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This
was another disappointing Championship for Merlene Ottey. She came to
Barcelona leading the world ranking for 100 metres with 10.80 seconds
(third at 200 metres: 22.11 sec.) and was off course the favourite for
the final. But fighting herself back from a dangerous disease that
nearly cost her her feet Gail Devers was a surprising winner of the
gold medal. Little consolation for Merlene Ottey was it that her
fellow Jamaican Juliet Cuthbert took silver as Ottey herself only
finished fifth. This 100 metre final was the fastest for women ever
with five women under 11 seconds.
The
200 metres saw yet again an American (Gwen Torrence) taking gold ahead
of the Jamaicans. Also here Juliet Cuthbert finished ahead of Ottey
who though received her fourth Olympic bronze medal. With Cuthbert
(and partly Ottey) in top form Jamaica had high hopes for the 4 x 100
metre final, but they faded as Cuthbert suffered a hamstring on the
second leg and the team had to pull out of the race. Instead the
Americans (among them 35 year old Evelyn Ashford) won the gold in a
disappointing time of 42.11 seconds.
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100
m final (wind speed -1.0):
1. Gail Devers (USA) 10.82
2. Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) 10.83
3. Irina Privalova (CIS) 10.84
4. Gwen Torrence (USA) 10.86
5. Merlene Ottey (JAM) 10.88
6. Anelia Nuneva (BUL) 11.10
7. Mary Onyali (NIG) 11.15
8. Liliana Allen (CUB) 11.19 |
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200
m final
(wind speed -0.6):
1. Gwen Torrence (USA) 21.81
2. Juliet Cuthbert (JAM) 22.02
3. Merlene Ottey (JAM) 22.09
4. Irina Privalova (CIS) 22.19
5. Carlette Guidry (USA) 22.30
6. Grace Jackson (JAM) 22.58
7. Michelle Finn (USA) 22.61
8. Galina Malchugina (CIS) 22.63 |
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4
x 100 m final:
1. United States 42.11 sec.
(E. Ashford, E. Jones, C. Guidry, G. Torrence)
2. Commonwealth of Independent States 42.16 sec.
(Bogoslovskaya,Malchugina, Trandenkova, Privalova)
3. Nigeria 42.81 sec.
(Utondu, Idehen, Thompson, Onyali)
4. France 42.85 sec.
5. Germany 43.12 sec.
6. Australia 43.77 sec.
- Jamaica DNF
- Cuba DNF |
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