Fredericks sweeps short sprints events

Two-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia swept the 100 and 200 sprints yesterday at the Raiffeisen Gugl-meeting, winn...

Two-time Olympic silver medallist Frankie Fredericks of Namibia swept the 100 and 200 sprints yesterday at the Raiffeisen Gugl-meeting, winning the 100m in 10.19 seconds and taking the 200m in 20.15.

Fredericks, who won a pair of gold medals in the same two events earlier this month at the African Championships, is planning to retire from international competition next year.

The Namibian, making his final appearance at Linz, beat Aziz Zakari of Ghana (10.31) and Japan’s Nobuharu Asahara (10.34) in the 100m while holding off Zakari (20.52) and Troy Douglas of the Netherlands (20.56) in the 200m.

In the men’s long jump, Dwight Phillips of the United States jumped a personal best 8.38 meters to beat Olexey Luashevich of Ukraine (8.01m) and Hussein al Sa Bee of Saudi arabia (7.92m).

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