7th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Sevilla '99
Results:
Day
1 - Saturday, August 21st
Day
2 - Sunday, August 22nd
Day
3 - Monday, August 23rd
Day
4 - Tuesday, August 24th
Day
5 - Wednesday, August 25th
Day
6 - Thursday, August 26th
Day
7 - Friday, August 27th
Day
8 - Saturday, August 28th
Day
9 - Sunday, August 29th
Medals
Table
The
Greek team for Sevilla '99
The
Medalists 83'-97'
Athens
'97 - Maebashi '99
Sevilla
'99 is over and Athletics is ready to enter the new millenium in fashion
and controversy
August
29. So,
the show is over. The flag will be handed to Edmonton officials and the
athletes will take some rest. The next appointment is for Sydney, some
13 months from now. Except for some of the daring who will go on to compete
in some more meetings in 1999. Money awaits as the Golden League Series
continue. However, the 7th World Championships in Athletics posed some
questions to the officials and to the millions of fans... Marion Jones
was sacrificed in her quest for what proved to be unachievable. Should
we consider the athletes as some kind of gods? Or is it chemistry that
presents us with those exciting performances? 1999 leaves us without Merlene
Ottey, Linford Christie, Javier Sotomayor and Dennis Mitchell. Those who
were formerly idols for the young are now the examples to avoid. The Olympics
of Sydney will bring us to a new era, to an unknown period where -we suppose-
a lot of things will be finally decided. For the good of the sport, we
hope... Meanwhile, Greece -the homeland of this website- climbs to the
fourth place of the World classification. Two gold, two silver and two
bronze are the medals that the sons and daughters of the ancient gods brought
back home. A time to rejoice and then a period to think... As 2004 aproaches
and Athens prepares for the Olympics, Greece wishes to play an important
role to World Sport. Will she be successful in her quest. Or, will the
mistakes of the present -currently hidden behind the great successes, as
in Seville- will prove fatal? We 'll have to wait and see...
