Dave Scudamore wins Pittsburgh Marathon

Dave Scudamore, a 27-year-old medical student running his first marathon, qualified for this year's World Championships by winning the Pittsburgh Marathon yesterday.

RIO DE JANEIRO GRAND PRIX MEETING (Yesterday): Men: 100m (non Grand Prix): 1 D Bailey (Can) 10.13; 2 T Bowen (US) 10.26; 3 K Street-Thompson (US) 10.33; 4 D Aliu (Nigeria) 10.33; 5 A Domingos (Br) 10.36; 6 I Garcia (Cuba) 10.38; 7 E Luciano (Br) 10.48; 8 A de Oliveira (Br) 10.51. 110m hurdles (non Grand Prix): 1 A Johnson (US) 13.37; 2 A Garcia (Cuba) 13.50; 3 M Crear (US) 13.55. 200m: 1 M Johnson (US) 20.29; 2 J Drummond (US) 20.71; 3 S Keitel (Chile) 20.75. 400m hurdles (non Grand Prix): 1 E Araujo (Br) 49.34; 2 C Zbimden (Chile) 50.28; 3 C de Oliveira (Br) 50.76. 800m: 1 O dos Santos (Br) 1:45.38; 2 M Koers (Neth) 1:45.64; 3 V da Silva (Br) 1:45.93. 1500m: 1 S Kipkorir (Ken) 3:40.59; 2 M Kigen (Ken) 3:40.68; 3 A Abdallak (Mor) 3:40.95. 3,000m: 1 S Kororia (Ken) 7min 52.76sec; 2 E Barngetuny (Ken) 7:53.00; 3 D Chelule (Ken) 7:53.29. Discus: 1 V Alekna (Lith) 64.90; 2 A Settliff (US) 62.64; 3 M Mollenbeck (Ger) 62.00. Pole vault: 1 R Botha (SA) 5.80; 2 P Manson (US) 5.70; 3 S Huffmann (US) 5.70. Long jump: 1 J Beckford (Jam) 8.61m; 2 N Ferreira (Br) 8.32; 3 R McGhee (US) 8.19.

Women: 100m (non Grand Prix): 1 C Gaines (US) 11.14; 2 Z Feagin (US) 11.33; 3 D'Andre Hill (US) 11.36. 200m: 1 J Cuthbert (Jam) 22.87; 2 C Gaines (US) 23.12; 3 J Campbell (Jam) 23.14. 400m hurdles: 1 K Batten (US) 54.84; 2 T Buford-Bailey (US) 55.86; 3 R Buchanan (US) 56.55. 800m: 1 Jearl Miles (US) 2:00.68; 2 J Clark (US) 2:00.97; 3 L Mendes (Br) 2:01.22. Triple jump: 1 S Kas