Greene passes by Lewis8217;s record

MALMO SWEDEN, AUG 3: Maurice Greene matched Ben Johnson's meet record in the 100 metres and broke Carl Lewis' Stadium mark in the 200 f...

MALMO SWEDEN, AUG 3: Maurice Greene matched Ben Johnson8217;s meet record in the 100 metres and broke Carl Lewis8217; Stadium mark in the 200 for an impressive double in the Mai Galan meet here.

Competing before 10,225 fans at Malmo Stadium last evening, the world-record holder from the United States clocked 10.05 in the 100. Fellow American Dennis Mitchell was fastest out of the blocks and led halfway through, when Greene surged ahead and won by four-hundredths of a second.

8220;I felt pretty good,8221; said Greene, who ran fifth-fastest time ever with a 9.87 on Friday in Stockholm, Sweden.

Johnson set the Malmo stadium record in 1987, a few weeks before the Canadian won the event in world-record time in the world championships in Rome.

Greene, whose world record stands at 9.79, said he could have run a lot faster in the 100.

Jon Drummond, Greene8217;s training partner, finished third in 10.17.Ato Boldon of Trinidad, also coached by former Olympian John Smith, sustained a thigh injury recently and watched the racefrom the press box. Boldon was timed in 9.86, the fourth-fastest time ever, when Greene broke the world record last month in Athens, Greece.

Greene said Boldon will be back later this month at the Weltklasse meet in Zurich, Switzerland, where they will meet in the 100.

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Less than an hour after the 100, Greene returned for the 200 metres.Taking command early in the race, Greene eased up well before the line, but still finished in 20.16. It was 0.11 faster than Lewis8217; meet record, set in 1983.

Inger Miller, the US 100 m champion and an Olympic and world gold medallist in the 400 relay, clocked 11.19 in the women8217;s 100 despite a head wind of 1.1 metres per second.

Marie Jose Perec of France finished second in the women8217;s 200 in her second race in less than a week after being sidelined nearly two years because of illness. Perec, the 200 and 400 champion in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, was timed in 23.57. Christine Bloomfield of Britain won the race in 23.45.Tatyana Grigorieva had two excellent attempts at4.61 m in the women8217;s pole vault, one centimetre higher than fellow Australian Emma George8217;s world record. Grigorieva, who just missed her second attempt, won the event at 4.45. George didn8217;t enter because of an injury.