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Justin Gatlin pipped Japan’s Yoshihide Kiryu to win the men’s 100 metres as fellow American Michael Norman fired a World Championship warning with a superb 200m at the Golden Grand Prix Osaka here today. The 37-year-old Gatlin produced a strong finish to clock 10 seconds flat, the reigning world champion dipping at the line to edge out Kiryu by a hundredth of a second at the IAAF world challenge meet. Indonesia’s world under-20 champion Lalu Muhammad Zohri broke his own national record as he took third in 10.03s — the fastest time ever recorded by an athlete from Southeast Asia. Norman won the men’s 200m in a meet record 19.84 seconds, shaving 0.03 off the mark Namibia’s Frankie Fredericks set 20 years ago. Meanwhile, the Japanese men’s 4x100m relay quartet beat Team USA for the gold medal. AFP

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