MOSCOW 2013 Predictions review.

The 2013 World Championships are over for another two years. Although it was a success on the field with some memorable performances, it wasn’t a commercial success with many Russian spectators staying away.

The games didn’t quite capture the publics imagination as it did for previous games or the Olympics in London last years. On top of that there were also a few controversial, political issues in terms of Russian law that should never be associated with sport that overshadowed the games.

Nevertheless it seem to all run relatively smoothly, all roads lead to Beijing in 2015.

Below is a run down of my predictions (black) and the actual result was (red)

100m Men

1. Usain Bolt (JAM) Correct
2. Justin Gatlin (USA) Correct
3. Nestor Carter (JAM) Correct

100m Women

1. Carmelita Jeter (USA) Shelly-Ann Fraser
2. Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM) Mureille Ahoure (CIV)
3. Blessing Okagbare (NIG) Carmelita Jeter

200m Men

1. Usain Bolt (JAM) Correct
2. Walter Dix (USA) Warren Weir
3. Warren Weir (JAM) Curtis Mitchell (USA)

200m Women

1. Shelly-Ann Fraser (JAM) Correct
2. Allyson Felix (USA) Mureille Ahoure (CIV)
3. Blessing Okagbare (NIG) Correct

400m Men

1. Kirani James (GRE) LaShawn Merrit
2. LaShawn Merritt (USA) Tony McQuay
3. Tony McQuay (USA) Leguelin Santos (DOM)

400m Women

1. Amantle Montsho (BOT) Christina Ohuruogu
2. Antonina Krivoshapka (RUS) Amantle Montsho
3. Christina Ohuruogu (GBR) Antonina Krivoshapka

800m Men

1. Mohammed Aman (ETH) Correct
2. Duane Solomon (USA) Nicky Symmonds (USA)
3. Ayanleh Soulieman (DIJ) Correct

800m Women

1. Mariya Savinova (RUS) Eunice Jepkoech (KEN)
2. Ekaterina Poistogova (RUS) Mariya Savinova
3. Branda Martinez (USA) Correct

1500m Men

1. Asbel Kiprop (KEN) Correct
2. Silas Kiplagat (KEN) Matthew Centrowitz Jr (USA)
3. Ayahlen Soulieman (DIJ) Johan Cronje (RSA)

1500m Women

1. Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) Abede Aregawi
2. Jennifer Simpson (USA) Correct
3. Abeda Aregawi (SWE) Hellen Onsando Obiri (KEN)

5000m Men

1. Mo Farah (GBR) Correct
2. Isiah Kiplangat Koech (KEN) Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH)
3. Edwin Soi (KEN) Isiah Kiplangat Koech

5000m Women

1. Meseret Defar (ETH) Correct
2. Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) Mercy Cherono (KEN)
3. Almaz Ayana (ETH) Correct

10000m Men

1. Mo Farah (GBR) Correct
2. Ibrahim Jeilan (ETH) Correct
3. Galen Rupp (USA) Paul Tanui (KEN)

10000m Women

1. Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) Correct
2. Meseret Defar (ETH) Gladys Cherono
3. Gladys Cherono (KEN) Balaynesh Oljira (ETH)

110m Hurdles Men

1. Aries Merritt (USA) David Oliver
2. Jason Richardson (USA) Ryan Wilson (USA)
3. David Oliver (USA) Sergey Shubenkov (RUS)

100m Hurdles Women

1. Brianna Rollins (USA) Correct
2. Sally Pearson (AUS) Correct
3. Dawn Harper (USA) Tiffany Porter (GBR)

400m Hurdles Men

1. Javier Culson (PUR) Jehue Gorden (TRI)
2. Michael Tinsley (USA) Correct
3. Dai Green (GBR) Emir Bekric (SRB)

400m Hurdles Women

1. Natalya Antuykh (RUS) Zuzana Hejinova
2. Lashinda Demus (USA) Daliliah Muhammed (USA)
3. Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) Lashinda Demus

High Jump Men

1. Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) Correct
2. Erik Kynard (USA) Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)
3. Ivan Ukhov (RUS) Derek Drouin (CAN)

High Jump Women

1. Anna Chicherova (RUS) Svetlana Shkolina (RUS)
2. Brigetta Barrett (USA) Correct
3. Irena Gordeeva (RUS) Anna Chicherova / Ruth Beitia (ESP)

Long Jump Men

1. Alexsandr Menkov (RUS) Correct
2. Eusebio Caceres (ESP) Ignisious Gaisah (NED)
3. Greg Rutherford (GBR) Lewis Rivera (MEX)

Long Jump Women

1. Brittney Reese (USA) Correct
2. Blessing Okagbare (NIG) Correct
3. Darya Klishina (RUS) Ivana Spanovic (SRB)

Triple Jump Men

1. Christian Taylor (USA) Teddy Tamgho
2. Will Claye (USA) Pedro Pablo Pichardo (CUB)
3. Teddy Tamgho FRA) Will Claye

Triple Jump Women

1. Caterine Ibarguen (COL) Correct
2. Olha Saladukha (UKR) Ekaterine Koneva (RUS)
3. Kimberley Williams (USA) Olha Saladukha

Pole Vault Men

1. Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Raphael Holzdeppe (GER)
2. Bjorn Otto (GER) Ranaud Lavillenie
3. Malte Mohr (GER) Bjorn Otto

Pole Vault Women

1. Yelana Isinbayeva (RUS) Correct
2. Fabina Murer (BRA) Jen Suhr (USA)
3. Yarisley Silva (CUB) Correct

Javelin Men

1. Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) Vitezslav Vesely
2. Vitezslav Vesely (CZE) Tero Pitkanaki (FIN)
3. Dmitriy Tarabin (RUS) Correct

Javelin Women

1. Mariya Abakumova (RUS) Christina Obergfoll
2. Christina Obergfoll (GER) Kimberley Mickel (AUS)
3. Sunette Viljoen (RSA) Mariya Abakumova (RUS)

Shot Put Men

1. Ryan Whiting (USA) David Storl
2. Reese Hoffa (USA) Ryan Whiting
3. David Storl (GER) Dylan Armstrong (CAN)

Shot Put Women

1. Valerie Adams (NZL) Correct
2. Christina Schwanitz (GER) Correct
3. Gong Lijiao (CHN) Correct

Discus Men

1. Robert Harting (GER) Correct
2. Piotr Malachowski (POL) Correct
3. Martin Wierig (GER) Gerd Kanter (EST)

Discus Women

1. Yarelis Barrios (CUB) Sandra Perkovic
2. Nadine Muller (GER) Melina Robert-Michon (FRA)
3. Sandra Perkovic (CRO) Yarelis Barrios

Hammer Men

1. Kristian Pars (HUN) Pawel Fajdek (POL)
2. Dilshod Nazarov (TAJ) Krisztian Pars (HUN)
3. Lukas Melich (CZE) Correct

Hammer Women

1. Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) Correct
2. Wenxiu Zhang (CHN) Anita Wlodarczyk (POL)
3. Betty Heidler (GER) Wenxiu Zhang

Decathlon Men

1. Ashton Eaton (USA) Correct
2. Danien Warner (CAN) Michael Schrader (GER)
3. Gunner Nixon (USA) Damien Warner

Heptathlon Women

1. Kristina Savitskaya (RUS) Hanna Melnychenko (UKR)
2. Sharon Day (USA) Brianna Theisen-Eaton (CAN)
3. Julia Machtig (GER) Defne Schippers (NED)

4x100m Relay Men

1. Jamaica Correct
2. USA Correct
3. France Canada

4x100m Relay Women

1. Jamaica Correct
2. USA Correct
3. Russia Great Britain

4x400m Relay Men

1. USA Correct
2. Bahamas Jamaica
3. Jamaica Russia

4x400m Relay Women

1. USA Russia
2. Russia USA
3. Great Britain Correct