04 September 2004	Saturday	18 Rajab 1425

BRUSSELS, Sept 3: Asafa Powell broke the Jamaican record for the second time this year when he won the men's 100 metres at the Brussels Golden League meeting on Friday.

Powell, who finished a disappointing fifth at the Athens Olympics after beating Sydney 2000 Olympic champion Maurice Greene in successive races before the Games, clocked 9.87 to break the mark of 9.91 he set in the national trials and equalled in London.

Olympic 200 metres champion Shawn Crawford of the United States was second in 9.99. Athens silver medallist Otis Harris won the men's 400 metres in the absence of his fellow American Jeremy Wariner, who led the United States to a medals sweep in Athens.

Harris, a member of the winning 4x400 relay quartet, clocked 44.79. Aleen Bailey, who ran the third leg for the gold medal- winning Jamaican 4x100 relay team, won the women's 100 metres in 11.08 seconds.

Bulgarian Ivet Lalova, fourth in Athens and fastest in the world this year, was second in 11.11 with American Olympic silver medallist Lauryn Williams third in 11.16. Russian Mariya Koroteyeva, fourth in Athens, won the 100 metres hurdles in 12.78 ahead of Spain's Glory Alozie, who took the silver medal for Nigeria at the 2000 Sydney Games.

Olympic 1,500 metres women's silver medallist Tatyana Tomashova, who finished second to Britain's double champion Kelly Holmes, won in a sprint finish ahead of fellow Russian Natalia Yevdokimova.

The men's discus competition was held in the town of Oodergem, 25 kms from the Belgian capital, on Thursday because of problems with the netting at the Stade Rue Baudouin. Lithuania's Olympic champion Virgilijus Alekna won with a throw of 69.03 metres. -Reuters