11 July,2011 08:03 AM IST | | AFP
Former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin, rebuilding a career shamed by a four-year doping ban, edged Britain's Dwain Chambers in the 100m at the Madrid meeting yesterday.
US sprinter Gatlin clocked 10.10sec to beat Chambers (10.13sec) with America's Travis Padgett (10.18sec) claiming third place.
Gatlin was suspended for four years after testing positive for testosterone just three months after equalling the world 100m record in 2006.
Ironically, Chambers also served a doping ban, in his case for two years in 2003.
Gatlin's four-year suspension saw him plummet from sprinting's pinnacle to athletics wilderness, but he rebounded to make the US team for the 100m at the August 27-September 4 world championships in Daegu, South Korea.
Elsewhere, Jamaica's Schillonie Calvert won the women's 100m in 11.23sec ahead of American pair Barbara Pierre (11.28) et Tianna Madison (11.30).
