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GLASGOW, June 4: American Xavier Carter missed out on victory in his first 400 metres race of the season here on Sunday as Congo’s Gary Kikaya pipped him to the post at the Glasgow international meet.
The second best 200-metre runner of all time, behind the incomparable Michael Johnson, Carter was edged out by one hundredth of a second as Kikaya finished in 45.25 seconds in a generally low-key meet.
Sweden's Olympic champion high jumper Stefan Holm did not disappoint as he won his discipline with a leap of 2.27 metres.
European 100-metre record-holder, the Nigerian-born Portuguese Francis Obikwelu, was due to compete in both the 100 metres and 200 metres but pulled out with a knee problem.In the women's events, Kenyan Faith Macharia recorded the best time in the world this year over 1,000 metres, finishing in two minutes 39.26 seconds.
Leading results:
MEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Craig Pickering (Britain) 10.22 seconds; 2. Mark Lewis-Francis (Britain) 10.37; 3. Tyrone Edgar (Britain) 10.43.
200 metres: Rodney Martin (US) 20.88 seconds; 2. Chris Lloyd (Dominica) 20.95; Marlon Devonish (Britain) 20.97.
400 metres: 1. Gary Kikaya (Congo) 45.25 seconds; 2. Xavier Carter (US) 45.26; 3. Michael Blackwood (Jamaica) 45.55.
800 metres: Manuel Olmedo (Spain) one minute 49.60 seconds; 2. James Brewer (Britain) 1:50.38; 3. Michael Coltherd (Britain) 1:50.41.
1500 metres: 1. Augustine Choge (Kenya) three minutes 36.92 seconds; 2. Rui Silva (Portugal) 3:37.04; 3. Andrew Baddeley (Britain) 3:37.14.
High jump: 1. Stefan Holm (Sweden) 2.27 metres; 2. Thomas Janku (Czech Republic) 2.20; 3. Germaine Mason (Britain) 2.15.
Triple jump: 1. Phillips Idowu (Britain) 17.14 metres; 2. Nathan Douglas (Britain) 17.12; 3. Leevan Sands (Bahamas) 16.68.
WOMEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Stephanie Durst (US) 11.43 seconds; 2. Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 11.44; 3. Aleen Bailey (Jamaica) 11.46.
300 metres: 1. Nicola Sanders (Britain) 36.64 seconds; 2. Vicky Barr (Britain) 37.78; Emily Freeman (Britain) 38.04.
1000 metres: 1. Faith Macharia (Kenya) two minutes 39.26 seconds; 2. Jolanda Ceplak (Slovakia) 2:39.69; 3. Jenny Meadows (Britain) 2:39.84.
5000 metres: 1. Vivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) 14:44.93; 2. Meselech Melkamu (Ethiopia) 14:50.76; 3. Lucy Wangui (Kenya) 14:57.55.
400-metre hurdles: 1. Tiffany Williams (US) 55.64 seconds; 2. Tasha Danvers-Smith (Britain) 56.42; 2. Shevon Stoddart (Jamaica) 57.77.
Long jump: 1. Tatyana Kotova (Russia) 6.56 metres; Adina Anton (Romania) 6.34; 3. Grace Upshaw (US) 6.30.
Javelin: 1. Goldie Sayers (Britain) 63.59 metres; 2. Steffi Nerius 62.57; 3. Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic) 62.26.
—Agencies
