Blake equals season’s best in Germany
Former World Champion Yohan Blake equalled his season’s best 10.01 seconds to win the men’s 100m at Saturday’s TrueAthletes Classics at Stadion Manfort in Leverkusen, Germany, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event.
After two false starts, the 38 year-old Blake, caught and passed the fast starting Jeremiah Azu of Great Britain to win his second race in his last three outings.
Azu who ran under a caution, clocked 10.07 seconds while Nigeria’s Seye Ogunlewe Nigeria was third in 10.17 seconds.
There were also wins for Briana Williams in the women’s 100m and Shanieka Ricketts in the women’s triple jump.
Williams just held off the fast finishing Bree Masters of Australia to win in 11.38 seconds (-0.3m/s); Masters ran 11.39 seconds and Germany’s Lisa Marie Kwayie was third in 11.53 seconds.
Ricketts easily won her event with 14.52m (-0.4m/s), almost a metre better than Germany’s Maria Purtsa- 13.69m (-0.1m/s) with Jamaican Kimberly Williams placing third with 13.58m (-0.5m/s).
– Paul A Reid