Golden League
Powell, Jones win sprints
Joint world record holder Asafa Powell displayed his dominance in the men's 100 metres and Marion Jones successfully continued her comeback with victory in the women's event at a Golden League meeting in Paris on Saturday.
After delaying proceedings by false starting, Jamaican Powell built a clear lead 30 metres into the race and won in 9.85 seconds, smashing the meeting record of 9.96 seconds shared by former world record holders Leroy Burrell and Maurice Greene, and Namibia's Frank Fredericks.
Powell finished more than 0.2 seconds ahead of runner-up Marcus Brunson of the US.
In the women's race, a powerful second half propelled former triple Olympic champion Jones to victory over Jamaican Sherone Simpson in 10.92 seconds.
Jones, whose form slumped after having a child in 2003, produced her best performance since winning in 10.90 at the IAAF World Cup in Madrid in September 2002.
Five world best performances of the year were produced on an ideal evening in front of 60,000 spectators at the Stade de France.
The most impressive was from world and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner, who won the 400 metres by more than a second from Andrew Rock in a career best time of 43.91.
Michael Johnson, whose world record stands at 43.18, and Butch Reynolds are the only two athletes to have run faster than that.