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Yelesina ends a decade's wait for gold

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ATTENTION - REPETITION, fixing slug ///

SYDNEY, Sept 30 (AFP) - Russia's Yelena Yelesina ended a 10-year wait to claim the Olympic high jump gold here on Saturday.

The 30-year-old mother last won a major title when she took the European junior championship in 1989.

But the wait ended when she sailed over 2.01 metres at her second attempt, beating South Africa's Hestrie Cloete, who also clear 2.01m but had more failures at lower heights.

There was a tie for the bronze medal between Kajsa Bergqvist, of Sweden, and Oana Manuela Pantelimon, from Romania. Both cleared 1.99m.

In the best quality women's high jump for some time, Yelesina managed a perfect record in her first five jumps at lower heights.

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