Sprinter Chijindu Ujah manages 10.20 in Paris on his Diamond League debut
Saturday 5 July 2014 22:14, UK
Chijindu Ujah missed the chance to further his claims for a 100 metres spot at the European Championships as he could only manage 10.20 seconds on his Diamond League debut in Paris.
The 20-year-old currently tops the British rankings after running 9.96secs in Hengelo last month, but is fighting it out with the fit-again James Dasaolu for the third and final spot on the team to travel to Zurich in August.
Dwain Chambers and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey booked their places by finishing first and second at the British Championships, while Dasaolu clocked 10.03s in Lausanne on Thursday.
In response Ujah, running in lane eight, could onlu manage sixth place on Saturday night in a race that was won by American Mike Rodgers in a time of 10.00.
There was, though, reason for British cheer at the Meeting Areva, as Laura Muir and Laura Weightman both ran personal bests in the 1500m.
Scottish record
Muir set a new Scottish record and became the fifth fastest Briton ever over the distance by clocking 4.00.07 to finish sixth in a race won by Holland's Sifan Hassan in a world-leading 3:57.00.
Weightman was eighth in 4:00.17 to go sixth on the British all-time list.
Shara Proctor was fourth in the long jump with 6.70m and Tiffany Porter fifth in the 100m hurdles in 12.72.
Niall Flannery, the European number one, could only manage seventh in the 400m hurdles in 49.73, while Eilish McColgan was 13th in the 3,000m steeplechase.
Hansle Parchment clocked a Jamaican record, and a best time in the world this year, with 12.94 in winning the 110m hurdles, while Kenyans Asbel Kiprop and Edwin Soi won the 800m and 5,000m respectively.
Shara Proctor was fourth in the long jump with 6.70m and Tiffany Porter fifth in the 100m hurdles in 12.72.
Niall Flannery, the European number one, could only manage seventh in the 400m hurdles in 49.73, while Eilish McColgan was 13th in the 3,000m steeplechase.
Meanwhile, in Mannheim at the Bauhaus Junior Gala, Adam Gemili set a new 100m personal best of 10.04, while 18-year-old Dina Asher-Smith registered 11.03 in the women's race.
