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| August 19, 2002 | Monday | Jamadi-us-Saani 9, 1423 |
Chambers sprints to success
GLASGOW, Aug 18: Newly-crowned European 100 metres champion Dwain Chambers gained revenge on American Coby Miller with a narrow victory in the Norwich Union Challenge on Sunday.
The British sprinter, who secured his first major track title in Munich earlier this month, beat Miller by just one hundredths of a second to win in 10.28 seconds in appalling weather conditions.
Chambers was third behind Americans Tim Montgomery and Miller in the men’s 100 metres at the Golden League meeting in Zurich on Friday.
“This is the coldest I’ve ever run in,” Chambers told the BBC after his narrow victory in driving rain in the Scottish city.
“I was happy just to go out and get it over with.”
Britain finished last in the three-team competition, which was won by the United States and also featured Russia.
Welshman Colin Jackson paid the price for a slow start in settling for second behind Larry Wade in the 110 metres hurdles.
The 35-year-old double world champion and world record holder, who will retire next year, again got the better of arch-rival Allen Johnson but American Wade proved too strong and won in 13.24, with Jackson clocking 13.32 and Johnson 13.45.
Russian Sergey Makarov, silver medallist behind four-times European champion Steve Backley in Munich, took revenge on the Briton with a throw of 87.99 metres to win the javelin. Backley was second with 83.06.
Another Russian victory came in the pole vault where European champion Svetlana Feofanova continued her excellent form by clearing 4.62. World record holder Stacy Dragila could only finish third.
Jonathan Edwards and Ashia Hansen took the respective triple jump competitions for Britain while other American successes included Gail Devers in the women’s 100 metres hurdles and Darvis Patton in the men’s 200 metres.—Reuters
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