Sporting Digest: Goodwill Games
ATHLETICS (St Petersburg, Rus) (British and selected): Men: Mile: 1 N Morceli (Alg) 3min 48.67sec; 2 A Bile (Som) 3:52.28; 3 S Holman (US) 3:52.77; 5 M O'Sullivan (Irl) 3:53.86. 5000m: 1 M Kiptanui (Ken) 13:10.76; 2 P Bitok (Ken) 13:24.41; 3 J Brown (GB) 13:24.79. 400m hurdles: 1 D Adkins (US) 47:86; 2 S Matete (Zam) 47.98; 3 W Graham (Jam) 49.13. Long jump: 1 M Powell (US) 8.45m. Women: 400m: 1 J Miles (US) 50.60; 2 M Malone (US) 50.60; 3 N Kaiser-Brown (US) 50.73. Heptathlon: (800m): 1 K Carter (US) 2:08.63. (Javelin): 1 G Shua (Syr) 53.62. Final standings: 1 J Joyner-Kersee (US) 6.606pts; 2 L Turchinskaya (Rus) 6,492; 3 Shua 6,361. 100m hurdles: 1 B Bukovic (Sloven) 12.83; 7 J Agyepong (GB) 13.13. Discus: 1 B Echevarria (Cuba) 64.84m.
JUDO: Men: Light-heavyweight (under 95kg) Gold medal: D Knorrek (Ger) bt L Svirid (Bela) pts. Heavyweight (95 kg and over) Gold: Y Makishi (Japan) bt I Pertelson (Estonia) pts. Women: Light-heavyweight (under 72kg) Gold: U Werbrouck (Bel) bt Kim Mi-jung (S Kor) pts.
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