Repeating where she won the world crown

Smith led from the opening jump to produce her best performance of the season thus far in taking the women's Triple Jump title. Competing in the same pit in which she landed the world title last summer, Smith opened the competition with her fourth best of the season, and after the first round she took sole possession of the event.

After a first round 14.64m jump, the Jamaican produced the same mark in the second round before cementing her name on the title with two 15m efforts in the last two rounds.

Two-times over the 15m mark

In the third round, former Cuban jumper Yamile Aldama crept close with leap of 14.61m, but Smith answered with a commanding 14.91 jump. Three of her first four jumps, however, were with the help of the wind, but in the fourth round with just a +0.2 m/s reading, the world champion soared to 15.05m, her best by a long shot this season, prior to ending the competition with a 15m equalling jump.

Aldama, now competing for Sudan, was closest to the Caribbean star with her third round best mark, while Uzbekistan's Anastasia Zhuravljeva took third with 14.33m, the third of the three jumpers over 14 or more metres on the day.

Williams takes another 400m title

World Indoor finallist Novlene Williams punched in win number two in the week when she took the women's 400m in 51.02. Former World champion Ami Mbacke Thiam of Senegal (51.24) and Moushaumi Robinson (51.71) of USA followed home the Jamaican, who has been carrying the light for Caribbean region after top runner Tonique Williams-Darling picked up an injury during the early parts of the outdoor season.

Jamaica's global medallist Lorraine Fenton was the other athlete below the 52 seconds mark - clocking 51.94 for fourth, while team mate Shereefa Lloyd took sixth in 52.30.

Dean Griffiths of Jamaica followed American Kenneth Ferguson home in the men's 400m Hurdles. Griffiths posted 49.19 for second behind Ferguson, who rushed home in 48.84. Another American Angelo Taylor finished third in 49.44.

Wignall equals seasonal best for another win

Commonwealth Games champion Maurice Wignall made it two-from-two in three days as he snatched the men 110m Hurdles in a seasonal best equalling 12.26.

Reacting quickly to the sound of the gun, the Jamaican number one hurdler ran another solid race technically to defeat David Oliver (13.33) and Aubrey Herring (13.40) of USA.

Steve Mullings was relegated to fourth in the men's 100m in 10.36 behind Nigeria's Deji Aliu, who took the crown with a 10.28 performance. Also defeating Mullings to the finish line were USA's 200m specialist Darvis Patton and Matic Osovnikar of Slovenia who were both credited with the same time of 10.32.

Race favourite Darrel Brown of Trinidad and Tobago, the winner in Thessaloniki with a seasonal best of 10.11 failed to face the starter's gun in the event.

In the men's Long Jump James Beckford, a former Olympic silver medallist from Jamaica was unable to break the 8m barrier, but still finished third with a best of 7.99m.