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Agence France-Presse

Britain’s Reece Prescod burst out of nowhere to upstage world champion Justin Gatlin and beat the wet weather to win a thrilling 100m on the line in Shanghai on Saturday.
Running unnoticed out in lane number nine, the unheralded 22-year-old grabbed a shock victory by a whisker from China’s Su Bingtian with his time of 10.04 seconds, just 0.01 seconds shy of his personal best.
Su, who along with the home crowd thought he had retained his Diamond League Shanghai title, was second in 10.05 seconds, with fellow Chinese Xie Zhenye third.

The American Gatlin was sluggish out of the blocks and came a disappointing seventh while Canadian speedster Andre De Grasse, working his way back from a long injury lay-off, was down in eighth.
It was Prescod’s first Diamond League triumph and the Briton said that while others toiled in the wet, he relished it.
“When I saw the rain tonight I thought, ‘Yes!” he said.
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“I train in these conditions all the time in the East Midlands, it suits me.
“My expectations going in was that I knew I had it in me as long as I executed my race.”
In the men’s 110m hurdles, Jamaica’s reigning world and Olympic champion Omar McLeod was left praying for victory on the finishing line before he could celebrate a third Shanghai win in a row.
His time of 13.16 seconds was the joint fastest in the world this year and it had to be to pip Cuban-born Spaniard Orlando Ortega.
McLeod said that his early season had been badly disrupted by various niggling injuries.
“Today I was running on blind trust,” said the 24-year-old, adding that he was “overcome with emotion”.
“It was great to come out here and complete the three-peat.”
Easy victory in Hong Kong but it gets a whole lot tougher for Chinese sprinting star Su Bingtian who takes on world’s best in Shanghai
In the men’s pole vault a highly anticipated battle between France’s world-record-holder Renaud Lavillenie and world champion Sam Kendricks of the United States failed to materialise.
On the eve of the Shanghai meet Kendricks had predicted “a dogfight”, but in the event it was nothing of the sort, the American going out early after failing to clear 5.61m, well below his personal best of 6.0m.

In hazy conditions and under occasional light showers that were to turn into heavy rain for the hurdles and 100m, Kendricks’ disappointment opened the way for his friend and great rival Lavillenie to win on countback from Poland’s Piotr Lisek, both clearing 5.81m.
The 25-year-old Kendricks refused to use the light rain at the time as an excuse, but said that he had been forced to hurry his warm-up.
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“Every vault competition is its own challenge – here we had the rain, the new track, travelling so far,” he said.
“Everything was rushed,” he said, detailing how the rain had hurt his chances.

“The competition starts very quickly and everyone has to make decisions very fast. Usually I am good at this, but today it caught me off guard.”
Another world champion, Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands, displayed some early season rustiness as she came second in the women’s 200m behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas, who won in a meeting-record 22.06 seconds.
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There was concern meanwhile for China’s Shi Yuhao in the men’s long jump.
The 19-year-old lost the lead to South Africa’s Luvo Manyonga and then appeared to badly hurt his ankle when landing before being stretchered out of a soggy Shanghai Stadium.
Shanghai is the second stop in the Diamond League calendar.


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Photo finish sees Reece Prescod edge Su Bingtian as Justin Gatlin slumps in 100m at Shanghai Diamond League

China's Su Bingtian Su leads the way in the men's 100m in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters

Orlando Ortega of Spain reacts after finishing second in the men's 110m hurdles event of the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai athletics competition, in Shanghai on May 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Johannes EISELE

Justin Gatlin (L) of the United States competes during the men's 100m event of the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai athletics competition, in Shanghai on May 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Johannes EISELE

Athletics - Diamond League - Shanghai - Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China - May 12, 2018 Bahrain's Winfred Mutile Yavi falls in a water jump during the women's 3000m steeplechase REUTERS/Aly Song TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

TOPSHOT - Inika McPherson of the US reacts during the women's high jump event during the Shanghai Diamond League athletics competition in Shanghai May 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Johannes EISELE

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World champion finishes seventh as Chinese sprinters take silver and bronze behind 22-year-old Briton with last year’s champ just 0.01 seconds back


Photo finish sees Reece Prescod edge Su Bingtian as Justin Gatlin slumps in 100m at Shanghai Diamond League

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World champion finishes seventh as Chinese sprinters take silver and bronze behind 22-year-old Briton with last year’s champ just 0.01 seconds back