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Teenager Mark Lewis-Francis booked his ticket to the European Championships with a comfortable win in the 100m final at the Norwich Union Trials and AAA Championships in Birmingham.

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Lewis-Francis clocked 10.06 seconds ahead of Darren Campbell (10.11), who edged out Jason Gardner (10.13).

Lewis-Francis and Campbell will be joined by Dwain Chambers, who is certain of the discretionary slot having opted to miss the 100m to concentrate on the 200m on Sunday.

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Iwan Thomas
Thomas faded dramatically in the final 100m

However, Lewis-Francis' victory was tainted when the 19-year-old left the stadium with an ice-pack on his hamstring.

Iwan Thomas' dreams of defending his European 400m title ended in tatters as he failed even to qualify for the final.

The Welshman, who has been dogged by injury since winning European and Commonwealth gold in 1998, trailed in fifth in the semi-final.

But there were no problems for another Welshman as Colin Jackson extended his AAA titles record to 11 with victory in the 110m hurdles.

Jackson, who retires at the end of the season, won in 13.40secs and will now bid to become the first Briton to win four successive European titles in Munich.

Ashia Hansen needed a record-breaking effort to snatch victory in the triple jump.

The world indoor record holder leapt a championship-best 14.50m in the final round at Alexander Stadium to defeat Cuba's Yamile Aldama.

Aldama, silver medallist at the 1999 worlds, set a championship best of 14.40m in the previous round to eclipse Hansen's earlier mark of 14.29m.

She is going to be a thorn in my side from now on - until I retire anyway

Ashia Hansen

The 30-year-old Birchfield Harrier was pushed all the way by the Cuban, who is hoping to be granted British citizenship.

"That was tough, really tough," said Hansen, who had to get up at 3am to make the trip back from the Italian capital.

"She is going to be a thorn in my side from now on - until I retire anyway."

Kehler breaks record

In the women's 100m, Joice Maduaka was in fine form as she clocked the fastest time by a British woman this year to win in 11.31 seconds.

Maduaka triumphed from World University champion Abi Oyepitan (11.42) and Trafford's Diana Allahgreen, normally a sprint hurdles specialist, who lowered her personal best for the second time in three races to finish third in 11.44.

Wolverhampton's Lisa Kehler shattered the British 5000m Walk record at the trials.

The 35-year-old doctor clocked 21 minutes 42.51 seconds to carve 19 seconds off the record set by Vicky Lupton.


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