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Last Updated: Friday, 29 August, 2003, 21:16 GMT 22:16 UK
Campbell upbeat in defeat
Darren Campbell catches his breath after finishing fourth in the 200m

Darren Campbell was philosophical in defeat after another night where Great Britain failed to claim a medal at the World Athletics Championships.

Campbell, who came third in the 100m, was edged out of bronze by just one one-hundredth of a second in the 200m.

"It's a shame that I didn't win a medal but I've won so many of those close finishes I suppose I was always going to lose one," he said.

"I haven't been able to sleep since the 100m - I've been running that race in my mind hundreds of times and it's been impossible trying to keep all my emotions in check.

"That is something I will take from these championships for next year's Olympics, there are more medals to come from me yet.

"The guys who beat me tonight didn't run the 100m and they were fresher, so to get so close to them shows the strength I've got," he added.

Chris Rawlinson had had an outside hope of a medal in the 400m hurdles but the Briton tied up on the home straight to finish sixth behind Felix Sanchez.

Steve Backley had a scare before making the javelin final as seventh of the eight qualifiers.

Steve Backley
Backley qualified in seventh place

The veteran, who is hoping for a first ever world title, could only manage a throw of 80.23 in the first qualifying pool, with 81m the target needed to guarantee a place in the final.

Backley had to sit through the second batch of qualifying to see if his mark would be enough but remained positive about his form.

"Nobody was throwing that well tonight so nothing I have seen was very scary from a competitive point of view."

There was disappointment for long jumper Chris Tomlinson, who failed to reach the latter stages of the long jump final.

Tomlinson had become the first-ever Briton to qualify for the final but fouled on his opening two jumps.

That forced him to be conservative on his third jump and his mark of 17.93m was overhauled by the very last jumper, Hussein Taher Al-Sabee, who finished eighth and went through to the final three rounds.

"I messed up, it's as simple as that, but then I never thought I would get to the final," said Tomlinson.

In the women's 1500m, Jo Pavey and Hayley Tullett both safely moved into the final after coming third and fourth in their semi-final.

But Robert Newton's brave run in the 110 metres hurdles came to an end as the 22-year-old could only manage fourth in his semi-final in a time of 13.62 secs.





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