Britain’s Dwain Chambers won the 100 metres gold at the Goodwill Games today in 10.11 seconds, forcing Tim Montgomery to accept second best again.
American Montgomery, second behind Maurice Greene at the world championships, took silver in 10.27 with Australia's Matt Shirvington third in 10.30 on a cold and wet night in Brisbane.
The 23-year-old Chambers finished fourth at last year's Sydney Olympics and this year's world championships and is only the second Briton after Linford Christie to break the magical 10-second barrier. But he has never won a major senior title.
Mozambique's Maria Mutola won the women's 800 metres to add to her world and Olympic titles while world champion Allen Johnson lunged at the line to beat Cuban Olympic gold medallist Anier Garcia in the 110 metres hurdles.
Wednesday's 100 metres was delayed by two false starts but Chambers held his composure and made a lightning quick getaway.
He established an early lead then stretched out to win easily running into a slight headwind.
American Montgomery was one of the slowest to react to the starter's gun and never got into stride. "It's really cold out here. The times are terrible. Everything was terrible," he said.
Shirvington and Ghana's Abdul Aziz Zakari were both timed at 10.30 but the Australian was given third. Greene did not compete in the race because of problems with a leg injury he sustained at the world championships but he watched from trackside.
Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas made the most of Marion Jones's absence to win the women's 200 metres in 22.80.
Jones won the 100 metres the previous night but decided not to tackle the longer sprint even though she won the event at the world championships.
Goodwill Games organisers had promised to pay US$100,000 to any athlete who set a world record during the meet, but no one came close to winning the cash because of the bad weather.
Stacy Dragila, the world and Olympic champion, won the women's pole vault with a clearance of 4.55m, 26 centimetres below the world record she set in July.
Morocco's Brahim Boulami took gold in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase 22 seconds outside the world record he set less than a fortnight ago, stopping the clock at eight minutes 17.73 seconds.