Hudson-Smith & Hodgkinson shine at Diamond League

Matthew Hudson-Smith smashed his European 400m grounds and Keely Hodgkinson group a nationalist 800m grounds arsenic Great Britain's Olympic golden badge hopes produced connection performances astatine nan London Diamond League.

World metallic medallist Hudson-Smith, 29, clocked 43.74 seconds to group nan fastest clip successful nan world this year, six days earlier nan Paris 2024 opening ceremony.

Olympic metallic medallist Hodgkinson, 22, improved, her world-leading clip successful 2024 to 1 infinitesimal 54.61 seconds and led British team-mates Jemma Reekie and Georgia Bell - 2nd and 3rd respectively - to individual bests successful a stunning performance.

In nan last arena of nan time astatine a sold-out London Stadium, American world champion Noah Lyles ran a individual champion of 9.81 seconds to return triumph successful nan 100m, up of South African Akani Simbine and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo.

Britain's rising sprint prima Louie Hinchliffe - soon to make his Olympic debut - was 4th successful 9.97, while team-mates Zharnel Hughes and Jeremiah Azu were sixth and seventh respectively successful 10.00 and 10.08.

Dina Asher-Smith was 3rd successful nan 200m successful 22.07, pinch compatriot Daryll Neita 4th successful 22.20.

American world metallic medallist Gabrielle Thomas vanished powerfully to separator triumph successful 21.82 from St Lucia's Julien Alfred, who ran 21.86.

Britain's Molly Caudery was 3rd successful nan women's rod vault pinch a clearance of 4.65m, while Katarina Johnson-Thompson produced a agelong jump champion of 6.54m to decorativeness fifth.

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