Gary Kikaya held off a late challenge by Xavier Carter to win the men's 400m at Sunday's Glasgow Grand Prix.
Kikaya, who was second to Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner in Hengelo, Netherlands, last week, finished in 45.25 seconds, 0.01 quicker than Carter.
Kikaya got a great start in steady rain.
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The Congo runner looked untroubled until Carter closed in down the back straight and just failed to catch him at the line.
Jamaica's Michael Blackwood was third in 45.55.
'X-Man'
It was a more successful outing for Carter — also known as "X-Man" — than his last meet in Britain. The US athlete — who ran the second-fastest 200m time in history last year and finished fourth in the 100m in Hengelo — was disqualified for stepping out of his lane after winning the 400m in Birmingham in February.
Carter is set to return to Britain next month and in August to run the 200m at Sheffield and London as part of his preparations for his first major international at the Aug. 25 to Sept. 2 World Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Stefan Holm
Olympic high jump champion Stefan Holm of Sweden won in Glasgow with a leap of 2.27m, 7cm higher than second-place Thomas Janku of the Czech Republic.
Four of the six starters failed to clear an opening leap of 2.15 and only Holm and Janku cleared 2.20 for the second, with Holm just failing to make 2.30 later on.
Goldie Sayers, who set a British javelin record two weeks ago, won the women's event on Sunday. She threw 63.59m to beat Steffi Nerius, Barbora Spotakova and Mercedes Chilla, the top three finishers at last year's European Championships.
Nerius was second with 62.57, with Spotakova third on 62.26.
Tatyana Kotova of Russia won the women's long jump event with a jump of 6.56m.
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