AAP General News (Australia)
08-27-2004
Ath: Dominant Phillips takes long jump gold
ATHENS, Aug 26 Reuters - Dwight Phillips of the United States completed a hat-trick
of global long jump titles when he crushed the field with his opening leap in tonight's
Thursday's final to win Olympic gold.
The 2003 world champion indoors and out set the standard with his first jump of 8.59 metres.
It was one centimetre off his best, set in Austria three weeks ago, 28 cm better than
anyone else in the field had managed this season and better than anyone else in the world
had produced for four years.
He registered only one more jump, 8.35 in the final round, by which time the gold medal
was already his.
John Moffitt made it an American one-two when he improved his personal best by 18 cm
with a fifth-round leap of 8.47 while Spain's Joan Lino Martinez got bronze with 8.32,
also a personal best.
The results were subject to a protest from British officials, who said Martinez's best
jump should have been a foul. Briton Chris Tomlinson finished fifth with 8.25.
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KEYWORD: OLY ATH MEN LONG
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