Rome win puts Gatlin back on track

OLYMPIC 100 metres champion Justin Gatlin returned to form with victory in 9.96 seconds at the Rome Golden Gala yesterday.

In the absence of Jamaica’s world-record holder Asafa Powell, who pulled out of the event yesterday, Gatlin won by a tenth of a second ahead of Ghana’s Aziz Zakari.

Zakari won the 100m at last Friday’s opening Golden League meeting. Defeat meant he lost the chance to share the $1 million jackpot available to any athlete who wins his event at all six Golden League meetings.

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