Americans Noah Lyles and Gabrielle Thomas won the 200m of the first meeting of the Diamond League in Doha (Qatar), amputated from the pole vault because of the wind and pushed back indoors on Saturday.
In the Qatar Sports Club stadium, attention was therefore focused on sprints and height. South Korean Woo Sang-hyuk (2.33m), indoor world champion in Belgrade this year, won ahead of national hero Mutaz Essa Barshim (2.30m), reigning Olympic champion with the Italian Gianmarco Tamberi (7th with 2.20m after 3 failures at 2.24m).
A little earlier, the American Noah Lyles, Olympic bronze medalist, had won the 200m in 19″72, ahead of his compatriot Fred Kerley 19″86, the Trinidadian Jereem Richard and the Canadian Andre de Grasse, Olympic champion (20″ 15).
dos Santos shine
Among the women, the American Gabrielle Thomas, also in bronze in Japan, won in 21″98, equaling the meeting record previously established by Allyson Felix. She beat the Jamaican Shericka Jackson 22″07 and the champion of the British world Dina Asher-Smith 22″37.
In the 400m hurdles, the Brazilian Alison dos Santos, Olympic bronze medalist, won in 47″24.
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