Sport 09-08-2002 Edwards Loses Historic Grand Slam who: Triple jumper Jonathan Edwards what: Settles for bronze medal in European Championships eleven days after winning Grand Slam where: Munich when: Last night snippet: "Retirement was beginning to look an attractive proposition for triple jumper Jonathan Edwards last night," says The Telegraph, "when he lost his European Championship title in the Olympiastadion." "On Super Sunday at the Commonwealth Games, the world record holder became only the fourth Brit to hold a Grand Slam of titles," says The Sun. 11 days later, he can no longer claim to hold the Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European titles simultaneously. Although he lost to Sweden`s Christian Olsson, the 36-year-old didn`t leave empty-handed, says The Independent. He added "a fourth bronze medal to the ones Britain had collected earlier in the evening through Daniel Caines in the men`s 400 metres, Kelly Holmes in the women`s 800m and Lee McConnell in the women`s 400m." Holmes makes the headlines for all the wrong reasons this morning after an unsporting throw-away comment implying that 800 metres winner Jolanda Ceplak used drugs to enhance her performance. "All I know is that I did it clean," said Holmes, following her defeat. Faced with the accusation, Ceplak responded: "I am not taking anything. I train so hard I cry. That is the reason I have won today." [... more]

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