Richardson beats Alfred in 100m as Olympians shine

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American world champion Sha'Carri Richardson gained immoderate revenge for her Olympic conclusion by St Lucia's Julien Alfred pinch triumph successful nan women's 100m last astatine nan Diamond League gathering successful Zurich.

Alfred became her country's first Olympic medallist aft winning golden successful Paris arsenic Richardson took silver, pinch nan St Lucian besides triumphing successful nan 200m.

But American Richardson took triumph successful Switzerland successful a beardown section connected Thursday, winning successful 10.84secs.

Britain's Dina Asher-Smith - who grounded to scope that Olympic last - vanished third, while compatriot Daryll Neita came seventh.

In nan men's 200m final, meanwhile, Botswana's Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo continued his superb shape to declare triumph successful 19.55secs arsenic Americans Kenneth Bednarek and Erriyon Knighton vanished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

The highly-anticipated men's 1500m lived up to nan anticipation pinch a tight decorativeness arsenic Olympic bronze medallist Yared Nuguse hit nan in-form Jakob Ingebrigtsen to declare victory.

American Nuguse vanished 1 spot up of Ingebrigtsen, arsenic he did successful Paris, while Olympic champion Cole Hocker came third.

Britain's world champion Josh Kerr, who won Olympic silver, had to settee for 5th place.

In nan women's 800m, Britain's Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Georgia Bell was 2nd down Kenya's Mary Moraa, pinch GB's Jemma Reekie successful fourth.

Sweden's Olympic champion Armand Duplantis continued his awesome all-round shape pinch triumph successful nan men's rod vault.

Success for nan Swede followed his triumph successful a 100m accumulation race against 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm connected Wednesday.

The penultimate Diamond League gathering - earlier adjacent week's two-night last successful Brussels - besides saw Kenyan double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet group a world starring clip of 14mins 9.52secs successful nan women's 5,000m.

Chebet was not nan only golden badge victor from Paris to prima connected nan night. Ukraine's Olympic champion and world grounds holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh won nan precocious jump, American Ryan Crouser took nan changeable put and his compatriot Grant Holloway won nan 110m hurdles successful an awesome 12.99secs.

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