Dwain Chambers moved into fourth place on the world lists when he won a controversial 60m final, the focus of the day’s track action and the climax of the championships.
The 28-year-old, returning to the the sport after a year out, blasted to 6.56 to beat the much-fancied Craig Pickering, the silver medalllist at last year’s European Indoor championships, then celebrated victory by pumping his fists and throwing his running vest into the crowd.
Pickering, who won this title last year, was blown away in a tense final, finishing fifth in 6.70 while European under 23 100m champion Simeon Williamson was second in 6.61, with Rikki Fifton third.
“It’s been a long while but that showed that all my work is paying off,” said Chambers who caused one false start before the race then stopped the clock just 0.01s outside his own PB.
“Despite the stuff I’ve had to deal with I still kept my cool,” he added, referring to the enormous media attention his return has generated. “It wasn’t easy down there on the start. Now I’m just going to keep moving forwards.”
14:15 - 60 METRES Men - Final OFFICIAL RESULTS
1 Dwain CHAMBERS BELGRAVE 6.56 0.131 SB
2 Simeon WILLIAMSON HIGHGATE 6.61 0.146
3 Rikki FIFTON VICTORIA P 6.65 0.150 PB
4 Christian MALCOLM CARDIFF 6.69 0.141 SB
5 Craig PICKERING MILTON K 6.70 0.181
6 Ryan SCOTT YATE 6.71 0.182
7 Leevan YEARWOOD VICTORIA P 6.77 0.206
8 Jordan HUGGINS ENFIELD 6.79 0.123
Well…when you nothing much to do…you tend to just visit the tattooist to get ‘a little work done’…trust me I know! Idle time on hands is a COSTLY thing.:o
If I paid ~$150 bucks for an awesome Nike watch to time my warmups with, there is no way in hell I’m tossing it into a bucket for some volunteers of questionable character to rifle through >_>
Which is why I pay $5 for crappy stopwatches at big-5
It could be what you guys said or probably its the fact that they wear them all the time so they dont really think about taking it off, kinda like wearing a necklace. Side note: Pickering looked awfull in the pics.
I raced against Jordan Huggins a couple months back - this guy has talent! he’s only 16 and he’s ran 6.70 and he’s only been sprinting just over a year. He’s still a small kid to pretty much, and he’s got his head screwed on.
one to watch…
