Santos defeats World Champion Merritt at Jamaica Invitational
Kingston.– Dominican Luguelin Santos, Olympic runner-up, defeated World champion LaShawn Merritt of the United States in a stretch duel that had the crowd in a frenzy during the 400m final at Jamaica International Invitational, an IAAF World Challenge Meet, on Saturday night May 3.
Santos outleaned his rival to score a narrow win in 44.82 seconds, while Merritt clocked 44.86. Saudi Arabia's Youseff Al-Masrahl took third in 44.96.
Two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion Felix Sanchez passed 2013 world champion Jehue Gordon (Trinidad & Tobago) after the final hurdle to win in 49.21. Gordon, who at 22 is 14 years younger than Sanchez, came in second in 49.32.
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sp...orld-Champion-Merritt-at-Jamaica-Invitational
Kingston.– Dominican Luguelin Santos, Olympic runner-up, defeated World champion LaShawn Merritt of the United States in a stretch duel that had the crowd in a frenzy during the 400m final at Jamaica International Invitational, an IAAF World Challenge Meet, on Saturday night May 3.
Santos outleaned his rival to score a narrow win in 44.82 seconds, while Merritt clocked 44.86. Saudi Arabia's Youseff Al-Masrahl took third in 44.96.
Two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion Felix Sanchez passed 2013 world champion Jehue Gordon (Trinidad & Tobago) after the final hurdle to win in 49.21. Gordon, who at 22 is 14 years younger than Sanchez, came in second in 49.32.
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/sp...orld-Champion-Merritt-at-Jamaica-Invitational