Duplantis once again had no competition in the pole sector. Already at 592 centimeters he decided on his triumph. He had four valid attempts at six meters and no mistakes, until then in the current outdoor season he had not yet broken the bar. But while a week ago he also jumped the world record of 624 centimeters on his first attempt, this time he did not surpass the historical maximum. His next start will be Zlatá tretra in Ostrava on May 28.
“It wasn’t quite the same today, but I still felt good. In order to jump the world record, the perfect conditions have to come together. It wasn’t like that at the start today,” said Duplantis. “Now I will return home, train for a few weeks and then go to Ostrava,” he added.
Kitaguchiová got off to a slower start in the season. David Sekerák’s protégé was seventh after the fourth series, but then for the first time in the competition, she sent the javelin over 60 meters and moved to second place with a performance of 61.44. With this, she secured her sixth attempt, with which she overtook the then leading Australian Mackenzie Little (62.12).
The men’s 100 was won by South African Akani Simbine, who beat former world champions from the USA Christian Coleman and Fredy Kerley with a time of 10.01. The world champion in the 100, the American Sha’Carri Richardson, did not reach the victory in the 200 again. After the second place from Sia-men, this time she defended the third place in 23.11 seconds. The British Daryll Neita (22.62) clearly won ahead of the American Anavia Battle (22.99).
First world record holder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria crossed the finish line of the 100m hurdles, but she was previously disqualified for an early start and participated under protest. Her disqualification remained, so Olympic champion Jasmine Camachová-Quinn (12.63) won. The Puerto Rican beat long-time leader Bahamian Devynne Charlton, the world record holder in the 60m hurdles, by a hundredth at the finish line.
The Diamond League will continue on May 10 in Doha.
| Athletics Diamond League meeting in Suzhou (China): |
|---|
| Men: |
| 100 m (wind -0.1 m/s): |
| 1. Simbine (JAR) 10.01 |
| 2. Coleman 10.04 |
| 3. Kerley (both USA) 10.11 |
| 800 m: |
| 1. Mule (Alz.) 1:44.55 |
| 2. Kinyamal (Kenya) 1:44.88 |
| 3. Murphy (USA) 1:45.18 |
| 5000m: |
| 1. Barega 12:55.68 |
| 2. Mehary (both Et.) 12:56.37 |
| 3. Kiplangat (Kenya) 12:58.78 |
| 110 m forward (+0.8 m/s): |
| 1. Roberts (USA) 13.12 |
| 2. Izumiya (Japan) 13.23 |
| 3. Parchment (Jam.) 13.26 |
| Distance: |
| 1. Dendy (USA) 805 |
| 2. Wang Jiannan 804 |
| 3. Sh’ Yu-chao (both China) 799 |
| Height: |
| 1. Kerr (N. Green) 231 |
| 2. Baršim (Cat.) 229 |
| 3. Turner (USA) 227 |
| Rod: |
| 1. Duplantis (Swed.) 600 |
| 2. Broeders (Belg.) and Kendricks (USA) both 582 |
| Women: |
| 200 m (+0.2 m/s): |
| 1. Neita (Brit.) 22.62 |
| 2. Battle 22.99 |
| 3. Richardson (both USA) 23.11 |
| 400 m: |
| 1. Paulinová (Dom. Rep.) 50.89 |
| 2. Diggs (USA) 51.77 |
| 3. Williams (Barb.) 52.00 |
| 100 m forward (+0.3 m/s): |
| 1. Camachová-Quinnová (Portor.) 12.63 |
| 2. Charlton (Bah.) 12.64 |
| 3. Williams (Jam.) 12.74 |
| 3000 m BC: |
| 1. B. Chepkoechova (Kenya) 9:07.36 |
| 2. Chemutai (Ug.) 9:15.46 |
| 3. Krause (Germany) 9:16.24 |
| Distance: |
| 1. Koalaová (Burk. Faso) 668 |
| 2. Burks (USA) 659 |
| 3. Gardaševičová (Serb.) 652 |
| Ball: |
| 1. Jackson (USA) 20.03 |
| 2. Mitton (Kan.) 19.86 |
| 3. Song Jiayuan (China) 19.83 |
| Spear: |
| 1. Kitaguchiová (Japan) 62.97 |
| 2. Little (Aust.) 62.12 |
| 3. Ruizová Hurtadová (Col.) 60.70 |
| Other disciplines: |
| Women: |
| 5000m: |
| 1. Alemeshete 14:36.70 |
| 2. Dagnachev 14:36.86 |
| 3. Gidey (all Et.) 14:37.13 |
| Disk: |
| 1. Allman (USA) 69.86 |
| 2. Feng Pin (China) 67.11 |
| 3. Pérez (Cuba) 65.59 |
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