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- Maurice Greene becoming the first ever to win 100m and
200m gold medals at the same World Outdoor Championships in
1999 was honored by USA Track & Field as the 13th
greatest moment in U.S. track and field history in the last
25 years.
Greene
entered the 1999 World Outdoor Championships in Seville,
Spain, looking to successfully defend his 1997 World Outdoor
100m title, in addition to adding the global 200m crown to
his trophy case.
In the 100m
final at Seville's Olimpic Stadium, Greene stumbled slightly
out of the blocks allowing Canada's Bruny Surin the
opportunity to take the early lead. That twosome was clear
of the field at the halfway point and stayed that way until
the final 10 meters as Greene surged to the finish just
ahead of his Canadian rival to win in 9.80 seconds. Surin
was the runner-up in 9.84.
Greene
completed his historic sprint double after exploding out of
the blocks in the 200m final and carrying the lead into the
homestretch before winning convincingly in 19.90 seconds.
Brazil's Claudinei da Silva placed second with a personal
best of 20.00.
Becoming the
first ever to win 100 and 200m gold at the same World
Outdoor Championships wasn't enough for Greene, who later
ran the anchor leg on Team USA's 4x100m relay squad that
easily won the gold medal in 37.59 seconds.
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