YOKOHAMA -- World record-holder Asafa Powell was disqualified before the 100 meters at the Seiko Super Meet on Sunday and Japan's Shingo Suetsugu seized his opportunity to race to victory.

Suetsugu won in 10.12 seconds as Powell missed out on bettering his world mark of 9.77 seconds after committing the second false start at Nissan Stadium.

Naoki Tsukahara of Japan edged Australia's Patrick Johnson for second with both clocking 10.26 seconds, but the race was overshadowed by Powell's shock exit.

The Jamaican left the blocks too quickly moments after Russia's Andrey Yepishin had committed a first false flyer, meaning the 23-year-old was cut from the field to the dismay of a crowd hoping to see a world record.

IAAF rules state that anyone committing a second false start is disqualified.

Powell was upset he was unable to give the fans what they wanted and lower the time he currently shares with Olympic and world champion Justin Gatlin on the fast Yokohama track.

"I'm very disappointed as this felt the right time to really do it," Powell said. "I wanted to break the record so bad and I guess I was a little too anxious.

"After the first false start, the only thing going through my mind was I had to be patient. I didn't think it would happen," Powell said.

"This is a very fast track and I wanted to run on it so bad."

Powell said he hoped he will be able to perform for his Japanese fans at next year's world championships in Osaka.

"Next year, I'm going to make sure I'm in very good shape and ready to run fast," he said.

Powell has run 9.77 three times in his career and twice this year, at the British Grand Prix and in Zurich. He also has clocked sub 10 seconds a dozen times in his career.

Powell's nemesis at the 100, Gatlin, is joint holder of the world mark of 9.77 and winner of the Seiko 100 in 2004 and '05, but the American faces an eight-year ban and is expected to lose his share of the record because of a positive testosterone test.

In other events in Yokohama, Japan's Athens Olympics gold medalist Koji Murofushi won the men's hammer event with a throw of 81 meters, and world record-holder Yelena Ishinbayeva of Russia won the women's pole vault with meet record of 4.72 meters.

Japan national record-holder Kumiko Ikeda triumphed in the women's long jump with a leap of 6.81 meters.

With the Czech Republic's veteran world record-holder Jan Zelezny pulling out of the men's javelin last week in what would have been his last-ever competition, Estonia's Risto Matas finished first with his sole throw of 80.53 meters.

Japan's Daichi Sawano won the men's pole vault head-to-head with the Brad Walker with a jump of 5.70 meters, with the American world silver medalist failing to clear the opening height of 5.60.

It was a hugely anticlimactic showing from Walker as the American is the only pole-vaulter to clear 6 meters this year.

The spiky-haired heartthrob Sawano failed in his attempt to break the national record with three failed attempts at 5.85 meters to the disappointment of his numerous female fans in the crowd.

Japan's Masato Naito edged Sergey Demidyuk in the men's 110 meter hurdles with a time of 13.61 seconds.