Zurich Full Recap: Hiwot Ayalew Wins DL Title in Women’s Steeple; Seven Americans Win DL Titles

By LetsRun.com

August 28, 2014

The first of two Diamond League Finals is in the book, with the other 16 events to be decided at the final DL meet of the season in Brussels on September 5. We’ve recapped Jenny Simpson‘s win and Diamond Race title in the women’s 1500 separately and also have separate pages for Caleb Ndiku‘s win in the men’s 5,000 and Nijel Amos‘ victory in the men’s 800.

We tackle everything else below, including Emma Coburn‘s bid for glory in the women’s steeplechase. We’ve also got a quick list of the 16 Diamond League champions below.

2014 Diamond League champions (winners receive $40,000 and an automatic spot at 2015 Worlds)

Women’s long jump: Tianna Bartoletta, USA
Women’s discus: Sandra Perkovic, Croatia
Men’s shot put: Reese Hoffa, USA
Women’s pole vault: Fabiana Murer, Brazil
Men’s triple jump: Christian Taylor, USA
Men’s 400 hurdles: Michael Tinsley, USA
Women’s 3,000 steeplechase: Hiwot Ayalew, Ethiopia
Women’s high jump: Mariya Kuchina, Russia
Men’s javelin: Thomas Röhler, Germany
Men’s 200: Alonso Edward, Panama
Women’s 1500: Jenny Simpson, USA
Men’s 400: LaShawn Merritt, USA
Women’s 100: Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica
Men’s 800: Nijel Amos, Botswana
Women’s 100 hurdles: Dawn Harper-Nelson, USA
Men’s 5,000: Caleb Ndiku, Kenya

Full 2014 Weltklasse Zürich Results

Track Events

Women’s 3,000 steeplechase: Habiba Ghribi Wins but Hiwot Ayalew Takes DL Title; Emma Coburn 5th

Emma Coburn’s bid for her second Diamond League victory — and the Diamond Race title — came up short as Coburn could not sustain her early pace and faded badly over the final lap to finish fifth in 9:23.89. The race was exciting, with five women in the lead group at the bell, but in the end Tunisia’s Olympic silver medallist Habiba Ghribi was clearly the best as she used a 67.58 last lap to pull away for a four-second win in 9:15.23. Ethiopia’s Hiwot Ayalew took second in 9:19.29, which was enough to give her the Diamond Race title.

The Race

Ghribi won this one comfortably in the end

Americans Aisha Praught and Stephanie Garcia were brought in to pace with a goal of taking the leaders through 2,000 meters in 6:06. Coburn was the only one to go with them early on and after one lap she already had a lead of about 20 meters on the field, even though she was 6-7 meters behind Praught and Garcia. World bronze medallist Sofia Assefa led the chase pack, with Ayalew in the middle of that pack.

Praught came through 1k in a quick 3:01.32 (9:04 pace, which would be the #3 performance of all-time) with Coburn about a second behind. Coburn’s lead on the pack had stretched to about 25 meters at this point, though Bahrain’s Kenyan-born World Junior champ Ruth Jebet had started to break away from the pack in an attempt to reel in Coburn.

With four laps to go, Ayalew had joined Jebet in her pursuit of Coburn and the gap was down to 15 meters as Coburn struggled to hang on to Garcia. One lap later, Jebet and Ayalew were only a couple meters down on Coburn, who was beginning to look tired.

When Garcia hit 2k in 6:12.81 with Coburn right behind, any hope of the world’s first 9:10 clocking had evaporated. Still, it was Coburn leading Jebet and Ayalew and if the positions remained the same over the final kilometer, Coburn would win the Diamond Race.

Behind the three leaders, there was a gap of about 10 meters to Assefa and Ghribi in fourth and fifth, but just as Jebet and Ayalew had closed on Coburn, Assefa and Ghribi now closed the gap on the leaders and by the time they hit the bell, it was Ghribi in front leading Ayalew, Coburn, Jebet and Assefa.

On the back stretch, Ghribi started to pull away from the field with Ayalew slightly behind her. Coburn was falling off and fell into fifth place with 200 to go. Over the final 200, Ghribi had a big gap on Ayalew, who in turn had a gap on the field. Ayalew knew she only had to beat Assefa and Coburn for the Diamond Race crown and she did so, holding on for second. The 17-year-old Jebet set an Asian record in fourth in 9:20.55 while Coburn finished a well-beaten fifth in 9:23.89.

Results and quick takes below.

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT		DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING
1	GHRIBI Habiba	TUN	9:15.23	MR	10	3
2	AYALEW Hiwot	ETH	9:19.29		19	1
3	ASSEFA Sofia	ETH	9:19.79		13	2
4	JEBET Ruth	BRN	9:20.55	AR
5	COBURN Emma	USA	9:23.89		10	3
6	KIYENG Hyvin	KEN	9:29.67
7	DIRO NEDA Etenesh	ETH	9:31.33
8	EL OUALI ALAMI Salima	MAR	9:33.43
9	KIRUI Purity	KEN	9:35.78		2	5
10	GETNET Tigist	ETH	9:36.73
11	ERIKSSON Sandra	FIN	9:41.95
12	FOUGBERG Charlotta	SWE	9:47.70
13	CHEPKURUI Lidya	KEN	10:02.08		1	6
	GARCIA Stephanie	USA	DNF
	PRAUGHT Aisha	USA	DNF

Quick Take #1: Too bad for Ghribi there’s no World Championships this year.

Ghribi hadn’t broken 9:40 in 2014 until last week’s 9:18 second-place finish in Stockholm. Now she’s done it twice in eight days, moving up to first with her 9:15 win today. If this was a World/Olympic year, we’d say Ghribi is peaking at the right time. As it is, Ghribi came on too late to contend for the Diamond Race title, but she will at least have $10,000 for the win as a consolation prize.

Quick Take #2: Hiwot Ayalew is a deserving Diamond Race champion.

Ayalew ran all seven DL steeples and won four, finished second in two and was third in one. That’s a super-consistent season and though Ghribi might have been better today, there was no doubt Ayalew was the best over the course of the year.

Quick Take #3: Emma Coburn ran out of steam.

Coburn’s season isn’t over as she’s planning on running the steeple at the Continental Cup in Morocco on September 14, but outside of her heat at USAs, her 9:20 in Stockholm and 9:23 today were her two slowest times of the season.

Coburn’s style this year has been to run from the front and chase fast times. She was looking for a PR today and she didn’t have it in her, which meant she ended up fading badly over the end of the race. But if she had gone out more conservatively, she would probably been close to or under 9:20 and could have finished as high as second. 9:23 isn’t great compared to what Coburn has run this year, but it’s not that bad in the grand scheme of things (9:23 was her PR entering 2014) and certainly not a bad enough performance to merit shutting her season down.

Men’s 400: World Champ LaShawn Merritt Wins 5th DL Race of 2014

American world champion LaShawn Merritt needed only to start the race to clinch his second straight Diamond Race title, but he did more than that, pulling away to win in 44.36 seconds. Gil Roberts went out very hard on the outside and led for much of the race. With 100 to go, Roberts still led though Merritt and African champ Isaac Makwala were gaining on him. Merritt, as usual, was strongest over the final 50 meters as he pulled away for the win, while Roberts held on for second in 44.96 with Makwala third.

It was a pity Grenada’s Olympic champion Kirani James wasn’t in this field as he’s the only one who’s been able to challenge Merritt during the Diamond League season.

Race video here for US visitors:

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT		REACTION TIME	DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING
1	MERRITT Lashawn	USA	44.36		0.163	26	1
2	ROBERTS Gil	USA	44.96		0.126	6	2
3	MAKWALA Isaac	BOT	45.03		0.176	5	3
4	ROONEY Martyn	GBR	45.10		0.161	1	6
5	BROWN Christopher	BAH	45.25		0.129	1	6
6	VAN NIEKERK Wayde	RSA	45.46		0.166	2	5
7	SANTOS Luguelín	DOM	45.51		0.176
8	MASRAHI Youssef Ahmed	KSA	45.75		0.146	5	3

Women’s 100: VCB Wins Diamond Race in Photo Finish Over Murielle Ahoure

This was an incredibly close race, as Veronica Campbell-Brown and Murielle Ahoure were credited with identical 11.04s, but Campbell-Brown was given the nod and the victory, giving her the Diamond Race title (Ahoure would have won the Diamond Race had she won in Zurich). Additionally, Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare was .02 back of Campbell-Brown and Ahoure and she would have clinched the Diamond Race title with a win.

QT #1: We don’t get why American Tori Bowie didn’t show up in Zurich and hobble as fast as she could

Bowie entered Zurich as the Diamond Race leader with 12 points; the only way she could have lost would have been if Kerron Stewart won today. But IAAF rules state that an athlete must compete in the DL final and to be eligible for the Diamond Race title and since Bowie was hurt, she didn’t run in Zurich and thus could not win the $40,000 prize. The rules also say that an athlete must compete with bona fide effort, so we’re not sure whether Bowie could have showed up and hobbled as fast ass she could. In our mind, that would that count as bona fide effort as she’s injured.

This is a bad situation for the IAAF. We’ve been critical of stars like Mo Farah and Usain Bolt for skipping Diamond League races, but if they’re going to punish Bowie — who was hurt competing in a Diamond League race — for showing up and racing, what incentive do Farah and Bolt have when they can get massive appearance fees elsewhere?

Wind:-0.7

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT		REACTION TIME	DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING
1	CAMPBELL-BROWN Veronica	JAM	11.04		0.135	10	1
2	AHOURE Murielle	CIV	11.04		0.154	7	2
3	OKAGBARE Blessing	NGR	11.06		0.151	4	4
4	SCHIPPERS Dafne	NED	11.10		0.160
5	STEWART Kerron	JAM	11.19		0.130	7	2
6	NELSON Ashleigh	GBR	11.20		0.160
7	FELIX Allyson	USA	11.27		0.146
8	KAMBUNDJI Mujinga	SUI	11.36		0.127
	SOUMARE Myriam	FRA	DQ	R 162.7		2	5

Kids don’t try this at home

Women’s 100 hurdles: Dawn Harper-Nelson Wins DL Title as Queen Harrison Falls at 9th Hurdle

Dawn Harper-Nelson came from behind to get the win and the Diamond League title in 12.58 as Diamond League leader Queen Harrison clipped the second-to-last hurdle and fell to the track.

Harrison falling did not impact the outcome of this race as Harper-Nelson was in front and looked to be powering away to the win no matter what. And Harrison can take solace in the fact that even if she had finished second, Harper-Nelson would still have won the DL title with the win today (both would have the same number of DL points and wins, but Harper-Nelson would win the tiebreaker based on higher finish in the Final).

QT #1: What a difference a year makes.

Brianna Rollins was unbelievable in 2013, going undefeated and running a ridiculous 12.26. This year she only got 1 DL win and never ran under 12.53. Dawner Harper-Nelson and Queen Harrison both missed out on medals at Worlds last year but bounced back nicely this year on the circuit.

Wind:-0.5

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT		REACTION TIME	DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING
1	HARPER-NELSON Dawn	USA	12.58		0.147	21	1
2	PEARSON Sally	AUS	12.71		0.128	6	3
3	PORTER Tiffany	GBR	12.72		0.140	2	5
4	ROLLINS Brianna	USA	12.73		0.154	4	4
5	ROLEDER Cindy	GER	13.01		0.170
6	HILDEBRAND Nadine	GER	13.04		0.189
7	ZBÄREN Noemi	SUI	13.12		0.206
8	HARRISON Queen	USA	21.62		0.190	17	2
9	BILLAUD Cindy	FRA	25.11		0.154

Men’s 200: Alonso Edward Overcomes Nickel Ashmeade for Win, DL Title

Panama’s Alonso Edward got a narrow victory over Jamaica’s Nickel Ashmeade in both the race and DL title.

Edward, who won Worlds silver in 2009 at age 19, won in 19.95 to Ashmeade’s 20.01 and got the $40,000 DL title as well with 19 point to Ashmeade’s 18.

QT #1: Edward is back

Edward ran 19.81 to win World silver in 2009 and then didn’t break 20.28 again until this year. He’s back in full force now. He lost last week in Stockholm after a long layoff but showed that he just needed to get the rust off. Today’s win was a big one for him.

Wind:-0.9

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT		REACTION TIME	DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING
1	EDWARD Alonso	PAN	19.95		0.200	19	1
2	ASHMEADE Nickel	JAM	20.01		0.127	18	2
3	DWYER Rasheed	JAM	20.21		0.172	3	4
4	LEMAITRE Christophe	FRA	20.24		0.129	4	3
5	MARTINA Churandy	NED	20.25	SB	0.150
6	MITCHELL Curtis	USA	20.26		0.157	1	5
7	SMELYK Serhiy	UKR	20.61		0.162
8	ELLINGTON James	GBR	21.00		0.131

M 100 Jonathan: Kemar Bailey-Cole Wins Again in 9.96

22-year-old Jamaican Commonwealth Games champ Kemar Bailey-Cole won in Birmingham on Sunday and came back to win again on Thursday in the non-DL 100 in Zurich. Asafa Powell got out well in his first DL meet in over a year but Bailey-Cole came on late to get the win in 9.96 seconds. Tyson Gay looked bad and has now gotten slower in each of his 100s this year, running 9.93 in his opener in Lausanne on July 3 but fading to 10.05 on July 7 and just 10.35 today, which got him last place.

Even though this wasn’t a Diamond Race event, it had the potential to be a good race as Usain Bolt was initially entered. But Bolt scratched, and 2014 world leader Justin Gatlin was not invited as the private club that owns the meet does not invite athletes who have served doping bans of two years or more. That doesn’t make a ton of sense to us as the race still featured Powell, Gay and Michael Rodgers, all of whom have served doping bans in the past (though none were two years or longer). We understand Gay has confessed his sins to USADA while Gatlin has not.

Men’s 400 hurdles: Cornel Fredericks Wins, but Michael Tinsley Gets DL Title

This was a tight four-way battle with European champ and Swiss hometown hero Kariem Hussein leading onto the homestretch. World leader Javier Culson then took the lead, but South Africa’s Cornel Fredericks stormed over the final hurdle along with USA’s Michael Tinsley. Both overtook Culson, but Fredericks was too good and got the win in the #2 time of the year.

Fredericks’ win was not good enough for the Diamond League title, however, as Tinsley’s second ahead of Culson was enough to secure the title and Tinsley knew it as he celebrated big time by putting his arms up even though he was beaten in the race. Tinsley’s move from 4th to 2nd over the last hurdle was a very lucrative one for him.

Video for USA visitors:

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT		REACTION TIME	DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING
1	FREDERICKS Cornel	RSA	48.25	SB	0.145	12	3
2	TINSLEY Michael	USA	48.31		0.157	21	1
3	CULSON Javier	PUR	48.53		0.157	17	2
4	HUSSEIN Kariem	SUI	48.70	PB	0.155
5	GORDON Jehue	TTO	48.91		0.154	1	4
6	MÄGI Rasmus	EST	49.30		0.158
7	SÁNCHEZ Félix	DOM	49.31		0.156
8	CATO Roxroy	JAM	49.32		0.186

Women’s 4×100 Relay: A National Record for Great Britain

The British quartet of Ashleigh Nelson, Asha Philip, Anyika Onuora and Desiree Henry beat teams from Jamaica and the USA to win the 4×100 in a national record of 42.21. The same four runners initially set the record on the same track to win gold at the European Championships two weeks ago. Before that, the record hadn’t been broken for 34 years.

Field Events

Men’s Triple Jump: Christian Taylor Wins DL Title and Competition on Final Jump

Christian Taylor won in dramatic fashion here. In third place heading into the final jump, Taylor had to seize the lead to win the Diamond League title. He did that with a 17.51 season’s best. Archrival Will Claye still had one more jump left and improved to 17.39, but that kept him in 3rd place.

QT #1: Christian Taylor’s Year Isn’t Done

It’s been a great year for Christian Taylor ,who has also run 45.14 for 400m and ran on the winning 4×400 team at World Relays, but his year isn’t done. Taylor can win the Diamond League long jump title as well with a win in Brussels next Friday.

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT WIND		DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	TAYLOR Christian	USA	17.51 -0.6	SB	20	1			16.88 (-1.1)	17.18 (-0.7)	17.17 (-1.1)	17.07 (-1.5)	17.13 (-0.4)	17.51 (-0.6)
2	COMPAORÉ Benjamin	FRA	17.45 -0.8		8	3			16.70 (-1.1)	17.45 (-0.8)	16.90 (-1.3)	–	x (-0.6)	16.49 (-0.4)
3	CLAYE Will	USA	17.39 -1.1		16	2			16.90 (-1.1)	16.81 (-0.9)	17.24 (-0.5)	16.85 (-1.3)	17.22 (-0.3)	17.39 (-1.1)
4	MOKOENA Godfrey Khotso	RSA	16.82 -0.9						16.45 (-1.2)	16.82 (-0.9)	16.35 (-1.0)	16.12 (-1.1)	–	16.33 (-0.5)
5	ADAMS Lyukman	RUS	16.64 -1.8		5	4			15.83 (-1.5)	16.44 (-1.1)	16.59 (-1.4)	16.64 (-1.8)	16.46 (-0.4)	16.55 (-0.7)
6	FEDOROV Alexey	RUS	16.58 +0.7						16.34 (-1.2)	16.58 (-0.7)	x (-0.9)	x (-0.8)	16.54 (-1.3)	x (-0.2)
7	OPREA Marian	ROU	16.54 -0.3						16.50 (-1.0)	16.43 (-1.1)	x (-0.7)	–	–	16.54 (-0.3)
8	RAPINIER Yoann	FRA	16.51 -0.8						15.48 (-0.3)	16.08 (-0.9)	16.51 (-0.8)	x (-1.3)	–	x (-0.6)
9	HOCHULI Alexander	SUI	15.82 -0.8						15.56 (-0.3)	15.37 (-0.9)	15.82 (-0.8)
10	BENARD Chris	USA	15.74 -1.0		1	5			15.55 (-0.6)	15.74 (-1.0)	15.52 (-1.3)

W HJ Russia’s Mariya Kuchina Ties Outdoor PR to Win Meet, Diamond Race

Russia’s Mariya Kuchina was second at the European Championships two weeks ago but moved up a spot to first in her return to Zurich, tying her outdoor PR with a 2.00m clearance (she’s cleared 2.01 indoors). Coming in, Kuchina was tied for first with Croatia’s Blanka Vlasic in the Diamond Race standings, so a win was the only way to guarantee the title. Kuchina’s victory was assured when runner-up Ana Simic missed all three attempts at 1.98m.

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT		DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING			1.80 2.00	1.85 2.02	1.89	1.93	1.96	1.98
1	KUCHINA Mariya	RUS	2.00	=PB	18	1			– o	xo r	xo	o	xo	x-
2	ŠIMIC Ana	CRO	1.98		12	2			– xxx	o	o	o	o	o
3	BEITIA Ruth	ESP	1.93		5	4			–	xo	o	o	xxx
4	OKUNEVA Oksana	UKR	1.93						o	xo	o	xo	xxx
4	VLAŠIC Blanka	CRO	1.93		10	3			–	xo	o	xo	xxx
6	POOLEY Isobel	GBR	1.89						o	o	o	xxx
6	RADZIVIL Svetlana	UZB	1.89						o	o	o	xxx
8	LICWINKO Kamila	POL	1.89						o	xxo	o	xxx
9	TROST Alessia	ITA	1.89						o	o	xo	xxx
10	JUNGFLEISCH Marie-Laurence	GER	1.85						o	o	xxx

Women’s Long Jump: Tianna Bartoletta Clinches DL Title as Ivana Spanovic Wins

Serbia’s Ivana Spanovic got the win, as her 6.80 first jump held up as the day’s longest mark. But U.S. 100 champ Tianna Bartoletta only needed to get second to win the Diamond Race and she accomplished that with a leap of 6.76 on her fifth attempt. Bartoletta and Spanovic finished tied with 16 points but Bartoletta has the tiebreaker with three DL victories to Spanovic’s two.

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT WIND		DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	SPANOVIC Ivana	SRB	6.80 +0.1		16	2			6.80 (+0.1)	6.71 (+0.1)	6.76 (-1.3)	x (-0.1)	x (+0.5)	6.75 (-0.1)
2	BARTOLETTA Tianna	USA	6.76 0.0		16	1			6.56 (-0.6)	6.62 (+0.3)	6.65 (0.0)	6.31 (+1.3)	6.76 (0.0)	6.65 (+0.6)
3	REESE Brittney	USA	6.66 +0.1		4	4			x (-0.2)	6.65 (+1.3)	x (-0.7)	6.66 (+0.1)	x (-0.1)	6.62 (+0.5)
4	PUSTERLA Irene	SUI	6.65 +0.4	=SB					6.44 (-0.2)	6.52 (+0.2)	6.57 (-0.3)	6.50 (+0.3)	6.59 (+0.3)	6.65 (+0.4)
5	BAUSCHKE Melanie	GER	6.65 +1.2						6.37 (+0.3)	6.48 (-0.4)	6.42 (-0.2)	x (+1.0)	x (+0.6)	6.65 (+1.2)
6	JARDER Erica	SWE	6.61 +0.6						6.40 (+0.7)	6.40 (-0.3)	6.57 (+0.3)	x (-0.9)	6.53 (+0.4)	6.61 (+0.6)
7	KLISHINA Darya	RUS	6.61 -1.6		2	5			x (+0.2)	6.48 (+0.6)	6.33 (-0.4)	6.61 (-1.6)	6.45 (+0.6)	6.38 (+0.3)
8	LESUEUR Éloyse	FRA	6.54 -1.2		7	3			x (+0.3)	x (+1.2)	6.54 (-1.2)	x (-0.6)	x (+0.5)	x (+0.9)
9	MIHAMBO Malaika	GER	6.37 +0.9						x (+1.5)	6.37 (+0.9)	x (+0.6)

Men’s Javelin: Germany’s Thomas Röhler PR’s to Win Meet and Diamond Race

Röhler was only 12th at the European Championships but he launched a bomb of 87.63m on his first throw to win today and wrap up the Diamond Race. Trinidad & Tobago’s Olympic champ Keshorn Walcott PR’d himself but that was only good enough for second.

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT WIND		DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	RÖHLER Thomas	GER	87.63	PB	15	1			87.63	81.57	83.03	81.25	84.38	84.73
2	WALCOTT Keshorn	TTO	85.77	NR	4	5			85.77	x	81.11	77.38	83.99	x
3	PITKÄMÄKI Tero	FIN	85.12		10	2			83.05	79.80	85.12	x	80.52	x
4	YEGO Julius	KEN	84.71		2	7			x	74.87	84.71	x	x	79.31
5	VESELÝ Vítezslav	CZE	84.04		8	3			81.69	78.41	84.04	82.56	x	82.50
6	RUUSKANEN Antti	FIN	83.85		4	5			83.85	82.89	82.73	79.88	80.81	x
7	ABDELRAHMAN Ihab	EGY	83.62		8	3			79.52	83.62	x	x	x	x
8	ETELÄTALO Lassi	FIN	80.36						x	80.36	x	x	–	x
9	HOFMANN Andreas	GER	76.78						73.30	76.72	76.78
10	TARABIN Dmitriy	RUS	75.14		1	8			x	x	75.14

Women’s Discus: Sandra Perkovic Wins Third Straight DL Title

Sandra Perkovic had the DL title wrapped up coming in but she won anyway, her 10th win in 11 discus competitions this year.

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT WIND		DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	PERKOVIC Sandra	CRO	68.36		30	1			65.57	x	67.32	67.54	x	68.36
2	LEWIS-SMALLWOOD Gia	USA	67.32		13	2			64.25	67.32	62.18	63.41	66.52	64.54
3	SAMUELS Dani	AUS	64.86		9	3			63.60	61.71	64.06	63.46	64.86	x
4	CRAFT Shanice	GER	63.44		2	4			63.44	x	x	60.08	61.19	61.11
5	ROBERT-MICHON Mélina	FRA	62.75		1	5			58.55	59.61	62.34	x	61.92	62.75
6	FISCHER Julia	GER	61.14						58.85	61.14	x	x	58.81	x
7	RÜH Anna	GER	60.72						x	58.74	60.72	58.72	x	60.02
8	STROKOVA Yekaterina	RUS	60.68						x	60.68	r
9	KÄMÄRÄINEN Sanna	FIN	59.88						56.89	59.88	55.63
10	SENDRIUTE Zinaida	LTU	57.92						57.92	50.55	x

Men’s Shot Put: Reese Hoffa Wins DL Title with Season’s Best

Reese Hoffa capped off a Diamond League season with two great throws. He took the lead here on the 5th throw, and then finished off the Diamond League season with a season’s best of 21.88 to give him his 4th DL win of the year and third straight. David Storl was 2nd and world leader Joe Kavacs third.

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT WIND		DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING			1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1	HOFFA Reese	USA	21.88	SB	23	1			21.05	20.95	21.05	21.37	21.58	21.88
2	STORL David	GER	21.47		13	2			20.56	20.87	x	x	21.47	21.22
3	KOVACS Joe	USA	21.43		10	3			21.07	20.69	21.43	21.18	21.00	21.38
4	RICHARDS O’Dayne	JAM	20.79						20.53	19.93	19.91	x	20.79	x
5	WHITING Ryan	USA	20.74		1	6			20.01	x	20.74	20.71	x	20.20
6	WALSH Tom	NZL	20.48		3	5			20.48	20.37	x	20.19	x	x
7	MAJEWSKI Tomasz	POL	20.47						x	20.16	x	x	20.47	x
8	KOLAŠINAC Asmir	SRB	20.21						x	x	20.10	x	x	20.21
9	CANTWELL Christian	USA	19.91		5	4			19.78	x	19.91
10	ŽUNIC Stipe	CRO	19.31						19.31	x	x
11	VIVAS JIMÉNEZ Borja	ESP	19.26						19.07	19.26	x

Women’s Pole Vault: World Leader Fabiana Murer Claims DL Title

Five women cleared 4.67 meters, but the next height was 4.72 and only Brazil’s Fabiana Murer has vaulted that high in 2014. Murer was the only one to get over 4.72 today and that was good enough to earn her the win and the Diamond Race title.

RANK	ATHLETE	NATION	RESULT		DIAMOND POINTS	DIAMOND RANKING			4.12 4.72	4.32 4.77	4.47 4.82	4.57	4.62	4.67
1	MURER Fabiana	BRA	4.72		20	1			– o	– –	o xxx	o	–	o
2	SUHR Jennifer	USA	4.67		9	2			– xxx	–	o	o	xo	o
3	KYRIAKOPOULOU Nikoleta	GRE	4.67	SB	8	4			– xxx	–	o	xxo	–	o
3	STEFANIDI Katerina	GRE	4.67		9	2			– xxx	o	o	xxo	o	o
5	BÜCHLER Nicole	SUI	4.67	NR					– xxx	xo	o	xo	xo	xxo
6	SAXER Mary	USA	4.57						–	o	o	xo	xxx
7	SUTEJ Tina	SLO	4.47						–	o	xxo	xxx
8	AGIRRE Naroa	ESP	4.32						o	o	xxx
9	BOYD Alana	AUS	4.32						–	xxo	xxx
10	BRUNI Roberta	ITA	4.12						o	xxx