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Merlene Ottey’s fine start
SEVILLE. Spain, June 7: Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey made a fine start to the European Grand Pr-
ix campaign on Saturday when she clocked 22.19 seconds over 200 metres, second fastest in the world this year, al a cool and blustery athletics meeting in Seville, reports Reuter.
Galina Malchuguina from the CIS provided the strongest opposition, finishing second in 22.34.
Off the track. Igor Asta-pkovich of the CIS recorded the longest hammer throw of the year, throwing a massive 84.62 metres with his fifth throw.
Bulgarian womens high Jump world record holder Stefka Kostadfnova easily saw off the opposition to Jump her best this year with a leap of 2.03 metres.
Kostadinova's effort was one centimetre higher than her previous best set last week al Worrstadt, where her great rival for Olympic gold, Germany's Hdke Henkel, Jumped the year's best of 2.04.
The bar only Just failed to stay in place on the Bulgarian's third Jump at 2.06.
In the long Jump. European champion Heike Dreschlcre could hardly contain her delight when she made a leap of 7.39 metres to the cheers of the thin crowd at the Cnrtuja Stadium, bettering by three centimetres her year-best
Jump of 7.36.
There was an African double in the 400. metres events, with Zambia's Samuel Malctc clocking a slow 48.75 seconds ahead of Jamaican Graham Winthrop in the men's race, while Charity Opara of Nigeria came home in 50.36 outside the year's best time of 49.86 which she holds.
She had expected strong competition from world 800 metres silver medallist Ana Qufrot of Cuba and Olympic champion Olga Bryzglna of the CIS, but it was Jamaica's Sandle Richards who scrapped in second Just ahead of Quirot.
After a disappointing start to the race. Bryzgina could not make up the time and finished a poor sixth.
US Born world bronze
medallist and European Indoor champion Sandra Myers, who now runs for Spain, was a late withdrawal from the event.
There was more Joy for Africa whep Namibian sprinter Frankie Fredericks proved that he is on course for an Olympic medal further north in Spain at the Barcelona Games, the desert territory's debut Into the Olympic family.
Fredericks, who trains in the United States, clocked 20.08 seconds in the 200 metres, keeping comfortably ahead of Nigeria's Davidson Eztnwa all the way to the line.
World 100 metres bronze medallist Dennis Mitchell and US teammate Calvin Smith, twice the world champion, failed to show In the race. Mitchell was Just cheated of second place by Ezinwa, but Smith came in last.
The most exciting event of the night was also the last, when a blustery breeze which had sometimes taken the speed over the wind-assisted limit, died almost completely for the 5,000 metres.
The leading four runners took the bell together and Morocco's Khalid Skah. who had been out In front from the start, still looked fresh enough to stay in the lead.
But Germany's Dieter Baumann came back at the Moroccan as they came out of the final curve and managed to rob Africa of a final victory In a time of 13 minutes 09.03 seconds.