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Lewis’ absence leaves Johnson clear
SEVILLE. Spain. Mar 7: Carl Lewis may have given Ben Johnson his best chance of re deeming himself In li>e world Indoor athletics ciuunpionshlps here on Friday reports AFP.
Leroy Burrell. who runs for the same club as Carl Lewis, will noi be here on Friday when the Canadian, back after ■ two year ban following his Olympic drug scandal, tries to win the 60 metres gold medal
Burrell has run a world reconi 6 48 sec this year but followed Ixwts' example and missed the United States Championships. That meant he could not be selected for Seville
Johnson, whose fastest this year Is ■ hand-timed 6 3 see which converts to an rice trank 6.5. has won three and lost three since making his comeback. His old world records. set while on steroids. is 6.41.
Ills biggest challenge could come from Cuban pair Andrees Simon, wlio lost a photo-finish to Johnson in Osaka. Japtm. four weeks ag and Joel Isasi.who beat the Canadian on the lien tn Karlsruhe. Germany a fortnight ago
ftaMta s Vitaly Savin. wIm> has run a European record 6.49 this year, and Britaina Unford Christie who has run 6 55. should also be In at the death
Christie Is going for a sprint double and the absence of su per-fast American Michael Johnson means his beggest rival al 2OOm is Bulgarian Nikolay Antonov who has run 20 62 to Cristie's 20 83
Sergey Bubka who upped hia pole vault world indoor ">f Volgograd world title The Soviet is now based In Berlin but the move made Hiir eha^ w overwhelming superiority in the event. That 6 08 n It n Jrfe'oRnT '"''Hoor. record
With so many Amerta-an stars absent and the Kenyan team unknown, the rest of the
New Algerian sTar Nureddlne MorcHi. who set a world 1500m record of 3mfn 34.16 see on this track last Week, seems the only certainly.
Germany's effort will come from its former DDR competitors.
Katrin Krabbe faces Jamaica's Merlenc Ottey to decide the world's fastest and prettiest women.
The long, willowy Krabbe shot to prominence at last year's European Championships in Split.
Ottey, running even faster at 30. set a world 200m record of 22.24sec here last week.
"I want to prove that at 30 you can still progress. And do so without drugs'', said Ottey who was winning Olympic bronze 1 1 years ago in Moscow.
Ottey's biggest challenge at 200m should come from Grltt Breauer. who won 400m gold running for the DDR at Split, and the Soviet Union's Irina Sergeyeva.
Kerry Sxby. the most prolific world record breaker in athletics, heads Australia's
The 29-year-old will be de (ending her 3.000 metre wdlk title. She broke her 30th world record when she see sawed home tn 1 Imin 51.26 see last month.