All of Team USA's World Championships gold medalists competing
Saturday in the IAAF World Athletics Final in Monaco came away with
victories - and $30,000 paychecks - while others came up big when it
counted as well.World and Olympic champion Dwight Phillips and U.S. champion Miguel
Pate went 1-2 in the men's long jump, with Phillips jumping a meet
record 8.46m/27-9.25 on his first attempt. Pate was second with 8.30m/
27-2.75.
Adam Nelson kept his gold-medal streak alive, coming back from a
World Championships victory in the shot put to win the event in Monaco.
Nelson threw a meet record 21.92m/71-11 to win easily over Joachim
Olsen of Denmark (21.03/69-0), with Reese Hoffa third (20.87/68-5.75)
and U.S. champion Christian Cantwell fifth (20.09m/65-11).
Bershawn Jackson likewise closed out a career-making season in the
men's 400-meter hurdles. The newly minted world champion won the
World Athletics Final in 48.05 seconds, with Worlds silver medalist
James Carter fifth in 48.62.
Allyson Felix remained undefeated in the 200 meters in 2005 with
another convincing win. The 19-year-old world champion ran 22.27 to
defeat Olympic gold medalist Veronica Campbell of Jamaica (22.37).
World Champion Michelle Perry won the women's 100m hurdles in
12.55, nosing out Brigitte Foster-Hylton of Jamaica by .01 second.
Olympic gold medalist Joanna Hayes was sixth in 12.78.
Allen Johnson, Dominique Arnold and Terrence Trammell atoned for
what they considered a disappointing World Championships
performance by sweeping the men's 110m hurdles, finishing in the
same order as they did in the USA Outdoor Championships. Four-time
world champion Johnson was first across the line in a meet record 13.09
seconds, with Arnold second in 13.10 and Trammell third in 13.17. Joel
Brown was seventh (13.28) and Ron Bramlett eighth (13.32).
World Championships silver medalist Sanya Richards posted her third
consecutive post-Helsinki victory in the women's 400 meters, running
49.52 to again defeat world and Olympic champion Tonique Williams-
Darling of Bahamas (49.54) in a close race. Dee Dee Trotter finished
third (50.64) with Monique Hennagan sixth (51.31).
American record holder Bernard Lagat followed up a 3,000m win on
Friday with a runner-up finish (3:33.55) in Saturday's 1,500m, while
Aretha Thurmond was third in the women's discus with a throw of
60.68m/199-1.
Leonard Scott was seventh in the men's 100m in 10.18, and Hazel Clark
was seventh in the women's 800m (2:04.04).
For complete results and event reports, visit www.iaaf.org.