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Athletics coverage of Sydney 2000 - XXVII Olympic Games. This section will
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| - Closing ceremony of Sydney 2000 Olympic Games | 10/3/2000 | |
| A spectacular view of the closing ceremony of Sydney 2000 Olympic Games | ||
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| - Sydney's Harbor Bridge during the closing ceremony | 10/3/2000 | |
| Magnificent fire works enlighted the city of Sydney and especially the most famous Harbor Bridge during the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games | ||
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| - Men's 4x400m medal presentation | 10/3/2000 | |
| From left to right Antonio Pettigrew, twins Calvin and Alvin Harrison and Michael Johnson receiving gold medal for their victory in the men's 4x400m relay | ||
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| - Men's Marathon medal presentation | 10/3/2000 | |
| Mezahgne Abera, Eric Wainaina and Tesfaye Tola on the men's marathon Olympic podium | ||
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| - Men's marathon Mezahgne Abera | 10/3/2000 | |
| Mezahgne Abera (ETH) crossing the finish line of the Olympic men's marathon | ||
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| - Men's pole vault medal presentation | 10/3/2000 | |
| Nick Hysong and Lawrence Johnson both from the USA receiving gold and silver medal respectively | ||
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| - Men's 4x100m relay USA | 9/30/2000 | |
| The USA team clowning around as they wait to mount the podium to recieve 4x100m relay gold. | ||
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| - Women's high jump Yelena Yelesina | 9/30/2000 | |
| Yelena Yelesina of Russia won the Olympic women's high jump tonight with a winning height of 2.01m. | ||
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| - Women's high jump Kajsa Bergqvist | 9/30/2000 | |
| Bronze medallist Bergqvist of Sweden (shared with Dana Pantelimon of Romania) cleared 1.99m on her second try. | ||
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| - Women's 4x100m relay gold medallists | 9/30/2000 | |
| The Bahamas team recieve their gold medals. The Golden Girls are Fynes Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson and Debbie Ferguson. | ||
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| - Women's javelin gold medallist | 9/30/2000 | |
| An excellent opening throw of 68.91 metres by Norway’s world record holder Trine Hattestad ensured her victory in Sydney. | ||
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| - Women's high jump gold medallist | 9/30/2000 | |
| Yelena Yelesina of Russia won the Olympic women's high jump tonight with a winning height of 2.01, with Hestrie Cloete of South Africa second at the same height. | ||
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| - Men's 4x400m relay final | 9/30/2000 | |
| Michael Johnson anchors the US team to victory ahead of Nigeria and Jamaica. | ||
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| - Women's 4x400m relay final | 9/30/2000 | |
| The Americans had strategically placed Marion Jones in the third leg, and she turned a dead-even race into a 15-metre advantage for the US. | ||
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| - Women's 4x400m relay final | 9/30/2000 | |
| Cathy Freeman ran a superb 49.4 anchor leg to bring her Australian team into fifth place in 3:23.81. | ||
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| - Men's 4x100m relay gold medallist | 9/30/2000 | |
| Bernard Williams celebrates victory for the US team. | ||
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| - Men's 4x100m relay gold medallist | 9/30/2000 | |
| Brian Lewis celebrates relay gold | ||
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| - Men's 4x100m relay gold medallist Maurice Greene | 9/30/2000 | |
| Greene celebrates his second gold medal of the 2000 Olympic Games. | ||
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| - Men's 4x400m relay final | 9/30/2000 | |
| The Nigerian team celebrate a superb second placing behind the USA and setting an African record (2:58.68)in the process. The team was made up of Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada and Enefiok Udo-Obong . | ||
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| - Women's 4x400m relay final | 9/30/2000 | |
| The US team celebrate a successful defense of their Olympic title in Sydney. The team was made up of Jearl Miles-Clark, Monique Hennagan, Marion Jones and LaTasha Colander-Richardson. | ||
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| - Women's javelin throw gold medallist Trine Hattestad | 9/30/2000 | |
| A superb year for the Norwegian who takes the gold medal and has broken two world records during the 2000 season. | ||
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| - Men's 4x400m relay final | 9/30/2000 | |
| The USA team celebrate yet another impressive win at this event. The team (Alvin Harrison ,Antonio Pettigrew ,Calvin Harrison and Michael Johnson) recorded a season's best with 2:56.35. | ||
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| - Men's 5000m Million Wolde | 9/30/2000 | |
| Wolde celebrates winning gold in the 5000m. | ||
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| - Men's 5000m finish | 9/30/2000 | |
| Ethiopia's Million Wolde crosses the finish line ahead of Algeria's Ali Saidi-Sief and Morocco's Brahim Lahlafi. | ||
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| - Women's 1500m final Nouria Benida-Merha | 9/30/2000 | |
| Algerian gold medallist Nouria Benida-Merha celebrates a stunning victory over 1500m. | ||
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| - Women's 1500m final | 9/30/2000 | |
| Algeria's Nouria Benida-Merha won 1500m gold in thrilling style ahead of Romanians Violeta Szekely and Gabriela Szabo. | ||
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| - Men's 4x100m relay final | 9/30/2000 | |
| The USA team celebrate relay victory. From left Maurice Greene, Jon Drummond, Brian Lewis and Bernard Williams. | ||
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| - Women's 4x100m relay final | 9/30/2000 | |
| Debbie Ferguson celebrates anchoring the Bahamas team to relay Olympic gold. | ||
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| - Women's 10,000m final | 9/30/2000 | |
| Derartu Tulu and Gete Wami celebrate taking the two top spots for Ethiopia in the 10,000m. | ||
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| - Women's 10,000m final Derartu Tulu | 9/30/2000 | |
| Ethiopia's Tulu crosses the finish line to win her second Olympic gold medal at this distance. | ||
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| - Women's 10,000m final | 9/30/2000 | |
| Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL) and Paula Radcliffe (GBR) in action during the 10,000m final. The Britain came fourth and the Irish star sixth. | ||
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| - Women's 10,000m final Derartu Tulu | 9/30/2000 | |
| Ethiopia's 1992 Olympic 10,000m champion Tulu in action during the final in Sydney. | ||
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| - Women's long jump Fiona May | 9/29/2000 | |
| The British born Italian Fiona May celebrates her second place behind Heike Drechsler in the long jump final. | ||
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| - Men's pole vault final | 9/29/2000 | |
| The US duo of Nick Hysong (gold) and Lawrence Johnson (silver) take their victory lap around the stadium | ||
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| - Men's pole vault Nick Hysong | 9/29/2000 | |
| The USA's Hysong clebrates winning gold in Sydney. He vaulted 5.90m. | ||
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| - Women's 4x400m relay heats | 9/29/2000 | |
| Monique Hennagan of the USA recieves the batton from Jearl Miles-Clark in the 4x400m relay heats. | ||
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| - Women's 4x400m relay heats | 9/29/2000 | |
| Ciara Sheehy of Ireland in action in the final leg of the Womens 4x400m Relay Heats. | ||
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| - Women's 4x400m relay heats | 9/29/2000 | |
| Great Britain and Jamaica in action during the relay heats. | ||
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| - Womens 4x400m relay heats | 9/29/2000 | |
| The Australian team in action during the heats. The team comprising Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn, Susan Andrews, Jana Pittman and Nova Peris-Kneebone qualified for the final. | ||
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| - Women's long jump Heike Drechsler | 9/29/2000 | |
| Germany's Drechsler celebrates winning gold. She long jumped 6.99m to stake the prime position ahead of Fiona May and Marion Jones who came second and third. | ||
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| - Men's 1500m final Hicham El Guerrouj | 9/29/2000 | |
| A disapointed El Guerrouj removes his shoes after the final. The world record holder and supreme 1500m runner missed his first chance at the Olympic title in 1996 when he fell during the final. This time he will have to settle for silver. | ||
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| - Men's 1500m final sprint finish action | 9/29/2000 | |
| Kenya versus Morocco as Noah Ngeny (centre) sprints ahead to take the lead and win the race ahead of favourite Hicham El Guerrouj (left) | ||
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| - Women's long jump final Heike Drechsler | 9/29/2000 | |
| Germany's Drechsler, one of Jones' strongest opponents, in action during the long jump final. | ||
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| - Women's long jump final Marion Jones | 9/29/2000 | |
| The USA's Jones takes off for her third attempt at Olympic gold. | ||
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| - Men's 1500m final | 9/29/2000 | |
| Kenya's Noah Ngeny wins the race in a thrilling finish ahead of Hicham El Guerrouj (in green) and compatriot Bernard Lagat. | ||
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| - Men's long jump silver medallist Jai Taurima | 9/29/2000 | |
| Australia's Taurima jumped 8.49m to secure the silver medal behind Ivan Pedroso. | ||
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| - Men's long jump Olympic champion Ivan Pedroso | 9/29/2000 | |
| Pedroso claimed gold in Sydney ending the USA's domination of this event. Carl Lewis, who had won the last four titles, watched from the stands as the man from Cuba produced a final jump of 8.55 metres to beat Australia's Jai Taurima into second place. | ||
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| - Men's long jump Jai Taurima | 9/29/2000 | |
| Taurima of Australia in action during the men's long jump final on Thursday. | ||
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| - Men's long jump Ivan Pedroso | 9/29/2000 | |
| Cuba's Pedroso in action during the long jump final on Thursday. | ||
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| - Men's 4x100m relay heats team USA | 9/29/2000 | |
| Maurice Greene recieves the baton from Brian Lewis during the 4x100m relay heats. | ||
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| - Men's 4x100m relay heats Dwain Chambers | 9/29/2000 | |
| Great Britain's Chambers prepares to receive the baton during the 4x100m relay heats. | ||
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| - Men's 50km walk Joel Sanchez | 9/29/2000 | |
| Mexico's Sanchez came third in the 50km walk to take the brinze medal in 3:44:36. | ||
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| - Men's 50km walk Robert Korzeniowski | 9/29/2000 | |
| Poland's Korzeniowski on his way to gold. Poland’s Robert Korzeniowski became the first man in Olympic history to take double gold in the men’s walks. | ||
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| - Women's shot put gold medallist Yanina Korolchik | 9/29/2000 | |
| Another gold for Belarus as Korolchick puts the shot to a new national record with 20.56m. Team mate Ellina Zvereva took the discus gold on Wednesday. | ||
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| - Men's 200m Darren Campbell | 9/28/2000 | |
| Great Britain's 200m silver medallist Campbell is congratulated by his coach Linford Christie, the 1992 100m Olympic champion. | ||
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| - Decathlon Chris Huffins | 9/28/2000 | |
| The USA's Chris Huffins celebrates winning decathlon bronze with his daughter on his shoulders. | ||
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| - Decathlon Olympic champion Erki Nool | 9/28/2000 | |
| Nool proudly waves the Estonian flag in celebration of his Olympic victory. | ||
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| - Decathlon 1500m Erki Nool | 9/28/2000 | |
| After the final event of the decathlon, the 1500m, Estonia's Erki Nool is decathlon Olympic champion with 8641 points. | ||
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| - A view of the stadium | 9/28/2000 | |
| Taken by an IAAF staff member in Sydney, this photograph shows the packed stadium during the athletics programme of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. | ||
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| - People arriving at the Stadium Australia to watch the athletics | 9/28/2000 | |
| Over a Million spectators have already crowded Stadium Australia for the Athletics Programme. | ||
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| - Men's 200m Konstantinotis Kenteris | 9/28/2000 | |
| Greece's 200m Olympic champion waves to the crowds after being awarded his gold medal. | ||
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| - Women's 200m Marion Jones | 9/28/2000 | |
| Jones waves to the stadium crowd after recieving her second gold medal at these Olympic Games. | ||
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| - Women's 200m gold medallist | 9/28/2000 | |
| Marion Jones receives a congratulatory kiss from husband CJ Hunter after her 200m victory. | ||
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| - Women's 200m champion Marion Jones | 9/28/2000 | |
| The USA's Jones shines once again after a 200m victory. | ||
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| - Men's 200m final | 9/28/2000 | |
| From the left: Ato Boldon (TRI) who took the bronze, Obadele Thompson of Barbados who finished fourth and Great Britain's Darren Campbell who took the silver medal. | ||
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| - Men's 200m final | 9/28/2000 | |
| Konstantinos Kenteris of Greece celebrates winning the mens 200m final during the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. | ||
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| - Men's 200m Darren Campbell | 9/28/2000 | |
| Great Britain's Campbell celebrates coming second in the 200m with the Union Jack. | ||
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| - Men's 200m Olympic champion Konstadínos Kedéris | 9/28/2000 | |
| The biggest surprise, Greece's Kederis celebrates winning the 200m final in Sydney. | ||
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| - Women's 200m Susanthika Jayasinghe | 9/28/2000 | |
| Sri Lanka's Susanthika Jayasinghe is incredulous upon hearing confirmation that she will take home the 200m bronze medal. | ||
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| - Women's 200m Pauline Davis-Thompson | 9/28/2000 | |
| Davis-Thompson of the Bahamas, second behind Marion Jones, is overcome with emotion. | ||
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| - Women's 200m final | 9/28/2000 | |
| These two women have each left their mark on the 2000 edition of the Olympic Games. Cathy Freeman (400m gold medallist) congratulates Marion Jones on becoming double Olympic champion (100m and 200m). | ||
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| - Women's 200m Marion Jones | 9/28/2000 | |
| The USA's Jones celebrates becoming 200m Olympic champion. | ||
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| - Womens 1500m semi-final heat 1 | 9/28/2000 | |
| Kelly Holmes (GBR) and Suzy Favor-Hamilton (USA) battle it out during the 1st heat of the semi-finals. | ||
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| - Men's 200m semi-final Koji Ito and Shingo Suetsugu | 9/28/2000 | |
| The Japanese version of Maurice Greene and Ato Boldon, Asia's fastest men pose for the cameras after completing the 200 semi-finals. They did not qualify for the final. | ||
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| - Men's 200m semi-final heat 2 | 9/28/2000 | |
| From the left: Konstadínos Kedéris (GRE) qualifies first, Coby Miller of USA qualifies fourth and Great Britain's Darren Cambell who came second. | ||
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| - Men's 200m semi-final heat 1 | 9/28/2000 | |
| From the left: Francis Obikwelu (NGR), Christian Malcolm (GBR) and Obadele Thompson (BAR). John Capel won this heat. | ||
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| - Women's 200m semi-finals heat 2 | 9/28/2000 | |
| From left: Louise Ayetoche (Ivory Coast), Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS) and Cathy Freeman (AUS). The heat was won by Pauline Davis-Thompson. | ||
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| - Women's 200m semi-finals | 9/28/2000 | |
| From Left: Lauren Hewitt (AUS), Leonie Mani (CMR), Marion Jones (USA) and Debbie Ferguson (BAH). Jones won this semi-final. | ||
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| - Women's 400m hurdles medallists | 9/28/2000 | |
| From left: Nezha Bidouane (MAR-silver), irina Privalova (RUS-gold) and Deon Hemmings (JAM-bronze). | ||
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| - Women's 100m hurdles champions | 9/28/2000 | |
| From left: Glory Alozie (NGR-silver), Olga Shishigina (KZK-gold) and Melissa Morrison (USA-bronze). | ||
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| - Women's 400m hurdles final | 9/28/2000 | |
| Irina Privalova (RUS) on her way to winning Olympic gold. | ||
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| - Decathlon discus throw Chris Huffins | 9/28/2000 | |
| A delighted Chris Huffins threw the discus 49.55m to retain his lead with 6401 points. | ||
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| - Decathlon Dean Macey and Chris Huffins | 9/28/2000 | |
| The two leaders of the decathlon, Dean Macey (GBR) and Chris Huffins (USA) take a moment to chat in between disciplines. | ||
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| - Decathlon hurdles Chris Huffins | 9/28/2000 | |
| After event 6 (the 110m hurdles) Chris Huffins (USA) was the decathlon leader with 5540 points. | ||
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| - Decathlon hurdles Dean Macey | 9/28/2000 | |
| After the 110m hurdles Great Britain's Dean Macey was ranked second with 5453 points just behind Chris Huffins. | ||
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| - Women's high jump qualification Yoko Ota | 9/28/2000 | |
| Japan's Yoko Ota in action. She qualified for the final. | ||
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| - Women's 20km walk Jane Saville | 9/28/2000 | |
| Jane Saville (AUS) is stunned after being shown a red disqualification card, literally metres before stepping on the track of Stadium Australia. She was in the lead at this point. | ||
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| - Women's 20km walk Liping Wang | 9/28/2000 | |
| Liping Wang of China in action during the last steps to the finish line. It took her 1:29:05 to lay her claim to the gold medal | ||
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| - Women's 20km walk Kjersti Tysse-Plätzer | 9/28/2000 | |
| Norwegian Kjersti Tysse-Plätzer makes her way to the finish line and an Olympic silver medal in 1:29:33. | ||
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| - Men's pole vault qualifying Dmitri Markov | 9/27/2000 | |
| The Australian Markov is happy to clear 5.70m and therefore qualify for the final. | ||
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| - Women's discus celebrations | 9/27/2000 | |
| Belarus teammates Ellina Zvereva and Irina Yatchenko celebrate their respective gold and bronze medals. | ||
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| - Women's discus champion Ellina Zvereva | 9/27/2000 | |
| Zvereva of Belarus celebrates winning gold in Sydney. She threw a mighty 68.40m to take the title and set the season's best performance. | ||
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| - Decathlon high jump Erki Nool | 9/27/2000 | |
| Estonia's Erki Nook clears 2.00m in the decathlon high jump. | ||
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| - Men's 800m Olympic champion | 9/27/2000 | |
| Nils Schumann waves to the crowd from the podium after receiving his gold medal. | ||
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| - Men's 800m champion, Nils Schumann | 9/27/2000 | |
| He just can't believe it, Schumann is so overcome he takes a moment to let it sink in. | ||
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| - Men's 800m final | 9/27/2000 | |
| With Wilson Kipketer in hot pursuit -just behind the winner- Nils Schumann of Germany crosses the line to win the men's 800m in Sydney. | ||
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| - Women's 100m hurdles Melissa Morrison | 9/27/2000 | |
| The USA's Morisson proudly holds up her bronze medal. | ||
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| - Women's 100m hurdles Olympic champion | 9/27/2000 | |
| Olga Shishigina proudly waves the flag of Kazakhstan in celebration of her 100m hurdles victory. | ||
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| - Irina Privalova celebrates becoming Olympic champion | 9/27/2000 | |
| For years she has been a top 100 and 200m sprinter, but it is only at 400m hurdles, for which she started training at the beginning of the year, that has allowed her to reach the top and her greatest desire: Olympic gold. | ||
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| - Women's 400m hurdles final | 9/27/2000 | |
| Irina Privalova of Russia crosses the finsih line to snatch 400m hurdles victory in Sydney. In green behind her, Nezha Bidouane (MAR)who finished third. | ||
