Reese defends long jump title at worlds

Brittney Reese defended her long jump title at the world championships Sunday, beating Olga Kucherenko of Russia and Ineta Radevica of Latvia.

With an opening jump of 6.82 metres, she gave the United States the first gold medal of the competition. Kucherenko jumped 6.77 metres and European champion Radevica was only .01 metres behind for bronze in the tight competition.

Li Yanfeng of China won the gold medal in the women's discus event, beating Nadine Mueller of Germany and Yarelis Barrios of Cuba.

Li took the lead on her second attempt with a throw of 66.52 metres. Mueller took silver with 65.97 and Barrios got bronze with 65.73.