Diamond League: Tyson Gay beaten by Justin Gatlin in 100m

Justin Gatlin beat the returning Tyson Gay in the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.Gatlin, the 2004 Olympic champion, won in 9.80 seconds to outstrip fellow American Gay, 31, who was making his comeback from a 12-month drugs ban.Gay clocked 9.93secs to finish second, ahead of Mike Rodgers in 9.98secs."I'm happy to be back," said Gay. "It feels like I didn't miss a beat. Of course, I was worried about the reception I'd get."Gatlin, who won 100m bronze at London 2012, served a four-year doping ban from 2006, while Rodgers served a nine-month ban for failing a drugs test in 2011.Gay's ban, which was reduced from two years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency because of his cooperation, ended on 23 June."I feel very welcomed by my fellow athletes and fans," said Gay. "At this stage, I'm not very clear about where I will get to compete this season."Knowing what I've been through, I've been doing it for nine years professionally, I had to go back to old habits and focusing on myself. With a few more races, my time will come back down."Gatlin set a personal best of 9.79secs when he won bronze behind Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake at the London Olympics.He was beaten again by Bolt in last year's World Championships, taking silver in 9.85secs.Gatlin, 32, said: "I'm really happy to have put together a season best and I'm really on track to be running fast."Tonight was an easy run and I expected more pressure from the guys, but my body feels great and I'm injury free, so I'm running fast."Olympic champion Kirani James ran the fifth fastest time in history in the 400m.In the absence of Bolt, who is recovering from a leg injury, fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake finished sixth in the 200m in 20.48secs. Panama's Alonso Edward, the 2009 world silver medallist, won in 19.84secs.Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye beat Murielle Ahour from the Ivory Coast in a photo finish in the women's 100m after both ran 10.98secs.Earlier, Great Britain's James Dasaolu recorded 10.20secs to win his 100m B race and qualify for the European Championships squad.Greg Rutherford, the Olympic long jump champion, was beaten into second by American Jeff Henderson, who jumped 8.31m to the Briton's 8.19m.Britain's Lynsey Sharp ran a personal best of one minute 59.67 seconds to finish fifth in the 800m, while compatriots Rhys Williams were eighth in the 400m hurdles (50.30secs) and Steve Lewis pole vault (5.47m) respectively.(BBC)Bakudaily.az