OSAKA — News and notes from Day 5 of the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Championships.

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Seiko has a job as important as any other here at Nagai Stadium. The company is in charge of providing photos at the finish line for all of the races.

Sometimes, these photos are necessary.

Take, for instance, Tuesday's final in the women's 100 meters.

Veronica Campbell of Jamaica and Lauryn Williams of the United States both ran the race in 11.01 seconds.

So who won the race?

The Jamaican captured the gold, zooming past the finish line three thousandths of a second faster than the American speedster.

IAAF competitions director Paul Hardy had to explain later why one judge declared Torri Edwards, the fourth-place finisher, the winner. He said the judge pushed the wrong button.

Five minutes after the race, at 10:25 p.m., Campbell was officially declared the World's Fastest Woman of 2007. That was after Seiko, Japanese photo-finish judges and an IAAF photo-finish judge gathered to closely look at the photo-finish image.

"I cannot be upset," Williams said. "It was a very close race, and they kept playing it back and I know they go off your shoulders. The experts have a way of figuring it out.

"I am sure they put their best foot forward to make sure no one got cheated.

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DOPING UPDATE: As of 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, IAAF communications director Nick Davies said all doping tests from Saturday had been processed. There have been no positive results so far at worlds, he confirmed.

Normally, Davies said, it takes 48 hours for all tests to be completed.

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IDEAL SIZE: Elio Locatelli, the IAAF Development Director, was asked if there is an ideal height for a male 400-meter sprinter. He responded by saying the individual should be at least 180 cm.

It's a race, he noted, in which "the economy of running is very important."

Shorter runners at, say, 170 cm can struggle to run as efficiently against their taller counterparts.

The 185-cm Michael Johnson, the world record-holder in the 400 (43.18 seconds) and the 200 (109.32), was the perfect size for his races.

Locatelli said Johnson consistently used very "efficient running, economy of running" to beat his foes.

In other words, no wasted effort. Johnson maximized his motion as he became a fuzzy blur blazing around the track.

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FITTING WORDS: A nation dominated by teamwork in running races — you'll often hear Kenyans speaking about working together to dominate the top spots in a race — has an appropriate national motto.

The Swahili word "harambee" means "let's all pull together."

Exhibit A: Brimin Kipruto, Ezekiel Kemboi and Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong finished 1-2-3 in Tuesday's 3,000-meter steeplechase. Then they congratulated one another.

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IT'S FIXED: There was a mix-up over some of the hotel reservations of some national teams and their staffs in Osaka.

For example, reporters were overheard talking about several Eritreans who had to sleep on hotel floors because rooms were not available at their hotel.

Now they all have rooms and beds.

Davies called it an "unfortunate mix-up," but acknowledged it's a challenging task to secure hotel beds for some 3,500 people (athletes, coaches, etc.) for the nine-day event.

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EXCITING DEBUT: Zimbabwe's Lewis Banda, speaking to reporters in Osaka, explained what it means for him to be here in Japan.

The 400-meter standout said: "I am just excited that it is my first time being at the world championships, but I have not set myself any specific targets except to just try and reach the final. I think that would be great."

Banda ran a season-best time of 45.47 seconds in the first round on Tuesday, but did not qualify for the next round.

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REACTION IN KENYA: Janeth Jepkosgei's victory in the women's 800 on Tuesday night shattered the national record by 62 seconds. It was set by Francisca Chepkurui in 1988.

Jepkosgei completed the two-lap race in 1 minute, 56.04 seconds. Her hometown, Eldoret, is 350 miles from Nairobi, the nation's capital city.

She trains at the IAAF High Altitude Training Camp near her hometown.

"We are very excited for her victory," camp administrator Ian Keino told AFP. "Janeth is a special athlete considering this is the first time that a Kenyan women has won the 800 (meters). She has made us proud."

Jepkosgei also trains in Milan, Italy.

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WORDS OF WISDOM: Tim Layden of Sports Illustrated revealed ex-Olympian Bob Kennedy's recipe for success in a recent column.

"To win a gold medal in the 1,500 meters you have to be tactically perfect," Kennedy was quoted as saying. "To win any medal at all, you have to be tactically almost perfect."

Here's another way of looking at it: Doing a very, very good job is rarely good enough. Medal winners earn a 95 out of 100 — or better — during their so-called athletic examination before a global audience.

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A COACH'S DESCRIPTION: Here's how coach Anatoly Byckov described Elvan Abeylegesse, the Ethiopian-born 2007 silver medalist in the 10,000 and a contender for the 5,000 title:

"She's like a wonderful car. She has good (tires), she's very aerodynamic, has a great engine, and most importantly, good torque and horsepower."

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NAME OF THE DAY: Visa Hongisto. The 200-meter sprinter from Finland placed fifth in Heat 2 of the first on Tuesday, but did not advance to the semifinals after a time of 20.78 in the quarters.

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JUMPER'S HOBBY: Italy's Andrew Howe, a long jumper, moved from California to the land of pizza, Serie A and cappuccinos when he was 5.

When he's not competing, he's a drummer for a band named Craving, a hard-core punk rock outfit.

His mother/coach/physical therapist Renee Felton, told the IAAF that when her son visited the Santa Monica (Calif.) Track Club, Carl Lewis used to joke around with him.

Felton recalled, "He (Andrew) used to crawl into the long jump pit and Carl would say, 'Do you want to get to 9 (meters) before me?' "

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THE LAST WORD: "I arrived in Japan on 17 August and I stayed in the village of Marugame (training camp in Kagawa Prefecture). The people there were very nice and I want to thank them for their support. I ate Japanese food, which I like, and felt at home there. I'm very happy I got a medal," said Russia's Tatyana Kotova, the bronze medalist in the women's pole vault.