TRACK AND FIELD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: HUNTER WINS WORLD TITLE AT SEVILLE : JONES SETS MEET RECORD IN PRELIMS.Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News Marion Jones Marion Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is an American former athlete in track and field. She was the winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, which she later relinquished after normally garners the majority of the attention in her marriage to shot putter C.J. Hunter. Saturday night, however, it was Hunter's turn to bask in the spotlight after winning the shot put on the opening day of the World Championships. Hunter unleashed a personal-best 71 feet, 6 inches on his sixth and final attempt to earn his first world title before a crowd of 20,104. Jones, the defending World 100-meter champion, also earned a place in the record books in the women's 100-meter preliminaries. In a second-round heat, the nine-time state champion from Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High clocked a championship- record 10.76 seconds en route to a world-season best. Jones, 23, also posted an automatic qualifying jump in the long jump preliminaries of 22-4-1/4 for the third-best mark to advance to Monday's final. Jones, who is seeking an unprecedented four gold medals, will also run in the 200 meters and either the 400- and 1,600-meter relay. Stacy Dragilia captured the first gold medal for the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in the nine-day competition, equaling her record of 15-1 in the inaugural World Championship women's pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. competition. In the men's shot put, Hunter, 30, who was third in the 1997 World Championships, yelled, thrust both arms into the air and pounded his fists on his chest after his winning toss. The effort moved him from second to first and past runner-up Oliver Sven-Buder of Germany (70-3-1/2). Hunter is the third consecutive American to win the event. John Godina John Carl Godina (born May 31, 1972 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is an American shot putter, whose record includes three World Championship wins and two Olympic medals. He also competes in discus. , the 1999 world-leader at 72-3, won the shot put in 1995 and 1997 but finished eighth at 66-9-1/4 after fouling on five of his six attempts. The bid ended the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX alum and former NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association champion's bid to become the first man to win world titles in the shot put and discus in the same year. Aleksandr Bagach of the Ukraine, who was stripped of his gold medal in 1997 after testing positive for the stimulant ephedrine ephedrine (ĭfĕd`rĭn, ĕf`ĭdrēn'), drug derived from plants of the genus Ephedra (see Pinophyta), most commonly used to prevent mild or moderate attacks of bronchial asthma. , was third at 69-9. Andy Bloom Andy Bloom is an American radio programmer, consultant and researcher who introduced the "Howard Stern Show" simulcasts in Philadelphia in 1986 and Los Angeles in 1991. Bloom is currently a conservative political communications strategist. of the U.S. was fourth at 68-8-3/4. ``I just wanted to get in the ring and do everything I possibly could to win,'' Hunter said. ``I didn't want to (do it halfheartedly). You have to come here with everything you've got.'' Jones certainly did not hold anything back in her quarterfinal triumph. Running into a 0.3-meter-per-second headwind head·wind or head wind n. A wind blowing directly against the course of an aircraft or ship. headwind Noun a wind blowing directly against the course of an aircraft or ship in the women's 100 meters, Jones dipped under her leading mark of 10.80, which she ran at Lausanne and London this summer. Jones, who won her first-round heat in 11.22 on Saturday morning, was among four athletes to dip under 11 seconds in the quarterfinals. Inger Miller Inger Miller (born June 12, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica. , a member of the U.S. 1996 Olympic gold-medalist, 400-meter relay, won her heat in a personal-best 10.86 seconds. Gail Devers, the 1992 and 1996 Olympic 100-meter champion, also advanced to today's semifinals despite finishing fourth in 11.10 for the 12th-best time. Jones won her quarterfinal by three-tenths of a second despite running in lane 5 with two lanes vacant from scratched competitors. Despite a false start and facing elimination with a second, Jones was the first out of the blocks on the second start. She said she was pushed to a fast performance watching Miller and the other quick quarterfinalists' times. ``I sat back and watched the other girls,'' Jones said. ``. . . I decided I was going to join the club. I could not have asked for a better atmosphere. The weather was great and the track was fast. Watch for some world records here.'' Jones was keeping an eye on her husband in the shot put competition after completing her events Saturday. The two made eye contact throughout the competition. Hunter said Jones' support helped him rebound after fouls on two of his four attempts to move into second at 69-2-1/2 on his fifth-round put. ``She was her coach and mine, and they were all rooting for me,'' Hunter said. ``We'll celebrate when we go back to the hotel and then it's back to work. We'll celebrate again (at the Olympics).'' Shelia Burrell of Reseda, a Cal State Northridge assistant coach, is 13th after the first day of the heptathlon heptathlon: see under decathlon. heptathlon Women's athletics competition. Contestants take part in seven different track-and-field events: 100-m hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, and 200- and 800-m runs. with 3,643 points. Burrell turned in the top mark in the 200 at 23.52 and had the second-best mark in the 100-meter hurdles of 13.28 to start the competition but was well short of her best in the high jump, managing a clearance of 5-5-1/4. Eunice Barber of France leads Denise Lewis by a point, 3,994 to 3,993, heading into the second and final day. AT A GLANCE Winners in the IAAF IAAF abbr. International Amateur Athletic Federation World Championships on Saturday: C.J. Hunter, United States, shot put 71-6 Ilya Markov, Russia, 20-kilometer race walk Stacy Dragilia, United States, women's pole vault, 15-1 Today's finals Men's and women's 100 meters Men's hammer throw Heptathlon CAPTION(S): Photo, box PHOTO C.J. Hunter prepares to heave his shot put at the World Championships in Seville. Hunter won the gold medal. Lionel Cironeau/Associated Press Box: At a Glance (see text) |
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