Usain Bolt just missed breaking the 300m world record of 30.85secs set by Michael Johnson but still managed to run a sparkling 30.97secs t the IAAF Ostrava Golden Spike track and field meeting on Thursday.

Taking charge of the race from the start, Bolt, who holds the world record in both the 100m and 200m covered the first 200m in 19.83secs before powering home on the wet track.

Former world record holder Asafa Powell stamped his class to win the men’s 100m dash in a world-leading 9.83seconds.

His time also bettered his own meeting record which was at 9.85seconds.

After Great Britain’s Mark Lewis-Francis false started and was disqualified from the race, Powell got back into his groove to show his dominance on his way winning the race by a long way from his Jamaican compatriots Lerone Clarke, who ran 10.18 and Dexter Lee, who equalled his career best of 10.20 – the same time he ran in the

World and Olympic champion Shelly Ann Fraser won the women’s 100m dash in 11.04 over Bahamian veteran Chandra Sturrup (11.13 ) and Sheri-Ann Brooks (11.17 ).

Fraser did not get out to her familiar rocket start – coming away third to last from the blocks – but the Jamaican showed brilliant for in the closing sections of the race to over take Sturrup.

Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep won the women’s 100m hurdles with a quality performance from start to finish.  Lopes-Schliep came home in a seasonal best of 12.69secs to edged out Jamaica’s Dolloreen Ennis-London, who took second also in a 2010 best of 12.73, while American Danielle Carruthers was third at 12.77. Lolo Jones, one of the favourites to win the event struggled to keep up win the early going and was fourth in 12.85.

Cuban world record holder Dayron Robles dominated the men’s 110m hurdles – winning well clear of everyone in a season of time of 13.12. Petr Svoboda (CZE) was second at 13.55, with William Sharman (GBR) coming home third in his 13.57 year best.

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