Wellman leaps into third
the triple jump at the Olympics, finished in that order again yesterday at an International Amateur Athletic Federation track and field meet.
Conley leaped 56 feet, 23 inches, far short of his winning, wind-aided jump of 59-71 in Barcelona.
Simpkins leaped 55-111 , just a quarter of a inch ahead of third-placed Bermuda's Brian Wellman, who finished fifth in the Olympic final.
Conley was one of seven Olympic gold medalists competing before a crowd of about 18,000.
Canada's Mark McKoy, helped by a strong tailwind, won the 110-metres hurdles in 13.06 seconds.
Two Germans -- long jumper Heike Dreschler and javelin thrower Silke Renk -- repeated Olympic victories in their events. Dreschler won at 23-43 , Renk at 218-8.
In the men's 100 metres, Dennis Mitchell of the United States, the bronze medallist in Spain, finished second to Vitali Savin of Russia, who clocked 10.08. Ben Johnson of Canada, who was disqualified after finishing first at the 1988 Olympics after testing positive for steriods, was seventh. -- AP BRIAN WELLMAN -- The Bermudian triple jumper fin ished third in Austria last night.
