Yelena Isinbayeva Golden League

Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica stormed to a 9.79s win in the 100m at the ÅF Golden League 2009, at the Stade de France in Paris, on Friday. In the women's 100m race, Kerron Stewart, also of Jamaica posted her fourth consecutive win in 10.99sec. Ethiopian Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele won the 3000m contest in 7:28.64. American Sanya Richards swept the 400m field with a solid 49.34s victory; a full second ahead of her rivals. France's Olympic silver medallist Mekhissi-Benabbad won the Steeplechase in 8:13.23. Blanka Vlasic of Croatia won the high jump by clearing 1.99m. In the men's javelin throw event double Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway registered his second Golden League win in a row over archrival and world champion Tero Pitkämäki of Finland with an 88.03m release.



In the female pole vault event Russian Yelena Isinbayeva took just one vault of 4.65m to register her win. The two-time Olympic pole vault champion and world record-holder achieved this feat in very windy conditions. "The wind was turning round and round," Isinbayeva said. "It was difficult to produce a great performance under those kind of conditions." European indoor champion and new French record holder Lavillenie cleared 5.70m to take the men's Pole Vault title.