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Gatlin loses 100, wins 200 in Sardinia
Former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin lost the 100m in a photo finish but won his first 200m race on Tuesday since returning from a four-year doping ban.
Gatlin clocked 10.15 seconds in the 100m at the Terra Sarda meeting, the same as winner and fellow American Mike Rodgers. Dwain Chambers of Britain, who has also been previously banned for doping, crossed third in 10.26.
Gatlin won the 200 in 20.63, with Oral Thompson of Jamaica next in 20.99.
Gatlin had planned to end his outdoor season in Padua last week but decided to add another race to his schedule.
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius finished fourth in the
400, clocking 46.87, nearly a second off the 45.95 he needs to
qualify for next year's world championships.
