Non-Distance Events: Blanka Vlasic Returns To Competition With A Win, Tyson Gay Wins Again As Does Jenn Suhr, Favorites Christian Taylor And Brittney Reese Struggle
by LetsRun.com
May 25, 2013
Men’s 100:
Tyson Gay had two great starts today in his semi and final and took this race comfortably over US Olympian Ryan Bailey. Gay got out front quick and held it running 10.02 into a slight .8 headwind. Gay says he’s healthy, feels good, and is considering doubling 100-200 at the US Championships.
QT: Tyson Gay’s incredible 2013 continued. 10.02 into a headwind in 50-degree weather and he let up big time or it would have been sub-10. Remember when it had to be perfect conditions to run near 10.00?
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT | REACTION TIME | DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
USA
|
10.02
|
0.143
|
4
|
1
|
|||
2
|
USA
|
10.15
|
SB
|
0.168
|
2
|
3
|
||
3
|
TRI
|
10.16
|
0.132
|
1
|
5
|
|||
4
|
JAM
|
10.24
|
0.180
|
1
|
5
|
|||
5
|
JAM
|
10.29
|
0.167
|
|||||
6
|
JAM
|
10.31
|
0.147
|
|||||
7
|
JAM
|
10.33
|
0.176
|
|||||
8
|
USA
|
10.50
|
0.170
|
|||||
9
|
CAN
|
10.60
|
0.138
|
Women’s 400:
Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross was a late withdrawal (her agent said the foot she had surgery on hurt on her warmup) and Olympic silver medalist Christine Ohuruogu ran horribly. With those two out of it, this was a fairly easy win for 2011 world champion Amantle Montsho. She had a big gap going into the last 100 and then eased up a lot at the end and we were actually thinking Natasha Hastings might catch her as she really turned it on the last 50m. But Montsho took it in 49.91 to Hastings’ 50.24.
QT: Sub-50 in these conditions is excellent.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT | REACTION TIME | DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
BOT
|
49.91
|
MR
|
0.181
|
8
|
1
|
||
2
|
USA
|
50.24
|
SB
|
0.175
|
2
|
2
|
||
3
|
USA
|
51.06
|
0.191
|
1
|
4
|
|||
4
|
JAM
|
51.12
|
0.226
|
|||||
5
|
USA
|
51.47
|
SB
|
0.257
|
||||
6
|
GBR
|
52.08
|
0.181
|
1
|
4
|
|||
7
|
JAM
|
52.12
|
SB
|
0.186
|
Women’s High Jump:
Blanka Vlasic made a triumphant return to competition after missing all of 2012 with injury and surgery, as she equaled the Meet Record in bad conditions with 1.94m. US’s Olympic silver medalist Brigetta Barrett was 3rd after winning the NCAA Division I West Regional yesterday and flying to NYC last night.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT | DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | 1.75 1.97 |
1.80 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.91 | 1.94 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
CRO
|
1.94
|
=MR
|
4
|
1
|
o
xxx |
o
|
o
|
o
|
o
|
o
|
|||
2
|
SWE
|
1.91
|
2
|
2
|
–
|
o
|
o
|
o
|
xo
|
xxx
|
||||
3
|
USA
|
1.91
|
1
|
3
|
o
|
o
|
o
|
xo
|
xo
|
xxx
|
||||
4
|
LCA
|
1.85
|
–
|
o
|
xxo
|
x-
|
xx
|
|||||||
5
|
NGR
|
1.80
|
o
|
o
|
xxx
|
|||||||||
5
|
UKR
|
1.80
|
o
|
o
|
xxx
|
|||||||||
5
|
FRA
|
1.80
|
o
|
o
|
xxx
|
|||||||||
8
|
USA
|
1.80
|
o
|
xo
|
xxx
|
Men’s Triple Jump:
Olympic Champ Christian Taylor just lost out to France’s Benjamin Compaore in what was definitely an upset victory, as Compaore was only 6th in London. Brit Phillips Idowu was supposed to make his return to competition here for the first time since injury kept him from the London Olympic final, but was a DNS.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT WIND |
DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
FRA
|
16.45
-0.8 |
6
|
1
|
x
(+1.4) |
16.45 (-0.8) |
x (-0.7) |
16.36 (+0.6) |
x (+1.3) |
x (-0.5) |
||||
2
|
USA
|
16.42
+0.6 |
6
|
1
|
15.51
(+1.3) |
16.34 (0.0) |
x (+1.4) |
16.42 (+0.6) |
16.13 (+1.1) |
16.28 (+1.4) |
||||
3
|
FRA
|
16.15
+1.9 |
1
|
3
|
16.08
(+0.3) |
16.04 (+0.9) |
x (-2.3) |
16.15 (+1.9) |
x (+0.3) |
15.60 (+0.8) |
||||
4
|
HAI
|
16.08
+1.4 |
16.08
(+1.4) |
16.06 (+0.9) |
x (+0.8) |
x (+1.5) |
15.56 (-0.4) |
15.51 (+1.9) |
||||||
5
|
FRA
|
16.07
-1.3 |
15.91
(+0.4) |
13.92 (+1.4) |
16.07 (-1.3) |
15.80 (+2.0) |
x (+0.8) |
15.93 (+0.2) |
||||||
6
|
DEN
|
15.97
+2.3 |
15.60
(-1.3) |
15.97 (+2.3) |
x (+0.9) |
x (+0.2) |
15.92 (+2.1) |
x (+1.0) |
||||||
7
|
NGR
|
15.72
+1.6 |
15.45
(0.0) |
15.28 (0.0) |
15.72 (+1.6) |
|||||||||
8
|
CHN
|
15.02
+0.6 |
15.02
(+0.6) |
x (+0.5) |
x (+1.2) |
|||||||||
GBR
|
DNS
|
Men’s 400 Hurdles:
This race was between US’s Olympic silver medalist Michael Tinsley, Puerto Rico’s Olympic bronze medalist Javier Culson, and US’s Johnny Dutch, who recently beat Culson in a big upset at the Ponce GP in Puerto Rico. Dutch got out quick and had the lead with 60m to go, but Tinsley and Culson blew by him in the final 50 meters and Tinsley finished well to beat out Culson.
QT#1: This was Tinsley’s 6th time racing at this meet, but his first win.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT | REACTION TIME | DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
USA
|
48.43
|
SB
|
0.193
|
8
|
1
|
||
2
|
PUR
|
48.53
|
0.177
|
2
|
2
|
|||
3
|
USA
|
48.78
|
0.191
|
1
|
4
|
|||
4
|
CUB
|
49.33
|
0.222
|
|||||
5
|
USA
|
49.41
|
0.185
|
|||||
6
|
TRI
|
49.76
|
0.175
|
|||||
7
|
JAM
|
50.09
|
0.207
|
|||||
8
|
RSA
|
50.73
|
0.182
|
1
|
4
|
Women’s 200:
Veronica Campbell-Brown got out quick and had a big lead going into the last 100. Jamaica’s Anneisha McLaughlin gained a lot of ground on her and looked like she might catch VCB, but ran out of room.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT | REACTION TIME | DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
JAM
|
22.53
|
SB
|
0.167
|
4
|
1
|
||
2
|
JAM
|
22.63
|
SB
|
0.157
|
2
|
3
|
||
3
|
USA
|
22.91
|
0.151
|
1
|
5
|
|||
4
|
JAM
|
22.96
|
0.155
|
2
|
3
|
|||
5
|
USA
|
23.03
|
PB
|
0.163
|
||||
6
|
USA
|
23.33
|
0.162
|
|||||
7
|
USA
|
23.37
|
0.166
|
|||||
8
|
BAH
|
23.85
|
0.155
|
Men’s 200:
This wasn’t a Diamond League event, but Jamaica’s 2012 bronze medalist Warren Weir got the easy win.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT | REACTION TIME | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
JAM
|
20.11
|
SB
|
0.162
|
|
2
|
PAN
|
20.38
|
SB
|
0.152
|
|
3
|
USA
|
20.65
|
0.149
|
||
4
|
USA
|
20.68
|
SB
|
0.172
|
|
5
|
JAM
|
20.77
|
SB
|
0.165
|
|
6
|
USA
|
20.77
|
0.191
|
||
7
|
JAM
|
21.43
|
SB
|
0.165
|
Men’s 110 Hurdles:
Last year’s Olympic 5th placer (and 2009 world champ) Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados got the win over Cuba’s Olympic 6th placer Orlando Ortega.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT | REACTION TIME | DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
BAR
|
13.19
|
SB
|
0.172
|
4
|
1
|
||
2
|
CUB
|
13.24
|
0.146
|
2
|
3
|
|||
3
|
RUS
|
13.29
|
SB
|
0.143
|
1
|
5
|
||
4
|
USA
|
13.49
|
0.215
|
|||||
5
|
USA
|
13.49
|
0.151
|
|||||
6
|
JAM
|
13.50
|
0.165
|
|||||
7
|
USA
|
13.63
|
0.172
|
|||||
8
|
USA
|
13.64
|
0.173
|
|||||
9
|
USA
|
13.86
|
0.173
|
Women’s Pole Vault:
6 of the top 7 women pole vaulters from 2012 were in this competition, but Jenn Suhr showed why she is the Olympic champion and indoor WR holder as she came in at 4.63m when the rest of the field was out of the competition by 4.53m. She only needed two jumps to win.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT | DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | 4.23 | 4.38 | 4.53 | 4.63 | 4.73 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
USA
|
4.63
|
4
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
xo
|
xxx
|
|||||
2
|
BRA
|
4.53
|
2
|
3
|
–
|
–
|
o
|
xxx
|
||||||
3
|
CUB
|
4.53
|
1
|
5
|
–
|
xo
|
o
|
–
|
xxx
|
|||||
4
|
USA
|
4.53
|
=SB
|
xxo
|
xxo
|
xxo
|
xxx
|
|||||||
5
|
CZE
|
4.38
|
xo
|
o
|
xxx
|
|||||||||
6
|
GBR
|
4.23
|
xxo
|
|||||||||||
6
|
USA
|
4.23
|
xxo
|
xxx
|
||||||||||
SWE
|
NM
|
xxx
|
||||||||||||
GER
|
DNS
|
1
|
5
|
Men’s Shot Put:
Americans dominated the top 4 spots as Ryan Whiting got his second Diamond League victory of the year, beating out Reese Hoffa. Canada’s 2011 World silver medalist Dylan Armstrong and Poland’s 2-time Olympic Champion Tomasz Majewski were 5th and 6th.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT WIND |
DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
USA
|
21.27
|
8
|
1
|
20.32
|
x | x | 21.27 | x | 20.39 | ||||
2
|
USA
|
20.69
|
3
|
2
|
19.35
|
19.59 | 19.69 | 19.79 | 20.30 | 20.69 | ||||
3
|
USA
|
20.60
|
SB |
1
|
4
|
19.66
|
19.82 | 20.23 | x | 20.37 | 20.60 | |||
4
|
USA
|
20.46
|
x
|
19.68 | 20.46 | x | 19.87 | 20.35 | ||||||
5
|
CAN
|
20.27
|
20.22
|
x | 19.89 | x | 20.02 | 20.27 | ||||||
6
|
POL
|
20.11
|
SB |
19.13
|
20.11 | 19.51 | 19.53 | 19.58 | 19.62 | |||||
7
|
SRB
|
19.68
|
19.58
|
19.47 | 19.68 | |||||||||
8
|
CAN
|
19.12
|
x
|
19.08 | 19.12 | |||||||||
USA
|
DNS
|
Women’s Long Jump:
After having an amazing competition in Doha where she jumped one of the best jumps the World has seen in years at 7.25m, US’s Olympic champ Brittney Reese had a horrible day as she didn’t make the final and finished back in 8th. US’s Janay Deloach took up the slack to win it over UK’s Shara Proctor.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT WIND |
DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
USA
|
6.79
-1.1 |
MR |
5
|
1
|
5.99
(+0.6) |
6.28 (+1.0) |
6.79 (-1.1) |
x (-0.2) |
6.53 (+0.5) |
– | |||
2
|
GBR
|
6.72
-0.9 |
2
|
3
|
6.25
(-0.8) |
6.67 (-0.5) |
6.49 (+0.6) |
6.62 (+0.2) |
6.72 (-0.9) |
6.53 (+1.4) |
||||
3
|
FRA
|
6.67
-0.9 |
SB |
1
|
5
|
6.39
(+1.2) |
6.38 (-0.5) |
6.67 (-0.9) |
6.52 (-1.6) |
x (+0.3) |
6.53 (-0.1) |
|||
4
|
USA
|
6.42
+0.6 |
6.42
(+0.6) |
6.34 (+0.6) |
6.36 (+0.8) |
6.25 (-0.2) |
6.22 (-0.8) |
x (+0.6) |
||||||
5
|
SWE
|
6.31
+0.7 |
6.29
(-1.1) |
6.27 (-0.5) |
x (-1.3) |
x (+1.5) |
6.17 (-0.6) |
6.31 (+0.7) |
||||||
6
|
USA
|
6.31
-2.0 |
4.34
(+1.2) |
6.31 (-2.0) |
x (+0.3) |
x (-0.2) |
x (-0.4) |
6.16 (+1.0) |
||||||
7
|
USA
|
6.10
+1.1 |
x
(+0.6) |
6.10 (+1.1) |
5.86 (-0.5) |
|||||||||
8
|
USA
|
5.99
-1.2 |
4
|
2
|
x
(-0.3) |
5.99 (-1.2) |
x (-0.8) |
|||||||
9
|
USA
|
5.74
-1.1 |
x
(-1.3) |
5.74 (-1.1) |
x (0.0) |
|||||||||
USA
|
NM
|
x
(0.0) |
x (-0.9) |
x (+1.0) |
Men’s 400:
This wasn’t a DL event but 2012 Tirals fourth placer Joshua Mance stayed undefeated on the year as he won in 45.59 with Jeremy Wariner third in 45.72. Mance has run 45.08 already this year.
By the way, Mance was cleared of all charges in a gun-play incident earlier this year. Mance, who attended USC last year but transferred to Florida State has never run for FSU and appeared to be running for Nike.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result | Reaction time | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
USA
|
45.59
|
0.186
|
||
2
|
BEL
|
45.71
|
SB
|
0.171
|
|
3
|
USA
|
45.72
|
0.173
|
||
4
|
USA
|
45.95
|
0.176
|
||
5
|
GBR
|
46.19
|
0.150
|
||
6
|
JAM
|
46.25
|
0.220
|
||
FRA
|
DNS
|
Women’s Discus Throw:
Croatia’s Olympic champ Sandra Perkovic won easily.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT WIND |
DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
CRO
|
68.48
|
WL,MR |
8
|
1
|
64.00
|
62.50 | 66.31 | x | 68.48 | x | |||
2
|
USA
|
61.86
|
2
|
2
|
61.86
|
59.46 | 57.29 | x | 56.98 | 60.08 | ||||
3
|
FRA
|
61.45
|
SB |
1
|
4
|
52.68
|
60.02 | 61.45 | 59.77 | 59.69 | x | |||
4
|
POL
|
61.02
|
58.71
|
60.83 | 60.61 | x | x | 61.02 | ||||||
5
|
USA
|
58.17
|
57.94
|
58.17 | x | x | x | 54.95 | ||||||
6
|
JAM
|
57.85
|
SB |
54.83
|
55.21 | 52.76 | x | 57.85 | 57.66 | |||||
7
|
USA
|
57.55
|
x
|
54.82 | 57.55 | x | 54.72 | 55.11 |
Women’s Javelin Throw:
Germany’s Olympic silver medalist Christina Obergfoll won over Russia’s 2011 world champion Mariya Abakumova.
RANK | ATHLETE | NATION | RESULT WIND |
DIAMOND POINTS | DIAMOND RANKING | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1
|
GER
|
65.33
|
SB |
4
|
1
|
x
|
60.65 | 60.18 | 65.33 | 61.71 | x | |||
2
|
RUS
|
64.25
|
2
|
2
|
61.72
|
x | 62.53 | 63.01 | x | 64.25 | ||||
3
|
AUS
|
63.93
|
SB |
1
|
3
|
61.09
|
59.89 | 63.93 | x | 59.28 | 63.22 | |||
4
|
UKR
|
60.95
|
57.00
|
60.95 | x | x | x | x | ||||||
5
|
SLO
|
60.51
|
SB |
60.51
|
x | x | 60.17 | 58.23 | 58.02 | |||||
6
|
USA
|
58.73
|
SB |
58.73
|
57.39 | 58.33 | 53.69 | x | 53.37 | |||||
7
|
RSA
|
57.87
|
54.10
|
57.87 | 51.69 | |||||||||
8
|
ISL
|
56.90
|
53.00
|
x | 56.90 | |||||||||
9
|
JAM
|
51.77
|
51.07
|
51.77 | 51.58 | |||||||||
10
|
USA
|
49.99
|
49.99
|
48.97 | x |
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