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Article: 100s there for the taking at world championships
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- August 17, 2003
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100s there for the taking at world championships
By ROB GLOSTER Associated Press
Sunday, August 17, 2003
Although he's still a long way from crawling, 7-week-old Tim
Montgomery already has had a huge impact on the sprinting events at
the track and field world championships that start Saturday in a
Paris suburb.
His birth has left the field wide open in two of the signature
events of the nine-day meet, the women's and men's 100 meters.
Tim's mother -- Marion Jones, defending champ in the 200 and
Olympic champ in the 100 -- is taking time off after giving birth
June 28. And his father -- Tim Montgomery, the world record-holder in
the 100 -- has struggled on the track after five weeks of ...