"The race was almost perfect until the ninth hurdle, which I knocked down," Kallur said. "After that I lost my rhythm, and stumbled and all my muscles tensed up. It's the third time I'm second. I hope to be able to win in Rome."

Anchored by 100 world record holder Asafa Powell, Jamaica won the men's 400 relay in 38.75, ahead of Britain in 38.78. The Dutch were third with 39.37. It marked Powell's first race since injuring his groin at the Jamaican championships on June 23.

Brad Walker set a meet record in the pole vault, winning with a jump of 5.91 meters (19 feet-4 3/4 inches) to better world record holder Sergey Bubka's previous mark of 5.90 from 1992. The American failed all three attempts at 6.04.

Bahamas' sprint revelation Derrick Atkins of the Bahamas ran 10.04 to win the men's 100, which lacked the field's top runners. Churandy Martina of the Netherlands Antilles was second in 10.10.

"Everyday I step on the track, I'm there to win regardless of who is in the race," said Atkins, who ran a national record of 9.95 in Athens and won the 100 in 10.00 at Paris on Friday. "The main focus for me tonight was to win and I did that."

American Torri Edwards, the 2003 world champion, won the women's 100 in 11.00. Olympic 200 champion Veronica Campbell _ who ran the season's best of 10.89 at the Jamaican championships in June _ was runner-up in 11.07, while Me'Lisa Barber of the United States finished third in 11.11.

"I wasn't really bothered by the weather because I was well prepared," Edwards said. "This race was definitely preparation for the World Championships (in Osaka, Japan next month)."

Reigning 100 and 200 European champion Kim Gevaert of Belgium was only fourth in 11.21.

Sweden's Olympic and world heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft _ who requested a long jump be added to the program _ won with her season best result of 6.84 (22-5 1/4). Oksana Udmurtova of Russia was second with 6.65 (21-10), while Tatiana Lebedeva was third with 6.60 (21-8).

Kluft's highly anticipated showdown with longtime rival Eunice Barber, the 2003 world champion, never developed. The Frenchwoman placed fourth with 6.37 (20-10 3/4) after declining to make a sixth jump. Barber had complained of a slight health worry ahead of the meeting.

Irving Saladino of Panama won the men's long jump with a leap of 8.36 meters (27-5 1/4), and Lebedeva won the women's triple jump at 14.47 meters (47-5 3/4), falling short of the world record, which the Russian had been hoping to break.

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