OSTRAVA, Czech Republic -- Usain Bolt won the 100 metres in 10.04 seconds in the wind at the Golden Spike meet Friday, his first victory in Europe leading to the London Olympics. The Jamaican had a slow start but pulled ahead in the final meters. He failed to improve his season best of 9.82 from a May meet in Jamaica. Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis finished second in 10.19, followed by Darvis Patton of the U.S. in 10.22. Justyn Warner of Markham, Ont., was sixth. "Its hard to explain," Bolt said. "I dont really know what went wrong." Before the race, Bolt said he was working on his notoriously slow start in hopes of bettering his world records in the 100 and 200 in London. Bolt won three gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games. "At the start I didnt feel as explosive as I normally feel like," he said. This was Bolts sixth competition in Ostrava. "I was looking to come here for a good time. I guess its one of those days," he said. "I just never got going." The runners had to start twice after Simon Magakwe false started. That was something familiar for Bolt, who failed to defend the world championship title in the 100 in Daegu, South Korea after he was disqualified for a false start. But Bolt said that was not a problem for him in Ostrava. "I did some starts and I was flying from the blocks so I said, Yeah this is good. I cant tell you what happened." Bolt will have another chance to lower his times in Diamond League meets in Rome on May 31 and Oslo, Norway, on June 7 before returning to Jamaica for the national trials. In the meantime, he said he will seek advice from his coach. "I have to look at the tape and see what went wrong and call my coach to explain to me what I did wrong," he said. He plans to be back in Europe to run in the 200 at the Diamond League meet in Monaco on July 20, his last race before the Olympics start a week later. Elsewhere, Canadian Dylan Armstrong won the shot put to reclaim the worlds No. 1 ranking. The Kamloops, B.C., native threw a seasonal-best of 21.29 metres to defeat Olympic Champion Tomasz Majewski of Poland. Justin Rodhe, also of Kamloops, was third with a 20.84-metre throw. Priscilla Lopes-Schliep of Whitby, Ont., was second in the womens 100-metre hurdles. She finished in a time of 12.80 behind Britians Tiffany Porter (12.65). Olympic javelin champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic looked strong, winning with her best throw of 222 feet and four inches to delight the home crowd with the leading performance in the world this season. World champion Mariya Abakumova, who beat Spotakova at last years worlds, was second at 211-1. "Its a wonderful feeling," Spotakova said. "I was hoping to win but to achieve also the world leading (distance) and meet record is fantastic. I fulfilled my goals." Renaud Lavillenie of France cleared 19-4 1/4 for the seasons best in the mens pole vault, edging Karsten Dilla of Germany, who cleared 18-9 1/4. Steven Lewis of Britain was third. Dexter Faulk led an American sweep of the 110-meter hurdles in a personal best 13.13, followed by Jeff Porter and Ryan Wilson. Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt of the U.S. dominated the mens 400 in 45.13, with Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic was second and Nery Brenes of Costa Rica third. In the mens 200, Wallace Spearmon of the U.S. won in 20.14, beating Marvin Anderson of Jamaica. "I hoped to get quicker," Spearmon said. "But today was not the right day." Veronica Campbell-Brown, a two-time Olympic gold medallist in the 200 from Jamaica, eased to victory in her season best 22.38, edging Americans Bianca Knight and Tiffany Townsend. Olympic champion Pamela Jelimo cruised to victory in the womens 800 in 1:58.49, defeating another Olympic hopeful, former world champion Caster Semenya of South Africa, who was second in 2:00.80. "Many athletes complained about the wind," Jelimo said. 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The Rangers moved a step closer to the top spot in the division on Friday, as Elvis Andrus homered and drove in two, helping Texas to a 4-1 win. Adrian Beltre also hit a home run and Michael Young added an RBI for the Rangers, who have won two straight. LOS ANGELES -- Luis Cruz and the Los Angeles Dodgers are showing the kind of spunk and tenacity that hasnt been seen around Chavez Ravine for quite a while, and now the playoffs arent such a far-fetched possibility after all. Far from it. Cruz came up with his second clutch hit in two nights, a tying two-out RBI double in the ninth inning, and pinch-hitter Juan Rivera followed with a run-scoring single to lift the Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. The Dodgers third victory in 10 games tied them with the Cardinals for the second wild card spot with 16 remaining for both clubs. The Cardinals lost despite a homer and three RBIs by Allen Craig. "This was pretty big. It was definitely one of our most exciting games of the season so far," centre fielder Matt Kemp said. "Cruz has definitely been amazing for us. Hes been hitting the ball, getting those big hits for us and doing what it takes to win. That was an all-around good team win for us." After this four-game series concludes on Sunday, the Cards will play their next nine games against the Astros and Cubs -- who are a combined 83 games under .500 and 69 1-2 games out of first place in the NL Central. The defending World Series champions put themselves into this precarious position by losing 13 of their last 28 games. "We invest ourselves a lot in every game, but obviously this one stings more than others," Craig said. "Its a tough loss, but putting your head down and being overly concerned about it isnt going to get us anywhere. So weve just got to play better and stay positive. Were still in a good spot." Jason Motte (4-5) came in trying to protect a 3-2 lead for Jaime Garcia and retired his first two batters. But Andre Ethier kept the Dodgers alive with a single and pinch-runner Dee Gordon stole second before Cruz drove him in with a drive that centre fielder Jon Jay barely missed on a diving attempt in front of the warning track. Rivera batted for A.J. Ellis and lined a single off the tip of second baseman Daniel Descalsos glove, enabling pinch-runner Elian Herrera to score the winning run. Descalso started the game at shortstop and committed two errors, one of which led to an unearned run in the first inning. On Friday night, Cruz helped beat the Cardinals 8-5 with a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth against Mujica. "Its unbelievable. Its like a dream for me," Cruz said. "Im just trying to go out there and give a hundred per cent and play hard every time. Im having the chance to come through in big situations. Im not going to say Im lucky, but Ive been really concentrating and having good at-bats." Ronald Belisario (6-1) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the victory. Kemp helped make it possible in the top of the ninth. He crashed into the fence trying to catch Yadier Molinas drive over his head, but recovered in time and kept him from stretching his hit into a triple with a brilliant somersaulting throw too Cruz.dddddddddddd "When Molina hit the ball, I didnt know hard he hit it, but it just kept carrying," Kemp said. "I thought I might have had a play at the wall and banged into it, but I wanted to get the ball, pick it up and try to make a good throw. It turned out to be a pretty good one. That was a big out." Kemp, whose swing hasnt been the same since he crashed into the fence at Coors Field on consecutive days (Aug. 27-28), was 0 for 4 and struck out three times in a game for the fifth time this season. He is 5 for 48 with a homer and two RBIs in his last 12 games since the Dodgers left Denver, but he is still playing with the same reckless abandon as before he got hurt. "For me, its all about winning," he said. "I mean, you try not to do stupid things like crashing into fences. But when Im out there, man, Im just trying to make a play and make things happen. I crashed into the wall, but it didnt faze me." Dodgers starter Joe Blanton gave up three runs and four hits in 5 2-3 innings and struck out six. A disputed call on a bang-bang play at first base enabled St. Louis to snap a 2-all tie in the sixth. Garcia drew a leadoff walk, ending a string of 13 consecutive batters retired by Blanton, and Jay followed with a single. One out later, Matt Holliday hit a potential double-play grounder to shortstop Hanley Ramirez and just beat the relay to first from second baseman Mark Ellis. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly went out to argue with umpire Dana DeMuth, and shortly after he returned to the dugout, Craig lined a single to left on an 0-2 pitch to drive in Garcia and chase Blanton. Blanton, who has surrendered an NL-worst 29 home runs, gave up Craigs 21st of the season in the first inning after a two-out single by Matt Holliday. "Blanton did a really good job of throwing all of his pitches for strikes," Craig said. "He got his fastball on the inside corner and had good command. He didnt make too many mistakes." The Dodgers got one of the runs back in the bottom half when Shane Victorino reached on a throwing error by Descalso, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Adrian Gonzalez. Mark Ellis tied it in the third with a leadoff homer into the lower seats in the left field corner on a full count. Before the game, the Dodgers announced that reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw would not make his scheduled start in Sundays series finale because of inflammation in his right hip. NOTES: Cardinals RF Carlos Beltran did not start because of tightness in his lower back. ... Blanton has a career record of 6-13 with nine no-decisions when allowing a home run in the first inning. ... The gametime temperature was 95 degrees, one more than Friday night. ... Craig, batting an NL-best .393 with runners in scoring position, missed the first month of the season on the disabled list while recovering from a fractured right knee cap and sat out another 14 games in May with a left hamstring strain. cheap jerseys cheap nhl jerseys ' ' '