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Elsewhere, Olympic javelin champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic looked strong, winning with her best throw of 222 feet, 4 inches to delight the home crowd with the leading performance in the world this season. World champion Mariya Abakumova, who beat Spotakova at last year's worlds, was second at 211-1.
"It's a wonderful feeling," Spotakova said. "I was hoping to win but to achieve also the world leading (distance) and meet record is fantastic. I fulfilled my goals."
Renaud Lavillenie of France cleared 19-4 1/4 for the season's best in the men's pole vault, edging Karsten Dilla of Germany, who cleared 18-9 1/4. Steven Lewis of Britain was third.
Dexter Faulk led an American sweep of the 110-meter hurdles in a personal best 13.13, followed by Jeff Porter and Ryan Wilson.
Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt of the U.S. dominated the men's 400 in 45.13, with Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic was second and Nery Brenes of Costa Rica third. In the men's 200, Wallace Spearmon of the U.S. won in 20.14, beating Marvin Anderson of Jamaica.
"I hoped to get quicker," Spearmon said. "But today was not the right day."
Veronica Campbell-Brown, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 200 from Jamaica, eased to victory in her season best 22.38, edging Americans Bianca Knight and Tiffany Townsend.
Olympic champion Pamela Jelimo cruised to victory in the women's 800 in 1:58.49, defeating another Olympic hopeful, former world champion Caster Semenya of South Africa, who was second in 2:00.80.
"Many athletes complained about the wind," Jelimo said. "Of course, everybody wants to do the best because it's so close to the Olympics. The conditions were the same for everyone."
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