man on women's sports

Marion Jones pulls out of the World Cup and all other events for the remainder of the season.

The IAAF World Cup features combined teams from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania; then national teams from the United States, host Greece, and three European teams that qualified through the European Cup — Russia (men and women), France (men) and Poland (women). Russia is the defending women's champion. At right, Russia's Tatyana Lebedeva wins the triple jump today.

Through day 1, the US is basically out of it on the women's side after being disqualified in the 4x100 relay for reasons still not yet fully clear. See pointer to standings in next link:

Richards takes down 22-year-old record.

Jamaica's Sherone Simpson has been 'da bomb at the meet: winning her eighth straight 100 meters title and assisting the America's team to the 4x100 relay win (left receiving the baton from the Cayman Islands' Cydonie Mothersill.) Photo source: (both) Yahoo! News/AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau

# posted by wonderbot @ 9:18 PM