Steven Downes (Reuters) Jason Gardener won the long-awaited showdown between Britain's top sprinters at the national championships on Saturday with a 10.02 seconds 100 metre victory. Gardener, 23, the world indoor 60 metres bronze medallist, was fastest out of his blocks and neither Darren Campbell, the European champion, nor Dwain Chambers, the European silver medallist, could catch him. A following wind of 2.3 metres per second meant the time could not stand as a UK Allcomers' record. Chambers finished second in 10.07 and Campbell third in 10.18. Earlier this summer, Gardener and Chambers became the second and third Britons ever to break 10 seconds. The British record holder remains Linford Christie, the 1992 Olympic champion, with 9.87sec. Gardener said: "The occasion was a big one. There were a lot of egos at stake today. To run that fast at the AAAs (Amateur Athletics Association championships) is a bit special. It was not a great performance because I lost my rhythm towards the end of the race, and it's a shame I did not dip under 10sec, but I'm sure I'll do it before the end of the season." Campbell, content to have made the British team for August's world championships in Seville, was surprised at the tension and pressure involved in the race. "The expectation on us today was so much greater than there has ever been before at the AAAs. In the past, Linford Christie's been able to come here and win fairly comfortably in 10.1. Today, until we'd crossed the line, any one of us could have won it." The biggest shock of the day came away from the stadium, when Mark Richardson announced that he would not be running in Sunday's 400 metres final. Richardson, the silver medallist at last year's European championships and Commonwealth Games after beating America's Michael Johnson in Oslo, has a tight hamstring. Elsewhere, Britain's best medal hopes for Seville comfortably went through their paces. Colin Jackson, the 110 metres hurdles world record-holder, had an easy 13.24sec victory, yet the race made athletics history. It was his ninth AAA sprint hurdles win, beating the record for the event held by Donald Findlay, the Battle of Britain pilot who collected his eight titles between 1929 and 1949. "I know I will be ready when I get to Seville," Jackson said, "It would be great if 1999 finishes with Colin Jackson as world indoor and outdoor champion." Steve Smith, the Olympic high jump bronze medallist, making a comeback a year on from being sidelined with a career-threatening back injury, regained the high jump title with 2.28 metres. Denise Lewis, the European and Commonwealth heptathlon champion, had her first competition of any sort for more than a month, throwing 46.30 metres for sixth in the javelin and putting the shot 15.10 metres for fourth place. On Sunday, she intends to hurdle and long jump. Selected British World Championship trials results Men 100 metres 1. Jason Gardener 10.02secs, 2. Dwain Chambers 10.07, 3. Darren Campbell 10.18 110m hurdles 1. Colin Jackson 13.24 High Jump 1. Steve Smith 2.28m Discus 1. Robert Weir 61.35m Women 100 metres 1. Joice Maduaka 11.37

Report from the AAAC Championships - the qualifying trials for the British team to the World Championships in Seville this August.

Gardener takes British sprinting showdown

Maria Mutola of Mozambique ran a world leading mark of 1:58.16 last night to win the women&rsquo;s 800m in the Brogalan indoor meeting in Malmo, Sweden. There was no fairytale result for Linford Christie in the men&rsquo;s 60m though. He finished third in a race won by his (much younger) countryman Jason Gardner in 6.54. Still, Christie had the satisfaction of beating the man he coaches, European 100m Darren Campbell, whose challenge had brought him out of retirement. Olympic 400m hurdles Champion Deon Hemmings, won the flat 400m and World Indoor 200m champion Kevin Little, showed he is also rounding into form by taking the 200m in 20.81. Men 60m 1. Jason Gardener GBR 6.54 2. Raymond Stewart JAM 6.58 3. Linford Christie GBR 6.60 4. Darren Campbell GBR 6.73 5. Geir Moen NOR 6.76 6. Tony McCall USA 6.80 7. John Ertzgard NOR 6.88 200m 1. Kevin Little USA 20.81 2. Marcin Urbas POL 21.08 3. Darren Campbell GBR 21.09 4. Geir Moen NOR 21.12 5. Niklas Eriksson SWE 21.57 6. Jeff Williams USA 21.61 7. Benjamin Hecht DEN 21.65 400m 1. Jamie Baulch GBR 46.78 2. Pedro Toledo MEX 47.33 3. Quincy Douglas NOR 49.05 4. Andreas Jungerup SWE 50.07 800m 1. Johann Botha RSA 1:48.38 2. David Crumenacker USA 1:49.10 3. Kenneth Kimwetich KEN 1:49.40 4. Giacomo Mazzoni ITA 1:50.36 5. Torbj&ouml;rn Johansson SWE 1:50.89 6. Jacob Juul Gliese DEN 1:51.18 60m hurdles 1. Henrik V&auml;rendh SWE 8.06 2. Anders Saekmose DEN 8.09 3. Joakim Blaschke SWE 8.17 4. Patric Lindahl SWE 8.24 high jump 1. Stefan Holm SWE 2.28 2. Steinar Hoen NOR 2.23, 3. Raman Kaju EST 2.19 4. H&aring;kon S&auml;rnblom NOR 2.19 Women 60m 1. Philomena Mensah CAN 7.29 2. Julieth CuthbertJAM 7.33 3. Marit Birknes NOR 7.57 4. Christina Schnor DEN 7.58 5. Linda Hansson SWE 7.60 6. Erica Johansson SWE 7.63 400m 1. Deon Hemmings JAM 52.01 2. Ana Guevara MEX 52.13 3. Shanell Porter USA 53.02 4. Michelle Collins USA 53.45 5. Carolina Gyllenhammar SWE 58.25 800m 1. Maria Mutola MOZ 1:58.16 WL 2) Malin Ewerl&ouml;f SWE 2:03.18 3. Yelena Buzhenko UKR 2:03.67 4. Monica Lundgren SWE 2:03.89 5. Linda Olsson SWE 2:06.78 6. Zhang Jian CHN 2:08.70 pole vault 1. Anzhela Balakhonova UKR 4.30 2. Sun Caijun CHN 4.20 3. Vala Flosadottir ISL 4.10 4. Thorey Edda Elisdottir ISL 4.10 5= Janine Whitlock GBR 4.00 5= Cai Weiyan CHN 4.00 7. Marie B Rasmusen DEN 3.84 8. Maria Rendin SWE 3.84 NR long jump 1. Erica Johansson SWE 6.69 2. Shana Williams USA 6.66 3. Camilla Johansson SWE 6.49 4. Agata Karczmarek POL 6.45 5. Dawn Burrell USA 6.31

Maria Mutola of Mozambique ran a world leading mark of 1:58.16 last night to win the women’s 800m in the Brogalan indoor meeting in Malmo, Sweden.

Gardener takes British sprinting showdown

Mutola sets world leading mark at 800 metres