Athletics-Clayton twins shine in Diamond League 100m, Tebogo wins 200m by a whisker


Athletics - Diamond League - Doha - Qatar Sports Club Stadium, Doha, Qatar - May 16, 2025 New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs, Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji and Jamaica's Tia Clayton in action during the Women's 100m REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

DOHA (Reuters) -Jamaica's Tia Clayton edged her twin sister Tina Clayton in the women's 100 metres at the Doha Diamond League meet on Friday while Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo nearly threw away a victory near the finish line in the men's 200 metres.

Tia clocked a world-leading 10.92 seconds, 0.1 second faster than her sister Tina who edged Amy Hunt by one hundredth of a second after the Briton ran a personal best to deny Jamaica a podium sweep.

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