| The photo above shows the final of the women's 400m Hurdles at the
1999 World Championships in Seville. Daimí Pernía (left of picture)
produced a lifetime best to win the gold medal in a time of 52.89 secs, with Nezha Bidouane (657) taking silver and
Deon Hemmings (557) bronze. It marked a remarkable rise to prominence
for Pernía, who prior to 1999 had a PB of 55.51 secs. Two years later,
in Edmonton, the Cuban put up a fine defence of her title but on this
occasion it was Bidouane who took gold, with Daimí forced to settle for
the bronze medal behind Russia's Yuliya Nosova. |
| |
| Women's 400m. Hurdles Final |
|
1999 World Athletics Championships.
|
| 1. Daimi PERNIA |
|
CUB |
|
52.89 |
|
WL |
PB |
|
| 2. Nezha Bidouane |
|
MAR |
|
52.90 |
| 3. Deon Hemmings |
|
JAM |
|
53.16 |
| 4. Andrea Blackett |
|
BAR |
|
53.36 |
| 5. Sandra Cummings-Glover |
|
USA |
|
53.65 |
| 6. Michelle Johnson |
|
USA |
|
54.23 |
| 7. Tetyana Tereshchuk-Antipova |
|
UKR |
|
54.33 |
| 8. Debbie-Ann Parris |
|
JAM |
|
56.24 |
| |
| Women's 400m. Hurdles Final |
|
2001 World Athletics Championships.
|
| 1. Nezha BIDOUANE |
|
MOR |
|
53.34 |
| 2. Yuliya NOSOVA |
|
RUS |
|
54.27 |
| 3. Daimi PERNIA |
|
CUB |
|
54.51 |
| 4. Tonya BUFORD-BAILEY |
|
USA |
|
54.55 |
| 5. Debbie-Ann PARRIS |
|
JAM |
|
54.68 |
| 6. Ionela TIRLEA |
|
ROM |
|
55.36 |
| 7. Deon HEMMINGS |
|
JAM |
|
55.83 |
| 8. Sandra GLOVER |
|
USA |
|
57.42 |
| |
ANNUAL PROGRESS 400m hurdles.
2007 56.98 Caracas 11 MAY
2006 54.60 Athína 16 SEP
2004 54.84 Huelva 7 AUG
2003 55.10 Santo Domingo 6 AUG
2002 54.54 Gdansk 27 JUL
2001 53.81 Edmonton 6 AUG
2000 53.68 Sydney 27 SEP
1999 52.89 Sevilla 25 AUG (personal best)
1998 57.40 La Habana 04 MAR
1997 55.51 Kingston 19 SEP
1996 59.2 01 JAN