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Seville and Jefferson-Wooden win 100m events at Silesia Diamond League
Jamaican and American sprinters secured 100m victories alongside standout performances in the hurdles and pole vault.
The short version
- Oblique Seville won the men's 100m with a meet record of 9.83 seconds, while Melissa Jefferson-Wooden took the women's 100m in 10.78 seconds.
- Alison Dos Santos set a world-leading time of 46.43 seconds in the 400m hurdles to beat world record holder Karsten Warholm.
- Armand Duplantis cleared 6.20m to win the pole vault despite three early missed attempts.
Key facts
- Oblique Seville set a Silesia Diamond League meet record in the men's 100m, finishing in 9.83 seconds ahead of Kenny Bednarek and Christian Coleman.[Al Jazeera]
- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden posted a season's best 10.78 seconds to win the women's 100m, defeating Olympic champion Julien Alfred and third-place Sha'Carri Richardson.[Al Jazeera]
- Alison Dos Santos won the 400m hurdles in 46.43 seconds, establishing a world-leading time and meet record against Karsten Warholm.[Al Jazeera]
- Armand Duplantis cleared 6.20 meters to secure victory in the men's pole vault.[Al Jazeera]
- American Ethan Strand won the men's 1,500m in 3:30.77, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen finished fourth in his first Diamond League 1,500m race in two years.[Al Jazeera]