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| | Friday, 5 July, 2002, 21:59 GMT 22:59 UK Greene back in control Greene re-established his authority in the 100m Maurice Greene bounced back from his recent defeats with a superb performance as he beat Mark Lewis-Francis into third in the 100m in Paris on Friday night. World record holder Greene lost to Briton Dwain Chambers in Oslo and Sheffield last weekend. But he was back to his best as he flew home in 9.99sec in rainy conditions at the Golden League meeting at the Stade de France. Greene's fellow American Bernard Williams was second just ahead of Lewis-Francis, who ran a personal best of 10.04sec.
That sliced three-hundredths of a second off his previous best, but the Birchfield Harrier was not too happy with his performance. "It might be a personal best but I could have done better out there," he said. Before the race Greene brushed against Lewis-Francis a couple of times, and the young Briton took that as a sign of respect. "I suppose that means he now sees me as a serious rival - that's good," said Lewis-Francis. For his part, Greene was delighted to have ended his losing streak. "You win some and you lose some, it's the way you come back from the defeats that matters," he said. "I've won and I'm going to carry on winning."
In the triple jump, world record holder Jonathan Edwards produced the longest leap this year, 17.75m, as he edged out young Swedish rival Christian Olsson, who recorded 17.60m. Olsson led after three rounds but Edwards - whose record stands at 18.29m - took victory on his fourth attempt, beating the year's previous best by 12cm. "I have a real competitor with Olsson," said Edwards, who suffered his first defeat to a fellow Briton in five years when he was beaten by Philips Idowu in Sheffield last Sunday. "Sometimes, I like it, sometimes I don't, but at one point I was questioning my ability to win with the weather as it was." Olympic champion Marion Jones dominated the women's 100m as she powered home in 10.89sec, the best time in the world this year. Jamaica's Tayna Lawrence was second with veteran American Chryste Gaines third. Chris Rawlinson was the other Briton to produce an impressive display as he came home in second in the 400m hurdles behind Felix Sanchez. Kelly Holmes finished third behind Nicole Teter in the 1,500m, while world record holder Colin Jackson was off the pace in the 110m hurdles and finished fourth. | |
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