JAMAICA's Elaine Thompson triumphs in Rietti ....Thompson clocked 22.59 seconds to easily beat Nataliya Strohova of the Ukraine (23.40 seconds)

Monday, September 14, 2015    

IAAF World Championships 200m silver medallist Elaine Thompson and Rusheen McDonald -- in the rarely run 300m -- were winners at the 45th staging of the Rietti Meeting, a World Challenge meet in Italy yesterday.

Thompson clocked 22.59 seconds to easily beat Nataliya Strohova of the Ukraine (23.40 seconds) and Russia's Kseniya Ryzhova (23.54) as she joined an impressive list of Jamaicans who have won at the late-season meet.

McDonald, who was a semi-finalist in the 400m at the World Championships in Beijing last month, won the 300m in a personal best 31.94 seconds, just off the meet record 31.93 set last year by Poland's Karol Zalewski.

Great Britain's Chris Clarke finished second with 32.29 seconds, while American Terrel Cotton, who trains with the Racers TC, was third in a personal best 32.36 seconds.

Jamaicans occupied the second through fourth places in the men's 100m, with Nesta Carter the best finisher in second place in 10.06 seconds (1.4m/s), Julian Forte third in 10.09 seconds, while 200m specialist Rasheed Dwyer running a personal best 10.16 seconds for fourth.

Qatar's Femi Ogunode won in 9.93 seconds.