(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-15 10:39

Brussels - Russian Yelena Isinbayeva and American Sanya Richards remained hunting for the Golden League jackpot with victories at the Van Damme meeting on Friday.

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva poses with her trophy after winning the women's pole vault event during the IAAF Brussels Golden League athletics meet (Memorial Ivo Van Damme) at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels September 14, 2007. [Reuters]

If winning again in Berlin on Sunday, they will share the US$1 million prize on offer for any athletes who win their event in all six Golden League meetings this season.

Jamaican Asafa Powell who broke his own world record with a time of 9.74 seconds in Italy last Sunday, powered to victory again in 9.84, followed by Norway's Jaysuma Saidy Ndure in 10.11 seconds and Powell's compatriot Michael Frater third (10.12).

Pole vaulter Isinbayeva cleared 4.90 meters easily to win the event, but failed in three world record attempts at 5.02 meters.

And Richards who failed to make the final at the world championships in Osaka last month, cruised to a season's best 49.36 seconds to win the 400 meters in style.

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar set a women's two-mile world best of eight minutes and 58.58 seconds to beat the world mark of nine minutes 10.47 seconds she ran in May.

Croatia's Blanka Vlasic won the women's high jump by clearing 2.03 metres but failed her three attempts at 2.10 in a bid to break the world record set by Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova at 2.09 metres more than 20 years ago.

Women's 100m hurdles world champion Michelle Perry had to settle for third as she was outclassed by Sweden's Susanna Kallur who had finished in fifth behind the American in Osaka.

In the women's 100 meters, Veronica Campbell completed a Jamaican sprint double in 11.11 seconds, while Belgium's European champion Kim Gevaert awarded the sell-out home crowd with victory in the women's 200 metres.

Bahrain's world champion Maryam Jamal won the women's mile in a personal best of four minutes 17.75 seconds.

Men's 5,000 metres silver medallist Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya had to settle for second place again as Ethiopia's Sileshi Shine won a slow-run event.

The men's 110m hurdles was won by Dayron Robles against American Anwar Moore.