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In the first of two finals in this year's Diamond League, | :01:19. | :01:22. | |
16 Diamond Race titles will be decided tonight in an evening | :01:23. | :01:25. | |
We are back in Switzerland where the city of Zurich | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
Your commentators at the stadium are Tim Hutchings and Steve Cram. | :01:30. | :01:37. | |
We were here of course for the European | :01:38. | :01:40. | |
Championship in 2014, lots of memories from that. | :01:41. | :01:47. | |
We begin tonight with a non-Diamond league race. | :01:48. | :01:51. | |
This is not a Diamond Race but we have Eilidh Doyle | :01:52. | :02:00. | |
The American, Little, looking to make some | :02:01. | :02:08. | |
A great lane draw for Doyle in the pink shoes in lane four. | :02:09. | :02:30. | |
Third from left has got off quite quick. | :02:31. | :02:39. | |
Petersen moving well, looking very strong. | :02:40. | :02:41. | |
She runs her races, perfectly measured | :02:42. | :02:42. | |
The World Championship silver medallist last year, | :02:43. | :02:56. | |
of whom so much was expected in this Olympic year. | :02:57. | :03:02. | |
Maybe Little is getting it right here, albeit | :03:03. | :03:04. | |
Doyle in second place in lane four but has some work to do | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
Petersen comes through very strongly in lane six. | :03:11. | :03:17. | |
It's all too late in this 2016 summer. | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
She has a relatively poor form since the Olympic trial, | :03:25. | :03:34. | |
sixth in Monaco and London, fifth one week ago. | :03:35. | :03:36. | |
A great run, nonetheless and we can confirm the result | :03:37. | :03:48. | |
of the 400 metres hurdles, with Little finding her | :03:49. | :03:51. | |
The women's pole vault was held the night before on the main station | :03:52. | :04:03. | |
A large enthusiastic crowd of fans and commuters were treated | :04:04. | :04:08. | |
to a close-up view of a high-quality competition which included a gold | :04:09. | :04:10. | |
It was Great Britain's Holly Bradshaw who claimed the victory. | :04:11. | :04:21. | |
4.76m at the first attempt, which would prove to be | :04:22. | :04:30. | |
A season's best for Bradshaw and her third best ever. | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
Stefanidi, the Olympic champion, had passed due to earlier failures | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
Sandi Morris also rued an early miss. | :04:38. | :04:44. | |
She cleared 4.76 too but lost out to Bradshaw. | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
This was not a Diamond League event but it was a significant win | :04:50. | :04:52. | |
for Holly against the Olympic medallist. | :04:53. | :04:54. | |
A couple of competitions left, she's not ready yet | :04:55. | :04:56. | |
A great win in an unusual venue, just the ticket for Holly. | :04:57. | :05:04. | |
Still to come, four of the world's most decorated 200 metre runners go | :05:05. | :05:07. | |
British 1500 metre record-holder Laura Muir is still in the race | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
All the protagonists are here for the women's 800 metres | :05:16. | :05:20. | |
And the stacked 100 metres features Kendra Harrison and Ruth Jebet leads | :05:21. | :05:32. | |
the field in the women's steeplechase. | :05:33. | :05:42. | |
Next on the track on the far side, the men's 5000 metres. | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
Look at the list of names going through there. | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
This could well be very close, in terms of winning | :05:51. | :05:54. | |
He has to make up eight points on Edris. | :05:55. | :06:21. | |
With double points, if you win tonight, you get 20 | :06:22. | :06:24. | |
and if you come second, their positions would be reversed. | :06:25. | :06:26. | |
They are looking of course, to get under 13 minutes here. | :06:27. | :06:56. | |
When you think back to all of the great 5000 metres over | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
the years, you can remember the world record being broken | :07:00. | :07:01. | |
No Mo Farah of course but a chance for some of the others to get quick | :07:02. | :07:16. | |
times and certainly for Kejelcha to have a big payday. | :07:17. | :07:17. | |
The Olympic silver medallist in the steeplechase. | :07:18. | :07:26. | |
There has been discussion about whether Evan Jager can improve | :07:27. | :07:28. | |
Let's not forget Ryan Hill who had a fantastic run | :07:29. | :07:35. | |
in Paris in 3000 metres last week, last Saturday. | :07:36. | :07:37. | |
There were so many men in great form in Paris, | :07:38. | :07:43. | |
the 3000, who are running here again tonight. | :07:44. | :07:46. | |
I'm optimistic we will see several men go under 13 minutes | :07:47. | :07:49. | |
but they have not got to go with the pace. | :07:50. | :07:56. | |
62 seconds per lap is 12.55 tempo, it's not hanging about. | :07:57. | :07:58. | |
They are in the pack, running around 65 for the first lap | :07:59. | :08:07. | |
and are going even slower now, so only Evan Jager going | :08:08. | :08:12. | |
with the pace so this will be interesting. | :08:13. | :08:15. | |
If they keep running four or five laps, and then | :08:16. | :08:17. | |
he is out there on his own, is he in the sort of shape to keep | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
going if they end up running at this pace? | :08:22. | :08:23. | |
A great field in a women's long jump. | :08:24. | :08:29. | |
Including all three Olympic medallists. | :08:30. | :08:37. | |
Spanovic, of course, despite jumping well | :08:38. | :08:39. | |
in Rio, she had to settle for the bronze. | :08:40. | :08:41. | |
She starts brilliantly in round one, in the sunshine, down | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
Straight off the board, no wind in the stadium. | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
She had so much but the 30 around her in those | :08:51. | :09:09. | |
Didn't perform as well as she would have liked. | :09:10. | :09:14. | |
Very, very tight in the first two or three rounds. | :09:15. | :09:19. | |
She was chopping into the board there, those long legs | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
Brittney Reese trying to respond, as she did in Rio. | :09:25. | :09:36. | |
Now, still searching for seven metres. | :09:37. | :09:45. | |
A great technique from Brittney Reese, so powerful. | :09:46. | :09:51. | |
6.95, takes the lead by just two centimetres. | :09:52. | :09:59. | |
That was the best jump of the competition so she won. | :10:00. | :10:01. | |
In the Diamond Race, it was Spanovic who came out on top. | :10:02. | :10:13. | |
She's pretty much had it wrapped up tonight. | :10:14. | :10:19. | |
That's the case for quite a few of the athletes. | :10:20. | :10:26. | |
There's many events where that is not the case. | :10:27. | :10:29. | |
Interesting thing in the 5000 metres, Evan Jager went | :10:30. | :10:31. | |
That is the sort of pace we are asking for. | :10:32. | :10:36. | |
They are continuing to run at a slow pace, the pack. | :10:37. | :10:41. | |
Settled down a little bit in 62s, but running sub-13 minutes. | :10:42. | :10:54. | |
It's about 11 seconds, actually, now. | :10:55. | :10:56. | |
They are showing no signs of picking it up. | :10:57. | :11:02. | |
I just wonder whether they realise it is Jager up there. | :11:03. | :11:05. | |
Some of the Ethiopians running in 5000 metres, | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
they may not realise that Jager has the ability | :11:10. | :11:12. | |
perhaps to run under 13, so this is hugely interesting. | :11:13. | :11:22. | |
The Olympic and world champion, Perkovic, leads, | :11:23. | :11:35. | |
You can laugh all you want because the big pressure | :11:36. | :11:49. | |
Well, very modest three opening rounds from the French woman. | :11:50. | :12:02. | |
But she is struggling to get anywhere near that. | :12:03. | :12:15. | |
She opened with 57 and then 58 and then 60. | :12:16. | :12:18. | |
63.91, second place but long way down. | :12:19. | :12:34. | |
67.98 in round four, no throw in round five. | :12:35. | :12:36. | |
You can see out there just over the 70-metre line, | :12:37. | :12:50. | |
68.44 for Perkovic , by far the longest throw | :12:51. | :13:02. | |
About as good as it can get from Sandra Perkovic. | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
She's ahead of the French, Melina Robert-Michon. | :13:10. | :13:11. | |
Less than three laps to go for Evan Jager but the chase is on. | :13:12. | :13:15. | |
Evan Jager has cut himself loose of the pacemaker, | :13:16. | :13:28. | |
They have slowed in the fourth kilometer. | :13:29. | :13:36. | |
There are not going to be any fast times here tonight, | :13:37. | :13:44. | |
but what needs to be sorted out is who is going to win this | :13:45. | :13:47. | |
Kejelcha hopes by winning tonight, he hopes to guarantee he gets | :13:48. | :13:55. | |
the big pot but Evan Jager has messed up the party a little | :13:56. | :13:58. | |
Kejelcha could still be second if he does not catch Evan Jager. | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
So Evan Jager with two laps to go, can he hang on? | :14:05. | :14:07. | |
That fourth kilometer was his slowest. | :14:08. | :14:18. | |
He leads the pack though, but the gap is 50 metres. | :14:19. | :14:20. | |
I just think he has got the strength and experience | :14:21. | :14:23. | |
He is inexperienced but frankly, this is just pure | :14:24. | :14:36. | |
As I speak, every metre, it closes and it closes, | :14:37. | :15:00. | |
Wouldn't you like to have a head start of a good 35 metres, | :15:01. | :15:10. | |
maybe even more, going into the bell? | :15:11. | :15:12. | |
The two big kickers at the back of the pack could catch him. | :15:13. | :15:30. | |
He's just starting to look a little tired down the back straight. | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
He was 12.15 at the bell, went 5.5 seconds down. | :15:37. | :15:38. | |
Gebhriwet lets loose, and he is chasing him down. | :15:39. | :15:49. | |
If he won this, and other positions depended on it, | :15:50. | :15:51. | |
He has been out there for so long, a brave effort from him, | :15:52. | :16:00. | |
Gebhriwet coming through to take the win. | :16:01. | :16:12. | |
Chelimo will be second, a very tired Jager will hang on for third. | :16:13. | :16:15. | |
They all looked at each other, and for a long time it looked | :16:16. | :16:25. | |
He picked up a little bit in the last 600 metres, | :16:26. | :16:35. | |
I am surprised the pack let Jager go in the first place. | :16:36. | :16:44. | |
Disappointing, really, because they have to run tactically | :16:45. | :16:53. | |
over the 12 and a half laps, but the conditions are as good | :16:54. | :16:56. | |
I don't think he realises, because he was just winning | :16:57. | :17:03. | |
the race, but because he won and others were not inside the top | :17:04. | :17:08. | |
Confirmation of the Diamond Race standings at the end. | :17:09. | :17:21. | |
Gebhriwet, jumping from 15 points to 35, gets ahead of a disconsolate | :17:22. | :17:24. | |
The winners of the past four Olympic titles take | :17:25. | :17:35. | |
Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson faces Dafne | :17:36. | :17:47. | |
She cannot be caught in the Diamond Race and is keen | :17:48. | :17:53. | |
for revenge after losing out to Thompson in Rio. | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
Kambundji will get a roar from the crowd, very popular. | :18:00. | :18:14. | |
Inside Elaine Thompson, the double Olympic champion from Rio. | :18:15. | :18:21. | |
Ahye from Trinidad and Tobago was sixth in Rio. | :18:22. | :18:33. | |
She was fifth last year in Beijing over 100 metres. | :18:34. | :18:38. | |
Allyson Felix, a six-time Olympic champion. | :18:39. | :18:47. | |
She ran in the Olympic trials at 400. | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
This young lady, the Jamaican, Elaine Thompson, at 24, | :18:54. | :18:56. | |
double Olympic champion, then she won in Paris last | :18:57. | :18:58. | |
Dafne Schippers, the third fastest athlete in history. | :18:59. | :19:11. | |
Dafne Schippers, Elaine Thompson, Allyson Felix, in five, six, seven. | :19:12. | :19:28. | |
Veronica Campbell-Brown, only sixth in Lausanne, certainly not the force | :19:29. | :19:37. | |
she was. Dina Asher-Smith, the young British runner in fabulous form. She | :19:38. | :19:40. | |
should go well. Kambundji, seventh in Lausanne | :19:41. | :19:42. | |
exactly a week ago tonight, a semifinalist in Rio in 100 | :19:43. | :19:45. | |
metres and 200 metres. I got the impression that Schippers | :19:46. | :19:53. | |
dipped a little early. We will have to wait and see | :19:54. | :20:23. | |
what the computer says. I thought Allyson Felix would come | :20:24. | :20:35. | |
through more strongly in the second half. | :20:36. | :20:38. | |
21.85, a Diamond League record by a Elaine Thompson. | :20:39. | :20:41. | |
Dafne Schippers, she burnt the bend this time, and Elaine Thompson | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
That is what Schippers is normally so good at. | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
This time, just tying up in the last 25-30 metres. | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
This is where she's normally good and holds it together, | :20:58. | :21:05. | |
but look at Thompson, still trying to keep it relaxed. | :21:06. | :21:08. | |
Look at the tension in Schippers's face, | :21:09. | :21:12. | |
Consolation as well, Dafne Schippers was already clear | :21:13. | :21:28. | |
in terms of winning the Diamond Race. | :21:29. | :21:30. | |
She had it at five metres out, didn't she? | :21:31. | :21:35. | |
We can go now to the men's shot put competition. | :21:36. | :21:57. | |
Tom Walsh, the bronze medal from Rio. | :21:58. | :21:59. | |
Commonwealth silver medallist two years ago. | :22:00. | :22:05. | |
He has had a fabulous couple of years. | :22:06. | :22:06. | |
He won in Paris by one centimetre last week. | :22:07. | :22:16. | |
A fabulous effort in Paris, where he threw 22 metres exactly. | :22:17. | :22:35. | |
Crouser, the Olympic champion, took everyone by surprise | :22:36. | :22:37. | |
He had the world youth title in 2009. | :22:38. | :22:45. | |
That, for Crouser, at 22 metres exactly. | :22:46. | :22:55. | |
The best of his opening three rounds was only 20.89. | :22:56. | :23:14. | |
Joe Kovacs, there, the Olympic silver medallist and world | :23:15. | :23:22. | |
21.20, the best of his series, in third place. | :23:23. | :23:29. | |
Tom Walsh is indeed the winner with 22.20 | :23:30. | :23:37. | |
Tom Walsh on this occasion puts the best of them behind him. | :23:38. | :23:49. | |
Ryan Crouser second, Joe Kovacs third. | :23:50. | :23:59. | |
After her disappointment in the Olympic final, | :24:00. | :24:01. | |
Britain's Laura Muir bounced back at last week's Diamond League | :24:02. | :24:04. | |
meeting in Paris with a new PB and winning time, taking her to 13th | :24:05. | :24:07. | |
on the all-time list for 1500 metres and left Olympic champion | :24:08. | :24:09. | |
Faith Kipyegon behind for the first time this year. | :24:10. | :24:22. | |
Repeat result would see her win the Diamond. | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
She would have to overcome a field packed with many | :24:28. | :24:30. | |
The women's 1500 metres, and what a field we have here. | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
Pretty much the Olympic final here with one or two differences. | :24:36. | :24:41. | |
Jenny Meadows is doing the pacemaking job. | :24:42. | :24:44. | |
Laura Muir has had the season of her life. | :24:45. | :24:51. | |
There is the woman who won gold on the day, Faith Kipyegon. | :24:52. | :24:59. | |
For Laura Muir, Scotland's finest, two British records this year, | :25:00. | :25:09. | |
a world-leading 3.55 in Paris last week, | :25:10. | :25:10. | |
If Laura Muir can win this race, she can catch Faith Kipyegon. | :25:11. | :25:18. | |
Double points tonight, of course, so is Laura Muir going to go for it? | :25:19. | :25:22. | |
It was her frontrunning tactics in Paris that took everybody, | :25:23. | :25:25. | |
not so much by surprise because she has done it before, | :25:26. | :25:28. | |
but the power of her running as the pacemakers dropped out. | :25:29. | :25:34. | |
She wants Jenny Meadows to go off at a steady pace through 800 | :25:35. | :25:40. | |
Laura Muir will be ready to pick it up from there. | :25:41. | :25:45. | |
Kipyegon this time, I'm pretty sure, will not let | :25:46. | :25:56. | |
Laura Muir get away as easily as she did in Paris, | :25:57. | :26:04. | |
though I am not sure there was much she could have done about it. | :26:05. | :26:07. | |
It is exciting, because while it is predictable, | :26:08. | :26:09. | |
you know when Laura Muir lines up you will have a tough race. | :26:10. | :26:12. | |
They know they will get tested tonight. | :26:13. | :26:14. | |
The only problem is, from Laura's perspective, | :26:15. | :26:16. | |
You know you're going to get this long charge from home | :26:17. | :26:24. | |
from about 1000 metres out, and they can prepare mentally | :26:25. | :26:26. | |
and physically, but that is a quick opener. | :26:27. | :26:28. | |
Jenny is obviously a great 800 metres runner and is good at judging | :26:29. | :26:40. | |
pace, and she will keep this going nicely. | :26:41. | :26:44. | |
That clicked Laura Muir into another gear and she kept | :26:45. | :26:55. | |
Laura Muir with Kipyegon on her shoulder. | :26:56. | :27:02. | |
Right at the back is the Polish runner. | :27:03. | :27:15. | |
It has been a nice break since Paris last Saturday. | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
Laura Muir has had five days of rest. | :27:22. | :27:26. | |
Enough time to go down the track, a light session. | :27:27. | :27:29. | |
After Paris, where she took them to hell and back, | :27:30. | :27:52. | |
Jenny Meadows drops out after doing a good pacemaking job. | :27:53. | :27:56. | |
Faith Kipyegon is thinking, this is not Paris and you're not | :27:57. | :28:07. | |
Laura Muir is sitting there, trying to come back at Faith Kipyegon. | :28:08. | :28:53. | |
Jenny Simpson looks dangerous, so does Shannon Rowbury. | :28:54. | :28:58. | |
As they come into the home straight, it is not about the times | :28:59. | :29:01. | |
necessarily, it is about the win tonight. | :29:02. | :29:03. | |
Laura Muir is going to try to kick this one. | :29:04. | :29:07. | |
Kipyegon looks spent, and Laura Muir is pulling away. | :29:08. | :29:10. | |
Is Shannon Rowbury going to get there? | :29:11. | :29:16. | |
How many dives across the line have we seen? | :29:17. | :29:27. | |
Shannon Rowbury, I was just about to say that Laura Muir | :29:28. | :29:31. | |
was going to hang on, but Shannon Rowbury, | :29:32. | :29:43. | |
with that lunge, may well have robbed her of the victory | :29:44. | :29:46. | |
overall as well, because she had to get the win, given that | :29:47. | :29:49. | |
A very different race to Paris, but a quick time nonetheless. | :29:50. | :29:57. | |
Reversing the positions of Paris, when Simpson finished ahead of her. | :29:58. | :30:07. | |
Laura Muir did everything she could here. | :30:08. | :30:21. | |
The Olympic champion is truly not the force of a couple of weeks back. | :30:22. | :30:24. | |
Kipyegon nearly shut the door down on Laura Muir. | :30:25. | :30:27. | |
In lane two, if she had stuck to the curve, | :30:28. | :30:29. | |
Rowberry could've found it tough with some traffic to get | :30:30. | :30:31. | |
Than her legs give way under her. | :30:32. | :30:34. | |
That is what you call giving your all. | :30:35. | :30:37. | |
Well, Kipyegon ended up actually seventh, | :30:38. | :30:39. | |
and who would have predicted that before tonight? | :30:40. | :30:40. | |
She only had to finish fourth or fifth and that | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
Not only lost, a poor race by her standards. | :30:46. | :30:54. | |
I did not know if I had her or not, but I'm over the moon. | :30:55. | :31:08. | |
I wanted to do the same as Paris, and I knew if I ran a good | :31:09. | :31:13. | |
I could not hold off at the end, but was very close. | :31:14. | :31:27. | |
Braz, one of the biggest shocks in Rio. | :31:28. | :31:28. | |
In front of his home crowd in the pole vault. | :31:29. | :31:31. | |
There he goes clear, no trouble at all. | :31:32. | :31:40. | |
Took three attempts at 5.62, a little while ago. | :31:41. | :31:47. | |
But the world junior champion back in 2012, he has been | :31:48. | :31:51. | |
there or thereabouts, fourth in the World Indoors in 2014 | :31:52. | :31:56. | |
He is passing at the next height, 5.78. | :31:57. | :32:10. | |
A little hiccup earlier on, first attempt. | :32:11. | :32:13. | |
5.78 for the Olympic champion from London. | :32:14. | :32:15. | |
A silver medallist, of course, in Rio. | :32:16. | :32:16. | |
Can you believe he was on the podium in Rio in tears? | :32:17. | :32:29. | |
Desperately bad behaviour by a small section | :32:30. | :32:30. | |
How he would love to round off his season here with a fine performance, | :32:31. | :32:45. | |
5.78, he cleared, and there, at 5.84. | :32:46. | :33:07. | |
Throws the gauntlet down to the others. | :33:08. | :33:11. | |
Thiago Braz da Silva is there, having passed at 5.78. | :33:12. | :33:20. | |
Many thought he would take the Olympic title, | :33:21. | :33:28. | |
but he had to settle for bronze in Rio. | :33:29. | :33:43. | |
The Olympic bronze medallist in four. | :33:44. | :33:46. | |
Hudson-Smith, Olympic finalist, he goes in sixth. | :33:47. | :33:49. | |
Without much delay at all, they get under way. | :33:50. | :34:02. | |
Oh, my word, that is Hudson-Smith who has pulled up in lane six. | :34:03. | :34:12. | |
Also an aggressive run, from the champion in lane two. | :34:13. | :34:23. | |
A nicely judged race by LaShawn Merritt. | :34:24. | :34:45. | |
LaShawn Merritt wins for the fifth time here. | :34:46. | :35:12. | |
He now has 50 points and is the undisputed Diamond Race | :35:13. | :35:19. | |
Merritt doing enough there, of course, for him. | :35:20. | :35:26. | |
This Diamond Race was pretty much wrapped up for him and he just | :35:27. | :35:33. | |
Pride takes over when he's in a scrap here. | :35:34. | :35:41. | |
Taplin's momentum looked like he would get there, | :35:42. | :35:46. | |
but the last five minutes, he ran out of steam. | :35:47. | :35:50. | |
He has been a little bit inconsistent tonight at the lower | :35:51. | :36:10. | |
So, although he is cleared 5.84, he is in second place. | :36:11. | :36:29. | |
He had two attempts at that height and Sam Kendricks had just one. | :36:30. | :36:34. | |
The Olympic champion took a little while to get warmed up. | :36:35. | :36:39. | |
Nothing to do with him, the booing of the crowd. | :36:40. | :36:58. | |
He made the gesture on the screen, didn't he? | :36:59. | :37:07. | |
It wasn't the most educated crowd at times | :37:08. | :37:16. | |
Whilst the controversy around Caster Semenya rumbles on, | :37:17. | :37:30. | |
there's no disputing her dominance in the 800 metres. | :37:31. | :37:32. | |
Tonight's race is practically a rerun of the Olympic final. | :37:33. | :37:35. | |
With all the finalists from Rio toeing the line again here. | :37:36. | :37:38. | |
With the Olympic title claimed, a win here would secure the Diamond | :37:39. | :37:42. | |
Race, but will she be looking to make a point | :37:43. | :37:45. | |
They asked for a fast pace - 55 seconds. | :37:46. | :38:15. | |
She leads the Diamond Race by two points. | :38:16. | :38:17. | |
I don't think too many of the others are keen to tackle that. | :38:18. | :38:40. | |
Selina Buchel has gone off quickest of the pack. | :38:41. | :38:42. | |
A bit of a dilemma over the first 200 in an 800 with a big field. | :38:43. | :38:49. | |
because if you don't go out hard inside three or four lanes, | :38:50. | :38:53. | |
But Caster Semenya, uncharacteristically, | :38:54. | :38:55. | |
Looks like she might be up for it here. | :38:56. | :39:08. | |
Yes, she is meant to experienced the pacemaker. | :39:09. | :39:10. | |
Semenya, if she comes back with a reasonable | :39:11. | :39:41. | |
She's got them breathing down her neck now, Caster Semenya. | :39:42. | :39:46. | |
The Olympic silver-medallist in second there. | :39:47. | :39:48. | |
She's having the run of her life at the moment, Buchel. | :39:49. | :39:50. | |
Remember that winning time in Rio? | :39:51. | :39:52. | |
Getting away now around the outside, Niyonsaba. | :39:53. | :40:06. | |
Staying out in front, very impressive. | :40:07. | :40:09. | |
Caster Semenya is going to get it. | :40:10. | :40:11. | |
The gap behind speaks volumes once again. | :40:12. | :40:20. | |
Biship and Sharp and Sum and Buchel have run | :40:21. | :40:27. | |
They were behind the big three from the top of the rostrum in Rio. | :40:28. | :40:35. | |
She must have gone 26.5 and then start slowing down and then | :40:36. | :40:47. | |
She wants a good, smooth 55, 55 and a half. | :40:48. | :40:54. | |
She decided, right, I've saved enough. | :40:55. | :41:10. | |
And the debate will continue around Caster Semenya. | :41:11. | :41:12. | |
She will do what you say she can do, winning races and did | :41:13. | :41:15. | |
For her, 2016 has been a fabulous year. | :41:16. | :41:19. | |
A good run from the American, Grace, in fifth. | :41:20. | :41:25. | |
Still to come, Kendra Harrison and Cindy Ofili in the women's | :41:26. | :41:38. | |
The steeplechase with Ruth Jebet and the traditional women's | :41:39. | :41:55. | |
In the pole vault, the Olympic champion, Thiago Braz, he's retired. | :41:56. | :42:03. | |
That leaves just Renaud Lavillenie and Sam Kendricks. | :42:04. | :42:05. | |
Sam Kendricks really taking it to Renaud Lavillenie here. | :42:06. | :42:11. | |
He is quick and smooth and when he gets it right, | :42:12. | :42:22. | |
He has had one or two bits of good fortune in the last couple of weeks | :42:23. | :42:34. | |
No world champion tonight - he was a late withdrawal earlier | :42:35. | :42:47. | |
So, he's looking to respond at 5.90, Renaud Lavillenie. | :42:48. | :42:57. | |
And smiles, it's good to see that, because we did not see too much | :42:58. | :43:09. | |
Attacking it, as he always does, great athleticism. | :43:10. | :43:14. | |
We have highlights of the evening here. | :43:15. | :43:33. | |
Harrison, the new world-record holder in lane five. | :43:34. | :43:35. | |
Cindy Ofili only just missed out on a medal in Rio. | :43:36. | :43:46. | |
Harrison, under a little bit of pressure here. | :43:47. | :44:08. | |
Good running from Cindy Ofili, also finishing quick. | :44:09. | :44:19. | |
The first hurdle, second hurdle, thinking, here we go, | :44:20. | :44:26. | |
a pretty ordinary night at the office. | :44:27. | :44:43. | |
She matched her for five or six flights. | :44:44. | :44:49. | |
I think she has put a target on her back. | :44:50. | :44:58. | |
They are thinking, if you can do it, I can, too. | :44:59. | :45:00. | |
She is so quick between the barriers. | :45:01. | :45:02. | |
Cindy Ofili closer to her than she has been | :45:03. | :45:07. | |
Harrison getting the win, great season. | :45:08. | :45:13. | |
But the major, major hole in August when she was not at Rio. | :45:14. | :45:17. | |
A very good second place for Cindy Ofili just ahead. | :45:18. | :45:24. | |
Finishing ahead of Jasmine Stowers in third. | :45:25. | :45:30. | |
The pole vault is complete, Kendricks and Renaud | :45:31. | :45:32. | |
They both cleared 5.90 at the second time of asking. | :45:33. | :45:44. | |
I don't suppose he minds, he has that gold medal | :45:45. | :45:49. | |
You can see the men lined up for the 100 metres. | :45:50. | :46:10. | |
The Diamond Race leader, on 20 points, is Justin Gatlin. | :46:11. | :46:21. | |
It is basically Meite versus Rodgers. | :46:22. | :46:28. | |
Powell, very close to his season's best. | :46:29. | :46:58. | |
Jamaica won the last six editions of the 100, and now it is seven | :46:59. | :47:07. | |
Number 97 in terms of legal sub-ten-second clockings. | :47:08. | :47:21. | |
No Justin Gatlin, who has won a couple of Diamond Leagues. | :47:22. | :47:24. | |
Gatlin and one or two others not here, so it was up for grabs. | :47:25. | :47:31. | |
26-24 between Powell and Meite, tough to take. | :47:32. | :47:46. | |
A busy night in the field in the high jump. | :47:47. | :47:56. | |
An event which hasn't been at its best this year. | :47:57. | :48:06. | |
Kind of continuing what has been a pretty solid year for her. | :48:07. | :48:20. | |
She cleared 1.94 earlier in the season. | :48:21. | :48:24. | |
Tonight is an indication of what has gone on all season. | :48:25. | :48:44. | |
and has pretty much had the competition all to herself. | :48:45. | :48:57. | |
She was miles ahead in the Diamond Race. | :48:58. | :49:02. | |
She decided to put the bar up to over two metres | :49:03. | :49:05. | |
to have a bit of a go, but it was not to be. | :49:06. | :49:10. | |
-- you would not say it was high, but she doesn't mind. | :49:11. | :49:27. | |
The Diamond Race winner, a great year for the Spaniard. | :49:28. | :49:31. | |
On the track, it is the men's 400 metres hurdles. | :49:32. | :49:39. | |
We had a late withdrawal, the world champion who has been | :49:40. | :49:42. | |
Clement is pretty sure, unless something befalls him here. | :49:43. | :49:59. | |
Watch for Javier Culson getting away. | :50:00. | :50:14. | |
Outside, Clement, Hussein, they are very quickly | :50:15. | :50:15. | |
It is Javier Culson, trying to chase down Kerron Clement. | :50:16. | :50:31. | |
This looks, as we head into the home straight, like the local is giving | :50:32. | :50:35. | |
Clement has to hold off Javier Culson. | :50:36. | :50:42. | |
Javier Culson suddenly thought, I have got a chance here. | :50:43. | :51:04. | |
Hussein was being cheered on by the crowd then fell apart. | :51:05. | :51:09. | |
Then through the melee, Clement woke up and came | :51:10. | :51:11. | |
Clement finishes strongly, which is critical. | :51:12. | :51:21. | |
Look at Clement - brilliant determination, | :51:22. | :51:23. | |
He takes it eventually fairly comfortably. | :51:24. | :51:33. | |
Clement, then, with those 20 points in the end, | :51:34. | :51:35. | |
extending his lead over Javier Culson. | :51:36. | :51:54. | |
This season, Ruth Jebet became only the second woman to break | :51:55. | :51:59. | |
the nine-minute barrier in the 3000 metres steeplechase. | :52:00. | :52:04. | |
She went on to be Olympic champion in Rio, and last week in Paris, | :52:05. | :52:08. | |
The only prize left is the Diamond Trophy, | :52:09. | :52:11. | |
but to win that, she will have to beat the world champion | :52:12. | :52:14. | |
Ten Rio finalists going in this event. | :52:15. | :52:36. | |
Hyvin Kiyeng was the silver medallist. | :52:37. | :52:53. | |
Some athletes have just looked a little tired this evening. | :52:54. | :52:57. | |
Some really good athletes out there tonight. | :52:58. | :53:17. | |
Quigley reaching new ground in Paris, though only 9th. | :53:18. | :53:19. | |
She had a frustrating time, the American, at the US trials, | :53:20. | :53:28. | |
She was so close to a place in the Rio squad, the legs | :53:29. | :53:33. | |
going from under her on the home straight. | :53:34. | :53:35. | |
One gets the feeling that the world record-holder Jebet | :53:36. | :53:47. | |
run of the season was played out in Paris. | :53:48. | :53:52. | |
Thomas Rohler, he will never forget 2016, will he? | :53:53. | :53:56. | |
The new Olympic champion, the first that Germany have had | :53:57. | :53:58. | |
A big first-round throw from Thomas Rohler. | :53:59. | :54:24. | |
In the hotel in Rio, the big former East German thrower | :54:25. | :54:30. | |
I am sure he was enjoying watching Thomas Rohler win. | :54:31. | :54:41. | |
The opening throw took some catching, but the Czech managed | :54:42. | :54:56. | |
He was ninth in Rio, through well in Paris | :54:57. | :55:25. | |
He was close to his personal best in Paris, this | :55:26. | :55:40. | |
That was good enough for third place. | :55:41. | :55:49. | |
Confirmation of the win for Jakub Vadlejch. | :55:50. | :55:54. | |
The Olympic champion settled for second on this occasion. | :55:55. | :56:04. | |
Ruth Jebet now, she won't get the world record, that's for sure. | :56:05. | :56:08. | |
She has a lead of about 15 metres on Hyvin Kiyeng, | :56:09. | :56:18. | |
who must be getting sick of the sight of her former | :56:19. | :56:21. | |
Emma Coburn moves into fourth place, as you can see, | :56:22. | :56:29. | |
It is Chepkoech in the sights of the American. | :56:30. | :56:35. | |
She has mixed it so well, race after race, with the Kenyans | :56:36. | :56:40. | |
and the best of the rest over these last few weeks. | :56:41. | :56:43. | |
By contrast, the bizarre thing about the Kenyan runners | :56:44. | :56:55. | |
and the Bahraini, Ruth Jebet, is that they have not worked | :56:56. | :57:00. | |
Common sense tells you that they could go better over the barriers | :57:01. | :57:06. | |
There are a lot of women who would like to run | :57:07. | :57:18. | |
Nine minutes is considered international standard | :57:19. | :57:21. | |
If you get below 8.50, you can win races. | :57:22. | :57:24. | |
She comes round to take the bell now. | :57:25. | :57:30. | |
She is ahead of everybody in a general sense | :57:31. | :57:32. | |
I think I agree, she must, at some point, be able to go | :57:33. | :57:39. | |
Ruth Jebet, into the final lap with just over 300 metres to run. | :57:40. | :57:46. | |
This, to round off the most astonishing season from her. | :57:47. | :57:52. | |
Having a glance at the big screen to check the gap behind her. | :57:53. | :58:06. | |
Emma Coburn has moved into third place. | :58:07. | :58:10. | |
She's working hard with 250 metres to go. | :58:11. | :58:17. | |
Ruth Jebet, accelerating into the final water | :58:18. | :58:19. | |
Her first big title was the Asian Games title two years ago. | :58:20. | :58:32. | |
Now she is Olympic champion, world record-holder, | :58:33. | :58:35. | |
and after a run of this calibre, she will be the Diamond Race holder. | :58:36. | :58:47. | |
Kiyeng in second, Chepkoech in third. | :58:48. | :58:58. | |
After the exploits of last week in Paris, it was billed | :58:59. | :59:00. | |
You can understand the meeting promoters for doing that. | :59:01. | :59:12. | |
But I am sure that Ruth Jebet was thinking, my goodness, | :59:13. | :59:15. | |
She picked her time to run away, and then enjoyed a little jog | :59:16. | :59:19. | |
The second round of the men's triple jump. | :59:20. | :59:43. | |
Not one of the taller triple jumpers. | :59:44. | :59:52. | |
A small improvement by two centimetres for Carter. | :59:53. | :00:04. | |
Christian Taylor, his big jump coming in round two. | :00:05. | :00:15. | |
He is, let's not forget, the second longest jumper in history. | :00:16. | :00:35. | |
Last, the world title in Beijing, he came very close, within three | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
That's the smile we are used to seeing, back in full force. | :00:40. | :00:50. | |
Despite that right elbow in the sand, in the sixth and final | :00:51. | :01:00. | |
Christian Taylor all smiles at the end of this. | :01:01. | :01:16. | |
They like that tradition in Switzerland in the zero | :01:17. | :01:18. | |
and traditionally we finish with the 4x100 relay, | :01:19. | :01:20. | |
They did exactly the same in Rio, took them to the gold medal. | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
With Elaine Thompson down the back straight. | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
Tianna Bartoletta trying to run down the Jamaican team. | :01:36. | :01:50. | |
Already opened up a big gap on Germany. | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
Jamaica in the lead with Elaine Thompson. | :01:56. | :02:03. | |
It's all gone horribly wrong for the USA. | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
Veronica Campbell-Brown only had to run in a straight | :02:11. | :02:33. | |
line, which he does not always manage to do, | :02:34. | :02:36. | |
However. 41.65, not bad at all. | :02:37. | :02:40. | |
Plenty of national teams would love to run that quick, goodness me. | :02:41. | :02:43. | |
I don't know what happened to the USA. | :02:44. | :02:45. | |
She went off too early and there was no way | :02:46. | :03:00. | |
It's been one of those nights, hasn't it? | :03:01. | :03:08. | |
Lots of big names winning coming through to win the Diamond Race | :03:09. | :03:10. | |
The Diamond League return for the last time this season. | :03:11. | :03:41. | |
That's followed on BBC One by the Great City Games at 2:15pm | :03:42. | :03:45. | |
and then on Sunday, the Great North Run, | :03:46. | :03:47. | |
It was definitely a slight feeling of after the Lord | :03:48. | :03:56. | |
as many of the big-name enough to head off on their holidays, | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
not producing to make eye-catching performances. | :04:01. | :04:02. | |
It was a foregone conclusion for some, it certainly wasn't | :04:03. | :04:04. | |
Despite a dip in Rio, her season took one final test | :04:05. | :04:13. | |
She watched incredulously as Shannon Rowbury won. | :04:14. | :04:24. | |
She's still ended up as the Diamond Race winner. | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
A lovely reward for brilliant season. | :04:30. | :04:30. | |
A wild card entry to the World Championships | :04:31. | :04:32. | |
Join us next week when the remaining Diamond Races will be | :04:33. | :04:40. |