| The sequence of pictures above show the closing few metres of the
womens 100m Hurdles final at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.
Sadly for Joanna she clipped the penultimate hurdle and then went
tumbling through the final hurdle to bring her race to a crashing end.
As the photo above shows, Hayes, the 2004 Olympic champion, had every
chance of winning a medal before that bitterly disappointing ending.
Michelle Perry (lane 3) won the gold, Delloreen Ennis-London (far left)
the silver and Brigitte Foster-Hylton (centre, in yellow) the bronze. In
qualifying from her semi-final Joanna had run 12.76 secs, which was the
very same time that the silver and bronze medalists clocked in the
final. |
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Women's 100m Hurdles Final.
2005 World Athletics Championships.
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| 1. Michelle PERRY |
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USA |
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12.66 |
| 2. Delloreen ENNIS-LONDON |
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JAM |
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12.76 |
| 3. Brigitte FOSTER-HYLTON |
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JAM |
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12.76 |
| 4. Kirsten BOLM |
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GER |
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12.82 |
| 5. Mariya KOROTEYEVA |
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RUS |
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12.93 |
| 6. Jenny KALLUR |
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SWE |
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12.95 |
| 7. Irina SHEVCHENKO |
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RUS |
|
12.97 |
| 8. Joanna HAYES |
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USA |
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DSQ |
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Photograph George Herringshaw. ©
| The top picture above shows Joanna Hayes (lane 4) racing towards
victory in the final of the 400m hurdles at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
The empty lanes alongside her are where the two fallen athletes were
running, favourite Perdita Felicien falling at the first hurdle and
bringing down the Russian Irina Shevchenko. Joanna's time of 12.37 secs
was a new Olympic record, eclipsing the previous best of 12.37 set by
Bulgaria's Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. |
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Womens 100m. Hurdles Final.
Olympic Games 2004.
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| 1. Joanna Hayes |
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USA |
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12.37 OR & PB |
| 2. Olena Krasovska |
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UKR |
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12.45 |
| 3. Melissa Morrison |
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USA |
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12.56 |
| 4. Mariya Koroteyeva |
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RUS |
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12.72 |
| 5. Lacena Golding-Clarke |
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JAM |
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12.73 |
| 6. Angela Whyte |
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CAN |
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12.81 |
| Perdita Felicien |
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CAN |
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DNF |
| Irina Shevchenko |
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RUS |
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DNF |
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ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2012 12.87 +1.0 Irvine 29 APR
2008 12.63 -0.5 London 26 JUL
2007 13.28 0.0 Indianapolis, IN 22 JUN
2006 12.76 +0.1 Linz 22 AUG
2005 12.47 +1.7 New York, NY 11 JUN
2004 12.37 +1.5 Athína 24 AUG (personal best)
2003 12.83 +1.4 Palo Alto, CA 22 JUN
2000 12.67 +1.3 Sacramento 23 JUL
1999 12.89 +1.3 Boise, ID 05 JUN
1998 12.93 +1.4 Los Angeles 02 MAY