Anna is pictured above during the women's 400m Hurdles heats at the 2008 Olympic Games
in Beijing. Jesien, a bronze medallist at the previous years World Championships in Osaka,
went on to qualify for the final, finishing in 5th place in a time of 54.29 secs.
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Women's 400m. Hurdles Final.
2008 Olympic Games.
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| 1. Melanie WALKER |
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JAM |
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52.64 OR |
| 2. Sheena TOSTA |
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USA |
|
53.70 |
| 3. Natasha DANVERS |
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GBR |
|
53.84 |
| 4. Anastasiya RABCHENYUK |
|
UKR |
|
53.96 |
| 5. Anna JESIEN |
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POL |
|
54.29 |
| 6. Ekaterina BIKERT |
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RUS |
|
54.96 |
| 7. Zuzana HEJNOVA |
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CZE |
|
54.97 |
| 8. Tiffany ROSS-WILLIAMS |
|
USA |
|
57.55 |
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2007 World Championships 400m Hurdles bronze. Image G. Herringshaw © 30th. August 2007.
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The main photo above shows a delighted Anna Jesien giving
her performance the 'thumbs up' after she had won the bronze medal in
the final of the womens 400m Hurdles at the 2007 World Championships in
Osaka. The sequence of race finish pictures shows the closing few metres
of the final with Anna on the left in red & white. Australia's Jana
Rawlinson (green & white) won the gold medal and Russia's Yuliya
Pechonkina (blue & white) the silver.
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Women's 400m Hurdles Final.
2007 World Champs.
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| 1. Jana RAWLINSON |
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AUS |
|
53.31 |
| 2. Yuliya PECHONKINA |
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RUS |
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53.50 |
| 3. Anna JESIEN |
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POL |
|
53.92 |
| 4. Nickiesha WILSON |
|
JAM |
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54.10 |
| 5. Xiaoxiao HUANG |
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CHN |
|
54.15 |
| 6. Yevgeniya ISAKOVA |
|
RUS |
|
54.50 |
| 7. Tiffany WILLIAMS |
|
USA |
|
54.63 |
| 8. Tasha DANVERS-SMITH |
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GBR |
|
54.94 |
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Anna Jesien is pictured above during the heats of the womens 400m Hurdles at the
2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. She qualified for the final, finishing sixth in a
time of 55.16 secs. Jesien fared better in the 4x400m relay, teaming up with Monika Bejnar,
Grazyna Prokopek and Ewelina Setowska to win bronze for Poland.
Photo G.H. © 7th. July 2006.
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Women's 400m. Hurdles Final.
European Athletics Championships 2006.
|
| 1. Yevgeniya ISAKOVA |
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RUS |
|
53.93 |
| 2. Fani HALKIA |
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GRE |
|
54.02 |
| 3. Tetyana TERESCHUK-ANTIPOVA |
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UKR |
|
54.55 |
| 4. Claudia MARX |
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GER |
|
54.99 |
| 5. Natalya VANOVA |
|
RUS |
|
55.04 |
| 6. Anna JESIEN |
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POL |
|
55.16 |
| 7. Tasha DANVERS-SMITH |
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GBR |
|
55.56 |
| 8. Anastasiya RABCHENYUK |
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UKR |
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55.74 |
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Women's 4x400m. Relay Final. European Championships 2006
1. RUSSIA (S. Pospelova, N. Ivanova, O. Zaytseva, T. Veshkurova) 3: 25.12
2. BELARUS (Y. Zhalniaruk, S. Usovich, A, Kozak, I. Usovich) 3: 27.69
3. POLAND (M. Bejnar, G. Prokopek, E. Setowska,
A. Jesien)
3: 27.77