 Battling swirling winds, Drechsler opened with a 6.92m, followed by Joyner-Kersee upping the ante to 7.00m, then as the final jumper of the sequence, Chistyakova opened with 7.11m to take the first round lead.In the second round, Drechsler improved to 7.06m.After a JJK foul, Belevskaya took the third position with a 7.04m.