Showing posts with label 100m. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100m. Show all posts

Sunday, 29 June 2014

Dwain Chambers wins fifth British 100m title in a row

Dwain Chambers saw off the challenge of Britain's promising young sprinters to win his fifth successive 100m title at the British Championships . Victory in a season's best of 10.12 seconds guaranteed him a place in the British team for August's European Championships in Zurich.  Aikines-Aryeetey, 25 crossed the line in second in 10.14 seconds with Chijindu Ujah third in 10.18.
 
 Dwain Chambers, Mens 60m sprint, UK Indoor Championships, EIS Sheffield, Feb 2014

The result leaves Britain's selectors with the difficult decision of having to choose between James Dasaolu - the second fastest Briton in history - and Ujah for the third 100m spot on the team to go to Switzerland.  Dasaolu, who was scheduled to make his comeback at this weekend's trials, had been given special dispensation to miss the event after struggling with injury for most of the year.

 James Dasaolu pulls up at the end of the Mens 60m sprint at  the Birmingham Grand Prix, Feb 2014

Monday, 12 August 2013

World Athletics 2013: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 100m gold

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce wins the Women's 100metres final in the World Athletics Championships in Moscow.   The 100m Olympic Champion finished well ahead of her rivals, crossing the line in 10.71 seconds. Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast finished second (10.93) with 2011 world champion Carmelita Jeter a hundredth further back in third place.


Shelly-Ann-Fraser-Pryce (JAM) on her way to winning her heat of the Women's 60metres at the 2013 British Athletics Grand Prix in a personal best time of 7.19 seconds.
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