Fast facts: women's track and field

By Compiled from Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published September 30, 2000

Marion Jones' quest for five gold medals ended Friday. The highlights:

MARION JONES: The American captured the bronze medal behind 1992 Olympic champion Heike Drechsler of Germany and 1996 silver medalist Fiona May of Italy. "The dream for five is not alive any more," Jones said. "I don't regret at all saying I was going to go for five. I had a shot, and it just didn't pan out." Drechsler won with a jump of 22 feet, 111/4 inches. May and Jones tied at 22-81/4, but May got the silver because her second-best jump was farther than Jones'. Drechsler won the first of her two world championships in 1983 -- when Jones was 7.

4X100 RELAY: Inger Miller and Gail Devers, both original members of the team, will not be able to run because of hamstring injuries. That deprives the United States of two of its top sprinters, perhaps making the squad vulnerable. That might hinder Jones' quest for another gold. An American team of Chryste Gaines, Torri Edwards, Nanceen Perry and Passion Richardson finished in 42.82 seconds in its semifinal. The Bahamas won the race in 42.42. Jamaica won the other semi in 42.15.

HAMMER THROW: Poland's Kamila Skolimowska, 17, won with 233 feet, 5 inches.

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