World champion Noah Lyles on Friday notched up another victory in his rivalry with fellow American Michael Norman in the 200m at the Diamond League meet in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday.
Lyles clocked 19.56 seconds, with world 400m champion Norman second in a season’s best of 19.76 seconds.
“I would have taken anything under 19.60, so 19.56 is alright for tonight,” Lyles said.
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Lyles’ teammate Aleia Hobbs made up for the absence of Jamaican duo Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah to win the women’s 100m.
Five-time 100m world champion Fraser-Pryce, with six sub-10.70-second times to her credit this season, was a late withdrawal due to a “muscle sprain” she experienced during her warm-up.
Four-time Olympic sprint gold medalist Thompson-Herah was disqualified for a false start in front of a sold-out 12,700-strong Stade olympique de la Pontaise.
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Hobbs went on to clock 10.87 seconds for victory in a photo-finish ahead of a third Jamaican, world 200m champion Shericka Jackson.
“I had a good start today and I know that if I start well I can get great times,” Hobbs said. “I’m happy with the 10.87, it’s another sub-10.9 for me.”
Double European champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a world leading time of 3:29.05 as he won the 1,500m ahead of Kenya’s Abel Kipsang.
The Olympic gold medalist, who had to settle for world silver behind Britain’s Jake Wightman, was happy that he had kicked on after a strong pace was set.
“I’ve had a good season,” the Norwegian said. “Obviously I was disappointed in Eugene. There are always things I can do better and it doesn’t always go as expected.”
Treble European champion Femke Bol of the Netherlands smashed the meeting record in clocking 52.95 seconds to win the 400m hurdles.
Former world record-holder Dalilah Muhammad of the US finished well off the pace in seventh.
“It’s amazing to run a meet record here and run again in 52,” Bol said.
A loaded women’s 100m hurdles featured all three medalists from the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon: Tobi Amusan, Britany Anderson and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.
The latter claimed the win in Lausanne in a meet record of 12.34 seconds, with Amusan at 0.11 seconds.
There was another meet record, by more than 5 seconds, for Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba, who marked her return from injury with victory in the 3,000m in 8:26.80 ahead of American Alicia Monson and Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet.
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