Idowu leaps to 三段跳び 肩書を与える

Last updated at 10:32 04 March 2007


The absence of 負傷させるd Olympic ３倍になる 支持する／優勝者 Christian Olsson 追加するd even more 圧力 on Britain's European indoor gold medallist Phillips

Idowu to 成し遂げる 井戸／弁護士席 on Saturday.

Idowu 答える／応じるd by producing the best jump in the world this year of 17.56 metres to take the 肩書を与える in 前線 of an ecstatic （人が）群がる at the 国家の Indoor 円形競技場 and follow in the footsteps

of world 記録，記録的な／記録する 支えるもの／所有者 Jonathan Edwards, who won the event in 1998.

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"It was not a 事例／患者 of Christian Olsson not 存在 here so we just come and 選ぶ up the メダルs," the 28-year-old said.

"I had to look at the 最高位のs and not... jump 17.25 or 17.30 to 勝利，勝つ because that would be weak. I had to come here and より勝る the longest jump. I took the 選手権 記録，記録的な／記録する so 明白に it would have been a 堅い 競争 for any of the Europeans."

Olsson, who has struggled with 傷害 since winning the Olympic 肩書を与える in 2004, pulled out of the 選手権s because of a hamstring problem.

Idowu, nursing a bruised heel, 安全な・保証するd his first major gold with his 開始 jump.

Compatriot Nathan Douglas made it a 二塁打 祝賀, jumping a personal best of 17.47 to take the silver.

"My 目的（とする） today was to get a big first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する jump in and then be a 観客 for the 残り／休憩（する） of the 競争," Idowu said.

"I have to give credit to Nathan though, he made me carry on jumping.

"I 港／避難所't jumped too much this year. This was the first time I've jumped without any 苦痛 in the heel and I went out and did what I knew I could do."

Douglas, who was 走者-up to Olsson at last year's outdoor

European 選手権s, was pleased to have turned out a

一貫した 一連の jumps, two of which were over 17.40.

"That was the 一連の my life. I gave it everything I

could," he said.

"I'm only 24, we all know what age Jonathan (Edwards)

retired at (37). Hopefully I can go on and on."

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