Resulst: 2018 Rabat Diamond League
American Christian Coleman signalled a return to form and fitness on Friday by edging out compatriots Ronnie Baker and Noah Lyles to win a thrilling DiamondLeague 100-metre race in Rabat on Friday, while Hellen Obiri set a new world-leading time in the women’s 5,000m.
Coleman, who was runner-up to Justin Gatlin at last year’s world championships, was quick out of the blocks but only just clung on to beat Baker in a season’s best time of 9.98 seconds.
The 22-year-old set a 60m world record of 6.34sec earlier this year, but has struggled with injuries since.
He will now turn his attentions to this weekend’s inaugural athletics World Cup in London.
“It was a perfect night for me — good race and good time, I couldn’t be happier,” he said.
“I am not so surprised to win on my first race (back), even with such a great field because I was very fast in practice these last days. When I was injured, I managed to keep a good condition.”
Baker and Lyles share the world-leading time of 9.88 for 2018.
The former finished in the same time as Coleman but was beaten on the dip, while Lyles was just one hundredth of a second slower.
Michael Rodgers underlined the Americans’ dominance by coming fourth, as Britain’s Reece Prescod was lucky to avoid disqualification for a false start and was fifth.
– Obiri shows her class –
Kenya’s Obiri, the reigning world champion and 2016 Olympic silver medallist, powered clear of Sifan Hassan to win the women’s 5,000m in a magnificent time of 14 minutes and 21.75 seconds.
“The race was fast and difficult, especially in the last lap,” said Obiri.
Ethiopian-born Dutchwoman Hassan had to settle for second and a new European record, beating the previous mark set by Russian Liliya Shobukhova on July 19, 2008 in Kazan.
Elsewhere, Russian high jumper Mariya Lasitskene saw her 45-competition unbeaten run come to an end, as she failed to clear a modest 1.94 metres.
The 25-year-old had not lost since June 2016 and has won gold medals at each of the last two world championships.
But her disappointing performance in Morocco allowed Bulgarian Mirela Demireva to snatch the win with 1.94m, although she later brought down the bar when attempting a personal best of 2.02m.
Lasistskene, who has cleared two metres five times already this season, missed out on the 2016 Rio Olympics because of Russia’s suspension from athletics by the IAAF over doping.
She was cleared to resume competing internationally last year as a neutral athlete.
South African middle-distance great Caster Semenya eased to victory in the rarely-run 1,000m event, posting a time of 2:31.01, before she heads to London to attempt the 800/1500m double in the World Cup.
“It was a very good race, but unfortunately it wasn’t as fast as I expected,” she said.
Olympic 400-metre champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas ran down Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith to win the 200m in 22.29sec, while Olympic gold medallist Brianna Rollins-McNeal cruised to 100m hurdles victory in 12.51sec
Results Men
100m -0.4m/s
pts
1 Christian COLEMAN USA 9.98 8
2 Ronnie BAKER USA 9.98 7
3 Noah LYLES USA 9.99 6
4 Michael RODGERS USA 10.01 5
5 Reece PRESCOD GBR 10.09 4
6 Chijindu UJAH GBR 10.19 3
7 Yoshihide KIRYU JPN 10.20 2
8 Arthur CISSÉ CIV 10.22 1
9 Abdullah Abkar MOHAMMED KSA 10.30
400m
pts
1 Akeem BLOOMFIELD JAM 44.33 8
2 Abdalleleh HAROUN QAT 44.69 7
3 Matthew HUDSON-SMITH GBR 44.79 6
4 Luguelín SANTOS DOM 44.80 5
5 Paul DEDEWO USA 44.82 4
6 Michael CHERRY USA 45.40 3
1500m
pts
1 Brahim KAAZOUZI MAR 3:33.22 8
2 Filip INGEBRIGTSEN NOR 3:33.40 7
3 Ayanleh SOULEIMAN DJI 3:33.42 6
4 Jakub HOLUŠA CZE 3:33.80 5
5 Charles DA’VALL GRICE GBR 3:34.20 4
6 Ryan GREGSON AUS 3:34.38 3
7 Aman WOTE ETH 3:34.39 2
8 Charles Cheboi SIMOTWO KEN 3:34.75 1
9 Marcin LEWANDOWSKI POL 3:35.06
10 Matthew CENTROWITZ USA 3:35.17
11 Hicham OULDHA MAR 3:35.35
12 Younéss ESSALHI MAR 3:36.28
13 Taresa TOLOSA ETH 3:38.53
14 Ismael DEBJANI BEL 3:39.27
Mounir AKBACHE FRA DNF
Fouad ELKAAM MAR DNF
Vincent KIBET KEN DNF
3000m
pts
1 Yomif KEJELCHA ETH 7:32.93 8
2 Birhanu BALEW BRN 7:34.26 7
3 Stewart MCSWEYN AUS 7:34.79 6
4 Paul CHELIMO USA 7:34.83 5
5 Muktar EDRIS ETH 7:36.13 4
6 Hagos GEBRHIWET ETH 7:36.49 3
7 Ryan HILL USA 7:36.81 2
8 Eric JENKINS USA 7:38.19 1
9 Soufiyan BOUQANTAR MAR 7:39.42
10 Cyrus RUTTO KEN 7:42.53
11 Bethwell BIRGEN KEN 7:42.72
12 Abadi HADIS ETH 7:42.83
13 Hicham AKANKAM MAR 7:51.09
14 Mouhcine OUTALHA MAR 7:51.55
15 Stephen KISSA UGA 7:54.32
16 Mohammed ABID MAR 8:07.67
Jesús GÓMEZ ESP DNF
Abdelaati IGUIDER MAR DNF
Vincent LETTING KEN DNF
Rabii DOUKKANA MAR DNS
3000m Steeplchase
1 Benjamin KIGEN KEN 8:06.19 8
2 Chala BEYO ETH 8:07.27 7
3 Soufiane ELBAKKALI MAR 8:09.58 6
4 Hillary BOR USA 8:12.20 5
5 Matthew HUGHES CAN 8:13.13 4
6 Abraham KIBIWOTT KEN 8:14.35 3
7 Ibrahim EZZAYDOUNY MAR 8:14.62 2
8 Nicholas Kiptonui BETT KEN 8:17.83 1
9 Fernando CARRO ESP 8:19.30
10 Amos KIRUI KEN 8:20.00
11 Mohamed TINDOUFT MAR 8:21.13
12 Conseslus KIPRUTO KEN 8:27.36
13 Cleophas Kandie MEYAN KEN 8:27.57
14 Abdelkarim BEN ZAHRA MAR 8:30.48
15 Andrew BAYER USA 8:35.69
16 Yemane HAILESELASSIE ERI 8:40.10
Lawrence Kemboi KIPSANG KEN DNF
Mounaime SASSIOUI MAR DNF
Hicham SIGUENI MAR DNF
Long Jump
Wind
1 Tajay GAYLE JAM 8.09 +0.1
2 Marquis DENDY USA 8.05 -0.3
3 Jarrion LAWSON USA 8.03 -0.7
4 Thobias NILSSON MONTLER SWE 7.85 -0.8
5 Ignisious GAISAH NED 7.81 +0.5
6 Zarck VISSER RSA 7.79 -0.1
7 Yahya BERRABAH MAR 7.78 -0.3
8 Mouhcine KHOUA MAR 7.62 +0.6
Javelin Throw
pts
1 Magnus KIRT EST 89.75 8
2 Andreas HOFMANN GER 88.58 7
3 Jakub VADLEJCH CZE 85.31 6
4 Thomas RÖHLER GER 85.19 5
5 Neeraj CHOPRA IND 83.32 4
6 Ahmed Bader MAGOUR QAT 83.30 3
7 Keshorn WALCOTT TTO 83.26 2
8 Andrian MARDARE MDA 81.28 1
9 Rolands ŠTROBINDERS LAT 78.96
Pole Vault
pts
1 Sam KENDRICKS USA 5.86 8
2 Paweł WOJCIECHOWSKI POL 5.80 7
3 Timur MORGUNOV ANA 5.80 6
4 Shawnacy BARBER CAN 5.60 5
5 Thiago BRAZ BRA 5.60 4
6 Konstadínos FILIPPÍDIS GRE 5.60 3
6 Bokai HUANG CHN 5.60 3
8 Scott HOUSTON USA 5.45 1
8 Renaud LAVILLENIE FRA 5.45 1
8 Kurtis MARSCHALL AUS 5.45 1
RESULTS WOMEN
200m Wind -0.5m/s
pts
1 Shaunae MILLER-UIBO BAH 22.29 8
2 Dina ASHER-SMITH GBR 22.40 7
3 Jenna PRANDINI USA 22.60 6
4 Gabrielle THOMAS USA 22.70 5
5 Murielle AHOURÉ CIV 22.70 4
6 Jodie WILLIAMS GBR 23.26 3
7 Blessing OKAGBARE-IGHOTEGUONOR NGR 23.42 2
8 Shashalee FORBES JAM 23.51 1
800m
1 Francine NIYONSABA BDI 1:57.90 8
2 Natoya GOULE JAM 1:58.33 7
3 Rababe ARAFI MAR 1:58.84 6
4 Margaret Nyairera WAMBUI KEN 1:59.09 5
5 Emily Cherotich TUEI KEN 1:59.19 4
6 Malika AKKAOUI MAR 1:59.27 3
7 Lynsey SHARP GBR 1:59.86 2
8 Laura ROESLER USA 2:00.56 1
9 Eunice Jepkoech SUM KEN 2:03.51
Bianka KÉRI HUN DNF
1000m
1 Caster SEMENYA RSA 2:31.01
2 Ce’aira BROWN USA 2:35.85
3 Kaela EDWARDS USA 2:36.13
4 Winnie NANYONDO UGA 2:36.13
5 Nelly JEPKOSGEI KEN 2:37.41
6 Sanne VERSTEGEN-WOLTERS NED 2:37.49
7 Winny CHEBET KEN 2:37.82
8 Esther GUERRERO PUIGDEVALL ESP 2:37.85
9 Siham HILALI MAR 2:41.17
10 Eglay Nafuna NALYANYA KEN 2:41.19
11 Khadija BENKASSEM MAR 2:46.39
Chrishuna WILLIAMS USA DNF
5000m
1 Hellen OBIRI KEN 14:21.75 8
2 Sifan HASSAN NED 14:22.34 7
3 Letesenbet GIDEY ETH 14:23.14 6
4 Senbere TEFERI ETH 14:23.33 5
5 Agnes Jebet TIROP KEN 14:24.24 4
6 Genzebe DIBABA ETH 14:42.98 3
7 Eilish MCCOLGAN GBR 14:52.83 2
8 Caroline Chepkoech KIPKIRUI KEN 14:55.63 1
9 Dominique SCOTT RSA 15:11.65
10 Molly HUDDLE USA 15:21.24
11 Rina NABESHIMA JPN 15:27.54
12 Stephanie TWELL GBR 15:36.45
13 Kaoutar FARKOUSSI MAR 15:48.73
Meraf BAHTA SWE DNF
Eva CHERONO KEN DNF
Kalkidan FENTIE ETH DNF
Gloria Chebiwatt KITE KEN DNF
Tamara TVERDOSTUP UKR DNF
100m Hurdles Wind +0.1
pts
1 Brianna MCNEAL USA 12.51 8
2 Sharika NELVIS USA 12.58 7
3 Christina MANNING USA 12.72 6
4 Dawn HARPER-NELSON USA 12.86 5
5 Tobi AMUSAN NGR 12.87 4
6 Cindy ROLEDER GER 12.87 3
7 Pamela DUTKIEWICZ GER 12.89 2
8 Yanique THOMPSON JAM 12.93 1
9 Eefje BOONS NED 13.32
High Jump
pts
1 Mirela DEMIREVA BUL 1.94 8
2 Yuliya LEVCHENKO UKR 1.94 7
3 Mariya LASITSKENE ANA 1.90 6
3 Kateryna TABASHNYK UKR 1.90 6
5 Morgan LAKE GBR 1.90 4
6 Sofie SKOOG SWE 1.90 3
7 Marie-Laurence JUNGFLEISCH GER 1.90 2
7 Oksana OKUNEVA UKR 1.90 2
9 Levern SPENCER LCA 1.90
Shot Put
pts
1 Christina SCHWANITZ GER 19.40 8
2 Aliona DUBITSKAYA BLR 19.21 7
3 Valerie ADAMS NZL 18.93 6
4 Raven SAUNDERS USA 18.51 5
5 Brittany CREW CAN 18.25 4
6 Jessica RAMSEY USA 18.17 3
7 Fanny ROOS SWE 18.06 2
8 Danniel THOMAS-DODD JAM 18.04 1
Triple Jump
Wind pts
1 Caterine IBARGUEN COL 14.96 +0.1 8
2 Kimberly WILLIAMS JAM 14.47 +0.4 7
3 Tori FRANKLIN USA 14.42 +0.4 6
4 Gabriela PETROVA BUL 14.40 -0.5 5
5 Nubia SOARES BRA 14.30 0.0 4
6 Ana PELETEIRO ESP 14.29 -0.7 3
7 Andreea PANTUROIU ROU 14.15 -0.9 2
8 Olga RYPAKOVA KAZ 13.83 -0.5 1
9 Rouguy DIALLO FRA 13.66 0.0
