From the tight finish, silver was given to Briton Mark Lewis-Francis and Bronze went to Lemaitre's teammate Martial Mbandjock. Olympic silver medalist, Francis Obikwelu and the World Indoor Champion Dwain Chambers were on the fourth and fifth respectively.
The long-legged 1.89m-tall became known when he rewritten the European junior record 10.06 set by Chambers to a new 10.04 last year. He also wins the World Junior Athletics Championship in the 200m (20.83) in 2008.
Men's 100m Results (Wind -1.1)
1 LEMAITRE, Christophe FRA 10.11
2 LEWIS-FRANCIS, Mark GBR 10.18 SB
3 MBANDJOCK, Martial FRA 10.18
4 OBIKWELU, Francis POR 10.18 SB
5 CHAMBERS, Dwain GBR 10.18
6 SAIDY NDURE, Jaysuma NOR 10.31
7 DI GREGORIO, Emanuele ITA 10.34
8 COLLIO, Simone ITA DNF
Amir Fakhri Ismail (PBs 21.64/47.90) won his third gold in the 200m and has recorded a new meet record in 21.85. Silver medal went to teammate Hisyam Alias in 22.18 while Thailand’s Kittisak Phiraksa bagged bronze in 22.27.
Thailand however dominated the girl's section. Supawan Thipat wins the 200m with a time of 24.88. She eclipsed her meet record 25.08 that set earlier during SF in the morning. Thipat's teammate Pimpika Kannikom went to win silver in 25.30 while Malaysia's Zaidatul Husna satisfied on the bronze medal in 25.43.
Malaysian Games champion, Jackie Wong outclessed the entire boy’s hammer throw. He posted an outstanding distance of 68.84, some 15 metres ahead of silver medal winner, Boonkong Sanepoot of Thailand (52.96) and more than 30 metres ahead of the bronze medalist Panyawut Bumroong of Thailand (38.18).
Thailand lead the medal tally after three days of competition with a haul of 10-11-13, followed by Malaysia (9-11-3) and Vietnam (7-3-6).
Three-times Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt posted his second fastest time this year in blue riband event on the super-fast track at the Stade de France during the IAAF Paris Diamond League meeting on Friday (July 16).
Bolt clocked 9.84 to win the the race ahead of fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell who recorded a not bad 9.91. Bolt's training partner, Yohan Blake timed 9.95, completed the podium winning for Jamaica.
Shared the fastest time as at now, Bolt and Powell met for the first time this season but Bolt is now unbeaten for 14 consecutive finals of 100m.
Meanwhile, David Oliver posted a new American record in the 110mh by clocking 12.89, eclipsed Dominique Arnold's record by one hundredth of a second as well as the third fastest time of all time, behind Dayron Robles (12.87 WR) and Liu Xiang (12.88).
Under perfect conditions, Oliver enjoyed a strong start and pulled away, beating fellow Americans Ryan Wilson, who finished second in 13.12, and Ronnie Ashe, who was third in 13.21.