Athletics: Jamaican double in glamour sprints

The Caribbean nation of Jamaica made it 'two out of two' in the prestigious 100m track events at the MCG last night.

The 23-year-old Powell timed 10.03sec, to make the Commonwealth Games title his first major individual championship, beating Nigeria's Soji Fasuba and Marc Burns of Trinidad and Tobago with Australia's Patrick Johnson sixth.

"I'm really excited, it's a very good feeling," admitted Powell, who had been injured for most of last year since he broke the world record in Athens.

"I'm just coming out of injury. I'm back on the track and am getting back to my old self."

Sherri-Ann Brooks made it a double sprint celebration for Jamaica when she won the women's 100m in a time of 11.19sec to see off Geraldine Pillay of South Africa, while Delphine Atangana of Cameroon took the bronze.

- RADIO AUSTRALIA