With the Jamaican National Championships just two weeks away, notwithstanding the poor weather conditions in Stockholm, Novelene Williams-Mills would not have been pleased with her time in the 400 metres in the Swedish capital.
The 34-year-old quarter-miler won the race in a pedestrian 52.29 seconds, well off her season best time of 50.89s set in Jamaica on May 7.
The start of the race was held up by two faulty starts, which clearly upset the Jamaican, but she went on to control the event, gradually easing to the win ahead of Great Britain's Anyika Onuora, 52.46, and Italy's Libania Grenot 52.62s.
Williams-Mills might not have necessarily been pleased with the winning time but not so the Englishwoman who is preparing for her national championships where she plans to book her place to Rio later this summer.
"Not bad this evening. Conditions weren't great but it was a good, a good run against some top athletes," she said.
"Its all about building and getting ready for the nationals next week. Rio is what I'm training for and there are 50 days to go, so I'm definitely looking forward to that. Conditions would want to be better in Rio!"
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