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Keith wrote:Which English sport channel do you watch this sport meet on? I have access to Sky and Eurosport.
These Diamond League meets are on BBC and their interactive services, which might not be available outside the UK....

But next up is the World Champs at the end of the month, which should be on Eurosport as well. By the way, those races won by James and Blake, posted by Bally, were truly outstanding, weren't they? I think that both James and Blake should be among the medals at Daegu.

On the second day at London, American Carmelita Jeter won the women's 100 in a time of 10.97, well ahead of Trinidad's Kelly-Ann Baptiste (11.10) and Shelly-Ann Fraser of Jamaica (11.23). Jamaican-born American Sanya Richards won the women's 400 in a time of 49.66, ahead of Jamaicans Rosemarie Whyte (49.84), Novlene Williams (50.46), and Shericka Williams (50.64).

Walter Dix of the US won the men's 200 in a time of 20.16, followed by Warren Weir of Jamaica (20.43), Panama's Alonso Edward (20.55), and Jamaicans Marvin Anderson (20.60) and Mario Forsythe (20.76). Puerto Rican Javier Culson won the 400 hurdles in 48.33 ahead of America's Michael Tinsley (48.90) and Trinidadian Jehue Gordon (49.47).
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With the World Champs over, it's now on to the more mundane matters of winning the Diamonds, at the penultimate Diamond League meet in Zurich....

The world champion over the men's 100m, Yohan Blake, stood up to his first test, and clocked an impressive 9.82 to beat Jamaican compatriot Asafa Powell (9.95) into second place. They were followed by Walter Dix of the US (10.04), Jamaica's Michael Frater (10.06), Kim Collins of St Kitts (10.09), and Nesta Carter of Jamaica (10.12). Carter and Frater then joined Lerone Clarke and Ainsley Waugh as the Jamaicans won the sprint relay in a time of 38.31 ahead of Britain (38.35), Switzerland (38.62) and USA (38.72).

Grenada's Kirani James continued to grow from strength to strength, winning the men's 400 in 44.36, ahead of American Lashawn Merritt (44.67), Jermaine Gonzales (45.39), and another Grenadian, Rondell Barthlomew (45.43). Jamaica's Kaliese Spencer won the Diamond in the women's 400 hurdles, coming home first in a time of 53.36, ahead of compatriot Melaine Walker (53.43) and Lashinda Demus of the US (54.04).
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What a sensational end to the Diamond League season!

First, we saw Usain Bolt winning the men's 100m in a world-leading 9.76, ahead of Nesta Carter (9.89) and Lerone Clarke (10.05) in a Jamaica 1-2-3, and then in the men's 200m, another Jamaican, Yohan Blake blitzed the field to run the second-fastest time of all time (19.26!), to win ahead of Walter Dix of the US (19.53), and another Jamaican, Nickel Ashmeade (19.91).

American Carmelita Jeter won the women's 100 in a time of 10.78, ahead of Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown (10.85) and Kelly-Ann Baptiste of Trinidad (10.90). Botswana's Amantle Montsho won the women's 400 in a time of 50.16, ahead of Jamaican Novlene Williams-Mills (50.72).
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AMAZING BLAKE....WOW 8-)

Yohan Blake 19.26sec In 200 Meters 2011 Diamond League Brussels
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