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Games S4 The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday, August 30, 1994 onn Romantic Games' tale has a miserable ending at best so forget fimm myr 1 -tm a ....,.,.....4. vmwmmmix mmm How Aussies fared Athletics: day 11 Women 1 500m final: Margaret Leaney (Vic) 5th. 4 1 00m relay final: Australia (Monique Miers Qld. Cathy Freeman Vic, Melinda Gainsford NSW, Kathleen Sambell SA) silver. 4 400m relay final: Australia (Lee Naylor Vic.

Kylie Hanigan NSW. Rene Poetschka WA, Cathy Freeman Vic) disqualified. Men Marathon: Steve Moneghetti (Vic) gold. Sean Quilty (Vic) silver. Pat Carroll (ACT) 5th.

Wheelchair Marathon: Paul Wiggins (T as) gold, Paul Bowes (Qld) 6th. 4x100m relay final: Australia (Shane Naylor Vic, Tim Jackson NSW. Paul Henderson NSW, Damien Marsh Qld) silver. 4 400m relay final: Australia (Mark Moresi Vic, Brett Callaghan Vic, Michael Joubert Qld, Paul Greene NSW) 5th. Triple Jump final: Andrew Murphy (Vic) 1 0th.

Shot Put final: John Minns (Vic) 8th. Javelin final: Andrew Currey (NSW) 6th. GAMES RESULTS: DAY ll ATHLETICS Men's Marathon 1 Steohen Moneghetti. (Aust) 2h1 1m49s. 2: Sean Quilty.

(Auit) 2 14 57. 3: Mark Hudspith. (Eng) 2 15 11 4: Dale Rixon. (Wales) 2.16.15. 5: Patrick Carroll.

(Aust) 2 16.27. 6: Nicolas Kioko. (Kenya) 2 16.37. 7: Carey Nelson. (Can) 2 16 52.

8: Colin Moore. (Eng) 2.18 07. 9: Bruce Deacon. (Can) 2.18 46. 10: Zachery Nyambaso.

(Kenya) 2 18.51. 11: Elphus Ginindza. (Swaziland) 219.33. 12: Mothusi Tsiana. (Botswana) 2 20 00.

13: John Mwathiwa. (Malawi) 2 20.11. 14: Ronald Muiunl. (Uganda) 2 20.37. IS: Owen Mach.

elm. (Sth Atr) 2 20 39. 16: Fritz AwoseO, (Namibia) 2.2127. 17: Smartex Tambala. (Malawi) 2 22 00.

18: Moses Matabane. (Lesotho) 2 22 03 19-Thabiso Ralekhetla. (Lesotho) 2 22 04 20 Acko Bennedict. (Tan. zania) 2.22.12.

21: Paul Rotich. (Kenya) 2 23 20. 22: Ceohas Matafi. (Zimbabwe) 2.24-13. 23: Cordover Simon.

(Antigua Barbuda) 2 31.49. 24: Dane Samuel. (St Vincent Grenadines) 2 3301. 25: Poulo Makhoahie. (Lesotho) 2 33 44 26: Brett Forgesson.

(Bermuda) 2.34 23. 27: James Gombedza. (Zwe) 2.43.01. 28: Hugh Marsden. Falkland (Islands) 2 43 31.

Peter Maher. (Can) "and David Buzza. (Eng) abandoned. Women's Final 1: Kelly Holmes. (Eng) 4 08 86 2: Paula Schnurr.

(Can) 4.09 65. 3: Gwen Griffiths. (Sth Afr) 4 10.16. 4: Leah Pells. (Can) 4 10 82.

5: Margaret Leaney. (Aust) 4.11 48. 6: Jackline Maranga. (Kenya) 4 12 84. 7: Robyn Meagher.

(Can) 4 13 91.8: Julia Sakala. (Zwe) 4 18 11. 9: Lynn Gibson. (Eng) 4 18 36 10: Palaniaooan. (Malaysia) 42431.

11: Shelia Seebaluck. (Mauritius) 4 26.45. 12: Man Yee Chan. (HK) 4 26 95. 13: Jennifer Fisher.

(Bermuda) 4 29 96. 14- Rosemary Turare. (PNG) 4 37 1 7 DM not finish Gifty Abankwa. (Ghana) Old not start Ann Griffiths. (Eng).

Men's Wheelchair Marathon 1: Paul Wiggins. (Aust) .1 37 33 2: Ivan Newman. (Eng) 1 41 55. 3: Benjamin Lucas. (NZ) 1.42 19.

4: Michel Juteau. (Can) 1 44 46. Jack McKenna. (Eng) 1 47 06. 6: Paul Bowes.

(Aust) 1.5617. 7: Richard Powell. (Wales) 2.02.33. 8: Innocent Nwabunne. (Nigeria) 2 1043 9: Sale Mohammed.

(Nigeria) 2.17.35. Marc Quessv. (Can), Anthony Mutuku and Jason Melu. (Kenya), all abandoned. Men's Final 1: Reuben Chesang.

(Kenya) 33670. 2: Kevin Sullivan. (Can) 3 36 79. 3: John Mayock. (Eng) 3.37 22.

4: Whaddon Nieuwoudt. (Sth Afr) 3.37 96. 5: Julius Tanul. (Kenya) 3 38 10. 6: Brian Treacy.

(N Ire) 3.38 93 7: Steohen Green. (Jamaica) 3 39 19. 8: Kevin Mckay, (Eng) 3.39.72. 9: Julius Achon. (Uganda) 3 40.10.

10: Graham Hood. (Can) 3 41 23 11: Gary Brown. (Scot) 3.42.66. 12: David Strang. (Scot) 348.70 Men's 100m Final revised placing following disqualification of Horace Dove-Edwin for doping 1: Linford Christie.

(Eng) 9 91 sees 2: Michael Green. (Jamaica) 10 05. 3: Frankie Fredericks. (Namibia) 10 06. 4: Ato Boldon.

(Trinidad) 10 07. 5 Glenroy Gilbert. (Can) 10.11.6: Olaoade Adeniken. (Nigeria) 10 11. 7: Augustine Nketia.

(NZ) 10 42. Horace Dove-Edwin. (Sierra Leona). disqualified. Women's 4x1 00m Relay Final 1: Nigeria (Faith Idehen.

Mary Tomblri. Ooara-Thomoson. Mary Onyali) 42 99 (Games record) 2: Australia (Moniaue Miers. Catherine Freeman. Melinda Gainsford.

Kathleen Sambell) 43 43. 3: England (Steohanie Douglas. Geraldine McLeod. Simmone Jacobs, Paula Thomas) 43.46. 4 Jamaica (Michelle Freeman.

Dionne Rose. Merlene Fraser. Dahlia Duhaney) 43 51. 5 Bahamas (Eldece Clarke. Debbie Ferguson.

Dedra Davis. Pauline Davis) 44 89. 6: Canada (Tanja Reid. Karen Clarke. France Gareau.

Simone Tomlinson) 45 15. 7: Ghana (Dora Manu. Agnes Nuamah. Noami Mills. Mercy Addv) 45 72.

Men's 4 100n Relay 1: Canada (Donovan Bailey. Carlton Chambers. Glenroy Gilbert. Bruni Sunn) 38 39 (Games record). 2: Australia (Shane Naylor.

Paul Henderson. Timothy Jackson, Damien Marsh) 38 88 3: England (John Jason. PhiiiD Goedluck, Tobias Box, Terry Williams) 39 39. 4: Jamaica (Garth Robinson. Warren Johnson.

John Mair. Leon Gordon) 39 44. 5: Scotland (Elliot Bunnev, Jamie Henderson, Ian Mackie. Douglas Walker) 39 56. 6: Ghana (Christian Nsiah.

Salaam Ganba. Eric Nkansah. Nelson Boateng) 3979. 7: Gambia (Abdourahman Jallow, Ebrima Boiang. Samuel Johnson, Abdoulle Janneh) 41.54 8: Botswana (Jwaga-mang Karesaza.

Kenneth Moima. Justice Dioeba. Moatshe Molebatsi) 41.55. Men's Javelin Final 1: Steve Backley. (Eng) 82.74m gold medal.

2: Michael Hill. (Eng) 81 84 silver medal. 3: Gavin Lovegrove. (NZ) 80 42 bronze medal 4: Nigel Bevan. (Wales) 80 38.

5: Louis Fouche. (Sth Afr) 77 00. 6: Andrew Currey. (Aust) 74 88. 7: Mark Robertson.

(Eng) 73 78. 8: Phillip Spies. (Sth Afr) 72 70 9 Larry Steinke. (Can) 681410 Graham Morf itt. (Can) 66.96.

1 1 Louis Brault. (Can) 66.76. Men's Shot Put Final 1: Matthew Simson. (Eng) 19 49m. 2: Courtney Ireland.

(NZ) 19 38. 3: Chima Ugwu. (Nigeria) 19 26. 4: Carel Le Roux. (Sth Afr) 18.50.

5: Scott Caooos. (Can) 18 35 6: Burger Lambrechts. (Sth Afr) 18 15. 7: Nigel Spratley. (Eng) 17.96.

8: John Minns. (Aust) 17 96 9: Elias Louca. (Cyprus) 17.67. 10: Michalis Louca. (Cyprus) 17.41.

11: Peter Daiia. (Can) 16 26. 12: Steohen Whyte. (Scot) 16 17. 13: Felix Hyde.

(Ghana) 15.82. 14: Lee Wiltshire. (Wales) 15 22. Did not start: Adewale Olukoju. (Nigeria).

Men's Triple Jump Final 1: Julian Goliey. (Eng) 17 03m (Games record) gold medal. 2: Jonathan Edwards. (Eng) 17.00 silver medal. 3: Brian Wellman.

(Bermuda) 17.00 bronze medal. Jerome Roman. (Dominica) 16 61. 5: Edrlck Floreal. (Can) 16 61.

6: Francis Agyepong. (Eng) 1 6.33. 7: Mdhlongwa. (Zwe) 1 6.02. 8: James Sabulei.

(Kenya) 15 99 9: Jacob Katonon. (Kenya) 15.96. 10: Andrew Murphy. (Aust) 15 83. 11: Wikus Olivier.

(Sth Afr) 15.73. 12: Vissen Mooneegan. Mauritius 15.46. Women's 4x400m Relay Final 1: England (Phylis Smith. Tracy Goddard, Linda Keough.

Sally Gunnell). 3.27.06 (Games record) Gold medal. 2: Jamaica (Revolt Campbell. Deon Hemmings. Inez Turner.

Sandie Richards), 327 63. Silver medal. 3: Canada (Alanna Yakiwchuk. Stacy Bowen, Donalda Duorev. Charmaine Crooks).

3: 32.52. Bronze medal. 4: Ghana (Helena Wraopah. Agnes Nuamah. Gifty Abankwa.

Mercy Addv). 347 49 Disqualified Nigeria (Olabisi Afolabi. Omolade Akinreml. Emily Odoemelan. Fatima Yusuf).

Australia (Lee Naylor. Kylie Hanigan. Renee Poetschka. Catherine Freeman). Men's 4x400m Relay Final 1 England (David McKenzie.

Peter Cramp-ton. Hadrian Patrick. Duaine Ladeio) 3 02.14. Gold medal 2: Jamaica (Orville Taylor. Dennis Blake.

Linval Lairs. Garth Robinson) 3 02 32. Silver medal. 3: Trinidad and Tobago (Patrick Delice. Neil De Silva.

Hayden Stephens. Ian Morris) 3.02.78. Bronze medal. 4: Nigeria (Omokaro Alohan. Olaoade Adeniken, Emmanuel Okoli.

Sunday Bada) 3 03 06. 5: Australia (Mark Moresi. Brett Callaghan. Michael Joubert, Paul Green) 3 03 46 6 South Africa (Hermanus Deiager. Arnaud Malherbe.

Riaan Dempers. Bobang Phin) 3 03 87. 7: Wales (Peter Maitland. James Baulch. Paul Gray.

Iwan Thomas) 307.80. Disqualified: Kenya (Abednego Matilu, Gideon Biwoit. Julius Chepkwony. Charles Gitonga). MARTIN BLAKE Less than a week after he stunned the sprinting world with his second place in the Commonwealth Games 100m final, Horace Dove-Edwin has been thrown out of the Games for drug use.

Dove-Edwin has been stripped of his silver medal the first ever medal won by the West African nation of Sierra Leone for testing positive an anabolic steroid. The Commonwealth Games Federation also nullified the entry of the Sierra Leone team, of which Dove-Edwin was a part, in the men's 4 100m relay, and banned him from the next Commonwealth Games to be held in Kuala Lumpur in 1998. The federation will also hand on the findings to the governing body of world athletics, the IAAF, which may impose further sanctions. In a prepared statement, the federation said: "The athlete attended the hearing of the federation court with his general team manager and they did not challenge the findings of the medical-commission." Dove-Edwin "The athlete was not able to account for the presence of the banned substance, and in response to detailed questioning insisted that he had not been advised or influenced in any way by any other party in the taking of any substances." The test was taken on the day of the 100m final in which Dove-Edwin finished second. The Sierra Leone athlete became a celebrity overnight, partly due to his argument with the Sierra Leone team management over an expense allowance and lack of sponsorship.

Dove-Edwin is the second athlete to test positive for drugs at these Games, after the Jamaican hurdler Robert Foster. English shot-putter Paul Edwards was sent home after his test showed up an and is the subject of further investigation. Shot put winner admits lure of drugs English gold medal shot-putter Matthew Simpson, whose teammate Paul Edwards was sent home from the Commonwealth Games after failing a drugs test, admitted on Sunday he had also been tempted to use banned substances. But he stressed after his shock win: "The British team, as far as throwers are concerned, are the cleanest in the world. Paul's situation was a one-off and it won't happen again." Simpson threw three personal bests on his way to 19.49m and gold ahead of Courtney Ireland of New Zealand and Nigerian Chima Ugwu.

He added: "In our event, banned substances are going to help you. Paul was under pressure. I have felt it myself but my family backs me up. "The temptation comes and goes but I have never been approached or offered drugs. You have to put it out of your mind especially during the bad times." Edwards, a favourite for a medal here after winning a bronze in Auckland for Wales, was flown home after spending several days in hospital with an intestinal problem.

His drugs test has yet to be confirmed with a back-up analysis. yes it 1 Halfway through the Commonwealth Games marathon, Steve Moneghetti knew two things: he was going to win, and he was not going to run a fast time. After he had won, Moneghetti put that feeling into perspective. "I thought at halfway, this won't be quick. But I pinched myself and said: who cares, just win it" Moneghetti did more than just win it.

At the turnaround at McMicking Point, with just under 10 kilometres to run, he picked the pace up. Kenya's Nicolas Kioko, the last runner to hang on to the Australian, was soon dropped. And no wonder. Running over the toughest 10 kilometres of the course and the race, Moneghetti just got faster and faster. The undulating five kilometres from 30 to 35km went by in 15m 15s.

From 35 to 40, up and over the two long hills around Beacon Hill Park, took 14:58. And he finished at the same pace. It was brilliant running, the running of a man near the peak of his powers, taking the words of his coach Chris Wardlaw to heart. When you go, go like a 2:08 marathoner. Moneghetti was the only man in the field to have run a marathon that fast, and Wardlaw reasoned that if he could produce such pace late in the race there would be no-one who could withstand it Moneghetti ran the second half of the race in 64m 13s, destroying Kioko and England's Mark Hud-spith, who had stuck with him through the first 30 kilometres.

Halfway was reached in 67:36, with a pack of 14 runners still in contention. Moneghetti's first pick-up in pace, at around the 23-kilometre mark, dropped off nine, including his teammate Pat Carroll Four others Hudspith, Kioko, another Kenyan Zachery Nyambaso and Cephas Matafi of Zimbabwe held on. Nyambaso and Matafi wese gone before the second surge, which took care of Hudspith and Kioko. "I had no answer when Steve made his break," Hudpsith acknowledged after taking the bronze medal. Coming back through Beacon Hill, Moneghetti saw Wardlaw again.

"Savour the moment," his coach now advised. Watching at the finish, Moneghetti's wife, Tanya, who had been with him through the disappointment of Tokyo (1 1th in the world championships) and the disaster of Barcelona (48th in the Olympics), was not claiming vie- Australian Paul Wiggins wheelchair marathon. i 7 A place at the table Steve Mpneghetti crosses the line to win the Commonwealth Games marathon at the third try and reclaim his ranking among the world's best. Photograph by cmsg colding 2hrs 16:27, giving Australia its Moneghetti's win, following on by the experience of Barcelona after this run. "He's probably best ever marathon finish at a his Tokyo marathon defeat of and sub-par performances in No 1 in the world at the moment Commonwealth Games.

Kioko, Belgium's Vincent Rousseau ear- Tokyo and Beijing last year. That's more important than the still second at 40km, dropped lier this year, restores him to his Wardlaw, for one, has no bloody Commonwealth now. It's back to finish sixth in 2hrs 16:37. world ranking, which was rocked doubts where Moneghetti ranks brilliant" LEN JOHNSON tory until he crossed the line. But it was obvious to everyone else.

Moneghetti sped home in 2hrs 11:49, into the arms of Tanya, followed soon afterwards by five-months-old daughter Emma, mother and father Wilma and Henry, and long-time physiotherapist and supporter Peter Howley of Ballarat. "A championship win is still something special," Moneghetti said later. The Commonwealth Games marathon in 1986 was his debut at the distance and he finished third behind Robert de Castella. "I cut my teeth in 1986," he said. In 1990, Moneghetti made much of the race but was out-sprinted by Kenya's Douglas Wakiihuri.

A silver medal. Now he has the full set "It's an appropriate time to say that I won't run another Commonwealth Games," he said. "I would find it hard to get the motivation." One of the few other runners to benefit from Moneghetti's savage second-half acceleration was fellow-Australian Sean Quilty. For the first half of the race, Quilty sat in the lead bunch, but he did not think he belonged there. When the surges came, he dropped back.

"Maybe I gave the top runners too much respect," he said after the race. Quilty's aims were modest But once Moneghetti shattered the rest, his perspective quickly altered. Running steadily, he picked off runner after runner. "I was hoping for atop 10 finish," he -said. "But once you start catching people the adrenaline takes over." At 40 kilometres Quilty was fourth, 39 seconds behind Kioko and 24 behind Hudspith.

Just over two kilometres later, Quilty had picked up one of Australia's most unexpected silver medals of the Games. Quilty ran 2hrs 14:57, a personal best by two seconds, but exceeding his expectations by much more. Carroll fought on courageously for fifth in iWrtmriwiw.fi'iYi'mimftifi'iYii'a wins the open Photo by ray Kennedy i 1 After the previous day, in finals, a strong Sunday's Trapped of the race, last lap and personal best The the quiet Regarded as the Games Australian improved poised to Australian Jenny Orr semi-finals. "ni get it Leaney after Unsung Leaney runs into form LEN JOHNSON record may come when she runs in the World Cup in London on 8-10 September. Simon Doyle's breakdown and Pat Scammell's fall in the previous day's semi-finals left Australia without a representative in the men's final A pity, because the true early pace set by Uganda's world junior champion Julius Achon and Kenya's Julius Tanui would have been ideal for both.

At the bell it was obvious the biggest Kenyan threat was to come from Reuben Chesang. Ostensibly 34, and with a previous best of 3:46, Chesang belied both statistics when, to the chagrin of the crowd, he held off Kevin Sullivan of Canada to win in 3:36.70. John Mayock of England took the bronze medal in 3:37.22. The three Australian field event competitors did not fare very well. John Minns was seventh in the shot put with 17.96m, Andrew Murphy did not make the top eight in the triple jump and Andrew Currey was sixth with 74.88m in the javelin, won for the second consecutive time by England's Steve Backley.

Tasmania's Paul Wiggins completed a marathon double for Australia by winning the wheelchair event Wiggins, who absolutely decimated the field, said his plan to take the race out hard to try to blitz his opponents had worked to perfection. "The first 10km wasnt so bad but it got pretty tough after that," he said. "I wanted to push it hard at first I wasn't aware just how far ahead I was until the halfway turnaround. "It was a good day for me." traumatic events of the Australia's only representative the men's and women's Margaret Leaney, ran race to finish fifth in final. back in the ruck for much Leaney got clear in the finished well to run a 4m 11.48s.

27-year-old has been one of successes of this team. a little lucky to get into team when she won the title in March, she has with each run and is now challenge the long-standing record of 4:08.06 set by in the 1972 Olympic in the World Cup," said the race. She will if she can get a better pace than in the final. The packed field dawdled through the first lap in 67.65s, before slowing even further to 71.91 for the second. Kelly Holmes of England, the fastest runner going into the final, prevailed over Paula Schnurr of Canada in a thrilling last 400 metres.

Holmes ran a 59.60 final lap to finish in 4:08.86, with Schnurr next in 4:09.65 and Gwen Griffiths of South Africa taking the bronze in 4:10.16. Leaney ran around 61 seconds to come from well back in the field and was gaining ground on all but the medallists as they came down the straight Her chance to break Orr's -m'1 "Sir OXYGEN ISN'T THE ONLY GAS YOU SAVE WHEN YOU BREATHE BETTER ACN 004 384 338 TCO 2254 Mop TOYOTA A 2g A A BREATHE.