Grenada’s James surges to 400m gold

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LONDON, (Reuters): Grenadian teenager Kirani James continued his remarkable rise on Monday when he stormed home smoothly to take the gold medal in the men’s 400 metres at the London Olympics.

James, 19, coasted to victory in a time of 43.94 seconds, half a second ahead of the Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Santos and Lalonde Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago who took silver and bronze.

The gold medal was the latest in a glut of titles for the youngster nicknamed “The Jaguar”.

He followed up the 2009 world youth title with the world junior title in 2010 and last year in Daegu became world champion in only his fourth professional appearance.

“It means a lot. I am so excited,” James said.

The race was notable for the absence of Americans who failed to make the final for the first ever time.

The US have won the last seven Olympic titles and swept the podium three times in 2008, 2004 and 1988.

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