2011 Monaco Track & Field Diamond League Recap

By LetsRun.com
July 22, 2011

*AP Recap of Meet

The 2011 Monaco Diamond League meet lived up to the pre-meet hype, albeit in some unexpected ways at times. In the men's 5,000, after fans got over the shock of seeing both Galen Rupp and Chris Solinsky end up as DNFs, they were treated to a great stretch duel between Mo Farah and Bernard Lagat that resulted in both ending up with national records; in the men's 1,500, Nick Willis looked like a medal winner in Daegu while Silas Kiplagat looked golden; in the women's 1,500, Morgan Uceny ran faster than she ever has before but lost; in the men's 800, David Rudisha got a world leader as Symmonds ran 1:43; and the men's steeple, which we thought would be the most anticlimatic event of the night, ended up being the best, as Brimin Kipruto truly did something special. And Usain Bolt won - but barely.

We recap the mid-d and distance action for you below and include videos of the races. Recaps of mid-d and distance events appear in the order that the events took place. Additional events appear at the end.

Men's 1,500: Kiplagat Rules The World
Willis, Kaki And Chepseba Also Impress

After a dominating 3:31.39 win at the Kenyan trials last weekend, there was little doubt that Silas Kiplagat was currently the best 1,500 runner on the planet. Well, now let there be no doubt. Kiplagat's dominating victory transferred well to Europe, as he absolutely destroyed the field over the final 300 to win in a new world-leading time of 3:30.47.

There ended up being a three-way, near-blanket finish for second between Nixon Chepseba, who may or may not be on the Kenyan World Championships team, 800 specialist Abubaker Kaki and a fast-charging Nick Willis.

In the end, Chepseba, who was the winner of the Diamond League 1,500s in Doha and Shanghai in May but only 5th at the Kenyan trials, ended up second in 3:31.74 with Kaki third in 3:31.76 and Willis third in a new New Zealand national record of 3:31.79.

Willis went unnoticed by the commentators throughout the race but he didn't escape our attention. He ran a near-perfect tactical race and a race that would be ideal for sneaking up for a silver or bronze at a major championship.

Up front, with 16 people on the start list, the race started fast as one would expect, with the rabbit going through 400 in 53.90 and 800 in 1:52.72. Willis, however, knew the first lap would be too fast (56 flat is 3:30 pace) and started out 5th-to-last on the first turn. After the first lap, a 58-second 400 pace was settled into up front until 300 remained. Just before 1,200, the Kenyan champ Silas Kiplagat went to the lead (2:50.89 at 1,200) and begin his kick for home. His last 300 of 39.58 was simply sensational - way better than what anyone else in the field had in the tank.

Meanwhile, Willis was rolling up the field. 5th from last on the first turn, 7th with 400 to go and still 7th with 200 to go - and yet with 50 meters to go, it certainly looked as if  he'd end up second, as he was mowing people down people over the last 150. But as Kaki and Chepsaba dug deep against each other, they ended up pushing Willis out wide (Willis ended out in lane 3) and holding him off.

Post-Race: Following the race, there was something many believe has never been seen before at a major European track meet - a fist fight. French 1,500 national record holder and Mehdi Baala, who finished 9th in the race in 3:33.69 in his outdoor opener, and 2008 Olympic silver medallist in the steeple Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, who was 11th in 3:35.51, were having words with each other after the race. The television commentator said there is bad blood between the two, as Baala trains with Mekhissi-Benabbad's rival, Bouabdellah Tahri, the French national record holder in the steeple and 2009 bronze medallist at Worlds. Also there was speculation as to whether or not the two bumped during the race.

Regardless, after some talking, Baala pulled a Zinedine Zidane - disgracing himself and the sport by head butting Mekhissi-Benabbad. After that, all hell broke loose as Mekhissi-Benabbad threw four punches at Baala (none connected). Crazy, crazy stuff.

Reuters has a nice recap of the incident with some quotes from the athletes. Baala reportedly said, "I'm going to break you in two" and "We've just given athletics a bad name and a bad representation of North Africans"

Quick Take #1: Kiplagat looked great and ran a smart race. He wasn't worried about going with the rabbit or having the lead until the last 300 (he was 3rd at the bell). He waited until 300 left to blast everyone.

Quick Take #2: If Willis runs like that, he likely medals in Daegu. Of course it's easier to move up through the field when half of them go out a little too quick. His last lap and last 200 were sensational. We had him at 53.9 for the final 400 with a 26.0 last 200. The only guy better over the last lap was the winner Kiplagat, who ran something like 53.3, but his last 200 was 26-mid compared to Willis, who might have even broken 26-flat.

Quick Take #3: Watching Abubaker Kaki run 3:31.76 in his first serious 1,500 in years (his PR was just 3:39.71), makes us wonder if it might end up being his main event. David Rudisha is so hard to beat at 800, maybe it makes more sense to race at 1,500. Of course, Kaki looked so good maybe he can beat Rudisha at 800.

Quick Take #4: We wonder if Chepsaba's 2nd-place showing will make Athletics Kenya reconsider the decision to yank him from the World Championships team. Originally, despite finishing 5th at the Kenyan trials, he was placed on the team but then yanked off for 3rd placer at the Kenyan Trials, Daniel Kipchirir Komen. Chepseba is having a great 2011. Besides the Kenyan trials, he's run seven 1,500s this year and won six of them and finished 2nd today. Of course, he did get fifth at the Kenyan trials and sixth in the Dream Mile in Bislett.

Quick Take #5: The US and NCAA champion Matt Centrowitz was in the back for most of the race, but he did end up 10th with a modest PR of 3:34.46 (previous best of 3:34.69) thanks to a 56 last lap. 3rd-to-last at 300, dead last (except for the guy who fell) at 700, he moved up to 10th at the bell - very close to Nick Willis - before closing fast - but not faster than anyone else, as he ended up 10th.

Quick Take #6: Deresse Mekkonen's 6th place finish is a bit misleading, as he was the only one that really tried to go with Kiplagat from 300 out. He was a clear 2nd from 300 to 100 remained before struggling on the way home.

Rank Athlete Nation Result 1 KIPLAGAT Silas KEN 3:30.47 WL 2 CHEPSEBA Nixon Kiplimo KEN 3:31.74 3 KAKI Abubaker SUD 3:31.76 NR 4 WILLIS Nick NZL 3:31.79 NR 5 CHEBOI Collins KEN 3:32.45 PB 6 MEKONNEN Deresse ETH 3:32.90 SB 7 RISELEY Jeffrey AUS 3:33.42 SB 8 CARVALHO Florian FRA 3:33.60 PB 9 BAALA Mehdi FRA 3:33.69 10 CENTROWITZ Matt USA 3:34.46 PB 11 MEKHISSI BENABBAD Mahiedine FRA 3:35.51 12 BELHARBAZI Otmane FRA 3:36.09 PB 13 CHOGE Augustine Kiprono KEN 3:45.63 14 GREGSON Ryan AUS 3:51.05   KOECH Justus KEN DNF   WHEATING Andrew USA DNS

Men's 1,500m Monaco Intermediate Times: 400m - Koech, Justus (KEN) - 53.90 800m - Koech, Justus (KEN) - 1:52.72 1,200m - Kiplagat, Silas (KEN) - 2:50.87

Men's 5,000: Farah Stays On Top As Lagat Gets American Record
Both Rupp And Solinsky End Up As DNFs

The men's 5,000 was hyped as the best 5,000 of the year and an American record attempt. Looking at the results, the race lived up to the hype, as coming into the race, only three men had broken 13:00 outdoors in 2011 and seven did so in this race alone, and the American record did fall.

That being said, the majority of the LetsRun.com audience - fans of American distance runers - undoubtedly viewed the race as a big disappointment - a total fiasco in some ways. The race within the race was how the two white American-born hopes in Chris Solinsky and Galen Rupp would stack up against the world's best. Shockingly, we wouldn't find out. First, as the field bunched up and the pace slowed in the last mile as the runners gathered themselves for the kick for home, Galen Rupp fell to the track (photo of Rupp's shoulder after the race here). Then just as US fans got over that shock, with just less than two laps to go, Solinsky was jostled and ended up in the infield at the start of the fourth to last turn. He didn't attempt to try to get back in the race and also ended up a DNF.

Up front, the pace had started hot, as American David Krummenacker took the field through 1,200 (passing the 1,000 in 2:33.50). However, once Krummenacker was gone, the pace would get slower and slower until the last kilomoter, as the second kilometer was run in 2:34.85, the third in 2:38.82, and the fourth in 2:40.16. That's not terribly slow (2:36.00 is 13:00 pace) but the field, which started out single file at the start, would bunch up, resulting in two American casualties that the commentator seemed to blame in part on 2011 World Cross-Country champion Imane Merga. In watching Solinsky drop out of the race on the replay on youtube, it's clear that just before 800 to go Merga did cut in front of Solinsky (although he might have done so because Merga himself tripped up on the person in front of him). Regardless, Solinsky seemingly recovered and then 25 meters later or so, it's not clear what caused him to lose his balance and step over the inside rail and come to a near complete stop next to a bush. Visibly frustrated, he raised his arms in disgust as the runners ran way from him but made no effort to get back in the race. (Update: For a great photo sequence right before the fall, please see the following photo album taken by Jeremy Mosher of Kimbia.net - Solinsky's agency. If that link, doesn't work, try this one. Solinsky definitely got squeezed heading into the turn.)

In the end, though, all of the big African-born players were in it when the race came down to the last lap. Just prior the bell, the man who has been on top of the world so far this year, Britain's Mo Farah, took the lead as six guys were still in contention after a 60-second penultimate 400. Just behind Farah was Bernard Lagat and Thomas Longosiwa, with Lagat being slightly boxed in, as the Kenyan champion Isaiah Koech was in fourth and Merga in fifth. Longosiwa would fade and open things up for Lagat as Farah, who spent the first few laps of the race in the very back of the field, gradually accelerated the pace. With 200 remaining, Lagat was right on Farah's shoulder and Lagat would say glued to his shoulder all the way around the turn. As they hit the homestretch, Lagat moved out to lane two hoping to make his bid for glory, but he never gained an inch on Farah and with 60 meters left, Farah started to pull away.

After a 53.7 last lap (26.4 last 200), Farah was the winner in a new British record of 12:53.11 with Lagat 2nd in 12:53.60 (old AR 12:54.12).

QT #1: We'll never know where Rupp or Solinsky would have finished, but in some ways that might make the World Championships more exciting. To us, distance running is as much about the anticipation of a race rather than the actual race itself. If Rupp and Solinsky had finished this race, we'd have a good idea of how they look. Now we have no idea.

QT #2: We can always guess where they would have finished. It's easiest to guess where Rupp would have ended up using the Transitive Property of Imane Merga.

In Birmingham, in a slower race, Farah closed in 54.2 and beat Merga by 1.49 seconds with Rupp .77 ahead of Merga. Here he closed in 53.7 and beat Merga by 2.3 seconds. But in Birmingham, Farah had it in the bag and let up a bit at the end. In both races, Merga closed in 55-high to 56-flat. So basically, the stats show that in Monaco, both Farah and Merga finished about the same as they did in Birmingham (had Farah gone all out). Thus if Rupp runs a similar race with a similar close then we'd assume he'd beat Merga by a similar amount. Put Rupp ahead of Merga by .77 ad he'd have finished 4th in 12:54.70.

Would he have done that well? That's probably the best case scenario, but it's hard to imagine he wouldn't have broken 13:00.

QT #3: Watching Matt Tegenkamp struggle and run only 13:14 today did make Rupp's 10,000 win at USAs seem less impressive. Running is a tough sport. Tegenkamp ran 13:16 in March and only 13:14 today. Of course, it was an even worse day for Craig Mottram, who ran 13:29.56 today after running 13:11 in Birmingham.

Place Athlète Nationalité Résultat Points Diamond Classement Diamond 1 FARAH Mohammed GBR 12:53.11 WL,MR,NR 8 1 2 LAGAT Bernard USA 12:53.60 AR 4 6   3 KOECH Isaiah Kiplangat KEN 12:54.18 YB 3 7   4 MERGA Imane ETH 12:55.47 7 2   5 LONGOSIWA Thomas Pkemei KEN 12:56.08 SB       6 KIPCHOGE Eliud KEN 12:59.01 SB 2 8   7 BEKELE Tariku ETH 12:59.25 SB 1 11   8 ALAMIREW Yenew ETH 13:00.46 PB 4 4   9 ESPANA Jesús ESP 13:04.73 PB       10 BETT Josphat Kipkoech KEN 13:11.29 SB       11 ROTICH Lucas Kimeli KEN 13:11.73       12 TEGENKAMP Matt USA 13:14.75 SB       13 YATOR Vincent Kipsegechi KEN 13:15.39       14 KUMA Abera ETH 13:26.62       15 MOTTRAM Craig AUS 13:29.56         KRUMMENACKER David USA DNF         LEBID Serhiy UKR DNF         RONO Vincent KEN DNF         RUPP Galen USA DNF 2 8     SOLINSKY Chris USA DNF       Intermediate Times: 1000m - Krummenacker, David (USA) - 2:33.50 2000m - Rono, Vincent (KEN) - 5:08.35 3000m - Yator, Vincent Kipsegechi (KEN) - 7:47.17 4000m - Kipchoge, Eliud (KEN) - 10:27.33

Solinsky Upset After Stepping Off Track

Men's Steeple: Brimin Kipruto Almost Makes History
Produces A Truly Sensational Performance But Doesn't Lean At The Line And Misses The World Record By .01

Amazingly, the men's steeplechase stole the show in Monaco on Friday night and Brimin Kipruto needs to give Paul Koech a big thank you.

Before the start of the meet, we thought the steeple might be the most anticlimatic event of all, as it came directly after Usain Bolt's race in the 100 meters and just minutes before the post-race fireworks. Clearly the crowd would want to see the event end in a hurry. And end in a hurry it did, as Brimin Kipruto just missed the world record.

Kipruto, the 2008 Olympic champion, was in third place at the bell, but blasted a sub-60 final lap to run 7:53.64, missing the world record by the slimmest margin possible - .01. Kipruto, an incredible championship racer (2008 Olympic gold, 2004 Olympic silver, 2007 Worlds gold, 2005 Worlds bronze), had never broken the 8-minute barrier until Friday, and much of the credit must go to Paul Koech.

Koech, who had gone sub-8 six times prior to Friday, was only 7th at the most recent Kenyan Championships and had petitioned Athletics Kenya to put him on the World Championships team, arguing that he does not run well at altitude (which is true). Koech ran like a man with something to prove, as he wanted to impress the Kenyan selectors. Once the rabbit Haron Lagat dropped out, Koech was more than willing to keep pushing the pace, hoping to secure a sub-8 clocking.

This was a three-man race as Koech led, followed by 2004 Olympic and 2009 world champion Ezekiel Kemboi, with Kipruto in tow. Koech kept hammering away from the front and with 600 to go, it appeared Kipruto might crack off the back as a slight gap formed between him and Kemboi. At the bell, they were single file with Koech still in front. Kemboi struck first on the turn and pulled ahead of Koech with Kipruto then coming around Koech as well. Kemboi and Kipruto would battle on the backstretch until Kipruto took off with about 220 meters to go. Kipruto ran incredibly fast around the bend, hurdling the water barrier, and opened up a huge lead.

Down the homestretch, he was really racing the clock, but it's likely he did not know the world record was in jeopardy. Coming over the final barrier, he glanced over his inside shoulder to see where the rest of the field was. That little glance likely cost him the world record. He powered through the line but did not lean (which also might have cost him) and was rewarded with the #2 time in history. Kemboi was a clear second with a 7:55.76 PR (only his second sub-8 clocking), and Koech's brave frontrunning paid off with a 7:57.32.

Well back, US champ Billy Nelson's fine 2011 continued with a 4-second PR in 8:17.27. Nelson has been resurgent this year since returning to run under college coach Mark Wetmore.

QT #1: Sub-8 clockings are still rare. The 3 on Friday were the 25th, 26th, and 27th sub-8 minute performances ever (by people not convicted of doping). There had only been 1 sub-8 clocking since 2007 until today. More than 1/4th of the all-time sub-8 clockings are from Paul Koech.

QT #2: Kipruto is in excellent form. He was the Kenyan champion.

QT #3: This race showed that to get exceptionally fast times, you often need one athlete willingly or unwillingly to sacrifice themselves as a rabbit. No one was willing to serve that role in the men's 5,000 and the pace lagged. Koech had no choice but to try to run a fast time and it paid off big-time for the front 3.

1 KIPRUTO Brimin Kiprop KEN 7:53.64 AR,MR 2 KEMBOI Ezekiel KEN 7:55.76 PB 3 KOECH Paul Kipsiele KEN 7:57.32 SB 4 TAHRI Bouabdellah FRA 8:05.72 5 MATEELONG Richard Kipkemboi KEN 8:07.41 SB 6 NDIKU Jonathan Muia KEN 8:07.75 PB 7 YEGO Hillary Kipsang KEN 8:08.22 8 GARI Roba ETH 8:12.10 9 GEZZAR Nordine FRA 8:12.25 PB 10 RAMOLEFI Ruben RSA 8:12.27 SB 11 NELSON Bill USA 8:17.27 PB 12 ZOUAOUI DANDRIEUX Vincent FRA 8:17.84 SB 13 HULING Dan USA 8:27.84 14 ZILALI Abdelhakim FRA 8:29.71 15 HUGHES Matthew CAN 8:30.20   LAGAT Haron KEN DNF   MBUGUA Bernard KEN DNF

Kipruto Almost Makes History (Final Lap Or More Of Race) Intermediate Times: 1,000m Lagat, Haron (KEN) 2:36.55 2,000m Koech, Paul Kipsiele (KEN) 5:15.28

Non-Distance Action (AP Recap Here)
In the non-distance action, Usain Bolt struggled to beat the man who was just 4th at the Jamaican trials, Nesta Carter, as Bolt ended up with a seasonal best of 9.88 in the process. The men's 400 hurdles was viewed as a preview of the World Champs and two-time Olympic champ Angelo Taylor emerged victorious, as US champ Jeshua Anderson really struggled. In the 200m, Allyson Felix ran a seasonal best but lost to fellow American Carmelita Jeter. In the 400, Amantle Montsho won her 4th straight Diamond League 400 in Felix's absence. All of that and much more below.

Additional event results appear below or you can see them even by event if you click here.

Men's 100M

Rank Athlete Nation Result Reaction time Diamond Points Diamond Ranking 1 BOLT Usain JAM 9.88 SB 0.180 8 2   2 CARTER Nesta JAM 9.90 SB 0.170 4 4   3 RODGERS Michael USA 9.96 0.178 3 5   4 FRATER Michael JAM 10.01 0.145 3 5   5 LEMAITRE Christophe FRA 10.03 0.152 2 7   6 SAIDY NDURE Jaysuma NOR 10.07 0.159       7 OBIKWELU Francis POR 10.21 0.155       8 MARTINA Churandy NED 10.24 0.146

Bolt Barely Wins

Men's 400H

Rank Athlete Nation Result Reaction time Diamond Points Diamond Ranking 1 TAYLOR Angelo USA 47.97 0.288 5 5   2 JACKSON Bershawn USA 48.22 0.201 7 4   3 GREENE David GBR 48.43 0.214 12 1 4 VAN ZYL Lj RSA 48.72 0.271 8 2   5 FREDERICKS Cornel RSA 48.96 0.233 2 6   6 ANDERSON Jeshua USA 49.43 0.341       7 CLEMENT Kerron USA 49.48 0.376       8 DUTCH Johnny USA 50.17 0.223

Angelo Taylor Wins

Women's Discus

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result Wind		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	MÜLLER Nadine	GER	65.90		11	1			65.90	61.88	65.16	x	x	x
2	BARRIOS Yarelis	CUB	65.44	SB	10	2			64.60	65.44	64.86	61.39	65.01	x
3	BROWN-TRAFTON Stephanie	USA	62.07		5	4			x	58.59	59.19	x	61.37	62.07
4	THURMOND Aretha D.	USA	60.71		6	3			56.45	59.09	60.71	x	58.78	x
5	SAMUELS Dani	AUS	60.59		3	6			59.42	x	59.28	59.59	60.59	58.56
6	GRASU Nicoleta	ROU	59.60						59.60	58.10	x	x	x	57.40
7	ROBERT-MICHON Mélina	FRA	58.51						55.14	55.70	56.97	56.75	57.31	58.51
8	KARSAK Kateryna	UKR	58.04						56.07	58.04	57.36	-	x	-

Women's Long Jump

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result Wind		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	REESE Brittney	USA	6.82 +0.4		15	1			6.08 (+0.3)	6.81 (0.0)	x (+0.2)	6.50 (+0.3)	6.70 (+0.4)	6.82 (+0.4)
2	KLISHINA Darya	RUS	6.79 -0.2		5	4			6.62 (-0.1)	6.75 (-0.2)	6.58 (+0.3)	6.69 (+0.4)	6.79 (-0.2)	x (+0.2)
3	LESUEUR Éloyse	FRA	6.74 -0.6		2	5			6.69 (+0.2)	6.64 (0.0)	x (-0.1)	x (-0.2)	6.74 (-0.6)	x (+0.1)
4	PUSTERLA Irene	SUI	6.70 +0.2						6.70 (+0.2)	5.44 (+0.3)	6.52 (-0.2)	6.49 (-0.2)	5.11 (+0.6)	6.52 (-0.1)
5	KLÜFT Carolina	SWE	6.65 +0.1						x (+0.5)	6.61 (+0.5)	6.65 (+0.1)	6.59 (-0.1)	6.47 (+0.1)	5.09 (0.0)
6	JIMOH Funmi	USA	6.65 -0.1		10	2			x (-0.8)	6.37 (+0.2)	6.45 (-0.4)	6.65 (-0.1)	6.43 (+0.1)	6.57 (+0.4)
7	DELOACH Janay	USA	6.62 -0.3		6	3			6.49 (-0.2)	6.62 (-0.3)	6.09 (-0.7)	6.19 (-0.3)	x (0.0)	6.06 (-0.1)
8	GOMES Naide	POR	6.48 +0.4						x (+0.5)	6.48 (+0.4)	x (+0.1)	x (0.0)	x (0.0)	x (-0.3)
	STUART Bianca	BAH	NM						x (-0.5)	x (+0.4)	x (-0.8)

Men's Shot Put

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result Wind		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	HOFFA Reese	USA	21.25	MR	7	2			19.75	20.70	x	21.25	20.82	x
2	CANTWELL Christian	USA	21.23		7	2			21.23	21.01	20.97	21.01	21.23	x
3	ARMSTRONG Dylan	CAN	20.98		13	1			20.61	x	20.84	20.72	20.87	20.98
4	FORTES Marco	POR	20.39						19.60	19.81	20.08	x	20.39	20.05
5	TAYLOR Daniel	USA	19.58						x	x	19.16	-	x	19.58

Men's Vault

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking			5.30 5.85	5.45 5.90	5.60 5.95	5.68 6.05	5.75	5.80
1	LAVILLENIE Renaud	FRA	5.90	WL	16	1			- o	- xxo	o -	- xxx	xo	-
2	MOHR Malte	GER	5.75		10	2			- x-	- xx	o	-	xxo	-
3	FILIPPIDIS Konstantinos	GRE	5.60		2	6			-	o	o	xxx
3	MESNIL Romain	FRA	5.60		5	3			-	-	o	-	xxx
5	DOSSEVI Damiel	FRA	5.60	SB					-	xxo	xo	-	xxx
6	MILES Derek	USA	5.60						-	o	xxo	-	xxx
7	SAWANO Daichi	JPN	5.45						-	o	xxx
8	GIBILISCO Giuseppe	ITA	5.45						-	xo	xxx
8	HOOKER Steven	AUS	5.45						-	xo	xxx
	WALKER Brad	USA	NM		2	6			-	-	xxx

Women's HJ

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking			1.80 1.99	1.85 2.01	1.89 2.03	1.92	1.95	1.97
1	VLAŠIC Blanka	CRO	1.97		18	1			- -	o xxx	o	-	xo	xo
2	AMATA Doreen	NGR	1.92		2	6			-	o	o	xxo	-	xxx
3	MELFORT Melanie	FRA	1.89		3	5			o	xo	xo	xx-	x
4	AITOVA Marina	KAZ	1.89						o	o	xxo	xxx
5	BARRETT Brigetta	USA	1.85						o	o	xxx
5	PATTERSON Elizabeth	USA	1.85						o	o	xxx
7	JUNGMARK Ebba	SWE	1.85						o	xo	xxx
8	GREEN TREGARO Emma	SWE	1.85		5	3			-	xxo	xxx
	SPENCER Levern	LCA	DNS		2	6

Women's 400

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result		Reaction time	Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking
1	MONTSHO Amantle	BOT	49.71	NR	0.286	20	1
2	MCCORORY Francena	USA	50.29	PB	0.255	3	3
3	WILLIAMS-MILLS Novlene	JAM	50.61		0.369	3	3
4	WHYTE Rosemarie	JAM	50.87		0.311	2	5
5	PRENDERGAST Davita	JAM	51.11		0.211
6	ROSOLOVÁ Denisa	CZE	51.38		0.248	2	5
7	DUNN Debbie	USA	52.05		0.329
8	HURTIS Muriel	FRA	52.73		0.456

Women's Javelin

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result Wind		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	SPOTÁKOVÁ Barbora	CZE	69.45	WL,MR	8	2			64.54	64.66	63.18	66.40	64.50	69.45
2	OBERGFÖLL Christina	GER	64.86		16	1			59.72	60.66	62.78	64.86	x	64.29
3	PALAMEIKA Madara	LAT	62.06		1	5			55.93	x	53.46	54.72	61.92	62.06
4	SAYERS Goldie	GBR	60.97						59.82	60.26	60.97	x	57.56	x
5	VILJOEN Sunette	RSA	59.94		2	4			59.07	59.75	59.94	57.01	59.21	58.03
6	REBRYK Vira	UKR	59.45						56.55	59.00	x	x	59.45	x
7	BANI Zahra	ITA	57.04						x	x	52.90	54.39	54.23	57.04
8	PATTERSON Kara	USA	55.67						53.59	51.08	55.67	x	x	54.00

Men's TJ

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result Wind		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	IDOWU Phillips	GBR	17.36 -0.6		18	1			17.00 (-0.5)	17.36 (-0.6)	16.90 (+0.5)	17.11 (0.0)	16.76 (+0.2)	x (0.0)
2	COPELLO Alexis	CUB	17.30 -0.4		7	3			17.30 (-0.4)	x (-0.5)	x (-0.1)	-	17.26 (+0.2)	17.25 (+0.1)
3	GIRAT David	CUB	17.29 0.0	SB	2	6			17.08 (-0.2)	17.19 (-0.5)	17.29 (0.0)	x (+0.3)	-	-
4	CLAYE Will	USA	16.99 -0.4						16.76 (-0.4)	16.99 (-0.4)	x (-0.5)	16.86 (-0.3)	x (+0.1)	16.96 (-0.1)
5	OLSSON Christian	SWE	16.98 0.0		4	4			x (-0.3)	x (+0.1)	16.98 (0.0)	x (+0.2)	-	-
6	COMPAORE Benjamin	FRA	16.97 -0.6						x (-0.4)	16.97 (-0.6)	x (0.0)	16.92 (+0.2)	-	x (-0.1)
7	TAYLOR Christian	USA	16.74 +0.4						x (-1.1)	16.64 (-0.5)	x (+0.2)	x (-0.1)	16.70 (+0.1)	16.74 (+0.4)
8	EL SHERYF Sheryf	UKR	16.67 -0.5						16.39 (-0.8)	16.67 (-0.5)	16.60 (0.0)	x (0.0)	x (-0.1)	16.49 (0.0)
9	RAPINIER Yoann	FRA	14.62 -0.5						14.62 (-0.5)	x (-1.2)	x (-0.3)

Women's 200

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result		Reaction time	Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking
1	JETER Carmelita	USA	22.20	PB	0.175	5	3
2	FELIX Allyson	USA	22.32	SB	0.198	6	2
3	SOLOMON Shalonda	USA	22.63		0.183	2	7
4	KNIGHT Bianca	USA	22.71		0.193	10	1
5	STEWART Kerron	JAM	22.76		0.238	2	7
6	TARMOH Jeneba	USA	22.93		0.193
7	FERGUSON-MCKENZIE Debbie	BAH	23.02		0.201	3	6
8	SOUMARE Myriam	FRA	23.37		0.262

Women's 100H

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result		Reaction time	Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking
1	PEARSON Sally	AUS	12.51		0.139	12	1
2	WELLS Kellie	USA	12.58		0.186	10	3
3	OFILI-PORTER Tiffany	GBR	12.60	NR	0.175	3	5
4	CARRUTHERS Danielle	USA	12.76		0.163	11	2
5	HARPER Dawn	USA	12.79		0.271	4	4
6	ALI Nia	USA	12.98		0.219
7	LEWIS Yvette	USA	13.05		0.189
8	GOMIS Sandra	FRA	13.07		0.239

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