TOKYO —
US sprint star Christian Coleman took first
place in his 100m debut after returning from a ban for breaching anti-doping
rules, clocking a "pretty decent" 10.09 seconds in Tokyo on Sunday.
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The reigning 100m world champion made his comeback in
January after the 18-month suspension for failing to adhere to whereabouts
requirements, which kept him from last summer's
Tokyo Olympics.
On Sunday the 26-year-old finally hit the track in Japan's
National Stadium for his first 100m this season — an experience that left him
feeling "pretty good" overall.
"I feel excited to have opened up my season with a
pretty decent time ... it's definitely something I can continue to build
off," Coleman said after the race at the Golden Grand Prix 2022.
"This is my first 100 in a few years. So I put a lot of
expectations on myself, and so I feel like I give myself a B+ overall."
Japan's Yuki Koike took second place in 10.22sec, and
Australian Rohan Browning came third in 10.23 seconds.
The 100m season-best is held by Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala,
who ran it in 9.85 seconds on Saturday in Nairobi.
Spectators were barred from Olympic athletics events over
COVID-19
concerns, but on Sunday fans filled the stadium's lower stands, clapping
enthusiastically for their favorites.
"To come here and compete in the Olympic Stadium is
always exciting, and it's a blessing," said Coleman, who in March took
silver in the 60m at the World Indoor Championships, losing out to his rival
Lamont Marcell Jacobs.
American athletes dominated the main events on Sunday,
including Rai Benjamin, who took silver in the 400m hurdles at last year's
Olympics with a blistering time of 46.17 seconds.
On Sunday he came first in the same event, clocking in at
48.60 seconds.
"Time was slow, I'll say that much, but it felt really
good to be back out there," he said.
And US runner Michael Norman won the men's 400m, but said he
was not happy with his time of 44.62 seconds.
"I've been struggling since last year, it's been very
apparent," he said.
"I've been having a hard time finding the race rhythm
and setting up the race correctly ... there needs to be a lot of improvement in
the next couple of weeks."
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