adminBOSTON. — Former 100-metre world record-holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica settled for second place behind American Trell Kimmons in the 60 metres at the Boston Indoor Grand Prix athletics meet.
Kimmons, the second-slowest qualifier for the final, surged from the start and out-leaned his rivals at the finish line to win in 6,51 seconds with Powell, a world and Olympic 4×100 relay champion, second in 6,52, and American Michael Rodgers, the 2010 world runner-up at 60m, third in 6,53.
“I knew coming into this meet it was a great field,” Kimmons said. “I just wanted to get off to a great start and execute my race.”
Kimmons, a US indoor and outdoor sprint runner-up who took Olympic silver on the 4×100 relay in London, will race next week in New York at the Millrose Games and then rest until the outdoor season.
Powell, who owned the world record from 2005 until 2008, when Usain Bolt broke the mark, tested positive for a banned substance in 2013. His ban ended last year.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye won the women’s 60m crown in 7,15, edging American Tianna Bartoletta, a two-time world long jumpchampion, by .04 of a second with Ghana’s Flings Owusu-Agyapong third in 7.26. — AFP.
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