Paris Diamond League

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan finishes second in 100m hurdles at Paris Diamond League

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan finishes second in 100m hurdles at Paris Diamond League

Nigeria's Tobi Amusan starred at the Paris Diamond League on Friday, finishing second in the women’s 100-metre hurdles, Afrosport reports. Amusan clocked a time of 12.24 seconds, her second-fastest time in history and the fastest since she broke the world record (12.12s) at the World Championships in 2022. The 28-year-old, who also ran her third fastest time in all conditions, clinched her second Diamond League medal...

Paris DL: Another world record for Kenya’s Kipyegon as Ethiopia’s Girma sets pace in Steeplechase

Paris DL: Another world record for Kenya’s Kipyegon as Ethiopia’s Girma sets pace in Steeplechase

It was a night for African athletics at the 2023 Paris Diamond League as Kenya's Faith Kipyegon and Ethiopia's Lamecha Girma set new world records in the women's 5000m and the men's 3000m steeplechase respectively. Exactly a week after setting a new world record in the women's 1500m in Florence, Kipyegon went to Paris to participate in a different but familiar event - the women's 5000m...