Sally Pearson far from her best Australia's Sally Pearson has finished a disappointing third in the latest race of her comeback from injury. OLYMPIC and world 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson has drawn another blank on her comeback from injury when finishing third at a meeting in the northern French city of Rouen. Pearson clocked 12.76sec in finishing third behind American duo Yvette Lewis (12.72) and Kristi Castlin (12.74), far from the 12.28sec she raced when winning gold at the 2011 world championships in Daegu. It was at least an improvement on her seventh-placed finish at the Lausanne Diamond League meet last week. An upbeat Pearson had tweeted before the race: "Hoping for something faster than Lausanne. Nice warm sunny day, Things are looking up. But her time was down on the 12.69sec Pearson clocked in Lausanne, Switzerland last week.