Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt continued his unstoppable streak of form with a comprehensive win in the 100 meters at the Zurich Golden League meeting here on Friday. In the packed 26,000-capacity Letzigrund Stadium, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya also went close to beating the oldest track and field world record in the books in the women's 800m. Hussain Taher Al-Saba of Saudi Arabia also bounced back in the men's long jump with a leap of 8.35m. Andrew Howe of Italy was second with a jump of 8.06m, while Sebastian Bayer of Germany finished third (7.97m). The 22-year-old Bolt timed 9.83sec, the 14th fastest time ever. Double Olympic bronze medalist Walter Dix of the US came second in 9.99sec, with Trinidad and Tobago's silver medalist from Beijing, Richard Thompson, in third at 10.09sec. Olympic 800m champion Jelimo broke her own world junior record when she ran the third-fastest time ever in the event, which also marked 35-year-old multi-medal winning Maria Mutola's last competitive international race. Led magnificently through 600 meters by Russian pacemaker Svetlana Klyuka, who was fourth in the Olympic final, Jelimo clocked 1:54.01. Jelimo's victory means she remains in contention for the one-million-dollar Golden League Jackpot along with Croatian Blanka Vlasic, who won the women's high jump with 2.01m. It was a mixed night for the 10 other Olympic champions on show. World record holders Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia won the men's 5,000m and women's pole vault with ease, the former clocking a world lead of 12:50.18 and the latter clearing 4.88m. Cuban 110m hurdler Dayron Robles beat American David Oliver by one-hundredth of a second in 12.97sec for his third Golden League win of the season. Norwegian javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen dominated the field with a best of 90.28m to follow up on his Olympic success. And Angelo Taylor saw off Kerron Clement in a re-run of the men's 400m hurdles in Beijing, the double Olympic champion winning in 48.07sec. But Bahrain's Olympic 1,500m champion Rashid Ramzi was beaten into second in the 1,500m and Belgian high jumper Tia Hellebaut crashed out at a miserly 1.90m. LaShawn Merritt was beaten into second in the men's 400m by American compatriot Jeremy Wariner and Lolo Jones also redeemed herself after her disastrous showing in the 100m hurdles, beating Olympic champion Dawn Harper. Two Kenyans who failed to qualify for the Beijing Games also shone on the track, in the men's 1,500m and 3,000m steeplechase. African champion Haron Keitany outsprinted Ramzi to win the 1,500m in 3:32.06, while Paul Koech, a bronze medalist at the 2004 Athens Games, won a fast 3,000m steeplechase in 8:04.26. Olympic bronze medalist Sanya Richards of the United States won the women's 400m in an overdue season's best of 49.74sec, and American compatriot Allyson Felix, the Olympic silver medalist, won the 200m in 22.37sec.
