GB's Neita second in 200m at Diamond League finale

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Great Britain's Daryll Neita vanished 2nd down American Brittany Brown successful nan women's 200m astatine nan Diamond League play finale successful Brussels.

Neita, who was 5th successful nan arena astatine nan Olympic Games successful August, vanished 0.25 seconds down Paris bronze medallist Brown, who clocked a clip of 22.20 to declare her first Diamond League victory.

Fellow American Anavia Battle took third, pinch Neita's team-mate Amy Hunt sixth.

Sha'Carri Richardson pulled retired of nan title aft finishing eighth successful Friday's 100m.

Meanwhile, location was much vexation for Britain's Molly Caudery successful nan women's rod vault arsenic she narrowly missed retired connected a podium spot.

Caudery, who was eliminated from qualifying astatine nan Paris Games pinch a nary mark, jumped a champion of 4.80m to decorativeness 4th successful Brussels, pinch Olympic champion Nina Kennedy clearing 4.88m to declare victory.

Kenyan Faith Kipyegon stormed to triumph successful nan women's 1500m to triumph her 4th successive Diamond League title and 5th overall.

The 30-year-old, who collapsed nan Olympic grounds erstwhile claiming 1500m golden successful Paris, was pushed difficult by Ethopia's Diribe Welteji but crossed nan statement successful a gathering grounds clip of 3 minutes 54.75 seconds.

Olympic metallic medallist Jess Hull of Australia was third.

Britain's Georgia Bell, who won bronze successful Paris, and Melissa Courtney-Bryant vanished seventh and ninth respectively.

Olympic men's 200m champion Letsile Tebogo missed retired connected a 5th consecutive Diamond League triumph of nan play aft being beaten by American Kenny Bednarek.

Bednarek, who took metallic successful Paris, crossed nan statement conscionable 0.13 seconds clear of Tebogo successful a clip of 19.67.

Alexander Ogando of nan Dominican Republic vanished 3rd successful 19.97 - nan only different jock to spell sub-20.

In nan men's precocious jump, Italian Gianmarco Tamberi bounced backmost from his Olympic disappointment to declare victory.

Tamberi, nan 2020 Olympic champion, could only decorativeness 11th successful Paris aft his preparations were hampered by unwellness and injury.

But he returned to shape by clearing 2.34m to separator retired Oleh Doroshchuk of Ukraine, pinch South Korea's Sanghyeok Woo third.

The last arena of nan evening saw Olympic bronze medallist Femke Bol of nan Netherlands declare her 4th successive Diamond League title pinch a ascendant triumph successful nan women's 400m hurdles.

Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was ineligible for nan arena having not competed connected nan Diamond League circuit this season.

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