Roundup: Gatlin powers past big names, Farah makes victorious return in Lausanne

Lausanne Diamond League meeting has played by a theme of coming back and to win here on Thursday as the world's fastest man so far this year Justin Gatlin powered past big names on track and Mo Farah dominated the long distance.

The 33-year-old Gatlin clocked 9.75 seconds to easily win over Asafa Powell and Tyson Gay in the men's 100 meters sprint, which is not a Diamond Race event here at the Athletissima.

His time is just 0.01s off pace from the season's world leading result of himself, set in May at the IAAF elite races'opening event, the Doha Diamond League meeting.

Former world record holder Powell finished the second in 9.92 seconds and the 2007 world champion Gay in third on the same time at the ninth of the 14 stops Diamond League series.

"I've been wanting to go faster," said Gatlin, who has served two doping bans. "During the race I was in my zone and it felt really great."

With Jamaica's 100m world record holder Usain Bolt pulling out of a 200m in Lausanne as pre-caustion to a leg injury, the 2004 Olympic champion restated his form as the August 22-30 world championships is just around the corner.

"It's not a message to anybody," said Gatlin. "Usain is a great opponent, so it's on me to go out and give him the best challenge I can. Hopefully he will be healthy and ready to go for the world championships."

The American remained unbeaten since 2013 with Thursday night's victory ahead of Powell and Gay, both having just walked out of a one-year doping suspension.

Later in the men's 5,000 meters, Somalian-born Brit Mo Farah made a winning return into action though he's still under shade of doping claims against his coach Alberto Salazar.

The 32-year-old waved both his fists crossing the line in 13 minutes and 11.77 seconds to beat Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha into the second place by 0.82s, while Edwin Cheruiyot Soi of Kenya finished a distance third on 13:17.17.

Farah, Olympic and world champion for both 5,000m and 10,000m, was competing for the first time since claims were made by British and American media that Salazar violated several anti-doping rules.

Salazar rejected the claims and denying any wrongdoing, while Farah insisted to stand by his American coach and even pulled out of a Diamond League meeting in Birmingham because of the claims.

"This victory is also a way to answer some of the critics regarding my coach that came out lately," said Farah.

Another London Olympic champion Anna Chicherova jumped a world leading result of this year after the Russian conquered the height of 2.03 meters in her third attempt.

Spaniard Ruth Beitia and Sweden's Erika Kinsey finished respectively the second and third after both jumped over 1.94m but failed at 1.97m.

Men's triple jump mark of the Diamond League has been refreshed as Christian Taylor of the United States wrapped it up with a successful final attempt of 18.06m, edging Cuban Pedro Pablo Pichardo to the second as the latter also beat the previous meeting record of 17.99.

New meeting records have been set as Kenyan Virginia Nyambura clocked 9:16.99 for the women's 3,000m steeplechase title, while German David Storl had a 22.20 meters shot put and Keshorn Walcott's javelin throw marked the new 90.16 record on men's part.

Earlier in the evening, English Gardner of the United States ran a wind aided personal best of 10.76 seconds in the women's 100m final, which is not a Diamond Race event here, beating German veteran Verena Sailer to the second place by 0.15s.

"I just used this meet as a part of my training. It was a wind aided time but i'm still pleased with the results," said Gardner, who's a fourth finisher at the 2013 world championships in Moscow.

Also in the women's races, four-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix won the 200m in 22.09, while Shaunae Miller of Bahamas clocked a personal best 49.92 in the 400m to become the second-fastest woman in the world this year.

World record holder Renaud Lavillenie again failed to be crowned at a Diamond League meeting after last Saturday's disappointing performance in Paris, as the Frenchman settled for the third place on 5.76 after having opted to skip 5.84 but failed to conquer 5.92.

Polish Pawel Wojciechowski came out the winner after jumping over 5.84 and Raphael Holzdeppe was the runner-up on 5.76.

Another disappointing guy might be the 800m world record holder David Rudisha as the Kenyan, coming back from injury, finished the second to Botswana's Nijel Amos on a deficit of 0.49 seconds. His mark is 1:40.91, which was set in the London Olympic Games three years ago. Endi