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Saturday, 10 September 2005

Men's 100m

Trinidad’s Marc Burns added the World Athletics Final title to the World relay silver he won in Helsinki earlier this summer when he won the men’s 100m by one hundredth of a second from Ghana’s Aziz Zakari and Jamaica’s Dwight Thomas.

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  • Men's 800m

    Kenya’s Wilfred Bungei won a close fought 800m that followed the pattern of the season in being a race of poor time quality.

  • Men's 5000m

    This race may not have been graced with the presence of double World 10,000m champion Kenenisa Bekele but Sileshi Sihine made an able substitute in the absence of his Ethiopian team-mate.

  • Men's 400m Hurdles

    Bershawn Jackson of the US managed to break the curse which seemed to affect the recent winners of men’s track events at the IAAF World Championships in Helsinki here in Monaco at the third edition of the World Athletics Final.

  • Women's Triple Jump

    For Greek Hrysopiyí Devetzí, it was clearly a case of saving the best for last. With just a pair of domestic wins to her credit this year, the reigning Olympic silver medallist reached a season’s best 14.89 to capture the Triple Jump title and score a major upset over Tatyana Leb...

  • Men's 1500m

    Bernard Lagat’s attempt to win a distance double at the World Athletics Final came up short in the men’s 1500m this afternoon - but only just.

  • Men's Javelin Throw

    Already the sixth furthest thrower of all-time, thanks to his 91.53m PB in June of this year, Finn Tero Pitkämäki cemented his growing reputation with the third 90m+ throw of his young career. His 91.33 effort in the second round was a beautiful throw and the 22-year-old knew it ...

  • Women's 800m

    Underscoring her late season dominance, World champion Zuliya Calatayud handily dispatched with her opponents once again en route to her 1:59.07 win.

  • Men's High Jump

    Cuba’s Victor Moya won a close fought men’s High Jump competition when he became the only man to clear 2.35m – a record for the World Athletics Final and personal best by fourh centimetres for the World silver medallist.

  • Women's 3000m

    For the benefit of those who missed it in yesterday’s 5000m, Meseret Defar once again displayed her ferocious kick, this time en route to a commanding 8:47.26 win in the 3000m.
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