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MONACO, Principality of Monaco – New US sprint victory Noah Lyles won a dominant 200-meter victory at the Monaco Diamond League, where South African Caster Semenya shone in the 800m and Kenyan Beatrice Chepkoech defeated the steeplechase world record. 19659002]
This is undoubtedly the African night of breathtaking racing performances on the world athletics track. Tonight, at the #MonacoDL Ivory Coast Marie La Tou ran an incredible time 2 win the women's 100m and SA's Caster Semenya ran a time of less than 1h55 in the 800m, setting a new meeting record pic.twitter.com/ECAXBH1BOA
– cheryl roberts (@ cherylroberts00) July 20, 2018
Lyles celebrated her 21st birthday with style, the wannabe rapper burning the victory in 19.65 seconds, the fastest »
World champion Ramil Guliyev of Turkey was second in 19.99, but Lyles was well off the pack in perfect and soft conditions at Louis II stadium of Monaco.
"It was a great race, especially by improving the competition record," said Lyles, a notoriously bad starter.
SEMENYA FIXES A MEETING SESSION IN WOMEN 800M – —-
It's the Semenya Show !!!
Roulette 38th consecutive win –
in the 800m.Caster Semenya wins the 800m in 1.54: 60 at #MonacoDL #GoGirls pic.twitter.com/zmIviekjWC
– gsport4girls (@gsport4girls) July 20, 2018 [19659004"Ihadthesame(good)startasEugeneandIfeltitthatgivesmeconfidenceinwhatIcandonext"
Victory of Semenya, who challenges the IAAF against the controversial new athletic regulation aimed at introducing high levels of testosterone in female athletes.
She even surpbaded the outposts and with the 1983 world record of Czechoslovakian Jarmila Kratochvilova. 1: 53.28 seemed in imminent danger, Semenya blew in the first round in 55.76sec and increased her lead over the hunting squad as she lengthened her stride in the right back before rounding the last corner .
Caster Semenya wins the 800m in 1:54:60
"Another great race!" – Mike Costello
But the world record established in 1983 by Jarmila Kratochvilova is still
"It's a difficult record to take anyway" – @ExtraMileme
– — Monaco Diamond League – – – https://t.co/owUyZtGY62 pic.twitter.com/ZwquiJPmQE
– BBC Live Sport 5 (@ 5liveSport) July 20, 2018
Just fantastic
The double Olympic champion of 27 years (2012, 2016) and three times world champion (2009, 2011, 2017), ended up sneaking slightly while arriving at the line in 1: 54.60, also a competition record.
"It was just fantastic!" Semenya beamed. "Only the last 100m were a bit far for me."
19.65 and another world leader for Noah Lyles! @LylesNoah #MonacoDL pic.twitter.com/TMLULWp94N [19659003] – FloTrack (@FloTrack) July 20, 2018
"Today, I wanted to take a break of 1:54 but maybe next time. I did not think about the world record and it was not in my mind.
But it was a relatively unrecognized Kenyan, Chepkoech, who stole the applause by setting a new world record of 3000m steeplechase.
Chepkoech, 27, ran 8min 44.32sec to break the best set Previous in 2016 by Bahrainian Ruth Jebet, a native of Kenya, whose name was leading a report from the Integrity Unit of Athletics released last Friday on doping. [19659005]helped by a couple of pacemakers, fired more than six seconds faster, his remarkable effort also breaking his own personal record of more than 15 seconds.
"I wanted to break the world record, c & # 39, was the plan of the "I felt strong during the race and I thought I would be able to take a break of 8:50, but I was not dreaming at all at 8:44."
"It's great to bring back the world record to Kenya."
Noah Lyles the new intro king #RabatDL pic.twitter.com/oAfJiB6YYN
– FloTrack (@FloTrack) July 13, 2018
Marie-Josée Ta Lou wins a fifth victory of the season in the Diamond League by winning the 100m in 10.89 seconds ahead of the Ivorian compatriot Murielle Ahoure (11,01sec ), double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson taking third place (11.02).
"It's an amazing year for me," said Ta Lou, a double world silver medalist in 2017. "I perform very regularly and the goal was to go below the 10.90 mark and that's That's what I did, so I'm very happy. "
Shaunae Miller-Uibo broke the Bahamas and Diamond League records with 48.97 seconds in the 400m, Salwa Eid Nasr of Bahrain, placing second with an Asian record of 49.08
"I am so happy "I was only expecting this under-49", said Miller-Uibo, who became the fifth woman in history to be pbaded under the 49 mark the 400m and the 22 under the 200m
"The next goal is to remain constant at this level and in the long run another barrier is 48 seconds", with the world record of 47.60 seconds set by the German East Marita Koch 1985.
This sparkling start to action was followed by Nijel Amos of Botswana, who ran 1: 42.14 in the 800m, then Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya who took the lead in the standings world wide (3: 28,41) 1500m
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