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Article: IT'S A U.S. SWEEP; JONES, GREENE DOMINATE 100.(SPORTS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- August 4, 1997
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Byline: Kirby Lee Special to the Daily News
Marion Jones doesn't figure to make the switch from track back to basketball soon. And Maurice Greene isn't planning to head back to Kansas from California in the near future.
Jones and Greene, who burst onto the United States track and field scene after making the changes this season, posted victories in the women's and men's 100 meters in the World Championships of Track and Field on Sunday night.
Jones held off Zhanna Pintussevich of the Ukraine by two-hundredths of a second to win in 10.83 seconds. Greene, overcoming painful groin spasms, defeated Olympic and world champion Donovan Bailey of Canada ...