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SPORTS A17
Saturday 18 July 2015

FINAL
ROUND

U.S. Justin Gatlin takes selfie
after winning the 100m men
race at the Herculis Interna-
tional Athletics Meeting, at the
Louis II Stadium in Monaco,
Friday, July 17, 2015.

Associated Press

Gatlin

continues

fine form,

wins 100m

JEROME PUGMIRE

AP Sports Writer

MONACO (AP) — Ameri-

can sprinter Justin Gatlin

continued his fine form by

clocking 9.78 to win the 100

meters at the Herculis Dia-

mond League meet on Fri-

day, beating countryman

Tyson Gay and Frenchman

Jimmy Vicaut.

Gay, who earlier teamed

up with Gatlin as the Amer-

ican men won the 4x100

meter relay, clocked 9.97

and Vicaut was timed in

10.03.

The time was 0.04 outside

Gatlin’s world-leading

season-best, but he is in- Second round suspended at rainy British Open

creasingly looking like the United States’ Tom Watson doffs
his cap as he poses on the Swilcan
man to beat at the world Bridge for photographers during
the second round of the British
championships in Beijing Open Golf Championship at the
Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland,
next month as title holder Friday, July 17, 2015.
Associated Press
Usain Bolt struggles with a Page 18

leg injury.

Unbeaten in the 100 since

2013, Gatlin was slightly

slower than last week, how-

ever, when he clocked

9.75 at the Athletissima Di-

amond League meet.

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