Thursday 21 September 2000
Coverage from the Olympic Stadium as the track and field events get underway. Women's 800m round 1; men's 400m round 1; men's 100m round 1; women's 100m round 1. Commentary by Stuart Storey, David Coleman, Steve Cram, Paul Dickenson, Brendan Foster, Sally Gunnell and Christina Boxer.
Friday 22 September 2000
Featuring women's 5000m round 1; men's shot put final; women's 400m round 1; women's 100m round 1; men's 100m round 2; men's 10000m round 1. Commentary by Stuart Storey, David Coleman, Steve Cram, Paul Dickenson, Brendan Foster, Sally Gunnell and Christina Boxer.
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| ATHLETICS: Olympic Games at Sydney's Olympic Stadium |
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Women's 5000m Round 1; Men's Shot Put Final; Men's High Jump Qualifying Round; Women's 400m Round 1; Women's Triple Jump Qualifying Round; Women's 100m Round 2; Men's 100m Round 2; Men's 1km Round 1. Delayed.
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| ATHLETICS: Olympic Games at Sydney's Olympic Stadium |
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Highlights and interviews.
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Olympic
Games: Sydney: Men's 200m
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Maurice Greene
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This
event was thrown wide-open at the US Olympic trials when the anticipated showdown
between world champion Maurice Greene and world record holder Michael Johnson
didn't take place. Injury sidelined the 100m world record
holder before the event, whereas Johnson pulled out halfway round with a strain.
So with their
two big cheeses failing to negotiate the strict 'first three go to Sydney'
policy of the US Olympic trials, the door was opened for 21 year old John
Capel, veteran Floyd Heard - whose previous personal best had been set 13
years previously! - and 23-year-old Coby Miller, to respectively book their
Olympic tickets with the second, third, and fourth fastest times of the
year.
World Championship
silver-medallist Claudinei da Silva has been well off the pace this year
thus far, so the biggest threat to the American trio will come from Trinidad's
Ato Boldon - bronze medallist in Atlanta - Barbados's Obadele Thompson and
Nigerian youngster Francis Obikwelu.
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Michael
Johnson
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The 21-year-old
peaked too soon in Seville last year - his winning semi-final time of 19.84
was easily a personal best, and nearly 3/10ths faster than his run in the
final. Which would have been the difference between gold and bronze.
Expect Britain's
blossoming Christian Malcolm to make a good impression - he has the speed
to reach the semi-finals, but anything beyond that will be a bonus. Julian
Golding scraped into the final in Seville and will be hoping to have gained
from that experience, whereas Marlon Devonish ran a faster semi-final but
missed out, in 5th place.
Sportlist
prediction: Capel to pip Obikwelu and Boldon.
Olympic Games:
Sydney: Women's 200m
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Marion
Jones
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On paper, it looks
like it should be another plain-sailing day for Marion Jones and the rest
of the American team. The Olympic Trials in Sacramento on July 23rd produced
the fastest three times in the world this year, with Jones scorching home
in 21.94, comfortably ahead of Inger Miller and Nanceen Perry.
Their biggest
threat could come from an unknown quantity - Cameroon's 23-year-old Myriam
Mani, who recorded a time of 22.41 in French Guyana back in May.
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Pauline Davis
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Extra ooomph
from the home crowd could push Melinda Gainsford-Taylor towards a medal
- she's currently the 5th fastest woman over 200m this year, whilst Debbie
Ferguson and Pauline Davis-Thompson from the Bahamas shouldn't be discounted
either.
Sportlist
prediction: Another day, another gold for Marion Jones.
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