By Steve Cram BBC Sport

Mark Lewis-Francis' 100m win at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Ostrava was yet more proof of what talent the man has.

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We were looking at the race beforehand, and there were a few who thought Jason Gardener might spring a surprise, and a few who thought there were questions over Dwain - but then Mark came through and silenced us all with 10.07secs.

I was chatting to him before the race and he was very relaxed. That's the way he comes across anyway, but he was very, very confident in the shape he was in.

He said it wasn't sure if it was going to be in Ostrava, but sometime soon he was going to run a very fast time.

That it did happen on Thursday night is great in that it gives him a boost before the European Cup next weekend - for which he is now certain to be Britain's pick for the 100m.

I have never seen him as animated after a race as he was in Ostrava, He was very pleased with his run, and he thinks he can go a lot faster - to be doing 10.07secs at this stage of the season bodes well for later in the year.

Dwain Chambers now has a lot of work to do to catch up. He says he feels okay - his starting is going well - but he just hasn't put it all together so far.

He's working on the principal that it's still early days, and that he wants to be running at his best in August, when the World Championships come round.

He's right not to panic, and to be patient. One good run and his mood will go sky-high again.

Having said that, sprinters thrive on confidence, and they like to get early-season wins under their belts. I'm pretty sure Dwain isn't feeling too good about being beaten by Mark.

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He's a proud guy and he doesn't like being beaten by anyone, particularly Mark. He'll be smarting right now - so watch out next time he's running.

It took Dwain three or four years to adjust to the big time, to really believe that he could beat anyone in the world.

Mark seems to have gone through the process in a much quicker time. He was given his chance earlier, but anyone who has watched him at the big championships knows he is very at home in them.

It is at Grands Prix that he has struggled in the past. It is a sign of his maturity that he is now coming to terms with those too.

Globally the men's 100m this year is absolutely fascinating. Apart from the Brits, you have Mo Greene trying to wrestle back his crown as world's fastest man from Tim Montgomery, world indoor champion Justin Gatlin if he can get himself fit, Kim Collins and newcomers like Patrick Johnson.

Great sport is always about rivalries - it was with middle distance running in Britain in my era, and it is with sprinting now.

But the public also like winners - and British fans want to see Mark and Dwain - not to mention Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Christian Malcolm and the rest - on the medal podium this summer.

If we are going to put Dwain forward as a potential medallist at the Worlds, we must now do the same with Mark.