{"id":336,"date":"2014-05-19T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/gn\/?p=336"},"modified":"2014-05-19T08:00:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T08:00:36","slug":"city-games-manchester-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/gn\/news\/city-games-manchester-wrap-up","title":{"rendered":"City Games Manchester Wrap up"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Great Britain and Northern Ireland athletes captured no less than six victories at the sun-drenched BT Great City Games Manchester this afternoon, as the annual street athletics festival enjoyed its sixth appearance in the north-west of England.<\/p>\n

Taking place on a purpose built track on Deansgate and around Albert Square with fans spectating at close proximity, Tiffany Porter (coach: Rana Reider) led the British challenge with a dominant 100m hurdles win and 12.65 meeting record.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old world indoor and outdoor bronze medallist took the scalp of the USA\u2019s Olympic bronze medallist, Kellie Wells (12.83) and said afterwards:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited with how things are progressing, it\u2019s great to get my first win here and it\u2019s really special to do it against such quality competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m fit and healthy, I\u2019m going to go for both titles (at the Commonwealth Games and the European Championships) this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Serita Solomon (Lloyd Cowan) finished in third place with a 13.28 personal best clocking.<\/p>\n

Olympic long jump champion, Greg Rutherford (Jonas Tawiah-Dodoo) continued his fine form in taking victory with an 8.02m leap.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old, who will compete at the Sainsbury\u2019s Glasgow Grand Prix on July 11-12, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an interesting day today \u2013 I wasn\u2019t jumping technically well but to come out and win is always nice in a fun event like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a bit more to come \u2013 I got more nervous today than in a really long time, but managed to control it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just needed to rise to the occasion and it was good to go over eight meters \u2013 it\u2019s a good place to be after two weeks of being ill.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just about being consistent and ultimately, I hope to be jumping really far in time for the two major championships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Olympic finalist and 2008 world indoor runner-up, Chris Tomlinson (Frank Attoh) finished third with 7.77m, as Matthew Burton (John Herbert) and Jermaine Olasan (Tawiah-Dodoo) placed fifth and sixth with a 7.58m season\u2019s best and 7.29m, respectively.<\/p>\n

In a domestic men\u2019s 110m hurdles, Lawrence Clarke (Malcolm Arnold) led the battle of the Brits against 2011 world bronze medallist, Andy Turner (Lloyd Cowan), who continues his return from long-term injury.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old clocked a 13.51 season\u2019s best, whilst Turner \u2013 nine years his elder \u2013 registered 13.55.<\/p>\n

Clarke, the Olympic fourth placer in London 2012, said afterwards:<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to push as hard as I could with Andy alongside me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe track\u2019s seriously quick and it\u2019s a bizarre but an amazing experience, with the crowd watching you warm up and being right there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a real fight to the line but I\u2019m glad I got the Commonwealth selection time, it\u2019s a big weight off my shoulders and now I\u2019m looking forward to Loughborough tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make the final of the European\u2019s and the Commonwealth\u2019s \u2013 I was third in the 2010 Commonwealth\u2019s and I want to get a medal again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in third, David King (James Hillier) set a 13.85 personal best and Alex Al-Ameen (Reider) ran 14.16 for fourth position.<\/p>\n

Meghan Beesley (Nick Dakin) enjoyed a promising start to her summer campaign with an impressive 200m hurdles win in a 25.05 world best to boot, in the rarely-run event.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old world outdoor semi-finalist pushed her team-mate, European indoor 400m silver medallist, Eilidh Child (Arnold) into the runner-up spot with Child \u2013 who heads to both the IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas next weekend and Glasgow – clocking a 25.84 personal best.<\/p>\n

The British duo took the scalps of the Czech Republic\u2019s European outdoor runner-up, Denisa Rosolova (25.86) and the USA\u2019s world silver medallist, Dalilah Muhammed (25.90), respectively.<\/p>\n

A delighted Beesley said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t believe it really, I\u2019ve never done it before and it\u2019s all a bit of a blur but it\u2019s exciting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good to beat her (Child) \u2013 I\u2019ve wanted to for so long, and it\u2019s amazing to so early in the season and now hopefully I can beat her over the 400m hurdles this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy aims are both the champs so I just need to get my rhythm right \u2013 to beat three of the world finalists at this time of the year, hopefully I can build on this now to do well in both the major champs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shana Cox (George Williams) took a surprise victory over world 400m champion, Christine Ohuruogu\u00a0 (Cowan) in the women\u2019s 200m<\/p>\n

Clocking 23.28 ahead of Ohuruogu\u2019s 24.06, Cox halted the latter\u2019s hopes for a successful 30th birthday track celebration.<\/p>\n

Ohurogu has not competed since anchoring the British squad to the world indoor 4x400m relay bronze medal in Sopot in March, and will compete in both the Bahamas and in Glasgow this summer.<\/p>\n

She said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t really expecting much from this race, I was just here to support this nice showpiece of an event, which is really important to get the supporters behind us.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraining\u2019s been a bit downhill but it\u2019s nice to be here on a lovely day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really nice to be here on my birthday and it was ten years ago when I broke my breakthrough in the (2004 Olympic) trials in Manchester so it\u2019s great to be back here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turner, meanwhile, returned to the track to contest his favourite event, the 200m hurdles and claimed his fourth victory in five appearances in the discipline in Manchester.<\/p>\n

Registering 22.58 from the Dominican Republic\u2019s Olympic 400m hurdles champion, Felix Sanchez (22.61), Turner is also the meeting record holder with 22.10 and said:<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so happy to be back after such a terrible year so I\u2019m blessed to be here in one piece, doing what I love to do \u2013 I\u2019m really thankful and don\u2019t take anything for granted anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI partially ruptured my Achilles here last year but there\u2019s no problems with it anymore \u2013 it\u2019s so nice to be pain-free and I\u2019m just happy to be here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just taking each week at a time, I\u2019d love to go to both of the champs again \u2013 I feel I\u2019m in better shape than I\u2019m showing so hopefully I\u2019ll improve and get selected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sebastian Rodger (James Hillier) finished third in a 22.95 personal best.<\/p>\n

Twenty-year-old European junior 100m champion, Chijindu Ujah (Tawiah Dodoo) sped to a huge 10.14 100m personal best and pushed world indoor 60m champion, Richard Kilty (Reider) into third position (10.19), as Qatar\u2019s world inoor 60m bronze medallist, Femi Ogunode took the win in 10.10.<\/p>\n

Ujah said afterwards: \u201cI\u2019m not surprised \u2013 indoors, I didn\u2019t put together some good 60\u2019s and got injured before the trials. I knew 10.1 was in my legs and I\u2019m just looking to go on and improve.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels to beat him (Kilty) out here. My main aims are the Commonwealth\u2019s and the European\u2019s and I hope to qualify for them soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whilst Kilty, who will compete in both the Bahamas and at the Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix, was philosophical after the race:<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I came out of the blocks, my legs were heavy. It\u2019s all about enjoying myself as I knew I wouldn\u2019t be fresh (after travelling over from the USA) \u2013 I had to drink four double shot expresso\u2019s just to wake myself up and I only got three hours\u2019 sleep so it\u2019s not ideal but I had the best reception, coming here as a world champion \u2013 I owed it to the crowd, it was a perfect homecoming race for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel if I had come out here a couple of days earlier, I could have won but I have the target on my back and it was a shame I couldn\u2019t perform but I got beaten if every indoor race before the race that mattered (the world indoor final).<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m back (Florida) tomorrow but I thought it was my duty to come to race in the north of England. Mid-season, you\u2019ll see my true form come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the final event of the afternoon, the event\u2019s star attraction, Jamaica\u2019s Olympic 100m and 200m silver medallist, Yohan Blake took the men\u2019s 150m in a swift 14.71.<\/p>\n

The Olympic relay champion and 2011 world 100m victor \u2013 who will return to British shores with an appearance in Glasgow – was content with his day\u2019s work:<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel I\u2019m in great shape but I didn\u2019t have a good warm up today \u2013 we had nowhere to warm up but I\u2019m injury-free and happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a phenomenal day and a really good run from me today, a little bit embarrassing but I\u2019m good.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to enjoy the summer and execute \u2013 it\u2019s good to have a Commonwealth medal and would be good to race Usain (Bolt, Jamaica\u2019s triple Olympic and world sprint champion and world record holder) so we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

2004 Olympic 4x100m champion, Mark Lewis-Francis (Andy Paul) placed fourth in 15.22.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s pole vault, Sally Peake (Scott Simpson) finished third with a 4.25m clearance, whilst Katie Byres (Kate Dennison) placed fourth with a 4.10m season\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

And in the IPC sprint races, Michael Poulton (Ryan Freckleton) finished fourth in the men\u2019s T44 100m, as Laura Sugar (Femi Akinsanya) and Sophie Kamlish (Robert Ellchuk) finished second and third in the women\u2019s T44 100m in a 14.04 season\u2019s best and 14.31, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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