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LONDON, Aug. 11-- World champions Dafine Schippers and Pawel Fajdek defended their titles on the eighth competition day at the London world championships here on Friday. Dutch woman Schippers clocked a season best 22.05 seconds to retain the women's 200m title and Poland's Fajdek clinched his third world title in a run in 79.81 meters. "It's great, especially with a gold medal, I am very pleased. My secret is enjoying the sport and enjoying my racing. I feel a little bit nervous starting out, but I'm a final runner and I'm grateful for the experience now it's over," said Schippers. Marie-Josee Ta Lou of Cote d'Ivoire took the 200m silver following her second finish in the 100m with a time of 22.08. Shaunae Miller-Uibo was third in 22.15. In the Championships of surprises, Fajdek produced the three best throws of the final and pushing Valeriy Pronkin, competing under a neutral banner, into second place of men's hammar with a last round throw of 78.16m while Fajdek's teammate Wojciech Nowicki claimed his fourth major bronze medal with 78.03m. Whereas for American Brittney Reese, it was the chance to regain the long jump title and she did not waste it, winning in 7.02m after she bagged the gold medal three times in a row between 2009 and 2013. Reese said she would dedicated the victory to her late grandfather. "It has been an emotional few weeks for me after my grandfather passed away two weeks ago. But I was doing this for him and I know he would have been cheering for me. I'm a stronger person than I probably think I am. It has shown me mentally at my best. | 
