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WORLD 100 METRE record holder Asafa Powell maintained his one-point lead atop the IAAF Men's Overall Ranking, while his compatriot, Veronica Campbell, became the first Jamaican to lead the women's 100m ranking.
Two weeks ago, Powell, who ran 9.85 seconds in Ostrava to surge to the top of the Men's Overall Ranking, maintained that lead with a world record run in the 100m in Athens to become the first Jamaican to achieve that feat.
Powell, who leads the men's 100m event with 1,432 points over Francis Obikwelu (1,373), still is ahead of Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar (1,432) and Sweden Christian Ollsson (1,412) with his 1,433 points on the Men's Overall list.
Although Campbell is the sixth ranked on the Women's Overall List, her consistent 100m performances (a world-leading 10.96 and her 10.97 at National Championships on the weekend) pushed her from second to first in that event with 1,341 points.
The previous Event leader, the reigning Olympic 100m champion Yuliya Nesterenko of the Belarus, dropped to joint second with Aleen Bailey, after losing 15 points after not winning an event for more than a year now.
BAILEY MOVES TO SIXTH
Campbell, the Olympic 200m champion, also heads that event with 1,354 points. However, her main rival and American Olympic silver medallist Allyson Felix (1316) moved from third to fourth with her world leading 22.13 at the U.S. Trials at the weekend. Bailey moved from seventh to sixth with 1,283 points.
Other Jamaicans in the top 10 event Rankings include Michael Blackwood (1,314), who dropped from fourth to fifth in the men's 400m, while Davian Clarke (1,291) and Brandon Simpson (1,274) maintained their seventh and ninth place rankings. Alleyne Francique of Grenada leads with 1,342.
National champion Kemel Thompson (1,325) and Danny McFarlane (1,318) maintained their sixth and seventh place rankings on the men's 400m hurdles list behind Olympic champion Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic (1,400).
Maurice Wignall (1,350) is ranked fifth on the 110m hurdles list, while James Beckford (1,225) is sixth on the men's long jump list.
Delloreen Ennis-London (1,315) at sixth and Lacena Golding-Clarke (1,306) at eighth are the best placed Jamaicans on the 100m hurdles list, headed by Olympic champion Joanna Hayes of the U.S. (1,366) .
