Ohuruogu well beaten in Zurich

World champion Christine Ohuruogu finishing fourth, well beaten by Sanya Richards in their eagerly awaited clash at tonight’s IAAF Golden League meeting in Zurich.

Richards clearly proved she would have been the gold medal favourite in Osaka had she not had an off day in the US Championships in June.

Her hopes were wrecked when finishing only fourth in the first three-past-the-post, “sudden-death” trial race.

Tonight the 2005 world silver medallist lowered her world leader to 49.36 seconds, almost 15 metres clear of Novlene Williams and Amy Mbacke Thiam – who clocked 50.85 and 50.95 respectively.

Ohoruogu, on her Golden League debut, looked jaded from her efforts in Japan and finished in 51.32sec.