World 100 champion Blake runs personal best, Kirani James wins again

ZURICH, (Reuters) – World  100 metres    champion Yohan Blake ran a personal best of 9.82  seconds at the Zurich Diamond League meeting today in his  first race since winning gold in Daegu.
Blake captured the world title after fellow-Jamaican and  defending champion Usain Bolt false-started in the final.
Cuba’s world record holder Dayron Robles, stripped of the  gold medal in Daegu for impeding Chinese Liu Xiang, won the 110  metres hurdles and 19-year-old world champion Kirani James of  Grenada defeated Lashawn Merritt again to win the 400 metres.
Asafa Powell, who missed the world championships through  injury, was first out of the blocks in the 100 metres but  compatriot Blake caught him by the halfway stage and charged  away for a comfortable win.
Powell was second in 9.95 seconds and American world silver  medallist Walter Dix a distant third in 10.04. Bolt did not  compete.
“I ran a perfect race, the future looks good for me. I’m  looking forward to the Olympics next year,” said Blake.
“I’m not looking at the world record, I’m just looking for  medals.”
Ezekiel Kemboi in the 3,000 metres steeplechase was another  world champion to win but his Kenyan team mate Asbel Kisprop was  less impressive as he finished seventh in the 1,500 metres won  by Nixon Chepseba.
Other world champions to win were Vivian Cheruiyot in the  women’s 5,000 metres and Russian Mariya Savinova in the women’s  800 metres.
Cheruiyot held off a brave challenge from fellow Kenyan  Sally Kipyego while Savinova won with a late charge over the  last 300 metres.
Carmelita Jeter, 100 metres world champion, won the women’s  200 metres, the event where she won silver in Daegu, and  Australian Sally Pearson against demolished the field in the 100  metres hurdles.