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800m |
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9 August |
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Event Report Women 800 metres Final
The defending world champion, 1996 Olympic silver medallist and 1997 world leader, Cuban Ana Fidelia Quirot won today’s final in 1:57.14. Russian Yelena Afanasyeva took the silver in the final metres of the race from Mozambique’s Maria Mutola. Mutola, who prior to world championships had only competed in one official race, set the pace at 200m with 27.13. Afanasyeva, Quirot and Surinam’s Letitia Vriesde were also in the leading group. Around the second turn Afanasyeva challenged Mutola but could not pass her. The pace got a little slower (58.32 at 400m) and with one lap to go, the eight competitors ran together, Mutola leading on the inside of the track. At 500m Quirot and Mutola were the leaders, with Afanasyeva on the outside and Vriesde behind them. The leaders hit 600m in 1:28.28. With 100 metres to go, Quirot made her move, and Mutola went after her, but the Cuban proved to be stronger and crossed the finish line celebrating her victory. Afanasyeva took the silver with 1:57.56, and Mutola’s 1:57.59. Vriesde was 4th with 1:58.12 and Czech Republic’s Ludmila Formanova 5th with 1:59.52. Only five athletes bettered two minutes. Both 800 metres champions, Quirot and Denmark’s Wilson Kipketer successfully defended the titles that they won two years ago in Gothenburg.
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Final |
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1 |
Ana Fidelia Quirot |
CUB |
23 Mar 63 |
1.57.14 |
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Yelena Afanasyeva |
RUS |
1 Mar 67 |
1.57.56 |
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3 |
Maria Mutola |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
1.57.59 |
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4 |
Letitia Vriesde |
SUR |
5 Oct 64 |
1.58.12 |
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5 |
Ludmila Formanová |
CZE |
2 Jan 74 |
1.59.52 |
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6 |
Toni Hodgkinson |
NZL |
12 Dec 71 |
2.00.40 |
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7 |
Joetta Clark-Diggs |
USA |
1 Aug 62 |
2.02.05 |
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8 |
Stella Jongmans |
NED |
17 May 71 |
2.05.50 |
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Event report women 800m semi finals
Former world champion Maria Mutola of Mozambique fired a warning to her rivals in the 800m that she is in good shape to regain her title on Saturday when she ran from the front and clocked her fastest time of the year, 1:57.49. The defending champion, Ana Quirot of Cuba, ran well within herself to win the second semi and looks likely to be Mutola’s biggest challenger. Semi-final 1: Mutola went to the lead straight from the gun with Russia’s Yelena Afanasyeva giving chase in second. Mutola hit 200m in 26.74 and maintained the swift pace to the bell. She passed the half way mark in 56.38 with the field spread out behind her. Afanasyeva was still in second down the back straight with Luciana Mendes of Brazil in third and a gap to USA’s Joetta Clark in fourth. At 600m Mutola kicked again and had a 10 metre lead by the time she entered the home straight. She crossed the line looking easy while Afanasyeva fought back against Clark to take second in 1:59.05. Clark and a fast finishing Stella Jongmans of the Netherlands edged out Mendes at the line for the third and fourth qualifying positions. Semi-final 2: Russia’s Liubov Tsyoma and Quirot took the early lead, with Letitia Vriesde of Surinam in third, but the pace was slower (27.51 at 200m) and all the runners were still bunched at the bell, passed in 58.33. Tsyoma still led at 600m but Quirot and Vriesde began to move past her on the outside and came into the home straight together. As others too began to threaten the Russian she appeared to lose balance and, in trying to avoid stepping on the kerb, stepped off the track and quit the race. Quirot crossed the line in first place, easing ahead of Vriesde who ran 1:59.62 in second. Ludmila Formonova of the Czech Republic and Toni Hodgkinson of New Zealand took second and third respectively.
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Semifinals |
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7 August |
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Heat 1 |
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1 |
Maria Mutola |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
1.57.49 |
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2 |
Yelena Afanasyeva |
RUS |
1 Mar 67 |
1.59.05 |
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Stella Jongmans |
NED |
17 May 71 |
1.59.32 |
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4 |
Joetta Clark-Diggs |
USA |
1 Aug 62 |
1.59.34 |
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5 |
Luciana Mendes |
BRA |
26 Jul 71 |
1.59.45 |
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6 |
Yelena Martson-Buzhenko |
UKR |
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2.02.62 |
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7 |
Hasna Benhassi |
MAR |
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2.03.70 |
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Malgorzata Rydz |
POL |
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2.05.00 |
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Heat 2 |
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1 |
Ana Fidelia Quirot |
CUB |
23 Mar 63 |
1.59.37 |
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Letitia Vriesde |
SUR |
5 Oct 64 |
1.59.62 |
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Ludmila Formanová |
CZE |
2 Jan 74 |
1.59.71 |
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Stella Jongmans |
NED |
17 May 71 |
2.00.25 |
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Natallia Dukhnova |
BLR |
16 Jul 66 |
2.00.91 |
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6 |
Nouria Merah-Benida |
ALG |
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2.01.08 |
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7 |
Petya Strashilova |
BUL |
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2.01.44 |
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Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma |
RUS |
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DQ |
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Event report women 800m heats
For the most part, the big names survived the first round of the 800m with no casualties. The fastest time, 2:00.12, was recorded by Russia’s Yelena Afanasyeva. That came in the last of five heats, as the races got steadily faster in the competition for the six time qualifying spots (the top two from each heat made the semis automatically). Ludmila Formanova of the Czech Republic showed an impressive finishing sprint to take the first heat in 2:01.46.In the second heat, Ana Quirot, the defending champion, showed complete control. Letitia Vreisde of Surinam took the third heat in 2:00.92, while U.S. champion Kathy Rounds (5th in 2:03.33) failed to advance. In heat four, Maria Mutola (2:00.88) and Joetta Clark (2:01.15) showed their experience and easily dominated. The final heat saw Afanasyeva set the fastest pace of all (57.18, 1:28.10); she finished 5th in last year’s Olympics.
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Heats |
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6 August |
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Heat 1 |
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1 |
Ludmila Formanova |
CZE |
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2.01.46 |
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Natalya Dukhnova |
BLR |
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2.02.39 |
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3 |
Linda Kisabaka |
GER |
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2.03.22 |
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Julia Sakara |
ZIM |
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2.03.55 |
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Oznur Dursun |
TUR |
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2.04.62 |
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6 |
Leontine Tsiba |
CGO |
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2.07.34 |
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7 |
Abok Shol |
SUD |
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2.16.74 |
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Malin Ewerlof |
SWE |
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DNS |
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Heat 2 |
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1 |
Ana Fidelia Quirot |
CUB |
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2.01.56 |
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Yelena Martson-Buzhenko |
UKR |
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2.02.00 |
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3 |
Toni Hodgkinson |
NZL |
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2.02.21 |
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Jill Stamison-Mcmullen |
USA |
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2.06.16 |
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5 |
Theoni Kostopoulou |
GRE |
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2.07.32 |
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Jolanda Steblovnik-Ceplak |
SLO |
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2.10.97 |
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Adama Njie |
GAM |
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2.13.50 |
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Heat 3 |
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1 |
Letitia Vriesde |
SUR |
5 Oct 64 |
2.00.92 |
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Stella Jongmans |
NED |
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2.01.06 |
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Lyubov Kiryukhina-Tsyoma |
RUS |
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2.01.87 |
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4 |
Rosa Kutty |
IND |
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2.02.22 |
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Kathy Harris-Rounds |
USA |
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2.03.33 |
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6 |
Dawn Williams-Sewer |
DMN |
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2.03.35 |
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7 |
Natalia Al Farran |
LIB |
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2.18.11 |
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Donata Mutegwamaso |
RWA |
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2.25.07 |
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Heat 4 |
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Maria Mutola |
MOZ |
27 Oct 72 |
2.00.88 |
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Joetta Clark |
USA |
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2.01.15 |
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Petya Strashilova |
BUL |
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2.01.49 |
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Nouria Merah-Benida |
ALG |
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2.01.54 |
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Stephanie Graf |
AUT |
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2.02.52 |
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6 |
Charmaine Crooks |
CAN |
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2.02.84 |
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7 |
Yaznee Nasheeda |
MLD |
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2.36.18 |
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Alberta Cape |
GBS |
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DNS |
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Heat 5 |
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1 |
Yelena Afanasyeva |
RUS |
1 Mar 67 |
2.00.12 |
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2 |
Luciana Mendes |
BRA |
26 Jul 71 |
2.00.89 |
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3 |
Hasna Benhassi |
MAR |
1 Jun 78 |
2.01.56 |
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4 |
Malgorzata Rydz |
POL |
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2.01.68 |
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5 |
Irina Nedelenko-Lishchinska |
UKR |
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2.03.56 |
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6 |
Monika Ronnholm-Kinnunen |
FIN |
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2.04.11 |
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7 |
Monica Randi |
SMR |
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2.16.00 |
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