In what many consider to be a warmup to the World Championships, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell squared off in Stockholm to get a measure of each other one more time before the Championships and yet again Gay showed that he was in top form.
The Americans went 1-2 in this race with Powell being beaten back into third. At the finish line it was Gay 1st, Darvis Patton 2nd and Powell third. The ticker at the end showed:
Tyson Gay – 9.79
Davis Patton – 9.95
Asafa Powell – 9.98
Churandy Martina – 10.01
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure – 10.07
Rae Edwards – 10.07
Kim Collins – 10.10
Michael Frater – 10.17
