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Men\u2019s 3000 m steeplechase
Girma, 19 years on<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taking the win over a hundred metres ahead of the second runner, Lamecha Girma secured a legendary world record in the 3000 m steeplechase in 7\u201952\u2019\u201911, amidst an incandescent atmosphere in the stadium. The Ethiopian erased the previous benchmark of 7\u201953\u2019\u201963 set by the Qatari athlete Saif Saeed Shaheen, which had stood since 2004. Setting off at an absolutely crazy pace, Girma was in agony on the last lap, but admitted that the public pulled him through.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 5000 m
Another world record for Kipyegon<\/strong><\/p>\n

One week on from shattering the world 1500 m record, the incredible Faith Kipyegon managed a repeat performance in the 5000 m this time. The Kenyan ran a phenomenal last lap to power across the finish line in 14\u201905\u2019\u201920. In so doing, she erased the previous record of 14\u201906\u2019\u201962 originally set by tonight\u2019s runner-up, Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey, second in 14\u201907\u2019\u201994, in what was an historic race!<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 800 m
Hodgkinson supreme<\/strong><\/p>\n

All alone. Keely Hodgkinson ran the home straight without a single rival breathing down her neck. Way ahead of the others, she still continued to give her all and was justly rewarded by a first place in 1\u201955\u2019\u201977. A national record for the Briton, it was also the world leading performance, a fact that even she was stunned by. Runner-up, American Ajee Wilson, was over two seconds off the pace (1\u201958\u2019\u201916).<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 800 m
World leading performance of the year<\/strong><\/p>\n

The home straight of the 800 m was sublime with nine athletes jostling for glory. Ultimately, Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi was the first to cross the finish in 1\u201943\u2019\u201927. Canadian Marco Arop and Algerian Slimane Moula respectively finished three and eleven hundredths of a second behind. The quality of the line-up was incredibly dense, with nine athletes posting sub-1\u201945\u2019\u201900 times. <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 110 m hurdles
Holloway runs under 13\u2019\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world leading performance of the year for American Grant Holloway. The double world champion got off to a thundering start, dominating the 110 m hurdles at the Meeting de Paris in 12\u2019\u201998 (-0.5). Rejoining the fray from a long way back, Frenchman Just Kwaou-Mathey trounced his personal best in 13\u2019\u201909, to rapturous applause from his supporters. Americans Jamal Britt and Daniel Roberts share third in 13\u2019\u201914.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 400 m
Paulino takes it<\/strong><\/p>\n

Powering out of the starting blocks at supersonic speed, American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, world record holder in the 400 m hurdles, could do nothing as Marileidy Paulino outpaced her down the home straight. Getting off to a much more cautious start, the Dominican was keen to remind everyone that she\u2019s a force to be reckoned with as she took victory in 49\u2019\u201912, a new meeting record. Second in 49\u2019\u201912, McLaughlin-Levrone can console herself tonight with a new personal best of 49\u2019\u201971. Bahraini Salwa Eid Naser also posted a sub-50\u2019\u2019 time, bagging 3rd place in 49\u2019\u201995.<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 100 m
Lyles on the line<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was victory on a razor\u2019s edge for the double world 200 m champion, Noah Lyles, who put on a final spurt to snatch the win in 9\u2019\u201997 (-0.9), one hundredth of a second ahead of Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala. The promising Botswanan athlete Letsile Tebogo completes the podium in 10\u2019\u201905, whilst the Italian Marcell Jacobs had to make do with 7th place in 10\u2019\u201921.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 200 m
Thomas unflinching<\/strong><\/p>\n

Really banging the point home tonight, Gabrielle Thomas left the competition for dust in the half-lap of the track, utterly dominating the competition in 22\u2019\u201905 (-0.4), her season\u2019s best, thanks to a very solid run down the straight. An American double, with 2nd place going to the promising Abby Steiner in 22\u2019\u201934, just a thousandth of a second ahead of 3rd placed Marie-Jos\u00e9e Ta Lou from the Ivory Coast. <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 400 m hurdles
CJ Allen confirms<\/strong><\/p>\n

The strongman in the first part of the summer season, CJ Allen once again posted a very consistent performance in the lap of the track with hurdles. Running a blisteringly quick home straight, the American crossed the line in 47\u2019\u201992, to pull off a dazzling time. Frenchman Wilfried Happio secured a fine second place on home soil in 48\u2019\u201926, two hundredths of a second ahead of American Trevor Bassitt.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s high jump
Olyslagers nails 2 metres<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clearing two metres is no trivial affair. The sheer explosion of joy from the spectators thronged around the first bend in the Charl\u00e9ty Stadium was justified to say the least after a third successful attempt at this height from the Australian Nicola Olyslagers, a season\u2019s best for her. The jump put her three centimetres ahead of American Vashti Cunningham and Serbian Angelina Topic.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s pole vault
Success for Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

By soaring over the bar at 4.77 m, Australian Nina Kennedy earned herself a season\u2019s best. If that were not enough though, she then went on to tackle 4.82 m, twice over, and even 4.83 m for her final attempt, unfortunately without success. To the great delight of the home crowd in Paris, French jumper Margot Chevrier caused a surprise by ranking second with 4.71 m, improving on her personal best by a centimetre. The latter is ahead of American Katie Moon in the Trials.<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s long jump
Tentoglou logically takes gold<\/strong><\/p>\n

Miltiadis Tentoglou lived up to expectations this evening in the long jump pit. Greece\u2019s Olympic champion sailed past 8.13 m (+.1) on his 5th attempt, though he remained a way off his season\u2019s best this year (8.26 m). The competition was particularly hotly disputed as he took victory just two centimetres ahead of the Swiss jumper Simon Ehammer and four more than Indian athlete Sreeshankar.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s shot put
Dongmo subdues the Americans<\/strong><\/p>\n

The outsider of the competition, Auriol Dongmo had her sights on victory in the first Wanda Diamond League event of the Meeting de Paris. The Portuguese thrower dispatched her shot on her fourth attempt at 19.72 m, her season\u2019s best. It was enough to put her ahead of Americans Chase Ealey (19.43 m) and Maggie Ewen (19.26 m), despite both of them having already thrown more than 20 metres this summer.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s discus
Allman still the boss<\/strong><\/p>\n

Already a cut above the others by coming into the competition with a throw of 70.25 m, Valarie Allman confirmed in Paris that she\u2019s currently on another planet in terms of performance. The American thrower threw her discus 69.04 m on her fourth attempt. With two other throws of more than 68 metres, she was untouchable this Friday. Croatian Sandra Perkovic, 2nd with 65.18 m, could only attempt to limit the damage.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s javelin
Kitaguchi wins hands down<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japanese thrower Haruka Kitaguchi sailed to victory in the javelin thanks to a third attempt measured as 65.09 m. By far her best throw of the competition, it was also her season\u2019s best. Australian Kelsey-Lee Barber (62.54 m) and Cuban Yulenmis Aguilar (60.61 m) complete the podium with their own season\u2019s bests.<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 2 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jakob Ingebrigtsen put on quite the exhibition in the 2 miles. Intent on setting a new world record in Paris, the Norwegian demolished the previous mark (7\u201958\u2019\u201961 set by Daniel Komen in 1997) and utterly dominated the race in 7\u201954\u2019\u201910. Running 3000 m in 7\u201924 with disarming ease, he may well be on track for an historic season with a number of records in his line of sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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