Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson celebrates after setting a brand new Assembly Report to win the Males’s 100m Remaining.
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Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson stormed previous reigning champion Noah Lyles to say victory within the males’s 100-meter event on the Silesia Diamond League in Poland.
Thompson blazed to victory in a meet-record-equalling 9.87 seconds. The American famous person Lyles settled for second in 9.90, with compatriot Kenny Bednarek taking third in a time of 9.96.
“It felt alright. My job is to get the job executed,” mentioned Thompson.
Lyles, regardless of the loss, discovered positives. “It is a nice stepping stone. I wanted to see a sub-ten, wanted to beat prime guys. Taking out 9.7, 9.8 runners builds confidence for Tokyo.”
The win matched the 9.87 meet document shared by People Ronnie Baker and Fred Kerley, although it fell in need of Thompson’s world-leading 9.75 at June’s Jamaican trials, the sixth-fastest time in historical past.
Keshorn grabs silver with 82.54m throw
Trinidad & Tobago Olympic medallist Keshorn Walcott threw to silver within the males’s javelin occasion on the Wanda Diamond League.
Walcott launched the spear 82.54 meters to complete simply over a metre behind the gold medallist and former world champion Julius Yego of Kenya.
Republic of Moldova’s Andrian Mardare got here in third together with his throw of 82.38m, whereas Polish pair David Wegner (81.19m) and Cyprian Mrzyglod (81.10m) rounded off the highest 5 respectively.
After his efficiency, Walcott shared a brief clip of his silver-earning throw to his Instagram.
He captioned the video saying, “A bit an excessive amount of rotation within the throws, however completely satisfied my physique’s lastly loosening up.”
For 2025, Walcott’s finest throw got here on the Doha Assembly in Doha, the place he threw the spear at 84.65m.
