- Title: IVORY COAST: INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC MEETING AT ABIDJAN
- Date: 5th May 1969
- Summary: 1. GV PAN STADIUM 0.10 2. GV START AND FINISH OF MEN'S 100 METRES HURDLES WON BY U.S.S.R. C.D. JOKA 0.25 3. LV FIRST SECOND AND THIRD ON ROSTRUM 0.32 4. GV START AND FINISH OF MEN'S 100 METRES SPRINT WON BY IVORY COAST KONE 0.46 5. CU CROWDS 0.51 6. SV KONE RECEIVES MEDAL FROM GHANA'S COMMISSIONER FOR SPORT 0.56 7. SV CROWD 1.00 8. GV FRENCH COMPETITOR CLEARS POLE VAULT 1.07 9. SV CROWDS 1.12 10. GV 1,500 METRES RACE IN PROGRESS KEINO LEADING 1.34 11. GV CROWDS 1.39 12. GV KEINO ON FINAL BEND 1.48 13. TV KEINO CROSSES FINISHING 2.00 14. GV CROWDS APPLAUD 2.03 15. CU ZOOM OUT KEINO ON WINNERS ROSTRUM 2.09 Initials PS/V/CR/SS SPORT: ATHLETICS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
- Country: Ivory Coast
- Reuters ID: LVA3FCHEERVM5EL21DQMU3Z27UKG
- Story Text:KENYA'S OLYMPIC 1,500 METRES CHAMPION KIPCHOGE KEINO RAN AN EASY RACE TO WIN THIS EVENT AT THE INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC MEETING IN ABIDJAN, ON THE IVORY COAST YESTERDAY (4 MAY).
KEINO WON THE RACE IN 3 MINUTES 46.5 SECONDS, WELL AHEAD OF GHANA'S AMET TEPE WHO FINISHED IN 3 MINUTES 59.4 SECONDS. AKWA OF GHANA FINISHED THIRD IN 3 MINUTES 59.6 SECONDS. KEINO WENT ON TO WIN THE 5,000 METRES IN 14 MINUTES 21 SECONDS.
RUSSIAN HURDLER CDJOKA WON THE 110 METRES HURDLES IN A CLOSE FINISH WITH GHANA'S HART SMITH. IN AN EXPLOSIVE SPRINT AFTER THE LAST HURDLE CDJOKA FORCED HIS WAY PAST SMITH TO WIN BY A TENTH OF A SECOND. HIS TIME WAS 14.5 SECONDS.
THE THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS SAW THEIR FAVOURITE GAOSSOUR KONE BEAT TEAM MATE DIBY AKPA IN THE MEN'S 100 METRES SPRINT IN A TIME OF 10.5 SECONDS.
FRENCHMAN DELCOMBES CLEARED 4 METRES IN THE MEN'S POLE VAULT TO WIN COMFORTABLY.
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