ho was third behind Capel
in Sacramento, Coby Miller was fourth in 20.8.August 30: Bailey second to Dennis Mitchell in Greece
Donovan Bailey continued his preparation for the Sydney Olympics on Wednesday, finishing second to American
Dennis Mitchell in the 100 metres at the Thessaloniki invitational track meet.
Mitchell, 34, finished in 10.29 seconds to win the event. Bailey, of Oakville, Ont., finished in 10.32 seconds
and American Coby Miller was third in 10.36.
Montreal's Bruny Surin did not compete at the meet because he didn't want to risk injury leading up to the Games.
His hamstring, which he injured at the Canadian track and field championships, is said to be healing well.
Maurice Greene began his day in Gateshead on a great note, anchoring the American 4x100m relay team to a victory in a World-leading time of 37.95 seconds. Britain's top team of Dwain Chambers, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Jason Gardener was a good four metres behind in 38.35.
Between the two big showdowns, was the men's 200, featuring six runners going to the Olympics. One of them,
Christian Malcolm of Britain pulled away from the field to win in 20.45, a seasonal best in the bad conditions.
American Jon Drummond followed in 20.57, just nipping US Champion John Capel at the line. The man who was third behind Capel
in Sacramento, Coby Miller was fourth in 20.8.
In the main-event of the meet, British 100m champion Dwain Chambers sent a huge message to the Olympic field by defeating World Champion Maurice Greene in 10.11 seconds as he passed Greene in the latter part of the race. Greene ran 10.24. American Bernard Williams also finished ahead of the World Champion in 10.17 seconds. Briton Darren Campbell was not far behind Greene in fourth, stopping the clock at 10.27. Olympic Champion Donovan Bailey continued to struggle by finishing last in a pedestrian time of 10.46.
Results
4x100m 1. USA-A 37.95 WL 2. GBR-A (Dwain Chambers, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish, Jason Gardener) 38.35 3. GBR-B 39.19 4. USA-B 39.60
200m (wind: 0.3) 1. Christian Malcolm GBR 20.45 SB 2. Jon Drummond USA 20.57 3. John Capel USA 20.59 4. Coby Miller USA 20.80 5. Marlon Devonish GBR 20.92 6. Patrick Stevens BEL 20.92 7. Andre da Silva BRA 21.10 8. Rohsaan Griffin USA 22.53
200m (wind: -0.3) 1. Dwain Chambers GBR 10.11 SB 2. Bernard Williams USA 10.17 3. Maurice Greene USA 10.24 4. Darren Campbell GBR 10.27 5. Gregory Saddler USA 10.37 6. Ian Mackie GBR 10.39 7. Jason Gardener GBR 10.40 8. Donovan Bailey CAN 10.46
1. Dennis Mitchell USA 10.10 2. Maurizio Checcucci Italy 10.27 3. Tim Harden USA 10.30
Maurice Greene stayed on course for a Golden League jackpot and cranked up his Olympic preparations here Friday
by winning the men's 100 meters.
World-champion Greene then accelerated away from the field over the final 60 meters and looked every inch an Olympic
gold medalist. He won his race in 9.88 seconds for his best time of the year as other big names failed to spark
in windy conditions.
Trinidadian Ato Boldon, Greene's training partner, was third in 10.02, U.S. hope Jon Drummond sixth in 10.12 and
Canadian reigning Olympic champion Donovan Bailey eighth in a miserable 10.20.
Ato Boldon returned to win a slow 200 metre race in 20.19 over Nigeria's Francis Obikwelu who ran 20.34. US Champion John Capel was seventh in 20.72 after a horrible start.
1. Jeff Laynes USA 10.39 2. Bradley McCuaig Canada 10.46 3. Seun Ogunkoya Nigeria 10.52
Maurice
Greene wins Monte Carlo 100
American Maurice Greene won the men's 100 meters in a modest 10.01, re-establishing himself as the firm favorite
for gold in Sydney. Obadele Thompson of Barbados crossed second in 10.06, while Ghana's Abdul Aziz Zakari was the
surprise third in 10.13.
"I've been training very hard," said Greene, who recently recovered from a hamstring injury sustained
during the 200 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials. "This was as good as I could do this evening. I expected
to run faster. Everyone expects me to run faster every time."
Matt Shirvington, Australia's
best hope in the 100 meters at the Sydney Games, produced an encouraging time of 10.11 seconds in winning the Olympic
trial on Friday. Patrick Johnson and Paul Di Bella also qualified for the Olympic Games, finishing second and third in 10.41. They met the standard earlier this year.
Bruny Surin, one of Canada's best medal hopes in the 100 meters at the Sydney Olympics, said an ultrasound test
revealed he did not tear his hamstring.
Surin said he felt tightness in his hamstring when he raced at the Canadian track and field championships on Saturday
in Victoria, British Columbia. Despite the tightness, Surin easily won the race in 10.05 seconds.
"After the Canadian trials I was worried, because you never know with a hamstring,'' Surin told Headline Sports
on Tuesday. "I had this problem a long time ago, and it took a month and a half to recover.''
Surin also said he will undergo an MRI next Tuesday as a precautionary measure.
He said he will begin gradual training Wednesday in preparation for his next meet. "I need these meets to
get ready for the Olympics and I'm going to be able to run in Brussels, which is the 25th of August, which is good
news,'' Surin said. "I'm going to have three races before Sydney and that's all I need.''
Donovan Bailey missed the Canadian trials because of a similar injury, but the sprinter is expected to be ready
to run in Sydney. "I have no doubt for Sydney. Me and Donovan are going to be 100 percent, and hopefully we'll
be right there,'' Surin said.
Bruny
Surin, running on a tight hamstring, won the 100-metres in 10:05 seconds Saturday at the Canadian track and field
championships. Surin's time was his fastest of the year as he prepares to challenge for an Olympic medal in Australia
next month.
"I just wanted to win and run a good race technically," said Surin, a silver medallist at the 1999 world
championships. "The main thing was to stay healthy and everything will be taken of."
Surin said he felt the hamstring tighten during the race but added it shouldn't be a factor leading to Sydney.
"It's not a concern," said the Montreal sprinter. "I know my body.
"It's just going to be a couple of days to get some rest."
Donovan Bailey, the double Olympic gold medallist and former world record holder, did not race because of a
hamstring injury. Bailey, the Oakville, Ont., sprinter who already has qualified for Sydney, expects to be healthy
by the Games.
"I'm not at all worried about being ready for Sydney," said Bailey.
Calgary's Brad McCuaig was second in 10:18, and Pierre Brown of Montreal was third in 10:25.
Dwain Chambers showed he is capable of leading Britain's sprint challenge at this year's Sydney Olympics when
he won the 100 meters at the British trials on Saturday.
The world bronze medalist, who has been struggling with his form this season, clocked 10.11 seconds to hold off
European champion Darren Campbell in the final meters by just one hundreth of a second.
Teenager Mark Lewis-Francis, who has shown some excellent form this season, beat world indoor bronze medalist Jason
Gardener to take third in 10.24.
The sprint was the highlight of the second day of the three-day trials. 
Campbell had been the leading Briton of the season. But from the opening round of the trials, it was obvious that
Chambers had been saving his best for the key meeting.
In his semifinal he was able to slow down at 70 meters before crossing the line in 10.28, a meter ahead of Lewis-Francis.
In the final he led from start to finish.
"I have been whopped this season and I have not liked it one bit," Chambers said.
"Before these trials I thought that I had no chance of winning and I was more afraid of being beaten by Mark
(Lewis-Francis)."
He added: "I had not been running well, but when I started running the rounds here my confidence came back, and after the semifinal I really believed in myself."
The British qualifying system dictates that the first two are automatically selected but the third place is awarded
on a discretionary basis.
Lewis-Francis has already said that he does not want to travel to Australia, instead preferring to head for the
World Junior Championships in Chile.
But after his third place he may be under pressure to change his mind before the team is announced on Tuesday.
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If Maurice Greene is still bother by an injured hamstring, he sure isn't showing it. In Zurich today, Greene in his first event since the 200m showdown in Sacramento, ran a sizzling 100m dash running into a strong wind (-1.0) running 9.94, just .01 shy of Carl Lewis' meet record and .03 of his world leading time of 9.91. Greene was not among the leaders coming out of the blocks, but he ran relaxed and the win came to him, edgin Barbados' Obadele Thompson who ran 9.97, becoming the seventh man to run under 10 seconds this year. Thompson's time was his best 100m run not aided by high altitude.
A tired Ato Boldon came third in 10.00, two one-hundreths ahead of American Brian Lewis. Jon Drummond continued his problems as he pulled up lame for the third consecutive race.
American Brian Lewis easily advanced to the final in Zurich at the Weltklasse GP finishing ahead of Trinidad's Ato Boldon and 21 year old Nigerian Francis Obikwelu. All three sprinters crossed the line in 10.15 seconds into a -1.2 wind. American Greg Saddler did not qualify, finishing fourth in 10.29, followed by Kareem Streete-Thompson of Cayman Islanders (10.32), American Ken Brokenburr (10.35) and French man David Patros (10.41). American 200m Olympian Floyd Heard finished eigth in 10.42 despite having the best reaction time of .148. Brokenburr had the worst start of the heat (.203).
Maurice Greene showed no signs of
being slowed down by his injury suffered in the 200m at the US Olympic Trials in Sacramento by winning the second
heat in a time of 10.09, a superb time running into a wind of -1.6. Barbados' Obadele Thompson, who has shown good
form in Europe lately was second just .02 behind Greene. Other than Thompson and Greene, four other Sub10 sprinters
where in the heat, three made the final. Americans Coby Miller and Jon Drummond followed, both ran 10.18.
American Tim Montgomery was the last qualifier, finishing fifth in 10.21. Florida University junior Bernard Williams
(10.24), Hungarian Gabor Dabos (10.39) and Suisse Daniel Dubois (10.48) did not qualify. Five of the eight who
qualified for the final are Americans.
By STEVE BUFFERY -- Toronto Sun
Montreal sprinter Bruny Surin cut to the chase yesterday, predicting that a victory over Maurice Greene at
the Sydney Olympics is a real possibility.
Greene, the defending world 100-metre champion and world-record holder (9.79), is considered the early favourite
to win the title at the Sydney Games. Just ask him. The brash American has made a lot of noise about destroying
the field in the 100-metre final next month.
But Surin isn't buying what Greene is serving, suggesting quietly, as is his way, that he can win the 100 metres
and break Greene's world record.
NOT AFRAID
"Some people think Maurice is unbeatable," Surin said. "I don't. I know the game and I'm not
afraid of Maurice."
So what makes the veteran Surin so optimistic? The Haitian-born sprinter said he made some major technical mistakes
during the 100 final at the 1999 worlds, even though he stopped the clock in a red-hot 9.84, to take the silver
behind Greene.
The other thing is, nobody this season has flirted with greatness in the 100. Greene holds the fastest time
with a 9.91, followed by Trinidadian Ato Boldon (9.95), Nigerian newcomer Francis Obikwelu (9.97) and American
Coby Miller and Donovan Bailey (9.98).
Surin's best time is 10.08, although he has won some big races, including last week's Grand Prix in London.
So, the outcome in Sydney is far from a sure thing.
"If there is a prohibitive favourite, it would be Maurice, with what he has done," coach Dan Pfaff said.
"After that, it's wide open.
"This is one of the craziest seasons I've seen in maybe 25 years. Some of it is (because of) the lateness
of the Games. I think coaches and athletes didn't really have secure, solid plans on how to attack this thing.
"If you look at the performances on the board (in the 100), it's very erratic. The 100 metres is very
weather-sensitive and the European season has been very wet, cold, with crazy winds, so that limits performance."
UNDERDOGS
Hence the less-than-spectacular times posted by Surin, and Bailey for that matter. Pfaff thinks Surin and Bailey,
33 and 32 respectively, will thrive Down Under as underdogs.
"I think Donovan is right where he wants to be," Pfaff said. "He loves being a sniper. He didn't
handle being a target (the favourite) very well."
"And Bruny is training better than he ever has."
Said Bailey: "We're old but we're not dead yet."
best -- perhaps the U.S. squad making one of its famous miscues
with the baton.
The sight of world record-holder Maurice Greene stepping into the starting blocks is enough to convincesome
sprinters the race is already over.
But both Olympic gold medallist Donovan Bailey and teammate Bruny Surin, a 100-metre medal threat at the Sydney
Olympics, refuse to be intimidated by Greene.
"Maurice is no different than anybody," Bailey said Thursday at a news conference for the Canadian track
and field championships this weekend. "There's a lot of sprinters out there that are just weak (and think)
if Maurice shows up at the track, or Michael Johnson in the 400
. . . you hand the first place to him.
"That's unfortunate. That's not the case."
Surin, of Montreal, said all that separates him from Greene is a mental mistake he made at last year's world championships
in Spain, where the American set a world record of 9.79 seconds in the 100 metres.
"I'm not scared of Maurice," said Surin, who won the 100 metres at the British Grand Prix in a time of
10.16 seconds last Saturday. "He gets to some guys.
"Some guys think Maurice is unbeatable. I don't think that way."
Surin ran 9.84 seconds to finish behind Greene at the world championships. It was the same time Bailey used to
win the Olympic gold medal in Atlanta in 1996.
Greene was a favourite to win the 100 metres at Sydney until he strained a hamstring at the U.S. trials last month
during a much-hyped 200 showdown against Johnson, the reigning world and Olympic champion. Johnson also injured
himself in the race.
Greene returns to competition this weekend at the Weltklasse Golden League meet in Zurich.
Injuries have also depleted the ranks at the Canadian championships, where athletes will try to win spots on 
the Olympic team.
A hamstring injury will keep Bailey of Oakville, Ont., out of the 100 metres at this meet, although both he and
Surin have already met the Canadian Olympic Association's qualifying time of 10.23 seconds.
"The training is going well," said Bailey when asked if he'll be ready for Sydney. "I've been in
spikes for two days now.
"Things are good."
The men's 100-metres race Saturday will still spark plenty of interest as 32 will battle for three Olympic spots.
Bailey grinned when asked to handicap the field. He picked Surin to win and Glenroy Gilbert to finish second.
"Bruny will be ahead," Bailey said. "I do know if Glenroy runs his race, Glenroy should be second.
"Glenroy is strong and his running hellishly fast."
Sitting beside each other on a stage, smiling and joking, Surin and Bailey looked the picture of harmony. They
scoffed at any suggestions of a rift between the two members of the Olympic-champion 4x100-metre relay team of
1996.
"You guys made it up. You like the dirt," said Bailey.
Surin, by far the quieter of the two, said simply: "I have no hate for anybody."
Things weren't quite so chummy at last year's world championships when Surin was chosen over Bailey to run the
anchor leg of the relay. The team was disqualified during the semifinal because of a botched hand-off, and Bailey
said afterwards that Surin's ego was to blame since he had forced a change in the running order. Surin was outraged
by Bailey's comments, but he chose not to dwell on the past Thursday.
"Last year we had some problems but that's just a bad memory," he said. "I don't even think about
it.
"Now all I remember is back to 1996 when we won the gold medal. I totally believe we can repeat that in Sydney."
Ato Boldon of Trinidad easily won the 100 meters in 10.03 seconds. He is the second-fastest this year in the
100 and one of the favourites for the Sydney Olympics.
"Time is irrelevant now," he said. "All that matters are titles. This year I've run all the times.
I'm not going to Sydney to beat a world record. I'm going for the (gold)."
Boldon, timed in 10.21 Saturday in London and ended fourth, was followed by Americans Jeff Laynes at 10.10 and
Bernard Williams at 10.12.
Injured record-holder Maurice Greene of the United States missed the meet but watched from the stands.
from surin.com:
SURIN CELEBRATES DESPITE SLOW CLOCKING
LONDON-- Canadian sprinter Bruny Surin earned his third victory this season winning the 10
0-metre dash at a British Grand Prix track and field meet. The
London Stadium track lived up to its reputation for slow times.
Surin won in 10.16, American Tim Montgomery was second in 10.18 and fan favorite Darren Campbell of England was
third in 10.20.
The Quebec runner wasn't concerned with his clocking. "I'm satisfied," he said. " My goal
is to win all my races from here until the Olympics and most importantly, win the race in Sydney. If the winning
time at the Games is 10.10, it'll be won in 10.10."
The long-awaited event lost its luster for Surin and track fans when American Maurice Greene was injured recently
and withdrew. "I was disappointed Greene wasn't there," said Surin. "It's been a month
they've been announcing his presence here... I really wanted to race against him. Until next time."
Surin will now work on his start. "Let's just says I didn't have a rocket start," he said. "After
30 metres, I was fifth. My technique was perfect for the last 30-40 metres and that's what saved me. It was at
that moment that I passed everybody."
Canadian championships now less exciting
The Canadian championships, which are also the Olympic team selection trials, are next on Surin's agenda. However
that race has also lost some sparkle with Donovan Bailey's injury.
"I don't want to take anything away from the other runners but my motivation has diminished with Bailey's
absence. I 'll probably do some sightseeing in Victoria," he said with a laugh. "There is the
200 metres though. I've been registered for the 200 for several years but I've never raced it. This time I should
be on the starting line and my goal is to beat the Canadian record of 20.17 seconds."
The Canadian championships are in Victoria August 11-13.
The next meet on the Grand Prix curcuit is London on Saturday featuring Boldon and Bruny Surin. Greene and Bailey we're scheduled to run until they were injured.