Jamaica's Asafa Powell won the men's 100m at the IAAF Golden League meeting here on Saturday with an impressive time of 9.85sec. Powell, 23, currently shares the world record time of 9.77sec for the event with America's Justin Gatlin.
He believed he was ready to go as low as 9.6 seconds at the Stade de France after last month equalling at Gateshead in England the world-best time he first clocked in Athens in July last year. But Powell fell just short and said: "I was disturbed by the false start, but it was a great race, even if I'm a little disappointed with the time."
Powell claimed before the Paris event that Gatlin was running sacred of a head-to-head meeting and he continued to taunt his rival here by saying: "Before Justin ran 9.77 I had already done it and I've done it again. That means unless he can do it again, I will be the fastest." Meanwhile, American Marion Jones broke the 11-second barrier for the first time since 2002 to win the women's 100m.
Former triple Olympic gold medallist Jones recorded a time of 10.92secs to go close to the 10.90sec she ran in Madrid in September 2002.
Jones, 30, was making a rare appearance in Europe after several event organisers had snubbed her following allegations linking her with the BALCO drugs scandal in the United States. Although never convicted of a doping offence, she was effectively declared persona non-grata in Europe last season after being linked to the doping scandal at the Californian sports laboratory.
COLLATED RESULTS:
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MEN's 100m:
RACE 1;
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1. Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.85sec
2. Marcus Brunson (USA) 10.08
3. Ronald Pognon (FRA) 10.114
4. Leonard Scott (USA) 10.16
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Race 2:
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1. Dwight Thomas (JAM) 10.24
2. Darrel Brown (TRI) 10.28
3. David Alerte (FRA) 10.30
4. Deji Aliu (NGR) 10.35
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400m:
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1. Jeremy Wariner (USA) 43.91
2. Andrew Rock (USA) 45.02
3. Tyler Christopher (CAN) 45.16
4. Wallace Spearmon (USA) 45.22
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800m:
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1. Wilfred Kipkemboi(KEN)1:44.41
2. Mohammad M.
Al Azemi (KUW) 1:44.63
3. William Yiampoy (KEN 1:44.64
4. Youssef Saad
Kamel (BRN) 1:44.82
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1500m:
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1. Ivan Heshko (UKR) 3:31.08
2. Alex Kipchirchir(KEN) 3:31.36
3. Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:31.48
4. Suleiman Kipses
Simotwo (KEN) 3:31.67
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5000m:
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1. Kenenisa Bekele (ETH)12:51.32
2. Edwin Soi (KEN) 12:52.40
3. Moses Mosop (KEN) 12:54.46
4. Tariku Bekele (ETH) 12:55.69
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110m hurdles:
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1. Terrence Trammell (USA) 13.06
2. Dominique Arnold (USA) 13.08
3. Dayron Robles (CUB) 13.11
4. Xiang Liu (CHN) 13.19
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Women 100m:
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1. Marion Jones (USA) 10.92
2. Sherone Simpson (JAM) 10.98
3. Torri Edwards (USA) 11.06
4. Debbie Ferguson (BAH) 11.16
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400m hurdles:
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1. Lashinda Demus (USA) 53.76
2. Tiffany Ross (USA) 54.26
3. Sheena Johnson (USA) 54.39
4. Anna Olichwierczuk(POL) 54.49
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High jump:
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1. Yelena Sivushenko
(RUS) 2.00 metres
2. Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) 2.00
3. Tia Hellebaut (BEL) 2.00
4. Blanka Vlasic (CRO) 2.00
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Pole vault:
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1. Yelena Isinbayeva
(RUS) 4.76 metres
2. Vanessa Boslak (FRA) 4.61
3. Monika Pyrek (POL) 4.61
4. Nastja Ryshich (GER)4.61.-AFP
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