Lyles 9.93, Gatlin 9.99, Richards 10.94 at Florida meet

Americans Noha Lyles and Justin Gatlin, both ran wind-aided sub-10 seconds times at Saturday’s (4 July) Showdown in Otown, Florida.

Lyles blazed to victory in heat one of the men’s 100m in 9.93 seconds, beating Gatlin, who crossed the line in 9.99s. The wind reading was 4.0m/s.

Alonso Edwards finished third in Lyles’ heat in 10.18s

Trayvon Bromell topped heat five in 10.04 ahead of Canadian Andre Degrass 10.15.

Kenny Bednarek won the final in 10.14 seconds.

Shacarri Richards, supported by a 2.8m/s wind, ran 10.94 in the heats and 11.05 (0.5m/s wind) in the final.

Hanna Cunliffe 11.14 and Javianne Oliver 11.44 were the final runners-up.

Christian Taylor leapt 16.75 in the men’s triple jump.


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Anthony Foster
Anthony Foster
Anthony Foster is a renowned Jamaican sports journalist, honored twice as the Jamaica sports journalist of the year (in 2004 and 2005). His journalistic achievements are globally recognized. Notably, he authored an award-winning article on Usain Bolt, the iconic 6-time Olympic champion, 11-time World champion, and record holder for the sprint double. This significant piece was published in the Jamaica Gleaner in 2004. Anthony's extensive coverage includes prestigious events such as the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016. He has also provided coverage for seven (7) World Athletics Championships held between 2007 and 2022, alongside various other international sporting events. Noteworthy mentions comprise his coverage of the 2007 World Cup of cricket and his cherished experience reporting on the 2004 clash between his favorite football team, Argentina, and the USA.
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29 Comments

    1. Nicola Reid I believe Chris T…ran in the 100m heats (someone can confirm)…but of course that s speed work training for him. Anxiously awaiting him in the 400m

    1. Wes Leonard Seriously? 9.9 with 4.0m/s equals 10.2. Huge difference. Doesn’t matter though because these are first races in a long time.

    2. Wes Leonard you clearly dont know track and field. I’d recommend you do your research on wind assistance and the sport….

    3. Gerald Owens per the article: “The 200m and 4x100m relay gold medallist at last year’s World Championships ran 9.93s on his first outing of 2020 at the Showdown in Otown meet in Clermont, Florida.
      The time was not a legal one with the wind measured at 4 m/s, twice the limit”. It was 4.0m/s. here is the article you can read it for yourself: https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/noah-lyles-breaks-10-seconds-100m-2020-seasonal-debut-florida/

    4. Hurdley Freemantle I was at the meet and it was .04There was no wind and they ran on a wet track

    5. Gerald Owens I dont care if you were in the race, you are WRONG. This is what is being officially reported. Your beef should not be with me, it should be with all these “erroneous news reports” then? Unless you were personally manning the wind gauge at the meet…I will go with the official reporting. Here is the Worlds athletics site’s recording of his time with +4.0m/s as I’ve noted. You can go check it for yourself….

  1. Hey dummies if it was the wind everybody times would be fast don’t you think. So stop with the wind crap.

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