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400m |
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7 August |
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| Women's 400m final-400 m femmes finale |
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Amy Tiam MBACKE won the first ever medal for Senegal at a world championships when she beat Lorraine FENTON (JAM) and Ana GUEVERA (MEX) in the women's 400m final. In doing so she ran 49.86, a national record. FENTON and GUEVERA ran 49.88 and 49.97 respectively, both season's bests. The silver compliments FENTON's bronze from Seville in 1999.
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Running from lane four, MBACKE followed Grit BREUER (GER)in lane five and FENTON for the first 200m of the race. At this stage, BREUER began to fall back and MBACKE closed in on the leaders.
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With 100m remaining, MBACKE, whose previous honours include reaching the Olympic semi final and winning this year's Francophone Games, drew level with GUEVERA and FENTON.
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It looked as though GUEVERA, a finalist in Sydney, would win as she led by one to two metres 70 metres out from the line, and only FENTON threatened her lead. With 20 metres left, FENTON drew level with the Mexican and it was not until the final five metres that MBACKE drew level and then passed the two minor medallists.
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| BREUER finished fourth in 50.49 ahead of Nadjina KALTOUMA (CHA, fifth in 50.80. The young Russian, Olesya ZYKINA, a European Junior champion, was sixth in 50.93 and Mireille NGUIMGO (CMR) was seventh in 51.97. Former world junior champion and Olympic bronze medallist Falailat OGUNKOYA (NIG) failed to finish. |
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Final |
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| 1 |
Amy Mbacké Thiam |
SEN |
10 Nov 76 |
49.86 |
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Lorraine Fenton |
JAM |
8 Sep 73 |
49.88 |
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| 3 |
Ana Guevara |
MEX |
4 Mar 77 |
49.97 |
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| 4 |
Grit Breuer |
GER |
16 Feb 72 |
50.49 |
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| 5 |
Kaltouma Nadjina |
CHA |
16 Nov 76 |
50.80 |
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| 6 |
Olesya Zykina |
RUS |
7 Oct 80 |
50.93 |
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| 7 |
Mireille Nguimgo |
CMR |
7 Nov 76 |
51.97 |
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Falilat Ogunkoya |
NGR |
5 Dec 68 |
DNF |
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Women's 400m semi-finals |
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The women's 400m semi-finals produced a pair of national records and a clutch of personal and season's bests for the qualifiers, with Amy MBACKE THIAM recording the fastest time of the round and looking like a strong candidate for the gold medal.
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The Senegalese athlete smashed her own national record by more than half a second, clocking 50.21 to win the second of three heats, while the Calgary-based Chad runner, Kaltouma NADJINA also broke her own national record, to finish second in the same heat. NADJINA came from behind with a late surge to record 50.38, the third quickest of the day.
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The second fastest time of the round went to Germany's former world champion Grit BREUER, who led from the start to win heat one in 50.32 from Olesya ZYKINA of Russia, who recorded 50.59. Behind these two, Cameroon's Mireille NGUIMGO came with a late finish for a season's best time of 50.71, only three hundredths of a second outside her personal best and good enough to put her into tomorrow evening's final as a fastest loser.
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The third semi-final was won by Mexico's Olympic finallist Ana GUEVARA who looked comfortable for her victory, in 50.58. Jamaica's Olympic silver medallist finished strongly and, like NGUIMGO, came from behind in the home straight to claim a season's best, 50.61, and a place in the final.
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| The other fastest loser was Nigeria's African record holder Falilat OGUNKOYA, who was third in heat two in a season's best of 50.50. |
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Semifinals |
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6 August |
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Heat 1 |
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| 1 |
Grit Breuer |
GER |
16 Feb 72 |
50.32 |
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Olesya Zykina |
RUS |
7 Oct 80 |
50.59 |
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| 3 |
Mireille Nguimgo |
CMR |
7 Nov 76 |
50.71 |
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| 4 |
Demetria Davis |
USA |
31 Dec 79 |
51.26 |
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| 5 |
Natallia Salahub |
BLR |
31 Mar 75 |
51.43 |
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| 6 |
Karen Shinkins |
IRL |
15 Oct 76 |
51.66 |
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| 7 |
Damayanthi Dharsha |
SRI |
13 Feb 75 |
51.83 |
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| 8 |
Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček |
POL |
20 Apr 77 |
52.28 |
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Heat 2 |
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| 1 |
Amy Mbacké Thiam |
SEN |
10 Nov 76 |
50.21 |
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Q |
| 2 |
Kaltouma Nadjina |
CHA |
16 Nov 76 |
50.38 |
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| 3 |
Falilat Ogunkoya |
NGR |
5 Dec 68 |
50.50 |
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| 4 |
Heide Seyerling |
RSA |
19 Aug 76 |
50.87 |
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| 5 |
Monique Hennagan |
USA |
26 May 76 |
50.98 |
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| 6 |
Sandie Richards |
JAM |
6 Nov 68 |
51.40 |
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| 7 |
Claudia Marx |
GER |
16 Sep 78 |
51.75 |
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| 8 |
K. Mathews Beenamol |
IND |
15 Aug 75 |
52.68 |
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Heat 3 |
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| 1 |
Ana Guevara |
MEX |
4 Mar 77 |
50.58 |
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| 2 |
Lorraine Fenton |
JAM |
8 Sep 73 |
50.61 |
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| 3 |
Michelle Collins |
USA |
12 Feb 71 |
51.22 |
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| 4 |
Florence Ekpo-Umoh |
GER |
27 Dec 77 |
51.47 |
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Anastasiya Kapachinskaya |
RUS |
21 Nov 79 |
51.68 |
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| 6 |
Donna Fraser |
GBR |
7 Nov 72 |
51.77 |
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| 7 |
Aliann Pompey |
GUY |
9 Mar 78 |
51.96 |
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Anna Kozak |
BLR |
22 Jun 74 |
52.13 |
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Women's 400m Round 1-400 m f. 1er tour |
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Former world champion Grit BREUER of Germany produced the fastest time in the first round of the women's 400m this morning, clocking 50.71, one of only three sub-51 second times. The others went to Mexico's Olympic finallist Ana GUEVARA and Senegal's Amy MBACKE THIAM, who both ran 50.99 to win their heats.
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Running in lane eight in the fifth of six heats BREUER - who is the fastest runner in the field this year - went out hard from the gun, chased by USA's Monique HENNEGAN and Britain's Olympic fourth placer Donna FRASER. These three led as the athletes came around the final turn, and BREUER cruised home in comfort. HENNEGAN was second, in a season's best of 51.12, but FRASER, who has had an injury-hit year, was pipped on the line by a fast finishing Karen SHINKINS of Ireland. She still qualified, however, her season's best 52.02 seeing her through as a fastest loser.
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GUEVARA, who holds the world's third fastest time for 2001, also went out hard, followed by Russia's Anastasiya KAPACHINSKAYA. A personal best of 51.92 by Poland's Grazyna PROKOPEK saw her through as a fastest loser.
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By contrast, MBACKE THIAM, running the final heat, preserved her energy through the first half of the race and came late, cruising from third to first place in the final 80 metres, with Cameroon's Mireille NGUIMGO running her season's best, 51.09, for second.
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| None of the main medal contenders had any problems in qualifying, with Chad's Calgary-based Kaltouma NADJINA - who will become a Canadian athlete after these world champoionships - and USA's Michelle COLLINS looking particularly easy. Olesya ZYKINA was also a comfortable winner of heat four in 51.57. However, Olympic silver medallist, Lorrane FENTON of Jamaica, started slowly and had to finish hard for second place in heat two, clocking a modest 51.80. |
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Heats |
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5 August |
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Heat 1 |
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| 1 |
Kaltouma Nadjina |
CHA |
16 Nov 76 |
51.24 |
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Demetria Davis |
USA |
31 Dec 79 |
51.50 |
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Sandie Richards |
JAM |
6 Nov 68 |
51.71 |
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Natallia Salahub |
BLR |
31 Mar 75 |
51.78 |
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Zana Minina |
LTU |
11 Jun 77 |
52.98 |
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Greta Taslakian |
LBN |
16 Aug 85 |
57.06 |
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Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni |
FRA |
21 Apr 76 |
DNS |
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Alyona Litvinova |
TKM |
8 Aug 79 |
DQ |
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Heat 2 |
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| 1 |
Michelle Collins |
USA |
12 Feb 71 |
51.26 |
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Lorraine Fenton |
JAM |
8 Sep 73 |
51.80 |
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| 3 |
Claudia Marx |
GER |
16 Sep 78 |
52.03 |
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Otilia Ruicu |
ROU |
20 Aug 78 |
52.33 |
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Foy Williams |
CAN |
27 Sep 73 |
52.92 |
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Maria Carmo Tavares |
POR |
27 Apr 74 |
54.08 |
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Gladys Mateyo |
ZAM |
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59.30 |
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Verica Dimitrovska |
MKD |
2 Feb 79 |
DQ |
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Heat 3 |
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| 1 |
Olesya Zykina |
RUS |
7 Oct 80 |
51.56 |
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| 2 |
Falilat Ogunkoya |
NGR |
5 Dec 68 |
51.79 |
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| 3 |
Anna Kozak |
BLR |
22 Jun 74 |
52.35 |
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Catherine Murphy |
GBR |
21 Sep 75 |
52.40 |
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Francine Landre |
FRA |
26 Jul 70 |
52.57 |
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Christine Amertil |
BAH |
18 Aug 79 |
53.07 |
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Julia Alba |
ESP |
30 May 72 |
54.73 |
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| 8 |
Mereoni Raluve |
FIJ |
17 Nov 81 |
58.03 |
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Heat 4 |
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| 1 |
Ana Guevara |
MEX |
4 Mar 77 |
50.99 |
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Anastasiya Kapachinskaya |
RUS |
21 Nov 79 |
51.12 |
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Florence Ekpo-Umoh |
GER |
27 Dec 77 |
51.77 |
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Grażyna Prokopek-Janáček |
POL |
20 Apr 77 |
51.92 |
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K. Mathews Beenamol |
IND |
15 Aug 75 |
52.17 |
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Nova Batman |
AUS |
25 Feb 71 |
53.55 |
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Tsvetelina Kirilova |
BUL |
14 Jul 77 |
54.82 |
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Odonsuren Oyuntuya |
MGL |
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DNS |
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Heat 5 |
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| 1 |
Grit Breuer |
GER |
16 Feb 72 |
50.71 |
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| 2 |
Monique Hennagan |
USA |
26 May 76 |
51.12 |
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| 3 |
Karen Shinkins |
IRL |
15 Oct 76 |
51.37 |
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| 4 |
Donna Fraser |
GBR |
7 Nov 72 |
52.02 |
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Aliann Pompey |
GUY |
9 Mar 78 |
52.20 |
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| 6 |
Jane Arnott |
NZL |
3 Jan 76 |
52.57 |
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| 7 |
Natalya Antyukh |
RUS |
26 Jun 81 |
52.71 |
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Heat 6 |
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| 1 |
Amy Mbacké Thiam |
SEN |
10 Nov 76 |
50.99 |
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| 2 |
Mireille Nguimgo |
CMR |
7 Nov 76 |
51.09 |
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| 3 |
Heide Seyerling |
RSA |
19 Aug 76 |
51.78 |
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| 4 |
Damayanthi Dharsha |
SRI |
13 Feb 75 |
52.21 |
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| 5 |
LaDonna Antoine-Watkins |
CAN |
20 Nov 74 |
52.38 |
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Allison Beckford |
JAM |
8 May 79 |
53.08 |
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| 7 |
Jitka Burianová |
CZE |
17 Jan 77 |
53.29 |
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Klodiana Shala |
ALB |
22 Aug 79 |
DQ |
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LTU
BLR
TOG
JAM
LBN
CHA
TKM
USA
CAN
ROU
ZAM
MKD
GER
POR
BAH
ESP
RUS
GBR
NGR
FIJ
FRA
BUL
AUS
POL
MEX
IND
MGL
GUY
NZL
IRL
RSA
SRI
CZE
CMR
SEN
ALB
