Dos Santos and Russell set world records in ‘crazy’ Zurich Diamond League

Alison Dos Santos and Masai Russell each acceptable a satellite grounds portion Armand “Mondo” Duplantis won a historical rod vault successful a barmy nighttime of way and tract successful Zurich that would person much than pleased onlooking World Athletics President Sebastian Coe.

“I expect the Olympic Games successful 2 hours,” Coe said of his expectations of the penultimate Diamond League conscionable of the play connected Thursday.

The Swiss city’s Letzigrund Stadium had a raucous sellout 25,000 assemblage and the still, balmy upwind conditions helped nary extremity for a heady nighttime of athletics.

Brazil’s Dos Santos was archetypal up, clocking a sensational 45.80 seconds to bushed the erstwhile people of 45.94 seconds acceptable by Norway’s Karsten Warholm erstwhile winning golden astatine the Tokyo Olympics.

“I person been showing large signifier passim the play – that I americium fast, I americium strong,” said a assured Dos Santos, with Warholm finishing 2nd and dubbing their subject a “crazy event”.

“As soon arsenic I knew I was coming here, I was excited. The weather’s good, the track’s amazing,” the Brazilian added.

Then came Russell, the Olympic champion of the US astatine 12.09 seconds to bushed the erstwhile champion of 12.12 seconds acceptable by Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan astatine the Eugene satellite championships successful 2022.

Both Dos Santos and Russell volition permission Zurich with a cheque each for $80,000 for having breached their respective records.

The satellite records were punctuated by a scintillating contention successful the rod vault, yet won by treble Olympic and triple satellite champion Duplantis.

The United States-born Swede came nether existent unit from Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis, who vaulted a idiosyncratic champion of 6.20 metres.

Duplantis cleared 6.25 metres for victory, portion some vaulters tried a imaginable satellite grounds 6.32 metres, successful a genuinely thrilling showdown that gripped the stadium’s attention.

It was the archetypal clip successful vaulting past that 2 athletes had gone beyond the 6.20-metre mark.

“It’s not each time 2 radical spell for the satellite record, truthful that was nuts,” said Karalis.

Werro edges nearer

The icing connected the barroom came successful the women’s 800 metres, with the prima attraction Switzerland’s ain Audrey Werro.

Werro besides did not disappoint, registering the third-fastest clip ever successful the two-lap race, 1:53.70, arsenic she edged ever person to Jarmila Kratochvilova’s Cold War satellite grounds of 1:53.28 acceptable successful Munich successful 1983.

“It was crazy, I americium precise proud. Thank you everybody!” the 22-year-old beamed.

Femke Broeders-Bol finished 2nd arsenic she continues to amended successful her modulation from the 400-metre hurdle successful which she was doubly a satellite champion.

“Being successful a large lawsuit with a large clip – amazing,” the Dutch jock said.

Kenya’s satellite and Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi held disconnected Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati for a nail-biting triumph successful the men’s 800 metres.

Wanyonyi has said going for David Rudisha’s satellite grounds of 1:40.91 was similar moving a marathon successful little than 2 hours, and it erstwhile again proved elusive arsenic helium timed a satellite pb of 1:41.76 for the win, Sedjati conscionable 0.07 seconds adrift.

“When I spot the satellite records being broken, I cognize my clip volition come. There is clip for everything,” said Wanyonyi.

US Olympic champion Cole Hocker, the satellite champ implicit 5,000 metres, claimed triumph successful a high-quality men’s 1,500 metres successful 3:31.71 up of Kenya’s Phanuel Kipkosgei Koech.

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen came successful 5th arsenic helium continues his instrumentality to the way aft an Achilles tendon wounded that required surgery.

Olympic metallic medallist Anna Cockrell bettered Broeders-Bol’s conscionable grounds acceptable past twelvemonth by 0.05 seconds to triumph the 400-metre hurdles successful 52.13 seconds up of US teammate Dalilah Muhammad.

American Parker Wolfe smashed the conscionable grounds successful the men’s non-Olympic region of 3,000 metres, clocking a idiosyncratic champion of 7:27.43 to amended Moroccan Said Aouita’s erstwhile champion acceptable successful 1986 by much than 5 seconds.

And determination was different satellite pb successful the men’s 200-metres by American Kenny Bednarek, who won successful immoderate benignant successful 19.62 seconds.

World champion and two-time Olympic metallic medallist Nicola Olyslagers of Australia won the women’s precocious leap successful a season’s champion of 2.02 metres.