By Amy Tennery

NEW YORK (Reuters) -American Brittany Brown surprised herself with the sprint double at New York’s Athlos meet on Friday, as Briton Keely Hodgkinson won the 800 metres to end her injury-dented season on a high.

Brown exploded at the halfway mark and hung on through the final metres to win the shorter sprint in 10.99 seconds, beating compatriot Jacious Sears by just two hundredths of a second, with Kayla White (11.22) third.

The 200m Olympic bronze medallist returned to the track an hour later, dominating the longer sprint with a personal best 21.89, beating compatriot Anavia Battle (22.21) and Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith (22.65).

“I was more shocked at the 100m (win) because that was only my second 100m of the year,” said Brown, who missed several months of training

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