Justin Gatlin geared up his bid to unseat sprint king Usain Bolt at this summer's Rio Olympics with a time of 10.02 seconds to win the 100 meters at the Golden Grand Prix on Sunday.
American Gatlin, who lost out to Jamaica's Bolt in both the 100 and 200 meters at last August's world championships in Beijing, eased home ahead of Japan's Ryota Yamagata and Ramon Gittens of Barbados at Kawasaki's Todoroki Stadium.
"The race felt good," said Athens Olympic 100-meter champion Gatlin. "I knew I was going to have a head wind when I practiced yesterday. Today I talked to my coach on the phone and he told me to have a good start. He knows that Japanese athletes have good starts, so just stay with them.