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Mvumvure disappoints, finishes sixth in Italy

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ZIMBABWE sprinter Gabriel Mvumvure struggled to reproduce his early season form as he ended sixth in the 100m at the Rieti World Challenge meet in central Italy on Sunday.

ZIMBABWE sprinter Gabriel Mvumvure struggled to reproduce his early season form as he ended sixth in the 100m at the Rieti World Challenge meet in central Italy on Sunday.

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The United States-based athlete could not recover after a poor start and went on to finish the race in a time of 10,26 seconds.

Two-time Olympic bronze medallist American Walter Dix set a season best time on his way to winning the race in 9,99 seconds in one of his final meets of the season.

United Kingdom’s Dwain Chambers took second posting 10,09, with Ryan Bailey of the US third in 10,10.

The Rieti World Challenge meet was held in honour of Pietro Mennea, the Italian former 200-metre Olympic champion who died in March at 60.

It was Mvumvure’s second meet in Italy in as many weeks after last week’s Palio Citta della Quercia meet in Rovereto were he finished third in a time of 10,22 seconds.

Mvumvure was hoping for a strong finish to the season after a blistering start which saw him post 9,98 seconds in the US in June, but is, however, yet to run a sub-10 second time in a competitive race since then.

The former Churchill High student represented the country at last month’s IAAF World Championships in Russia, reaching the semi-finals.

Mvumvure left Zimbabwe in 2008 for an athletics scholarship at Louisiana State University in the US and was a standout 100m and 200m sprinter during his four-year collegiate career from 2008-2011.

100 Metres — Men Wind: +0.7 m/s 1 Dix, Walter USA 9,99 2 Chambers, Dwain GBR 10,09 3 Bailey, Ryan USA 10,10 4 Collins, Kim SKN 10,16 5 Rodríguez, Ángel David ESP 10,18 6 Mvumvure, Gabriel ZIM 10,26 7 Cerutti, Fabio ITA 10,27