OSAKA, Japan, May 7: Olympic champion Justin Gatlin stormed to victory in the men’s 100 metres at the Japan Grand Prix on Saturday. The American clocked 10.15 seconds to edge out compatriot Brian Lewis and Obadele Thompson of Barbados in the IAAF meeting, though he failed to beat Maurice Greene’s season-best 10.03.

“Overall it was a good opener,” said Gatlin. “Hopefully, I can continue like this. It was my first race but I feel good and I think I can get better and better.”

China’s Olympic gold medallist Liu Xiang set the fastest time of the year in the men’s 110 metres hurdles as he raced to an easy win in 13.12.

Teenage prodigy Allyson Felix won the women’s 100 metres in 11.30 ahead of fellow American Angela Daigle.

Results

Men’s

100m: 1. Justin Gatlin (United States) 10.15 2. Brian Lewis (United States) 10.28 3. Obadele Thompson (Barbados) 10.30

400m: 1. Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 45.89 2. Jun Osakada (Japan) 46.06 3. Yuzo Kanemaru (Japan) 46.16

1500m: 1. Bernard Kiptanui Kiptum (Kenya) 3:41.37 2. Fumikazu Kobayashi (Japan) 3:41.89 3. Josephat Muchiri Ndambiri (Kenya) 3:42.38

110m Hurdles: 1. Xiang Liu (China) 13.12 2. Masato Naito (Japan) 13.53 3. Yuji Ohashi (Japan) 13.71

400m Hurdles: 1. James Carter (United States) 48.42 2. Ian Weakley (Jamaica) 48.58 3. Kenji Narisako (Japan) 48.71

3000m Steeplechase: 1. Wesley Kiprotich (Kenya) 8:17.31 2. Richard Matelong (Kenya) 8:17.60 3. Julius Nyamu (Kenya) 8:19.83

4 x 100m Relay: 1. International Team 39.69 2. Japan B 40.21 3. Japan 40.24 Men’s Pole Vault 1. Dmitri Markov (Australia) 5.75 2. Brad Walker (United States) 5.75 3. Daichi Sawano (Japan) 5.70

Triple Jump: 1. Hristos Meletoglou (Greece) 16.78 2. Tim Rusan (United States) 16.42 3. Junjie Gu (China) 16.24

Hammer Throw: 1. Vadim Devyatovskiy (Belarus) 80.17 2. Krisztian Pars (Hungary) 78.08 3. Libor Charfreitag (Slovakia) 76.67

Women’s

100m: 1. Allyson Felix (United States) 11.30 2. Angela Daigle (United States) 11.39 3. Tomoko Ishida (Japan) 11.73

800m: 1. Miho Sugimori (Japan) 2:02.79 2. Brigita Langerholc (Slovenia) 2:03.00 3. Michelle Ballantine (Jamaica) 2:03.68

5000m: 1. Lucy Wangui (Kenya) 15:06.12 2. Jane Wanjiku (Kenya) 15:08.57 3. Philes Ongori (Kenya) 15:09.49

400m Hurdles: 1. Andrea Blackett (Barbados) 56.15 2. Satomi Kubokura (Japan) 57.10 3. Makiko Yoshida (Japan) 57.29

4 x 400m Relay: 1. Japan 3:36.36 2. Japan B 3:47.69

Long Jump: 1. Maho Hanaoka (Japan) 6.82 2. Grace Upshaw (United States) 6.59 3. Yingnan Guan (China) 6.55 Women’s Hammer Throw 1. Wenxiu Zhang (China) 72.34 2. Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 69.77 3. Yuan Gu (China) 69.46.—Reuters