Camacho-Quinn storms 12.17w in 100m hurdles, Coleman beats Lyles in 100m at Bermuda Grand Prix

Jasmine Camacho Quinn, Tara Davis Woodhall, Christian Coleman and Steven Gardiner highlighted the Bermuda Grand Prix at the Flora Duffy Stadium in Devonshire, the fifth leg of the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold on Sunday (21).

Women’s 100 metres hurdles:

Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho Quinn from Puerto Rico won the 100 metres hurdles for the second consecutive edition with a wind-assisted 12.17 (+3.5 m/s), the third fastest time ever in all conditions. Former world champion Danielle Williams recovered from a slow start to place second in 12.38 edging Tonea Marshall (12.39) and Olympic bronze medallist Megan Tapper from Jamaica (12.47).

Only Tobi Amusan ran faster than Camacho Quinn with her world record of 12.12 in the semifinal and her wind-assisted 12.06 in the final at the World Championships in Eugene last year.

Jasmine Camacho Quinn: “When I saw the time, I wondered if it was legal or not. I struggled to find the rhythm between the hurdles but I enjoyed the race”.

Men’s 100 metres:

Former world champion Christian Coleman won the men’s 100 metres in a wind-assisted 9.78 (+4.4 m/s). Coleman got off to a fast start and then held off 200m world champion Lyles, who came close in the final metres to clock 9.80. 

Christian Coleman: “I think it’s a good shot. I just wanted to execute everything that we have been working on. I feel I executed pretty well. I knew I would be hard to beat if I do that”.

Jamaica’s Ackeem Blake and US Terrance Laird also broke the 10 barrier clocking 9.87 and 9.94 respectively. Emmanuel Matadi from Liberia finished fifth in 10.02.

Women’s long jump:

Olympic finalist Tara Davis Woodhall from the USA took a narrow win in the women’s long jump showdown with a wind-assisted jump of 7.11m (+2.1 m/s) in the sixth round moving past her compatriot Quanesha Burks, who was leading with a wind-assisted 7.04m (+2.9 m/s) in the third round.

Davis Woodhall also produced two more wind-assisted jumps of 7.03m in the second and third rounds, a windy 6.87m and a legal 6.83m in the fifth round.

Ruth Osoro from Nigeria finished third with an outdoor PB of 6.82m (+1.2 m/s) in the sixth round.

Men’s 400 metres:

Olympic champion Steven Gardiner from the Bahamas cruised to a win in the men’s 400 metres in his first 400m race since last June setting the third fastest time in the world this year with 44.42 in his…