NEW YORK, June 10, 2010 - Grenadian Neisha Bernard-Thomas continues her outstanding form this season with a third sub-2 minutes performance over the 800m on Thursday.
At the Golden Gala in Rome, Italy she clocked 1:59.70 in sixth position in a very competitive race which was won by Halima Hachlaf of Morocco in a world leading time of 1:58.40.
Bernard-Thomas also recorded her season best 1:59.60 in Kingston, Jamaica on May 1st and four days later, 1:59.92 at the Ponce Grand Prix in Puerto Rico.
Meanwhile, Kirani James competes in the final of the men's 400m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Friday.
James was the second fastest qualifier after Wednesday's Preliminaries. He won heat one in 45.44 seconds ahead of Calvin Smith of Florida (45.64) but Joey Hughes of Southern California (45.15) secured the fastest qualifier.
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