America's Tori Bowie runs fastest 100m of 2016 in Doha


Tori Bowie of U.S celebrates her victory in the 100m women event at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meet, in Doha, Qatar May 6, 2016. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari

DOHA (Reuters) - American Tori Bowie streaked to victory in the women's 100 metres at the Doha Diamond League on Friday, equalling her personal best and smashing the meeting record with a world-leading time of 10.80 seconds.

The 25-year-old, who was the world’s fastest woman over 100m in 2014, edged out her Dutch rival Dafne Schippers by 0.03 seconds.

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