PARIS - Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey qualified for women's 5,000 metres final as she finished first the Heat Two late on Tuesday at the world athletics championships in Paris, France.
Abeylegesse run the 5,000 metres at 14 minutes 54.95 seconds which is her personal best.
Results of women's 5,000 metres heats (first five in each heat plus five fastest losers qualify for final):
Heat one 1. Edith Masai (Kenya) 14 minutes 45.35 seconds Q 2. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14:45.96 Q 3. Yingjie Sun (China) 14:46.73 Q 4. Marta Dominguez (Spain) 14:48.33 Q 5. Zahra Ouaziz (Morocco) 14:52.66 Q 6. Gulnara Samitova (Russia) 14:58.88 q 7. Emilie Mondor (Canada) 14:59.68 q 8. Jane Wanjiku (Kenya) 15:04.00 9. Meseret Defar (Ethiopia) 15:11.72 10. Olga Yegorova (Russia) 15:12.41 11. Kayoko Fukushi (Japan) 15:16.53 12. Souad Ait Salem (Algeria) 15:34.64 13. Catherine Chikwakwa (Malawi) 15:40.10 14. Simret Sultan (Eritrea) 16:09.48 15. Ines Melchor (Peru) 17:17.90
. Lornah Kiplagat (Netherlands) DNS
Heat two 1. Elvan Abeylegesse (Turkey) 14:54.95 Q 2. Sonia O'Sullivan (Ireland) 14:55.50 Q 3. Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 14:56.01 Q 4. Isabella Ochichi (Kenya) 14:56.63 Q 5. Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 14:56.70 Q 6. Gabriela Szabo (Romania) 14:56.70 q 7. Zhor El Kamch (Morocco) 15:00.61 q 8. Courtney Babcock (Canada) 15:01.48 q 9. Irina Mikitenko (Germany) 15:06.97 10. Restituta Joseph (Tanzania) 15:10.54 11. Lauren Fleshman (U.S.) 15:12.71 12. Huina Xing (China) 15:13.50 13. Hrisostomia Iakovou (Greece) 15:44.90 14. Susanne Pumper (Austria) 15:53.52 15. Docus Inzikuru (Uganda) 16:00.99 16. Lilian Claber Argereta (Honduras) 20:17.90
. Anesie Kwizera (Burundi) DNS
The final will be run at 9:35 p.m. Turkish local time on August 30.
DNS: Did Not Start
(MS) 26.08.2003