Perry and Powell pre-eminent in Rome

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Rome, Italy - Michelle Perry and Asafa Powell were the peerless athletes in the Olympic stadium at tonight’s ‘Golden Gala Kinder+Sport’, the third stop on the six-meet IAAF Golden League 2007, which was played out in front of over 39,000 spectators.

Three of the four $1 Million Jackpot contenders proceed

There was triumph and near tragedy across the four disciplines in which Jackpot contenders embarked searching for victory in the third stage of their quest to win at least a share of the $1 Million prize which is available for any athlete(s) who wins at all six meetings of the series. There were assured victories for Americans Michelle Perry (100mH) and Sanya Richards (400m) and Russian Yelena Isinbayeva (PV) but a defeat and some heavy emotions for Finland’s Tero Pitkämäki (JT).

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