Ohuruogu finishes sixth in Oslo Olympic 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu finishes sixth behind winner Sanya Richards at the Bislett Games in Oslo.
Injury forces Rooney out of trial Olympic 400m finalist Martyn Rooney is out of next weekend's UK Championships and World Championships trials in Birmingham after injuring a hamstring.
Injured Fountain to miss Worlds Olympic hepathlon silver medallist Hyleas Fountain will not compete at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin after pulling out of the US trials.
Having won the British
Athletics League in 2008 for the first time in the club’s history, the Beagles represented Great Britain
in the European Clubs Championshipin Castellon.The team finished joint 5th with 86 points.
The opening day of the championship saw wins for Chris Tomlinson in the LJ with a leap of 8.15 which is the best in Europe this year, and Rabah Yousif in the 400m in 46:68 in tempratures of 34C. Tyrone Edgar came 2nd behind Portuguese's Francis Obikewlu in the 100m in a time of 10:16, as did Gianni Frankis in 13.85 in the 110MH. Rikki Fifton finished 3rd in 21:09 in the 200m. Abdul Buhari came 4th in the Discus with a throw of 58.05 There was 5th place finish for Steven Green in 53:35 in the 400MH. There were 6th place positions for Robbie Schofield in 1:59.21 in the 800m,Keith Gerrad 14:29:35 in the 5000m, Frank Baddick 3:50.99 in the 1500m, Simon Brown 65.92 in the Hammer, Chris Mackay 8:10.86 in the 3000m and Kieren Kelly 18.56 in the Shot. There were 7th place finishes for Dan Dunscombe with 1.90 in the HJ and Nathan Riding in 10:11.24 in the 3000SC. The Beagles team of Ryan Scott, Tyrone Edgar, Rikki Fifton and Mark Findlaycame3rd in the 4 x 100m in 39:37 setting a new British Clubs record, the old record was held by Haringey from 1991.In the 4 x 400mthe Beagles team of Andre Fernandez, Paige Haines, Mark FindlayandRabah Yousif won in a time of 3:08:35.
(Results compliments of Bob Smith, photo compliments of Don Lennon)
