NEW YORK, June 3: American Tyson Gay eased to an impressive 100 metres victory and Chinese Olympic champion Liu Xiang overcame jet-lag to win the 110 metres hurdles at the Reebok Grand Prix on Saturday.

Gay, bidding to become the next great US sprinter, cruised to a convincing 100 metres triumph in a wind-assisted 9.76 seconds, 0.01 seconds inside world record time.

The 24-year-old outclassed a strong field including Olympic 200 metres gold medallist Shawn Crawford and Derrick Atkins of Bahamas, who entered the race boasting the second-fastest 100m time this year.

World record holder Liu shook off a poor start to nudge past American Terrence Trammell, twice an Olympic silver medallist.

Liu clocked 12.92 seconds and Trammell 12.95. Trammell partly blamed the loss on a strained adductor.

American Alan Webb raced past Kenya-born Bernard Lagat and Australian Craig Mottram to win the men's mile.

In the women's 100 metres, Jamaican Veronica Campbell dashed to victory, overcoming a false start and a stiff challenge from 2003 world champion Torri Edwards to lead the field in 10.93 seconds.

American Virginia Powell ran the year's fastest 100-metre hurdles time of 12.45 seconds.

Leading results:

MEN’S:

100 metres: 1. Tyson Gay (US) 9.76 seconds; 2. Derrick Atkins (Bahamas) 9.83; 3. Shawn Crawford (US) 9.96.

200 metres: 1. Wallace Spearmon (US) 19.82 seconds; 2. Usain Bolt (Jamaica) 19.89; 3. Christopher Williams (Jamaica) 20.17.

400 metres: 1. Tyler Christopher (Canada) 44.93 seconds; 2. LaShawn Merrit (US) 45.09; 3. Christopher Brown (Bahamas) 45.22.

800 metres: 1. Khadevis Robinson (US) one minute 46.38 seconds; 2. Jonathan Johnson (US) 1:46.79; 3. Said Ahmed (US) 1:47.19.

One mile: 1. Alan Webb (US) three minutes 52.94 seconds; 2. Bernard Lagat (US) 3:53.88. 3. Craig Mottram (Australia) 3:54.54.

5000 metres: 1. Tariku Bekele (Ethiopia) 13 minutes 04.05 seconds; 2. Micah Kogo (Kenya) 13:13.53. 3. Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (Kenya) 13:16.68.

110-metre hurdles: 1. Xiang Liu (China) 12.92 seconds; 2.Terrence Trammell (US) 12.95; 3. Ryan Wilson (US) 13.02.

400-metre hurdles: 1. James Carter (US) 48.37 seconds; 2. Kenneth Ferguson (US) 48.99; 3. Derrick Williams (US) 49.03.

Pole vault: 1. Giovanni Lanaro (Mexico) 5.70 metres; 2. Russ Buller (US) 5.60; 3. Jeff Hartwig (US) 5.60.

Discus throw: 1. Jarred Rome (US) 66.84 metres; 2. Ian Waltz (US) 63.31; 3. Doug Reynolds (US) 61.77.

WOMEN’S:

100 metres: 1. Veronica Campbell (Jamaica) 10.93 seconds; 2.Torri Edwards (US) 10.96; 3. Allyson Felix (US) 11.01.

200 metres: 1. Rachelle Boone-Smith (US) 22.31 seconds; 2. LaShauntea Moore (US) 22.74; 3. Sheri-Ann Brooks (Jamaica) 22.98.

400 metres: 1. Allyson Felix (US) 50.53 seconds; 2. Novlene Williams (Jamaica) 50.97; 3. Mary Wineberg (US) 51.35.

800 metres: 1. Hazel Clark (US) one minute 59.07 seconds; 2. Treniere Clement (US) 1:59.15; 3. Diane Cummins (Canada) 2:00.36.

1500 metres: Malindi Elmore (Canada) four minutes 07.01 seconds; 2. Mestawat Tadesse (Ethiopia) 4:07.45; 3. Shayne Culpepper (US) 4:08.07.

5000 metres: 1. Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14 minutes 35.67 seconds; 2. Kimberley Smith (New Zealand) 15:15.22; 3. Aheza Kiros (Ethiopia) 15:18.25.

100-metre hurdles: 1. Virginia Powell (US) 12.45 seconds; 2. LoLo Jones (US) 12.75; 3. Delloreen Ennis-London (Jamaica) 12.79.

Pole vault: 1. Jennifer Stuczynski (US) 4.88 metres; 2. Shuying Gao (China) 4.64; 3. Niki McEwen (US) 4.54.

Discus throw: 1. Becky Breisch (US) 61.96 metres; 2. Suzanne Powell (US) 60.77; 3. Beth Mallory-Lesch (US) 58.48.—Agencies