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ASIAN DELIGHT: China’s Liu Xiang is ecstatic after winning the 110m hurdles.
OSAKA: Liu Xiang and Jeremy Wariner lived up to their reputation, while Allyson Felix successfully defended her 200m title at the World championships here on Friday. American Wariner had Michael Johnson’s world mark of 43.18 seconds in his sights but narrowly missed it to cross the line in 43.45, his fastest time ever. China’s Liu, like Wariner an Olympic champion, blazed to the 110m hurdles title in 12.95 seconds, but outside his own world record of 12.88s. Terrence Trammell of the United States came second in 12.99 with another American David Payne third in 13.02. Felix wins 200m
Felix flew over the finish line in 21.81 seconds to become the first woman under 22 seconds in the 200m since fellow American Inger Miller’s 21.77 in 1999. She powered through the last 50m to leave Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell, the 100m champion, behind. Campbell finished in 22.34 with Sri Lanka’s Susanthika Jayasinghe, Asia’s most decorated female sprinter who won the 1997 world silver and the 2000 Olympic bronze, third in 22.63. Felix’s victory denied Campbell a chance to join Silke Gladisch (1987) and Katrin Krabbe (1991) as the only women to achieve the double. Cuba’s Yargelis Savigne won the women’s triple jump with a leap of 15.28 metres, ending any hope Russia’s Tatyana Lebedeva had of an unprecedented long jump and triple jump double. The Czech Republic’s Barbora Spotakova speared gold in the javelin, heaving 67.07 metres to beat Germany’s European record-holder Christina Obergfoll who threw 66.46. Earlier, Russia added another gold to its glittering collection when Olga Kaniskina bagged the women’s 20-km walk. The 22-year-old beat teammate and training partner Tatyana Shemyakina by 33 seconds, battling through heat, wind and rain to cross the line in 1 hour 30.09 seconds, almost five minutes outside world record pace. Spain’s Maria Vaco took the bronze.
The results (all finals): Women: 200m: 1. Allyson Felix (USA) 21.81s, 2. Veronica Campbell (Jam) 22.34, 3. Susanthika Jayasinghe (SL) 22.63. Triple jump: 1. Yargelis Savigne (Cuba), 15.28m, 2. Tatyana Lebedeva (Rus) 15.07, 3. Hrysopiyi Devetzi (Gre) 15.04. Javelin: 1. Barbora Spotakova (Cze) 67.07m, 2. Christina Obergfoll (Ger) 66.46, 3. Steffi Nerius (Ger) 64.42. 20-km walk: 1. Olga Kaniskina (Rus) 1h 30m 09s, 2. Tatyana Shemyakina (Rus) 1:30:42, 3. Maria Vasco (Esp) 1:30:47. Men: 110m hurdles: 1. Liu Xiang (Chn) 12.95s, 2. Terrence Trammell (USA) 12.99, 3. David Payne (USA) 13.02. 400m: 1. Jeremy Wariner (USA) 43.45s, 2. Lashawn Merritt (USA) 43.96, 3. Angelo Taylor (USA) 44.32. — Agencies
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