Considered the “warm-up” for the Paris Olympics, the London Diamond League saw strong results, especially on the running track.
European record, country records, personal records, season top results and competition records. The London Diamond League served up a really tough coverage of athletics just under two weeks before the Paris Olympics.
The race day ended with the men’s 100m race, where the United States Noah Lyles kept the mantle of the pre-favorite on his shoulders until the end and improved his record by two hundredths with a time of 9.81. of South Africa Akani Simbine was second with a time of 9.86 and came third from Botswana Letsile Tebogo side’s own record time of 9.88 for his country.
Women’s 200m runner of the season, USA Gabby Thomas wedged in the last meters of Saint Lucia By Julien Alfred over and clocked a race record of 21.82. Alfred, who ran a time of 21.86, set a record for his country. Dina Asher-Smith was third in the race with a season’s best 22.07.
In the 400 meters, a new European record was set on the men’s side, when Matthew Hudson-Smith stopped the clock at 43.74. In the women’s race Nickisha Pryce broke three records in one run as his time of 48.57 was his new record, a Jamaican record, a race record and a season best. It is also the seventh hardest time on the all-time list, with Germany holding the top spot Marita Koch (47.60).
Poland also came second Natalia Kaczmarek improved his country’s record in the track lap with a time of 48.90. Kaczmarek beat the previous record he ran at the European Championships in Rome by 0.08 seconds.
of the Netherlands Femke Bol ran the second fastest time of his career in the 400-meter hurdles, 51.30 and Keely Hodgkinson improved his own British record in the 800m with a time of 1:54.61. The time was the sixth fastest ever.
In the tough men’s shot put competition, the new European champion, an Italian Leonardo Fabbri left the US trio behind with a result of 22.52. Ryan Crouser was second with a result of 22.37, Payton Otterdahl third with a result of 22.13 and pushing the world’s top result of 23.13 in May Joe Kovacs had to settle for fourth place with a result of 22.03.
Women’s javelin competition in Australia Mackenzie Little won with his new record of 66.27. He improved his old record by no less than 57 cents and took the second Diamond League victory of his career. Also the runner-up from Serbia Adriana Vilagos bettered his record. The readings of 65.58 are also a new record for Serbia.