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Saturday 12 May 2018

Briton wins Shanghai Diamond 100m.

Photo:Reece Prescod.

Britain's Reece Prescod beats world champion Justin Gatlin of the US to win the 100m at the Shanghai Diamond League this Saturday.

Prescod, 22, crossed the line in a season's best time of 10.04 seconds.

The Chinese pair of Su Bingtian and Xie Zhenye placed 2nd and 3rd.

Gatlin - the 2004 Olympic champion - was seventh with Canada's Andre de Grasse eighth.

There was also a meeting record for the Bahamas' Shaunae Miller-Uibo in the women's 200m.

The 400m specialist won in a time of 22.06 seconds, 0.28s ahead of Dutch world champion Dafne Schippers.

World and Olympic champion Omar McLeod of Jamaica won the men's 110m hurdles in 13.16 seconds, the best time in the world this year.

Courtesy of the BBC

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