Christie Stays on Winning Track at Berlin

Linford Christie won the 100 meters and Carl Lewis finished third in the 200 at the International Sports Track and Field meet Friday in Berlin.

Christie, the Olympic champion from Britain, won the 100 in 9.99 seconds, beating American Leroy Burrell, second in 10.04.

Christie has been avoiding Lewis since the Barcelona Olympics, and Lewis said before the meet that he wanted to run against him. But Lewis was entered in the 200 and ran that race instead.

Frankie Fredericks of Namibia, the Olympic silver medalist, pulled away in the final 15 meters to win the 200 in 20.01. American Mike Marsh, the Olympic champion, was second in 20.14. Lewis was third, in 20.16.

“I am not at all disappointed with third,” Lewis said. “The time is acceptable for me.”

Colin Jackson of Britain won the 110-meter high hurdles in 13.05 seconds, 0.01 of a second off the European record he set Sunday in Cologne.

In the men’s 400, Olympic champion Quincy Watts of the United States was beaten by Samson Kitur of Kenya, the Olympic bronze medalist, who ran 44.75.