Dwight PHILLIPS

Dwight Phillips - U.S.A. - World title retained at 2005 World Championships.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 13 August 2005

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Dwight PHILLIPS - U.S.A. - World title retained at 2005 World Championships.

The pictures above show Dwight during the final of the men's Long Jump at the

at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki. He produced an excellent

performance to win gold with a leap of 8.60m, the leading jump of the year at

that time. It was the third consecutive success for Phillips at the major

championships, having struck gold at the 2003 Worlds and 2004 Olympics.


 

Men's Long Jump Final.

2005 World Athletics Championships.


1. Dwight PHILLIPS   USA   8.60
2. Ignisious GAISAH   GHA   8.34
3. Tommi EVILA   FIN   8.25
4. Juan Lino MARTINEZ   ESP   8.24
5. Salim SDIRI   FRA   8.21
6. Irving SALADINO   PAN   8.20
7. Godfrey Khotso MOKOENA   RSA   8.11
8. Volodymyr ZYUSKOV   UKR   8.06