Former 100m world championships gold medalist in the 100m, world second-fastest man in the 100m and 200m Yohan Blake qualified for the fastest time with a time of 9.95 seconds, Oblique Seville of racers who ran the second-fastest time of the year coming with a time of 9.98 seconds, while You Blake Training Partner Akeem blake, no relation who ran a few sub 10s this season came second in his heats in a time of 10.01 nipping at the line by Conrad Jones, who ran a personal best of 10.00 seconds
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