World and Olympic triple jump champion Pedro Pichardo of Portugal cleared 17.91m with his second jump to win his contest. “It was a very hard win, but I’m happy, It’s a really good start for me.” India’s javelin hero Neeraj Chopra threw 88.67m with his opening attempt to secure first place. World discus champion Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia picked up the first $10,000 prize of the night with his first throw of 70.89 meters. Puerto Rico’s Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn led the women’s 100 meters hurdles from start to finish. Kipyegon has to cut 0.3sec off her personal best. She said her big target this year is Genzebe Dibaba’s world record of 3:50.07. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon, the double Olympic champion, easily took the 1,500m race. On a night when 15 Olympic and world champions took part, there was plenty of early season form to assess.
Like I said before, I had to be kicked out from another 100m race so I had to do my best no matter what.” “All I do is the best I do and I’m excited to do it. “I’m so blessed and thankful, I feel at peace,” she said. The 23-year-old American left the track unaware that the meeting record she had broken was Bowie’s, set in 2016.īut she made clear that she has points to prove as she steps up her comeback campaign ahead of the world championships. In a tough field, she beat Jamaica’s reigning 200m world champion Shericka Jackson (10.85sec) and Britain’s former world champion Dina Asher-Smith ((10.98) into second and third. The women’s blue riband event saw Richardson, who missed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for cannabis at the US trials, lead from gun to tape. “It should be a one and two hundred,” he said. Kerley is already a shoe-in for a tilt at defending his 100m world title and he said he would have to go through trials for a 200m place, but he wants both at the worlds in Budapest in August. 5MJr8Fumf6Ĭanada’s Olympic champion De Grasse, who endured an injury-marred 2022, needed a photo finish with the tail enders to secure sixth place. Just a reminder that it’s not ALL about how you start the race, but Fred Kerley ran 19.92 to win the Diamond League 200m today.
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