"This was my first ever track mile, before I ran only on the road. I must admit I did not expect such a fast time. That is a positive surprise, it means I maybe will be able to run also under 3:30 at the 1500m. I will speak with my Brasilian coach Luiz de Oliveira about the best tactics for Helsinki, where I will represent Qatar. The most important will be to stay with the guys until the final kick"
400m: 55.54
800m 1.51.17 – 55.63
1200m: 2.50.73 – 59.56
Mile: 3:47.97 – 57.25
"A very hard competition. All the best throwers were here. I won - and I am very happy. Over 90 meters is very good, without wind. In better conditions it could have been real good."
– Veldig glad for å kunne komme hit og gi publikum en slik innsats. Jeg følte at jeg maktet presset og ga publikum den opplevelsen de kom hit for å få. De to foran meg på listen (Pitkämäki og Makarov) var veldig gode i dag, men nå gleder jeg meg til VM. Der har jeg lyst til mer, sa en meget fornøyd Thorkildsen.
– Fantastisk. Utrolig. Jeg tror det nesten ikke. Bergenseren var tom for superlativer etter 800 meteren. Han satte ny personlig rekord med 2,5 sekunder.
– Jeg ble ikke stiv engang. Dette er bare utrolig. Så god som dette trodde jeg nesten ikke jeg var, sier Dæhlin som kom til Bislett rett fra høydetrening i Sveits. Dæhlins resultat er også under VM-kravet men Helsingfors-tur blir det ikke. Fristen er ute.
"It is not my style to say this, but I’m proud after today’s competition. Mainly for my fighting spirit. Because in the warm-up I started to feel a spasm in my left achilles and was thinking whether to compete at all. Fortunately even with pain I was able to jump and win. It was a risk, because if it had gone wrong I could even risk my participation in Helsinki. My only aim was to win and continue to race for the jackpot, I was seeing that the American girl lost the race, so I knew we remained only two. I hope that tommorrow the pain will be not so big and my Helsinki participation will not be in question."
"It was not a best race, but IÕm coming back. I know where I am by now. Still enough time to come to the right shape."
"It was a very good race on a fast track. Just at the 7th hurdle I had a small problem, otherwise it was a good race also technically. In Helsinki it will be totally different with three races where anything could happen. DonÕt ask me about favourites, everybody from 8 finalist will be a favourite."
Med en personlig rekordforbedring på nesten 20 sekunder var Susanne Wigene veldig fornøyd etter løpet.
– Dette er akkurat så fort som jeg i mine mest optimistiske drømmer hadde håp om. Rett nok var min gamle pers ikke representativt for mitt nivå, men dette var kjempegøy. Stemningen var fantastisk, sa Wigene.
– Så i dag fikk du ut alt?
– Ikke alt. Jeg tror jeg har mer å gå på. Håper jeg kan løpe enda fortere enn dette, sa en meget glad om smilende Wigene.
1000 m: 2,51
2000 m: 5,45 - 2,54
3000 m: 8,41 - 2,56
"I expected such a fast time, I’m in good shape. I was ready for any kind of the race. In Helsinki I will run 1500m but for the future my event will be 5000m. At the World Championships my aim is to achieve the best possible placing and I will be ready for a slow or fast race."
"This track is very fast. I am sure that there will be very strong results here," said the winner. 10.02 is one of his best races ever. His best is 9.99.
"Now I am looking forward to the World Championships in Helsinki. My great goal for the seson is to win a medal at the World Championships at 100m. "
Zakari do not compete at 200 m.
"The start was good, then in the middle I stumbled a little bit, so I needed to fight to come back in the race. It was not easy at all. I was not thinking about the jackpot before the race, just on this 100 metres of today to be concentrated enough and ran my own race. Now Oslo is over and Helsinki are coming. The time to think about the jackpot will come after World Championships, not now."
"A win is always very good preparation for a big event and I’m happy I was also able to repeat the win from last year. It looks like good things could now happen to me. I knew a final kick would be needed and was prooved. In 2003 Bekele was the main favourite in Paris and he did not win so I think so is the situation also now – in Helsinki it will anybody’s race."
– Et helt greit løp, ikke noe superløp, men totalt sett er dette bra, var Marius Bakkens kommentar etter 5000-meteren. – Topptiden forsvant fra 1000 meter til 3000 meter. Der gikk det rett og slett for seint. Og jeg kunne ikke gå opp å dra feltet heller. Da hadde jeg fått trøbbel på slutten. Men slik er det bare i slike felt. Går det ikke jevnt fort nok hele veien, blir det ikke helt topp tider.
– Nå må jeg bare hvile fram mer overskudd så er jeg klar for VM, sa en fornøyd Bakken, mest fornøyd med stemningen og det nye stadionet.
Kilometertider:
1000m: 2.37, 2000m: 5.17 - 2.40, 3000m: 7.55 - 2.37, 4000m: 10.38 - 2.43, 5000m: 13.14.9 - 2.36.9
"I am very disappointed. I stumbled, I almost fell, I do not know why. The race was until that moment fine. I do not think I started too fast. These things could happen, my goals for Helsinki are remaining – to attack the highest positions."
This was Sandra Glover’s first win over Demus this season.
"My husband and coach (Dan Glover) told me before the race: Don’st give up if you are behind after 200 meter. You are strong – and I was."
"But you were many meters behind out on the last stretch."
"That is my way of running. Today I had enough power the last meters.
I am very happy," said the runner.
"And the World Championships?"
"I feel strong and think that I am one of the girls that can win."
Slettum satte ny personlig rekord i dette løpet. Den gamle var på 11,89.
– Vindforholdene var slett ikke ideelle, og når jeg likevel setter personlig
rekord, er jeg strålede fornøyd, sa en veldig glad Elisabeth Slettum etter
løpet. – Min beste distanse har så langt vært 200 meter, men jeg synes det er veldig artig også med 100 meter. Dette løpetr ga virkelig mersmak.
– Hva er neste oppgave nå?
– Kommende helg er det NM for junior. Der satser jeg både på 100 m og 200
m. Det hadde vært artig å fått topp vindforhold. Med perfekte forhold
tror jeg det kan være mulig å sprinte 100 m under 11,80.
"I m just happy doing some improvement. Coming back from injury it feels a lot better now. After some time I was able to attack 1.96 and that is a good sign before the World Championships. Now I have one week before my competition and to jump 1.93 makes me confident for the qualification. Although I want to minimise my jumps there to save energy for the final."
– Dette er jeg godt fornøyd med selv om tiden er 17/100 bak persen. Vindforholdene var slett ikke optimale, sa Christina Vukicevic etter seieren på Bislett.
– Jeg fikk en skikkelig god start, men klarte ikke å holde aggresiviteten helt til mål. Sølvvinneren fra EM var likevel veldig tilfreds med sin Bislett-start. - Jeg er sliten etter EM og det er bare naturlig at jeg ikke kommer opp på det nivået hver gang. Å vinne her i dag var skikkelig gøy, og jeg er helt sikker på at de gode tidene kommer igjen.
"Very good preparation for my 1500m at the World Championships. A win is always a win and this time with a personal best, although I must admit I expected to run 1:44. But I started too slow. Second thing was that I checked my speed and could be confident for the last 300m in Helsinki. The most important thing will be to go through the rounds and reach the final. Then anything can happen..."
"I started easy and got a nice run. At the end I felt strong and made a good finish," said the winner. "This was one of my best races this year. I am on a good way before Helsinki. I really look forward to the World Championships, said the finalist from Athens last year."
Kom i mål som nummer fem og beste norske løper.
– Selv om det ble fryktelig mye melkesyre på siste langsiden, var dette et godt
løp fra min side, sa Odd Morten Brekke. – Jeg har ikke konkurrert på bane de
siste fire ukene og trenger et par løp før formen er helt er der jeg
håper, men dette er et meget godt resultat selv om det er sekundet bak min
personlige rekord.
Og Brekke la virkelig opp til noe stort i dette løpet:
– Jeg satset tøft og la nok opp til en tid under 3,40 om det hadde holdt
inn. Det manglet dessverre litt, men ikke mye. Så dette kan bli bra om noen
løp, sa en sliten og meget offensiv Brekke etter løpet.