Liu Xiang ranks 10th on IAAF athletics world list
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-20 08:34

Following are the leading men's and women's world rankings issued by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Tuesday (previous week's rankings in brackets):

MEN

1. (1) Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Qatar) 3,000 meters steeplechase, 1,441 points

2. (2) Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) 5,000/10,000 meters (cross country), 1,436

3. (3) Asafa Powell (Jamaica) 100/200 meters, 1,433

4. (4) Virgilijus Alekna (Lithuania) discus, 1,415

5. (5) Christian Olsson (Sweden) triple jump, 1,411

6= (6=) Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 1,500 meters, 1,402

6= (6=) Paul Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) 3,000 meters steeplechase, 1402

8. (8) Justin Gatlin (U.S.) 100/200 meters, 1399

9. (9) Allen Johnson (U.S.) 110 meters hurdles, 1,398

10. (10) Liu Xiang (China) 110 meters hurdles, 1395

WOMEN

1. (1) Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia) pole vault, 1,470

2. (2) Carolina Kluft (Sweden) heptathlon (pentathlon indoor) 1,425

3= (3=) Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) long jump/triple jump 1,412

3= (3=) Tonique Williams-Darling (Bahamas) 400 meters, 1,412

5. (5) Veronica Campbell (Jamaica) 100/200 meters, 1,404

6. (6) Kelly Holmes (Britain) 800/1500 meters, 1,393

7. (8) Joanna Hayes (U.S.) 100 meters hurdles, 1,382

8= (9) Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 5000 meters (cross country), 1380

8= (7) Hestrie Cloete (South Africa) high jump, 1,380

10. (10) Ana Guevara (Mexico) 400 meters, 1,375

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