Tatyana Lebedeva tonight won Olympic long jump gold with a leap of 7.07 metres as Marion Jones failed to capture a medal.
Jones, of the US, bronze medallist in the long jump but a three-gold sprint hero four years ago in Sydney, failed to qualify for any other individual event this time around and could not get near the leaders, finishing fifth with 6.85 metres.
The competition was won by Russian Lebedeva with her brilliant jump, who led her country to a clean sweep of the medals - an unprecedented feat for any nation in the event.
The world indoor champion had surprisingly finished only third in her speciality triple jump four days ago. Irina Simagina took the silver medal with 7.05 metres, the same distance cleared by Tatyana Kotova who was pushed back to bronze on the countback rule.
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Meanwhile Jade Johnson began her Olympic medal effort with a wind-assisted personal best - but was still furious with herself. She soared out to 6.74 metres, but slapped the sand in frustration after landing, clearly feeling she could have gone even further.
Johnson improved to 6.80 metres in the second round and this time it counted as a new personal best with the wind only at 1.2m per second.
However, after a foul in the third round, that was still only good enough for seventh place.