Tianna Madison of the US celebrates winning the Long Jump final (© Getty Images)
In the fifth of a seven part series to rekindle memories of this summer’s 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Helsinki, Finland (6 -14 August 2005), and to get to know the gold medallists a little better, we present the Jumps.
Over the course of nine days competition in the Finnish capital, 3 World records, 10 Championship records, and 9 Area records were established, and 43 (22 men and 21 women) new individual event champions were crowned.
As well as publishing reports and flash interviews about each event, the IAAF website through its team of staff and freelance writers produced a feature story/interview with each of these 43 Helsinki world beaters.
Yet given the huge volume of news published during those nine days, some of these articles will no doubt have passed by in a blur, and so to enable us to get better acquainted with these stars, many of whom are from an emerging young generation, we are now pleased to offer links to each of their feature stories/interviews.
Chris Turner
IAAF Editorial Manager
Click on links below to go to the articles
Men
High Jump: Yuriy Krymarenko UKR
Krimarenko springs the biggest of surprises
Pole Vault: Rens Blom NED
Blom - the luck of the Flying Dutchman - “I’m the worst jumper over the bar!”
Long Jump: Dwight Phillips USA
Phillips is professionalism personified
Triple Jump: Walter Davis USA
Women
High Jump: Kajsa Bergqvist SWE
Patience pays off for Bergqvist
Pole Vault: Yelena Isinbayeva RUS
Mack – “Right now, five metres doesn’t look very high at all for Isinbayeva”
Long Jump: Tianna Madison USA
Madison’s boxes her way to gold
Triple Jump: Trecia Smith JAM
Smith was always going for the gold
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