Sally Pearson Ran a 12.28 to win the women's 100 hurdles. This comes after running a 12.36 in the semi's. The 12.28 has her now as the fourth fastest woman of all time. Danielle Carruthers and Dawn Harper finished second and third both in a time of 12.47.
The Women's 4x400 was also exciting with the USA winning with Sanya Richards-Ross running the fourth fasted leadoff ever in a 49.2. Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard and Francena McCorory all ran splits under 50 seconds for a total time of 3:18.09. In second was Jamaica with a national record, then third was Russia.
If people thought Usain Bolt was not the same, think again. Bolt won the 200 in 19.40 the fastest time since he won the 2009 world championship. Walter Dix was second in a seasons best time of 19.70 and in third was Christophe Lemaitre ran a 19.80 a French record this tied the fastest time by a third place finisher. Jaysuma Saidy Ndure of Norway also broke 10 seconds running a 19.95 to finish fourth.
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- My name is Howard DaCosta. I've participated in the sport of track and field for the past 9 years, and love most sports. I know statistics on a variety of athletes, teams and sports. Analytical and logical, ask me questions on past or current events and I can have or find the answer.
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