Flash Interview - First Day
Wilson
Kipketer (DEN) after establishing new
800m world record during first round heats:
"It was not my intention to demolish the
field or the record. I just wanted to get the
heat finished without any problems. The record is
a bonus"
Gail
Devers after winning women's 60m indoor
title with mark of 7.05:
"I feel fantastic. In February I thought my
indoor season was over when I got a leg injury
and had to return home to the States. I came here
to win the gold, not the money"
About her
contested photo-finish 2nd place in the
semi-final against Ekaterini Thanou of Greece:
""We checked the photo and it was
thanks to God that I made the final"
Irina
Privalova who dominated the heat
collapsed with a pulled muscle after 40 metres
and was ranked favourite to take the title:
"I just felt the leg go in the middle of the
race. I'm shattered"
Devers
on Privalova:
"My heart dropped when I saw she was not
there at the end. I have nothing but respect for
her"
Haralamboes
Papadias (GRE) men's 60m gold medallist:
"I knew I had the chance of a medal. All my
competitions this indoor season indicated that I
had a very good chance for a medal. Ah, but which
colour? You can never know which colour, but that
is competition"
Michael
Green (JAM) 60m silver medallist:
"First of all I would like to congratulate
the winner. He ran a great race, especially the
middle part. It looks like I lost the gold with
my finish"
Ezinwa
Davidson (NIG) bronze medal men's 60m:
"You know what happened to me? Toward the
end of the race I started over striding and it
was in the last ten metres that the Greek guy
caught me. It was a shame as I believe that I had
the gold medal wrapped up from the very
beginning".
Chandra
Sturrup (BAH) silver women's 60m:
I think that the worst part of my race today was
the start. After the false start in lane 1, I was
too cautious making certain I was not the next
one who will get the warning. I'm deeply
satisfied with my time".
Sabine
Braun (GER) women's pentathlon gold
medallist:
"It's always hard to begin at 9.30 a.m. That
was the case today with the hurdles. I'm
satisfied with the high jump but I thought I'd do
a little bit better with the shot. The long jump
was a fight against fear. The third jump made the
difference. The 800m as usual: no other chance
than to give all I had left".
Mona
Steigauf (GER) silver:
"Before the competition, I thought I could
finish around 6th. All the best ones came to
Paris. I'm really happy to finish with Sabine as
first and second. We really scored well, our
personal bests."
Kym Carter
(USA) bronze:
"Of course I'm really happy. I could have
got the gold medal, but when you see how the
other girls competed, how can I not be
satisfied?"
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