Wariner not quite fast enough

Daniel Batman beat American superstar Jeremy Wariner over 200m in Sydney

Batman led off hard from the start winning in 20.81 seconds Wariner clocking 20.93.

Wariner reigning world and Olympic 400m champion is stepping out over that distance on thurdsay in Melbourne.

But Batman was happy with the win:

"He's proven that he's a champion so anytime you can take a scalp like that it's an honour," Batman said.

"But in saying that it's February, a long way from the competitive European season."

Wariner was under no real pressure to win over the shorter distance:

"This is really just a tune-up race for me to see where I'm at with my training and what I need to work on," he said.

"I've got a lot of improvement to do. It's early in my season, it's only February, Olympics aren't til August. I knew (Batman) was a good runner."