media_artricles :: 2014

Ahye golden in Lausanne 100m

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO women 100 metres champions and world leader over the distance, Michelle Lee-Ahye was in winner’s row at the IAAF Golden League meet at Lausanne, Switzerland, yesterday.

Ahye won in a time of 10.98 seconds beating Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast who was afforded the same time of 10.98. English Gardner of the USA was third in a time of 11.19 seconds.

Another Trinidad and Tobago athlete, world 400 metres hurdles champion Jehue Gordon was sixth in the event in a time of 49.38 seconds.

National men 200 metres champion Lalonde Gordon produced a time of 48.38 seconds to finish eighth in the men 400m.

Grenadian Kirani James ran a world leading time of 43.74 to win the men 400m ahead of American Leshawn Merritt in his seasons best 43.92 seconds.

In the men 100m, American Justin Gatlin is the new world leader after winning in a time of 9.80 seconds ahead of fellow Americans Tyson Gay (9.93) who is coming off a one-year suspension after failing a drug test in 2012 at the US Olympic Trials and Micheal Rodgers (9.98).

Richard Thompson is expected to run the men 100m at the Areva Diamond League meet tomorrow.

He will return to Europe after two wins earlier in June, in Hengelo and Oslo.

Thompson will face Jamaicans Nesta Carter, Nickel Ashmeade and Kemar Bailey-Cole among others.

Top