Reigning Olympic and world champion Noah Lyles won his first 100m of 2026 in 9.95 at the Golden Grand Prix athletics meet in Tokyo on Sunday (17 May).
The winning time was good for a share of sixth fastest in the world this season.
In other events, Olympic 400m hurdles champion Rai Benjamin returned to the venue where he won a world title in September, winning the 400m flat in 44.69 from two finals heats by time.
It was Benjamin’s first 400m on flat ground in more than two years, and was 0.38 off his personal best. He seemed to be pleased all things considered.
“It was pretty good, a weird one, just trying to feel that 400m rhythm again so happy to come out with 44.6 I believe,” Benjamin said. “A rustbuster, and we’ll just go home and figure out what we could do better for the next meet.
“Conditioning wise I felt good. It was just about coming out here and piecing together a good race and not focusing so much on running a crazy time because we have the rest of the season ahead of us so I felt pretty good.
“The competitor in me, I feel like I should have opened up a little faster – 44 low would have been great. But like I said, first one in a while so happy with this mid-44 so can’t complain too much. Just a little bit.”
His USA compatriot Jordan Anthony won the 200m in a season best of 20.05, against a wind of -1.3.