Jones-Ferrette runs 6.97 - Stuttgart meeting takes Nr.1 spot in the Competition Ranking

A close world-record attempt and a very fast women's 60m were just a sample of the eight world-leading marks and three meeting records at 24th Sparkassen-Cup meeting in Stuttgart. With a really high score the meeting took the first position in the current All-Athletics.com Competition Rankings in its category.

Some of the highlights of the meeting:

* Major breakthrough for Jones-Ferrette

* Defar pushed to 8:24.46, third fastest run ever

* World leads for Lopes-Schliep and Robles in sprint hurdles

* Mekkonnen and Burka take 1500m wins for Ethiopia

* Kipchoge outduels T. Bekele in 3000m

* Murer debuts with 4.81m effort

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