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STOCKHOLM: Asafa Powell capitalised on Usain Bolt’s weak start and edged the World record-holder by one-hundredth of a second, leading from start to finish in the 100 metres at the DN Galan athletics meet on Tuesday. Powell, the former World record-holder, won their highly anticipated rematch in 9.88 seconds. Norwegian Jaysuma Saidy Ndure was third in 10.06.
“I was really happy with the race,” Powell said. “My goal was to win. My start was quick and fast. And the speed stayed with me through the finish.”
Earlier, Dayron Robles missed his World 110m hurdles record by just 0.04 seconds, winning the race in 12.91.
David Oliver (13.04) and Aries Merritt (13.33) finished second and third. Yelena Isinbayeva and Meseret Defar of Ethiopia also set stadium records. Isinbayeva cleared 4.85m to win the women’s pole vault.
Defar missed fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba’s World 5,000m record by 1.45 seconds, winning the race in 14:12.60 for another stadium record. Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner won his third straight 400m race, but failed to improve the stadium record he set last year. The American slowed near the finish and crossed in 44.29. Chris Brown of the Bahamas finished second in 44.53 and Ricardo Chambers of Jamaica third in 44.84. Abubaker Kaki, a 19-year-old from Sudan, won the men’s 1,000m in 2:13.93.
Saad Youssef Kamel of Bahrain finished second behind Kaki in 2:14.72 and Yuriy Borzakovskiy of Russia third in 2:15.50. Craig Mottram of Australia won the men’s 3,000 in 7:37.73, nearly a second ahead of runner-up Isaac Songok of Kenya. “It was a good race,” Mottram said. “I didn’t care much about the time. I just arrived from Australia. I was a bit unsure about my shape.” — AP
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