Greene Rebounds; Mixed Results for Marion Jones

Maurice Greene, rebounding from a surprising loss, won the 100 meters in 9.97 seconds in the IAAF Golden Gala Friday to become the first sprinter to go below 10 seconds 27 times.

Greene, who also won the 200 in 20.02, was coming off his second loss of the season--a fourth-place finish in Athens on Wednesday.

“I’m happy with my performance. I put a lot of pressure on myself to do well,” Greene said.

Marion Jones won the women’s 100 in 10.91, and finished third in the long jump at 22 feet 1/4 inch.

“My long jump is all technical problems, but by the time Sydney comes around I’ll be ready,” said Jones, making her final European appearance before the U.S. Olympic trials at Sacramento July 14-23.

Russia’s Tatyana Kotova won the long jump at 22-7 1/4.

Norway’s Trine Solberg-Hattestad set a world record in the women’s javelin with a mark of 223-10.

“I knew I could throw far. I felt as it left the hand that it was going far,” Solberg-Hattestad said.

She broke the record of 220-1 set by Greece’s Mirela Manjani-Tzelili last August. The IAAF erased a previous record, which had stood since 1988, from its books on Jan. 1 because the shape of the women’s javelin was changed.

The Golden Gala is the second leg of the seven-round Golden League competition, awarding a jackpot of 110 pounds of gold to the athlete who wins at least five events in one of the 12 Golden League disciplines.

In other events, Jones’ husband, C.J. Hunter, won the shotput at 68-4 1/4; Olympic champion Allen Johnson won the 110 high hurdles in 13.19; and Gail Devers ran the year’s fastest time in the women’s 100 hurdles, 12.47, only .01 off her American record.