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From Staff and Wire Reports

Mike Powell, the world outdoor record-holder in the long jump, leaped 27 feet 5 1/4 inches to win the event at a meet in Glasgow, Scotland.

Only world indoor record-holder Carl Lewis, Armenian Robert Emmiyan and Larry Myricks have jumped farther.

Roger Kingdom, the world outdoor record-holder in the 110-meter hurdles, won the 60-meter hurdles in 7.66 seconds, and Michael Johnson, the 1991 world outdoor champion at 200 meters, won the 400-meters in 46.43.

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Hollis Conway, the Olympic bronze medalist in the high jump, cleared 7-6 to win the event and Maksim Tarasov of Russia, the Olympic gold medalist in the pole vault, went 19-0 1/4 to win.

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