From a Loaded Weekend, the DL's

 The legendary Bislett Games from Oslo, and the Paris Diamond League would be enough to satisfy most lovers of the best sport there is!
But this past weekend had heavy action from elsewhere as well.
For once this season, we had two strong DL's in a row!

Jakob Ingebrigtsen was hyped as the Oslo headliner, and he came through, even though he fell short of the European Mile record!
He did break his own Norway National Record, his 3:46.46 bringing him to 6th A-T World!
He passed the 1500 mark in 3:31.08!
But he had some company!
Oliver Hoare took down Australia's National Record with his 3:47.48 in 2nd!
He ranks 13th A-T World!
He passed 1500 in 3:31.71.
Jake Wightman's 3:50.30 was a distant 3rd, ahead of Neil Gourley's 3:52.91, and the 3:53.20 by Charles Grethen, who got Luxembourg's NR!

Mondo Duplantis is inching higher, moving toward another Age record, but his 19-9 only broke his own Bislett MR!
Pawel Fajdek also got a MR with his Hammer Throw of 264-4!
Alison Dos Santos seems to be stuck in the 47.20's, as his 400H winner timed 47.26!
Keely Hodgkinson won a Battle of the Brits, as her 800 time of 1:57.71 beat Laura Muir's 1:58.09.
Renelle Lamote was 3rd in 1:58.50!
Femke Bol ran 52.61 to win the 400H easily!
She gets the Meet Record and the Age 22 Record!

The 5000 was solid, with some good depth!
Dawit Seyaum won it in 14:25.84, making her 16th A-T World!
She beat some good ones, as Gudaf Tsegay was 2nd in 14:26.69, and WR holder Letesenbet Gidey took 3rd in 14:26.92!
After serving as unofficial rabbit for most of the race, Karolina Grovdal faded over the last lap, her 14:31.07 nonetheless smashing Ingrid Kristensen's former Norway National Record (& WR at the time, in 1986!!) by 6 seconds!

Right behind her came Alicia Monson's 14:31.11, which ranks 3rd A-T US!!
Another former WR holder (in the 10000), Almaz Ayana, was 6th in 14:32.17!
(It should be noted Ayana ran 14:31 for her 2nd 5K of her WR 10K in Rio!!)
Hawi Feysa was 7th in 14:33.66.
A few seconds back came Konstanze Klosterhalfen's 14:37.94!
Yasman Can got the best 9th Place mark with her 14:41.40!
Laura Galvan broke through the 15 minute barrier with her 14:51.15, breaking her own Mexico NR!
Cut OFF the World list was Paula Radcliffe's 14:29.11 from 2002!

Chase Ealey exploded out to 66-0.50 in the Shot Put!
She ranks 4th A-T US!
Jessica Schilder's 63-10.25 in 2nd breaks her own National Record of the Netherlands!
Auriol Dongmo was 3rd with 63-9!
The Discus Throw saw another Valarie Allman vs Sandra Perkovic duel, with Perky taking this one, her 219-3 defeating Allman's 216-3!
The Men's 5000 was close, but slowish!
Telahun Haile won it in 13:03.51, with Sam Tefera 2nd in 13:04.35!
Third went to American Joe Klecker, who ended in 13:04.92!

And in the 4 X 400 Relay, Great Britain and Norway had a close fight, but GB won it in 3:28.57, with Norway's 3:28.58 being their National Record!

Paris brought a shocker, as previous unknown Luxola Adams crushed his half lapper in 19.82!!
No one saw that one coming, and a few raised doubts about its veracity!
Looked legal to me!
Alexander Ogando's 20.03 in 2nd is the National Record of the Dominican Republic!!

The Men's 800 had a bit of Paul Chelimo-type controversy!
Benjamin Robert (pronounced "row--bear"--My HS French came in handy here!  LOL) timed 1:43.75 to win it!
But he first had to get through the wall of two other runners!
So he just plowed through the phalanx without so much as a "Pardon Moi!" (Sic!)!
They DQ'ed him, but his appeal won, and he was later reinstated!!
Peter Bol survived the altercation to run 1:44.00, breaking his own National Record of Australia!
Tony van Diepen was next in 1:44.14.
Two other Frenchmen were in the race, Gabriel Tual taking 4th in 1:44.23, and veteran Pierre Ambroise Bosse taking 6th in 1:44.54!

Steven Gardiner pretty much soloed to a 44.21 to win the 400!
Wojciech Nowicki got the Paris Meet Record with his Hammer Throw of 266-7!
BTW, this and the Oslo HT were apparently the first time these meets held the event, thus apparently creating these MR's!!
Pawel Fajdek took 2nd with 262-10!

Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce keeps on keeping on, as she proved here with her 10.67 blaster in the Century!
It's the Paris MR, and ties her own Age 35 Record!
Daryll Neita was a distant, but good 2nd in 10.99!
Tobi Amusan cut 0.01 seconds from her 100H PR, her 12.41 breaking her own National Record of Nigeria!
She ranks 22nd A-T World, tied with 1 other!
Shaunae Miller-Uibo made 50.10 look easy in winning the 400 over the 50.24 by Natalia Kaczmarak, and the 50.28 by Anna Kielbasinska!

Winfred Yavi is becoming a very serious contender for World Championship Gold, as she won the 3000SC in 8:56.55 after a solo time trial!
She ranks 4th A-T World, and gets the Age 23 Record!
(Her birthdate is listed as just 1999 (no month or day), so until I find out otherwise, I've given her the standard January 1 birthdate  allowed for those who don't know when they were born!)
Simbo Alemayehu was a distant 2nd, her 9:09.19 ranking her 24th A-T World, tied with 1 other!
More significantly, she breaks her own Age 17 Record---by 9 seconds!!
Mikedes Abebe was 3rd in 9:11.09.

Great Britain's Elizabeth Bird broke her own National Record with her 9:19.46 in 4th!
Chiara Scherrer was 5th in 9:20.28, getting the NR of Switzerland!

Jordan Diaz's 57-11.25 eeked out the Triple Jump win over Andy Diaz's 57-11, with Pablo etc Pichardo reaching 57-4.75!
Ben Broeders and Renaud Lavillenie both cleared 19-0.25 in the PV, with Broeders getting the victory!
Selemon Barega cruised to 12:56.19 in the 5000, while Devon Allen took the 110H in 13.16!
Valarie Allman took this round of the Discus Throw, her 225-4 topping the 223-8 of Sandra Perkovic!
And two Ukranian High Jumpers got loud cheers from a sympathetic crowd!
Yaroslava Mahuchukh got a World Leading 6-7 to beat the 6-6 by Iryna Herashchenko!!

The Paavo Nurmi meet in Turku had some solid marks!
Oliver Helender took the Javelin Throw with 294-8, making him 22nd A-T World!
Second went to the 293-0 of Neeraj Chopra, who breaks his own National Record of India!
But he just missed the World list, as Helender got there first!
Rasmus Maji broke his own NR of Estonia with his 47.82 in the 400H!
Daniel Stahl took the Discus Throw with 231-8.
Andrius Gudzius was 2nd with 223-4, topping the 222-4 of Kristjan Ceh!
And Max Burgin is having his best year, as he won the 800 in 1:43.52 over the 1:44.24 by Tony van Diepen!

Other marks from around the world---
In Spain, Jordan Diaz improved his TJ to 58-3.25, breaking his own NR of Spain, and making him 23rd A-T World!
Sara Gallego also got a Spain NR with her 400H time of 54.87!
Yulimar Rojas TJ'ed a World Leading 48-8 to win with ease!
A meet in Switzerland saw Lene Retzius break her own NR of Norway---again!!
She cleared 15-5 for the W!
Gabby Scott's 50.97 over one lap got her the National Record of Puerto Rico!
Cravont Charleston doubled in the 100 and 200, timing 9.98 and 20.19!

Maggie Malone and Kara Winger went 1-2 in the Javelin Throw at the Harry Jerome meet!
Malone's 215-7 is the World Leader, while Winger reached 206-7!
In Switzerland, Ese Brume LJ'ed 22-8.50!
Mujinga Kambundji breaks her own National Record with her 200 in 22.18!
She also won the 100 in 11.11.
In Spain, Sara Fantini's Hammer Throw measured 248-7, giving her Italy's NR!!
But she falls 1 foot short of the World list!!

A Chula Vista meet saw Emily Grove rise to 15-7 in the PV, making her 5th A-T US!!
Keturah Orji TJ'ed 48-5.25, while Chris Benard TJ'ed 55-9.75!
In Oklahoma, Rachel Dincoff PR'ed in the Discus Throw, her 214-9 making her 9th A-T US!!

I actually have the major results from the Brooks PR meet, plus other HS marks of note, but I'm limited in space here, and I want to do my next post entirely on the High Schoolers!!

So, see you soon!!