"Guevara, who may have beaten everybody but running not terribly impressive 400s"
49.16 Ana Guevara MEX04 03 19771Zürich16 08 2002 49.25 Ana Guevara 1Monaco19 07 2002 49.51 Ana Guevara 1Roma12 07 2002 49.56 Ana Guevara 1Madrid20 09 2002 49.69 Ana Guevara 1Bruxelles30 08 2002 49.90 Ana Guevara 1Paris14 09 2002 49.91 Ana Guevara 1Berlin06 09 2002 7 times under 50s is pretty good but agreed Feofanovas performances seem better. regards Steve Bennett www.oztrack.com AthleticsTraining.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of UG ------------- Quoting ghill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > RADCLIFFE & EL GUERROUJ NAMED ATHLETES OF THE YEAR > > Mountain View, California--Track & Field News has named Paula > Radcliffe of Great Britain and Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco as its > 2002 Athletes Of The > Year in its December edition. > > T&FN's international panel of experts made marathon World Record > setter Radcliffe, 28, an almost unanimous choice for No. 1, according > her the top > spot on 32 of the 35 ballots. The other votes for No. 1 went to Marion > Jones > (2) and Ana Guevara (1). > > In becoming just the second ever to be named men's AOY three times > (Carl Lewis did it in 198284), mile star El Guerrouj had a very tough > battle. > Indeed, voting runner-up Khalid Khannouchi actually got more 1st-place > votes, 17-16. But the marathoner World Record setter had less support > across > the board, so El Guerrouj, 28, was able to defend his status as No. 1. > Hurdler Felix Sánchez (4) and sprinter Tim Montgomery (1) also got > 1st-place > votes. > > Men's Voting Leaders: > 1. Hicham El Guerrouj (Morocco--1500m) 344 > 2. Khalid Khannouchi (US--marathon) 319 > 3. Felix Sánchez (Dominican Republic--400 hurdles) 303 > 4. Róbert Fazekas (Hungary--discus) 245 > 5. Adam Nelson (US--shot put) 188 > 6. Tim Montgomery (US--100m) 157 > 7. Sergey Makarov (Russia--javelin) 145 > 8. Roman Sebrle (Czech Republic--decathlon) 120 > 9. Wilson Kipketer (Denmark--800m) 90 > 10. Francisco Fernández (Spain--20K walk) 63 > > Women's Voting Leaders: > 1. Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain--distances) 344 > 2. Marion Jones (US--sprints) 305 > 3. Ana Guevara (Mexico--400m) 265 > 4. Svetlana Feofanova (Russia--pole vault) 189 > 5. Tatyana Kotova (Russia--long jump) 172 > 6. Gail Devers (US--100 hurdles) 161 > 7. Kajsa Bergqvist (Sweden--high jump) 149 > 8. Süreyya Ayhan (Turkey--1500m) 144 > 9. Maria Mutola (Mozambique--800m) 65 > 10. Yuliya Pechonkina (Russia--400 hurdles) 40 > >
