EDMONTON - Marion Jones anchored Team USA's women's 4x100m relay to an overwhelming victory and Anjanette Kirkland won her second world title of the year in the hurdles to lead a 4-medal day for the United States at the IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Edmonton on Saturday. In the most dramatic turn of events on the day, the U.S. men's team 4x100m relay team won its heat despite a midrace injury to Jon Drummond, was disqualified on protest by a team not competing in their heat, then reinstated.

By winning two gold and two silver medals in competition Saturday, Team USA brought its medal tally to 17 with a full day of competition remaining, matching its overall medal total from the 1999 World Championships in Seville. Sunday events with U.S. medal possibilities are the men's and women's 4x400m relay, men's 4x100m relay, women's high jump (Amy Acuff), men's 1,500m (Paul McMullen) and men's javelin (Breaux Greer). The women's marathon also is being contested.

The 100m women's hurdlers began the gold rush. World indoor champion Anjanette Kirkland ran a personal-best and world-leading time to win in 12.42 seconds. Defending world champ Gail Devers crashed the eighth hurdle and finished with the silver in 12.54. Olga Shishigina of Kazakhstan was third in 12.58. American Jenny Adams hit the seventh hurdle and was fifth in 12.63.

The next medal of the day went to Team USA's self-described "Superman", Savante Stringfellow. The U.S. outdoor and NCAA champion went 8.24m/27-0.5 to finish behind defending champion Ivan Pedroso of Cuba (8.40m/27-6.75). Carlos Calado of Portugal and Miguel Pate of Team USA both had a best jump of 8.21m/36-11.25, but Calado was given the bronze by having a superior second-best jump of 8.18m/26-10 compared to Pate's 8.09m/26-6.5.

For their performances, Kirkland and Stringfellow were named Xerox Athletes of the Meet.

The quartet of Kelli White, Chryste Gaines, Inger Miller and Marion Jones combined to dominate the field in the 4x100m relay, the final event of the day. White got out strong, Gaines put the team in the lead, Miller extended that lead, and Jones had only to bring it home. The U.S. ran a world-leading 41.71 to crush the field. Germany was a distant second in 42.32, with France third in 42.39. The U.S. team had qualified by placing second in the first round earlier in the day, with a lineup of Angela Williams, Gaines, Miller and Torri Edwards.

In the women's discus final, Seilala Sua improved on her Olympic finish by placing sixth with a throw of 63.74/209-1. Competing in her first Worlds final, Kris Kuehl was eighth at 61.04m/200-3.

The men's 50k race walkers had a very strong showing, with Curt Clausen finishing seventh for Team USA in 3:50:46 and Phillip Dunn placing 14th in a personal-record time of 3:56:33. Dunn's previous best was the 3:57:18 that won the U.S. title earlier this year. Olympic champion Robert Korzeniowski of Poland won his second world title in 3:42:08. Jesus Angel Garcia of Spain was second in 3:43:07, and Edgar Hernandez of Mexico was third in 3:46:12.

The men's 4x100 relay provided heroics, drama and high-intensity fretting. In first-round action, the team of Jon Drummond, Mickey Grimes, Dennis Mitchell and J.J. Johnson easily won their heat in 38.35 seconds, the fastest time of the day. Drummond's leg was run on pure guts and pride, as the 1999 World Championships and Olympic relay gold medalist suffered a cramp in his right quadriceps muscle roughly halfway through and staggered for two strides, righting himself and making it to Grimes for the handoff.

The British team, set to run two heats later, filed a protest, claiming Drummond had stepped on his inside lane line at the moment his leg cramped.

The U.S. was initially disqualified. Drummond, who had run half of his leg screaming at Grimes to keep him from taking off too soon as Drummond struggled, was crushed at hearing the news.

However, the team was reinstated on an appeal made by Team USA. In issuing the reinstatement, the IAAF stated: "The Jury, having reviewed the evidence and the circumstances surrounding the occurrence, and in the spirit of fair play, determines that the U.S. team should be reinstated." Drummond's emotions turned quickly to elation and relief.

Meanwhile, the British team dropped the baton in their heat and did not advance. Team USA will compete in Sunday's semifinal round, with finals later in the day. The expected lineup is Grimes, 100m bronze medalist Bernard Williams, Mitchell, and 100m silver medalist Tim Montgomery.

The American men's and women's 4x400m relays also advanced easily to Sunday's finals. The women's team of Demetria Washington, Michelle Collins, Mikele Barber and Suziann Reid ran 3:21.97, winning their heat by nearly 3 seconds and posting the fastest time of the day. The men's team of Jerome Young, Andrew Pierce, Leonard Byrd and Derrick Brew also posted the fastest time of the day with 3:00.07. Final 4x400m relay lineups will be determined Sunday morning.

Note: The results of the men's 5,000m race have been revised. Adam Goucher's place was adjusted to 11th. His time of 13:24.00 remains the same.

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