Tyson Gay Breaks Monaco Track Record for 200 Metres

July 28, 2010 0:00 am

Tyson Gay was disappointed with his performance after winning the 200 metres in a meeting record 19.72 seconds at the Monaco Diamond League event on Thursday .

The 27-year-old was ahead off the bend and poised for a comfortable victory until Jamaican Yohan Blake, running in lane eight, came blazing down the home straight and almost closed the gap on the tiring American, the 2007 world champion.

Blake, training partner of world record holder Usain Bolt, clocked 19.78 to improve his personal best by almost a second.

On a hot and humid evening that produced seven world leading efforts, Kenyan Silas Kiplagat pipped Moroccan Amine Laalou on the line in the men's 1,500 to post a year's best time of 3:29.27 and lower his personal best by five seconds.

Cuban world champion Yargelis Savigne recorded the longest triple jump of the season with 15.09.

A strong piece of front-running gave American Alysia Johnson victory in the 800 in a world leading 1:57.34. There was also a year's best time for Ethiopian Sentayehu Ejigu in the 3,000 in 8:28.41.

Jamaican Jermaine Gonzales won the 400 metres in a world leading 44.40, beating the mark of 44.49 set by former world and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner last week in Paris,

Triple world long jump champion Dwight Phillips posted 8.46 metres on his first attempt to improve the year's best he set in Rome last month.

American Carmelita Jeter ran 10.82secs to take the women's 100 metres from Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica.

Russian Ivan Ukhov confirmed he would be a favourite for the high jump title at next week's European championships in Barcelona by clearing 2.34 at his first attempt.

There was frustration for American 110 metres hurdler David Oliver, who had targeted Dayron Robles' world record of 12.87 but hit two barriers on his way to the line to win in 13.01 seconds, beating commpatriot Ryan Wilson to the line.

In the women's 400 hurdles, American Lashinda Demus looked an easy winner until she lost her stride at the final barrier and was overtaken by eventual winner Kaliese Spencer of Jamaica, Russian Natalya Antyukh and Sheena Tosta of the US. Demus finished fourth.

Results:

Men's 200m
1. Tyson Gay (U.S.) 19.72secs,2. Yohan Blake (Jamaica) 19.78,3. Wallace Spearmon (U.S.) 19.93,4. Xavier Carter (U.S.) 20.14,5. Shawn Crawford (U.S.) 20.53,6. Ainsley Waugh (Jamaica) 20.70,7. Aaron Armstrong (Trinidad and Tobago) 20.94,8. Ryan Bailey (U.S.) 21.45

Men's 1500m
1. Silas Kiplagat (Kenya) 3mins 29.27secs,2. Amine Laalou (Morocco) 3:29.53,3. Augustine Choge (Kenya) 3:30.22,4. Andrew Wheating (U.S.) 3:30.90
5. Ryan Gregson (Australia) 3:31.06,6. Lopez Lomong (U.S.) 3:32.20,7. Bernard Lagat (U.S.) 3:32.51,8. Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 3:32.94

Women's Triple Jump
1. Yargelis Savigne (Cuba) 15.09m,2. Olga Rypakova (Kazakhstan) 14.78,3. Anna Pyatykh (Russia) 14.43,4. Dana Veldakova (Slovakia) 14.23, 5. Petya Dacheva (Bulgaria) 14.18, 6. Snezana Rodic (Slovenia) 14.16, 7. Ekaterina Kayukova (Russia) 13.85, 8. Erica McLain (U.S.) 13.78.

Women's 800m
1. Alysia Johnson (U.S.) 1min 57.34secs, 2. Jemma Simpson (Britain) 1:58.74, 3. Anna Pierce (U.S.) 1:58.89, 4. Halima Hachlaf (Morocco) 1:59.04, 5. Elisa Cusma Piccione (Italy) 1:59.13, 6. Phoebe Wright (U.S.) 1:59.21, 7. Egle Balciunaite (Lithuania) 1:59.29, 8. Kenia Sinclair (Jamaica) 1:59.76

Men's 400m
1. Jermaine Gonzales (Jamaica) 44.40secs, 2. Ricardo Chambers (Jamaica) 44.54, 3. Chris Brown (Bahamas) 45.05, 4. Renny Quow (Trinidad and Tobago) 45.10,5. LeJerald Betters (U.S.) 45.31, 6. Kevin Borlee (Belgium) 45.46, 7. David Neville (U.S.) 45.65, 8. Greg Nixon (U.S.) 46.38.

Men's Long Jump
1. Dwight Phillips (U.S.) 8.46m, 2. Fabrice Lapierre (Australia) 8.18, 3. Pavel Shalin (Russia) 8.15, 4. Kafetien Gomis (France) 8.11, 5. Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda (Panama) 8.09, 6. Michel Torneus (Sweden) 7.96, 7. Tommi Evilae (Finland) 7.94, 8. Salim Sdiri (France) 6.41

Women's 100m
1. Carmelita Jeter (U.S.) 10.82secs, 2. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 10.98, 3. Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Trinidad and Tobago) 11.03, 4. Sherone Simpson (Jamaica) 11.03, 5. Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 11.10, 6. Shalonda Solomon (U.S.) 11.14, 7. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (Bahamas) 11.22, 8. Carrie Russell (Jamaica) 11.22

Men's High Jump
1. Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 2.34m, 2. Andrey Silnov (Russia) 2.28, 2. Jesse Williams (U.S.) 2.28, 4. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 2.28, 5. Dusty Jonas (U.S.) 2.25, 6. Raul Spank (Germany) 2.25, 7. Mickael Hanany (France) 2.25, 8. Sylwester Bednarek (Poland) 2.22

Men's 110m Hurdles
1. David Oliver (U.S.) 13.01secs, 2. Ryan Wilson (U.S.) 13.13, 3. Dwight Thomas (Jamaica) 13.29, 4. Petr Svoboda (Czech Republic) 13.30, 5. Jason Richardson (U.S.) 13.34, 6. Garfield Darien (France) 13.41, 7. Joel Brown (U.S.) 13.54 .

Women's 400m Hurdles
1. Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 53.63secs, 2. Natalya Antyukh (Russia) 54.24, 3. Sheena Tosta (U.S.) 54.52, 4. Lashinda Demus (U.S.) 54.54, 5. Muizat Ajoke Odumosu (Nigeria) 54.68, 6. Yevgeniya Isakova (Russia) 55.17, 7. Josanne Lucas (Trinidad and Tobago) 55.92, 8. Dominique Darden (U.S.) 56.79