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American star sprinters Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix coasted to victory on Wednesday in the men's and women's 100m races at the Kawasaki track and field meet.
Gay comfortably won in 10.13sec despite his groin injury, for
which he will have a surgery after the season finishes.
"Any win feels good. But I didn't get to run the time I wanted,"
he said, after outrunning Japan's Naoki Tsukahara and Masashi
Eriguchi, both of whom clocked 10.31sec.
Officials recorded a tailwind of 0.5 m/s but Gay, 27, said he
felt a consistent headwind against his face through the race.
Looking back over a season nearing its finish, Gay said he was
pleased with his performance, having clocked in 9.69sec Sunday at
the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix -- the joint second fastest time in
history with Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt.
"I am very happy (to) end my season with a PR (personal record),
and I am healthy. I feel good," Gay said.
Meanwhile, Felix came from behind to win the women's 100m sprint
in 11.22sec, followed by Japan's Chisato Fukushima with 11.42sec
and Mayumi Watanabe with 11.64sec.
A 200m specialist, 23-year-old Felix admitted her 100m skills
were "rusty", and said she will review her overall performance
during the off-season to decide her strategies for the future.
"For the coming year, I haven't really decided which event I
will focus on. So after this year, I am going to evaluate my season
and see which event I feel like I am strong in," she said.
Felix said she too was satisfied with the current season,
highlighted by her third straight women's 200m gold medal at the
World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
"I was very pleased with the way this year went. It was my goal
to win my third World Championship gold medal in the 200m," she
said. "I am very happy about it."
Other stars also secured victories in their events.
American shot-putter Reese Hoffa, 2007 world champion, won with
20.21m. Donald Thomas of the Bahamas, 2007 world champion high
jumper, won his competition with 2.24m.
Among women, Russian long jumper Tatiana Lebedeva, silver
medalist both in the 2009 world championship and the 2008 Beijing
Olympics, won with 6.60m.
Female javelin thrower Kara Patterson, American national
champion, won with 57.80m.
Men
100m (wind: +0.5m/s)
1. Tyson Gay (USA) 10.13sec
2. Naoki Tsukahara (JPN) 10.31
3. Masashi Eriguchi (JPN) 10.31
400m
1. Gary Kikaya (COD) 45.73
2. Yuzo Kanemaru 45.91
3. Ben Offereins (AUS) 46.10
110m hurdles (wind: -1.3 m/s)
1. Dwight Thomas (JAM) 13.37
2. Yume Moses (JPN) 13.77
3. Konstantin Shabanov (RUS) 13.96
400m hurdles
1. Felix Sanchez (DOM) 48.91
2. Kenji Narisako (JPN) 49.41
3. Naohiro Kawakita (JPN) 50.01
High jump
1. Donald Thomas (BAH) 2.24m
2. Tora Harris (USA) 2.21
3. Joe Kindred (USA) 2.21
Pole vault
1. Katafumi Suzuki (JPN) 5.50
2. Rory Quiller (USA) 5.40
3. Hiroki Ogita (JPN) 5.40
Shot put
1. Reese Hoffa (USA) 20.21
2. Dan Taylor (USA) 19.87
3. Dylan Armstrong (CAN) 19.44
Javelin Throw:
1. Teemu Wirkkala (FIN) 82.60
2. Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) 82.41
3. Yutaro Tanemoto (JPN) 74.78
Women
100m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
1. Allyson Felix (USA) 11.22sec
2. Chisato Fukushima (JPN) 11.42
3. Mayumi Watanabe (JPN) 11.64
400m
1. Asami Tanno (JPN) 53.32
2. Barbara Petrahn (HUN) 53.50
3. Maris Magi (EST) 53.53
100m hurdles (wind: +0.3 m/s)
1. Perdita Felicien (CAN) 12.74
2. Hyleas Fountain (USA) 13.15
3. Mami Ishino (JPN) 13.26
400m hurdles
1. Tiffany Williams (USA) 55.31
2. Satomi Kubokura (JPN) 56.75
3. Miyabi Tago (JPN) 58.25
Long jump
1. Tatiana Lebedeva (RUS) 6.60m
2. Funmi Jimoh (USA) 6.48
3. Sachiko Masumi (JPN) 6.43
Javelin Throw:
1. Kara Patterson (USA) 57.80
2. Yuki Ebihara (JPN) 55.65
3. Emika Yoshida (JPN) 54.64
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