2011 Rome Golden Gala – Men’s 100 meters Heats

Prior to the 8pm start time at the 2011 Rome Samsung Diamond League Golden Gala, they had 2 “pre-program” 100 meter races.  Unfortunately, the winners do not go on to run the Final.

That’s too bad because 2 Canadians won, and these same two guys were running the 4x100m relay 2 hours later.   (Maybe that’s a good thing?)

Jared Connaughton and Gavin Smellie both won their respective races and along with Oluyesi Smith, and Bryan Barnett, they won the 4x100m relay as well beating the Italian favorites (video to come later). 

Coupled with Dylan Armstrong’s Shot Put victory, it was a good day for Canada!

Men’s 100 meters Heat 1

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Men’s 100 meters Heat 2

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