Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown wins 200 metres in Beijing

Veronica Campbell-Brown clocked 22.60 seconds to win the 200 metres at the World Challenge Beijing meet on Wednesday.

Campbell-Brown of Jamaica, who skipped the 100, expectedly won the 200 easily, leaving American Kaylin Whitney and Jamaican Schillonie Calvert to take the second and third places.

The women’s 100 was won by Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago in 11.05, ahead of ChaRonda Williams of the United States and Schillonie Calvert of Jamaica.

Marvin Bracy clocked 9.95 seconds to win the men’s 100 meters a day after American teammate Justin Gatlin withdrew from the event.

Bracy beat Mike Rodgers by four hundredths of a second, with Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian taking third in 10.06 at the Bird’s Nest, which will also host the world championships in August.

Gatlin had arrived for the meet with an injury concern after running a world-leading 9.74 in Doha, Qatar, on Friday.

In other men’s results, Kenya’s Jonathan Muia Ndiku won the steeplechase in 8:11.64, Alexis Copello of Cuba recorded 16.70 meters to clinch the triple jump title and Petr Frydrych of the Czech Republic won the javelin with a throw of 83.10 meters.