Women Triple Jump Athletics IX World Championship 2003 Paris, France - Tuesday, 26th August

Women Triple Jump Athletics IX World Championship 2003 Paris, France - Tuesday, 26th August - Gold Medal: Tatyana Lebedeva, Russia

Final 19:30		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	15.18m	14.80	14.97	15.16	15.18	X	X
2. Francoise Mbango Etone	Cameroon	15.05m	14.77	15.05	14.78	14.85	15.02	X
3. Magdelin Martinez	Italy	14.90m	14.67	14.75	14.66	14.64	14.90	14.86
4. Anna Pyatykh	Russia	14.72m	14.64	14.62	14.72	14.70	X	14.64
5. Mabel Gay	Cuba	14.52m	X	14.24	14.52	14.38	14.49	X
6. Barbara Lah	Italy	14.38m	14.38	X	14.37	14.27	14.34	X
7. Olena Hovorova	Ukraine	14.38m	14.38	14.31	14.18	14.20	14.20	X
8. Hrysopiyi Devetzi	Greece	14.34m	14.34	X	14.21	13.77	X	14.10
9. Adelina Gavrila	Romania	14.29m	14.29	13.73	14.05
10.Kene Ndoye	Senegal	14.29m	13.97	X	14.29
11.Baya Rahouli	Algeria	14.26m	12.49	14.26	14.20
12.Olga Vasdeki	Greece	14.08m	13.80	13.96	14.08
13.Qiuyan Huang	China	13.98m	13.59	13.98	13.52
14.Yelena Oleynikova	Russia	13.92m	X	13.83	13.92

World Record: Inessa Kravets, Ukraine 29 15.50m WC Gottebotg, Sweden 10th August 1995

Tatyana Lebedeva, winner in 2001 and 2003, was the prohibitive favourite, but an Achilles tendon injury meant she had to withdraw from the final. Aldama led with 14.72 at the end of round one, but four jumps later she was third behind Pyatykh (14.75) and Savigne (14.73). Smith took the lead in round four at 14.91 despite taking off 39.8cm behind the board. She progressed to 15.11 (5.31 hop, 4.60 step and 5.20 jump) in the next round . Both Savigne (14.82) and Pyatykh (14.77) reacted well, but Smith was clearly superior on the day, and she finished with 15.01 to consolidate her victory, with only Pyatykh (14.78) improving in the final round. Smith stood on the medal podium with a crutch to support an ankle she had injured during the final.

Qualification - Sunday 24.08 16.00h

mark 14.15m 14 Athletes

Group A	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Magdelin Martinez	ITA	14.73m	14.73
2. Tatyana Lebedeva	RUS	14.62m	14.62
3. Olga Vasdeki	GRE	14.50m	14.12	X	14.50
4. Mabel Gay	CUB	14.43m	14.09	14.43
5. Qiuyan Huang	CHN	14.26m	13.80	13.43	14.26
6. Yelena Oleynikova	RUS	14.24m	13.55	14.08	14.24
7. Baya Rahouli	ALG	14.22m	14.22
8. Olena Hovorova	UKR	14.16m	X	X	14.16
9. Natalya Safronova	BLR	14.05m	13.34	13.56	14.05
10.Olga Bolsova	MDA	13.95m	X	13.90	13.95
11.Yuliana Perez	USA	13.89m	13.76	13.89	13.89
12.Carlota Castrejana	ESP	13.83m	13.79	X	13.83
13.Mariya Dimitrova	BUL	13.61m	13.57	13.61	13.26
14.Cristina Nicolau	ROU	13.48m	13.48	13.44	X
15.Suzette Lee	JAM	13.43m	12.84	13.43	13.12

Group B	Team	Dist.	1	2	3
1. Adelina Gavrila	ROU	14.45m	14.45
2. Francoise Mbango Etone	CMR	14.37m	14.37
3. Hrysopiyi Devetzi	GRE	14.34m	14.34
4. Anna Pyatykh	RUS	14.28m	14.28
5. Barbara Lah	ITA	14.25m	14.25
6. Kene Ndoye	SEN	14.20m	14.20
7. Kruger Heli Koivula	FIN	14.10m	X	14.10	13.84
8. Yusmay Bicet	CUB	14.06m	14.06	13.81	13.70
9. Simona La Mantia	ITA	14.05m	X	13.69	14.05
10.Camilla Johansson	SWE	13.87m	X	13.49	13.87
11.Nadezhda Bazhenova	RUS	13.77m	13.77	X	13.15
12.Sarka Kasparkova	CZE	13.75m	X	13.75	X
13.Tatyana Bocharova	KAZ	13.40m	13.15	13.18	13.40
-. Hao Zhangy	CHN	NM	X	X	X