The winner of this year's Dexia-BIL Jump "Memorial Sam Besch" is Tora Harris from New Jersey, USA (picture below). The fourth of the US Trials, together with Wolfgang Kreissig, passed the bar at 2.24. Kreissig then missed three times at 2.27, a height which Harris chose to skip in order to collect his strength for 2.31, which is equivalent with the US-norm for the World Championships in Canada. Unfortunately, he missed closely.
Joan Charmant (F) approached his personal best by 1cm and got the third place with 2.21m.
The weather - for once - was very friendly for the recent Mid-European standards...
| Rank | Name | Perf. |
| 1 | Tora HARRIS (USA) | 2.24m |
| 2 | Wolfgang KREISSIG (GER) | 2.24m |
| 3 | Joan CHARMANT (FRA) | 2.21m |
| 4 | Guner KEMAL (TUR) | 2.15m |
| 5 | Roman FRICKE (GER) | 2.15m |
| 6 | Nils PORTEMER (FRA) | 2.10m |
| 7 | Rainer SCHUBERT (GER) | 2.05m |
| 8 | Claude SCHAEFFER (LUX) | 1.95m |
| 9 | Gabriel BARTOLDY (SUI) | 1.90m |
| 10 | Marc THIEFELS (LUX) | 1.85m |
| 11 | Kevin VELTER (BEL) | 1.85m |
| 12 | Jeff REUTER (LUX) | 1.85m |
1.80 1.85 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 2.27 2.31
1 Tora HARRIS (USA) - -
- - - o
o o - xxo o
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2 Wolfgang KREISSIG (GER) - - -
- - - -
o - o xo
xxx
3 Joan CHARMANT (FRA) - -
- - - -
o xo xxo xo xxx
4 Guner KEMAL (TUR) - -
- - o -
xo o xxx
5 Roman FRICKE (GER) - -
- - o o
o xxo xxx
6 Nils PORTEMER (FRA) - -
- - o o
xxo xxx
7 Rainer SCHUBERT (GER) - - -
o xo o xxx
8 Claude SCHAEFFER (LUX) o o
o xo xxx
9 Gabriel BARTOLDY (SUI) - -
o - xxx
10 Marc THIEFELS (LUX) o o xxx
11 Kevin VELTER (BEL) xo o
xxx
12 Jeff REUTER (LUX) o
xxo xxx
Yes, Alina Astafei (picture below) was able to take her revenge over 1999, where she got the third place behind Tiendrebeogo and Maximiuc. Astafei and Maria Melova, last year's winner, both passed clearly the height of 1.85. Then, Melova skipped 1.88 to keep her freshness for the World Championships norm, whereas Astafei passed. Melova could not pass 1.91m, and thus allowed the victory of Astafei.
The third place is occupied by two athletes, Belgian Sabrina Deleeuve and well-known Adriana Maximiuc at her third participation in a row.
During the ladies contest, even the sun showed up from time to time - so that everything was fine for a great show.
| Rank | Name | Perf. |
| 1 | Alina ASTAFEI (GER) | 1.88m |
| 2 | Maria MELOVA (SVK) | 1.85m |
| 3 | Sabrina DELEEUVE (BEL) | 1.85m |
| Adriana MAXIMIUC (GER) | 1.85m | |
| 5 | Ioulia FARMAKA (CYP) | 1.82m |
| 6 | Lucie FINEZ (FRA) | 1.82m |
| 7 | Sandrine FRICOT (FRA) | 1.76m |
| 8 | Laurence BAUM (LUX) | 1.65m |
| 9 | Sheila MARTIN (LUX) | 1.65m |
| 10 | Carole KIEFFER (LUX) | 1.60m |
1.50 1.55 1.60 1.65 1.70 1.73 1.76 1.79 1.82 1.85 1.88 1.91
1 Alina ASTAFEI (GER) - -
- - - -
o o o o
o xxx
2 Maria MELOVA (SVK) - -
- - - -
- o - o
- xxx
3 Sabrina DELEEUW (BEL) - -
- - - o
o xo o xxo xxx
4 Adriana MAXIMIUC (GER) - -
- - o -
o - xo xxo
xxx
5 Ioulia FARMAKA (CYP) - -
- - xo -
o o xxo xxx
6 Lucie FINEZ (FRA) - -
- xo o xo
o xo xxo xxx
7 Sandrine FRICOT (FRA) - - -
- xxo - xo xxx
8 Laurence BAUM (LUX) o o
xo o xxx
9 Sheila MARTIN (LUX) o o
o xo xxx
10 Carole KIEFFER (LUX) o o o
xxx
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