Chris Tomlinson set a British long-jump record as he claimed second place behind Olympic champion Irving Saladino at the Diamond League meeting in Paris last night.

Tomlinson leaped 8.35metres in his third-round jump, beating the previous best of 8.30m set by rival Greg Rutherford at the World Championships in Berlin in 2009.

That meant Tomlinson briefly led the competition before Saladino summoned a winning jump of 8.40m. Rutherford had to settle for third place with a fifth-round jump of 8.27m

Usain Bolt shrugged off a bout of flu to stroll to victory in the men's 200m. The world and Olympic champion beat home hero Christophe Lemaitre into second place in a time of 20.03 seconds.

Bolt had considered withdrawing from the event after becoming ill on Thursday night and a ten-minute delay due to faulty start equipment will not have helped. But the Jamaican made a quick start in contrast to Lemaitre, who laboured around the bend and was forced to chase Bolt, who visibly eased up in the final metres.

Jenny Meadows took third place in the women's 800m behind South Africa's world champion Caster Semenya, who returned to form as she held off her rivals down the home straight to win in two minutes and 00.18secs.

Among other Britons, Perri Shakes-Drayton finished fourth in the women's 400m hurdles in 54.79secs, while both Andy Turner, in the men's 110m hurdles, and Michael Bingham, in the men's 400m, had to settle for sixth.

* American sprinter Tyson Gay has been ruled out for the rest of 2011 after opting to undergo surgery on a hip injury.

Gay, 28, was already out of contention for a place in the United States team in the 100 metres and 200m for the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, which start next month.

But yesterday's news means the US will have to look elsewhere to fill out their 4 x 100m squad.

Gay suffered the injury during the national trials and, before that, had been the fastest man on the planet this year having recorded a time of 9.79seconds in the 100m.

"I've been bandaging it up (and) couldn't really take (it) anymore," Gay said.

"I decided to stay healthy. It's pretty painful running in pain."