After making a poor start, Gay - who ran 9.79sec, the fastest time in the world this year, last Sunday (June 5) at a minor meeting in the United States - got back on terms with the man who recorded a time just a hundredth of a second slower on the same day that Eugene Diamond League meeting.

But the American misjudged his dip for the line, making it too early and allowing Mullings to get the decision in a photo-finish with the winning time of 10.26, a measure of how difficult the conditions were.

Britain's world triple jump champion Phillips Idowu celebrated being named as an impending MBE by winning with an effort of 16.67 metres from Sweden's former Olympic champion Christian Olsson, with Teddy Tamgho of France, this year's leader in the world rankings, struggling to manage on the slippery runway and finishing seventh.


Britain's other sporting MBE-to-be, Jessica Ennis, finished seventh in a 100m hurdles won by the American runner Danielle Carruthers in 13.04.

Ennis clocked 13.27, with her newly established British colleague Tiffany Ofili Porter, late of the United States, taking third place in 13.11.

American Allyson Felix's speed down the home straight saw her take the spoils in the women's 200m in 22.92 by holding off colleagues Carmelita Jeter and Bianca Knight.

Jamaica's Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, who has only recently returned from a six-month ban after taking a banned substance when treating toothache, was down in seventh place.

European champion Dai Greene, this week named Great Britain captain for the European Team Championships in Stockholm, produced a strong display as he claimed a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles.

The Welshman made up ground in the home straight but finished adrift of surprise winner Javier Coulson and Bershawn Jackson.

Puerto Rican Coulson hit the front round the final band and managed to hold off American Jackson to win in a time of 48.52. 

South Africa's LJ van Zyl was unable to replicate the excellent form he has shown so far this season as he finished fourth.

American Jeremy Wariner came out on top in the 400m as he prevailed over Jamaica's Jermaine Gonzalez and Rondell Bartholomew in a thrilling finish to win in 45.17.

Wariner reeled in Bartholomew in the closing stages, with the strong finishing Gonzalez also pipping the Grenadian with the top three covered by just four hundredths of a second.

South Africa's Oscar Pistorius was close to the leading pace through 300 metres but faded to fifth in the home straight.

Nevertheless, his time of 45.69 was still the second fastest of his career.

Men's 800m favourite Abubaker Kaki made a painful exit as an apparent hamstring injury ended his bid for victory, with the Sudan runner suffering the ignominy of having to get up and walk off the track as officials chose to ignore his need for treatment.

Kenya's Alfred Yego took the win as he outlasted South Africa's Mbulaeni Mulaudzi and Boaz Lalang, another Kenyan, to win in a slow time of 1min 46.57sec.

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