World Championships
Edmonton, Alberta, August 3-12, 2001
Photos by Alison Wade/www.nyrrc.org

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Day Two (8/4): Women's 1,500m Round One
Day Three (8/5): Women's 1,500m Semi Finals
Day Four (8/6): Women's 100m Final, Women's Pole Vault Final
Day Five (8/7): Women's 1,500m Final, Women's 400m Final | Women's 10,000m Final
Day Six (8/8): Women's 400m Hurdles Final
Day Seven (8/9): Women's 5,000m Prelims
Day Eight (8/10): Women's 800m Semi Finals and Women's 200m Final
Day Nine (8/11): Women's 100m Hurdles Final and Women's 5,000m Final
Day Ten (8/12): Women's Marathon Page One | Women's Marathon Page Two | Women's 800m Final
Men's Photos

Heat one of three in the 1,500m rounds. L-R: Lamberte Nyabamikazi, Irina Krakoviak, Veerle Dejaeghere, Elena Buhaianu-Iagar, Iryna Lishchynska and Sureyya Ayhan.	Krakoviak follows Sydney Olympic Gold Medallist Nouria Merah-Benida of Algeria, who barely snuck into the next round, earning the final qualifying spot.	Carla Sacramento and Suzy Favor-Hamilton run together.	Natalia Rodriguez leads Veerle Dejaeghere.
Elena Buhaianu-Iagar did not advance to the final after finishing 10th in 4:24.72.	Lamberte Nyabamikazi's 11th-place 4:31.11 was a new National Record for Burundi.	Elisa Bagnini (12th, 4:40.01) also set a new National Record for San Marino.	Heat Two, L-R: Lixin Lan, Gabriela Szabo, Helen Pattinson, Lidia Chojecka, Regina Jacobs, Natalya Gorelova, Kathleen Friedrich and Leah Pells.
Szabo went on to win heat two in 4:10.77.	Jacobs leads Szabo.	Gorelova, who has a season-best time of 3:59.70.	Evelyn Guerra finished 11th in 4:44.69.
Lixin Lan finished 7th here in 4:12.92 but has a lifetime best of 3:53.97.	Gorelova and Chojecka leading Jacobs and Friedrich.	Helen Pattinson managed to sneak into the semis with a 4:13.06 9th-place finish.	U.S. Champion Regina Jacobs dropped back with a lap to go...
...And then dropped out completely with an ankle injury on the final turn.	Heat Three, L-R: Heidi Jensen, Olga Nelyubova, Violeta Szekely and Georgie Clarke.	Sonia Lopes finished 12th in 5:13.80. Just as the heat began, a steady rain started to fall.	L-R: Alesya Turova, Szekely, Jensen and Nelyubova.
L-R: Clarke, Hayley Tullett, Turova, Szekely, Jensen and Nelyubova.	Great Britain's Hayley Tullett finished 2nd in this heat with a 4:13.60.	Australian teenager Georgie Clarke just missed qualifying for the semis with a 9th-place 4:15.31.	Clarke and the U.S.'s Sarah Schwald, who did advance to the final with her 4th-place 4:13.69.