U.S. 400 metres runner Sanya Richards (left) and Russia's pole vault world champion Yelena Isinbayeva, (right) celebrate after they won and shared the US$1m Golden League jackpot at the ISTAF athletics meeting in Berlin yesterday. At centre is former Russian pole vault athlete Sergej Bubka. - AP

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and 400m runner Sanya Richards of the United States shared the US$1 million jackpot when they won their events at the final Golden League meet of the season Sunday.

Isinbayeva, the Olympic and world champion, cleared 4.82 metres to win, having taken only two other vaults at lowe Svetlana Feofanova was the only competitor leftat 4.82 but she failed to clear the bar in all three attempts. Richards blasted off the from the blocks and won in 49.27 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year. The American has improved her season best in three straight meets. She ran 49.29 in Brussels on Friday.

"I am very proud of myself," said Richards, who also had a share of the jackpot last year, when she took home US$25a0,000. "This time I will invest and not spend everything."

The jackpot goes to athletes who win their events at all six Golden League meets of the season.

World record attempt

Having made sure of taking her share of the prize, Isinbayeva tried to improve her world record but failed at all three attempts at 5.02. She holds the world mark of 5.01, set two years ago in Helsinki, Finland, at the world athletics championships. Meanwhile no Jamaican won an event at the meet. Sprinters Marvin Anderson and Aleen Bailey and hurdler Delloreen Ennis-London bagged third places in their events.

Bailey clocked 23.08 in the women's 200m behind American Lauryn Williams who won in 22.95. Anderson was also third in the men's 200m in 20.61 as American Wallace Spearmon captured the event in 20.22. Ennis-London maintained her good late season form with a 12.69 seconds run in the 100m hurdles which was won by Sweden's Suzanna Kallur in a personal best 12.49. In the men's 110m hurdles Maurice Wignall placed sixth in 13.55. Veteran American Allen Johnson crossed the line first in 13.33. The men's and women's 100m went to Norway's Jaysuma Saidy Ndure and American Carmelita Jeter respectively. Ndure won the men's sprint in 10.14 with Jamaica's Michael Frater fourth in 10.23. Jeter ran on strongly to lift the women's 100m in 11.15 with Jamaican Sheri-Ann Brooks fifth in 11.33.

Aleen Bailey...third in 200m

ATHLETICS RESULTS

BERLIN: Men's and women's results from yesterday's Golden League meeting in Berlin:

MEN100m: 1. Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Norway) 10.14 , 2. Marlon Devonish (Britain) 10.15, 3. Rikki Fifton (Britain) 10.17, 4. Michael Frater (Jamaica) 10.23,

5. Francis Obikwelu (Portugal) 10.25, 6. Marc Burns (Trinidad and Tobago) 10.25, 7. Joshua Johnson (U.S.) 10.37, 8. Leroy Dixon (U.S.) 10.37, 9. Mark Lewis-Francis (Britain) 10.45.

200m: 1. Wallace Spearmon (U.S.) 20.22, 2. Rodney Martin (U.S.) 20.54, 3. Marvin Anderson (Jamaica) 20.61, 4. Daniel Schnelting (Germany) 20.78, 5. Paul Hession (Ireland) 20.79, 6. Guus Hoogmoed (Netherlands) 20.94, 7. Till Helmke (Germany) 21.08, 8. Alexander Kosenkow (Germany) 21.23.

400m: 1. Jeremy Wariner (U.S.) 44.05, 2. Tyler Christopher (Canada) 45.10, 3. Angelo Taylor (U.S.) 45.21, 4. Darold Williamson (U.S.) 45.38, 5. Johan Wissman (Sweden) 45.41, 6. Leslie Djhone (France) 45.56, 7. Bastian Swillims (Germany) 46.54, 8. Ingo Schultz (Germany) 46.58.

1500m: 1. Daniel Kipchirchir Komen (Kenya) 3 min 34.09, 2. Bernard Lagat (U.S.) 3:34.79, 3. Shedrack Kibet Korir (Kenya) 3:35.55, 4. Suleiman Kipses Simotwo (Kenya) 3:35.73, 5. Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono (Kenya) 3:37.12, 6. Nicholas Kemboi (Kenya) 3:37.80, 7. Wolfram Mueller (Germany) 3:37.91, 8. Bernard Kiptanui Kiptum (Kenya) 3:38.31.

110m hurdles: 1. Allen Johnson (U.S.) 13.33, 2. Sergiy Demidyuk (Ukraine) 13.38, 3. Ryan Wilson (U.S.) 13.40, 4. Anwar Moore (U.S.) 13.46, 5. David Payne (U.S.) 13.49, 6. Maurice Wignall (Jamaica) 13.55, 7. Jackson Quinonez (Spain) 13.60, 8. Joel Brown (U.S.) 13.62.

400m hurdles: 1. Marek Plawgo (Poland) 49.01, 2. James Carter (U.S.) 49.02, 3. Kenneth Ferguson (U.S.) 49.05, 4. Felix Sanchez (Dominican Republic) 49.93, 5. Louis Van Zyl (South Africa) 50.24, 6. Ibrahima Maiga (Mali) 51.36, 7. Michael Tinsley (U.S.) 52.35, Gianni Carabelli (Italy) DNF.

Pole Vault: 1. Danny Ecker (Germany) 5.86m, 2. Bjoern Otto (Germany) 5.81m, 3. Brad Walker (U.S.) 5.81m, 4. Alexander Straub (Germany) 5.71m, 5. Jeff Hartwig (U.S.) 5.61m, 6. Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 5.51m, 6. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 5.51m, 8. Fabio Silva (Brazil) 5.51m.

WOMEN

100m: 1. Carmelita Jeter (U.S.) 11.15, 2. Lauryn Williams (U.S.) 11.24, 3. Christine Arron (France) 11.24, 4. Mikele Barber (U.S.) 11.30, 5. Sheri-Ann Brooks (Jamaica) 11.33, 6. Chandra Sturrup (Bahamas) 11.40, 7. Tezzhan Naimova (Bulgaria) 11.43, 8. Montell Douglas (Britain) 11.45.

200m: 1. Lauryn Williams (U.S.) 22.95, 2. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (Bahamas) 23.07, 3. Aleen Bailey (Jamaica) 23.08, 4. LaShauntea Moore (U.S.) 23.10, 5. Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 23.10, 6. Muriel Hurtis-Houairi (France) 23.13, 7. Stephanie Durst (U.S.) 23.15, 8. Cathleen Tschirch (Germany) 23.45.

400m: 1. Sanya Richards (U.S.) 49.27, 2. Christine Ohuruogu (Britain) 50.40, 3. Nicola Sanders (Britain) 50.70, 4. Amy Mbacke Thiam (Senegal) 50.75, 5. Novlene Williams (Jamaica) 51.36, 6. Ilona Usovich (Belarus) 51.63, 7. Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 51.71, 8. Jana Rawlinson (Australia) 52.49.

800m: 1. Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 1 min 58.62, 2. Mayte Martinez (Spain) 1:59.83, 3. Yelena Soboleva (Russia) 2:00.20, 4. Svetlana Usovich (Belarus) 2:00.28, 5. Brigita Langerholc (Slovenia) 2:01.01, 6. Svetlana Cherkasova (Russia) 2:01.34, 7. Svetlana Klyuka (Russia) 2:02.25, 8. Natallia Kareiva (Belarus) 2:02.42.

5000m: 1. Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 14 mins 50.78 secs, 2. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 14:53.89, 3. Kara Goucher (U.S.) 14:55.02, 4. Kimberley Smith (New Zealand) 14:58.90, 5. Linet Masai (Kenya) 15:00.67, 6. Silvia Weissteiner (Italy) 15:02.65, 7. Jennifer Rhines (U.S.) 15:16.43

8. Beylanesh Fekadu (Ethiopia) 15:18.36.100m hurdles: 1. Susanna Kallur (Sweden) 12.49, 2. Michelle Perry (U.S.) 12.67, 3. Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 12.69, 4. Sally McLellan (Australia) 12.74, 5. Angela Whyte (Canada) 12.75, 6. Josephine Onyia (Nigeria) 12.76, 7. LoLo Jones (U.S.) 12.78, 8. Vonette Dixon (Jamaica) 12.85.

Javelin Throw: 1. Christina Obergfoell (Germany) 64.58m, 2. Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic) 64.51m, 3. Steffi Nerius (Germany) 64.49m, 4. Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 60.40m, 5. Savva Lika (Greece) 60.40m, 6. Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 60.03m, 7. Barbara Madejczyk (Poland) 59.36m

8. Nikola Brejchova (Czech Republic) 59.36m.