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Date: 7th March 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 376
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P376 CEEFAX 376 Thu 7 Mar 21:51/47 WORLD INDOORS, Seville 1/5 Canadian Ben Johnson has shaken the athletics world by announcing he will retire from the sport after the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He made his announcement on the eve of the indoor games where he is hoping to provj he can regain his position as theworld's top sprinter. "I'm 29 now. I like to run fast, but itgets very frustrating at times with theaches and pains.I've two big years leftand that's where I want to leave it." Johnson is ranked only fifth in the world indoors at present but believes he will "be among the leaders" in SpainNext Page Preview 1 Football Headlines
P376 CEEFAX 376 Thu 7 Mar 21:58/16 WORLD INDOORS, Seville 2/5 Paul Ereng is determined to break his own 800 metres world indoor record at the championships. Olympic champion Ereng broke Sebastian Coe's world record of 1:44.91 by seven hundredths of a second at the 1989 world indoor championships in Budapest.Ereng feels he is in better shape now than when he broke the record and warned that he would be attempting to break it again from the first round. "If the race goes fast from the beginning, I think I can do it again," said the confident Kenyan. 375 British hopes 377 British team Next Page Preview 1 Football Headlines
P376 CEEFAX 376 Thu 7 Mar 21:41/35 WORLD INDOORS, Seville 3/5 Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey heads for Spain full of confidence after breaking the world 200m indoor record in Germany last weekend. Ottey clocked 22.24 seconds to shave three hundredths of a second off the previous best set by Heike Dreschler ofthe old East Germany four years ago. The 30-year-old also ran 7.04 secs in the 60m and will start as favourite in both races at the championships. She may come up against Britain's Stephanie Douglas and Beverley Kinch inthe 60m and Simone Jacobs in the longerdistance. Next Page Preview 1 Football Headlines
P376 CEEFAX 376 Thu 7 Mar 21:52/16 WORLD INDOORS, Seville 4/5 Germany's Katrin Krabbe has still to become the world's fastest woman, despite her success in the European championships last year. She won three golds there but is yet toupstage Merlene Ottey in the 100m and 200m distances. She ran 7.06 seconds in the 60m three weeks ago, but withdrew - unwell - froman important meeting in Germany last weekend. But at 21, nine years Ottey's junior, she may still shave off the two hundredths of a second advantage the Jamaican holds over her in the 60m. Next Page Preview 1 Football Headlines
P376 CEEFAX 376 Thu 7 Mar 21:46/16 WORLD INDOORS, Seville 5/5 Notable absentees from this year's championships include American sprinters Carl Lewis and Ljroy Burrell.That makes Linford Christie the first of the 'big three' to race against Ben Johnson since his comeback. Also missing will be five key members of the unified German side. High jumper Rolf Sann and women's 3,000m specialist Anke Schaening have joined a casualty list which includes Carlo Tranhardt (high jump), Norbert Dobeleit (400m) and Hauke Fuhlbruegge (1,500m). 302 Football 320 General 340 Cricket Next Page Preview 1 Football Headlines