Noah Lyles secures sprint double in Székesfehérvár
Noah Lyles scored a sprint double while Hugues Fabrice Zango and Nadine Visser set world leads at the Gyulai István Memorial in Székesfehérvár, Hungary, on Wednesday.
Originally only entered for the 100m, the USA's world 200m champion Lyles first clocked 10.05 (+0.3m/sec) to win the shorter sprint before returning around an hour later to also claim 200m victory in 20.13 (+1.3m/s).
Britain's Adam Gemili was second in the 100m, running 10.28, and he too ran the 200m, finishing third in 20.56.
Italy's Eseosa Desalu was second in the half-lap event, clocking 20.35.
The triple jump competition saw Burkina Faso's world bronze medallist Zango leap a world-leading 17.40m (+1.0m/s) in the second round before improving to 17.43m (+1.1m/s) in the fourth and beating the USA’s multiple Olympic and world champion Christian Taylor with 17.34m (+0.4m/s).
Portugal's Pedro Pablo Pichardo was also over 17 metres, leaping a best of 17.28m (+1.0m/s).
Interesting battle in the triple jump where after four rounds Hugues Fabrice Zango leads with a world-leading 17.43m, @Taylored2jump just moved into second with 17.34m and Pedro Pablo Pichardo in third with 17.28m.
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Another world-leading performance came in the 100m hurdles as European indoor 60m hurdles champion Visser equaled her own fastest time in the world this year with 12.68. Luca Kozak clocked a 12.71 Hungarian record in second.
Ahead of the meeting there had been talk of whether the USA’s world 800m champion Donavan Brazier might break Johnny Gray’s world 600m best of 1:12.81 set in 1986.
But that mark continues to stand the test of time as while Brazier did get the victory, coming through to move past Puerto Rico's Wesley Vázquez down the home straight, his winning time was 1:15.07 to Vázquez's 1:15.31.
An exciting 110m hurdles race saw the USA's world champion Grant Holloway surge ahead, only for Spain's Olympic silver medallist Orlando Ortega to chase him down and get the win - 13.21 to 13.22. Britain's Andrew Pozzi was sixth in 13.60.
In the other 110m hurdles heat, Switzerland's Jason Joseph won in 13.42, with Britain's David King running 13.51 for his fastest time in three years.
The USA's Lynna Irby, who won the Monaco 400m in 50.50, claimed another victory, this time taking the 200m in 22.55 ahead of two-time world champion Dafne Schippers of Netherlands with 22.94.
The women's 400m was won by the USA's world relay gold medallist Wadeline Jonathas in 52.09 as Britain's Laviai Nielsen was third in 52.24 and hurdler Jessie Knight finished fifth in an official outdoor PB of 52.52, although she ran 51.9 at a pilot event in Nuneaton in July.
Femke Bol of Netherlands continued to impress with a clear 400m hurdles victory in 54.67, while the USA's David Kendziera won the men's event in 50.00 as Britain’s 2011 world champion Dai Greene, in his first 400m hurdles race since September, clocked 51.06 for fourth.
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The USA's Kahmari Montgomery won the men’s 400m race in 45.50.
European indoor silver medallist Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova of Belarus jumped a slightly wind-assisted 6.77m (+2.1m/s) to win the long jump just a single centimetre ahead of Ukraine's world silver medallist Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk. Britain's Abigail Irozuru finished fifth with 6.46m (+1.5m/s).
There was another discus win for Sweden's world champion Daniel Stahl as he threw 67.31m to beat Andrius Gudzius with 67.08m. Britain's Lawrence Okoye had a best of 62.53m.
Wojciech Nowicki claimed hammer victory, throwing 78.07m to beat home favourite Bence Halasz with 78.00m, while the women's competition was won by France's Alexandra Tavernier with a 73.09m throw.
Results can be found here.
A report on Wednesday evening's Irena Szewinska Memorial action in Bydgoszcz can be found here.
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