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The Hindu
5 minutes ago
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- The Hindu
London Diamond League: Lyles finishes second behind Seville in men's 100m; Alfred wins women's 200m
Oblique Seville left Olympic champion Noah Lyles chewing his dust on Saturday as the Jamaican blasted out of the blocks and kept the hammer down to win the London Diamond League 100 metres in a hot 9.86 seconds. Seville, so impressive through the rounds at last year's Olympics before coming last in the final, roared into a two-metre lead after 20 metres and was never threatened as he came home clear, with Lyles finishing strongly, but not enough, for second in 10.00. A sold-out 60,000 Olympic Stadium crowd braved early storms to watch some superb performances as athletes start to build towards September's world championships in Tokyo. Julien Alfred won the women's 200m in a scorching personal best of 21.71 seconds, Briton Charlie Dobson was a surprise winner of the 400m, 18-year-old Kenyan Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech won the 1,500m and Mykolas Alekna won the discus with a Diamond League record of 71.70 metres. As always, however, it was the 100m that was the centre piece, with, as always, Lyles at the centre of that. ALSO READ | Noah Lyles eyes creative ventures and track dominance by 2028 LA Olympics The American, who had been struggling with an ankle injury, began his season in earnest last week with victory over 200m in Monaco and was in confident mood clad in a fetching mauve one-piece on Saturday. However, it was the red blur of Seville that caught the eye after a brilliant pick-up stage that effectively settled the race by 25 metres. 'I am proud of how I ran amongst a stacked field. I was the only one to run under 10 seconds today, it is something special and phenomenal heading into a major championship,' said Seville, who has yet to turn his talent into individual gold on the world stage. Lyles was also upbeat. 'I feel great after that, I feel extremely healthy and I am feeling no pain,' he said. 'I wanted the win but I think it was my fastest-ever season opener, so I will take that result today.' Alfred wins 200m The women's Olympic 100m champion, St Lucia's Alfred, was hugely impressive winner of the 200m, forging clear in the latter stages to clock a meeting record. British duo Dina Asher-Smith (22.25) and Amy Hunt (22.31) followed her home. In a high-quality 1500m field it was rising star Koech who took the honours, forcing past Britain's world champion Josh Kerr on the inside 200 metres out and driving clear to win in 3:28.82. Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia reacts after finishing first and setting a new Meet Record in the 200m Women's at the London Diamond League. | Photo Credit: Getty Images His compatriot, Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyoni, made it a middle-distance double by taking the 800m. Canadian Marco Arop, whom he beat by one hundredth of a second in last year's Olympic final, came off the final bend in the lead but Wanyoni surged through to win in 1:42.00. Medina Eisa, 20, beat fellow Ethiopian Fantaye Belayneh in a fantastic women's 5,000 metres, battling in a back-and-forth final 200 metres to snatch victory in 14.30.97 as Belayneh set a personal best of 14:30.90. Despite the injury absence of Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, there was plenty to cheer for the home fans in the women's 800m as Georgia Hunter Bell ran a superbly-judged race to win in 1:56.74 from American Addison Wiley. There was British success in the men's 400m too but not what was expected as Dobson overhauled favourite Matt Hudson-Smith on the line. Dobson was 10 metres adrift entering the final straight but finished like a train to sweep past five rivals and looked stunned when he saw his personal best of 44.14 seconds on the screen. World and Olympic silver medallist Hudson-Smith, tying up, finished second in 44.27. Alekna did not let a wet circle impact his performance as he won the discus with a mighty 71.70 throw – a Diamond League record but almost four metres off the world record the Lithuanian set in the United States in April in a performance dubbed 'weather doping' because of the assistance gained from high winds.
The Star
an hour ago
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- The Star
Athletics-Fast-starting Seville beats Lyles in London 100m
Athletics - Diamond League - London - London Stadium, London, Britain - July 19, 2025 Jamaica's Oblique Seville celebrates after winning the Men's 100m final ahead of Noah Lyles of the U.S. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez LONDON (Reuters) -Oblique Seville left Olympic champion Noah Lyles chewing his dust on Saturday as the Jamaican blasted out of the blocks and kept the hammer down to win the London Diamond League 100 metres in an impressive 9.86 seconds. American Lyles, who had been struggling with an ankle injury, began his season in earnest last week with victory over 200m in Monaco and was in confident mood ahead of Saturday's shorter clash. However, Seville, who was so impressive through the rounds at last year's Olympics before finishing last in the final, roared into a two-metre lead after 20 metres and was never threatened as he came home clear. Lyles produced his usual late surge but it was enough only for second in 10.00, with Britain's Zharnel Hughes third in 10.02. (Reporting by Mitch Phillips, Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
Irish Examiner
an hour ago
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- Irish Examiner
Diamond League round-up: Rhasidat Adeleke clocks season's best as Sarah Healy continues fine form
Rhasidat Adeleke clocked a season's best of 22.52 (-0.6m/s) to finish fourth over 200m at the London Diamond League on Saturday afternoon, while Sarah Healy continued her fine form with a third-place finish in the mile in 4:16.25 and the Irish women's 4x100m quartet of Sarah Leahy, Lauren Roy, Ciara Neville and Sarah Lavin broke the national record with 43.73. 'I was just trying to stay in contention the whole time, trying to focus on getting out and not get left behind in the blocks, which I kind of did,' said Adeleke. 'I was working my way back, but I'll take it.' Adeleke, the Irish 200m record holder via the 22.34 she ran in 2023, was drawn in the outside lane and while she didn't have the gears to mix it with training partner Julien Alfred, who blasted to victory in 21.71, the Dubliner held her form well to finish fourth, her 22.52 improving her season's best from the 22.57 she ran in Florida in April. 'I was trying my best to be competitive and that's the best I could do, especially in a really talented field of short sprinters,' she said. 'I have a background in the short sprints too so I know how to navigate my way around a 200m but yeah, just trying to make sure I was being competitive.' Read More Cathal Dennehy: How a Tipp father guided me towards a Kingdom of Stars It was a step forward in what has been, for Adeleke, a mediocre season to date, the best of her three outings over 400m last month being the 50.42 she ran in Oslo, well down on her national record of 49.07. But her eyes remain fixed on the World Championships in September. 'Just making sure I can stay healthy and stay motivated and disciplined and just continue on the road to Tokyo,' she said of her goals for the coming weeks. 'It is about a month and a half away so just trying to make sure our eyes are focused on that, even though there's so many other things going on.' Healy solidified her 2025 breakthrough by finishing third in the women's mile, the European indoor 3000m champion smashing her PB with 4:16.25, a little outside Ciara Mageean's national record of 4:14.58. Ethiopian star Gudaf Tsegay took victory in a national record of 4:11.88, with Olympic silver medallist Jess Hull of Australia second in an Oceanian record of 4:13.68. 'Today was about competing and getting out there and getting some good racing under my belt,' said Healy. 'I could sense where everyone was out there and felt I had the speed for that last lap, although I didn't realise quite how close fourth place was to me so I am very pleased to have held on.' The Irish women's 4x100m quartet was hugely impressive in breaking the previous national record of 43.80, which had stood since 2018, their 43.73 bringing them home fourth behind Great Britain (41.69), Jamaica (42.50) and France (43.54). 'It is all quite surreal to be honest,' said Leahy of competing at the sold-out London Stadium. 'I was on the first leg and when I walked out I was so overwhelmed, I had tears in my eyes. I have never competed in an environment like this. And to get a national record is unbelievable.' Lavin said it was 'so important that every girl at home sprinting in Ireland knows that they can try and get on this team, and they can qualify for the major championships in the coming years too. Hopefully we can inspire many people with the performances today.' Mark English consolidated his recent good form with another fast clocking over 800m, the Donegal athlete finishing seventh in 1:44.07, a race won by Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in 1:42.00. English came up just shy of his Irish record of 1:43.92, which he ran in Hengelo last month.
Straits Times
an hour ago
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- Straits Times
Fast-starting Seville beats Lyles in London 100m
Athletics - Diamond League - London - London Stadium, London, Britain - July 19, 2025 Jamaica's Oblique Seville celebrates after winning the Men's 100m final ahead of Noah Lyles of the U.S. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez LONDON - Oblique Seville left Olympic champion Noah Lyles chewing his dust on Saturday as the Jamaican blasted out of the blocks and kept the hammer down to win the London Diamond League 100 metres in an impressive 9.86 seconds. American Lyles, who had been struggling with an ankle injury, began his season in earnest last week with victory over 200m in Monaco and was in confident mood ahead of Saturday's shorter clash. However, Seville, who was so impressive through the rounds at last year's Olympics before finishing last in the final, roared into a two-metre lead after 20 metres and was never threatened as he came home clear. Lyles produced his usual late surge but it was enough only for second in 10.00, with Britain's Zharnel Hughes third in 10.02. REUTERS
The National
11 hours ago
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- The National
Scheffler & Schauffele remind us that solo pursuit can leave us empty
Outside, life moved on: golfers teed off at the Open, Olympic champions did media rounds ahead of the London Diamond League. Inside the hospital, time slowed. People fought for breath, families waited in silence, and I sat reading about the death of a 19-year-old Italian cyclist, Samuel Privitera, who died after a bike crash on the opening stage of a bike race in Europe. Just as that heartbreak settled in, another name appeared online, Felix Baumgartner. The man who once fell from space to Earth at supersonic speed was gone. He chased the edge of human limits and lived to tell the tale until he had a fatal crash while flying. It's been one of those weeks where sport, life, and death all feel entangled for me. The wins, the losses, the podiums, the pain. And somewhere in the middle of it all, two golf interviews that left fans discussing what they said across the internet and in cafes around the world. Scottie Scheffler, world number one and newly crowned Masters champion, told reporters: 'Winning doesn't give me meaning.' Then Olympic gold medallist Xander Schauffele, asked about his medal, shrugged: 'I think it's at my parents' house. I don't even know where it is.' When the best in the world admit that success feels hollow, it forces us all to ask: what, then, gives life meaning? I'm relatively new to golf. I don't have a swing coach or a trophy cabinet. I've shot 92 and felt proud. I've also cried mid-round, wondering what it's all for. But I've learned that golf, like life, isn't just about getting the ball in the hole. It's about who you become walking between the shots. Scheffler and Schauffele reminded us this week that the pursuit of outcomes alone can leave us empty. You reach the summit and realise there's no air up there. At least, not the kind you thought. And when tragedy hits, or someone like Baumgartner dies after living a sporting dream, it underscores a deeper truth: winning doesn't insulate you from existential ache. The PERMA model from positive psychology, Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment, helps us understand what true wellbeing requires. Sport, especially at the elite level, has no shortage of Accomplishment. But if that's all there is, the system fails. Scheffler's joy comes not from trophies but from faith, family, and purpose beyond the fairway. Schauffele doesn't hang his identity on a medal. For every teenager training for the Olympics and every adult clinging to fitness post-surgery, engagement matters to the state of flow, of being so absorbed you forget time. Relationships teammates, coaches, loved ones matter even more. And Positive Emotion? Joy. Play. Laughter. These can be the first casualties in the race to the top which can lace them feeling very alone. The stories I heard this week hit hard. I remember watching the Red Bull Stratos jump live and was one of the drivers of me getting into psychology and neuroscience. I love human performance, but I'm more interested in what is happening between the ears way before the world witness the athletes. It's the same curiosity I see in hospital and this always has me thinking of what drives. I found myself thinking not of his death, but of his life. What drove him? What filled the space when the cameras stopped rolling? Then there was the young cyclist, only 19. The world ahead of him. His story isn't just about risk; it's about fragility. We watch athletes for their strength, but forget they are mortal too. In that hospital chair, surrounded by people fighting to live, it felt almost absurd how much pressure we put on winning. How rarely we talk about what comes after. Sport has given me so much discipline, community, purpose. But it has also tempted me toward obsession, toward measuring worth in scorecards and benchmarks. It's easy to fall into that trap, especially when your body is healing, and progress feels slow. But this week shook me sideways. I need these ribs to heal, not just so I can swing a club again, but so I can get back to doing what matters most: living each day fully aligned with my values. Laughing with my friends. Feeling the sun on my skin. Staying curious. Being kind. Writing words that might help someone else feel less alone on those hard days. Because whether you're a major winner, a gold medallist, a cyclist chasing your first pro contract, or someone just learning how to walk again, your worth is not in the outcome. It's in the effort. In how you live. In the meaning you make from your moments. Scheffler and Schauffele reminded us that chasing outcomes without meaning is a hollow path. The deaths reminded us that life is short, fragile, and sacred. And my hospital chair reminded me that healing of body, of mind, of soul is slow but worth the wait.
