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Gaisah Breaks Long Jump Record

Sun, 14 Sep 2003 Source: --

Ignisious Gaisah broke his own national long jump record Saturday at the inaugural World Athletics Final in Monaco.

The new Ghanaian athletics sensation, who just missed the bronze medal at the World Championships, was third with a leap of 8.26m. His old record of 8.21m was set earlier this year in Padova, Italy

1, Dwight Phillips, USA, 8.31. 2, Hussein Taher Al-Sabee, Arabie Saoudite, 8.30. 3, Ignisious Gaisah, Ghana, 8.26. 4, Savante Stringfellow, USA, 8.17. 5, Yago Lamela, Espagne, 8.00. 6, Volodymyr Zyuskov, Ukraine, 7.94. 7, James Beckford, Jama?que, 7.93. 8, Louis Tsatoumas, Gr?ce, 7.22.

Ignisious Gaisah broke his own national long jump record Saturday at the inaugural World Athletics Final in Monaco.

The new Ghanaian athletics sensation, who just missed the bronze medal at the World Championships, was third with a leap of 8.26m. His old record of 8.21m was set earlier this year in Padova, Italy

1, Dwight Phillips, USA, 8.31. 2, Hussein Taher Al-Sabee, Arabie Saoudite, 8.30. 3, Ignisious Gaisah, Ghana, 8.26. 4, Savante Stringfellow, USA, 8.17. 5, Yago Lamela, Espagne, 8.00. 6, Volodymyr Zyuskov, Ukraine, 7.94. 7, James Beckford, Jama?que, 7.93. 8, Louis Tsatoumas, Gr?ce, 7.22.

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