Icelander, Bulgarian top grand prix standings
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After Saturday's Peugeot Talbot Games in London, Vilhajlmsson, who won the javelin for the fourth time in six meetings with 89.06 meters (292 feet, two inches) -- he also has a second and a third -- remained the most consistent male performer on the grand prix circuit.
Kostadinova, a high jumper, did not compete in the grand prix meetings in Nice or London last week but already has five wins that assure her of a position in the grand prix final in Rome on September 7.
The grand prix, sponsored by Mobil and organized by the International Amateur Athletic Federation, is a series of 16 meets in 13 countries that began in May.
Kostadinova held a five-point lead over 400-meter hurdler Judi Brown-King of the United States. Brown-King won in Nice and London.
Genowefa Blaszak of Poland, also a 400-meter hurdler, has 36 points, followed by high jumper Louise Ritter of the United States with 35 and 800-meter runner Ella Kovacs of Romania with 28. American middle-distance runner Steve Scott is in second place in the men's overall standings with 39 points after a win at 3,000 meters in London.
Countryman Mark Rowe, a 400-meter specialist, is third on 35, one point ahead of long-distance runner Doug Padilla, also from the United States, and pole vaulter Aleksandr Krupskiy of the Soviet Union.
