Saturday, May 3, 2025

DL Preview, Meet Two: Comebacks by Thompson, Corridor and Pichardo, the second Diamond League meet goes to Shanghai!

Comebacks by Thompson, Corridor and Pichardo
SHANGHAI/KEQIAO(CHN): Keqiao district of Shaoxing in Zhejiang province is the stage for 2nd Wanda DL meet 2025. Forecast for 30+ climate, season progressing, total expectations are increased than week earlier than. Though this time no WR makes an attempt, nonetheless lot of WL/MR potential. Duplantis for six meters, Mahuchikh for 2 meters, Thompson to duel with Simbine, Corridor is again for first time since Paris, can younger Yan be a risk for Kitaguchi? Many good questions. And typical hurdles dramas. Warholm with assault on earliest ever sub 47 within the season.

Quick previews

Males

100 m: Xiamen area with winner Simbine and added in his first 100 since Paris Video games silver medalist Kishane Thompson. WL is 9.90.

Akani Simbine (RSA) wins the Males’s 100m with a time of 9.99s on the Wanda Diamond League Purple Star Macalline Xiamen on 26 April 2025

400 m: Related area as in Xiamen with winner Ndori on prime, however Olympic winner Corridor is available in (first race since Olympic win). Can they arrive near 44 seconds? MR is 43.99.

Quincy Corridor, picture by Chuck Aragon for RunBlogRun

5000 m: Was not in Xiamen. MR is 12:55.68 and out of doors WL 13:05.87 each throughout the attain. Primary goal Tokyo commonplace 13:01 (pacers Akbache and E. Kibet). Aregawi and Kipkorir the names to look at.

Berihu Aregawi wins the Males’s 5000m Diamond League Last with a time of 12:43.66 at Allianz Memorial Van Damme, the Wanda Diamond League Last in Brussels on 13 September 2024, picture by Diamond League AG

Steeple: Xiamen area with out El Bakkali, can they go sooner than 8:05.61 final week? Could be WL, MR is 8:01.16. New pacer Kones with Bouassel, purpose: 8:02 (2:40, 5:21).

Samuel Firewu (ETH) wins the Males’s 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 8:05.61 in a brand new Assembly File on the Wanda Diamond League Purple Star Macalline Xiamen on 26 April 2025

110mH: Holloway is out, however Broadbell is available in. Can Tinch repeat, first sub 13 of the yr?

Hansle PARCHMENT wins the Males’s 110m Hurdles in a time of 12.96s on the Wanda Diamond League assembly in Xiamen on 2 September 2023, picture by Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG

400mH: Warholm debut at his important distance. WL 47.61 and MR 47.27 each at risk. Lima for first sub 48 of his profession? Earliest sub 47 was achieved by Dos Santos final yr on Could 10 (46.86).

Karsten Warholm, NOR, wins the Males’s 300m Hurdles with a time of 33.05s in a WBP on the Wanda Diamond League Purple Star Macalline Xiamen on 26 April 2025

Pole Vault: All from Xiamen besides of Guttormsen. Mondo prepared for top of the range mark, they performed golf and all nicely relaxed. Ought to be higher outcomes than final weekend. MR is 600.

Armand Duplantis (SWE) wins the Males’s Pole Vault with a top of 5.92m on the Wanda Diamond League Purple Star Macalline Xiamen on 26 April 2025

Lengthy Soar: (non-DL): Almost the identical area, Zhang needs to repeat, however Adcock and co might be towards.

Mingkun Zhang (CHN) wins the Males’s Lengthy Soar with a distance of 8.18m on the Wanda Diamond League Purple Star Macalline Xiamen on 26 April 2025

Triple Soar: This time DL scoring, Oly winner Pichardo is available in (1st competitors since DL Last), Zhu needs to win however J. Scott is in form. Outside WL 17.37 and MR 17.24 doable.

Girls

200 m: New rival for Xiamen winner Battle is Adeleke. Norwegian Jager is available in.

The autumn 1, HENRIETTE JAEGER, NORWAY, YEMI MARY JOHN, GREAT BRITAIN, KEELY HODGKINSON, GREAT BRITAIN, picture by Getty Photos for European Athletics

800 m: Was not in Xiamen, MR 1:58.58, WL 1:58.23, all potential. Duguma there, tempo by Jaguscik POL 58.5.

Tsige Duguma wins the ATHLOS W 800 meters, picture by ATHLOS Assembly

100mH: Entire area from Xiamen there, solely Clay as tenth lacking, Stark and Charlton with difficulties final Saturday this time attacking Williams. Why not WL 12.49 or MR 12.50.

The second of realization that you’ve set a WR! Devynne Charlton hurdles 7.67 at Millrose, by Kevin Morris, February 11, 2024

HJ: Australians to assault Olympic winner Mahuchikh. MR of Vlasic 202 dates again to 2007. Doable.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) wins the Girls’s Excessive Soar with a top of 1.97m on the Wanda Diamond League Purple Star Macalline Xiamen on 26 April 2025

Shot Put: Meet file 20.23 below risk, out of doors WL 20.47 additionally. Schilder vs Jackson, Gong not competing this time, however added Dodd-Thomas.

Jessica Schilder (NED) wins the Girls’s Shot Put with a distance of 20.47m in a brand new Assembly File on the Wanda Diamond League Purple Star Macalline Xiamen on 26 April 2025

Discus (non-DL): Clear favourite Allman, all right here from Xiamen besides residence Feng Bin.

Valarie Allman (USA) wins the Girls’s Discus Throw with a distance of 68.95m on the Wanda Diamond League Purple Star Macalline Xiamen on 26 April 2025

Javelin: Oly winner Kitaguchi in season opener, and residential younger WJR breaker Yan Ziyi (might be 18 this month), can Tzengo affirm her form from Xiamen.

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