The champions have started to arrive. Today it was the turn of Maurice Greeene, John Godina and Michael Johnson..... Read More
Cathy Freeman had a wonderful 1997 season and her World Championship gold medal represented the first ever won by an Australian Aboriginal. But, as LEN JOHNSON reports, although Freeman was born with sport in her blood, she has covered a lot of ground to get to the top... Read More
With the USA missing from the race, several teams had a solid chance to capture the gold medal. Nigeria, the favourite of many, had recorded the fastest... Read More
Dean Starkey (USA) Bronze "I'm not sure when the last American outdoor major championship medal was, 1984 maybe? Anyway I couldn't be more pleased.... Read More
Lars Riedel (GER) Gold "I would like to thank Jurgen for his first long one (66.14). It shocked the opponents and it was much easier for me to fol... Read More
The 1997 world indoor champion, Jamaican Michelle Freeman ran the fastest time in the semifinals of the 100m hurdles, and for the second time in this
The USA men’s 4x400m relay quartet completed a trio of close relay finals this evening and took the final gold medal of the 6th World Championships in
The 1997 world indoor bronze medallist, Norway’s Hanna Haugland took the second gold medal for her country by winning the high jump, an event that had
Daniel Komen of Kenya, the only man in history to have run two sub-4 minute miles in the same race won the World Championships gold medal at 5000m,
Hanne Haugland (NOR) Gold
"I knew I could do it, though I was very nervous.
Now I am going to call my father (a former athlete in the long jump) to
Sergey Bubka (Ukraine) made a terrific comeback to his winning ways after a disappointing injury kept him out of the Olympic final in Atlanta last yea
Lars Riedel of Germany won his fourth straight discus title, firing off three throws better than the best of his competition.
Teammate Jurgen Schult
way battle for gold in the women’s 4x400m relay thanks to a stirring last leg by Grit Breuer who came from fourth place
Ludmila Engquist (SWE) Gold
"If the first start had been OK, I think the winning time would have been around 12.45sec.
After the 8th hurdle I knew
The 1996 Olympic champion and 1991 world champion (as Lyudmila Narozhilenko, representing the URS), Sweden’s Ludmila Engquist won the first ever gold
Daniel Komen (KEN) Gold
"I have based my running on the pace and past feats of the great Kip Keino and Moses Kiptanui.
This aspect of my training
It didn’t take long for the marathoners to start dropping away from the pack on a warm, sunny day on the Marathon to Panathinaikon course. By 10km, a