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Green, Jones fastest

Maurice Greene defended his 100 metres World championship title with the second-fastest time in history of 9.80 seconds and compatriot Marion Jones also got back-to-back titles with 10.70 seconds in the best-ever major event women's dash.

Greene had to fight off some stiff resistance from Canada's Bruny Surin yesterday, who challenged right until the end and finished in a career-best 9.84 seconds.

But Greene prevailed, and the 9.80 was just one hundredth of a second outside the World record 9.79 he ran on June 16 in Athens.

Dwain Chambers of Britain got the bronze medal with 9.97 seconds.

The women's race saw Jones in charge from the start as she stormed to victory in a 1999 world best 10.70 seconds, just five hundredth of a second outside her career fastest 10.65. The win came 24 hours after her husband C.J. Hunter had won the shot put.

Inger Miller completed a glorious US one-two when she lowered her personal best for the third time in four Seville races to collect the silver in 10.79 seconds.

The 60 metres World indoor champion Ekaterini Thanou took home the bronze in 10.84 seconds.

The 1997 200 metres winner Zhanna Pintusevich of Ukraine (10.95), Olympic 100 metres champ Gail Devers of the U.S. (10.95) and European champion Christine Arron (10.97) also stayed below 11 seconds. Never before have the top six run such fast times at a major event.

UNI