America's Tyson Gay followed up his Stockholm win over Usain Bolt by clocking the fastest 100m time this season in a blistering triumph at a rain-soaked London Diamond League meeting on Friday
London: America's Tyson Gay followed up his Stockholm win over Usain Bolt by clocking the fastest 100m time this season in a blistering triumph at a rain-soaked London Diamond League meeting on Friday.
Gay won in 9.78sec in miserable, damp conditions at Crystal Palace to easily see off Jamaica's Yohan Blake (9.89sec) and Trinidad's Richard Thompson (10.05sec).
"The last few weeks have been really great," said Gay, who sent Olympic champion and world record holder Bolt to a first defeat in two years in Stockholm last week.
Gay's time on Friday eclipsed the previous best this season of 9.82sec, set by both Bolt and Powell.
"I wasn't expecting to go that fast in these conditions but I knew I was in good shape and was going to go fast," Gay said.
Oliver shines
David Oliver failed to become the first man to break 13 seconds in a 110m hurdles race on British soil, but his win in a time of 13.06sec was flawless in its execution on Saturday. It was the 28-year-old's fifth straight Diamond League victory.
