The race action pictures above show the closing few metres of the
women's 400m Hurdles final at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Sheena
(second right) produced a fine performance to win the silver medal in a
time of 53.70, with the gold going to Jamaica's Melanie Walker (two from
left) in a new Olympic record time of 52.64. Great Britain's Tasha
Danvers (far left) won the bronze, with Ukraine's Anastasiya Rabchenyuk
(far right) finishing 4th. The left hand photo shows Tosta in full flow
during the heats.
She was also know as Sheena Johnson
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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 |
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53.70 |
3. Natasha DANVERS |
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GBR |
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53.84 |
4. Anastasiya RABCHENYUK |
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UKR |
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53.96 |
5. Anna JESIEN |
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POL |
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54.29 |
6. Ekaterina BIKERT |
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RUS |
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54.96 |
7. Zuzana HEJNOVA |
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CZE |
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54.97 |
8. Tiffany ROSS-WILLIAMS |
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USA |
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57.55 |
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Photo George Herringshaw. 21st August 2004. ©
Sheena is pictured above during the 400m Hurdles heats at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
She finished just outside the medals in the final in fourth place in a time of 53.83 secs.
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Womens 400m. Hurdles Final
Olympic Games 2004
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1. Fani Halkia |
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GRE |
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52.82 |
2. Ionela Tirlea-Manolache |
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ROM |
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53.38 |
3. Tetiana Tereshchuk-Antipova |
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UKR |
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53.44 |
4. Sheena Johnson |
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USA |
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53.83 |
5. Jana Pittman |
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AUS |
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53.92 |
6. Yekaterina Bikert |
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RUS |
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54.18 |
7. Brenda Taylor |
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USA |
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54.97 |
8. Yuliya Pechenkina |
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RUS |
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55.79 |
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ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2011 55.65 Ponce 14 MAY
2010 54.52 Monaco 22 JUL
2009 54.19 Belém 24 MAY
2008 53.58 Monaco 29 JUL
2007 53.29 Indianapolis, IN 24 JUN
2006 53.90 Indianapolis, IN 25 JUN
2005 54.72 Roma 08 JUL
2004 52.95 Sacramento 11 JUL
2003 54.24 Sacramento 13 JUN
2002 55.71 Baton Rouge 31 MAY
2001 56.02 Berkeley 20 MAY
2000 56.82 Denton 24 JUN