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PGA Tour, DP World Tour to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf litigation
In what PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan called, “a momentous day for [the Tour] and the game of golf,” the Tour, DP World Tour, LIV Golf and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia announced the creation of a “new commercial entity to unify golf.”
In a memo to players, Monahan highlighted a plan to reunite the professional game through a “framework agreement” with the PIF, which created and owns 93 percent of LIV Golf. Although the memo, and a press release, were short on details, the agreement will create a new entity that will “include the PGA Tour’s commercial businesses and rights, as well as those of the DP World Tour” into a for-profit entity that “delivers maximum excitement and competition among the game’s best players.”
Under the agreement, Monahan will be the chief executive officer of the new entity and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the PIF, will become the chairman of the board of directors. The Tour will remain a non-profit and its policy board will retain control of all events and all “inside the ropes” responsibilities.
“The PGA Tour will appoint a majority of the board and hold a majority voting interest in the combined entity,” the memo read.
LIV Golf’s launch last year led to the most contentious period in professional golf with players who joined the breakaway circuit suspended by the PGA Tour and European circuit and an antitrust lawsuit that escalated to include the PIF and Al-Rumayyan in U.S. District Court.
Under the agreement, that legal wrangling is over. “Today’s announcement brings about an end to all pending litigation,” the memo read.
How LIV Golf and its team golf concept integrates into the current ecosystem remains to be seen and the memo to players said the current LIV schedule will “continue as planned.”
Players who joined LIV Golf and were suspended and fined by the PGA Tour and European circuit will also be allowed to re-apply for membership.
“This is a complicated endeavor and one that will be guided by established PGA Tour rules and regulations," the memo read. Just last week at the Memorial, officials claimed there was “no policy” for players who joined LIV Golf to return to the Tour.
The financial investment from the PIF into the new united entity will include a premier corporate sponsorship of the PGA Tour and the fund will also make “an additional investment in the new entity that will allow us to build an even stronger and more robust commercial business, together.”
Monahan planned to meet with players at this week’s RBC Canadian Open at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday, but he will face a confused and somewhat hostile room.
“You don’t trash people [the PIF and Saudi Arabia] like this and then have a sudden drastic change of heart and then go into business with them,” said one player who asked not to be identified. “There has to be way more to this than we are being told.”
Player reactions from the PGA Tour, LIV Golf merger news
With the PGA Tour and DP World Tour merging with LIV Golf, many of golf's most notable names found out about the shocking news on Tuesday morning like the rest of the world — on Twitter.
Here are some of their reactions:
PGA Tour’s letter to players outlines framework for LIV Golf, DP World Tour merger
On Tuesday, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced an agreement to merge the PIF’s golf-related commercial businesses and rights (including LIV Golf) with the commercial businesses and rights of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour into a new, collectively owned, for-profit entity.
The move was announced to players in a letter from PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan.
The letter, printed in its entirety below, outlines the framework of what’s to come from the merger.
PGA TOUR Members:
Today is a momentous day for your organization and the game of golf as a whole.
The PGA TOUR - your TOUR - is leading the formation of a new commercial entity to unify golf, one that sees the end of the disruption and distraction that has divided the men's professional game for the better part of three years.
Through a framework agreement, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) is contributing its golf-related commercial businesses and rights (including LIV Golf), along with a significant financial investment, toward minority equity ownership of a new, collectively held, for-profit LLC. This new entity (name TBD) will also include the PGA TOUR's commercial businesses and rights, as well as those of the DP World Tour.
PGA TOUR Inc. will remain in place as a 501(c)(6) tax-exempt organization and retains administrative oversight of the PGA TOUR, including the sanctioning of events, the administration of the competition and rules, as well as all other "inside the ropes" responsibilities; I remain as Commissioner of the PGA TOUR and Ed Herlihy as PGA TOUR Policy Board Chairman. PIF's Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan will join the PGA TOUR Policy Board.
Upon execution of a definitive agreement, the Board of Directors - which will oversee and direct all the new entity's golf-related commercial operations, businesses and investments - will include Al-Rumayyan as Chairman and me as Chief Executive Officer; the two of us will also be a part of the new entity's Executive Committee along with Ed Herlihy and PGA TOUR Policy Board member Jimmy Dunne. The PGA TOUR will appoint a majority of the Board and hold a majority voting interest in the combined entity.
There are many details to work through as we develop a definitive agreement, which will ultimately require PGA TOUR Policy Board approval, and I know you have many questions. Some additional items to note in the meantime:
- Notably, today's announcement brings about an end to all pending litigation between the participating entities and prohibits any further recruitment of PGA TOUR, DP World Tour or LIV Golf members.
- We will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of LIV Golf and determine how best to integrate team golf into the professional game. The 2023 LIV Golf schedule will continue as planned.
- We will work cooperatively to establish a fair and objective process for any players who desire to re-apply for membership with the PGA TOUR or the DP World Tour following the completion of the 2023 season, consistent with each Tour's policies. This is a complicated endeavor and one that will be guided by established PGA TOUR rules and regulations.
- In addition to the financial investment in the new entity for an equity stake:
o PIF will make a financial investment to become a premier corporate sponsor of the
PGA TOUR (and DP World Tour and other international tours) - PIF will make an additional investment in the new entity that will allow us to build an even stronger and more robust commercial business, together.
- PIF is committed to significant financial support toward causes that positively impact the game on a global basis.
There is much work to do to get us from a framework agreement to a definitive agreement, but one thing is obvious: through this transformational agreement and with PIF's collaborative investment, the immeasurable strength of the PGA TOUR's history, legacy and pro-competitive model not only remains intact, but is supercharged for the future. Our game, our players and our fans will no doubt benefit for years to come.
I will be on site at the RBC Canadian open later today and would like to invite those in the field to a Player Meeting at 4 p.m. to help answer any questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Jay Monahan
LaLiga have approved Barcelona's two-year financial viability plan in a decision which will allow the Catalan club to register the new contracts signed by Ronald Araujo and Gavi, among others, various sources have confirmed to ESPN.
A source at Barca said the league's OK, received on Tuesday, means they can also "make advances" in the transfer market after coach Xavi Hernandez confirmed they need to strengthen the squad to compete in the Champions League next season.
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The approval, therefore, could boost their chances of signing Messi, although sources at both LaLiga and Barca added that the club must still adhere to the 40% rule for now, which means they can only spend 40% of anything they save in wages or generate in transfer fees.
In approving Barca's viability plan, LaLiga have recognised savings the club have already made through the closure of Barca TV and the departures of Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba, who were two of the biggest earners in the team.
Therefore, Barca will finally register the new contracts signed by Araujo, Gavi, Marcos Alonso, Sergi Roberto and Inaki Pena. They also hope left-back Alejando Balde will commit to a new deal soon following positive talks with his agent, Jorge Mendes.
The Gavi case had been particularly precarious for Barca, with the possibility that he could leave for free this summer if his registration did not go through in time -- although the midfielder has always expressed his desire to remain at the club.
Barca had even taken LaLiga to court in January, temporarily getting Gavi registered as a first-team player before another court ruling in March overturned the decision and demanded the Spain international be re-registered on a youth team contract.
Once the renewals have been registered, Barca will turn their attention to summer signings.
Xavi has said bringing back Lionel Messi and replacing the outgoing midfielder Busquets are his top priorities, but defender Inigo Martinez could be first in the door at Spotify Camp Nou.
Martinez, 32, announced Tuesday he would not renew his contract with Athletic Bilbao and is already in Barcelona awaiting for the club to be able to complete the deal which will see him sign on until at least 2025.
- When does the summer transfer window open and close?
With LaLiga's approval of their financial plan, a source at Barca says they can now sign players on multi-year deals once again, although the 40% rule will limit their business for now.
Any future incomings, including that of Messi, may be dependent on outgoings first, with a crop of players returning from loans and several first team players all set to be pushed out the door.
Messi announced last weekend that he will leave Paris Saint-Germain when his contract expires this month and Barca, along with Saudi Arabian team Al Hilal and Major League Soccer franchise Inter Miami, are keen to sign him.
However, even if Messi were to accept the league's minimum wage (around €200,000 per year) a LaLiga source explained he would still account for €25 million of the club's annual spending cap due to a system which takes into account past wages and performances to prevent clubs from cheating fair play regulations.
Messi's dad, Jorge, said on Monday that his son would love to return to Barca, where he spent 20 years before joining PSG in 2021, but later admitted that a homecoming was "complicated."
India face a rehash of the R Ashwin debate in WTC final
Ashwin's selection has been a consistent theme through India's recent Tests in England, or more accurately the fact that he has not been picked. He missed out entirely on the last Test series in England, of which four Tests were played in 2021 and one last summer. In India's last Test at The Oval, in September 2021, they picked Ravindra Jadeja as the sole spinner, relying on a three-man pace attack and Shardul Thakur as the all-round option.
"I'm not saying that Ashwin is not going to play," Rohit said. "We'll wait until tomorrow because one thing I have seen here, the pitch actually changes quite a bit day to day. Today it's looking this way, tomorrow it might be slightly different, who knows? So, the message to the boys has been very clear. All 15 must be ready to play at any point in time."
Going by the data from those county matches, some behavioural traits are clear, the clearest one that spin has barely had a role to play.
Spinners have only bowled 32 overs in those games (average: 158), compared to 745 from pace bowlers. No spinner on either side has bowled more than seven overs in an innings. Surrey have not deployed a specialist spinner, relying instead on Will Jacks' part-time offbreaks. That has been a deliberate ploy, the team playing to its strengths of a good crop of fast bowlers. The locals say that is why surfaces have been geared for both good pace and bounce with minimal help for spin as the game progresses.
Bounce is likely at the WTC final too, at least going by the Surrey curator Lee Fortis' - admittedly light-hearted - exchange on Ashwin's YouTube channel: "It will be bouncy, that's one thing, it will be bouncy."
Bowling first may not be a bad option based on those numbers, but no side has crossed 400 in their first innings, the highest score Surrey's 380 after Middlesex had been bowled out for 209.
Two golden generations to have their last shot at a Test world title
Big picture - final flourish for Warner, Starc, Ashwin, Kohli, Pujara?
Is it world cricket's most prestigious match? Or is it a final that should be more than a one-off contest but cannot be, thanks to the constraints of a calendar that is squeezing Test cricket to the margins, awkwardly positioned between two events that are, in hugely contrasting ways, more important, and tacked onto the end of an exclusionary league that isn't even a proper league, in which nearly every team plays fewer Test matches than they used to?
This final feels especially weighty, since it pits the two best teams not just of Test cricket's last two years but arguably of its last decade.
This final may also represent something of a final flourish for the era-defining players that crowd the two sides. Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc and David Warner are all 33 or older, as are R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Virat Kohli, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma and Umesh Yadav, with Mohammed Shami less than three months shy of joining them. They've all played upwards of 50 Tests, barring captains Cummins and Rohit who are set to reach that milestone on Wednesday.
Two golden generations, then, are gunning for what could be their last shot at a Test world title. Some dreams are set to come true, and some others to shatter.
Form guide
Australia DWLLD (last five Tests, most recent first)
India DLWWW
In the spotlight - Cummins and Shami
Team news - Bharat or Kishan?
With Australia confirming that Scott Boland will take the injured Hazlewood's place, their XI almost picks itself. With Peter Handscomb dropping out of the squad after an excellent spell as a horses-for-courses middle-order batter in India, Travis Head will move back to No. 5 and allow David Warner, who missed the last two Tests in India with a fractured elbow, to return as opener alongside Usman Khawaja.
Australia (likely): 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Scott Boland.
Ajinkya Rahane is set to return to Test cricket for the first time since January 2022, his experience likely to get him the nod over Suryakumar Yadav with the incumbent No. 5 Sheyas Iyer out with a back injury. KS Bharat's superior glovework won him the nod over Ishan Kishan during the home series against Australia, but in English conditions where keepers spend far less time up to the stumps negotiating sharp turn and inconsistent bounce, India could be tempted to back Kishan's counterattacking skills and left-handedness. The biggest question they face, though, is whether to play four fast bowlers and just one spinner in Ravindra Jadeja, or pair him with R Ashwin.
India (possible): 1 Rohit Sharma (capt), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Cheteshwar Pujara, 4 Virat Kohli, 5 Ajinkya Rahane, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 KS Bharat/Ishan Kishan (wk), 8 R Ashwin/Shardul Thakur, 9 Umesh Yadav/Jaydev Unadkat, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 Mohammed Siraj.
Pitch and weather
These numbers, though, could have something to do with Oval Tests tending to take place in August and September, when the weather is warm and dry and the pitches have undergone wear and tear over the long English summer. The ground has never previously hosted a Test match as early as June.
Oval pitches typically tend to offer plenty of bounce, which could enthuse bowlers, both fast and slow, on either side, as well as allow batters to play their shots if there isn't too much sideways movement.
The forecast promises a clear, bright start to the Test match, with maximum temperatures in the early 20s Celsius. There could be rain on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, though - the scheduled fourth, fifth and reserve days.
Stats and trivia
Quotes
"Think this puts a bit of a bookend on the last few years, then feels like it starts afresh with an Ashes series. Think the first final was a bit of foreign concept and it probably wasn't until we missed out that we thought that would be nice to be part of. So there's been a bit more on it in the last couple of years and pretty pumped to be here."
Pat Cummins says the concept of the WTC, and the desire to be part of a final, has grown on Australia's players over the course of its two cycles.
"No, actually the way he is batting at the moment, I don't think he needs any advice. It's just about his preparation, how he's prepared in the last five or six days since he's come back from the IPL [...] Gill is somebody who likes to bat, likes to spend a lot of time in the middle. I know even though it was the T20 format, you saw he got big hundreds [in the IPL]. He likes to be out there in the middle and face that challenge. That is what he likes and that is what I will also hope [he does in the WTC final]. And team India will also hope that he spends a lot of time in the middle and plays well like he's been doing in the last six or eight months. So to be honest, not really too much to tell him. It's just about giving him that confidence because he's a very confident player."
Rohit Sharma on whether he has any advice for his opening partner Shubman Gill.
Karthik Krishnaswamy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo
Police: Two Browns players robbed at gunpoint
BEREA, Ohio -- Two Cleveland Browns players were robbed at gunpoint by six masked men, according to a police report.
Police redacted the names of the victims in the incident in the report, but a team source confirmed that the two players were cornerback Greg Newsome II and defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey.
Neither was harmed during the incident, police said.
According to police, the two players left a Cleveland nightclub early Monday morning. When they got to Newsome's truck in a nearby parking lot, six masked men jumped out of an unknown car and robbed them at gunpoint at 3:30 a.m. ET Monday. In addition to stealing jewelry, the suspects fled in Newsome's truck.
Police are attempting to locate the stolen vehicle. Newsome referenced the incident on Twitter on Monday night, writing: "It's a cruel world we live in."
Newsome wasn't the only Browns player to have his car stolen over the weekend. Another source confirmed that Browns backup running back Demetric Felton had his vehicle stolen out of his apartment garage.
The Browns begin mandatory minicamp Tuesday.
Reaction to Faith Kipyegon’s world record as special as the run itself
Rivals of the double Olympic and world champion embraced her after making history in Florence
The biggest compliment you can receive as an athlete is getting respect from your competitors.
When athletes who battle you for Olympic and world titles come together in an expression of unity, to congratulate you on a historic achievement, you realise the impact you’ve made off the track as well as on it.
That was the situation when Faith Kipyegon set the world 1500m record at the Florence Diamond League (June 2).
The 29-year-old clocked a stunning 3:49.11 in the capital of Italy’s Tuscany region, finally surpassing the 3:50.07 that Genzebe Dibaba ran in Monaco eight years ago.
Kipyegon, already considered by many as the greatest female 1500m runner in history because of her two Olympic and world crowns, knew breaking that elusive world record would cement her place at the top of the tree.
After opening up her outdoor season with a comfortable 1500m win at the Doha Diamond League, the Kenyan told AW: “Absolutely [breaking the world record], everything is possible. This year, I’m looking forward to challenging it and I will try and break the record. I didn’t get it before and I hope this time around it will be really good.”
Kipyegon refers to last year’s Monaco Diamond League, when she missed out on the world record by just three tenths of a second after running 3:50.37.
In 2021, she also attempted to break Dibaba’s mark in Monaco but clocked 3:51.07.
Those two failed attempts, plus the 3:49.11, means that Kipyegon now holds the third and sixth fastest times in history as well as the world record.
She will be the heavy favourite to claim a third world 1500m title in Budapest and, if fit, no one would be in their right mind to bet against her.
Such was the level of respect for Kipyegon in Florence that Laura Muir, Jessica Hull and Cory Ann McGee – who finished third, seventh and ninth respectively in Oregon – waited on the track to congratulate the Kenyan after her lap of honour.
Not only did the trio, plus the entire 1500m field, hug Kipyegon but they posed for a photo, pointing at the double Olympic and world champion as she held the world record sign.
It’s the kind of moment that, in track and field, is usually synonymous with multi-eventers who celebrate two days of work. For an individual discipline that lasts less than two minutes, that kind of reaction is a rarity.
Muir, who was beaten by Kipyegon to Olympic gold in Tokyo, told Scottish Athletics: “When you’re trying to stick with the world record-holder, it’s going to be tough! I’m just so happy for Faith [Kipyegon], she deserves that so much.”
Ciara Mageean, a double European 1500m medallist, finished second to Kipyegon in last year’s Diamond League final and was even more emphatic about her praise for the Kenyan.
She told AW: “I crossed that line and I saw ‘world record’ and I was like ‘holy moly’. To be in a race where a world record was broken and to go to such an amazing woman is just fantastic.
“I’m so delighted for her and that will be the highlight of that race for me, never mind my time! I’m not going to be a sub-3:50 runner and I know that.”
The group photo was as special as the run itself and spoke volumes of how Kipyegon is perceived as a person and not just an athlete.
Benevolent and endearing, she radiates a warmth that is impossible not to notice.
Kipyegon, who started out in athletics by running the 4km journey from her home in the village of Keringet to her primary school and back again, stepped away from the sport in 2018 – having already become Olympic and world 1500m champion in 2016 and 2017 respectively – to give birth to her daughter Alyn.
After a 21-month absence, she returned to claim a world silver medal over the distance in Doha and then retained her Olympic crown in Tokyo.
Family and female empowerment is everything to Kipyegon, who is based out of Kaptagat in Kenya and is, like world marathon record-holder and double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge, under the stewardship of coach Patrick Sang.
In an exclusive interview with AW in our November 2022 magazine, she stated: “When I’m training in camp, I think about her [Alyn]. When I’m out of the country, I think about he, so when I get home it’s something special for me to be around her.
“I want to motivate women. I want to show them the right way and I was them to follow in my footsteps. I want to be their mentor and for them to think ‘Faith Kipyegon is a great woman. I want to do things like Faith’.
“I want to motivate the women and young athletes around the world – not just in Africa – to follow their hearts and work on their careers.”
It’s no surprise then that Kipyegon has joined up with Nike as part of an Athlete Think Tank that aims to inspire young girls both in sport and fashion.
The initiative seeks to accelerate change from the grassroots level by investing in more than 135 community partners supporting women and girls worldwide.
In decades to come, people will look back at athletes from this era and Kipyegon’s legacy will likely be one of the strongest.
The world record was the final piece of the jigsaw on the track and every athlete in that race in Florence knew it.
A picture truly does tell a thousand words.
Josh Kerr, Jemma Reekie, Scott Lincoln, Daryll Neita and Reece Prescod victorious abroad as our latest results round-up includes the Diamond League, Continental Tour and European 10,000m Cup
Diamond League, Florence, Italy, June 2
With surely one of the greatest women’s middle-distance performances of all-time, Faith Kipyegon smashed the 3:50 barrier at 1500m. For a full report click here
Men: 100 (0.0): 1 Fred Kerley USA 9.94; 2 Ferdinand Omanyala KEN 10.05; 3 Trayvon Bromell USA 10.09; 4 Akani Simbine RSA 10.09; 5 Samuele Ceccarelli 10.13; 6 Rohan Browning AUS 10.15; 7 Yohan Blake JAM 10.15; 8 Marvin Bracy USA 10.23
200 (0.0): 1 Erriyon Knighton USA 19.89; 2 Jereem Richards TTO 20.28; 3 Aaron Brown CAN 20.31; 4 Filippo Tortu 20.41; 5 Reynier Mena CUB 20.48; 6 Joe Fahnbulleh LBR 20.51; 7 Eseosa Desalu 20.90; Alexander Ogando DOM DQ
5000: 1 Mohamed Katir ESP 12:52.09; 2 Yomif Kejelcha ETH 12:52.12; 3 Luis Grijalva GUA 12:52.97 NR; 4 Joshua Cheptegei UGA 12:53.81; 5 Telahun Haile ETH 12:54.31; 6 Woody Kincaid USA 12:54.40; 7 Joe Klecker USA 12:55.16; 8 Jacob Krop KEN 12:55.57; 9 Selemon Barega ETH 12:56.18; 10 Mohammed Ahmed CAN 12:56.46; 11 Grant Fisher USA 12:56.99; 12 Samuel Tefera ETH 12:58.44; 13 Thierry Ndikumwenayo ESP 12:59.03; 14 Berihu Aregawi ETH 13:04.52; 15 Nicholas Kipkorir KEN 13:10.52; 16 Stewart McSweyn AUS 13:23.81
110H (-0.2): 1 Grant Holloway USA 13.04; 2 Jason Joseph SUI 13.10 NR; 3 Devon Allen USA 13.19; 4 Jamal Britt USA 13.26; 5 Just Kwaou-Mathey FRA 13.35; 6 Freddie Crittenden USA 13.38; 7 Rafael Henrique Pereira BRA 13.47; 8 Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli 13.57
HJ: 1 JuVaughn Harrison USA 2.32; 2 Woo Sang-Hyeok KOR 2.30; 3 Luis Zayas CUB 2.27; 4 Hamish Kerr NZL 2.24; 5 Douwe Amels NED 2.20; 6 Edgar Rivera MEX 2.15; 7 Tobias Potye GER 2.15; 8 Andrii Protsenko UKR 2.15
TJ: 1 Andy Díaz CUB 17.75; 2 Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR 17.68; 3 Lázaro Martínez CUB 17.12; 4 Emmanuel Ihemeje 16.69; 5 Donald Scott USA 16.46; 6 Abdulla Aboobacker IND 16.37; 7 Christian Taylor USA 16.32
SP: 1 Leonardo Fabbri 21.73; 2 Tom Walsh NZL 21.69; 3 Tomáš Staněk CZE 21.64; 4 Joe Kovacs USA 21.55; 5 Adrian Piperi USA 21.43; 6 Zane Weir 21.13; 7 Filip Mihaljević CRO 20.92; 8 Josh Awotunde USA 20.12
Women: 100 (-0.4): 1 Marie Josée Ta Lou CIV 10.97; 2 Gina Lückenkemper GER 11.09; 3 Imani Lansiquot GBR 11.16; 4 Morolake Akinosun USA 11.20; 5 Abby Steiner USA 11.23; 6 Gabby Thomas USA 11.27; 7 Jenna Prandini USA 11.33
400: 1 Natalia Kaczmarek POL 50.41; 2 Lieke Klaver NED 50.75; 3 Lynna Irby-Jackson USA 50.84; 4 Roxana Gómez CUB 51.29; 5 Aliyah Abrams GUY 51.31; 6 Anna Kiełbasińska POL 51.76; 7 Candice McLeod JAM 52.09
1500: 1 Faith Kipyegon KEN 3:49.11 (WR); 2 Laura Muir GBR 3:57.09; 3 Jessica Hull AUS 3:57.29 AR; 4 Ciara Mageean IRL 4:00.95; 5 Axumawit Embaye ETH 4:00.98; 6 Abbey Caldwell AUS 4:01.34; 7 Josette Andrews USA 4:01.39; 8 Cory McGee USA 4:01.45; 9 Sintayehu Vissa 4:01.98; 10 Linden Hall AUS 4:02.43; 11 Ludovica Cavalli 4:03.04; 12 Gabriela DeBues-Stafford CAN 4:03.64; 13 Federica Del Buono 4:05.09; 14 Marta García ESP 4:07.22
3000SC: 1 Sembo Almayew ETH 9:00.71 NU20R; 2 Jackline Chepkoech KEN 9:04.07; 3 Zerfe Wondemagegn ETH 9:04.61; 4 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 9:10.02; 5 Alice Finot FRA 9:10.04 NR; 6 Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimsek SLO 9:10.07 NR; 7 Mekides Abebe ETH 9:11.09; 8 Courtney Wayment USA 9:11.41; 9 Marwa Bouzayani TUN 9:11.76; 10 Luiza Gega ALB 9:11.94; 11 Winfred Yavi BRN 9:18.12; 12 Emma Coburn USA 9:18.17; 13 Regan Yee CAN 9:40.04; 14 Nataliya Strebkova (Soltan UKR 9:43.20
400H: 1 Femke Bol NED 52.43; 2 Shamier Little USA 53.38; 3 Anna Hall USA 54.42; 4 Gianna Woodruff PAN 54.59; 5 Viktoriya Tkachuk UKR 54.71; 6 Rushell Clayton JAM 54.71; 7 Ayomide Folorunso 55.34; 8 Anna Ryzhykova UKR 55.99
PV: 1 Katie Moon USA 4.71; 2 Tina Šutej SLO 4.71; 3 Nina Kennedy AUS 4.61; 4 Roberta Bruni 4.61; 5 Sandi Morris USA 4.61; 6 Lene Onsrud Retzius NOR 4.51; 6 Wilma Murto FIN 4.51; 8 Elisa Molinarolo 4.41; 8 Ekateríni Stefanídi GRE 4.41
LJ: 1 Larissa Iapichino 6.79; 2 Tara Davis Woodhall USA 6.74; 3 Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk UKR 6.59; 4 Ese Brume NGR 6.58; 5 Malaika Mihambo GER 6.57; 6 Jazmin Sawyers GBR 6.43; 7 Ivana Vuleta SRB 6.42; 8 Quanesha Burks USA 6.33; 9 Khaddi Sagnia SWE 6.32
DT: 1 Valarie Allman USA 65.96; 2 Feng Bin CHN 65.91; 3 Shanice Craft GER 64.47; 4 Liliana Cá POR 63.69; 5 Mélina Robert-Michon FRA 63.20; 6 Jorinde van Klinken NED 62.13; 7 Daisy Osakue 61.55; 8 Izabela da Silva BRA 60.81
FBK Games, Hengelo, Netherlands, June 3-4
London Marathon winner Sifan Hassan gained a stunning 10,000m and 1500m double. For a full report click here
Men:
100 (0.4): 1 Reece Prescod GBR 9.99; 2 Yohan Blake JAM 10.05; 3 Raphael Bouju 10.09 U23R; 4 Marvin Bracy USA 10.10; 5 Ronnie Baker USA 10.13; 6 Aaron Brown CAN 10.15; 7 Benjamin Azamati GHA 10.18; 8 Jeremiah Azu GBR 10.21
400: 1 Collen Kebinatshipi BOT 45.01; 2 Vernon Norwood USA 45.05; 3 Zakithi Nene RSA 45.17; 4 Dylan Borlée BEL 45.80; 5 Liemarvin Bonevacia 45.87; 6 Isaac Makwala BOT 46.48
1500: 1 Andrew Coscoran IRL 3:37.97; 2 Elliot Giles GBR 3:38.00; 3 Jye Edwards AUS 3:38.24; 4 Niels Laros 3:38.34; 5 Salim Keddar ALG 3:38.41; 6 Luke McCann IRL 3:38.62; 7 Matthew Stonier GBR 3:38.71; 8 Jimmy Gressier FRA 3:38.94; 9 Ermiyas Girma ETH 3:39.94; 10 Matthew Ramsden AUS 3:40.21
110H (0.4): 1 Grant Holloway USA 13.03; 2 Devon Allen USA 13.12; 3 Eric Edwards Jr. USA 13.29; 4 Freddie Crittenden USA 13.33; 5 Milan Trajkovic CYP 13.44; 6 Eduardo Rodrigues BRA 13.51; 7 Aurel Manga FRA 13.58
400H: 1 CJ Allen USA 48.24; 2 Nick Smidt 49.17; 3 Joshua Abuaku GER 49.23; 4 Wilfried Happio FRA 49.40; 5 Thomas Barr IRL 49.52; 6 Pablo Andrés Ibáñez ESA 49.63; 7 Julien Watrin BEL 49.92; 8 Abdelmalik Lahoulou ALG 49.96
PV: 1 Armand Duplantis SWE 6.11; 2 Kurtis Marschall AUS 5.81; 3 Menno Vloon 5.81; 4 Jacob Wooten USA 5.71; 5 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre GER 5.61; 6 Thibaut Collet FRA 5.61; 7 Ersu Şaşma TUR 5.61
LJ: 1 Mattia Furlani ITA 8.24 NU20R; 2 Cheswill Johnson RSA 8.08; 3 JuVaughn Harrison USA 8.07; 4 Emiliano Lasa URU 8.01; 5 Radek Juška CZE 7.92; 6 Will Williams USA 7.91; 7 Jules Pommery FRA 7.81
JT: 1 Julian Weber GER 87.14; 2 Keshorn Walcott TTO 83.56
National events: 1500: 1 Robin Van Riel 3:38.17
Women:
100 (-0.1): 1 Daryll Neita GBR 11.05; 2 Bassant Hemida EGY 11.16; 3 Vitoria Cristina Rosa BRA 11.18; 4 Cambrea Sturgis USA 11.20; 5 N’ketia Seedo 11.22; 6 Maboundou Koné CIV 11.30; 7 Delphine Nkansa BEL 11.32; 8 Michelle-Lee Ahye TTO 11.35
200 (1.4): 1 Bassant Hemida EGY 22.41 NR; 2 Lieke Klaver 22.51; 3 Kayla White USA 22.56; 4 Tasa Jiya 22.84; 5 Vitoria Cristina Rosa BRA 23.03
400: 1 Femke Bol 50.11; 2 Wadeline Jonathas USA 51.74; 3 Laura Müller GER 52.08; 4 Sharlene Mawdsley IRL 52.14
1500: 1 Sifan Hassan 3:58.12; 2 Nelly Chepchirchir KEN 3:58.96; 3 Janat Chemusto UGA 4:01.98; 4 Judy Kiyeng KEN 4:02.09; 5 Melissa Courtney-Bryant GBR 4:02.81; 6 Esther Guerrero ESP 4:03.07; 7 Linden Hall AUS 4:03.66; 8 Winnie Nanyondo UGA 4:04.03; 9 Edina Jebitok KEN 4:04.10; 10 Elise Vanderelst BEL 4:05.26; 11 Hannah Nuttall GBR 4:05.66; 12 Agathe Guillemot FRA 4:05.70; 13 Eliza Megger POL 4:06.08; 14 Sarah McDonald GBR 4:06.73; 15 Mekides Alemshet ETH 4:10.10
10,000: 1 Sifan Hassan 29:37.80; 2 Grace Loibach Nawowuna KEN 29:47.42; 3 Tsige Gebreselama ETH 30:04.45; 4 Selah Busienei KEN 30:26.40; 5 Betty Chelangat KEN 30:27.94; 6 Samantha Harrison GBR 31:37.97; 7 Joy Cheptoyek UGA 32:09.52; 8 Wede Kefale ETH 32:25.49
100H (0.2): 1 Nia Ali USA 12.61; 2 Nadine Visser 12.71; 3 Ditaji Kambundji SUI 12.78; 4 Marione Fourie RSA 12.86; 5 Sarah Lavin IRL 12.91; 6 Devynne Charlton BAH 12.93; 7 Maayke Tjin A-Lim 13.16; 8 Sharika Nelvis USA 13.17
HJ: 1 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2.00; 2 Iryna Herashchenko UKR 1.93; 3 Johanna Göring GER 1.90; 4 Yuliya Levchenko UKR 1.90; Emily Borthwick GBR NH
SP: 1 Maggie Ewen USA 19.61; 2 Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM 19.21; 3 Auriol Dongmo POR 18.89; 4 Jessica Schilder 18.83; 5 Yemisi Ogunleye GER 18.45; 6 Fanny Roos SWE 18.30; 7 Jessica Woodard USA 18.19
European 10,000m Cup, Pace, France, June 3
Italian Yeman Crippa outkicked Tadesse Getahon of Israel in 28:08.84 with 28:09.48 for second. Illas Fifa of Spain was third in 28:12.62.
Thomas George was the leading Brit in seventh – his third sub 28:25 clocking of the summer.
In the women’s race, Alina Reh of Germany went one better than last time winning in 32:15.47. The podium was completed by Valeriia Zinenko of Ukraine (32:29.81) and Germany’s Dominika Mayer (32:35.95). Germany took the women’s team title and Israel the men’s.
Men: 10,000: 1 Yemaneberhan Crippa ITA 28:08.83; 2 Tadesse Getahon ISR 28:09.48; 3 Ilias Fifa ESP 28:12.62; 4 Gashau Ayale ISR 28:15.32; 5 Eyob Ghebrehiwet Faniel ITA 28:19.01; 6 Valentin Gondouin 28:20.78; 7 Thomas George GBR 28:23.06; 8 Mehdi Frere 28:25.44; 9 Jesús Ramos ESP 28:29.44; 10 Dereje Chekole ISR 28:37.12; 11 Yitayew Abuhay ISR 28:37.70; 12 Jack Gray GBR 28:38.25; 21 Matthew Leach GBR 28:48.01
Women: 10,000: A: 1 Alina Reh GER 32:15.47; 2 Valeriia Zinenko UKR 32:29.81; 3 Dominika Mayer GER 32:35.95; 13 Abbie Donnelly GBR 33:04.40; 23 Rebecca Murray GBR 34:33.94. B: 1 Ide Nic Dhomhnaill IRL 33:24.10; 2 Shona Heaslip IRL 33:26.96; 3 Rebecca Lonedo ITA 33:28.75
Chorzow, Poland, June 4
Marie-Josee Ta Lou won the 100m in 10.82 (0.0) while Natalia Kaczmarek won the 400m in 50.02.
There was a dead-heat in the 100m hurdles between Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and Alaysha Johnson who both clocked 12.42/-0.1 (12.413).
Wojciech Nowicki won the men’s hammer ahead of world leader Rudy Winkler; 80.00m to 78.29m.
Jemma Reekie looks like she is returning to form in the 800m as she won with a 1:58.94 clocking ahead of Australia’s Catriona Bisset (1:59.22).
Men: 100 (-1.4): 1 Dominik Kopeć 10.21; 2 Rohan Browning AUS 10.32; 3 Emmanuel Matadi LBR 10.36
400: 1 Igor Bogaczyński 45.53; 2 Karol Zalewski 45.81; 3 Maks Szwed 45.86
800: 1 Filip Ostrowski 1:45.67; 2 Ben Pattison GBR 1:45.74; 3 Mateusz Borkowski 1:45.79; 4 Michał Rozmys 1:46.23; 5 Simone Barontini ITA 1:46.29; 6 Mostafa Smaili MAR 1:46.45; 7 Patryk Sieradzki 1:46.47; 8 Ephrem Mekonnen CAN 1:46.76; 9 Kacper Lewalski 1:46.78; 10 Maciej Wyderka 1:46.83; 11 Jakub Augustyniak 1:46.94; 12 Daniel Rowden GBR 1:46.96; 13 Mark English IRL 1:49.95
110H (0.2): 1 Roger V. Iribarne CUB 13.43; 2 Rafael Henrique Pereira BRA 13.52; 3 Antonio Alkana RSA 13.54; 4 Krzysztof Kiljan 13.67; 5 Jakub Szymański 13.68
PV: 1 Piotr Lisek 5.82; 2 Chris Nilsen USA 5.82; 3 Sam Kendricks USA 5.72; 4 Ethan Cormont FRA 5.72; 5 Matt Ludwig USA 5.72; 6 Robert Sobera 5.57; 7 Paweł Wojciechowski 5.57; 8 Emmanouíl Karalís GRE 5.57
SP: 1 Tom Walsh NZL 21.48; 2 Filip Mihaljević CRO 21.04; 3 Joe Kovacs USA 21.04; 4 Armin Sinančević SRB 20.93; 5 Michał Haratyk 20.35; 6 Jakub Szyszkowski 19.82
HT: 1 Wojciech Nowicki 80.00; 2 Rudy Winkler USA 78.29; 3 Ethan Katzberg CAN 76.74; 4 Paweł Fajdek 74.01; 5 Marcin Wrotyński 72.64; 6
MileW: 1 Meher Ben Halima 5:35.49; 2 Łukasz Niedziałek 5:38.52; 3 Artur Brzozowski 5:46.81; 4 Dawid Tomala 5:57.61
4×100: 1 CZE 38.93
Women: 100 (0.0): 1 Marie Josée Ta Lou CIV 10.82; 2 Ewa Swoboda 11.07; 3 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya 11.20; 4 Arialis Martinez POR 11.23; 5 Magdalena Stefanowicz 11.25. Heat 1 (-0.7): 1 Marie Josée Ta Lou CIV 11.03. Heat 2 (0.4): 1 Ewa Swoboda 11.03; 2 Shannon Ray USA 11.22
400: 1 Natalia Kaczmarek 50.02; 2 Susanne Gogl-Walli AUT 50.90; 3 Lynna Irby-Jackson USA 51.07; 4 Lada Vondrová CZE 51.16; 5 Ama Pipi GBR 51.27; 6 Laviai Nielsen GBR 51.43
800: 1 Jemma Reekie GBR 1:58.94; 2 Catriona Bisset AUS 1:59.22; 3 Halimah Nakaayi UGA 1:59.40; 4 Noélie Yarigo BEN 1:59.53; 5 Adrianna Topolnicka 2:00.40; 6 Eloisa Coiro ITA 2:01.07; 7 Margarita Koczanowa 2:02.06; 8 Angelika Sarna 2:02.34
1500: 1 Axumawit Embaye ETH 4:02.63; 2 Gaia Sabbatini ITA 4:08.07; 3 Martyna Galant 4:08.37; 4 Katharina Trost GER 4:08.71; 5 Kristiina Mäki CZE 4:09.22; 6 Aneta Konieczek 4:09.23; 7 Aleksandra Płocińska 4:09.52; 8 Weronika Lizakowska 4:09.56
100H (-0.1): eq1 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn PUR/Alaysha Johnson USA 12.42; 3 Natalia Christofi CYP 12.84 NR; 4 Jyothi Yarraji IND 13.03; 5 Klaudia Siciarz 13.07
LJ: 1 Ese Brume NGR 6.81; 2 Quanesha Burks USA 6.77; 3 Agate De Sousa STP 6.76; 4 Magdalena Bokun 6.60; 5 Maryse Luzolo GER 6.49; 6 Petra Beáta Banhidi-Farkas HUN 6.44
HT: 1 Camryn Rogers CAN 77.34; 2 Janee’ Kassanavoid USA 75.34; 3 Annette Echikunwoke USA 71.13; 4 Anita Włodarczyk 70.67; 5 Silja Kosonen FIN 69.98; 6 Katarzyna Furmanek 69.37; 7 Aleksandra Śmiech 69.27; 8 Malwina Kopron 68.78; 9 Alexandra Tavernier FRA 65.90
MileW: 1 Olga Chojecka 6:27.76; 2 Katarzyna Zdziebło 6:36.69; 3 Magdalena Żelazna 6:57.91
National Events 100H (-0.7): 1 Alaysha Johnson USA 12.72
Kingston, Jamaica, June 3
Noah Lyles set a 19.67 (0.3) world lead in the 200m ahead of Britain’s Zharnel Hughes’ 20.14 who set a European lead.
Shericka Jackson improved her season best to 10.78 (1.6) by winning the 100m.
World record-holder Wayde van Niekerk won the 400m easily with 44.21
Men: 100 (-0.3): 1 Christian Coleman USA 10.03; 2 Kadrian Goldson 10.08; 3 Emanuel Archibald GUY 10.23. B (1.9): 1 Michael Campbell 10.08; 2 Tyquendo Tracey 10.26
200 (0.3): 1 Noah Lyles USA 19.67; 2 Zharnel Hughes GBR 20.14; 3 Rasheed Dwyer 20.53; 4 Brendon Rodney CAN 20.65; 5 Alonso Edward PAN 20.73
400: 1 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 44.21; 2 Zandrion Barnes 44.90; 3 Rusheen McDonald 45.24; 4 Demish Gaye 45.32; 5 Karayme Bartley 45.80; 6 Trevor Stewart USA 45.94. B: 1 Antonio Watson 44.75; 2 Roshawn Clarke 45.24; 3 Assinie Wilson 45.51; 4 Anthony Cox 45.55
110H (2.3): 1 Tyler Mason 13.14; 2 Orlando Bennett 13.18; 3 Damion Thomas 13.29; 4 Dejour Russell 13.53; 5 Lafranz Campbell 13.62
HJ: 1 Lushane Wilson 2.20
LJ: 1 Tajay Gayle 8.02; 2 Shown-D Thompson 7.75; 3 Emanuel Archibald GUY 7.75; 4 LaQuan Nairn BAH 7.66
DT: 1 Alex Rose SAM 65.86; 2 Traves Smikle 65.15; 3 Kai Chang 63.19; 4 Fedrick Dacres 62.85
Women: 100 (1.6): 1 Shericka Jackson 10.78; 2 Anthonique Strachan BAH 10.99; 3 Shashalee Forbes 11.07; 4 Kemba Nelson 11.10; 5 Ashanti Moore 11.10; 6 Celera Barnes USA 11.13; 7 Natasha Morrison 11.22; 8 Tamara Clark USA 11.24. B (0.7): 1 Remona Burchell 11.17; 2 Tia Clayton 11.23; 3 Briana Williams 11.30
400: 1 Charokee Young 51.11; 2 Stacey-Ann Williams 51.34; 3 Kendall Ellis USA 51.37; 4 Sada Williams BAR 51.57
100H (-0.4): 1 Tobi Amusan NGR 12.57; 2 Tia Jones USA 12.72; 3 Megan Tapper 12.80; 4 Michelle Harrison CAN 12.88; 5 Cindy Sember GBR 13.13; 6 Crystal Morrison 13.17
400H: 1 Shiann Salmon 55.10; 2 Ronda Whyte 55.55; 3 Cassandra Tate USA 55.62
TJ: 1 Shanieka Ricketts 14.32; 2 Thea LaFond DMA 14.15
Nashville, June 3
KC Lightfoot set an American and continental record 6.07m in the pole vault. Only Mondo Duplantis and Sergey Bubka have jumped further outdoors.
Shanwnti Jackson improved her 100m PB to a 10.89 US high school record and under-20 world lead which puts her fourth all-time.
Men:
100 (0.5): 1 Brandon Carnes 10.02; 2 J.T. Smith 10.09; 3 Cejhae Greene ANT 10.11; 4 Rikkoi Brathwaite IVB 10.11 =NR; 5 Cravon Gillespie 10.20; 6 Jelani Walker JAM 10.20, Heat 1 (0.4): 1 Joseph Amoah GHA 10.15;
200 (-0.5): 1 Cravont Charleston 20.44; 2 Demarius Smith 20.92. B (0.5): 1 Kyle Greaux TTO 20.82
400: 1 Bryce Deadmon 44.72; 2 Javon Francis JAM 45.10; 3 Evan Miller 45.20; 4 Isaiah Jewett 45.29; 5 Paul Dedewo 45.35. B: 1 Michael Ohioze GBR 46.18; 2 Kahmari Montgomery 46.25; 3 Wil London 46.29
800: 1 Alex Amankwah GHA 1:45.12; 2 Brandon Miller 1:45.30; 3 Edose Ibadin NGR 1:45.49; 4 Vince Crisp 1:45.70; 5 Charles Jones 1:46.27; 6 John Rivera PUR 1:46.39. C: 1 Tyrese Reid 1:46.09. D: 4 Joseph Morrison GBR 1:50.67
1500: 1 Benjamin Allen 3:38.61; 2 Davis Bove 3:39.17; 3 Rob Napolitano PUR 3:39.35; 4 Jack Anstey AUS 3:39.83; 5 Sean Peterson 3:40.39; 6 Timothy Doyle PUR 3:40.39
Mile: 1 Sean Maison 3:58.83; 2 Matthew Scarr AUS 3:59.87
3000SC: 1 Mason Ferlic 8:22.25; 2 Andy Bayer 8:27.31; 3 Nathan Mylenek 8:28.72
110H (0.9): 1 Shane Brathwaite BAR 13.58; 2 Joshua Zeller GBR 13.67; 3 Yves Cherubin HAI 13.71; 4 Parker Bowden 13.73. Heat 1 (0.0): 1 Joshua Zeller GBR 13.72
400H: 1 Taylor McLaughlin 48.38; 2 Jaheel Hyde JAM 48.57; 3 Dave Kendziera 49.04. B: 1 Drake Schneider 49.75
PV: 1 KC Lightfoot 6.07 AR; 2 Cole Walsh 5.70; 3 Tray Oates 5.60
SP: 1 Payton Otterdahl 21.68; 2 Roger Steen 21.05; 3 Rajindra Campbell JAM 20.23
HT: 1 Sean Donnelly 74.02
Women:
100 (0.9): 1 Shawnti Jackson U20 10.89; 2 Kortnei Johnson 11.06; 3 Brittany Brown 11.06; 4 Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 11.09; 5 Melissa Jefferson 11.10; 6 Natalliah Whyte JAM 11.13; 7 Adaejah Hodge IVB 11.20. Heat 1 (-0.8): 1 Melissa Jefferson 11.13; 2 Shawnti Jackson 11.18. Heat 2 (0.2): 1 Brittany Brown 11.13; 2 Adaejah Hodge IVB 11.19; 3 Kortnei Johnson 11.20. Heat 3 (-0.4): 1 Kiara Parker 11.27; 7 Kristal Awuah GBR 11.72
200 (1.2): 1 Natalliah Whyte JAM 22.39; 2 Candace Hill 22.57; 3 Jessika Gbai CIV 22.69; 4 Ashley Henderson 22.83; 5 Felicia Edwards 23.12; Kristal Awuah GBR DNF
400: 1 Alexis Holmes 50.58; 2 Paola Morán MEX 50.85; 3 Courtney Okolo 51.81; 4 Brittany Aveni 52.26; 5 Nicole Yeargin GBR 52.39. B: 1 Quanera Hayes 51.74; 2 Shakima Wimbley 52.49
800: 1 Allie Wilson 1:59.24; 2 Charlene Lipsey 1:59.26; 3 Susan Ejore KEN 1:59.51; 4 Brenna Detra 1:59.57; 5 Olivia Baker 2:01.01; 6 Emily Richards 2:01.14. B: 1 Claudia Saunders FRA 2:01.76; 2 Hannah Segrave GBR 2:02.46
1500: 1 Addy Wiley 4:03.22; 2 Alexina Teubel 4:05.79; 3 Angel Piccirillo 4:06.96; 4 Carina Viljoen RSA 4:09.03. B: 2 Gemma Finch GBR 4:15.24
3000SC: 1 Logan Jolly 9:38.82
100H: 1 Tonea Marshall 12.67; 2 Anna Cockrell 12.79; 3 Amber Hughes 12.84; 4 Miriam Abdul-Rashid 12.94; 5 Gabbi Cunningham 12.98. Heat 1 (0.8): 1 Kendra Harrison 12.49; 2 Anna Cockrell 12.79. Heat 2 (-0.6): 1 Tonea Marshall 12.64; 2 Amber Hughes 12.86; 3 Miriam Abdul-Rashid 12.99
400H: 1 Andrenette Knight JAM 54.20; 2 Deshae Wise 56.07; 3 Michelle Smith ISV 56.83; 4 Robyn Brown PHI 56.96. B: 1 Tia Adana Belle BAR 55.51; 2 Kaila Barber 56.16; 3 Bianca Stubler 56.20; 4 Yanique Haye-Smith TKS 56.49; 5 Riley Knebes 56.88
HJ: 1 Taylor Beard 1.86; 2 Jelena Rowe 1.86
PV: 1 Bridget Guy Williams 4.70; 2 Rachel Baxter 4.60; 3 Sydney Walter 4.50
SP: 1 Jalani Davis 18.64; 2 Portious Warren TTO 17.99; 3 Lloydricia Cameron JAM 16.50; 4 Divine Oladipo GBR 16.48
HT: 1 Stamatía Skarvélis GRE 69.23; 2 Sade Olatoye NGR 69.12; 3 Nayoka Clunis JAM 68.00
Regensburg, Germany, June 3
Men:
100 (-0.1): 1 Robin Ganter 10.21; 2 Oliver Bromby GBR 10.21. B: 1 Kesi Oludoyi GBR 10.45; 2 Zanson Plummer GBR 10.51; 3 Olumide Isaac GBR 10.53. Heat 1 (0.7): 6 Kesi Oludoyi GBR 10.53; 7 Zanson Plummer GBR 10.58. Heat 2 (0.3): 1 Robin Ganter 10.19; 2 Oliver Bromby GBR 10.22; 3 Milo Skupin-Alfa 10.23; 8 Olumide Isaac GBR 10.54. 200 (-0.4): 4 Kesi Oludoyi GBR 21.57. Race C (0.0): 1 Niclas Baker GBR 21.13. 400: 1 Manuel Sanders 45.36; 4 Niclas Baker GBR 46.68. 400H: 1 Emil Nana Kwame Agyekum 48.86; 2 Dany Brand SUI 49.45; 3 Constantin Preis 49.55. LJ: 1 Simon Batz 7.86. 4×100 Race 1: 1 GER 38.79
U20 100 (1.0): 1 Heiko Gussmann 10.34
110H (-0.7): 1 Enzo Michael Diessl AUT 13.39 NU20R. Heat 1 (-1.3): 1 Enzo Michael Diessl AUT 13.42 NU20R
Women:
100 (0.2): 1 Louise Wieland 11.38. Heat 2 (0.7): 1 Louise Wieland 11.33
400H: 1 Carolina Krafzik 54.89; 2 Lina Nielsen GBR 54.96; 3 Eileen Demes 56.39; 4 Lena Pressler AUT 56.99
U20 100 (0.6): 1 Chelsea Kadiri 11.43. Heat 1 (1.8): 1 Holly Okuku 11.40; 2 Rosina Schneider 11.42
Gran Premio Cantones de La Coruna, La Coruña, Spain, June 3
World champion Kimberley Garcia Leon and Caio Oliveira De Sena Bonfim of Brazil gained fast 20km race walk victories with Garcia’s 1:26:40 putting her ahead of Quanming Wu (1:26:48).
Bonfim defeated Alvaro Martin of Spain 1:18:29 to 1:18:49.
Men:
20kmW: 1 Caio Bonfim BRA 1:18:29 NR; 2 Álvaro Martín 1:18:49; 3 Diego García 1:19:25; 4 Christopher Linke GER 1:19:27; 5 Zhang Jun CHN 1:19:36; 6 José Luis Doctor MEX 1:19:41; 7 José Alejandro Barrondo GUA 1:19:42; 8 Gabriel Bordier FRA 1:20:09; 9 Andrés Olivas MEX 1:20:14; 10 Noel Ali Chama MEX 1:20:40; 11 Jordy Jiménez ECU 1:20:45; 12 Xu Hao CHN 1:21:31; 13 Yutaro Murayama JPN 1:21:37; 14 Cui Lihong CHN 1:21:49; 15 Miguel Ángel López 1:21:52; 16 César Rodríguez PER 1:22:00; 17 César Alberto Herrera COL 1:22:07; 18 Jonathan Javier Amores ECU 1:22:18; 19 Daniel Chamosa 1:22:20; 20 Bian Tongda CHN 1:22:29
U20 10kmW: 1 Pablo Rodríguez 42:33; 2 Daniel Monfort 43:00; 3 Ivan Molina Espartero 45:18
Women:
20kmW: 1 Kimberly García PER 1:26:40 NR; 2 Wu Quanming CHN 1:26:48; 3 Alegna Gonzalez MEX 1:26:59; 4 Qieyang Shenjie CHN 1:27:15; 5 Mária Pérez 1:27:19; 6 Evelin Inga PER 1:27:32; 7 Erica de Sena BRA 1:28:53; 8 Glenda Estefanía Morejón ECU 1:29:04; 9 Ma Li CHN 1:30:02; 10 Raquel González 1:30:15; 11 Cristina Montesinos 1:30:39; 12 Valentina Trapletti ITA 1:30:47; 13 Eleonora Giorgi ITA 1:31:25; 14 Antia Chamosa 1:32:06; 15 Li Maocuo CHN 1:32:12; 16 Sofia Ramos MEX 1:32:13; 17 Yin Lamei CHN 1:32:32; 18 Serena Sonoda JPN 1:32:46; 19 Yang Liujing CHN 1:33:03; 20 Johana Ordóñez ECU 1:33:23
U20 10kmW: 1 Karla Serrano MEX 45:19; 2 Sharon Lisseth Herrera Soto CRC 45:19; 3 Natalia Pulido COL 45:58
Bergen, Norway, June 3
Men: 100 (-0.7): 1 Karl Erik Nazarov EST 10.34; 2 Adam Thomas GBR 10.42; 4 Kolbeinn Hödur Gunnarsson ISL 10.51 =NR. Heat 1 (1.8): 1 Adam Thomas GBR 10.30
300: 1 Gardeo Isaacs RSA 32.85; 2 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen 32.95
800: 1 Tobias Grønstad 1:46.61; 2 Joseph Deng AUS 1:46.70; 3 Filip Šnejdr CZE 1:47.19; Jamie Webb GBR DNF
3000: 1 Narve Gilje Nordås 7:43.94; 2 Emil Danielsson SWE 7:45.98; 3 Adam Fogg GBR 7:46.67; 4 Awet Nftalem Kibrab 7:47.37; 5 Dan Kibet UGA 7:47.89; 6 Magnus Tuv Myhre 7:48.59; 7 Ferdinand Kvan Edman 7:49.40; 8 Isaac Kimeli BEL 7:49.54; 9 Senay Amlesom Fissehatsion ERI 7:50.22; 10 Santtu Heikkinen FIN 7:50.31; 11 Kenneth Kiprop UGA 7:50.69; 12 Per Svela 7:51.26
3000SC: 1 Víctor Ruiz ESP 8:23.37; 2 Topi Raitanen FIN 8:24.77; 3 Vidar Johansson SWE 8:25.34; 4 Emil Blomberg SWE 8:26.86; 5 István Palkovits HUN 8:27.43; 6 Fredrik Sandvik 8:27.46; 7 Simon Sundström SWE 8:28.77; 8 Ibrahim Ezzaydouny ESP 8:29.63
PV: 1 Pål Haugen Lillefosse 5.72
LJ: 1 Jalen Rucker AUS 7.84
SP: 1 Roman Kokoshko UKR 20.98; 2 Kyle Blignaut RSA 20.83; 3 Eric Favors IRL 20.00
DT: 1 Gudni Valur Guðnason ISL 63.83; 2 Sam Mattis USA 62.82; 3 Robert Urbanek POL 62.71; 4 Andrew Evans USA 61.13
HT: 1 Thomas Mardal 77.46; 2 Eivind Prestegård Henriksen 76.09; 3 Hrístos Frantzeskákis GRE 75.70; 4 Aaron Kangas FIN 75.30; 5 Bence Halász HUN 75.10
Women:
300: 1 Henriette Jæger 36.62; 2 Tereza Petržilková CZE 37.24
800: 1 Rachel Pellaud SUI 2:02.60; 2 Majtie Kolberg GER 2:02.67; 6 Jen Selman GBR 2:04.62
1500: 1 Nikki Hiltz USA 4:07.18; 2 Vera Hoffmann LUX 4:08.03; 3 Marissa Damink NED 4:08.41; 4 Qsanet Alemu ETH 4:08.98; 5 Revee Walcott-Nolan GBR 4:09.14
5000: 1 Rose Davies AUS 15:10.30; 2 Belinda Chemutai UGA 15:23.48; 3 Kristine Eikrem Engeset 15:26.00; 4 Nanna Bové DEN 15:39.70; 7 Grace Carson GBR 16:09.31
100H (-0.3): 1 Nooralotta Neziri FIN 13.17
HJ: 1 Yuliya Chumachenko UKR 1.86
TJ: 1 Kristin Gierisch GER 13.80
HT: 1 Brooke Andersen USA 76.08; 2 Katrine Koch Jacobsen DEN 70.68; 3 Alyssa Wilson USA 69.24; 4 Suvi Koskinen FIN 68.51; 5 Jillian Weir CAN 67.23
Saint Louis, USA, June 1
Men: Mile: 1 Olin Hacker 3:56.59; 2 Brett Meyer 3:57.06; 3 Jake Gillum 3:59.26; 4 Liam Back NZL 3:59.48
High School 800: 1 Daniel Watcke 1:48.59
Mile: 1 Simeon Birnbaum 3:57.53; 2 Rocky Hansen 3:58.23; 3 Tinoda Matsatsa 3:58.70; 4 Jackson Heidesch 3:59.08
Women:
Mile: 1 Abby Nichols 4:26.08; 2 Krissy Gear 4:26.52; 3 Alexina Teubel 4:27.67; 4 Jenn Randall 4:30.53; 11 Aziza Ayoub PUR 4:42.45 NR; 12 Ellie Leather GBR 4:44.67
Josef Odlozil Memorial, Prague, Czech Republic, June 5
Nikoleta Jichova won the 400m hurdles in cold rain in 55.77 just 0.01 ahead of Jessie Knight.
Maintaining his consistent form, Scott Lincoln won the shot with a 20.65m throw.
Men:
100 (0.3): 1 Emmanuel Matadi LBR 10.16 2 Emmanuel Eseme CMR 10.19 2 Reynier Mena CUB 10.19 4 Eugene Amo-Dadzie GBR 10.24 5 Seye Ogunlewe NGR 10.25. Heat 1 (-0.3): 1 Eugene Amo-Dadzie GBR 10.21 2 Emmanuel Eseme CMR 10.21 3 Reynier Mena CUB 10.24 4 Seye Ogunlewe NGR 10.24. Heat 2 (0.8): 1 Emmanuel Matadi LBR 10.22 2 Arthur Gue Cissé CIV 10.28.
400: 1 Joe Brier GBR 46.39 2 Matěj Krsek 46.58.
1500: 1 Abdulkarim Teki Abdurahman ETH 3:38.41 2 Hafid Rizky MAR 3:38.68 3 James West GBR 3:39.02 4 Samuel Pihlström SWE 3:39.61 5 Jakub Davidik 3:39.84
3000SC: 1 Salaheddine Ben Yazide MAR 8:29.80
110H (-1.4): 1 Michael Dickson USA 13.59 2 Mikdat Sevler TUR 13.78; 7 Miguel Perera GBR 14.23
400H: 1 Constantin Preis GER 49.06 2 Vít Müller 49.14 3 Seamus Derbyshire GBR 49.84 4 Chris McAlister GBR 49.92 5 Yasmani Copello TUR 50.16
PV: 1 Clayton Fritsch USA 5.55 2 Luke Winder USA 5.45
LJ: 1 William Williams USA 7.85
SP: 1 Scott Lincoln GBR 20.65 2 Tomáš Staněk 20.60 3 Roman Kokoshko UKR 20.39 4 Eric Favors IRL 19.75
JT: 1 Jakub Vadlejch 82.55 2 Dawid Wegner POL 78.25
Women:
200 (-0.4): 1 Jada Baylark USA 23.37
800: 1 Nataliia Krol UKR 2:01.84 2 Eveliina Määttänen FIN 2:01.97 3 Majtie Kolberg GER 2:02.10; 10 Jen Selman GBR 2:08.59
100H (0.1): 1 Jade Barber USA 13.10
400H: 1 Nikoleta Jíchová 55.77 2 Jessie Knight GBR 55.78 3 Noura Ennadi MAR 56.49 4 Hayley McLean GBR 57.31
HJ: 1 Michaela Hrubá 1.84 2 Yuliya Chumachenko UKR 1.80 4 Laura Zialor GBR 1.76
JT: 1 Sara Kolak CRO 59.33 2 Nikola Ogrodníková 58.83
Portland Track Festival, Oregon, USA, June 3-4
Josh Kerr won the 800m in 1:46.62, while Amon Kemboi held on to win the 1500m in 3:34.12 from a fast-finishing Cole Hocker.
Men:
800: 1 Josh Kerr GBR 1:46.62; 2 Devin Dixon 1:46.72; 3 Isaiah Harris 1:46.91; 8 Kyle Langford GBR 1:49.70.
1500: 1 Amon Kemboi KEN 3:34.12; 2 Cole Hocker 3:34.14; 3 Johnny Gregorek 3:34.35; 4 Amos Bartelsmeyer GER 3:34.39; 5 Sam Prakel 3:34.63; 6 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot CAN 3:35.21; 7 Drew Hunter 3:35.33; 8 Kieran Lumb CAN 3:35.43; 9 Henry Wynne 3:35.45; 10 Cameron Proceviat CAN 3:36.70. B: 1 Matt Wisner 3:38.82; 2 Liu Dezhu CHN 3:38.88; 3 Rheinhardt Harrison 3:38.90; 4 Ajay Kumar Saroj IND 3:39.19; 5 Austin Miller 3:39.36; 6 Aarod Ahl CAN 3:39.47; 7 Tomas Palfrey AUS 3:39.49; 8 Austen Dalquist 3:39.62; 9 Leo Young 3:39.86
5000: 1 Olin Hacker 13:19.28; 2 Benjamin Eidenschink 13:33.24; 3 Brodey Hasty 13:37.21
3000SC: 1 Benard Keter 8:22.97; 2 Daniel Michalski 8:28.05; 3 Craig Huff 8:29.03
Women:
800: 1 Nia Akins 1:59.37; 2 Raevyn Rogers 2:00.20; 3 Jazz Shukla CAN 2:00.84; 4 McKenna Keegan 2:01.27; 5 Kristie Schoffield 2:02.08; 6 Kaela Edwards 2:02.20
1500: 1 Helen Schlachtenhaufen 4:05.67; 2 Emily Lipari 4:08.42; 3 Alli Cash 4:08.60; 4 Anna Camp-Bennett 4:09.07. B: 1 Katie Camarena 4:08.73
Mile: 1 Emma Bennett 4:47.84
5000: 1 Taylor Werner 15:03.13; 2 Natosha Rogers 15:10.17; 3 Katie Wasserman 15:15.88; 4 Allie Buchalski 15:19.77; 5 Julie-Anne Staehli CAN 15:24.84; 6 Briana Scott CAN 15:25.77; 7 Leslie Sexton CAN 15:27.70; 14 Roisin Flanagan IRL 15:47.08
10,000: 1 Woynshet Ansa ETH 32:40.03; 2 Sanjivani Jadhav IND 32:46.88
3000SC: 1 Colleen Quigley 9:32.48; 2 Amy Cashin AUS 9:38.27; 3 Madeline Strandemo 9:42.08; 4 Abby Kohut-Jackson 9:48.66; 5 Emma Gee 9:49.72; 6 Alycia Butterworth CAN 9:54.48; 7 Meredith Rizzo 9:58.13; 8 Katie Rainsberger 9:58.70
Pireás, Greece, June 4
Miltiadis Tentoglou jumped 8.24/0.5 in the sixth round to defeat Sweden’s Thobias Montler
Serbia’s Milica Gardasevic won the women’s long jump with 6.77/0.0 with European high jump bronze medallist Angelina Topic of Serbia third 6.52/0.4.
Men:
LJ: 1 Miltiádis Tentóglou 8.24; 2 Thobias Montler SWE 7.88; 3 Anwar Anvarov UZB 7.84
Women:
LJ: 1 Milica Gardašević SRB 6.77; 2 Alina Rotaru-Kottmann ROU 6.71; 3 Angelina Topić SRB 6.71 eqU20; 4 Khaddi Sagnia SWE 6.52; 5 Tilde Johansson SWE 6.40
French Open 2023 results: Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof lose in men's doubles quarter-finals
Britain's Neal Skupski and partner Wesley Koolhof's bid for a first Grand Slam men's doubles title ended with a French Open quarter-final defeat.
Skupski and Dutchman Koolhof, the top seeds, were beaten 6-3 7-6 (7-4) by Spain's Marcel Granollers and Argentine Horacio Zeballos, the 10th seeds.
Skupski had been the last remaining Briton in the doubles at Roland Garros.
He and Koolhof had been a mini break up in the second-set tie-break before letting the advantage slip away.
They were knocked out when Koolholf went just long with a backhand on the first match point.