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Impressive victories at the WDL Shanghai/Keqiao
World record holders Mondo Duplantis, Karsten Warholm and Yaroslava Mahuchikh all sealed impressive victories at the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League on Saturday (3), while US athlete Cordell Tinch produced a spectacular performance in the 110m hurdles, clocking a world lead, meeting record and personal best of 12.87 (0.6m/s). That moved Tinch joint-fourth on the world all-time … <a href="https://shanghai.diamondleague.com/mens-300m-hurdle-battle-between-warmholm-vs-dos-santos-one-of-epic-proportions/">Continued</a>
Stars speak at pre-meeting press conference
A star-studded cast of athletes spoke to the media on Friday afternoon ahead of the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Shanghai/Keqiao, with world record holders Karsten Warholm and Mondo Duplantis igniting hopes for big performances at the China Textile City Sports Center.
Men’s heavy hitters ready to line up in Keqiao!
Armand Duplantis returns to China to defend his Shanghai DL title
Two groups of athletes to pay a visit to local schools in the Shaoxing/Keqiao area.
Christopher Bailey, Jeremiah Azu, Halimah Nakaayi and Liam Adcock visited the Shaoxing Sports School.
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110m Hurdles Men: Oliver edges Ortega as Xie slips to sixth
David Oliver edged out Orlando Ortega to win the Shanghai meeting’s showcase event in 13.17, his fastest time of 2015
5000m Women: Ayana joins the all-time elite with third best ever
Ethiopia's Almaz Ayana produced a brilliant front-running victory to smash the meeting and Diamond League records and move to number three on the world all-time list
200m Men: Edward beats Jamaicans to clinch close win
A thrusting finish from Alonso Edward was just enough for the former world silver medallist to beat three fancied Jamaicans
100m Women: Jamaicans beaten as Blessing blows them away
Blessing Okagbare showed Jamaica’s world-beating sprinters a clean pair of heels as she blasted clear of the women’s 100m field
800m Women: Striding Sum seals win number one
Commonwealth and African champion Eunice Sum sealed her first win of 2015 in 2:00.28 to put her on track to defend the Diamond Race trophy
3000m Steeplechase Men: Lone-running Birech beats Koech with world lead
A bold piece of front-running from Jairus Birech brought the defending Diamond Race champion an impressive victory over a raft of fellow Kenyans
Javelin Women: Lu lands shock win with meeting record
Lu Huihui handed the home crowd a shock victory over a field of world and area champions with a meeting record of 64.08m
400m Men: First blood to James as Merritt slips to third
A commanding run from Kirani James brought the Olympic champion a comfortable victory over his arch rival LaShawn Merritt in 44.66
Long Jump Men: Menkov takes narrow win from Henderson and Wang
Aleksandr Menkov claimed the slimmest of victories over world leader Jeffrey Henderson as just 6cm separated the top four
1500m Men: Kiplagat reigns as eight beat old world lead
A controlled kick over the last lap gave Silas Kiplagat victory in a world leading time of 3:35.29