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Gatlin coasts to win in 100 meters at Golden Grand Prix

Justin Gatlin, left, of the United States competes ahead of Yoshihide Kiryu, center, and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown of Japan at the men's 100 meter of the Golden Grand Prix track and field in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, Sunday, May 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Justin Gatlin, left, of the United States competes ahead of Yoshihide Kiryu, center, and Abdul Hakim Sani Brown of Japan at the men's 100 meter of the Golden Grand Prix track and field in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, Sunday, May 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

By Associated Press 2 min read

KAWASAKI, Japan (AP) – Justin Gatlin of the United States clocked 10.02 seconds to win the 100 meters at a Golden Grand Prix event on Sunday.

Gatlin crossed the finish line .19 seconds ahead of Japan’s Ryota Yamagata and Ramon Gittens of Barbados who clocked 10.26.

“The race felt good,” Gatlin said. “I knew that I was going to have a headwind after practice yesterday. I talked to my coach over the phone and he told me to just go through and have a good start and finish the race.”

Gatlin said he was pleased with the way he is running at this point in the season as he prepares to challenge Usain Bolt at the Rio Olympics.

“My coach wants me to just ease myself into the season,” Gatlin said. “We have a long season ahead of us. Olympic trials will hopefully be a mirror image of the Olympics so I’m gonna be running a lot and I don’t want to start the season so fast with such high intensity.”