IAAF World
Championships
Day 5

Edmonton, Canada (08/07/01) - The Ethiopian women Derartu Tulu, Berhane Adere, and Gete Wani swept Gold, Silver and Bronze in the women's 10,000 Tuesday night in Edmonton, shutting out Great Britians Paula Radcliffe. Radcliffe missed the Bronze by 0.08 seconds. After taking out the first 5K in 16:29, Tulu ran under 15:20 for the second 5K to finish in 31:48.81, followed by Adere in 31:48.85, and Wani in 31:49.98. Americans Deena Drossin and Jennifer Rhines finished in 11th (32:18.64) and 22nd (33:11.22) respectively.

Phil McMullen the former Western Michigan star finished 15th in the Decathlon with 8079 points. Phil placed 3rd in the Decathlon 1500 meter with a time of 4:20.84. Teammate Kip Janvrin finished 17th overall with 7905 points and won the 1500 meter in 4:19.26.

Gabriela Szabo of Roumanie won the 1500 Meter in 4:00.57 and was followed by teammate Violeta Szekely in 4:01.70. Russia's Natalya Gorelova finish with the bronze in 4:02.40.

Switzerlands Andre Bucher grabbed the Gold in the 800 meter with a time of 1:43.70. Wilfred Burgei of Kenya finished 2nd in 1:44.55, followed by Poland's Pawel Czapiewski in 1:44.63.

Tonight's action will include Haile Gebrselassie and American's Abdirahman, Keflezighi, and Culpepper in the 10,000 at 11:30pm E.S.T.. Other finals tonight 3,000 Steeple (USA Tim Broe), Men's High Jump, Womens 400 Hurdles, and the Men's Discus.

-- Check out the complete results from today --