, the American Record holder.
Result: 1.Obergföll 2.Špotáková 3.Abakumova 4.Patterson
Women's Tripple Jump - Yargelis Savigne is the favorite and I think she will win over Cuban compatriot Mabel Gay.
Result: 1.Savigne 2.Gay 3.Olha Saladukha of Ukraine
Women's Shot Put - 4 of the top five in the world are competing. Nadezhda Ostapchuk of Belarus the world leader, Valerie Adams of New Zeland, Michelle Carter and Jillian Camarena-Williams both of the USA.
Result: 1.Adams 2.Ostapchuk 3. Camarena-Williams
Men's Pole Vault - Brad Walker of the USA has been very inconsistent this year, he has meets with no heights or a meet where he gets the world lead. Renaud Lavillenie has also been the same way this season after clearing 6.03m in indoors.
Result: 1.Lavillenie 2.Walker 3.Romain Mesnil
Men's High Jump - Kyriakos Ioannou of Cypres it the DL leader, Ivan Uhkov of Russia has been one of the best over the last couple of years, along with Jaroslav Baba of the Czech Republic.
Result: 1.Ioannou 2.Baba 3.Ukhov
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