Athletics

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS(Edmonton, Canada)

Women

4x100m relay final: US 41.71s ((Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller, Marion Jones) 1, Germany 42.32s 2, France 42.39s 3, Jamaica 42.40s 4, Nigeria 42.52s 5, Britain 42.60s 6, Greece 43.25s 7, Russia 43.58s 8.

m hurdles final: Anjanette Kirkland (US) 12.42s 1, Gail Devers (US) 12.54s 2, Olga Shishigina (Kazakhstan) 12.58s 3, Svetia Dimitrova (Bulgaria) 12.58s 4, Jenny Adams (US) 12.63s 5, Dionne Rose-Henley (Jamaica) 12.79s 6, Linda Farga (France) 12.80s 7, Vonette Dixon (Jamaica) 13.02s 8.

m final: Marion Jones (US) 22.39s 1, Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas) 22.52s 2, Kelli White (US) 22.56s 3, LaTasha Jenkins (US) 22.85s 4, Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 22.88s 5, Juliet Campbell (Jamaica) 22.99s 6, Alenka Bikar (Slovenia) 23.00s 7, Myriam Leonie Mani (Cameroon) 23.15 8s.

Triple jump final: Tatyana Lebedeva (Russia) 15.25m 1, Francoise Mbango Etone (Cameroon) 14.60 2, Tereza Marinova (Bulgaria) 14.58 3, Magdelin Martinez (Italy) 14.52 4, Heli Koivula (Finland) 14.28 5, Cristina Nicolau (Romania) 14.17 6, Ashia Hansen (Britain) 14.10 7, Trecia Smith (Jamaica) 13.92 8, Olga Bolshova (Moldova) 13.86 9, Olena Hovorova (Ukraine) 13.85 10.

m semifinals (first four in each heat to final), heat one: Stephanie Graf (Austria) 2m 01.24s 1, Kelly Holmes (Britain) 2m 01.90s 2, Diane Cummins (Canada) 2m 02.07s 3, Ivonne Teichmann (Germany) 2m 02.16s 4.

Heat two: Maria de Lourdes Mutola (Mozambique) 1m 59.47s 1, Letitia Vriesde (Surinam) 1m 59.58s 2, Mayte Martinez (Spain) 2m 00.07s 3, Faith Macharia (Kenya) 2m 00.24s 4.

m final: Olga Yegorova (Russia) 15m 03.39s 1, Marta Dominguez (Spain) 15m 06.59s 2, Ayelech Worku (Ethiopia) 15m 10.17s 3, Yanmei Dong (China) 15m 10.73s 4, Irina Mikitenko (Germany) 15m 13.93s 5, Yelena Zadorozhnaya (Russia) 15m 16.15s 6, Edith Masai (Kenya) 15m 17.67s 7, Gabriela Szabo (Romania) 15m 19.55s 8, Rose Cheruiyot (Kenya) 15m 23.18s 9, Tatyana Tomashova (Russia) 15m 23.83s 10.

Discus final: Natalya Sadova (Russia) 68.57m 1, Ellina Zvereva (Belarus) 67.10 2, Nicoleta Grasu (Romania) 66.24 3, Anastasma Kelesidou (Greece) 65.50 4, Franka Dietzsch (Germany) 65.38 5.

Men

5000m final: Richard Limo (Kenya) 13m 00.77s 1, Ali Saidi-Sief (Algeria) 13m 02.16s 2, Million Wolde (Ethiopia) 13m 03.47s 3, John Kibowen (Kenya) 13m 05.20s 4, Alberto Garcia (Spain) 13m 05.60s 5, Ismail Sghyr (France) 13m 07.71s 6, Sammy Kipketer (Kenya) 13m 08.46s 7, Abiyote Abate (Ethiopia) 13m 14.07s 8, Hailu Mekonnen (Ethiopia) 13m 20.24s 9, Marius Bakken (Norway) 13m 22.07s 10, Adam Goucher (US) 13m 24.00s 11, Driss El-Himer (France) 13m 28.14s 12, Mohammed Amyn (Morocco) 13m 28.90s 13, Mohamed Saiid El Wardi (Morocco) 13m 43.40s 14, Isaak Viciosa (Spain) 14m 01.32s 15.

km walk: Robert Korzeniowski (Poland) 3h 42m 08s 1, Jesus Angel Garcia (Spain) 3h 43m 07s 2, Edgar Hernandez (Mexico) 3h 46m 12s 3, Aigars Fadejevs (Latvia) 3h 46m 20s 4, Vladimir Potemin (Russia) 3h 46m 53s 5, Valenti Masana (Spain) 3h 48m 28s 6, Curt Clausen (US) 3h 50m 46s 7, Marco Giungi (Italy) 3h 51m 09s 8, Tomasz Lipiec (Poland) 3h 53m 06s 9, Mike Trautmann (Germany) 3h 53m 15s 10. Did not finish: Craig Barrett (NZ).

400m hurdles final: Felix Sanchez (Dominican Rep) 47.49s 1, Fabrizio Mori (Italy) 47.54s 2, Dai Tamesue (Japan) 47.89s 3, Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily (Saudi Arabia) 47.99s 4, Boris Gorban (Russia) 48.27s 5, Christopher Rawlinson (Britain) 48.54s 6, Pawel Januszewski (Poland) 48.57s 7, Jiri Muzik (Czech Rep) 49.07s 8.

Long jump final: Ivan Pedroso (Cuba) 8.40m 1, Savante Stringfellow (United States) 8.24 2, Carlos Calado (Portugal) 8.21 3, Miguel Pate (United States) 8.21 4, Kareem Streete-Thompson (Cayman Islands) 8.10 5, Alexiy Lukashevych (Ukraine) 8.10 6, James Beckford (Jamaica) 8.08 7, Dwight Phillips (United States) 7.92 8, Grzegorz Marciniszyn (Poland) 7.92 9, Hussein Taher Al-Sabee (Saudi Arabia) 7.90 10

NZ CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Masterton)

Senior men: Alan Bunce (Bays Cougars) 37m 21s 1, Robbie Johnston (Bays Cougars) 37m 23s 2, Phil Costley (Papanui Toch H) 37m 30s 3, Blair Martin (Wellington Scottish) 37m 38s 4, Richard Potts (Hastings Hornets) 38m 17s 5, Jeffrey Spillane (Hill City) 38m 33s 6.

Senior women: Melissa Moon (Wellington Scottish) 28m 48s 1, Shireen Crumpton (Hill City) 28m 49s 2, Megan Edhouse (Kawerau) 29m 31s 3, Kimberly Smith (Counties M) 29m 39s 4, Fiona McKee (Hill City) 29m 45s 5, Lesley Morton (Takapuna) 29m 52s 6.