Dobson claims surprise win at Diamond League season finale

Great Britain’s Charlie Dobson produced a stunning tally successful nan Diamond League play finale successful Brussels to triumph nan men’s 400 metres.

The 24-year-old charged done successful nan closing stages to triumph pinch a clip of 44.49 seconds for nan biggest triumph of his career.

"Charlie held his shape incredibly well," said BBC commentator Steve Cram. "He raced through. He has been very accordant successful this area each twelvemonth and he is 1 to watch for adjacent year. He will person a superb 2025."

Olympic 400m metallic medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith saw his situation thwarted early arsenic he appeared to propulsion up pinch cramp.

Kirani James of Grenada vanished 2nd pinch a clip of 44.63s while Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga was 3rd pinch 44.69s.

Meanwhile, Britain's Dina Asher-Smith narrowly missed retired connected triumph successful nan women's 100m.

The 28-year-old, who won metallic successful nan 4x100m relay astatine this summer's Paris Games, vanished 0.04 seconds down Olympic champion Julien Alfred of St Lucia, who crossed nan decorativeness statement pinch a clip of 10.88s.

Alfred's US rival Sha'Carri Richardson vanished eighth successful nan nine-woman field, having eased disconnected good earlier nan statement arsenic triumph became retired of reach.

Second marks a affirmative extremity to nan play for Asher-Smith, who grounded to scope nan last of nan 100m successful Paris aft finishing 5th successful her semi-final.

Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith vanished 3rd pinch Britain's Daryll Neita fourth.

Elsewhere, Sweden's Armand Duplantis vanished an unbeaten p[ole vault play connected a precocious pinch a 15th and last triumph of nan year.

Duplantis group a caller gathering grounds pinch 6.11m but was incapable to amended connected his ain world grounds which he group for a 10th clip connected 25 August pinch a vault of 6.26m successful Poland.

"My legs felt unspeakable coming and I'm conscionable really tired," he said.

"That took a batch much from my assemblage that I expected. With 6.11m I sewage a bully result, but nan world grounds wasn't meant to beryllium tonight."

Jamaica's Ackeem Blake won nan men's 100m successful 9.93s up of Americans Christian Coleman (10.00s) and Olympic bronze medallist Fred Kerley (10.01s).

Olympic and world champion Marileidy Paulino continued her power connected nan way by winning nan women's 400m.

The Dominican Republic jock took triumph pinch a clip 49.45s.

She is unbeaten successful one-lap title since past year's Diamond League meet successful Silesia, Poland. Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke vanished third.

Finally, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen took triumph successful nan men's 1500m pinch a clip of 3 minutes and 30.37 seconds, holding disconnected Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot and Paris Games victor Cole Hocker.