T&T Olympian Richard Thomp­son claimed gold at the IAAF World Chal­lenge Meet in Berlin, Ger­many, yes­ter­day, clock­ing 10.15 (-0.2) sec­onds in the men's 100m.

Thomp­son edged USA's Den­tar­ius Locke 10.16 sec­onds, while an­oth­er T&T Olympic run­ner, Ke­ston Bled­man, came in third in 10.23 sec­onds.

Both T&T run­ners came off dis­ap­point­ing cam­paigns at the Com­mon­wealth Games in Glas­gow, where nei­ther man­aged a spot in the men's 100m fi­nal.

Last Thurd­say, Thomp­son was in ac­tion at the IAAF Di­a­mond League in Zurich, Switzer­land, where he placed sev­enth in 10.26 sec­onds.

Al­so last week, com­pet­ing in the Stock­holm leg of the Di­a­mond League, Beld­man placed sec­ond in the same dis­tance.

Mean­while, Cleopa­tra Borel, T&T's lone woman's represta­tive at the World Chal­lenge Meet placed third in the shot put. The Com­mon­wealth sil­ver medal­ist threw 18.53m, be­hind win­ner Christi­na Schwanitz of Ger­many (19.53m) and Evgeni­ia Kolod­ko of Rus­sia (19.43). Borel stands at num­ber sev­en in the world rank­ings.