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ADAGP - Paris - 2002
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 TWO TITLES FOR FRANCE !
Paris 2003 Saint-Denis
Eunice Barber in the long jump and the women’s 4x100 metres relay team brought host nation France its first two gold medals in the World Championships. Allen Johnson added a fourth 110m hurdles title to his collection and Moroccan Jaouad Gharib took the marathon.
Historic evening for the hosts
France won two golds in the space of a few heady minutes at the Stade de France on Saturday evening. First Eunice Barber leaped to victory with her final long jump (6.99 metres) of the competition, some 25 centimetres further than nearest rival Russian Tatyana Kotova (6.74 metres). Barber becomes the first French woman to win two World championship medals at the same meeting. India’s Anju Bobby George (6.70 metres) picked up the bronze.
French relay team of Patricia Girard, Muriel Hurtis, Sylviane Félix and Christine Arron just edged it over the USA – without Kelli White – to set a new French record of 41.78, the fourth best performance of all time! Russia took the bronze.
Marathon: Jaouad Gharib goes down in history
Moroccan Jaouad Gharib criss-crossed Paris to victory in one of the 9th World championships most talked about events. Starting at the Paris town hall and taking in all the sights of the capital on the way, Jaouad entered the Stade de France® followed by Spain’s Julio Rey. The latter couldn’t keep up, however, when the Moroccan kicked for home 500m out to win in the fastest World Championships time ever (2:08.38). Italy’s Stefano Baldini came in third.
110 metres hurdles: 4th title for Johnson
Allen Johnson is still king of the 100 metres hurdles; winning his fourth consecutive title in a time of 13.12. American hegemony continued with Terrence Trammell taking the silver while China’s Xiang Liu finished third to win his country a first ever medal in the event.
Women’s 5,000 metres: Dibaba causes upset
Young Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba (18), junior cross country world champion came from nowhere to win the Women’s 5,000m gold at her first World Championships. Favourite Berhane Adere missed out on her attempt to win a 10,000m – 5,000 double. Romania’s Gabriela Szabo finished a disappointing 11th.. Dibaba (14 :51.72) finished ahead of Spain’s European champion Marta Dominguez (14:52.26) and Kenya’s Edith Masai (14:52.30).
Women’s javelin: Manjani lords it
Greece’s Miréla Manjani-Tzelíli pulled out the best throw of the year (66.52 metres) to win her second world title after Seville in 1999. She finished ahead of Russian Tatiana Shikolenko (63.28 metres) and German Steffi Nerius (62.70 metres).
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