<p> Twice Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce raced to victory in the Diamond League women's 100 metres final on Thursday with a time of 10.93 seconds against a head wind on a cold, blustery evening.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 28-year-old Jamaican, who dyed her hair green for her successful world title defence in Beijing last month before reverting to black during a two-hour visit to a Zurich hairdresser on Wednesday, picked up $40,000 for winning the Diamond League Trophy in her event.<br /><br />Sixteen finals were staged on Thursday at a meeting which featured 20 individual gold medallists from Beijing. The remaining 16 events will be decided in Brussels on September 11.<br /><br />"There is no more to ask, I won the World Championships and the Diamond race," said Fraser-Pryce. "I was eager to come back on the track after Beijing and I just enjoy this meeting."<br /><br />Fraser-Pryce completed the night by anchoring the Jamaican team to a meeting record of 41.60 seconds in the women's 4x100 metres relay.<br /><br />Britain's Greg Rutherford, who added the world men's long jump title to his Olympic, European and Commonwealth gold medals in Beijing, showed his competitive grit after a long season to win on a countback from American Marquis Dendy and clinch the Diamond League trophy. Both men leaped 8.32 metres.<br /><br />Former Olympic champion American LaShawn Merritt won the men's 400 metres in a race which finished with the Beijing medallists again taking the top three places but this time in a different order.<br /><br />The 2011 world champion Kirani James of Grenada, who finished third in Beijing, was second and South Africa's surprise world champion Wayde van Niekerk was third. James's second place was enough to give him the Diamond League Trophy for his event.<br /><br />Beijing bronze medallist Eunice Sum of Kenya surged to the front in the final 50 metres to win the women's 800 metres in 1:59.14 from Britain's Lynsey Sharp and pick up the trophy for her event.<br /><br />Another Kenyan, Asbel Kiprop, winner of the last three world 1,500 metres titles, got the victory he needed to confirm his $40,000 prize.<br /><br />Qatar's world indoor high jump champion Mutaz Barshim, who finished out of the medals in Beijing, won the men's event in Zurich ahead of his close rival Bodhan Bondarenko of Ukraine, the world bronze medallist, with a height of 2.32 metres. <br /><br />Vikas fifth<br /><br />India’s Vikas Gowda finished fifth in men’s discus throw with an effort of 62.73 metres. Robert Urbanek of Poland pipped world champion and compatriot Piotr Malachowski for the gold.<br /><br />Results: Men: 200M: Alonso Edward (Panama) 20.03 seconds, 1; Rasheed Dwyer (Jamaica) 20.20, 2; Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa) 20.24, 3.<br /><br />400M: LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.18 seconds, 1; Kirani James (Grenada) 44.28, 2; Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 44.35, 3.<br /><br />800M: Adam Kszczot (Poland) 1:45.55, 1; Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 1:45.62, 2; Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia) 1:45.83, 3.<br /><br />1500M: Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:35.79, 1; Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) 3:36.01, 2; Robert Biwott (Kenya) 3:36.04, 3.<br /><br />110M hurdles: Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) 13.14 seconds, 1; David Oliver (USA) 13.30, 2; Orlando Ortega (Cuba) 13.30, 3.<br /><br />400M hurdles: Kariem Hussein (Switzerland) 49.16 seconds, 1; Rasmus Mägi (Estonia) 49.37, 2; Thomas Barr (Ireland) 49.79, 3.<br /><br />3000M steeplechase: Paul Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) 8:10.24, 1; Jairus Kipchoge (Kenya) 8:15.64, 2; Evan Jager (USA) 8:18.39, 3.<br /><br />Long jump: Greg Rutherford (Great Britain) 8.32 metres, 1; Marquis Dendy (USA) 8.32, 2; Fabrice Lapierre (Aus) 8.27, 3.<br /><br />Discus throw: Robert Urbanek (Poland) 65.78 metres, 1; Piotr Malachowski (Poland) 65.04, 2; Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 64.38, 3.<br /><br />Women: 100M: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 10.93 seconds, 1; Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 10.98, 2; Tori Bowie (USA) 11.06, 3.<br /><br />800M: Eunice Jepkoech Sum (Kenya) 1:59.14, 1; Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 1:59.37, 2; Fabienne Kohlmann (Germany) 1:59.68, 3.<br /><br />3000M: Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 8:22.34, 1; Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 8:26.54, 2; Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) 8:34.32, 3.<br /><br />400M hurdles: Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 54.47 seconds, 1; Sara Petersen (Denmark) 54.57, 2; Georganne Moline (USA) 54.89, 3.<br /><br />Long jump: Ivana Spanovic (Serbia) 7.02 metres, 1; Tianna Bartoletta (USA) 6.97, 2; Shara Proctor (Great Britain) 6.58, 3.<br /><br />Pole vault: Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) 4.77 metres, 1; Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 4.72, 2; Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 4.72, 3.<br /><br />Shot put: Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 19.91 metres, 1; Michelle Carter (USA) 19.12, 2; Anita Márton (Hungary) 18.42, 3.<br /><br />Javelin: Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic) 64.31 metres, 1; Elizabeth Gleadle (Canada) 62.70, 2; Kathrina Molitor (Germany) 62.43, 3.</p>
<p> Twice Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce raced to victory in the Diamond League women's 100 metres final on Thursday with a time of 10.93 seconds against a head wind on a cold, blustery evening.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 28-year-old Jamaican, who dyed her hair green for her successful world title defence in Beijing last month before reverting to black during a two-hour visit to a Zurich hairdresser on Wednesday, picked up $40,000 for winning the Diamond League Trophy in her event.<br /><br />Sixteen finals were staged on Thursday at a meeting which featured 20 individual gold medallists from Beijing. The remaining 16 events will be decided in Brussels on September 11.<br /><br />"There is no more to ask, I won the World Championships and the Diamond race," said Fraser-Pryce. "I was eager to come back on the track after Beijing and I just enjoy this meeting."<br /><br />Fraser-Pryce completed the night by anchoring the Jamaican team to a meeting record of 41.60 seconds in the women's 4x100 metres relay.<br /><br />Britain's Greg Rutherford, who added the world men's long jump title to his Olympic, European and Commonwealth gold medals in Beijing, showed his competitive grit after a long season to win on a countback from American Marquis Dendy and clinch the Diamond League trophy. Both men leaped 8.32 metres.<br /><br />Former Olympic champion American LaShawn Merritt won the men's 400 metres in a race which finished with the Beijing medallists again taking the top three places but this time in a different order.<br /><br />The 2011 world champion Kirani James of Grenada, who finished third in Beijing, was second and South Africa's surprise world champion Wayde van Niekerk was third. James's second place was enough to give him the Diamond League Trophy for his event.<br /><br />Beijing bronze medallist Eunice Sum of Kenya surged to the front in the final 50 metres to win the women's 800 metres in 1:59.14 from Britain's Lynsey Sharp and pick up the trophy for her event.<br /><br />Another Kenyan, Asbel Kiprop, winner of the last three world 1,500 metres titles, got the victory he needed to confirm his $40,000 prize.<br /><br />Qatar's world indoor high jump champion Mutaz Barshim, who finished out of the medals in Beijing, won the men's event in Zurich ahead of his close rival Bodhan Bondarenko of Ukraine, the world bronze medallist, with a height of 2.32 metres. <br /><br />Vikas fifth<br /><br />India’s Vikas Gowda finished fifth in men’s discus throw with an effort of 62.73 metres. Robert Urbanek of Poland pipped world champion and compatriot Piotr Malachowski for the gold.<br /><br />Results: Men: 200M: Alonso Edward (Panama) 20.03 seconds, 1; Rasheed Dwyer (Jamaica) 20.20, 2; Anaso Jobodwana (South Africa) 20.24, 3.<br /><br />400M: LaShawn Merritt (USA) 44.18 seconds, 1; Kirani James (Grenada) 44.28, 2; Wayde van Niekerk (South Africa) 44.35, 3.<br /><br />800M: Adam Kszczot (Poland) 1:45.55, 1; Taoufik Makhloufi (Algeria) 1:45.62, 2; Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia) 1:45.83, 3.<br /><br />1500M: Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:35.79, 1; Elijah Manangoi (Kenya) 3:36.01, 2; Robert Biwott (Kenya) 3:36.04, 3.<br /><br />110M hurdles: Sergey Shubenkov (Russia) 13.14 seconds, 1; David Oliver (USA) 13.30, 2; Orlando Ortega (Cuba) 13.30, 3.<br /><br />400M hurdles: Kariem Hussein (Switzerland) 49.16 seconds, 1; Rasmus Mägi (Estonia) 49.37, 2; Thomas Barr (Ireland) 49.79, 3.<br /><br />3000M steeplechase: Paul Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) 8:10.24, 1; Jairus Kipchoge (Kenya) 8:15.64, 2; Evan Jager (USA) 8:18.39, 3.<br /><br />Long jump: Greg Rutherford (Great Britain) 8.32 metres, 1; Marquis Dendy (USA) 8.32, 2; Fabrice Lapierre (Aus) 8.27, 3.<br /><br />Discus throw: Robert Urbanek (Poland) 65.78 metres, 1; Piotr Malachowski (Poland) 65.04, 2; Gerd Kanter (Estonia) 64.38, 3.<br /><br />Women: 100M: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 10.93 seconds, 1; Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 10.98, 2; Tori Bowie (USA) 11.06, 3.<br /><br />800M: Eunice Jepkoech Sum (Kenya) 1:59.14, 1; Lynsey Sharp (Great Britain) 1:59.37, 2; Fabienne Kohlmann (Germany) 1:59.68, 3.<br /><br />3000M: Almaz Ayana (Ethiopia) 8:22.34, 1; Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) 8:26.54, 2; Senbere Teferi (Ethiopia) 8:34.32, 3.<br /><br />400M hurdles: Zuzana Hejnová (Czech Republic) 54.47 seconds, 1; Sara Petersen (Denmark) 54.57, 2; Georganne Moline (USA) 54.89, 3.<br /><br />Long jump: Ivana Spanovic (Serbia) 7.02 metres, 1; Tianna Bartoletta (USA) 6.97, 2; Shara Proctor (Great Britain) 6.58, 3.<br /><br />Pole vault: Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) 4.77 metres, 1; Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 4.72, 2; Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 4.72, 3.<br /><br />Shot put: Christina Schwanitz (Germany) 19.91 metres, 1; Michelle Carter (USA) 19.12, 2; Anita Márton (Hungary) 18.42, 3.<br /><br />Javelin: Barbora Spotakova (Czech Republic) 64.31 metres, 1; Elizabeth Gleadle (Canada) 62.70, 2; Kathrina Molitor (Germany) 62.43, 3.</p>