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TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015 SPORTS EUGENE: Jenna Prandini (second from left) celebrates after winning the 200-meter at the US Track and Field Championships. (From left to right are) Kaylin Whitney, Prandini, Dezerea Bryant and Kyra Jefferson. —AP Gatlin wins 200m in blazing 19.57 sec EUGENE: Controversial Justin Gatlin Gatlin, the year’s fastest at 100 and Salazar, made the US team in a second set the stage for a world championship 200, had a bye in the 100 at the trials, event, the 5,000m. Ryan Hill broke showdown with Usain Bolt when he but plans to challenge Bolt at both dis- through to win in 13:50.69 with Ben won the 200 metres in a blazing 19.57 tances in the August world champi- True second in 13:51.09. Rupp finished seconds at the US trials in Oregon on onships in Beijing. third in 13:51.54. Salazar has been Sunday. They have not met since 2013 with accused in a BBC programme and Only four people, including world Gatlin, who has served two doping ProPublica story of giving Rupp the record holder Bolt, have ever run faster bans, piling up a two-year unbeaten banned steroid testosterone as than the 33-year-old, whose previous streak. Olympic champion Jenn Suhr ateenager and encouraging athletes to best was 19.68 seconds. was equally dominant, soaring to the misuse prescription drugs. “I wanted to come out and make a best pole vault performance of the He has denied all allegations but is statement, and that’s what I did,” said year, 4.82 metres, and Jenna Prandini under investigation by the U.S. Anti- the fast starting Gatlin. “I would say it’s captured the women’s 200m in 22.20 Doping Agency (USADA), a source told the most complete, technically 200m I seconds on the University of Oregon Reuters. Rupp said, “I’ve got nothing to ever ran,” he added. “A lot of people track where she competes collegiately. hide. I’ll do whatever I need to do to were asking me what could I run if I ran Candyce McGrone and Jeneba Tarmoh cooperate with them (USADA).” But fel- through the finish line, so obviously I joined her on the team for the world low distance runner Kara Goucher went out there and ran 19.5 so I hope I championships. lashed out at a report Salazar issued can do better than that.” denying the allegations. “I understand Gatlin was so exhausted he bent DOMINANT RUN if you read it through, it looks like I am over after the race. “It hurt,” he said. “My David Oliver showed he will be a liar. I don’t like being labelled a liar,” body has never been there before. But ready to defend his world 110m hur- an emotional Goucher, among those it felt great.” dles title with a dominant run of 13.04 making allegations against Salazar, Only Jamaicans Bolt and Yohan seconds. Ronnie Ash, world record said after her race. She has been talk- Blake and Americans Michael Johnson holder Aries Merritt and Aleec Harris ing to USADA about Salazar since 2013 and Walter Dix have gone faster. took the next three spots, giving the and would welcome a chance to testify Training partner Isiah Young was sec- US four hurdlers in Beijing since Oliver under oath, she said. Former world ond in 19.93 with the 30-year-old has a bye. champion Jenny Simpson won the Wallace Spearmon taking third in Olympic 10,000m silver medallist women’s 1,500m in 4:14.86 and Alysia 20.10. The wind was an allowable 0.4 Galen Rupp, caught up in doping alle- Montano claimed her sixth 800m title EUGENE: Justin Gatlin reacts after winning the 200-meter at the US track and field championships. —AP metres per second. gations involving his coach Alberto in 1:59.15. —Reuters Thompson upsets US ready to end 100m drought EUGENE: A strong and hungry group of US Beijing. “I think a lot of (US) sprinters are waking with English Gardner sharing the year’s top time Campbell-Brown sprinters is ready to end a long American up and understanding that it’s time to fight in the 100m and London Olympic gold medal- drought. The once dominant country has not back,” said Gatlin, who had a bye in the 100m at list Allyson Felix the outright leader in the 200. won a global title in the 100 metres since 2007, the trials but ran a scorching 19.57 seconds in Along with Gatlin, Felix, Gardner and KINGSTON: Birthday girl Elaine also battled a strong head-wind (-2.6) to but that could change at the IAAF world cham- the 200m. Olympic pole vault champion Jenn Suhr, the Thompson upset two-time Olympic and win the men’s 200m in 20.36. Warren pionships in Beijing in August. Only four men have ever run faster. “It’s time Americans leave their trials with nine other ath- world champion Veronica Campell- Weir, the silver medallist at the 2013 Led by year’s fastest man Justin Gatlin, the to go out there and work hard and bear that letes with the top performances in the world Brown to win the 200 metres title at world championships in Moscow, was US squad finalised at the weekend’s American American flag with honor,” said the controversial this year. Jamaica’s national trials on Sunday. second in 20.40, with Julian Forte third trials is loaded with talent to challenge the Gatlin, who has served two doping bans. “A nice blend of youth and experience, as Running in lane five and into a strong (20.51). world. “The US team will be the strongest for “I think a lot of us are doing that, Bromell, typified in the sprints where you have proven headwind (-2.4), 23-year-old Thompson Javon Francis won the 400m title in some years,” internationally recognised athletics Tyson, myself, even Isiah Young in the 200, big-time winners like Gatlin (33), Gay (32) and came off the turn in front and powered 44.70, with the fast-finishing Rushell expert Mel Watman told Reuters when asked to Wallace Spearmon. “We’re going out there and Felix (29) lining up with wonderful newcomers away to win with a time of 22.51 sec- McDonald second in 44.73. Beijing assess the overall strength of the American we’re going to be ready when it comes to world to the international scene such as Bromell (19) onds, 0.26 seconds ahead of Sherone Olympic semi-finalist Ricardo Chambers team. championships.” The group’s speed in both and Jenna Prandini (22),” said Watman. Simpson. came third but was disqualified for a “At the 2013 worlds the US won only six gold sprints-Gatlin, Young and Spearmon will run the “The strength in depth in numerous events Campbell-Brown was third with a lane violation, allowing Peter Matthews medals but in Beijing I wouldn’t be surprised if 200m-has given the Americans hopes of was awesome. “No other nation could match 12 time of 23.02 seconds on the fourth and to book his ticket to the Chinese capital. your athletes won double that number.” dethroning an underperforming Usain Bolt, men inside 10.00 seconds for 100m (admittedly final day of trials. “(The wind) didn’t real- The women’s 400m went to Along with Gatlin, former world champion who has won all but one global 100m title since some wind assisted), six inside 45 seconds for ly affect me and I tried my best to come Commonwealth Games bronze medal- Tyson Gay, the last U.S. sprinter to hold a global 2007. The other went to Jamaican compatriot 400m, five long jumpers over 8.30m, nine off the corner pretty fast as much as my list Christine Day, who beat second- title, promising teenager Trayvon Bromell and Yohan Blake. women inside 11.00 seconds for 100m, and six coach told me ... I just did that and placed Shericka Jackson with a time of veteran Mike Rodgers, all will be in the 100m at There is strength too on the women’s side 100m hurdlers inside 12.70 seconds.”—Reuters came out victorious so I’m happy,” 50.16 that equalled her personal best Thompson told Reuters. from a year ago. “Looking ahead to Beijing I need to Danielle Williams captured the 100 work on my corner as it is pretty slow, metres hurdles title with a time of 12.71, but I have to get off as fast as I can so I edging her runnerup sister need to work on that.” Nickel Ashmeade Shermaine.—Reuters Formula E car racing hopes to expand to Africa, India LONDON: The Formula E electric car est and visibility and the backdrop that racing series is aiming to expand to you get and wide roads-but perhaps Africa and India after a successful debut most difficult at the same time-followed season in Asia, the Americas and by Bangalore. Mumbai is out of the Europe. question.” Agag said the debut season, “We want to conquer as much of the which kicked off in Beijing last world as we can,” the series chief execu- September and raced in 10 cities, had tive Alejandro Agag told reporters after been a “great success, especially when Sunday’s final round at London’s you consider how difficult it was to Battersea Park on the south bank of the make it happen.” River Thames. “We will be looking for Virgin entrepreneur Richard Branson, places maybe in Africa also.” whose British driver Sam Bird won the Agag said the series, won by Brazilian final race on Sunday, told reporters Nelson Piquet junior for Team China Formula E would overtake Formula One Winter Games Club Racing, would probably have two new within five years but Agag played that cities in the second season although the down.