Warholm, world best performance in new 300 meter hurdles

The first leg of the Wanda Diamond League in Xiamen starts with Norwegian Karsten Warholm’s world best in the last race of the Chinese evening, the 300-meter hurdles in 33.05 (previous 33.26 by Warholm himself). No world record in the 1000 meters for Kenyan Faith Kipyegon (2:29.21). The event inaugurating the top international circuit closes with five world season bests and eight meeting records. In the discus, Italy&#8217s Daisy Osakue was seventh (60.25), won by Olympian Valarie Allman with 68.95. Successes for Beatrice Chebet in the 5,000 meters (14:27.12), Ethiopian Samuel Firewu in the 3,000 steeplechase (8:05.61), Armand Duplantis in the pole (5.92), Yaroslava Mahuchikh in the high hurdles (1.97), Dutch Jessica Schilder in the weight (20.47), Botswana Bayapo Ndori in the 400 (44.25), USA&#8217s Cordell Tinch in the 110 hurdles (13.06/+0.3), South Africa&#8217s Akani Simbine in the 100 meters (9.99/+0.2), USA&#8217s Anavia Battle in the 200 (22.41/+0.4) and China&#8217s Zhang Minkgun in the long (8.18/-0.5). In the two non-Diamond League events, Greek Elina Tzengko in the javelin (64.75) and Jamaican Jordan Scott in the triple jump (17.29) won.

Last race on the program, first record of the Diamond League 2025 edition. The novelty of the officialization of the 300-meter hurdles as a specialty of the circuit finds the best response in Karsten Warholm’s top mark of 33.05, taking twenty-one hundredths off the world best of 33.26 he signed in Oslo on June 4, 2021. The closest the Norwegian closes to almost a second, 33.98 by Brazilian Matheus Lima.

There is no world record coming in Faith Kipyegon&#8217s heralded attempt at the 1,000 meters, but the Kenyan runs her own race and turns in her third all-time performance in 2:29.21 (1:59.69 at the 800 meters), six hundredths off her personal best and twenty-three off Russian Svetlana Masterkova&#8217s world record. Behind Kipyegon, record d’Oceania for Australian Abbey Caldwell (2:32.46). In the 5,000 in the challenge between Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet and world record holder Gudaf Tsegay, the Kenyan prevails without argument, who at 200 meters breaks away from the group (two Kenyans, six Ethiopians) with a change of pace that leaves no hope for her opponents (last 200 in 27 seconds) and closes with the world best seasonal performance (and meeting record) of 14:27.12 (at the 3,000 8:38.38). Behind the Kenyan, at a comfortable distance, Tsegay (14:28.18) and five other Ethiopians (three at personal best). Record d’Oceania (the second of the Chinese night) for Australian Rose Davies (ninth in 14:40.83). Soufiane El Bakkali loses in the sprint: the Moroccan rainbow and Olympic gold medalist in the 3,000 steeplechase already succumbs on the opposite straight to the freshness of Ethiopian Samuel Firewu, who s’flies across the finish line at a world season best of 8:05.61, taking the meet record away from El Bakkali himself, who finishes second in 8:06.66.

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After peaking a year ago (6.24) today Armand Duplantis could not find the conditions to climb to another world record. The Swede failed three attempts at 6.01 after flying over 5.92 with a very wide span between himself and the bar. Behind Mondo, Greece&#8217s Karalis and Menno Vloon of the Netherlands (both at 5.82). Yaroslava Mahuchikh only needed 1.97 in the high jump on her first attempt to overcome the pair of Australians, and this time Eleanor Patterson got the better of Nicola Olyslagers (both 1.94). For the Ukrainian, three errors at 2.03, a measure missed sharply. Also leading the meet in the women’s weight with the opening throw of Dutch European champion Jessica Schilder (20.47), who beats World Champion Chase Jackson (20.31) and China’s Gong Lijiao (19.62). Only fifth was Canadian indoor world champion Sarah Mitton (19.23). In the 400 meters, Botswana Bayapo Ndori withstood the comeback of world indoor champion Chris Bailey and won by touching the world season record in 44.25 (another meet record), ahead of the U.S. by two hundredths (however, personal best in 44.27). Fifth was Belgian champion d’Europe 2024 Alexander Doom, good comeback after long stop in 44.92.