Athletics - IAAF Super Grand Prix

Olympic champion Justin Gatlin overcame a slow start to win the men's 100 metres in 10.15 seconds at the IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday night in Stockholm. The American, running competitively for the last time before the world championships...

Olympic champion Justin Gatlin overcame a slow start to win the men's 100 metres in 10.15 seconds at the IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday night in Stockholm.

The American, running competitively for the last time before the world championships in Helsinki which begin on August 6, edged out Jamaicans Dwight Thomas (10.19) and Michael Frater (10.30).

Olympic champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia dominated the pole vault event, setting a stadium record of 4.79 metres.

Isinbayeva attempted to set her 18th world record when she tried to clear 5.01 but narrowly missed out.

Meanwhile, world leading men's pole vaulter Paul Burgess yesterday withdrew from the world championships with a calf injury, Athletics Australia (AA) said. The 25-year-old Burgess, the only man to have cleared six metres this year, also has the second and third-best marks of 5.95 and 5.91 metres. He jumped six metres in Perth in February.

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