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BEIJING: Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands celebrates after winning the women’s 200m final at the Championships at the Bird’s Nest stadium in , yesterday. — AP Schippers wins gold

BEIJING: Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers 21.97sec at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium. silver medalist Hansle Parchment of Jamaica. mark he shared with 1968 Olympic champion smashed a European record which has stood With Thompson on her inside, Schippers “It means the world to me,” Merritt said. Bill Toomey.”It was all about having fun,” said since the 1970s as she won world 200m gold was chasing shadows coming off the bend in Defending champion David Oliver banged Eaton, who won the opening 100 in a champi- with an electrifying run yesterday. lane six and realising the Jamaican was margin- hard into two early hurdles and finished sev- onship record 10.23 seconds. The 100m silver-medallist ran 21.63sec, the ally ahead of her, the Dutch athlete plugged enth. In the women’s 100 hurdles, the Eaton leads after five events with 4,703 fourth fastest time in history, as she lunged at away down the final straight. American team was thinking of a sweep. In the points, 173 points more than Damian Warner the line to beat Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, Schippers caught the Jamaican and pro- end, they were swept off the podium, with of Canada. Also, Tianna Bartoletta won her sec- who clocked a personal best of 21.66sec. duced a savage dip at the line for victory 2008 Olympic champion Dawn Harper-Nelson ond long jump world title, 10 years after her It was a remarkable win for Schippers, 23, before celebrating with family members in the crashing in her heat and Kendra Harrison dis- first. The American took the lead for the first who eclipsed the European record of 21.71sec stands. qualified after a false start in the semifinals. time in the final on her last attempt when she set by Marita Koch in 1979 and matched by fel- On a night when the United States was In the final, defending champion Brianna jumped 7.14 meters. low East German Heike Drechsler in 1986. looking for five medals in the two sprint hurdle Rollins banged into the first hurdle and never In the morning, China finally earned its first Only Americans Marion Jones and world races at the world championships, only Aries recovered. gave Jamaica gold medal of the competition with Liu Hong record-holder Florence Griffith-Joyner have run Merritt delivered - a bronze for the kidney gold. In the marquee event at the Bird’s Nest leading a 1-2 finish ahead of teammate Lu the 200m faster than Schippers, who won patient that should feel like gold. yesterday. Xiuzhi in the 20-kilometer walk. hepathlon bronze at the Moscow worlds two The world-record holder will be flying home Ashton Eaton excelled just as much in the Despite the early start, tens of thousands of years ago. for a kidney transplant next week but he still decathlon as he returned following a two-year fans packed the stands at the Bird’s Nest to Two-time Olympic champion Veronica outperformed his teammates in the 110-meter absence. In the last event of a superlative first welcome home the walkers and cheer their Campbell-Brown, who previously won the hurdles final, challenging Sergei Shubenkov to day, he finished the 400 in 45.00 seconds, first victory as the championships headed into world title in Daegu in 2011, claimed bronze in the end but finishing behind the Russian and slashing .68 seconds off the world decathlon the final weekend. — AP