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Friday, 6 July, 2001, 20:17 GMT 21:17 UK

Jones and Greene in sprint double



Marion Jones
Marion Jones ran the fastest 100m of the season when she clocked 10.84 seconds at Friday's Paris Grand Prix.

Fellow American and Olympic champion Maurice Greene easily won the men's 100m, cruising home in 9.96.

Jones was slightly behind at the start but exploded in the second half of the race to run her first sub-11 second race of the season.

She seems to be beginning to peak just in time, with one month to go before the World Championship in Edmonton.

Zhanna Pintusevich of Ukraine, a former 200m world champion who came close to upsetting Jones earlier this season, finished second in 10.96.


Like every other race this year I had a bad start, so winning in a meeting record is great news
Marion Jones

Chandra Sturrup of the Bahamas also broke the 11-second mark, finishing third in 10.99.

Greene, the world record holder, never looked like being beaten, taking the lead early on and crossing the line well ahead of Tim Montgomery, who was second in 10.04.

Bernard Williams completed an American 1-2-3 in 10.15.

Both Jones and Greene set new records for the meeting.

Perfect

Greene admitted to carrying a few extra pounds and still being troubled by tendinitis in his knee.

"I'm a little bit overweight but I'll be perfect by the World Championships," he said.

"Technically it was a good run tonight and I've no complaints, particularly as I'm tired after two races in two days."

Britain's Colin Jackson could only finish fourth in a star-studded 110m hurdles.


Maurice Greene
Former world champion Allen Johnson won with the fastest time in the world this year, 13.15secs.

Sydney gold medallist Anier Garcia was second, with Terrencde Trammell in third.

Olga Yegorova of Russia scored her second straight 3000m Golden League win with the best time in the world this season of 8:23.75.

The world indoor champion shattered her personal best by nearly 10 seconds.

Yegorova led a Russian sweep in the distance, ahead of Yelena Zadorozhnaya and Tatyana Tomashova.

Irresistible

Romanian star Gabriela Szabo, the Olympic 5000m champion, was beaten for the second straight race by the three Russians and finished fourth, nearly 3.5secs behind Yegorova.

"I was in control from start to finish," said Yegorova, who broke into an irresistible sprint with about 300m to go.

Szabo said of her rival: "Today, she was too strong, but we'll see in Edmonton, where I will run the 5000m."

Olympic champion Angelo Taylor of the United States won his second 400m hurdles in two days, clocking 48.10.

He edged former world champion Stephane Diagana of France, who confirmed his comeback after an injury with a time of 48.13.

Britain's Kathy Butler ran a personal best 8:43.23 in the 3000m.

But the recent European Cup winner was never in contention as victory went to Olga Yegorova for a second successive Golden League meeting.

The world indoor champion produced a powerful sprint to win in 8:23.75.


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