Portugal's Naide Gomes made it two in a row in spectacular fashion going out to a world leading 6.89 in round five to ram home her superiority.
Three of her four valid jumps would have given her gold and her fourth equalled the silver medal performance by Spain's Concha Montaner. Gomes' winning leap was also a national record.
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Portugal’s defending Long Jump champion Naide Gomes dispensed with the formalities early in Long Jump qualifying, opening with a 6.68 leap to lead a surprisingly solid qulaifying group more...
Naide Gomes retained her long jump title with a distance of 6.89m - a Portuguese national record - in the fifth round. more...
Naide Gomes en route to her second consecutive Long Jump title in Birmingham
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Defending champion Naide Gomes of Portugal took firm command of the proceedings in the Long Jump with her opening round leap of 6.73, and after following up with a 6.72, she quickly relegated the competition into one for second. But the 27-year old was hardly finished. In the fifth round, she extended her own national record to 6.89, yet another world-leading performance. more...
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