Athletics: Burger-powered Chambers leaves Greene gasping

The European champion, Dwain Chambers, defeated the world record holder, Maurice Greene, for the fifth time this season in winning the 100 metres at the Golden League meeting here last night.

Despite rising from his blocks slowly, Chambers powered through the final strides to win at a canter in 10.02sec. Second place went to Coby Miller, of the United States, in 10.07 with the Commonwealth gold medallist Kim Collins, of St Kitts and Nevis, clinching third in 10.15.

It was another disastrous night for Greene. The Olympic champion was again well down the field, finishing a disappointing sixth in 10.20.

Chambers, who missed the previous event in the series because of a bout of influenza, said: "I took six days off. Obviously, I needed the rest. I basically slept and ate burgers.

"I'm sure I've upset Maurice's balance and he doesn't like it. He might have an element of doubt in his head now. I know from experience that it's hard to pick yourself back up. But I do hope he comes back next season. It's important not to get complacent in this sport."

Marion Jones became the first of the four athletes in contention to win a share of the International Amateur Athletic Federations' Golden Jackpot of gold bars worth £330,000 by winning the 100m at the final meeting of the series.

The American double Olympic sprint medallist crossed the line in 11.01 for an easy victory ahead of Tayna Lawrence and Debbie Ferguson, the Jamaican clocking 11.12 and the Bahamas' Commonwealth champion, 11.20. It was the 15th consecutive 100m victory for Jones, who has lost only one final for that event since 1997 – when she was beaten by Pintusevich-Block at last year's World Championships in Edmonton.

El Guerrouj, the men's 1,500m world champion, was expected to snatch some of the precious metal and did in style, entering the final lap in the lead before destroying the field by accelerating with 250m remaining to win in 3min 30.00secs. Bernard Lagat finished nearly three seconds behinde, beating fellow Kenyan Laban Rotich into third place.

The dominant middle distance runner in the world for years, El Guerrouj concentrated on winning but will have another goal tomorrow in Italy. "I'll definitely try to beat the world record on Sunday in Rieti," said the 27-year-old, dreaming of crowning his season by bettering his own best mark of 3:26.00 set in 1998.

Berhane Adere again tore apart her rivals, winning over 5,000 metres in 14min 41.43sec. Adere, the world half marathon champion who has dominated on the track this season, outsprinted her fellow Ethiopian, Worknesh Kidane, after they broke away half-way through the race. Worknesh finished more than two seconds adrift in 14:43.53. In third place Benita Johnson set an Australian record of 14:47.60. There was also a personal best for Britain's Jo Pavey, who finished fourth in 14:48.66.

An awesome first half-lap saw Felix Sanchez take his share of the IAAF jackpot, the Dominican Republic's world champion taking the 400m hurdles in 48.05. Hampered by a knee injury, Britain's Chris Rawlinson was a distant last in 52.02secs.

Kelly Holmes, running her first race since the European Championships, took a gamble which did not quite work out as she finished 12th in the 1500m in 4:08.48. Victory again went to Turkey's Sureyya Ayhan, the 23-year-old European champion winning in an easy 3:58.43, untroubled by the fast-finishing American Suzy Favor-Hamilton, who ran 3:59.40.

* The pole vaulter Nick Buckfield has withdrawn from the Great Britain team for the World Cup in Madrid because of a leg injury. His place goes to Tim Thomas.