Athletics

World championships

Sixth day finals results on Thursday at the World Athletics Championships:

Women

1500m:

1. Abeba Arigawi (SWE) 4:02.67

2. Jennifer Simpson (USA) 4:02.99

3. Helen Onsando Obiri (KEN) 4:03.86

4. Hannah England (GBR) 4:04.98

5. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) 4:05.08

6. Ekaterina Sharmina (RUS) 4:05.49

7. Zoe Buckman (AUS) 4:05.77

8. Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 4:05.99

400m hurdles:

1. Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) 52.83

2. Dalilah Muhammad (USA) 54.09

3. Lashinda Demus (USA) 54.27

4. Anna Titimets (UKR) 54.72

5. Eilidh Child (GBR) 54.86

6. Anna Yaroshchuk (UKR) 55.01

7. Perri Shakes-Drayton (GBR) 56.25

8. Nickiesha Wilson (JAM) 57.34

Triple jump:

1. Caterine Ibarguen (COL) 14.85

2. Ekaterina Koneva (RUS) 14.81

3. Olha Saladuha (UKR) 14.65

4. Kimberly Williams (JAM) 14.62

5. Mabel Gay (CUB) 14.45

6. Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (ISR) 14.33

7. Anna Pyatykh (RUS) 14.29

8. Irina Gumenyuk (RUS) 14.15

Men

400m hurdles:

1. Jehue Gordon (TRI) 47.69

2. Micheal Tinsley (USA) 47.70

3. Emir Bekric (SRB) 48.05

4. Omar Cisneros (CUB) 48.12

5. Felix Sanchez (DOM) 48.22

6. Javier Culson (PUR) 48.38

7. Mamadou Kasse Hane (SEN) 48.68

8. Kerron Clement (USA) 49.08

3000m steeplechase:

1. Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:06.01

2. Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) 8:06.37

3. Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.86

4. Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8:08.62

5. Evan Jager (USA) 8:08.67

6. Matthew Hughes (CAN) 8:11.64

7. Abel Kiprob Mutai (KEN) 8:17.04

8. Yoann Kowal (FRA) 8:17.41

High jump

1. Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2.41

2. Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.38

3. Derek Drouin (CAN) 2.38

4. Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2.35

5. Erik Kynard (USA) 2.32

6. Donald Thomas (BAH) 2.32

7. Aleksandr Shustov (RUS) 2.32

8. Robert Grabarz (GBR) 2.29

9. Zhang Guowei (CHN) 2.29

Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Thursday (home team in CAPS):

LA Angels 8 NY YANKEES 4

ST. LOUIS 6 Pittsburgh 5 (12 innings)

OAKLAND 5 Houston 0

San Francisco 4 WASHINGTON 3

TORONTO 2 Boston 1

DETROIT 4 Kansas City 1

TAMPA BAY 7 Seattle 1

Cincinnati 2 MILWAUKEE 1

MINNESOTA 4 Chicago White Sox 3

NY Mets 4 SAN DIEGO 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 72 51 .585 -

2. Tampa Bay 68 51 .571 2

3. Baltimore 65 55 .542 5 1/2

4. NY Yankees 62 58 .517 8 1/2

5. Toronto 56 65 .463 15

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 71 49 .592 -

2. Cleveland 65 56 .537 6 1/2

3. Kansas City 62 57 .521 8 1/2

4. Minnesota 54 65 .454 16 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 46 74 .383 25

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 70 51 .579 -

2. Oakland 68 52 .567 1 1/2

3. Seattle 55 65 .458 14 1/2

4. LA Angels 54 66 .450 15 1/2

5. Houston 39 81 .325 30 1/2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 74 47 .612 -

2. Washington 59 61 .492 14 1/2

3. NY Mets 55 64 .462 18

4. Philadelphia 53 67 .442 20 1/2

5. Miami 46 73 .387 27

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 71 49 .592 -

2. St. Louis 69 51 .575 2

3. Cincinnati 69 52 .570 2 1/2

4. Chicago Cubs 52 68 .433 19

5. Milwaukee 52 69 .430 19 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 70 50 .583 -

2. Arizona 62 57 .521 7 1/2

3. Colorado 57 65 .467 14

4. San Diego 54 67 .446 16 1/2

5. San Francisco 53 67 .442 17

Golf

Wyndham Championship

GREENSBORO, North Carolina - Leading first-round scores on Thursday in the $5.3 million US PGA Wyndham Championship (USA unless noted, par-70):

64 - Chris Stroud, Ross Fisher (ENG)

65 - Matt Jones (AUS), Robert Garrigus, Andrew Svoboda, Jordan Spieth, Sergio Garcia (ESP), Trevor Immelman (RSA), Morgan Hoffmann, Patrick Reed

66 - John Senden (AUS), Bryce Molder, Chris Kirk, Stuart Appleby (AUS), Charles Howell

67 - Bob Estes, Matt Every, Rory Sabbatini (RSA), Brian Harman, Noh Seung-Yul (KOR), Alistair Presnell (AUS), Scott Gardiner (AUS), Jim Herman, Michael Letzig, Shawn Stefani, Scott Langley, Scott Verplank, Zach Johnson, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS), Martin Flores, Doug LaBelle, Henrik Norlander (SWE), Park Jin (KOR)

Tennis

ATP/ WTA Cincinnati

Results on Thursday from the ATP/WTA Western and Southern Open (x denotes seed):

Men's 3rd rd

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt David Goffin (BEL) 6-2, 6-0; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) bt David Ferrer (ESP x3) 6-2, 6-4; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x7) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x5) bt Tommy Haas (GER x11) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3; John Isner (USA) bt Milos Raonic (CAN x12) 7-6 (5), 6-4; Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-2, 6-2; Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; Tomas Berdych (CZE x6) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP) 6-3, 6-0.

Women's 3rd rd

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-3, 6-4; Roberta Vinci (ITA x12) bt Sara Errani (ITA x6) 6-4, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x14) bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5; Li Na (CHN x5) bt Angelique Kerber (GER x9) 6-4, 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-0, 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-4, 6-1; Simona Halep (ROM) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x11) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x10) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x7) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

(China Daily 08/17/2013 page15)