Impressive wins in Shanghai for Duplantis, Warholm and Mahuchikh
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World record holders Mondo Duplantis, Karsten Warholm and Yaroslava Mahuchikh all sealed impressive victories at the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League on Saturday, while US athlete Cordell Tinch produced a spectacular performance in the 110m hurdles, clocking a world lead, meeting record and personal best of 12.87 (0.6m/s).
That moved Tinch joint-fourth on the world all-time list, smashing his previous best of 12.96 and bringing him home well clear of Rachid Muratake (13.10) and Rasheed Broadbell (13.24). 'I felt like I was going to run something fast, but I didn't know it would be 12.8 fast,' said Tinch.
Duplantis maintained his winning streak in the men's pole vault and soared over a meeting record of 6.11m on his first attempt, before putting the bar up to a world record of 6.28m. Greece's Emmanouil Karalis took second with 6.01m.
Mahuchikh cleared 2.00m to take victory in the women's high jump, with Nicola Olyslagers next best with 1.98m and Eleanor Patterson third with 1.95m.
Chase Jackson produced a superb throw of 20.54m to set a meeting record in the women's shot put, the US star opening with 20.49m and then adding 5cm to her leading mark in the fourth round, with Dutch athlete Jessica Schilder second with 19.77m and Sweden's Fanny Roos third with 19.66m.
Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma set a national record of 1:56.64 to take victory in the women's 800m, which was also a world lead and meeting record. She produced a scintillating last 100 metres to come home clear of Sarah Billings of Australia, who set a big PB in second of 1:57.83.
There was another Ethiopian win in the men's 5000m where Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Berihu Aregawi set a meeting record of 12:50.45, holding on up the home straight to defeat the late charge of compatriot Kuma Girma, who set a PB of 12:50.69 in second.
Pedro Pichardo returned to action in the men's triple jump and the Tokyo Olympic champion got his season off to a winning start, jumping 17.03m in the first round, his best mark of the night, which was enough for victory. Jamaica's Jordan Scott was next best with 17.00m.
In the men's 400m, Christopher Bailey produced a flying finish to take victory in a PB of 44.17, the US athlete beating Bayapo Ndori, who clocked 44.32 in second. Olympic champion Quincy Hall returned from a long injury layoff and finished eighth in 45.99.
Grace Stark set a meeting record of 12.42 (0.3m/s) to take victory in the women's 100m hurdles, with Danielle Williams second in 12.55 and Marione Fourie third in 12.62.
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