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| July 18, 2002 | Thursday | Jamadi-ul-Awwal 7, 1423 |
Edwards jumps best of season
STOCKHOLM, July 17: Britain’s world champion Jonathan Edwards set a world best for the season of 17.78 metres in the triple jump at the Stockholm grand prix athletics meeting Tuesday.
Edwards produced his best form of the year to hold off Swedish rival Christian Olsson, who jumped 17.39 in second, with Belarus’s Aleksandr Glavatskiy in third on 17.09.
“Tonight was great, the best I’ve jumped for a year,” Edwards said. “It was solid, good footwork, I could have had an 18-plus metres tonight if I had needed it.”
In the women’s pole vault, one of the non-Grand Prix events, Russia’s Svetlana Feofanova set a European record of 4.78 metres, beating German Annika Becker’s old record set 10 days ago by one centimetre.
American veteran Gail Devers maintained her excellent form with victory in the 100 metres hurdles in 12.42.
The American, who won Rome’s Golden League race last week, crossed the line ahead of Jamaican Bridgette Foster (12.49) with American Anjanette Kirkland, the reigning world champion, finishing third in 12.63.
“I was happy with the race,” Devers said. “(But) The race was not the best for me, I felt kind of up and down, I knew it was going to be a great competition.
“It was about getting out front and staying in front. They keep me on my toes, these young girls.”
MEN
400 metres 1. Alvin Harrison (U.S.) 44.57 seconds 2. Leonard Byrd (U.S.) 44.82 3. Avard Moncur (Bahamas) 45.01
100 metres 1. Tim Montgomery (U.S.) 10.08 2. Kim Collins (St.Kitts-Nevis) 10.08 3. Bernard Williams (U.S.) 10.14
5,000 metres 1. Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco) 13 minutes 00.76 seconds 2. Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) 13:01.14 3. Mohammed Amyn (Morocco) 13:01.98
Triple jump 1. Jonathan Edwards (Britain) 17.78 metres 2. Christian Olsson (Sweden) 17.39 3. Aleksandr Glavatskiy (Belarus) 17.09
* 1,500 metres 1. Bernard Lagat (Kenya) 3:31.38 2. David Krummenacker (U.S.) 3:31.93 3. william Chirchir (Kenya) 3:32.50
* High jump 1. Andrey Chubsa (Belarus) 2.32 2. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 2.28 3= Mark Boswell (Canada) 2.28 3= Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2.28
WOMEN
Long jump 1. Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 7.02 2. Higa Maruuen Maggi (Brazil) 6.83 3. Concepcion Montaner (Spain) 6.73
100 metres 1. Zhanna Pintusevich-Block (Ukraine) 10.91 2. Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas) 11.10 3. Chryste Gaines (U.S.) 11.15
400 metres 1. Lorraine Fenton (Jamaica) 50.13 2. Kaltouma Nadjina (Chad) 51.01 3. Monique Hennagan (U.S.) 51.43
5,000 metres 1. Edith Masai (Kenya) 15:05.31 2. Berhane Adere (Ethiopia) 15:05.98 3. Courtney Babcock (Canada) 15.07.53
100 metres hurdles 1. Gail Devers (U.S.) 12.42 2. Bridgette Foster (Jamaica) 12.49 3. Anjanette Kirkland (U.S.) 12.63
* Pole vault (non-Grand Prix event) 1. Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 4.78 (European record) 2. Monika Pyrek (Poland) 4.52 3. Yelena Belyakova (Russia) 4.42—Reuters
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