Akani Simbine snatches second; Tokyo qualifier for Wayde van Niekerk
Earlier in the competition, 33-year-old Wayde van Niekerk achieved a world championship qualifying time as he ran his fastest 200m race in eight years.
But Simbine, fourth at the Paris Olympics last year, was the man to watch a month out from the global showpiece in Tokyo.
Simbine, the anchor of the 4x100m relay team that claimed silver at the 2024 Games, had a disappointing showing at the last Diamond League meet in London last month, and once again he got off to a slow start, finding himself near the back of the field.
But unlike his display just more than three weeks ago, the speedster delivered his trademark top-end speed to cross the line in 10.01 to share second place with Abdul-Rasheed Saminu of Ghana.
Thompson won in 9.95.
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