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Vili and Farquhar win in Beijing

Valerie Vili and Stuart Farquhar win in Beijing and weekend roundup

Valerie Vili and Stuart Farquhar win in Beijing and weekend roundup

BEIJING
Valerie Vili won the shot put with 19.41m in a warm up meeting before the Olympic Games at the Good Luck Beijing 2008 athletic meeting in Beijing on Friday evening.
Vili is in a heavy training programme working on improving her technique which she said restricted her to the 19.41m winning throw.
The 23 year old has a best of 20.54m in winning the world title in Osaka last year.
"It's not a major competition and I have made a few changes to my technique which I'm working on," said Vili.
"This is the first time I've tried it in competition. There's always room for improvement and we are trying to find those ways. I've got two or three months to develop and master it. I'm very confident with how it is going," she added.
At the same meeting Olympic Games selection Stuart Farquhar won the javelin throw with 79.61m.

Last weekend in Maui Hawaii Beatrice Faumuina was out to 61.67m in the discus throw.
Meanwhile steeplechaser Kate McIlroy has withdrawn from attempting to qualify for selection to the Beijing Olympics, due to a recurring Achilles tendon problem.

AUCKLAND
Nick Buck cruised through for his first major cross country victory winning the annual Pakuranga event at Lloyd Elsmore Park on Saturday.
Buck, winner of this year's round the bays, was too strong for the small field of 12, taking out the 9362m race in 30m 38s, nearly a minute ahead of former Olympian Robbie Johnston. Aniel Smith was third in 31m 50s.
Nikki Hamblin, using the cross country season as a build up for the summer track, won the women's 5954m in 22m 31s, 19s ahead of Elizabeth Orchard. Rachael Kingstone, outright women's winner two weeks ago at Pukekohe, won the W19 division in 22m 40s.
Jono Jackson, fresh from his 71m 13s half marathon last week in Huntly, was a clear winner of the M19 7954m in 27m 7s.

Sarah Devoy won the 30th annual YMCA women's 10km road race on the roads surrounding the Cornwall Park and One Tree Hill Domains in 38m 42s. Debbie Elsmore holds the race record of 34m 46s set in 1986.

TAURANGA
Ben Ruthe won the annual Tauranga open 8000m cross country race at Waipuna Park Welcome Bay in 26m 2s. Iain MacDonald was second in 26m 6s with Aaron Pulford third in 26m 8s. Danielle Montague from Bays won the women's 4km in 15m 57s. The 19 winners were Tom Hall 22m 1s for the 6km and Camille Buscomb 15m 35s for 4km.

NEW PLYMOUTH
Renee Graham back from her athletic scholarship in the States won the Brenda Ballinger Memorial 4km cross country race in 14m 31s on Saturday week ago. Danielle Trevis was second and Anne Hare third. Nathan Foley won the men's race around the Devon Intermediate course in 13m 20s with Glen Burrell taking out the walk in 18m 59s.

WELLINGTON
Melissa Moon won the women's race at the Vosseler Shield mountain races on Mt Victoria on Saturday. Moon covered the 5km of combined bush track and road running in 20m 55s. Hayley Green was second in 21m 33s. Vickie Humphries won the master women's in 23m 11s.
Daniel Nixon won the men's 10km, nearly a minute ahead of Stephen Day in 40m 27s. Jim Jones was first in the master men in 42m 27s.
Brendon Blacklaws was first in the M19 5km in 19m 6s, 20 seconds ahead of Corey Casey. Barbara Roy won the W19 3.2km in 11m 32s. Nathan Barrett was the first M16 over the same distance in 10m 32s, while Nicole Mitchell led in the W16 in 12m 0s.

CHRISTCHURCH
At the annual Sport Canterbury Summer Sports Awards on Friday evening, Val Young along with Speedway's Ivan Mauger were inducted into the Sporting Legends of Canterbury.

CHRISTCHURCH
Matt Smith, warming up for next Sunday's Christchurch half marathon, won the New Brighton 5km road race in 14m 43s. Brett Smith was second in 14m 54s with Matt Ingram third in 14m 57s. Tracy Crossley won the women's 5km in 18m 48s. Alexandra Williams was second in 19m 24s.

DUNEDIN
Alan Williment pipped Michael Dooley on the line to win the open 5km handicap event at the Barnes cross country meeting at Kettle Park. Williment's adjusted time was 20m 5s. Mike Wakelin was the fastest overall in 17m 17s from Campbell Garry 17m 27s. Rachel Kingsford was the fastest in the women's 4km with 14m 32s.

1962 WORLD MILE RECORD PACEMAKER DIES
Barry Cossar who provided the pace for Peter Snell's world mile record run in Wanganui on 17 January 1962, died, aged 73, in Auckland last Tuesday after a long illness with cancer.
Cossar was a member of the Western Suburbs Club and agreed to provide the perfect pace for Snell's epic run.
Snell recalling the race after the first lap said: "The field was now in fairly close Indian file and I was content to stay where I was, 12 yards back from the leader Barry Cossar. Midway through the second lap I sensed the thinning of the field and surged forward to the middle and then again into a gap between Murray (Halberg) and Bruce (Tulloh). This put me third, Murray, my hope for the third lap, dropped two yards on Cossar. I had to leave him and go past to get a close trail on Cossar. He was doing a tremendous job and two minutes were called as we passed the half-mile. I moved up to his shoulder and glanced back to see who was coming through for the third lap. All I saw was a large gap. Impatience got the better of me then. I moved into the lead myself, determined that I would make the three quarter mark in three minutes.............." And the rest was history, with Barry Cossar playing a small part in a historic moment in New Zealand's sporting history.

PLIEZHAUSEN - GERMANY
Jason Stewart was fifth over 1000m in 2m 22.60s last weekend. The race was won by Rene Bauschinger of Germany in 2m 20.59s.

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