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Wednesday, 24 September 2003
Reflections on Monaco - Paris competition winners visit the World Athletics Final
24 September 2003 - Bruce James (Kingston, Jamaica) entered the IAAF World Athletics Finals Promotional Competition, and tied for first with Orhan Avsar (Cologne, Germany) as both correctly predicted 6 of 8 possible winners for the selected events at the 9th IAAF World Athletics Championships, Paris 2003 Saint-Denis, France. The prize included attending the 1st World Athletics Final in Monaco (13-14 September). Bruce shares with us his experience of his first ever European athletics meeting.
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World Athletes of the Year - Cloete and El Guerrouj
15 September 2003 - Monte-Carlo - Neither Hicham El Guerrouj (amazingly) nor Hestrie Cloete (unsurprisingly) went through 2003 unbeaten, but it is testament to their competitive power that they won the ones that count, the World titles in their spe...
Barber - 'On the last attempt I just give all I have.'
15 September 2003 - Monte-Carlo - For the Stade de France on August 30, read the Stade Louis II on September 14. Lightning struck in the final round of the women's Long Jump at the IAAF World Athletics Final here in Monaco, as it did at the ulti...
Weighing up the options. Devers considers retirement
15 September 2003 - Monte-Carlo - With her world-leading 12.45 second win today, Gail Devers couldn't have come up with a better way in which to end her season. It may have also been the final race of what has become a legendary career.
Shaheen's Area Record not fast enough to dethrone El Guerrouj - NEW Top 10 IAAF World Rankings
14 September 2003 - Saif Saaeed Shaheen needed to complete the 3000m Steeplechase in 7:54.49 to overtake Hicham El Guerrouj in the IAAF World Rankings and earn Athlete of the Year honours.
Abeylegesse delivers tactical knock out blow
14 September 2003 - Monte Carlo - It seemed destined to be a family affair. For Tirunesh Dibaba, the 5000m on the opening day of the IAAF World Athletics Final provided an opportunity to endorse her credentials as the newly-crowned world champion at the d...
Bungei - what might have been in Paris?
14 September 2003 - Monte-Carlo - When world leader Wilfred Bungei powered past compatriot Joseph Mutua to win the 800 metres at the World Athletics Final yesterday, it was a vindication of sorts for the 23 year-old Kenyan after missing last month's World Cham...
IAAF World Rankings - provisional standings after Day One in Monaco
13 September 2003 - Standings after Day One in Monaco at the World Athletics Final 15 September 2003.
Ayhan can make an even bigger impact in Athens
13 September 2003 - The IAAF World Athletics Final was billed by the local organisers as 'Revanche des Champions'. The English word 'revenge' is a somewhat stronger in intent, but somebody forgot to tell Sureyya Ayhan.
Hestrie Cloete reinforces chances of becoming Athlete of the Year
13 September 2003 - World champion and African record holder Hestrie Cloete knew that she had to jump 1.99 metres at the World Athletics Final today to overtake Carolina Kluft at the top of the Women’s Overall Rankings and become Athl...
