Semenya Dominates in the 1K, Coleman Wins the 100 Meters With a Lean

Caster Semenya's world record attempt in the 1K came up during Friday's Diamond League meet in Rabat, Morocco, goal The world record of 2: 28.98 has stood for 22 years now, the best time of the year. Thanks to Svetlana Masterkova of Russia, whose 1996 world record of 4: 12.56 in the mile also still stands today.

Ce'Aira Brown and Kaela Edwards Americans placed second and third behind Semenya on Friday night, clocking 2: 35.85 and 2: 36.13. Their respective Diamond League debuts were good enough to rank in the distance of the distance.

Other American highlights in Rabat included Christian Coleman's win in the 100 meters. The 2017 world silver medalist had a hard time in the face of the Diamond League meets in Paris and Lausanne. Ronnie Baker on Friday night and both men clocked 9.98, a new meeting record.

Noah Lyles, 20 and the USATF champion and 2018 world leader at 9.88, suffered a poor start and finished a hundredth of a second behind in 9.99 for third. He did, however, win the game

Two-time USATF 5K champion Paul Chelimo entered Rabat hoping to win his first Diamond League win, but despite leading the penultimate lap of the Men's 3K, his champion was Yomif Kejelcha of Ethiopia. The 20-year-old put a huge gap on the field just after the bell signifying the final lap-perhaps to avoid another late-race altercation-and won the race by a second in 7: 32.93, a new meet record world lead. Chelimo faded in the final meters and finished fourth in 7: 34.83.

Molly Huddle, who recently won her fourth straight US title in the 10K, struggled to find her groove in her first 5K since competing at the IAAF World Championships last summer . The 27-time national champion placed 10th in 15: 21.24, a full minute behind race winner Hellen Obiri, who set a world leading mark of 14: 21.75. Runner-up Sifan Hbadan of the Netherlands ran 14: 22.34, a new European record; she is now the seventh-fastest woman in world history.

Continuing the theme of the top Americans not making the podium, Olympic gold medalist Matthew Matthew Centrowitz placed 10th in the men's 1500 meters. The bright side? It was his best time of the season at 3: 35.17.