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The 31-year-old, an eight-time Olympic champion, retired from athletics after the London World Championships in August when his 100m farewell ended in a third-placed finish behind Gatlin and Christian Coleman.

Gatlin took the title in 9.92 but instead of acclaiming the remarkable success of a 35-year-old triumphing 13 years after he won the Olympic title, vast swathes of the crowd booed him in response to his two bans for drugs offences earlier in his career.

Allyson Felix won the women’s 400m final at the US Olympic track and field trials, while 18-year-old Vashti Cunningham made the high jump squad.
Gatlin, who was the only American man to medal in the sprint races at the London Games four years ago with a bronze in the 100, finished in 9.80, the fastest time of the year

American Gatlin, who lost out to Jamaica’s Bolt in both the 100 and 200 meters at last August’s world championships in Beijing, eased home ahead of Japan’s Ryota Yamagata and Ramon Gittens of Barbados at Kawasaki’s Todoroki Stadium