Wednesday 4 November 2009

2009 Season's Best - Women - Combined Event

First season of the combined event (running and shooting), we have a clear leader here and a smaller field of the top pentathletes in this event.

Competitions (finals only):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC

Top scores:
WC1 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2264 (12:54.13), Medany (EGY) 2208 (13:08.45), Boenisz (POL) 2204 (13:09.44)
WC2 -
Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2652 (11:17), Medany (EGY) 2556 (11:41), Rimsaite (LTU) 2520 (11:50)
WC3 -
Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2512 (11:52.08), Boenisz (POL) 2348 (12:33.64), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2328 (12:38.33)
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 2432 (12:12.04), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2400 (12:20.07), Samusevich (BLR) 2360 (12:30.20)
WCF - Rimsaite (LTU) 2344 (12:34),
Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2328 (12:38), Fell (GBR) 2284 (12:49)
SWC -
Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2584 (11:34.76), Chen (CHN) 2564 (11:39.67), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2524 (11:49.53)

Others scores under 12 minutes:
WC2 - Samusevich (BLR) 2516 (11:51), Gretchchinikova (RUS) 2484 (11:59.00)
SWC - Trautmann (GER) 2500 (11:55.32), Fell (GBR) 2496 (11:56.76),
Schöneborn (GER) 2492 (11:57.18), Rimsaite (LTU) 2488 (11:58.97)

Top 10 - Women - Combined Event - 2009
1 -
Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2652 (11:17) WC2 Cairo
2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2584 (11:34.76) SWC London
3 - Chen (CHN) 2564 (11:39.67) SWC London
4 - Medany (EGY) 2556 (11:41) WC2 Cairo

5 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2524 (11:49.53) SWC London
6 - Rimsaite (LTU) 2520 (11:50) WC2 Cairo
7 - Samusevich (BLR) 2516 (11:51) WC2 Cairo
8 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2512 (11:52.08)
WC3 Székesfehérvár
9 - Trautmann (GER) 2500 (11:55.32) SWC London
10 -
Fell (GBR) 2496 (11:56.76) SWC London

It seems
Asadauskaitė adapted very well to the new format and took advantage of it to make an amazing season. Her name is the only one that is listed more than once in the top 10 list, with 3 records, including the top 2. From the 6 events, she had the best performance in the combined event in 4 of them, and once she was the second best of the field, that's really impressive. Medany, Gretchichnikova, Rimsaite, Boenisz, Fell and Samusevich also had a good season when it comes to the combined event. Chen's combined event in London was really impressive and third overall, enough to manage to win the title over Asaudaskaitė who had actually the best combined event run.

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