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 Schippers, who has switched from the heptathlon event where she
claimed a world championship bronze last year, powered down the
final straight to win in 22.03 seconds and easily beat American Tori
Bowie's previous best 2014 time of 22.18.
Jodie Williams of Britain was second in 22.46 and Myriam Soumare of
France finished third in 22.58.
"The world's leading mark is something unbelievable and I did not
even dream of it," the 22-year-old Schippers told reporters after
following up the 100 gold she won on Wednesday.
World champion Bohdan Bondarenko won the men's high jump, clearing
2.35 meters at the second attempt to push fellow Ukrainian Andriy
Protsenko (2.33) into second place.
Bondarenko's great rival, Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov of Russia, was
third on 2.30.
On a damp and chilly evening, Bondarenko was well short of the 2.42
he jumped earlier this year and Javier Sotomayor's long-standing
world record of 2.45.
Olympic silver medalist and former world champion Anita Wlodarczyk
of Poland retained the women's hammer title with a year's best
effort of 78.76, less than one meter short of Betty Heidler's world
record of 79.42.
Britain took two track golds as Adam Gemili won the men's 200 in
19.98 seconds, ahead of Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre, and Martyn
Rooney was first in the 400.
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Kariem Hussein brought the house down when he won the 400 hurdles
in 48.96 seconds for hosts Switzerland.
Poland took gold and silver in the 800 with Adam Kszczot winning in
one minute 44.15 ahead of Artur Kuciapski.
Cuban-born Libania Grenot won the women's 400 for Italy in 51.10
seconds while Sifan Hassan bagged another gold for the Dutch when
she won the 1,500 in 4:04.18.
(Editing by Tony Jimenez)
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