Werro and Arop shine, Duplantis outdoor WL
PARIS (FRA, June 28). A packed crowd of 18,500 created a very dynamic atmosphere at the Paris DL meeting. It yielded 3 DL records, 4 World Leads, 4 Meet records and 2 Area records. Huge quality in many events, but mainly Audrey Verreau’s WR experience in the 800m; Noah Lyles lost the 100m and Jimmy Gresier failed to storm to victory in the 5000m. Besides Verreau, another impressive sign of Arop. And in the end, no one left and a packed stadium watched Duplantis’ WR attempts in the pole vault.
Event by event reviews
Women
400 m. Marilydi Paulino ran her third-fastest time in history at 48.48, a world-leading and Diamond League record. Lourdes Gloria Manuel improved the European lead with a PB of 49.37 with Stacey Ann Williams of Jamaica in 49.51.
800 m. the third fastest time in history. Audrey Vero improved her world lead, Diamond League record and NR to 1:53.80, becoming the first athlete in history to record multiple sub-1:54 clockings. Femke Broders-Bøll improved to 1:55.60 in just her fourth race to come within 0.06 of Ellen Van Langen’s Dutch record, while Anais Bourgun beat the long-standing French record of 1:55.65 in third. The top six all set PBs, including Sarah Billings who set an Ocean record 1:57.01 in sixth.
1500 m. Georgia’s Hunter Bell pushed back Frevain Hailou in the home straight, 3:55.63 to take her season best to 3:55.92, with Agathe Guillemot third in a French record 3:56.24. The top seven broke the 4:00 barrier, including Bahrain’s Nelly Jepkosgei (3:57.61 PB) and Portugal’s Patricia Silva (3:58.74) in sixth and seventh.
100 m hurdles. Toby Amusan won in 12.28 (0.7) ahead of US duo Grace Stark (12.38) and Alaisha Johnson (12.39), season bests for all three, with Nadine Visser fourth (12.41 EL).
Pole vault. Angelica Moser cleared 4.77m over Eliza McCartney (4.70m) and Olympic champion Nina Kennedy (4.70m) before falling heavily in one attempt at 4.90m.
Shooting. Sarah Mitton narrowly won the event with 19.99m ahead of Emisi Mabry (19.93m) with Jessica Schilder just third (19.88m).
Javelin. Another Diamond League win for China’s Yang Ziyi with 67.44m ahead of Adriana Villagos (63.83m) and Olympic champion Haruka Kitaguchi (63.01m), both season bests.
Men
100 m. Trayvon Bromell won the outside line with a 9.91 (0.1) ahead of Noah Lyles (9.92) and Marcel Jacobs continues his comeback in third with a season-best 9.96. Akani Simbi (9.97) and Jordan Anthony (9.99) also broke the 10-second barrier in fourth and fifth respectively, rounding out the top 7 by 0.11 seconds.
400 m. Collen Kebinatshipi cruised to victory in a Diamond League record 43.54, just 0.01 off his Tokyo 2025 winning time. Zakity Nene also broke the 44-second barrier in second place in 43.89 with Chris Bailey in third (44). Matthew Hudson-Smith was fourth in a 2026 European-leading 44.09 points.
800 m. Marco Arop just missed the world record pace in the home straight, but still held the world lead in 1:41.84. Nils Laros, originally scheduled to run the 1500m, ran a PB of 1:43.60 for second, with Tobias Grønstad third in 1:43.63.
1500 m (not DL). Cameron Myers improved his world lead to 3:28.00, also an ocean record. Azedin Habz and Jake Wightman also broke the 3:30 barrier in 3:29.80 and 3:29.95 for second and third, respectively.
5000 m. Grant Fischer ran the final lap in 54.62 to win in 12:54.80 ahead of Jakob Krop (12:55.22) and Andreas Almgren (12:55.38) with Burundi’s Egide Ntakarutimana fourth in 12:54.80. Jimmy Grecier was back in seventh in 12:57.79. The top 10 all broke the 13-minute barrier.
3000 m running. Germany’s Karl Bebendorf won in 8:05.55 ahead of Ethiopia’s Gemechu Godana in 8:05.86, lifetime bests for both. Kenya’s Edmund Serem finished third with 8:08.54.
110 m obstacle. Jamal Britt lowered his PB from 12.98 to 12.89 (0.8), coming within 0.01 of Dayron Robles’ long-standing meet record to move into equal tenth place on the world all-time list. Japan’s Shunsuke Izumiya was second in 13.01 and Trey Cunningham third in 13.07 (13.06/-0.8 in the heat), while Belgium’s Michael Obasuy was fourth in NR and Europe’s top 13.10 (also NR 13.16/0.2 in the heat).
Vaulting. Armand Duplantis returned to winning form with a meet record and outdoor world lead of 6.13m to clear three attempts at the world record of 6.32m. Baptiste Thierry cleared a PB of 5.93m to finish second on home soil, while Emmanuel Karalis was third with 5.83m, ahead of four other runners of the same height on countback.
