Three Golds for Jamaica in Berlin

Christopher Williams won the 200m at the ISTAF
Golden League athletics meeting in Berlin. He won the
competition. AFP PHOTO DDP/OLIVER LANG GERMANY
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005

At the final IAAF Golden League athletics meet in Berlin, Germany, Jamaican athletes did very well in the sprint events, taking three gold medals.

In the men�s 100 metres sprint, Dwight Thomas took the win in 10.01, over Martinique-born Frenchman Ronald Poignon. Jason Gardner from Great Britain took third. The time would have been a personal best for Thomas little over a week ago, before he set his best time of 10 seconds dead.

In the 200 metres sprint, Christopher Williams took gold in a time of 20.33 over Tyree Washington of the USA and Jacey Harper of Tinidad. This was only .01 seconds off Williams� season�s best time set last week in Italy.

Jamaica�s third win came in the women�s 100 metres hurdles, where the Jamaican pair of Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Delloreen Ennis-London continued their dominant form. The race was won by Foster-Hylton in a time of 12.63, with Ennis-London second in 12.74.

There were other strong performances by Jamaican athletes as well.

In the �B� final of the 100 metres sprint, Ainsley Waugh took the win, taking it from Nigeria�s Olusoji Fasuba in the photo finish.

In the 400 metres hurdles, Maurice Wignall finished fourth in 13.58, only .03 seconds off third place. The race was won by Dominique Arnold in 13.20.

In the women�s 100 metres sprint, Sherone Simpson took a fifth place for Jamaica. Her time of 11.17 was equal with the time of fourth place, and only .01 off third. The race was won by Christine Arron of France in 11.01.

Jamaican triple jumper Trecia Smith withdrew from the meeting, which left Tatyana Lebedeva with very little resistance on her way to her sixth win the the Golden League series. This means that Lebedeva will take home the $1,000,000 jackpot that was on offer for athletes who could win their event in all six of the Golden League meets.

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