Fabrice Lapierre of Australia used a favorable wind to win the long jump at the Madrid Meet in Spain, in what was expected to be a duel between Olympic champion Irving Saladino and silver medalist Godfrey Khotso Mokoena. Lapierre jumped a wind-aided 28 feet, 1 1/2 inches to beat Mokoena, who finished second with an African record of 27-10 3/4. Saladino, who took gold over Mokoena in Beijing last year, was third with a best jump of 27-8 despite an even stronger wind than Lapierre.

Jamaica's Steve Mullings easily won the men's 100 meters in 10.11 ahead of European champion Francis Obikwelu of Portugal. In the women's event, American sprinter Gloria Asumnu won with a time of 11.40.

Mercyhurst College triumphed in one of the closest races of the day, beating England's Molesey by one-third of a length to qualify for the final today of the Visitors' Cup for intermediate coxless fours against Isis of England at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River in England.

Anselmo Moreno (26-1-1) of Panama has retained his WBA bantamweight title with a split decision over Mahyar Monshipour (31-4) of France in Poitiers, France.

Yonkers Raceway president Tim Rooney, son of late Steelers founder Art Rooney Sr., will be inducted today into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y. John Berry, Leon Zimmerman, Tom Crouch and Alan Leavitt also will be inducted.

• Mike Smith is back on Mine That Bird. The Hall of Fame rider will pilot the Kentucky Derby winner in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby and the $1 million Travers Stakes next month.

• Sea The Stars became the first horse in 20 years to add the Eclipse Stakes title in Sandown, England, to wins in the English Derby and the 2000 Guineas. Sea The Stars is only the fifth horse since 1900 to complete the Group One hat trick, after beating Rip Van Winkle by a length. The previous horse to accomplish the feat was Nashwan in 1989.