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CNA
21 hours ago
- Sport
- CNA
Fast-starting Seville beats Lyles in London 100m
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.
France 24
21 hours ago
- Sport
- France 24
Seville outshines Olympic champion Lyles in season-opening 100m
Lyles, in lane five outside Seville and inside Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, had a terrible start and spent the whole race attempting to chase down the Jamaican. Seville, twice a fourth-placed finisher in the blue riband event at the two last world championships, duly held his nerve, crossing the line at the London Stadium in 9.86 seconds, with Lyles fighting back to finish second in 10.00sec. Britain's Anguilla-born Zharnel Hughes rounded out the podium in 10.02sec. The build-up to Lyles' first 100m of the season, after he beat Tebogo in the 200m in Monaco last week, was all about the American coming back from an ankle tendon injury and finetuning his form ahead of September's world championships in Tokyo. The 28-year-old, ever the showman, insisted Friday that his goal for the season was to win three gold medals in the Japanese capital, to repeat the triple golden medal haul he enjoyed at the 2023 world championships in Budapest. Arms raised, eyes shut, Lyles applauded the 60,000-capacity crowd and span around on his spikes to acknowledge the rapturous welcome, which was also afforded to Tebogo. As the sprinters settled in their blocks, the sun shone through on West Ham's stadium, a wholesale change from earlier thunder storms. But Seville made the difference from the starter's gun and was never in danger of not winning. Seville's Jamaican teammate Kishane Thompson, the fastest man this year over 100m with a time of 9.75sec, was present in London, but only as part of a strong Jamaican 4x100m relay team seeking to bag a qualifying time for the Tokyo worlds. Thompson anchored the Jamaican quartet to victory in 37.80sec to ensure a berth in the Japanese capital. "We are very grateful to get the job done," Thompson said.
Reuters
21 hours ago
- Sport
- Reuters
Fast-starting Seville beats Lyles in London 100m
LONDON, July 19 (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.
NBC Sports
05-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Thompson dominates Prefontaine Classic men's 100m
Jamaica's Kishane Thompson rode a strong start all the way to a dominant win in the men's 100m, outlasting Zharnel Hughes and Trayvon Bromell at the Nike Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.
BBC News
04-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Global and GB stars set for Eugene Diamond League
The 2025 Eugene Diamond League meeting boasts one of the best fields this year with 17 individual champions from the Paris Olympics and 14 world record holders in events feature all three medallists from the Paris Olympics, including the women's 100m, which sees St Lucia's Olympic champion Julien Alfred take on American duo Sha'Carri Richardson and Melissa the world record holders in Oregon are Sweden's Armand Duplantis, who set a new high of 6.28m in the men's pole vault in Stockholm last month, and Kenya's three-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith can watch all the Diamond League, also known as Prefontaine Classic, action unfold on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport app from 21:00-23:00 BST. Which British stars are competing? In the men's 100m, Britain's 60m world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu and British record holder Zharnel Hughes go up against Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson of Jamaica, who with 9.75 seconds has the fastest time in the world this year, and American Trayvon Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith, who won silver in France last summer, and Charlie Dobson take on Olympic champion Quincy Hall and Olympic bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga in the men's Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Hunter-Bell faces the challenge of Kenyan great Faith Kipyegon and Australian star Jessica Hull in the women's world indoor champion Amber Anning is up against two-time Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the women's flat British athletes in action include Dina Asher-Smith, Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman, but Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, whose return from a hamstring injury was delayed by a setback in April, and Josh Kerr are not competing. What time are the key events in Eugene? 21:12 BST - men's 100m featuring Jeremiah Azu and Zharnel Hughes21:43 BST - men's 400m featuring Matt Hudson-Smith and Charlie Dobson21:51 BST - women's 400m featuring Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Amber Anning21:58 BST - women's 1500m featuring Faith Kipyegon and Georgia Hunter-Bell22:25 BST - men's 200m featuring Letsile Tebogo and Kenny Bednarek22:34 BST - women's 800m featuring Mary Moraa and Athing Mu-Nikolayev22:44 BST - women's 100m featuring Julien Alfred, Sha'Carri Richardson, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Dina Asher-Smith22:50 BST - Bowerman Mile featuring Cole Hocker, Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman What's coming up this Diamond League season? After stops in Eugene and Monaco, the series visits the UK for the sold-out London Diamond League on 19 permitting, Hodgkinson is expected to compete at the event where last summer she improved her British record to one minute 54.61 is also set to host the latest chapter in the 1500m rivalry between world champion Josh Kerr and Norwegian rival Jakob and world 100m champion Noah Lyles, world 400m hurdles champion Femke Bol and British pole vaulter Molly Caudery are also on the entry lists, as the world's top athletes build towards their shot at World Championship glory in Japan in September. What is on the line in the Diamond League? Athletes compete for points in 32 disciplines in a bid to qualify for the Diamond League Finals in Zurich in takes place just over a fortnight before the start of the World Athletics Championships in Diamond League events will be shown on the BBC, which has agreed a deal to broadcast the competition for the next five Diamond League has increased its prize money to the highest level in its history, with a total prize pot of $9.24m (£6.95m) on offer across the includes $500,000 (£375,000) at each of the 14 series meetings, and $2.2m (£1.7m) at the Diamond League final. How does the Diamond League work? Athletes will compete for points at the 14 regular series meetings which started in April and run through to are awarded on a scale from eight for first place to one for eighth the 14th meeting in Brussels, the top six ranked athletes in the field events, the top eight in track events from 100m up to 800m, and the top 10 in the distances from 1500m upwards qualify for the two-day finals are a winner-takes-all competition to be crowned Diamond League champion in each event. Diamond League calendar 2025 26 April - Xiamen, China03 May - Keqiao, China16 May - Doha, Qatar25 May - Rabat, Morocco06 June - Rome, Italy12 June - Oslo, Norway15 June - Stockholm, Sweden20 June - Paris, France05 July - Eugene, USA11 July - Monaco19 July - London, England16 August - Silesia, Poland20 August - Lausanne, Switzerland22 August - Brussels, Belgium27-28 August - Zurich, Switzerland
