OSLO, Norway (AFP) — Former world 100m record-holder Asafa Powell won the men’s 100m at the Golden League meeting at Oslo on Friday in a time of 10.07sec, edging Antiguan Daniel Bailey in a photo finish as he took full advantage of scheduling problems which ruled out the Americans and also triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt. But Powell failed to achieve his aim of a 50th sub-10sec showing, in conditions which began in sweltering heat prior to a storm which briefly interrupted the evening’s business.

“My legs were heavy and I got off to a bad start. I just tried to win,” he explained.

Jamaican Michael Frater was third in 10.08.

Trinidadian Renny Quow won the 400m honours in 45.18 while in the 800m Russia’s Yuriy Borzakovskiy clocked 1:44.42 to beat out Saudi Arabia’s Mohamed Al Salhi. 

Among the women, Jamaica’s Kerron Stewart won the 100m in 10.99 sec. to oust Trinidadian Kelly Ann Baptiste (11.14) and Bahamas’ Chandra Sturrup (11.15).