:00:47. > :00:51.Welcome to the Diamond League highlights from Shanghai. We are
:00:52. > :00:59.only one round into this year's series and already, we have seen
:01:00. > :01:06.some memorable performances. Thomas Rohler. Oh, I say! 93.90. What a
:01:07. > :01:15.race we have got here. And Kiyeng is coming through. Robbie Grabarz.
:01:16. > :01:20.Continuing to go well here. We have a new kid on the block, that's
:01:21. > :01:25.ashore. Semenya is absolutely flying. And with another stellar
:01:26. > :01:41.line-up of athletes here in Shanghai, we can expect plenty more.
:01:42. > :01:48.Imperious David Rudisha. An astonishing world record. A fist
:01:49. > :01:57.pump from the Frenchman. Shaunae Miller is the champion. Let's get
:01:58. > :01:58.straight into the action with your commentators, Stuart Storey and Tim
:01:59. > :02:07.Hutchings. COMMENTATOR: There is the line-up
:02:08. > :02:12.for you. It is the first of four Diamond League races over the 400m
:02:13. > :02:18.hurdles, which account for the top eight places to go through to the
:02:19. > :02:30.final. Various Magi, being introduced to the crowd. And here is
:02:31. > :02:50.the Olympic champion. And here is the world champion from
:02:51. > :02:56.Kenya. Won the title in Beijing in 2015, was disqualified from the
:02:57. > :03:01.Olympic Games. So not an occasion for him. Here is a fellow who said
:03:02. > :03:04.this is his last season, Bershawn Jackson of the United States, who
:03:05. > :03:17.still holds the Diamond League record. What can Clement do?
:03:18. > :03:32.Bershawn Jackson usually goes off very quickly. A little bit of a
:03:33. > :03:35.stutter from the inside from Koech. Bershawn Jackson is right up on
:03:36. > :03:43.Nicklas Bendtner as they go into the back straight. And Whyte is going
:03:44. > :03:49.very strongly too. Clement is having a better run this time, but he will
:03:50. > :04:00.come under attack between 200 and 300. Bershawn Jackson is showing
:04:01. > :04:06.some form now. Bershawn Jackson, what a way to finish a season if you
:04:07. > :04:15.are going to run like this. Jackson is going to take this one. Van Zyl
:04:16. > :04:21.will take second place. And in third place, it looked like Hussein but we
:04:22. > :04:26.will check on that. My goodness me, the time was 48.60 three. Jackson
:04:27. > :04:31.does run remarkably well on occasion. In the USA, he ran a very
:04:32. > :04:34.ragged race in Des Moines and came home virtually last. Can you believe
:04:35. > :04:40.he has announced he's going to retire at the end of the season? A
:04:41. > :04:50.new record, 48.60 five. And he kicked him so hard around that final
:04:51. > :05:02.bend. A really strong man, the oldest man in the race. Magi came in
:05:03. > :05:07.third place. STUDIO: Still to come, Lavillenie is
:05:08. > :05:09.back from injury and taking on the world and the Olympic champions.
:05:10. > :05:16.Anyika Onuora faces a strong field in the women's 400m.
:05:17. > :05:21.Global champions Kiyeng and Jebet go head-to-head in the steeplechase.
:05:22. > :05:25.After the agony of Rio, Adam Gemili wants to get his 200m campaign off
:05:26. > :05:29.to a good start. And an all-star cast has been
:05:30. > :05:32.assembled for Shanghai's favourite, the men's 110 metre hurdles. And
:05:33. > :05:40.there is plenty more including the women's 1500m next up on the track.
:05:41. > :05:53.COMMENTATOR: The athletes are lined up. It includes the Olympic champion
:05:54. > :06:02.from Rio. She won here last time Daley year. There is Jenny Meadows
:06:03. > :06:06.as well. What a talent Faith Kipyegon is. She is the Commonwealth
:06:07. > :06:31.champion from Glasgow in 2014. Jenny Meadows is a very experienced
:06:32. > :06:41.pacemaker and a world-class athlete in her own right. She takes the
:06:42. > :06:47.lead. Kipyegon goes straight to the fore. Her last 800 in Rio was 157.2,
:06:48. > :06:57.quicker than the official a 10m personal best of 158.0. So it was an
:06:58. > :07:01.astonishing run. She beat Tirunesh Dibaba, the world record-holder.
:07:02. > :07:20.Seyaum is moving into third place. I think Jenny Meadows has gone
:07:21. > :07:23.through that first three quarters lap absolutely on song. As you say,
:07:24. > :07:29.they are looking for a four-minute schedule, which is pretty tough, but
:07:30. > :07:34.it looked as if the Olympic champion meant business. She went straight
:07:35. > :07:39.out in front. Seyaum was also that, and also the athlete from the
:07:40. > :07:49.Netherlands. There are all there at the moment. Look at cost, trying to
:07:50. > :07:55.get out of that mess. They went through 400m in 65.5. Jenny Meadows
:07:56. > :08:01.saw that time and accelerated significantly. It is a difficult
:08:02. > :08:04.decision that pacemakers have to make in this situation. Do they slow
:08:05. > :08:09.down and drop way behind the requested schedule? Kipyegon is
:08:10. > :08:15.trying to close the gap. She has isolated herself between the pack
:08:16. > :08:20.and Jenny Meadows as they get towards two laps to go. She has that
:08:21. > :08:24.wonderful ability to change pace, as we saw in the Olympic stadium in
:08:25. > :08:28.Rio. But will she be in that sort of shape tonight? She has had a very
:08:29. > :08:33.good winter. She has done well so far this year. Just a couple of
:08:34. > :08:53.seconds of schedule. Jenny Meadows is doing a very good
:08:54. > :08:56.job indeed. She was asked for 2.08. Kipyegon looks very comfortable,
:08:57. > :09:07.just trailing Meadows as they go around that band. The 21-year-old is
:09:08. > :09:17.in third place. She is twice the Ethiopian champion. Jenny Meadows is
:09:18. > :09:23.going much slower than what had been requested, but let's see what
:09:24. > :09:29.Kipyegon can do. She has a two or three metre lead. The Olympic
:09:30. > :09:35.champion hits the bell. The rest are coming in single file behind her.
:09:36. > :09:47.These three are beginning to get away. Seyaum in third. It is a
:09:48. > :10:01.one-two-three for the Africans. A big surge from Seyaum. Upright,
:10:02. > :10:14.powerful. Shades of that fabulous run in Rio from Kipyegon. 100th ago.
:10:15. > :10:20.Seyaum is there. She has hit the wall, so to speak. Kipyegon goes
:10:21. > :10:29.well clear on her yellow spikes. From a very slow opening pace, this
:10:30. > :10:35.is quick. Boy oh boy! 58.4, way inside sub four-minute pace, for
:10:36. > :10:41.what it is worth. She is displaying ability to change tempo and hold
:10:42. > :10:45.such a high-speed that everybody else just eventually wilts in her
:10:46. > :10:53.wake. Williams run, under four minutes, by far the fastest time in
:10:54. > :11:00.the world this year. To run under four minutes is special. Yes, it
:11:01. > :11:05.was. That third lap left a bit of work to do, but the last lap was
:11:06. > :11:10.sensational. She has got such speed in the final stages of this race.
:11:11. > :11:18.She saw Seyaum off. Look at the rhythm, total control. They said
:11:19. > :11:23.they wanted a sub four race and they got one. Everything is right in her
:11:24. > :11:42.camp, that's for sure. The women's discus throw and the
:11:43. > :11:46.men's discus thrower will be taking place simultaneously tonight. They
:11:47. > :11:51.are alternating rows, men, women, men, women. So while there are two
:11:52. > :11:54.separate competitions, one for each gender, they are mixing up the
:11:55. > :12:01.throwing throughout this next hour. Very strong field in both men's and
:12:02. > :12:15.women's competitions. Caballero is the first of the throwers to go.
:12:16. > :12:24.Really launched that one kilo discus. That is pretty good. Very
:12:25. > :12:37.fast in the circle. That throwing arm is not passive. The feet move
:12:38. > :12:42.fast, the torque is created. That was just beyond 65. Not a bad way to
:12:43. > :13:06.start. Milanov has real talent, as one
:13:07. > :13:14.would expect. A season is best for him. Not a bad start. The conditions
:13:15. > :13:27.are looking good for the discus. The men's high jump is under way.
:13:28. > :13:37.That was brilliant. The Ukrainian Protsenko goes clear. Really nice.
:13:38. > :13:53.The new season 's best for him. He is a 2.40 jumper. He cleared 2.40 in
:13:54. > :13:56.Lausanne. Back to the track, the women's 400m, just one lap of the
:13:57. > :14:01.track here. Four Rio finalists go in this race, including the Olympic
:14:02. > :14:19.champion. Anyika Onuora 's suffered in 2015
:14:20. > :14:23.from life-threatening malaria. She got the worst strain when visiting
:14:24. > :14:31.her father's village in Nigeria in 2015. She was hospitalised and near
:14:32. > :14:39.to death for quite a few weeks. Mitchell won the Australian title in
:14:40. > :14:47.early April. Natasha Hastings came fourth in Rio. Great athlete, lost
:14:48. > :14:56.to commit early and goes out very hard. In sixth is the Olympic
:14:57. > :15:03.champion. She was questioned by the more naive sectors of the media, but
:15:04. > :15:12.she used a legitimate tactic. Then there is Williams-Mills. The
:15:13. > :15:15.Ukrainian was seventh in Rio. The Olympic and Commonwealth champions
:15:16. > :15:18.go in this race, the Olympic champion against an impressive trio
:15:19. > :15:30.of Jamaicans, as well as Natasha Hastings.
:15:31. > :15:44.Shaunae Miller-Uibo in sixth. Pasting seven, Mitchell eight,
:15:45. > :15:47.Onuora on the outside. -- Hastings. Hastings third from left in lane
:15:48. > :15:52.seven, gone off very quickly, but so has inside her, Shaunae Miller-Uibo
:15:53. > :15:57.of the Bahamas, goodness me, she has powered away through the first 150.
:15:58. > :16:01.Look at those long legs, the high knees, striding through 200 metres,
:16:02. > :16:05.she has a big lead over the rest of the field, going well on the inside
:16:06. > :16:09.is Zemlyak in a lane three in the light blue. She overcommitted,
:16:10. > :16:15.Shaunae Miller is laying it on the line. She holds the national record
:16:16. > :16:18.for the Bahamas for 200 but not 400. In lane three, Zemlyak has had a
:16:19. > :16:23.fabulous run staying clear of the rest of the field but a couple of
:16:24. > :16:27.metres down on Miller-Uibo, the Olympic champ in holds her form
:16:28. > :16:33.well. Brilliant finishing from Hastings for second place, Zemlyak
:16:34. > :16:40.in third, and the time is a new world leader, goodness me, 49.77
:16:41. > :16:46.four Shaunae Miller-Uibo. Her personal best is only 49.44. She is
:16:47. > :16:53.a couple of strides behind that. That was her winning time in rehab
:16:54. > :16:57.at 49.77 kick-off her outdoor season suggests to me she can go well under
:16:58. > :17:02.49 seconds this year. That was impressive. It was, the first 200
:17:03. > :17:06.metres was impressive, I think she was trying herself, she went fussed
:17:07. > :17:10.over 200 and between two and three she held her form and attacked down
:17:11. > :17:17.the home straight. Zemlyak had a really good one, couple of times
:17:18. > :17:20.European Championships medallist but strong in the final stages. Former
:17:21. > :17:25.world youth and junior champion takes them to the cleaners in the
:17:26. > :17:38.400, 40 9.77, almost a second ahead of Natasha Hastings and Zemlyak in
:17:39. > :17:44.third. The tall German thrower, rangy, using the long levers to
:17:45. > :17:52.launch the discus away. What has she got this time? She is very, very
:17:53. > :17:56.tall. Look how she leaves the arm behind, she winds up and then
:17:57. > :18:01.unleashes and gets the left side down and really attacks against Don
:18:02. > :18:07.McGahn gets thataway around 64 and a bit by the looks of it. -- and gets
:18:08. > :18:12.that away. Second place at the moment. Great when you have a
:18:13. > :18:15.glorified training session and an Olympic champ in giving you
:18:16. > :18:20.technical feedback, chatting to his compatriot. Perkovic has already
:18:21. > :18:24.been beyond 70 metres this season. She is very difficult to beat. It
:18:25. > :18:30.took one throw to win the Olympic title, she was in real trouble and
:18:31. > :18:35.unbeaten last season. With 70 metres and 23 she set in Split in Croatia
:18:36. > :18:41.in February, her personal best over 71. Twice Olympic champion, London
:18:42. > :18:50.and in Rio. Very strong and very fast. Really gets behind that
:18:51. > :18:56.discus, and I think she likes that. I'm not surprised, that is about 66
:18:57. > :19:00.or 67, that is a really good start. She really launches them, doesn't
:19:01. > :19:03.she? The elevation not quite right but nevertheless she has a very,
:19:04. > :19:14.very good foundation on which to build. Terrific. Well, she opened,
:19:15. > :19:22.Perkovic, with 62.73, that was a 66.94, second round throw, taking
:19:23. > :19:28.the lead by over a metre from Caballero. Wang trying to get the
:19:29. > :19:37.crowd involved in this, very much part of the process of high jumping
:19:38. > :19:50.here. Season's best of 2.28. Yes. Looked good. So, look at the crowd,
:19:51. > :19:58.he has such good support. Came in at 2.20 and got that 2.2 2.27 on his
:19:59. > :20:07.second attempt. Very good technique, actually. There it is. 2.27 followed
:20:08. > :20:16.by the 2.30 jump. This year the IAAF Diamond League is
:20:17. > :20:20.a little different, there are 14 meetings around the world
:20:21. > :20:23.encompassing 16 disciplines, both men and women. But the competition
:20:24. > :20:28.now follows a championship model with the first 12 meetings acting as
:20:29. > :20:31.qualification for one of the two finals in Zurich and Brussels. Each
:20:32. > :20:36.of the disciplines is staged six Court 4 times before the final and
:20:37. > :20:39.each of the 12 qualification meetings athletes are awarded points
:20:40. > :20:42.for the ranking from first to eighth and the top athletes at the end of
:20:43. > :20:44.qualification will be awarded a starting place in the winner takes
:20:45. > :20:56.all final. Well, look at this line-up for the
:20:57. > :21:02.800 metres for the men, on the outside is the pacemaker. David
:21:03. > :21:07.Rudisha is here, his first run since last September. He says he has no
:21:08. > :21:12.idea what sort of competitive shape he is in, he says he doesn't know
:21:13. > :21:16.what it will be but then he will go back to Kenny and then race in
:21:17. > :21:22.Jamaica, Kingston in June. The double Olympic champion -- Kenya.
:21:23. > :21:28.Kszczot is a good competitor next to Kupers. On the right, Bett, watch
:21:29. > :21:35.out for him. He's only 19, the watch, junior champion, 1:24.2,
:21:36. > :21:40.watch out for him. Biwott won the race in 2014 but we saw him in Doha
:21:41. > :21:47.run 3.3 for over 1500 so he is showing good early form and Dashan
:21:48. > :21:53.Zhang, the 22-year-old, with a best of 1.50. They have asked for 50
:21:54. > :21:57.seconds but whether Rudisha will go with that and I don't know and I'm
:21:58. > :22:00.not sure who has asked for it. We will see if he wants to go out and
:22:01. > :22:04.test himself. We've seen him do that and fade in the home straight when
:22:05. > :22:08.it comes to the major championships. But my goodness he really is a
:22:09. > :22:13.talent, no question about that. They go into that first bend, Rudisha
:22:14. > :22:21.looks as though he is interested in getting into the leading role. And
:22:22. > :22:26.Biwott also got off very strongly on the inside, as you can see. Som
:22:27. > :22:33.pushing his way, Rudisha following, Biwott has dropped back, Bett the
:22:34. > :22:37.youngster making some headway down the field. This is what they were
:22:38. > :22:40.saying, 50 seconds is perhaps too much and that is when Som might look
:22:41. > :22:45.behind him and have a little look and they are not going with him,
:22:46. > :22:50.Decatur is there as they come to the end of the lap. I thought 50 was a
:22:51. > :22:54.bit quick -- Alfred Kipketer. He looks incredibly calm, that's what
:22:55. > :23:00.his agent was saying earlier this morning, Rudisha not interested in
:23:01. > :23:07.doing anything to special at 400 metres. 51.26 from the pacemaker
:23:08. > :23:11.Bram Som. I suspect Rudisha was around 52.5, very languid running
:23:12. > :23:18.from him, but he's in control now and he can build it up. A couple of
:23:19. > :23:23.them have him in their sights. Is that Bett who has gone into the lead
:23:24. > :23:28.or is it Rotich? It is Bett, the young junior looked strong and he
:23:29. > :23:33.has attacked. He his highly rated by Rudisha, no question. Rudisha said
:23:34. > :23:38.he will find out where I am at the moment and we will see. But Bett is
:23:39. > :23:42.only a youngster, he is 19 years old. He is absolutely flying,
:23:43. > :23:45.Kszczot is coming through, but look at the advantage he has over the
:23:46. > :23:51.rest of the field and look at the rest of them coming through in close
:23:52. > :24:00.succession. Right at the back, well, it was anybody's race, except it was
:24:01. > :24:05.won by a junior. Kipyegon bet, 1.44 .68. -- Kipyegon Bett. At the
:24:06. > :24:08.beginning I said watch out for him, and I said that because I had a word
:24:09. > :24:13.with Rudisha and he said watch out for this kid, he is good, he's given
:24:14. > :24:18.me a hard time in the past and he is developing fast. Certainly Rudisha
:24:19. > :24:21.said he was the man had a question about his race sharpness and it's
:24:22. > :24:24.fair to say that is all he looked like he was lacking, he was strong
:24:25. > :24:31.and it was a better runner than last year when he was sixth or seventh
:24:32. > :24:35.last year but Bett much sharper, 1:44.704 last year's world Junior
:24:36. > :24:39.champion and you have to emphasise how relevant is this sort of run
:24:40. > :24:46.with the World Championships over 11 weeks away. I still wouldn't know
:24:47. > :24:50.where I would put my money. Bett won the 800 metres. David Rudisha down
:24:51. > :24:53.in fourth place, 1:44.70, clear daylight between him and his
:24:54. > :25:04.compatriots, and second, third and fourth. Some struggling athletes
:25:05. > :25:08.back there behind. Barshim has been in great form and he looks to me, as
:25:09. > :25:12.I like to say, he has some of his boom back, he has looked fantastic
:25:13. > :25:17.in some of the competitions I've seen this year. He takes off so far
:25:18. > :25:24.from the bar, Barshim in 2.30, bounces over 2.33. The Olympic
:25:25. > :25:29.silver-medallist. He was indeed beaten at Rio. He is world number
:25:30. > :25:31.one this year and he will be an even stronger world number one at this
:25:32. > :25:40.because he has complete control tonight. Wang is still in there.
:25:41. > :25:45.Wang, who cleared 2.30 at the first attempt. The only athlete who
:25:46. > :25:50.cleared the bar at that height. No, that was close, it was a really good
:25:51. > :25:54.effort from you Wang. He secured second place. Prosecco finishing
:25:55. > :26:09.third with a first-time parents of 2.27. -- Andre Pratte -- the hands
:26:10. > :26:17.the victory of Barshim of Qatar. Here is the Swede. That is big as
:26:18. > :26:28.well, not quite up to the leading line. He opened with 61.03. He is a
:26:29. > :26:36.pretty useful shot-putter. You don't get too many guys doubling in the
:26:37. > :26:43.throws. 68.36 back in April. Very close to his lifetime best from last
:26:44. > :26:49.year and for Stahl 63.87 in round two, he's into third place now. This
:26:50. > :26:54.is Malachowski, 62.82, season's best thus far. He is a man capable of far
:26:55. > :27:01.more than this and you will probably see it. He is such a fast, athletic
:27:02. > :27:15.throw a. That is 65 or thereabouts throat for him. Malachowski really
:27:16. > :27:20.attacks. His body language is always positive. Just shy of 65, by the
:27:21. > :27:28.look of it. But he is pleased, very pleased. Come on, he says, come on.
:27:29. > :27:33.64.36. That is a season's best again. He moves into second place
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:28:05. > :28:13.What afield this is. It is an event which bursts into life at the first
:28:14. > :28:18.Diamond League meeting eight days ago with Jebet, the Olympic
:28:19. > :28:22.champion, there she is. She was beaten by Kiyeng, who is the Olympic
:28:23. > :28:25.civil medallist but the reigning world champion, so quite a bit of
:28:26. > :28:35.needle between these two, both Kenyan born, took gold in Beijing,
:28:36. > :28:41.2015. Her win last week in Doha was the sixth fastest ever. There is an
:28:42. > :28:53.amazing young talent, Chespol, 18 years old, smashed the world junior
:28:54. > :29:00.record last week, Whitford, by 15 seconds. The pacemakers have been
:29:01. > :29:05.asked to go out at 3.05 and 6.10, so 3.05 per kilometre. Target time of
:29:06. > :29:11.9.15 but who knows what Jebet and Kiyeng have up their sleeves? Jebet
:29:12. > :29:18.almost broke nine minutes last year and also broke nine minutes last
:29:19. > :29:20.year and again in Rio and a couple of weeks after Rio. Smashed,
:29:21. > :29:34.absolutely obliterated the world-record. From 2008. 8.52. Let's
:29:35. > :29:48.have a look at the discus whilst that steeplechase progresses. Danny
:29:49. > :29:53.Stevens next to throw. -- Dani Stevens. Very wide stance at the
:29:54. > :30:01.back. But really unleashes quite well. World champion in the discus
:30:02. > :30:06.in 2009. That is very good, over 65. She is really flying, her season's
:30:07. > :30:12.best is 66.78 so she's getting into that sort of territory at the
:30:13. > :30:17.moment. Tall, very, very powerful. It is a rhythmic event this, they
:30:18. > :30:20.start slow and then unwind and unleash. They have a left sided
:30:21. > :30:27.against which to work and then the recovery at the end of it. 66.47.
:30:28. > :30:34.That is just 30 centimetres short of her best this season. My goodness
:30:35. > :30:35.me. How this event develops. Now it is the last of the field events to
:30:36. > :30:46.get underway. That was a good jump, well over it
:30:47. > :30:57.metres. Now they are beginning to stretch
:30:58. > :31:01.out. I wonder whether or not Jebet has had a word, because there has
:31:02. > :31:08.been a distinct acceleration in the last half lap. There would need to
:31:09. > :31:17.be. They were a good deal slower than before. Kiyeng has about 10m to
:31:18. > :31:22.make up, but remember, in Doha, she was well down and had a very good
:31:23. > :31:25.finish indeed. So we will see what happens in the final stages. But
:31:26. > :31:34.this is a very different race indeed. Different in pacing. Well,
:31:35. > :31:39.she is moving up to the shoulder of the pacemaker now. It is still
:31:40. > :31:50.Kiyeng, the world champion, in third place. In second place is the -- is
:31:51. > :31:55.the pacemaker steps aside. In third, Chespol, the world junior record
:31:56. > :32:03.holder. The reigning world champion here is still only 22 years old.
:32:04. > :32:10.First attempts to the Canadian. It is a strong field, this. But that
:32:11. > :32:14.was a lovely clearance. First-time to Shawn Barber and that will boost
:32:15. > :32:24.his confidence. He has had a difficult last ten or 15 months, the
:32:25. > :32:28.youngster. But 5.60 here tonight stands an air of approval on his
:32:29. > :32:32.performance here in Shanghai. Whatever he does from now on will be
:32:33. > :32:33.a bonus. Solid voting on a night when the bar is challenging a few
:32:34. > :32:57.very good jumpers -- solid vaulting. Barshim now, on his third and final
:32:58. > :33:05.attempt. Oh, that was close. But that is the end for Barshim of
:33:06. > :33:15.Qatar. He really is now beginning to build a good season. There is Robbie
:33:16. > :33:21.Grabarz, who on the night cleared 2.20 and failed three times at 2.20
:33:22. > :33:28.four. Confirmation of the whim for Barshim. -- confirmation of the win.
:33:29. > :33:40.The Olympic champion, the world record-holder, is going to run fast
:33:41. > :33:48.here. I have got it at around 2.58. She goes through at around 7.50
:33:49. > :33:51.four. I am not sure we will see a Saab nine tonight, but we will
:33:52. > :33:57.certainly see a big win from the Olympic champion -- a sub nine. That
:33:58. > :34:03.last kilometre helped enormously to bring her back into some sort of
:34:04. > :34:09.respectability. I guess she will speed up. As she is really putting
:34:10. > :34:18.the paddle down down the back straight. Chespol, the world junior
:34:19. > :34:24.champion and junior record-holder, what a finish. The gap is closing as
:34:25. > :34:29.that battle unwinds the second and third at the bottom right of your
:34:30. > :34:37.picture. Jebet has rallied. Into the home straight now in the pink strip.
:34:38. > :34:41.And Kiyeng, a world champion, is having a battle royal against an
:34:42. > :34:45.18-year-old, can you believe it? Kiyeng hits the front of that pair,
:34:46. > :34:53.but there are 25 metres down on this athlete. A very strong, dominant run
:34:54. > :35:04.from the world record-holder, Ruth Jebet. Kiyeng just nabs second. And
:35:05. > :35:13.a great run from Chespol. She might be the future of this event. She was
:35:14. > :35:18.world junior champion last year. They did finish for fourth and fifth
:35:19. > :35:26.places. Ruth Jebet, only third in Doha last week. She didn't take any
:35:27. > :35:31.chances tonight, although it was slightly slower than her placing in
:35:32. > :35:32.Qatar. That was a very strong one. The order of the Olympic Games last
:35:33. > :35:44.year has been reinstated. All those Kenyan born athletes were
:35:45. > :36:21.way ahead. The women's 100m, and what a 100m it
:36:22. > :36:45.is. There is the line-up. That is Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast, a
:36:46. > :36:50.couple of times the Olympic Games finalist. She came fourth in the
:36:51. > :37:02.200, fourth in the 100. That is the quality of this line-up. 10.78 is
:37:03. > :37:06.Bowie's best. Olympic silver medallist behind the young woman in
:37:07. > :37:11.the next lane, Elaine Thompson of Jamaica, the Olympic champion over
:37:12. > :37:16.100 and 200m. Yesterday, she said, my coach and eyed departmental as
:37:17. > :37:19.the race. I run my race. It is tunnel vision. It doesn't matter who
:37:20. > :37:25.is in the race, I wonder why I want to run. Centre of the shot, the
:37:26. > :37:32.dominant woman at the moment, Elaine Thompson. Relies heavily on her
:37:33. > :37:38.coach. They have a terrific relationship. Can Bowie challenge?
:37:39. > :38:03.Former basketball player turned athlete. The women's 100m.
:38:04. > :38:09.Bowie got away well and Thompson is going strongly round inside.
:38:10. > :38:16.Williams going well, but here come the big guns. Here comes Elaine
:38:17. > :38:20.Thompson am a Bowie in second place. And Ta Lou in third. The burners
:38:21. > :38:27.were put on halfway down and away she went. Total domination in the
:38:28. > :38:34.sprint at the moment. She is so difficult to beat. Such a
:38:35. > :38:38.powerhouse. 22.19 in Doha, and she has beaten Bowie. Bowie got well
:38:39. > :38:44.here. It was a good performance by her, but my goodness me, when it
:38:45. > :38:52.came to the power end, watch this. The cadence, the speed of legs. The
:38:53. > :38:56.others start tying up. Ta Lou gets third place, but the margin is
:38:57. > :39:02.significant. That is a three metre gap, beautifully fluid running, so
:39:03. > :39:06.smooth and powerful. Frankly, she has thrashed them. That is so
:39:07. > :39:15.impressive. And into a very slight headwind, put a legal tailwind
:39:16. > :39:18.behind her and you are going way into the 10.6 territory. Dear, oh,
:39:19. > :39:27.dear, that was fantastic. Fastest time in the world by a goodly
:39:28. > :39:36.margin. Tori Bowie, 11.04 in second, nowhere near. It made 11 seconds
:39:37. > :39:55.look ordinary, didn't it? Back to the discus. Milanov holds that lead.
:39:56. > :40:01.That is a slight improvement in the third round. Doesn't look delighted
:40:02. > :40:15.with it, does he? Malakhov ski is the only one who has
:40:16. > :40:34.thrown over 70 metres. Sam Kendricks, first attempt at this
:40:35. > :40:39.height. Oh, yes, straight down the middle, fine technique. Looked very
:40:40. > :40:49.confident. He really accelerated down the runway and looked very
:40:50. > :40:54.positive. The top of the field thus far with his 5.81 coming into this
:40:55. > :41:17.competition, and that is a real talent. There is Lavillenie. This to
:41:18. > :41:20.regain the lead for the world record-holder. Oh, beautiful. That
:41:21. > :41:24.is big from Lavillenie, and he knows it. No wonder there is a big smile
:41:25. > :41:28.across the features of the Frenchman, who we must remember,
:41:29. > :41:32.despite his astonishing records over the last eight years in this
:41:33. > :41:39.difficult discipline, has never won the world outdoor title. He still
:41:40. > :41:43.lacks a major title in the IAAF World Championships. Even though he
:41:44. > :41:46.has Olympic gold and umpteen world indoor and European golds, not a
:41:47. > :41:57.world outdoor gold. And that really does through the gauntlet down at
:41:58. > :42:00.the feet of Sam Kendricks. STUDIO: As the only British athlete to have
:42:01. > :42:14.achieved the double of a sub ten second 100m and sub 20-second 200m,
:42:15. > :42:18.Adam Gemili was a great British Open. He will be looking for a
:42:19. > :42:28.winning start to World Championship season.
:42:29. > :42:32.Britain's Adam Gemili goes in sixth. On the outside is Aaron Brown of
:42:33. > :42:37.Canada. Not sure if he will be delighted with the outside lane.
:42:38. > :42:41.Maybe lane nine would have been better for him. Noah Lyles, what a
:42:42. > :42:46.talent he is. The world junior champion from last year, still only
:42:47. > :42:49.19 years old. I saw him set a world record for 300 metres indoors in
:42:50. > :42:57.Albuquerque in March. He will be impressive. Churandy Martina for the
:42:58. > :43:05.Netherlands. The three all-time European. It is easy to forget Adam
:43:06. > :43:08.Gemili has run under ten seconds and has run under 20 seconds. But he
:43:09. > :43:13.came fourth in Rio and changed coaches partly as a result. There is
:43:14. > :43:20.LaShawn Merritt. He will be chasing Gemili. To gold in Beijing in 2008
:43:21. > :43:28.at 400 and has a couple of long relay golds as well. He got bronze
:43:29. > :43:44.in Rio. Ameer Webb goes in lane four. Watch for Merritt in the
:43:45. > :43:55.second half of the race. Watch Lyle as well.
:43:56. > :44:08.Really quick start from web in four. Gemili is going well too. But look
:44:09. > :44:16.at the running of Webb. Coming through now is Noah Lyles. He tells
:44:17. > :44:24.them apart over the last 50 or 60. That is a 3.5 metre win. Into a
:44:25. > :44:30.slight headwind. He is special, just 19 years old. He ran a beautifully
:44:31. > :44:36.balanced race. Probably the best lane in lane eight. A gentle bend to
:44:37. > :44:43.negotiate. But the world number six this year wins the 200m here in
:44:44. > :44:48.Shanghai with 19.90 to equal the fastest time in the world this year.
:44:49. > :44:53.Gemili got a terrific start, right up on LaShawn Merritt as they went
:44:54. > :44:56.into the bend, look at this, the transition was OK, it was the final
:44:57. > :45:01.20 or 30 metres that pressure came from the athletes outside but second
:45:02. > :45:05.from outside, Noah Lyles of the United States, 19 years old, will
:45:06. > :45:11.look at his legs become a fabulous technique and he eases off, that is
:45:12. > :45:15.19.90 meeting the world lead, LaShawn Merritt in second and Adam
:45:16. > :45:19.Gemili hanging on in third. What a great run, look at the dominance
:45:20. > :45:25.this man has shown, he's 19, how dare he? ! Unbelievable performance.
:45:26. > :45:28.Coming off the bend his transition was super but look at the way he
:45:29. > :45:32.runs away down the straight, the tension in the shoulders of Adam
:45:33. > :45:36.Gemili and LaShawn Merritt. This young man was easing down in the
:45:37. > :45:41.final stages, that is as good as I've seen for a long time. What a
:45:42. > :45:44.talent. He is a lovely looking sprinter, really powerful, they've
:45:45. > :45:50.been saying he is the next big sprinter for the USA and that does
:45:51. > :45:58.suggest as much, doesn't it? He wins in 19.90, Noah Lyles, LaShawn
:45:59. > :46:04.Merritt, Adam Gemili, 20.35. Let's look at the long jump here for a
:46:05. > :46:22.moment. Lots of good jumping going on at the moment, Gao Xinglong Gao.
:46:23. > :46:26.That is a good eight metres plus. Manyonga had no jump in the second
:46:27. > :46:33.one. That is the meeting jumper. This fellow is very talented indeed.
:46:34. > :46:38.He can jump. 8.65 this season. Look at that high knee lift and that is
:46:39. > :46:44.another big jump. That is around about the same distance. He's
:46:45. > :46:47.putting in to a headwind of 0.6 metres per second. Manyonga,
:46:48. > :46:51.silver-medallist in the long jump, perfect on the board, lovely left,
:46:52. > :47:00.gets those hips high, lovely little technique, isn't it? Beautiful. Just
:47:01. > :47:09.rotates those legs. 8.49, meeting record, Manyonga goes ahead of
:47:10. > :47:14.Xinglong Gao with Changzhou Huang in third. Hellen Obiri has a fabulous
:47:15. > :47:20.speed and strength combination, she is a world-class 1500 metre runner,
:47:21. > :47:27.she has run 3.57, she starts as favourite, I think. She lost at the
:47:28. > :47:32.meeting in Brussels at the end of last year to 14 over 5000. There is
:47:33. > :47:40.Teferi, the World Championship silver-medallist in 2015. Still
:47:41. > :47:46.Obiri in second place. Only 19 years old. Just beginning to ease away.
:47:47. > :47:56.Teferi is in third place. Behind them Kipkirui and Jepkirui, trying
:47:57. > :48:04.to get back on terms with the leading trio. Six laps to run. Pole
:48:05. > :48:09.vault. Kendricks. Now, he's had one failure, 5.83, he passed on the
:48:10. > :48:21.second, this is 5.88 so this is his final attempt, in effect. He's got
:48:22. > :48:30.it! He's got it! That is fantastic. 5.78, took three attempts at 5.70,
:48:31. > :48:35.got 5.78 at first attempt, failed his first attempt at 5.88 and got it
:48:36. > :48:40.on the second attempt. That is a fabulous piece of vaulting. He is a
:48:41. > :48:45.confident young man, very quick. I have to say that he truly deserves
:48:46. > :48:50.that. He came here with a season's best of 5.81 and he's put another
:48:51. > :48:55.seven centimetres on that and that's good to see. Bronze-medallist in the
:48:56. > :48:59.Olympic Games last year. World indoor championship silver-medallist
:49:00. > :49:06.last year. Look at that, lovely technique, straight down the middle.
:49:07. > :49:13.He is a man who really enjoys his vaulting. He's on holiday really.
:49:14. > :49:18.She looks nice and relaxed. On the shoulder of Obiri who loses the lead
:49:19. > :49:21.for the first time. If you go past somebody like that there is only any
:49:22. > :49:25.point in doing it if you get your head down and put in a surge and
:49:26. > :49:28.test them, otherwise you might as well sitting behind them and let
:49:29. > :49:33.them do the work, the psychological and physical work needed. She hasn't
:49:34. > :49:40.exonerated, in fact Teferi trying to it down as Obiri goes past her. She
:49:41. > :49:45.only lead for about 60-80 metres. That has told Obiri what she needed
:49:46. > :49:51.to know. Well, Manyonga, 8.49, meeting record
:49:52. > :49:55.in the long jump, my goodness, he has impressed me tonight. He has
:49:56. > :50:04.such talent, 8.49 to his credit and after the 8.48. And really he has
:50:05. > :50:08.got so much potential. Silver-medallist last year. Look how
:50:09. > :50:14.high his knees are, lovely technique. That is big, that is very
:50:15. > :50:19.big. That is over 8.50 by the look of it. His best coming into the
:50:20. > :50:24.championship is 8.65 in South Africa. Look at the height of the
:50:25. > :50:26.board, that is super technique, controls the rotation is
:50:27. > :50:33.beautifully. Look at that, lovely movement of the arms preventing all
:50:34. > :50:37.the rotations, keeps very strong. That is 8.61, that is brilliant.
:50:38. > :50:45.Diamond League record on this occasion. 8.6 one, eight, nine, he
:50:46. > :50:52.is not just a one jump merchant, he can do it. Xinglong Gao and
:50:53. > :50:57.Changzhou Huang in second and third with season's best but that was a
:50:58. > :51:00.magnificent performance by Manyonga of South Africa. Wonderful stuff.
:51:01. > :51:10.For the first time there is daylight. The youngster Letesenbet
:51:11. > :51:15.Gidey in second place had to let the favourite go. I've been practising
:51:16. > :51:21.my pronunciation. Hellen Obiri's determined front running during the
:51:22. > :51:26.latter stages of the 5000 metres. My maths were skewed, they were 8.41 at
:51:27. > :51:32.3000, massive personal best for the youngster in second place. But the
:51:33. > :51:38.third kilometre was 2.5 or so they have 2.5 2.5 2.54, and now Obiri is
:51:39. > :51:51.really pouring it on. Two laps to go this time. He needs this one and he
:51:52. > :51:58.is up against it, no doubt. It is not to be. Kendricks wins with 5.88,
:51:59. > :52:02.second time clearance. Lavillenie having had two fails at 5.88 and
:52:03. > :52:07.seeing Kendricks go clear, passing on the third attempt, saving it for
:52:08. > :52:12.5.93 but it's beyond him tonight, but it's been a good evening's work
:52:13. > :52:18.for the Frenchman. Sam Kendricks does win with 5.8 eight, two
:52:19. > :52:22.attempts at 5.93, Renaud Lavillenie on 5.83, good from him, and good to
:52:23. > :52:27.see Shawn Baba returning with some form with 5.60 in third place ahead
:52:28. > :52:31.of Olympic champion Thiago Braz who settle for fourth place in the men's
:52:32. > :52:38.pole vault. It has been a determinants, strong
:52:39. > :52:44.run from Hellen Obiri. Teferi in second place overtook Gidey into the
:52:45. > :52:51.back straight, the youngster perhaps so overextending herself in the
:52:52. > :52:59.fourth kilometre which was 2.5 to. They have 2.5 two, four, 2.52 and
:53:00. > :53:03.Obiri will be strong as well. Look at the way she is punching the air,
:53:04. > :53:08.the shoulders hunched and tight, the stride length is long, maintaining
:53:09. > :53:12.performance well, lapping athletes at this 5,000-metre distance. She
:53:13. > :53:17.has the quality and speed endurance to raise her game despite the fact
:53:18. > :53:21.this is just her against the clock. How impressive is this? Watch the
:53:22. > :53:26.clock, by the way. It's going to be very quick. The fastest time in the
:53:27. > :53:30.world this year for a women's 5000 metres was 15.11 and she will take
:53:31. > :53:33.something like 45 seconds off that because this is fabulously quick and
:53:34. > :53:40.she's done so much of the work herself. Hellen Obiri crosses the
:53:41. > :53:45.line in 14.2 to. She can only have had help through to halfway or even
:53:46. > :53:51.3000. Crossing the line in second, a long way back, Teferi, and then the
:53:52. > :53:58.youngster Eidi crosses now in about 14.37. That is a massive improvement
:53:59. > :54:06.for the youngster -- Gidey. She has taken something like ten seconds off
:54:07. > :54:11.her personal best. Obiri running a new personal best and doing so much
:54:12. > :54:19.front running herself. Ahead of Teferi and Gidey with Kipkemboi and
:54:20. > :54:28.Kipkirui in fourth and fifth. Such a hard event to get right. Xie of
:54:29. > :54:35.China, the Asian games when a couple of seasons ago, 13.5 to the season,
:54:36. > :54:44.13.23 is his best. Trying to run as fast as Lou Xiaoling did.
:54:45. > :54:48.Silver-medallist in 2015 in Beijing, tall and powerful. There is
:54:49. > :54:51.Shubenkov, the champion, so the gold and silver-medallists in those
:54:52. > :54:57.championships alongside each other. Shubenkov of Russia. Special
:54:58. > :55:04.dispensation. Everything is OK with him. Here is the Olympic champion,
:55:05. > :55:08.Omar McLeod, in poor conditions ran 13.04. He said he just wants to be
:55:09. > :55:14.to the first hurdle first to establish the tenor of the race.
:55:15. > :55:18.Ortega frightens him, he has real talent, 12.94 in Paris in 2015 but
:55:19. > :55:23.he is consistent. He has been in the past. And really you are looking at
:55:24. > :55:32.the World Championship final there or thereabouts. Porter, Xie,
:55:33. > :55:44.Parchment, McLeod, Ortega, Merritt, Oliver, Traber.
:55:45. > :55:57.McLeod now, the blocks so back now he's going with eight strides. He's
:55:58. > :55:58.just rehearsing. He is quick, and sometimes you can hit hurdles when
:55:59. > :56:15.you are that quick. No problems with the start. Look at
:56:16. > :56:21.this, certainly McLeod got to the hurdle first and Ortega is chasing
:56:22. > :56:25.him down, Parchment going nicely, Ortega and McLeod, these two,
:56:26. > :56:32.McLeod, McLeod gets it and Ortega in second place, 13.10, looked pretty
:56:33. > :56:37.smooth to me. That was plus 0.5 metres per second. These two will
:56:38. > :56:42.battle the rout the season. Ortega, I like Ortega, he's so consistent,
:56:43. > :56:48.he is a bit taller, McLeod says I'm not so big, you could see that when
:56:49. > :56:55.standing next to Hansle Parchment, his Jamaican colleague. That is
:56:56. > :57:00.absolutely superb in terms of 13.09, his second under 13.10. Xie of China
:57:01. > :57:08.gets into third place. My goodness me, what a good race it was. Merritt
:57:09. > :57:14.going OK at the moment, Xie on the far side just getting the dip over
:57:15. > :57:22.Hansle Parchment who came in fourth place. But McLeod is not as big but
:57:23. > :57:25.he is really quick, he has gone back to eight strides and has done the
:57:26. > :57:28.business. What I thought was really impressive was the way McLeod opened
:57:29. > :57:33.up that half metre literally the last three or four strides off the
:57:34. > :57:38.final barrier. He and Ortega came off it virtually together and he
:57:39. > :57:41.sort of slack and after three flights, but got back on to terms
:57:42. > :57:46.with him after the quick start from McLeod, and on the run in, that
:57:47. > :57:50.extra sprinting speed. Remember he is a sub ten sprinter, he eases away
:57:51. > :57:56.from the Cuban in the space of three strides he takes another foot out of
:57:57. > :58:02.him and winds it in what look like comfortably, even though they came
:58:03. > :58:09.off the barrier equally. McLeod and Olympic champion, 13.09, Ortega
:58:10. > :58:11.13.15, season's best, look at all of those season bests.
:58:12. > :58:15.There is no Diamond League next weekend but athletics is back the
:58:16. > :58:18.following week and live on the streets of Manchester, the Great
:58:19. > :58:22.City Games is on the 26th of May from 6pm and join us on Sunday the
:58:23. > :58:27.28th from midday from the great Manchester run followed at 2:30pm
:58:28. > :58:35.from highlights of the Diamond League in Eugene. That is all we
:58:36. > :58:38.have time for from Shanghai, so until next time, bye bye.