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This is an archive article published on August 3, 1998

Sprint double for Malcolm

ANNECY (FRANCE), Aug 2: Christian Malcolm showed that he might be the man to fill the void in British sprinting left by the retirement of...

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ANNECY (FRANCE), Aug 2: Christian Malcolm showed that he might be the man to fill the void in British sprinting left by the retirement of Linford Christie.

Malcolm, 19, won the 200 metres in a Championship best of 20.44 seconds after starting his gold medal collection with a 100 metres victory on Wednesday.

The eight-man field were all in contention at the halfway point but the long-striding Malcolm pulled comfortably clear a the line drew nearer.

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On a day when the cloud of controversy over China’s presence at the championships was lifted with the French customs authority’s declaration that the substance confiscated last weekend had proved to be innocuous, the country added two more gold medals to its impressive women’s tally.

Fengying Liu won the women’s discus with 60.66 metres while Shengfei Shen took the heptathlon title with 5,815 points.

Adil El Kaouch broke the Kenyan stranglehold on the men’s distance events today, winning Morocco’s first ever gold at the World Junior Championships when hetriumphed in the 1,500 metres.

The 19-year-old Kaouch is a protege of Moroccan 1500m world record holder Hicham El-Guerrouji.

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The Championships also ended with the unlikely result of the American men returning without a gold medal as Australia’s 4×400 metres team imposed the first ever defeat on the United States since 1986.

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