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Cherkasova and Lebedeva started their battle for golden million.
02.07.2005
IAAF Golden League started in the Stade de France yesterday. Svetlana Cherkasova and Tatiana Lebedeva were the only Russians who won their GL events.
Russian Svetlana Cherkasova, who ran a world leading 1:56.93 when winning the IAAF GPII meet on home soil in Kazan last weekend, was again the victor, this time with 1:57.52. Cuban Zulia Calatayud who finished second in Kazan, was also runner-up today with 1:58.37. World champion Maria Mutola (MOZ) made a late charge to get into third place (1:58.96 – season’s best) but looked heavy legged by comparison to the winner’s fluency.
There was a World season’s lead in the women’s Triple Jump which saw World champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia win with 15.11m. There was however an emphatic reversal of fortune for the woman who had beaten her to the Olympic Triple Jump title in Athens. Cameroon’s Francoise Mbango could do no better than 10th this evening (13.84m).
Olga Yegorova won the women’s’ 1500 meters with 4.01.85min. Natalia Yevdokimova was third with 4.03,59min. Anna Piatykh was the runner-up in the women’s triple jump — 14.70 meters.
Yeroslav Rybakov placed third in the men’s high jump, having cleared 2.30 meters. Aleksandr Ivanov was third in the men’s javelin throw — 84,24 meters. One place behind him was Sergei Makarov — 83,89 meters.
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