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The main photo above shows a delighted Susanthika celebrating shortly
after winning a bronze medal in the final of the women's 200m at the
2007 World Championships in Osaka. The inset picture shows the closing
few metres of the race, with Jayasinghe (second from the left) pipping
the USA's Torri Edwards (out of shot) to the bronze by just two
hundredths of a second in a time of 22.63 secs.
The brilliant young
American Allyson Felix (far right) won the gold in a time of 21.81, with
Jamaica's Veronica Campbell (second right) taking silver. The other
athletes in shot are Sanya Richards (centre) and LaShauntea Moore (far
left) who finished 5th and 7th respectively. It was the second occasion
that Susanthika had won a 200m bronze medal at the World Championships,
her previous success coming no less than a decade earlier in Athens.
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Women's 200m. Final.
2007 World Athletics Champs
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| 1. Allyson FELIX |
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USA |
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21.81 |
| 2. Veronica CAMPBELL |
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JAM |
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22.34 |
| 3. Susanthika JAYASINGHE |
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SRI |
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22.63 |
| 4. Torri EDWARDS |
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USA |
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22.65 |
| 5. Sanya RICHARDS |
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USA |
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22.70 |
| 6. Aleen BAILEY |
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JAM |
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22.72 |
| 7. LaShauntea MOORE |
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USA |
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22.97 |
| 8. Cydonie MOTHERSILL |
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CAY |
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23.08 |
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Photograph George Herringshaw. 29th August 2000.
| Susanthika is pictured above (second left) during the 200m final at
the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She took the bronze medal behind Marion Jones
(3357) and Pauline Davis-Thompson (far right). However, Jones was later
stripped of her gold medal after she admitted using drugs and, after
much deliberation, Jayasinghe was finally moved up to the silver medal
position in December 2009. |
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Women's 200m. Final.
Olympic Games 2000
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| 1. Pauline Davis-Thompson |
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BAH |
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22.27 |
| 2. Susanthika Jayasinghe |
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SRI |
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22.28 |
| 3. Beverly McDonald |
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JAM |
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22.35 |
| 4. Debbie Ferguson |
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BAH |
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22.37 |
| 5. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |
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AUS |
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22.42 |
| 6. Cathy Freeman |
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AUS |
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22.53 |
| 7. Zhanna Pintusevych |
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UKR |
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22.66 |
| Marion Jones |
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USA |
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DSQ |
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Photo G. Herringshaw. ©
Susanthika Jayasinghe pictured on 6th August 1997 during her heat of the women's 200 metres. ©
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Women's 200m. Final.
World Athletics Championships 1997
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| 1. Zhanne Tarnopolskaya-Pintusevich |
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UKR |
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22.32 |
| 2. Susanthika JAYASINGHE |
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SRI |
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22.39 |
| 3. Merlene Ottey |
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JAM |
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22.40 |
| 4. Yekaterina Leshchova |
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RUS |
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22.50 |
| 5. Inger Miller |
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USA |
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22.52 |
| 6. Marina Trandenkova |
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RUS |
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22.65 |
| 7. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor |
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AUS |
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22.73 |
| 8. Sylviane Felix |
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FRA |
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22.81 |
ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2008 22.73 -0.6 Carson, CA 18 MAY
2007 22.55 -0.2 Osaka 29 AUG
2007 22.55 +1.1 Osaka 29 AUG
2006 22.99 +0.2 Colombo 24 AUG
2004 23.24 +0.4 Manila 01 JUL
2003 23.16 -1.7 Colombo 26 JUL
2002 22.82 -0.8 Madrid (CM) 21 SEP
2001 22.63 -0.5 Osaka 12 MAY
2000 22.28 +0.7 Sydney 28 SEP (personal best time)
1999 22.74 +1.3 Doha 13 MAY
1997 22.33 +0.2 Athína 07 AUG
1995 23.16 Unknown 16 JUL
1994 23.16 Jakarta 20 SEP