Wariner beaten by Australian Batman
Updated: 2008-02-16 20:41
SYDNEY - American 400 metres world champion Jeremy Wariner suffered a surprise loss to Australian Daniel Batman over 200 metres at the Sydney Grand Prix meeting on Saturday.
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Batman led from the start and the Olympic 400 metres gold medallist never threatened to overtake him, the Australian winning in a time of 20.81 seconds to Wariner's 20.93.
"He's proven that he's a champion so anytime you can take a scalp like that it's an honour," Batman told reporters.
"But in saying that it's February, a long way from the competitive European season."
Wariner was unconcerned by his loss.
"This is really just a tune-up race for me to see where I'm at with my training and what I need to work on," he said.
Australian Matt Shirvington won the 100 metres, edging out Trinidad and Tobago's Darrel Brown after both clocked a modest time of 10.43 seconds.
World 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica pulled out of the event with a knee injury but is due to run in Melbourne on Thursday.
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