Wariner cruises in 400m

LOS ANGELES – Defending Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner continued his preparation for the upcoming Worlds by easily winning the 400 metres at the Adidas Track Classic on Sunday.

Wariner clocked a 44.60 to beat runner-up Chris Brown of the Bahamas (45.10) and third place finisher Sanjay Ayre (45.25) of Jamaica. Wariner ran a 44.02 last month in Japan and has set himself the goal of breaking Michael Johnson’s world record of 43.18 which Johnson set in 1999.Tyson Gay won the 100 metres with a personal best time and Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar set a world record in the two-mile run at the Home Depot Centre facility in Carson, 18 miles south of Los Angeles.The 24-year-old Gay won the 100 metres in 9.79 seconds defeating runner-up Derrick Atkins who finished in 9.86 seconds and Jamaica’s Steve Mullings who placed third in 10.02 seconds with a tail wind of 2.5 m/sec.In 2006, Gay finished the year ranked No.1 in the world at 200m No.2 at 100m.The Sydney Olympic gold medallist Maurice Greene competed but did not make the final Sunday.Greene finished last in his heat.The 32-year-old Greene finished in a disappointing 10.84 seconds in only his second race of the year.Olympic 5000-metre champ Defar set a world record in the women’s two-mile run finishing in nine minutes 10.47 seconds.Defar broke the previous world record of 9:11.97 set in 1999 by American Regina Jacobs.Seven-time US champ Breaux Greer broke his own American record in the javelin with a toss of 90.71 metres.The previous record of 87.68m was set by Greer in 2004.Nampa-AFPWariner ran a 44.02 last month in Japan and has set himself the goal of breaking Michael Johnson’s world record of 43.18 which Johnson set in 1999.Tyson Gay won the 100 metres with a personal best time and Ethiopia’s Meseret Defar set a world record in the two-mile run at the Home Depot Centre facility in Carson, 18 miles south of Los Angeles.The 24-year-old Gay won the 100 metres in 9.79 seconds defeating runner-up Derrick Atkins who finished in 9.86 seconds and Jamaica’s Steve Mullings who placed third in 10.02 seconds with a tail wind of 2.5 m/sec.In 2006, Gay finished the year ranked No.1 in the world at 200m No.2 at 100m.The Sydney Olympic gold medallist Maurice Greene competed but did not make the final Sunday.Greene finished last in his heat.The 32-year-old Greene finished in a disappointing 10.84 seconds in only his second race of the year.Olympic 5000-metre champ Defar set a world record in the women’s two-mile run finishing in nine minutes 10.47 seconds.Defar broke the previous world record of 9:11.97 set in 1999 by American Regina Jacobs.Seven-time US champ Breaux Greer broke his own American record in the javelin with a toss of 90.71 metres.The previous record of 87.68m was set by Greer in 2004.Nampa-AFP