Alan Webb and Nick Willis Square Off, Justin Gatlin Runs 10.14 to Win in Padova, Italy

By LetsRun.com
September 3, 2010

Today in Padova, Italy, drug cheat Justin Gatlin ran his fifth race of the year. It was his fourth win, this time a 10.15 clocking with a .4 m/s tailwind.

We have been chronicling Gatlin's races and adjusting the times for the wind and altitude thanks to this calculator.   Gatlin has been in the 10.15 range his last 3 races.

Date	(Race w link)	Actual Time (Wind)	Wind/Altitude Adjusted
Aug 3	Rakvere, Estonia	10.24 (-.6)	10.21
Aug 8	Tallinn, Estonia	10.17 (1.0)	10.22
August 21	Joensuu Games	10.28 (-2.0)	10.15
August 31	Rovereto, Italy	10.06 (.6)	10.14
September 3	Padova , Italy	10.15 (.4)	10.17

Results:

1 GATLIN Justin  (5) USA      10.15 0,4   2 FRATER Michael  (4) JAM      10.27 0,4   3 ASHMEADE Nickel  (6) JAM      10.39 0,4   4 RIPARELLI Jacques  (1) ITA      10.48 0,4   5 CHECCUCCI Maurizio  (8) ITA      10.55 0,4   6 BODROV Igor  (7) UKR      10.58 0,4   7 CERUTTI Fabio  (2) ITA      10.59 0,4   SQ MOSELEY Ryan  (3) AUT

Time Temperature Humidity Officialized Start 21.15.00 19 °C 84 % 21.30.00 Finish 21.30.00 19 °C 84 %

For LetsRun.com fans the race was highlighted by the men's 800m which featured 3 stud Michigan Alums. Olympic Silver Medallist Nick Willis (trying to get back from injury in preparation for the Commonwealth Games), former NCAA 800m champ (Andrew Ellerton) and Alan Webb (coming back from foot surgery).  

The results:

 

*Full Meet Results

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