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Jamaican sprinter sets pace in French Indoors


Lerone Clarke of Jamaica held off French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre to win the 60 meters at the Lievin meet in France last night.

Clarke finished with a world-leading 6.50 seconds, shaving .02 off the time he set last weekend in Arkansas.

Yelena Isinbayeva won the pole vault, clearing 4.81 meters to beat Cuba's Yarisley Silva by 10 centimeters.

In the women's 800, Morocco's Malika Akkaoui set a world-leading time of 1:59.01 in beating Olympic champion Pamela Jelimo of Kenya at the tape.