Xiamen Diamond League in China sees Yan throw 71.74m within the javelin as Russell clocks 12.14 within the 100m hurdles.
On the eve of the Diamond League in Xiamen, China, on Saturday (Might 23) there was speak of a world report bid within the girls’s 3000m steeplechase. As a substitute, the assembly noticed javelin thrower Yan Ziyi and dash hurdler Masai Russell produce the highest performances as they went No.2 on the world all-time rankings of their occasions.
Don’t be stunned to see these athletes break world information within the close to future. Competing on dwelling soil, Yan, who turned 18 the day earlier than the assembly, threw 71.74m to enhance her world under-20 report by greater than 5 metres. Her throw was additionally a Diamond League and Asian report and is second solely to Barbora Špotáková’s 72.28m from 2008 on the all-time lists with the present spec spear.
With blistering velocity and nice method over the hurdles, Russell, in the meantime, was simply two hundredths of a second shy of Tobi Amusan’s world report of 12.12 set in Oregon in 2022.
“I got here right here with the purpose of throwing 65 metres, so it actually blew my thoughts to see that consequence,” Yan stated. “After that very first throw, I made a decision to move the remainder as I felt it will be good to avoid wasting power since I’ve fairly a couple of worldwide competitions coming quickly.
“What I would like for myself now could be consistency. I do not need this 71.74m to be only a one-time factor. I’ll see the way it will go for the following couple of years and put together for breaking the world report.”
For Olympic champion Russell, her 100m hurdles efficiency was a Diamond League and North American report as Amusan completed runner-up in 12.28 and Devynne Charlton third in 12.37.
Alison dos Santos of Brazil pipped Karsten Warholm of Norway in an exciting and quick males’s 400m hurdles race. Dos Santos had overwhelmed Warholm over 300m hurdles within the earlier weekend’s Diamond League in Shanghai and right here he repeated the feat as he clocked a world lead of 47.72 to Warholm’s 46.82.
The ladies’s steeplechase didn’t present the anticipated fireworks however noticed Peruth Chemutai of Uganda outkick Winfred Yavi in a world lead of 8:51.06, virtually seven seconds outdoors Beatrice Chepkoech’s world report.
World 400m champion Collen Kebinatshipi as soon as once more confirmed wonderful kind as he clocked a world lead and assembly report of 43.92 with Muzala Samukonga runner-up in 44.04.
Shericka Jackson, the two-time world champion from Jamaica, continued her wonderful begin to the 2026 season with an emphatic 200m victory, too, with a meet report of 21.87 (0.2).
Shaunae Miller-Uibo was runner-up in 22.04 with Britain’s Amy Hunt seventh in 22.67.
Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya was equally dominant within the males’s 100m as he clocked 9.94 (0.2) to beat South Africa’s Present Leotlela by six hundredths of a second as Trayvon Bromell narrowly beat fellow American Kenny Bednarek for third place.
Abbey Caldwell of Australia loved an excellent win over a top-class subject within the girls’s 1500m as she completed strongly to clock 3:57.26 as Birke Harlem was second and Emily Mackay third.
Within the males’s shot, Rajindra Campbell improved his Jamaican report to 22.34m as world record-holder Ryan Crouser returned to Diamond League motion after lacking 2025 with a throw of 21.41m in third.
After a shaky indoor season, Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece appears to be again in kind as he gained the lengthy soar with 8.46m with Tajay Gayle runner-up with 8.32m and Bozhidar Sarâboyukov third with 8.29m.
