El Guerrouj wins in Rome (© Getty Images)
The latest two teams to announce their selections for the 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Paris 2003 Saint-Denis, which takes place from 23-31 August in the Stade de France, are Morocco and Poland.
Morocco
Three time World 1500m champion Hicham El Guerrouj leads the men’s team from Morocco. The World 1500m and Mile record holder has been named for both 1500m and 5000m, while reigning World 400m Hurdles champion Nezha Bidouane tops the women’s list.
MEN
800m: Khalid Tighazouine, Amine Laâlou, Mouhcine Chehibi.
1500m: Hicham El Guerrouj, Abdelkader Hachlaf.
5000m: Hicham El Guerrouj,Salah Hissou, Mohamed Amyn, Abderrahim El Goumri.
3000m steeple: Ali Ezzine, Abdelkader Hachlaf, Hicham Guermoud.
Marathon: Kalid Skah, Jawad Gharib, Mohamed El Hattab, Moulay Taher Chadli, Rachid Ghanmouni, El Mostapha Damaoui, Rachid Bensalem.
Long Jump: Yahya Berrabah
WOMEN
400m Hurs: Nezha Bidouane
800m: Mina Ai Hammou, Soltana Ait Hammou.
1500m : Hasna Benhassi
5000m : Zahra Ouaziz, Zhor El Khamch.
Marathon: Kenza Ouahbi, Hanane Farhoune.
Poland
Reigning World, Olympic and European 50km Race Walking champion Robert Korzeniowski and women’s Olympic Hammer champion Kamila Skolimowska highlight the Polish squad for Paris.
MEN
Marcin Jedrusinski - 200m, 4x100m 20.39/10.42 (10.07w)
Marcin Urbas 200m, 4x100m - 20.55/10.41
Piotr Balcerzak 4x100m - 10.65 (10.22w)
Lukasz Chyla 4x100m - 10.32 (10.27w)
Marcin Krzywanski 4x100m - 10.32 (10.20w)
Marcin Nowak 4x100m - 10.47 (10.29w)
Marek Plawgo 400mH - 48.45
Radoslaw Poplawski 3000mS - 8:21.92
Aleksander Walerianczyk HJ - 2.36
Michal Bieniek HJ - 2.30
Grzegorz Sposób HJ - 2.30
Adam Kolasa PV - 5.70
Wojciech Kondratowicz HT - 81.35
Maciej Palyszko HT - 80.89
Benjamin Kucinski walk 20km - 1:22:07
Robert Korzeniowski walk 50km - 3:36:39 (02)
Grzegorz Sudol walk 50km - 3:45:37 (02)
Tomasz Lipiec walk 50km - 3:50:37 (02)
Roman Magdziarczyk walk 50km 3:51:15 (02)
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Tomasz Mateusiak LJ 8.08 (8.15w) - he must jump 8.20 in this week
WOMEN
Aurelia Trywianska 100mH - 12.74
Anna Pacholak 200m, 4x400m - 22.87/51.88
Anna Jesien 400mH, 4x400m - 55.38/53.16
Malgorzata Pskit 400mH - 55.29/53.38
Grazyna Prokopek 4x400m - 52.21
Monika Bejnar 4x400m - 52.24
Zuzanna Radecka 4x400m - 53.18
Monika Pyrek PV - 4.60
Anna Rogowska PV - 4.45
Krystyna Zabawska SP - 18.95
Kamila Skolimowska HT - 71.38
Marzena Wysocka DT - 63.60
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Anna Zagórska 800m - 2:00:52 - she must run under 2:00 in this week
