Felix, Wariner enjoy Diamond wins
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August 16, 2010, Monday
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US runners took both men's and women's 400-meter sprints at the Diamond League meeting at Crystal Palace, as Jeremy Wariner beat Jamaican world leader Jermaine Gonzales and Allyson Felix added a one-lap win to her 200 victory from the day before.
In cool, windy weather not suited to sprinting, the 24-year-old Felix won a close battle on Saturday in 50.79 seconds to hold off new European champion Tatyana Firova and American Debbie Dunn. That followed a comfortable win in her specialty, the 200, the day before.
"The time wasn't great but it wasn't about the time today," Felix said. "It was a great field and I just wanted to execute my race. It was more difficult than yesterday's race."
Firova of Russia finished well to come second in 50.84 and Dunn, the world leader this year, was third, 0.05 further back.
Felix, who already had won Diamond League 400s this season in Doha and Eugene, flew out of the blocks and was in the lead coming into the home straight.
Firova came back strongly in the last 50 but could not pass Felix.
The Russian, a winner in Stockholm last week, still beat Dunn, who clocked a world-best time for 2010 of 49.64 in June. "I really had to rely on my endurance. I felt pretty good but it was a little difficult recovering (from the 200)," Felix said.
Hampered
Wariner, who has been hampered by injury, lagged early but pushed past Gonzales in the second, final turn and held off a late challenge to win in 44.67. Gonzales finished in 44.80 but still has the world's fastest time this year at 44.40.
"I wasn't happy with my first 200," Wariner said. "With the weather conditions here, it was a good race."
World women's 100 leader Carmelita Jeter was upset by fellow American Marshevet Myers, finishing five hundredths behind Myer's 11.01 performance.
On Friday, Tyson Gay overcame the cool temperatures and wet track to record the world's fastest 100 this year at 9.78.
The shifting winds at the stadium in southeast London kept on making things tricky for athletes on Saturday, hindering 110-meter hurdler David Oliver in his push to become the first to go under 13 seconds on British soil. He fell short with a still-fast 13.06, slower than his 13.02 from the heats earlier in the day.
Wallace Spearmon of the US clinched his first Diamond League victory of the season, clocking 20.12 to win a low-quality 200. The 2005 world silver medalist finished well clear of second-place Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles, who ran 20.42. Norway's Jaysuma Ndure was third with 20.43.
Mariya Savinova of Russia timed her finish to perfection to ease to victory in the women's 800 in 1 minute, 58.64 seconds.
South African 400-meter runner Oscar Pistorius got loud applause as he set a new world disability record of 47.04 for the event, running on his artificial legs in a separate race against other amputees.
In cool, windy weather not suited to sprinting, the 24-year-old Felix won a close battle on Saturday in 50.79 seconds to hold off new European champion Tatyana Firova and American Debbie Dunn. That followed a comfortable win in her specialty, the 200, the day before.
"The time wasn't great but it wasn't about the time today," Felix said. "It was a great field and I just wanted to execute my race. It was more difficult than yesterday's race."
Firova of Russia finished well to come second in 50.84 and Dunn, the world leader this year, was third, 0.05 further back.
Felix, who already had won Diamond League 400s this season in Doha and Eugene, flew out of the blocks and was in the lead coming into the home straight.
Firova came back strongly in the last 50 but could not pass Felix.
The Russian, a winner in Stockholm last week, still beat Dunn, who clocked a world-best time for 2010 of 49.64 in June. "I really had to rely on my endurance. I felt pretty good but it was a little difficult recovering (from the 200)," Felix said.
Hampered
Wariner, who has been hampered by injury, lagged early but pushed past Gonzales in the second, final turn and held off a late challenge to win in 44.67. Gonzales finished in 44.80 but still has the world's fastest time this year at 44.40.
"I wasn't happy with my first 200," Wariner said. "With the weather conditions here, it was a good race."
World women's 100 leader Carmelita Jeter was upset by fellow American Marshevet Myers, finishing five hundredths behind Myer's 11.01 performance.
On Friday, Tyson Gay overcame the cool temperatures and wet track to record the world's fastest 100 this year at 9.78.
The shifting winds at the stadium in southeast London kept on making things tricky for athletes on Saturday, hindering 110-meter hurdler David Oliver in his push to become the first to go under 13 seconds on British soil. He fell short with a still-fast 13.06, slower than his 13.02 from the heats earlier in the day.
Wallace Spearmon of the US clinched his first Diamond League victory of the season, clocking 20.12 to win a low-quality 200. The 2005 world silver medalist finished well clear of second-place Churandy Martina of Netherlands Antilles, who ran 20.42. Norway's Jaysuma Ndure was third with 20.43.
Mariya Savinova of Russia timed her finish to perfection to ease to victory in the women's 800 in 1 minute, 58.64 seconds.
South African 400-meter runner Oscar Pistorius got loud applause as he set a new world disability record of 47.04 for the event, running on his artificial legs in a separate race against other amputees.
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