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Fenton JAMAICA'S World Championship silver medalist Lorraine Fenton won the women's 400 metres in 51.49 seconds at the Athens Grand Prix last night.
Fenton finished ahead of 1996 Atlanta Olympics 400m hurdles gold medalist Deon Hemmings who was fourth in 52.94.
In the women's 100 metres Juliet Campbell won Race 2 in 11.27. Race One was won in a good 11.02 by Ukrainian Zhanna Pintusevich-Block with Frenchwoman Muriel Hurtis second in 11.06 and Nigeria's Mercy Nku third in 11.09.
Sprint hurdlers Toni-Ann D'Oyley and Bridgette Foster had mixed fortune. D'Oyley was third in Race One in 13.33 behind winner Olena Krasovska of Ukraine who clocked 12.73.
In the second heat of the sprint hurdles, Glory Alozie of Spain shot out fast from the blocks and stayed in the lead throughout, winning in a regular 12.63 to replace Foster as seasonal leader. Foster's race had ended after she hit three consecutive hurdles and crossed the finish line in 31.10 seconds.
Charmaine Howell was sixth in the women's 800 metres in 2.03.13 in an event won in 2.00.16 by Slovenia's Jolanda Ceplak. Another Jamaican, Ian Weakley, was fifth in the men's 400m hurdles in 49.19. The winner was American Joey Woody in 48.61.
American world record holder Maurice Greene thrilled spectators with a smooth win in the 100m in 9.97. He was the first out of the blocks and continued with a smooth acceleration throughout, pulling away from Bernard Williams 10.06 to his right and Dwain Chambers 10.08 in eighth lane. Shawn Crawford, who shares the world leading performance with 9.94, faded unconvincingly away to his left.
The second fastest time over 100m had been set by Nigerian Deji Aliu in heat 1 with 10.03, who then continued his positive series doubling up to win the first heat of the 200m in 20.25. However, the best double was signed by Bernard Williams, who took the second heat in 20.19.
Noah Ngeny took his second Grand Prix win at 1500m in 3:36.87, as in Doha ahead of his countryman Cornelius Chirchir, but this time the junior Kenyan stayed more respectfully distant from the master than in Doha, closing in 3:37.51.
