Asafa Powell rebounded from another disappointing Olympics by winning the 100 meters in 9.87 seconds at the British Grand Prix in Gateshead, England, on Sunday.
Powell, the former world record holder in the 100 who finished fifth at the Beijing Games, extended his lead all the way and won by 3 meters.
“It would have been different in the Olympics if I had run like this,” Powell said.
Bernard Lagat of Tucson won the 1,000 meters in a personal-best time of 2:16.18.
Lagat, who competed at the Olympics as an American for the first time, struggled in Beijing. He failed to qualify for the 1,500 final and finished ninth in the 5,000.
Tyson Gay won the 200 in 20.26, showing no signs of the hamstring problems that bothered him at the U.S. Trials and left him out of the Olympic 100 final. Wallace Spearmon, who was disqualified in Beijing for leaving his lane, was second.
Lauryn Williams of the U.S. won the women’s 100 in 11.24, beating Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica by five-hundredths of a second.
source: azcentral.com
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