Post-Daegu World Rankings are published
The World Championships have of course much affected the All-Athletics.com World Rankings, however in lots of events the outcome at the worlds was similar to the pre-Daegu rankings. We summarize the situation in the top sections.
We have already published the summary for the events finished before 30 August, now we write about the events held in the second part of thee championships.
Men
200m: Usain Bolt is a different class... The top 5 of the current rankings is exactly the same as the finishing order at the World Championships Final: Usain Bolt - Walter Dix - Christophe Lemaitre - Jaysuma Saidy Ndure - Nickel Ashmeade.
1500m: Gold medallist Asbel Kiprop moved from 3rd to 2nd position. Silas Kiplagat, with his silver medal, remained the ranking leader. Surprise bronze medallist Matt Centrowitz was only 58th (!) before Dageu. Now he moved to 24th place.
5000m: World champion Mo Farah moved from 3rd to 1st rank. Former leader, Daegu bronze medallist Imane Merga is now in 2nd position while silver medallist Bernard Lagat is in 4th.
400m Hurdles: Leader of the pre-Daegu All-Athletics.com World Rankings, David Greene, confirmed his top position with his gold medal. Bronze medallist LJ Van Zyl is in 2nd place while silver medallist Javier Culson is in 2nd.
3000m Steeplechase: Dancing world champion Ezekiel Kemboi moved from 3rd to 2nd position. Silver medallist ("almost world record runner") Brimin Kiprop Kipruto held a narrow advantage to remain in 1st place.
High Jump: Another pre-Daegu ranking leader, Jesse Williams, who became gold medallist at the World Championships. Silver medallist Aleksey Dmitrik moved from 3rd to 2nd rank.
Long Jump: Dwight Phillips had hardly shown anything this year before Dageu, but he prepared very well for the World Championships and won his 4th world title. He moved from 22nd to 11th place in the rankings. He needs a few more good meets to raise in the rankings to his "real" position. Ranking leader Mitchell Watt was 2nd in Daegu. Ngonidzashe Makusha moved from 17th to 9th position with his bronze medal performance.
Triple Jump: World Champion Christian Taylor was certainly not an 'outsider', as he was ranked 5th before Daegu. Now the young American is in 3rd position. Top favourite and ranking leader Phillips Idowu had to content with a silver medal. Bronze medallist Will Claye moved from 11th to 7th rank.
Shot Put: World ranking leader Dylan Armstrong was nearly crowned as a world champion, but the young German, David Storl thought differently and took home the gold medal with his last effort. Armstrong kept his 1st ranking position though. Storl, who had just a very few competitions outside of Germany before Daegu, moved from 8th to 6th place.
Javelin Throw: As one of the biggest upsets of the World Championships, Andreas Thorkildsen was defeated by Matthias De Zordo. Though let's not forget that the German was already 2nd in the rankings before Daegu. He still remains there, as Thorkildsen's advantage was too big.
Marathon: Abel Kirui is a world championships marathon runner. He was ranked 208th before Daegu and he beat the field by some two and a half minutes. Now he is ranked 11th. Silver medallist Vincent Kipruto moved from 8th to 4th position while bronze medallist Feyisa Lilesa from 19th to 6th.
Women
200m: Veronica Campbell-Brown did not compete in some of the big meets, but her shape prior to the World Championships was very promising. She did not let her fans down and won the world 200m title. Now she is ranked 4th in the event. Silver medallist Carmelita Jeter is the leader and bronze medallist Allyson Felix is in 2nd position.
800m: Pre-Daegu leader, Kenia Sinclair, had to content with a 7th place in Korea and is now 3rd in the rankings, behind world champion Mariya Savinova and silver medallist Caster Semenya. Bronze medallist Janeth Jepkosgei is in 4th position.
1500m: A prediction killing finish in Daegu. Jenny Barringer-Simpson was 17th in the rankings before the World Championships. Now she is 6th - and she is the world champion. Silver medallist Hannah England was in 7th, now she is 5th. Bronze medallist Natalia Rodriguez was not even ranked before Daegu as she did not have enough competitions. She is now 18th. The ranking leader of the event is still Maryam Yusuf Jamal, but lots of changes can happen in the upcoming weeks.
5000m: Not much surprise here. World ranking leader Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot won the gold medal (her second gold of the championships). Silver medallist Sylvia Kibet moved from 12th to 6th place while bronze medallist Meseret Defar is in 2nd, Daegu-4th Sentayehu Ejigu is in 3rd position. Mercy Cherono was 5th in Daegu and is 5th in the rankings, too.
100m Hurdles: Daegu finishing order was very close to the pre-Daegu rankings in this event, as well. Pre-WCH ranking leader Sally Pearson became world champion and remained in 1st position. Danielle Carruthers was 2nd before Daegu and got the silver medal there. She is now ranked 2nd. Kellie Wells was 3rd before Daegu, but fell in the Final and dropped to 5th. Tiffany Ofili-Porter was 4th in the pre-Daegu rankings and was 4th in Korea, she is now ranked 3rd. Bronze medallist Dawn Harper moved up from 5th to 4th position.
400m Hurdles: Kaliese Spencer was so good before Dageu but could only finish 4th there. She is still, however, ranked 1st, but the gap between her and world champion Lashinda Demus, in 2nd position, became small.
High Jump: Silver medallist Blanka Vlašić is still ranked 1st, but by the next edition of the rankings she will lose her high points for her last year's performance in Split at the World Continental Cup. However the upcoming meeting can also affect the next rankings.. World champion Anna Chicherova is in 2nd position while bronze medallist Antonietta Di Martino is in 3rd.
Triple Jump: Olha Saladukha was leading the pre-Daegu rankings and is now world champion. Injured Yargelis Savigne (6th in Daegu) is still keeping the 2nd rank ahead of Olga Rakypova and Caterine Ibarguen.
Hammer Throw: World record holder and world ranking leader Betty Heidler got the silver medal in Daegu, but i still ranked as Nr.1 of the event. World champion Tatyana Lysenko moved from 3rd to 2nd place while bronze medallist Wenxiu Zhang is in 3rd.
Javelin Throw: Pre-Daegu leader Christina Obergföll could not medal in Korea, finished 'only' 4th. Now it's silver medallist Barbora Špotáková who tops the event ranking, followed by world champion Mariya Abakumova. Bronze medallist Sunette Viljoen is in 4th position.
Raec Walk: World champion Olga Kaniskina leads the World Rankings, followed by silver medallist Hong Liu and bronze medallist Anisiya Kornikova-Kirdyapkina.
Several great meetings and of course some major marathons are yet to come and will affect the rankings before the year-end rankings will be determined.
The current All-Athletics.com World Rankings can be viewed here.
(Photo by Bálint Igaz)
