SAINT-DENIS, France - Kelli White won the gold medal in the 200 meters Thursday at the World Championships, four days after she won the 100 title.
White became the first American woman to win both sprints at one world meet. Not even Marion Jones, who had been the defending champion in the 200 but took time off after the birth of her son, has done that.
White finished in 22.05 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year. Anastasiya Kapachinskaya of Russia was second in 22.38. U.S. sprinter Torri Edwards, the silver medalist in the 100, added a bronze in the 200.
The only other women to win both sprints at a World Championships: Germans Silke Gladisch in 1987 and Katrin Krabbe in 1991.
DRUMMOND FALLOUT: Track and field's governing body will start immediately pulling a disqualified sprinter's starting blocks off the track to prevent a repeat of the protest that led to the ejection of Jon Drummond from the World Championships.
YOUNG ACKNOWLEDGES TEST: U.S. sprinter Jerome Young told the Los Angeles Times that he tested positive in 1999 for a banned steroid but competed at the 2000 Sydney Olympics after being cleared by U.S. authorities even as the IOC urged U.S. and international officials to investigate.
BASKETBALL: Americans reach semis
Tim Duncan scored 16 as the United States won 91-65 in its final game of the second round at the Tournament of the Americas in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The teams will play again Saturday night in the semifinals with a berth in the Athens Olympics at stake. Tracy McGrady made a surprise return to the starting lineup two days after he said his sprained back would prevent him from playing. He scored six in 17 minutes as the Americans improved to 8-0 in the tournament.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Baylor assistant out
Abar Rouse, the Baylor assistant whose tapes exposed former coach Dave Bliss' attempt to cover up NCAA rules violations involving slain player Patrick Dennehy, has been told he no longer has a position on the university's basketball staff, his attorney told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
VILLANOVA: The NCAA suspended five players for making unauthorized telephone calls with a school access code. Junior forward Marcus Austin and senior forward Andreas Bloch will miss eight games and senior guard Derrick Snowden and sophomore forwards Curtis Sumpter and Chris Charles will miss three.
NEW MEXICO: The body of sophomore Patrick Feeney, a transfer from Portland State, was discovered hanging outdoors in downtown Albuquerque, Police Chief Gil Gallegos said. He would not give details but said it was an apparent suicide.
TAMPA: Transfers Mark Borders, Kevin Byrd and Leighton Russell enrolled in classes and are expected to join the team.
HOCKEY: Leafs hire Ferguson
John Ferguson Jr., director of hockey operations for the Blues, has been hired as the general manager of the Maple Leafs, the Associated Press reported. At 36, Ferguson becomes the youngest GM in the NHL and replaces Pat Quinn, who stepped down in June. The Leafs scheduled a news conference for today.
ET CETERA
SWIMMING: Olympic and world champion Yana Klochkova of Ukraine won the women's 400-meter individual medley and the 200 freestyle in a 30-minute span at the University Games in Daegu, South Korea. She won the freestyle in a games record 1:59.03.
SOCCER: Manchester City agreed to a tentative deal to acquire U.S. captain Claudio Reyna from Sunderland for $4-million.
HORSES: John Velazquez's victory in the seventh race was his 55th in 32 days of racing, tying the Saratoga Race Course record for a six-week meet. The mark was set by Jerry Bailey in 2001.
VOLLEYBALL: Samantha Meador and Tampa's Wendy Martin won the women's masters title at the MotherLode Classic in Aspen, Colo.
