American sprinter Fred Kerley gained the 100 metres at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava in 9.96 seconds on Wednesday, seeing off 2004 Olympic champion and veteran compatriot Justin Gatlin.
Kerley already ran a sub-10 race in April when he clocked 9.91 seconds for the second quickest time to this point this season, trailing Trayvon Bromell’s world-leading time by 0.03 seconds.
At Ostrava, Kerley beat 39-year-old Gatlin who clocked 10.08 seconds and Canada’s Andre de Grasse on 10.17 seconds.
Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo set a world-leading time of 26 minutes 33.93 seconds within the 10,000m, the seventh quickest race of all time.
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