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Johannesburg - South African defending champion Khotso Mokoena earned a silver medal in the men’s long jump final, placing second behind in-form Australian Fabrice Lapierre on day two of the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar on Saturday.

Mokoena leaped 8.08m on his sixth attempt to clinch silver behind Lapierre, who recorded an 8.17m leap to clinch gold.

Juan van Deventer was sixth in the 1 500m final in a time of 3:43.77, behind Ethiopian Deressee Mekonnen, who claimed his second successful gold medal.

Rene Kalmer was ninth in the women’s 3 000m final in 9:04.11, falling three seconds short of the national record she set in Friday’s qualifying round, with world record holder Meseret Defar securing gold in 8:51.17.

In the morning session, Janice Josephs was well below par, crashing out in spectacular fashion in the qualifying round of the women’s long jump.

Josephs leaped an unimpressive 6.02m with her first effort, and with her last two attempts fell well short of the 6m mark.

In Valencia two years ago, Josephs set a personal best of 6.51m to qualify for the final, but in Doha was nowhere near her best in her first indoor competition of the season, with only Eliane Martins below her on the results sheet after the Brazilian recorded three no jumps.

Results (finals only):

Men

60m:

1. Dwain Chambers (GBR) 6.48sec
2. Michael Rodgers (USA) 6.53
3. Daniel Bailey (ANT) 6.57
4. David Kimmons (USA) 6.59
5. Samuel Francis (QAT) 6.62
6. Ronald Pognon (FRA) 6.65
7. Nester Carter (JAM) 6.72
8. Ibrahim Kabia (SLE) DNS

400m

1. Christopher Brown (BAH) 45.96sec
2. William Collazo (CUB) 46.31
3. Jamaal Torrance (USA) 46.43
4. Nery Brenes Cardenas (CRC) 46.55
5. David Gillick (IRL) 46.62
6. Bershawn Jackson (USA) 46.84

1500m:

1. Deresse Mekonnen (ETH) 3min 41.86s
2. Abdelati Iguider (MAR) 3:41.96
3. Haron Keitany (KEN) 3:42.32
4. Mekonnen Gebre Medhine (ETH) 3:42.42
5. Amine Laalou (MAR) 3:42.42
6. Juan van Deventer (RSA) 3:43.77
7. Garrett Heath (USA) 3:43.81
8. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 3:45.22
9. Diego Ruiz (ESP) 3:52.45

Heptathlon:

1. Bryan Clay (USA) 6204.00 pts
2. Trey Hardee (USA) 6184.00
3. Aleksey Drozdov (RUS) 6141.00
4. Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) 6124.00
5. Roman Sebrle (CZE) 6024.00
6. Oleksiy Kasyanov (UKR) 6019.00
7. Leonel Suarez (CUB) 5764.00
8. Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) DNF

Long jump:

1. Fabrice Lapierre (AUS) 8.17 m
2. Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) 8.08
3. Mitchell Watt (AUS) 8.05
4. Salim Sdiri (FRA) 8.01
5. Christian Reif (GER) 7.86
6. Ndiss Kaba Badji (SEN) 7.86
7. Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) 7.81
8. Andriy Makarchev (UKR) 7.65

Shot put:

1. Christian Cantwell (USA) 21.83metres
2. Andrey Mikhnevich (BLR) 21.68
3. Ralf Bartels (GER) 21.44
4. Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 21.39
5. Tomasz Majewski (POL) 21.20
6. Pavel Lyzhyn (BLR) 20.67
7. David Storl (GER) 20.40
8. Scott Martin (AUS) 19.76
9. Carl Myerscough (GBR) 18.66

Pole vault:

1. Steven Hooker (AUS) 6.01m
2. Malte Mohr (GER) 5.70
3. Alexander Straub (GER) 5.65
4. Konstad?nos Filipp?dis (GRE) 5.65
4. Derek Miles (USA) 5.65
6. Dmitry Starodubtsev (RUS) 5.45
6. Steven Lewis (GBR) 5.45
6. Michal Balner (CZE) 5.45
9. Lukasz Michalski (POL) 5.45

Women

60m hurdles women

1. LoLo Jones (USA) 7.72s
2. Perdita Felicien (CAN) 7.86
3. Priscilla Lopes (CAN) 7.87
4. Anay Tejeda (CUB) 7.91
5. Virginia Powell (USA) 7.97
6. Vonette Dixon (JAM) 7.99
7. Lacena Golding (JAM) 8.02
8. Tatiana Dektyareva (RUS) 8.05

400m:

1. Debbie Dunn (USA) 51.04s
2. Tatyana Firyova (RUS) 51.13
3. Vania Stambolova (BUL) 51.50
4. Amantle Montsho (BOT) 52.53
5. Aliann Pompey (GUY) 52.75
6. Novlene Williams (JAM) ABD

3000m:

1. Meseret Defar (ETH) 8min 51.17s
2. Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 8:51.85
3. Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 8:52.08
4. Sylvia Chibiwott Kibet (KEN) 8:52.16
5. Alemitu Bekele (TUR) 8:53.78
6. Sara Moreira (POR) 8:55.34
7. Layes Abdullayeva (AZE) 8:57.59
8. Jessica Augusto (POR) 9:01.71
9. Rene Kalmer (RSA) 9:04.11
10. Desiree Davila (USA) 9:07.24
11. Lidia Chojecka (POL) 9:07.80
12. Adrienne Herzog (NED) 9:12.99

Triple jump:

1. Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 15.14m
2. Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 14.86
3. Anna Pyatykh (RUS) 14.64
4. Anastasiya Taranova (RUS) 14.40
5. Mabel Gay Tamayo (CUB) 14.30
6. Dana Veldakova (SVK) 14.18
7. Xie Limei (CHN) 14.03
8. Svetlana Bolshakova (BEL) 14.02

High jump:

1. Blanka Vlasic (CRO) 2.00 m
2. Ruth Beitia (ESP) 1.98
3. Chaunte Howard (USA) 1.98
4. Svetlana Shkolina (RUS) 1.96
5. Emma Green (SWE) 1.94
5. Zheng Xingjuan (CHN) 1.94
7. Nadejda Dusanova (UZB) 1.91
7. Marina Korzhova (KAZ) 1.91
9. Iva Strakova (CZE) 1.91