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Ronnie Baker of the United States was a consistency model the first day of the Diamond League meeting. in London, he won the men's 100 meters in 9.90sec – exactly as he recorded winning heat.
It's not that Baker, who jointly leads the list of the world this year with 9.88, is totally satisfied with his Olympic performance.
"In the final, I had the impression of getting up at the start, which kept me a little away from my transition and the speed at which I could really go", was he said
"But I'm really happy
" Two races in a short time; "
Behind him, five other athletes went under the 10 mark, the British Zharnel Hughes leading them to second place in 9.93, just ahead of Akani Simbine, champion of the Commonwealth Games of South Africa [19659008]. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce showed that she was far from being an exhausted force.
The Jamaican did not participate in the competition in 2017 after giving birth and she traveled to these birthday games with her young son
. The 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion won two races in 11.17 before winning the final in 10.98, her best time of the year.
Sam Kendricks, world pole vault champion, won with 5.92
Renaud Lavillenie, France's world record holder, maintained early control by crossing the same highs for the first time.
But 5.92m were decisive – while Kendricks Lavillenie missed his first jump before going to the next height and reached no other clearance, remaining with a record of 5.86m
Mondo Duplantis, the under-20 world champion has also crossed the 5.86m mark. He finished third because of failures at previous heights.
A late burst of Abdalelah Haroun saw him win the men's 400m in a personal best 44.07.
Qatar looked out of the race 2012 champion Kirani James and then Jamaican Nathon Allen took the lead.
But Haroun, who won the bronze medal in London last year, finished ahead of Paul Dedewo of the United States, who clocked a personal best 44.43. James, third in 44.50
The men's 400m hurdles were not a scoring event, but the Norwegian world champion Karsten Warholm attacked with his usual early strength, holding his lead – in the absence of Qatar's new strength Aberrahman Samba, who finished fifth in the 40 0m flat race in a personal best 44.62 – to win, reducing his national record to 47.65.
![Sam Kendricks of the United States, the pole vault world champion, was in festive mode after being the only one to cross 5.92m at the IAAF Diamond League in London © Getty Images [19659020] Sam Kendricks of the United States, pole vault world champion, was in contention after being the only one to break the 5.92m mark in London. © Getty Images [19659021] There was a popular winner in the women's long jump, as Briton Shara Proctor produced an impressive series in which five of his six efforts were beyond 6.80m, his best one 6.91m was pretty to defeat compatriot Lorraine Ugen, whose second place in Ugen means that she remains at the top of the IAAF Diamond League standings. </p>
<p> American Paul Chelimo won a first victory in an IAAF Diamond League race, moving away from Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha to win men's Kejelcha's [ismovedforwardtothebellbuttheOlympicsilvermedalistfollowedhimbeforeconsolidatinghisleadandcrossingthefirstin13min1401sec</p>
<p> In opening Diamond discipline on the track, America's Shamier Janieve Russell, of Little, and Jamaican, resumed his duel against Lausanne at 400m hurdles </p>
<p> Dalilah Muhammad, US Olympic champion, crossed the first 200m, but Little and Russell placed first. A slight advantage but, as in Switzerland, Little showed tremendous strength through the last barrier and dominated with a dive, winning by 0.01 seconds in 53.95. </p>
<p> One year after his record-breaking one-mile performance, Briton Tom Bosworth was a world best in the men's 3,000-meter race of 10: 43.9. </p>
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