Sport in Short: Athletics
LYUDMILA NAROZHILENKO, of Russia, broke her own two-day-old world indoor record in the 60 metres hurdles, finishing in 7.63sec in a meeting in Seville yesterday. The record is .01sec faster than the record the 28-year-old runner set in the same event in San Sebastian last Tuesday.
INDOOR MEETING (Seville) Selected results: Men: 800m: 1 W Tanui (Ken) 1min 46.12sec; 2 F Cacho (Sp) 1:46.79; 3 R Kibet (Ken) 1:47.73. 1500m: 1 G Di Napoli (It) 3:44.35; 2 H Fuhlbruegge (Ger) 3:45.31; 3 M Silva (Por) 3:45.88. 3,000m: 1 M Kiptanui (Ken) 7:47.48; 2 M Yates (GB) 7:50.82; 3 V Rojas (Sp) 7:52.55.
Women: 200m: 1 G Malchugina (Rus) 22.81; 2 N Voronova (Rus) 23.11; 3 S Myers (Sp) 23.56. 60m hurdles: 1 L Narozhilenko (Rus) 7.63 (world record); 2 A Lopez (Cuba) 8.05; 3 M Jesus Castillo (Sp) 8.51.
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