Athletics

World Championships

DAEGU, South Korea - Results of finals from the first day of the World Athletics Championships on Saturday:

Women

10,000m

1. Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (KEN) 30min 48.98sec; 2. Sally Kipyego (KEN) 30:50.04; 3. Linet Chepkwemoi Masai (KEN) 30:53.59; 4. Priscah Jepleting Cherono (KEN) 30:56.43; 5. Meselech Melkamu (ETH) 30:56.55; 6. Shitaye Eshete (BRN) 31:21.57; 7. Shalane Flanagan (USA) 31:25.57; 8. Ana Dulce Felix (POR) 31:37.03; 9. Jennifer Rhines (USA) 31:47.59; 10. Jessica Augusto (POR) 32:06.68

Marathon

1. Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat (KEN)2hr 28min 43sec; 2. Priscah Jeptoo (KEN) 2:29.00; 3. Sharon Jemutai Cherop (KEN) 2:29.14; 4. Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:29.21; 5. Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:29.35; 6. Zhu Xiaolin (CHN) 2:29.58; 7. Isabellah Andersson (SWE) 2:30.13; 8. Wang Jiali (CHN) 2:30.25; 9. Marisa Barros (POR) 2:30.29

Baseball

Major League Baseball results on Friday (home team in CAPS)

SAN FRANCISCO 2 Houston 1

Chicago White Sox 4 SEATTLE 2

Detroit 8 MINNESOTA 1

LA DODGERS 6 Colorado Rockies 1

ARIZONA 5 San Diego 0

TEXAS 11 LA Angels 7

ST. LOUIS 5 Pittsburgh 4

Oakland 15 BOSTON 5

MILWAUKEE 5 Chicago Cubs 2

Tampa Bay 6 TORONTO 1

NY METS 6 Atlanta 0

CLEVELAND 2 Kansas City 1

CINCINNATI 4 Washington 3

Florida 6 PHILADELPHIA 5

BALTIMORE 12 NY Yankees 5

Cycling

USA Pro Cycling Challenge

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colorado - Leading results from Friday's 135km fourth stage of the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge:

Stage 4

1. Elia Viviani (ITA/Liquigas) 2 hours, 58 minutes, 14 seconds, 2. Michael Morkov (DEN) same time, 3. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (NED) s.t., 4. Robert Forster (GER) s.t., 5. Dennis Van Winden (NED) s.t.

...27. Cadel Evans (AUS) s.t.

Overall standings

1. Levi Leipheimer, (USA/RadioShack) 13 hours 28 minutes 43 seconds, 2. Christian Vande Velde (USA) at 11sec, 3. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) 17, 4. Tom Danielson (USA) 21, 5. George Hincapie (USA) 53 ... 7. Cadel Evans (AUS) 1:18, 13. Frank Schleck (LUX) 2:17, 36. Ivan Basso (ITA) 6:28, 39. Andy Schleck (LUX) 6:59

Golf

Canadian Women's Open

Leading scores on Friday after the second round of the $2.25 million LPGA Canadian Women's Open (USA unless noted, par 72):

133 - Ai Miyazato (JPN) 65-68, Angela Stanford 67-66

135 - Song-Hee Kim (KOR) 67-68

136 - Seon Hwa Lee (KOR) 71-65, Becky Morgan (GBR) 69-67, Gerina Piller 70-66, Sophie Gustafson (SWE) 68-68, Brittany Lincicome 68-68, Paula Creamer 68-68, Michelle Wie 67-69, Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 65-71

137 - Jiyai Shin (KOR) 70-67, Na Yeon Choi (KOR) 68-69, Cristie Kerr 69-68, Jenny Shin (KOR) 67-70

138 - Jimin Kang (KOR) 70-68, IK Kim (KOR) 68-70, Sun Young Yoo 68-70, Mi Hyun Kim (KOR) 67-71

139 - Jennifer Johnson 72-67, Catriona Matthew (GBR) 71-68, Kris Tamulis 72-67, Tiffany Joh 70-69, Brittany Lang 71-68, Caroline Hedwall (SWE) 69-70, Karen Stupples (GBR) 70-69, Maria Hjorth (SWE) 68-71, Hee Young Park (KOR) 68-71, Samantha Richdale (CAN) 66-73.

Johnnie Walker Championship

Second round scores in the European Tour event on Friday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

136 - Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 67 69, Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 68 69, Lorenzo Gagli (Italy) 69 68, Kenneth Ferrie (Britain) 68 69, Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 68 69;

137 - Mark Foster (Britain) 66 71; Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 70 68;

138 - James Morrison (Britain) 69 69; Oliver Wilson (Britain)70 69; Marc Warren (Britain) 70 69; Anthony Kang (U.S.) 73 66; Raphael Jacquelin (France) 69 70; Magnus Carlsson (Sweden) 67 72; Richard McEvoy (Britain) 69 70;

139 - Victor Dubuisson (France) 69 70; Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 71 69;

140 - Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 69 71;

141 - Anders Hansen (Denmark) 71 70; Gary Boyd (Britain) 70 71; Richie Ramsay (Britain) 69 72; James Byrne (Britain) 70 71; Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa) 68 73; Thomas Norret (Denmark) 69 72; Simon Dyson (Britain) 70 71; Alastair Forsyth (Britain) 70 71; Joel Sjoeholm (Sweden) 70 71; Gareth Wright (Britain) 70 71

142 - Felipe Aguilar (Chile) 68 74; Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 74 68; Damien McGrane (Ireland) 69 73; Stuart Manley (Britain) 71 71; Carlos Del Moral (Spain) 72 70; Bradley Dredge (Britain) 71 71; Jamie Donaldson (Britain) 70 72; Chris Wood (Britain) 69 73; Hennie Otto (South Africa) 70 72; Robert Coles (Britain) 69 73; Romain Wattel (France) 70 72

143- Estanislao Goya (Argentina) 67 76; John Parry (Britain) 69 74; Noh Seung-Yul (South Korea) 72 71; Matt Haines (Britain) 71 72; Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 70 73; Martin Wiegele (Austria) 71 72; Borja Etchart (Spain) 71 72; Chris Doak (Britain) 71 72; Miles Tunnicliff (Britain) 70 73; George Coetzee (South Africa) 77 66 ; Stephen Dodd (Britain) 74 69

144 - Gary Orr (Britain) 71 72; Christian Cevaer (France) 71 73; Simon Thornton (Ireland) 70 74; Johan Edfors (Sweden) 73 71; Edoardo Molinari (Italy) 74 70; Barry Lane (Britain) 69 75; Michael Jonzon (Sweden) 70 74; Paul Lawrie (Britain) 72 72; Andrew Dodt (Australia) 72 72; Michael Hoey (Britain) 73 71; Paul McKechnie (Britain) 73 71; Jamie Elson (Britain) 72 72; Oscar Floren (Sweden) 72 72; Francesco Molinari (Italy) 70 74; Jordi Garcia Del Moral (Spain) 72 72; Alejandro Canizares (Spain) 72 72; Richard Bland (Britain) 69 75; Marco Ruiz (Paraguay) 73 71.

US PGA Tour Barclays Classic

EDISON, New Jersey - Scores on Friday after the second round of the $7.5 million US PGA Barclays (USA unless noted, par 71):

128 - Matt Kuchar 63-65

129 - Dustin Johnson 66-63, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 65-64

131 - Jonathan Byrd 65-66

132 - Justin Rose (GBR) 67-65, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 65-67, Charley Hoffman 66-66, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 66-66

133 - William McGirt 64-69, Harrison Frazar 64-69, Adam Scott (AUS) 66-67

134 - Chris Stroud 65-69, Chad Campbell 67-67, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-66, Kyle Stanley 68-66, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 68-66, Camilo Villegas (COL) 68-66 ...

135 - Brian Davis (GBR) 69-66, Robert Allenby (AUS) 67-68, Carl Pettersson (SWE) 69-66, Fredrik Jacobson (SWE) 67-68, Jason Day (AUS) 67-68

136 - YE Yang (KOR) 70-66 (KOR), Robert Karlsson (SWE) 68-68, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 68-68, Luke Donald (GBR) 70-66, David Hearn (CAN) 67-69, Charlie Wi (KOR) 69-67, Jhonattan Vegas (VEN) 70-66, Retief Goosen (RSA) 68-68

137 - Phil Mickelson 67-70, Graeme McDowell (NIR) 72-65, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 67-70, Ernie Els (RSA) 68-69, Ryuji Imada (JPN) 70-67, KJ Choi (KOR) 70-67, Marc Leishman (AUS) 69-68

138 - Martin Laird (GBR) 71-67, Ian Poulter (GBR) 71-67, Arjun Atwal (IND) 67-71, Andres Romero (ARG) 72-66, Greg Chalmers (AUS) 70-68

Failed to qualify

139 - John Senden (AUS) 72-67

140 - Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 69-71

141 - Rod Pampling (AUS) 71-70

142 - Nick O'Hern (AUS) 72-70

143 - Steven Bowditch (AUS) 75-68

WD - Stuart Appleby (AUS) 81

Tennis

WTA New Haven

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut - Results Friday from the New Haven Open, a $618,000 WTA event played at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale University:

Semifinals

Petra Cetkovska (CZE) bt Li Na (CHN x2) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (9); Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x1) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA x3) 7-6 (2), 6-3.

ATP Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina - Results Friday from the Winston-Salem Open, played at The Wake Forest Tennis Center:

Semifinals

John Isner (USA x4) bt Andy Roddick (USA x1) 7-6 (7), 6-4; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Robin Haase (NET x10) 3-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (6).

(China Daily 08/28/2011 page7)