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(Video) Gardiner wins Men's 400m IAAF Diamond League Doha 2017
May 5, 2017 - 7:50:19 PM

Steven Gardiner (BAH) clocked 44.60 winning the Men's 400m at the 2017 Doha IAAF Diamond League Meeting (IAAF Photo)

Bahamas Steve Gardiner won the IAAF Diamond League men's 400m on Friday, May 5th in Qatar at the Doha 2017 meet.

With a time of 44.60 seconds, he had USA's LaShawn Merritt both close behind with world champion Merritt with a time of 44.76 and Tony McQuay with 44.92. Both Americans performing a season's best.

“It was really hard, but I expected to win,” said Gardiner in a brief interview as he collected $50,000 and eight points for his efforts.

Donald Thomas also competed in the event and placed third in the men’s high jump with a season’s best of 2.29 metres, earning him 7 points and $10,000.

Next in the IAAF Diamond Series is the Shanghai Diamond League o May 13th in China.

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