2007 IAAF Golden League

The 2007 Golden League is the 2007 edition of the IAAF's annual series of six athletics meets, held across Europe, with athletes having the chance to win the Golden League Jackpot of $1 million.

The Jackpot events were:

* Men
** 100 m
** 1500 m / Mile
** 110 m hurdles
** Triple Jump
** Javelin throw
* Women
** 100 m
** 400 m
** 100 m hurdles
** High Jump
** Pole Vault

The 2007 series included meets at

* Oslo, Norway (Bislett Games) on June 15.
* Paris, France (Meeting Gaz de France) on July 6.
* Rome, Italy (Golden Gala) on July 13.
* Zürich, Switzerland (Weltklasse Zürich) on September 7.
* Brussels, Belgium (Memorial Van Damme) on September 14.
* Berlin, Germany (ISTAF) on September 16.

Bislett Games

Held in Oslo, Norway on June 15, at the Bislett Stadium. Meseret Defar's Women's 5000 m World Record somewhat overshadowed the Jackpot events in Oslo, but some interesting Jackpot contenders emerged.

Men's 100 m

World Record-holder, Asafa Powell, took the event in 9.94.

"Wind: +0.9 m/s"

Men's Triple Jump

Great Britain's Phillips Idowu took a surprise victory from Olympic and European champion Christian Olsson and World Leader Jadel Gregório.

Women's 400 m

Sanya Richards took an expected victory from former World Champion Amy Mbacke Thiam of Senegal.

Women's Pole Vault

Olympic, World, and European Champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, who also holds both the indoor and outdoor World Records, took a highly anticipated victory ahead of Polish rival Monika Pyrek.

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Olympic Champion Liu Xiang and World Champion Ladji Doucouré were in Paris to out-run Oslo winner Anwar Moore, but it was only the young Cuban Dayron Robles who could out-dip the American this occasion, as the two were awarded the same time, 13.13.

* "Wind: +0.5 m/s"

Women's 100 m

Stephanie Durst did not venture to Paris and was out of the jackpot race. Torri Edwards won in a race with Americans occupying the top four places.

* "Wind: +0.5 m/s"

Women's High Jump

Oslo winner Yelena Slesarenko could only manage a second place finish as Blanka Vlašić impressed with 2.02 meters, with both women jumping 2 or more meters.

Men's 1500 m

Adil Kaouch also took a second Golden League victory, in a Personal Best, with several other athletes recording the best results of their lives.

Men's Javelin

Tero Pitkämäki plummeted out of the jackpot race, as Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen took the win. However, this competition was more memorable for a freak accident concerning Pitkämäki and French long jumper Salim Sdiri. On the Finn's second throw, his javelin veered off to the left and into the long jump area, where Sdiri was warming up. The implement hit Sdiri in his side but no serious injuries were sustained. The incident clearly had an adverse effect on Pitkämäki, however, as he failed to match his first round effort of 86.09 m.

Women's 100 m Hurdles

Michelle Perry set a world lead to win, as Susanna Kallur was disappointed to finish third.

Jackpot contenders

Tero Pitkämäki was the only casualty of the meeting, as three women remained in the jackpot hunt.

Women

400 m: Sanya Richards (USA), 100 m Hurdles: Michelle Perry (USA), Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)

Weltklasse Zürich

Held in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Letzigrund stadium, on September 7.

Men's 100 m

"Wind: +0.1 m/s"

Men's Triple Jump

Women's 400 m

Women's Pole Vault

ee also

*2007 in athletics (track and field)

External links

* [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE07/news/Kind=2/newsId=39116.html IAAF report of 'Bislett Games']
* [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE07/news/Kind=2/newsId=39427.html IAAF report of 'Meeting Gaz de France']
* [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE07/news/Kind=2/newsId=39696.html IAAF report of 'Golden Gala']
* [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE07/news/Kind=2/newsId=41540.html IAAF report of 'Weltklasse Zürich']
* [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE07/news/Kind=2/newsId=41652.html IAAF report of 'Memorial van Damme']
* [http://www.iaaf.org/GLE07/news/Kind=2/newsId=41678.html IAAF report of 'ISTAF']