Sport
Usain Bolt wins 100 in 10.04 at Ostrava
He plans to be back in Europe to run in the 200 at the Diamond League meet in Monaco on July 20, his last race before the Olympics start a week later.
Elsewhere, Olympic javelin champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic looked strong, winning with her best throw of 222 feet, 4 inches to delight the home crowd with the leading performance in the world this season. World champion Mariya Abakumova, who beat Spotakova at last year’s worlds, was second at 211-1.
“It’s a wonderful feeling,” Spotakova said. “I was hoping to win but to achieve also the world leading distance and meet record is fantastic. I fulfilled my goals.”
Renaud Lavillenie of France cleared 19-4 1/4 for the season’s best in the men’s pole vault, edging Karsten Dilla of Germany, who cleared 18-9 1/4. Steven Lewis of Britain was third.
Dexter Faulk led an American sweep of the 110-meter hurdles in a personal best 13.13, followed by Jeff Porter and Ryan Wilson.
Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt of the U.S. dominated the men’s 400 in 45.13, with Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic was second and Nery Brenes of Costa Rica third. In the men’s 200, Wallace Spearmon of the U.S. won in 20.14, beating Marvin Anderson of Jamaica.
“I hoped to get quicker,” Spearmon said. “But today was not the right day.”
