chambers misses out but youth provide hope

Former Great Britain sprinter Chambers, who clocked 10.13 running in a -1.6 metres-a-second headwind, was edged out by Gatlin (10.10), with fellow American Travis Padgett third in 10.18.

It was a timely win for former Olympic champion Gatlin as he prepares for the forthcoming World Championships in South Korea.

Chambers returned from a drug ban in 2006 which saw all his achievements from mid-2002 to 2003 struck from the record books, while 2004 Olympic gold medallist Gatlin came back last year after serving a four-year ban following a second positive drug test.

n Desiree Henry won Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s second gold medal at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lille as she broke her personal best in the women’s 200m final.

Henry, the youngest member of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team at the age of 15, recorded a time of 23.25 to see off the challenge of Canada’s Christian Brennan and Shericka Jackson of Jamaica.

The Enfield & Haringey athlete was full of praise for her coach Mike McFarlane, saying: “All of this is due to him. Since I joined him, I have progressed in a way I didn’t think possible in such a short period of time. I do really want to thank him for all he did for me, I am so grateful.”

Jessica Judd added to the British celebrations as she fought through a competitive field to claim bronze in the women’s 800m final with a very tight finish.

She said: “It was amazing, I was so tired in those last few metres. I saw the American in front of me but somehow I just managed to squeeze through. The time wasn’t amazing but there was a lot of pushing in front. I still managed to control the race until the last 150m.”

Henry’s and Judd’s successes added to Louisa James’s gold medal in the women’s hammer on Saturday as well as Sophie McKinna’s silver in the shot put and Lucy Bryan’s pole vault bronze.