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UPDATE 2-Athletics-Gatlin and Jones triumph at US championships

(updates with 100m and other finals)

By Gene Cherry

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, June 23 - Joint world
record holder Justin Gatlin clocked 9.93 seconds into a head
wind and former Olympic sprint queen Marion Jones signalled she
was back with a pleasing run of 11.10 seconds in the 100 metres
finals at the U.S. championships on Friday.

The 24-year-old Gatlin had hoped to break the world record
of 9.77 seconds he shares with Jamaican Asafa Powell, but the
head wind of 1.2 metres per second and three races in one day
negated that possibility.

Still, Gatlin showed his dominance by defeating Tyson Gay
by 1.4 seconds. Training partner and Olympic 200 metres gold
medallist Shawn Crawford was third in 10.26 seconds.

It was Gatlin's second sub-10 seconds run of the day. He
had clocked 9.99 seconds in the semi-finals.

The delighted Jones thrust an arm into the air as she
crossed the finish line for victory over 2005 world champion
Lauryn Williams and 2003 world gold medallist Torri Edwards.

IMPRESSIVE THROW

The title, Jones's 14th national, came at the site of her
first U.S. championship nine years ago.

Williams finished second and Edwards third in the same time
-- 11.17 seconds.

World champion Adam Nelson won the shot put impressively
with a throw of 22.04 seconds.

Brian Johnson upset Olympic and world champion Dwight
Phillips to win the long jump with a leap of 8.10 metres.
Phillips took second at 8.08 metres.

Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat won the men's 5,000 metres in 13
minutes, 14.32 seconds after qualifying for Sunday's 1,500
metres in 3:44.46.

World champion Bryan Clay led the decathlon after five
events with 4,394 points. Previous world champion Tom Pappas
was 52 points behind.

The championships, the U.S. qualifier for September's IAAF
World Cup of Athletics in Athens, continue through Sunday.

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