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Stuttgart / World Athletics Final: 41 Outdoor Global Champs and World Record Holders Entered
September 8, 2006
Courtesy of IAAF

Stuttgart, GERMANY---(Sept 8)---Forty one of the athletes entered for the 4th IAAF World Athletics Final which takes place in Stuttgart, Germany this weekend between them - counting only outdoor individual Olympic standard events - won 42 titles at the World Championships in Athletics, 24 gold medals at the Olympic Games, and hold 7 current World records.

(Those shown in italics indicate athletes entered in more than one event in Stuttgart)

MEN
100m
Asafa Powell JAM - World record holder
Shawn Crawford USA - 2004 Olympic 200m champion

400m
Jeremy Wariner USA - 2005 World; 2004 Olympic champion

3000m
Eliud Kipchoge KEN - 2003 World 5000m champion

5000m
Kenenisa Bekele ETH - 2003 / 2005 World and 2004 Olympic 10,000m champion, and World 5000m and 10,000m record holder
Eliud Kipchoge KEN - 2003 World 5000m champion

3000m Steeplechase
Ezekiel Kemboi KEN - 2004 Olympic champion

110m Hurdles
Xiang Liu CHN - World record holder, and 2004 Olympic champion
Allen Johnson - 1996 Olympic and four-time World champion

400m Hurdles
Bershawn Jackson USA - 2005 World champion

High Jump
Stefan Holm SWE - 2004 Olympic champion

Long Jump
Dwight Phillips USA - 2004 Olympic and 2005 World champion

Triple Jump
Walter Davis USA - 2005 World champion

Discus Throw
Virgilijus Alekna LTU - 2003 / 2005 World champion & 2000 / 2004 Olympic champion

Hammer Throw
Szymon Ziolkowski POL - 2000 Olympic and 2001 World champion
Koji Murofushi JPN - 2004 Olympic champion
Ivan Tikhon - 2003 / 2005 World champion

Javelin Throw
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR - 2004 Olympic champion
Jan Zelezny CZE - three-time World and Olympic champion, and World record holder

WOMEN

100m
Torri Edwards USA - 2003 World champion

200m
Allyson Felix USA - 2005 World champion

400m
Amy Mbacke Thiam SEN - 2001 World champion

800m
Zulia Calatayud CUB - 2005 World champion

1500m
Tatyana Tomashova - 2003 / 2005 World champion
Olga Yegorova RUS - 2001 World 5000m champion

3000m
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH - 2003 / 2005 World 5000m champion, and 2005 World 10,000m champion
Meseret Defar ETH - Olympic champion, and World record holder

5000m
Tirunesh Dibaba ETH - 2003 / 2005 World champion, and 2005 World 10,000m champion
Meseret Defar ETH - Olympic champion, and World record holder
Berhane Adere ETH - 2003 World 10,000m champion

100m Hurdles
Michelle Perry USA - 2005 World champion
Perdita Felicien CAN - 2003 World champion

High Jump
Kajsa Bergqvist SWE - 2005 World champion
Yelena Slesarenko RUS - 2004 Olympic champion

Pole Vault
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS - 2004 Olympic and 2005 World champion, and World record holder
Svetlana Feofanova RUS - 2003 World champion

Long Jump
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS - 2004 Olympic Long Jump champion, 2001 / 2003 World Triple Jump champion

Triple Jump
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS - 2004 Olympic Long Jump
champion, 2001 / 2003 World Triple Jump champion Trecia Smith JAM - 2005 World champion

Shot Put
Yumileidi Cumba CUB - 2004 Olympic champion
Nadzeya Ostapchuk BLR - 2005 World champion

Discus Throw
Franka Dietzsch GER - 1999 / 2005 World champion
Ellina Zvereva BLR - 2000 Olympic champion

Hammer Throw
Kamila Skolimowska POL - 2000 Olympic champion
Yipsi Moreno CUB - 2001 / 2003 World champion


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