Williamson leaves Chambers trailing in 100m final
Simeon Williamson secured his place in Britain's team for the world
athletics championships in Berlin next month when he left Dwain Chambers
trailing to win the 100 metres final at the British championships on
Saturday.
Williamson clocked 10.05 seconds running into a strong headwind in
Birmingham with Chambers second in 10.22 ahead of Tyrone Edgar, who
finished third in 10.28.
Only the winner of each final qualifies directly for the world
championships.
"You can't win them all and the best man won on the day," said
Chambers, reinstated after his ban for testing positive for doping.
Williamson told BBC TV: "It's great just to win a national title, my
first after being the bridesmaid so many times. I'm happy with the run.
"I was hoping to go sub-10 seconds but now we can go back on the circuit
with the big boys. We need to start running sub-10, it's standard now.
You have to run sub-10 to make finals."
Earlier, Olympic and world champion Christine Ohuruogu won the 400m
title in 51.26 secs, but said she would have liked a faster run after
her main world championship rival Sanya Richards clocked 49.46 secs in
Rome on Friday.
"I didn't watch Sanya's run but I'd be lying if I said I didn't take
notice," Ohuruogu said. "But you can't affect what other people do.
"All I can do is make sure I'm in the best shape when the world
championships come. I hope there's a faster time there but I'm working
hard so there's nothing to stop me running faster than today.
"Today was not bad but it's not great. It's not what I would have
liked to run but a win's a win," she told the BBC.
LONDON, Reuters |