London, England – Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic won his second gold medal in the men's 400-meter hurdles, while Michael Tinsley of the United States took silver.
Sanchez, the Olympic champion eight years ago in Athens, finished the race with a season-best time of 47.63 seconds and Tinsley was .28 seconds behind.
The 28-year-old Tinsley won the gold medal at the U.S. Olympic trials to qualify for his first Summer Games.
Puerto Rico's Javier Culson, runner-up at the last two world championships, grabbed bronze with a time of 48.10 seconds, .14 seconds in front of Great Britain's David Greene.
Two-time hurdles gold medalist Angelo Taylor of the U.S. crossed the finish line just .15 second after Culson, but finished fifth. American Kerron Clement, who was runner-up to Taylor in Beijing, came in sixth.
