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Grand Slam Monitor: Josh Kerr wins 1500m, Melissa Jefferson-Wood wins 100m


Nice Britain’s Josh Kerr avenged his Olympic 1500m defeat by Cole Hocker in an exciting battle in Sunday’s Grand Slam Monitor meet.

Hocker surged previous Kerr, 27, to say a shock victory and Olympic gold in Paris final August.

However it was Kerr’s flip to provide a decisive end in Philadelphia, storming previous the American within the closing few metres to win by seven-hundredths of a second.

Kerr claimed victory in a season’s finest time of three minutes 34.44 seconds.

After a fifth-placed end within the 800m on Saturday, Kerr missed out on the highest prize of $100,000 (£74,000) for the quick distance group by only one level to Canada’s Marco Arop, who received the 800m.

Within the girls’s 100m, US sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wood clocked a world-leading time as she stormed to an emphatic victory.

The Olympic bronze medallist, 24, claimed victory in a private finest 10.73secs, making her the tenth quickest lady to run the space, tied with France’s Christine Arron.

“It means the whole lot, I have been working so laborious for this,” stated Jefferson-Wood, who additionally received the 200m on Saturday. “It is simply all coming collectively.”

Compatriot Tamari Davis positioned second in 11.03secs, with Nice Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith fifth in 11.16secs.

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