Villeneuve D'Ascq - Veteran sprinter Frankie Fredericks has proved he is in fine form at the age of 35 by winning a top-class 200 metres race in a time of 20.23sec at a Grand Prix in France.
Fredericks beat Abdul Aziz Zakari of Ghana, who clocked 20.34sec, and Nigeria's Uchenna Emedolu to the line.
In the men's 100m, Aziz Zakari finished third in a mediocre 10.20sec behind winner Deji Aliu of Nigeria who posted a time of 10.08sec
At Lille, France
MEN
100 -- 1, Deji Aliu, Nigeria, 10.08 seconds. 2, Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria, 10.12. 3, Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 10.20. 4, Matthew Shirvington, Australia, 10.25. 5, Darren Campbell, Britain, 10.35. 6, Jerome Eyana, France, 10.37. 7, Issa-Aime Nthepe, France, 10.38. 8, Idrissa Sanou, Burkina Faso, 10.46.
200 -- 1, Frank Fredericks, Namibia, 20.23. 2, Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 20.34. 3, Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria, 20.46. 4, Deji Aliu, Nigeria, 20.49. 5, Christian Malcolm, Britain, 20.72. 6, Leslis Djhone, France, 20.73. 7, Darren Campbell, Britain, 20.75. 8, Joseph Batangdon, Cameroon, 20.93.
Women
Villeneuve D'Ascq - Veteran sprinter Frankie Fredericks has proved he is in fine form at the age of 35 by winning a top-class 200 metres race in a time of 20.23sec at a Grand Prix in France.
Fredericks beat Abdul Aziz Zakari of Ghana, who clocked 20.34sec, and Nigeria's Uchenna Emedolu to the line.
In the men's 100m, Aziz Zakari finished third in a mediocre 10.20sec behind winner Deji Aliu of Nigeria who posted a time of 10.08sec
At Lille, France
MEN
100 -- 1, Deji Aliu, Nigeria, 10.08 seconds. 2, Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria, 10.12. 3, Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 10.20. 4, Matthew Shirvington, Australia, 10.25. 5, Darren Campbell, Britain, 10.35. 6, Jerome Eyana, France, 10.37. 7, Issa-Aime Nthepe, France, 10.38. 8, Idrissa Sanou, Burkina Faso, 10.46.
200 -- 1, Frank Fredericks, Namibia, 20.23. 2, Aziz Zakari, Ghana, 20.34. 3, Uchenna Emedolu, Nigeria, 20.46. 4, Deji Aliu, Nigeria, 20.49. 5, Christian Malcolm, Britain, 20.72. 6, Leslis Djhone, France, 20.73. 7, Darren Campbell, Britain, 20.75. 8, Joseph Batangdon, Cameroon, 20.93.
Women
100 -- 1, Christine Arron, France, 11.08. 2, Joice Maduaka, Britain, 11.29. 3, Vida Anim, Ghana, 11.48. 4, Eloundou Sylvie Mballa, France, 11.51. 5, Alenka Bikar, Slovenia, 11.56. 6, Odiah Sidibe, France, 11.64. 7, Carima Louami, France, 11.66. 8, Katia Benth, France, 11.84.
200 -- 1, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Russia, 22.48. 2, Kim Gevaert, Belgium, 22.64. 3, Muriel Hurtis, France, 22.89. 4, Joice Maduaka, Britain, 22.92. 5, Vida Anim, Ghana, 23.17. 6, Johanna Manninen, Finland, 23.22. 7, Delphine Bertille Atangana, Cameroon, 23.60. 8, Alenka Bikar, Slovenia, 23.62.
