World leading marks in Barbados. Brazil won bot men's and women's classifications of the South American Championships , in Manaus. 69 m. World leading times ran at the Barbados Invitational Track And Field Classic. 2nd best so far, was Jamaica s Brigitte Foster in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.87 seconds. Ukrainians Constantin Rurak and Sergey Dymchenko were the better among the foreigners competed in Amaliada.
Top jumpers come to Greece for the early international meetings.
The international meetings in Greece start at the end of the month and these season seems to be the most upgraded, concerning the participation of top world athletes. Alhtought it is too early for the entry lists of the meetings, enough Olympic and World Medalists have already confirmed their participation. The 2nd Filothei Women Gala , is to be held on May 30th with the participation of Tatyana Kotova, Errica Johanson and Elena Sekhotshova, along with the Greeks Niki Xanthou, Stella Pilatou and Christina Athanassiou. Besides him, Govorova, Styopina, Dymtchenko, Pukha and Bulgarian Tanya Koleva are among the participants for Bizania Meeting. Furthermore, Vitaliy Schurlatov, James Beckford and Kevin Dilworth will also compete in Venizeleia, as well as the top Greek jumpers Koukodimos, Nousios and Serelis.