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LIVE UPDATES: Lausanne Diamond League

LIVE UPDATES: Lausanne Diamond League

Live updates from the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland

Jul 6, 2017 by Johanna Gretschel
LIVE UPDATES: Lausanne Diamond League
Stay tuned to this page for live updates from the IAAF Diamond League stop in Lausanne, Switzerland, which will see Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz make his 2017 debut on the circuit, plus world record holders Wayde Van Niekerk and Genzebe Dibaba make their season debuts in the 400m and 1500m, respectively. There's also loaded fields in the women's 400m hurdles and 800m, with reigning Olympic gold medalist Dalilah Muhammad headlining the former event. U.S. champion Justin Gatlin will race the men's 100m.

Read the full preview here, see live results here and follow the action with us below, starting at 1 PM CT.

Men's Pole Vault


Sam Kendricks currently leads the competition -- he has not lost all year and is the current world leader at 6.00m. Only world record holder Lavillenie and Poland's Wojciechowski are still in the competition.

Mondo Dupantis finishes seventh overall with a best of 5.73m after taking three unsuccessful attempts at 5.81m. He finishes one spot ahead of 2015 world champ Shawn Barber of Canada, who has not been himself this season.

Australia has a young star here as well in 20-year-old Kurtis Marschall, who sets a one-meter PB of 5.73m en route to fourth.

This is actually getting pretty dramatic... so far, no one has made 5.93m. Pole Wojciechowski has two misses so far, while Kendricks and Lavillenie have each missed once.

Update: Lavillenie sets a season-best of 5.87m, places third after three misses at 5.93m. Wojciechowski and Kendricks tie the meet record of 5.93m (a national record for Poland) then skip straight to 6.03m. Wojciechowski misses three tries at the height; Kendrick misses twice then elects to rest as the victor.

Men's 400m


Wayde Van Niekerk! The South African wonder is here one year after setting the world record of 43.03 at the Rio Olympic Games. We already know he's in good shape as he set the 300m world best of 30.81 as Ostrava earlier this month.

After the final curve, Thebe and Makwala are with him but Van Niekerk just scoots away effortlessly in the final 100m and WALKS THROUGH THE LINE to finish in 43.62! That's a new world lead, Diamond League record and Lausanne meeting record!

I swear he walked. "Just wait"...


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Women's 800m


Charlene Lipsey is the lone American here in what is the U.S. runner-up's biggest challenge this season. Olympic medalist Niyonsaba, world champ Eunice Sum and 1500m stars Sifan Hassan and Laura Muir are also in the field.

Niyonsaba 56.56 with the pacer through 400. The pack is still there, though, led by Lipsey!

Wow, Lipsey challenging Niyonsaba in the final 100m! Eunice Sum moving up!

Niyonsaba will win in 1:56.82 but Lipsey holds on for 1:57.38, a huge personal best that now makes her sixth-fastest American ever! Her prior PB was 1:58.01, set at the U.S. Championships.

Men's Triple Jump


Wow, Christian Taylor isn't winning a competition for what might well be the first time this season. The men are just three jumps in, so there's plenty of time for the Olympic champ to come back.


Okay, checking back in 30 minutes later... and no one is able to take better Pichardo's mark. Taylor's best jump is just 17.49m today and Pichardo manages to extend himself to 17.60m on his final, sixth jump.


Men's 100m


USA champion Justin Gatlin has a tough one on his hands here vs. Akani Simbine! They are 1-1 against each other this year.

Gatlin gets it done in 9.96 --just off his SB of 9.95-- as Ben Youssef Meite is second in 9.98 and Simbine is third in 9.99.


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Men's 5K


The star to watch is Muktar Edris, who won the Paris Diamond League 3K last week over Kwemoi and Kejelcha. Ben True is the lone American here.

Sorry for lack of updates, we are on a commercial break! According to live results, Joshua Cheptegei leads at 3400m with a slew of Ethiopians (Alamirew, Edris, Barega, Legese, Berihu) in pursuit

Okay, we're back... they're a little slow through 3K as the prescribed pace was 7:45 and they were just a hair over 7:50.

It's a four man race: Cheptegei, Alamirew, Edris and Berega with three laps to go

Edris looks super comfortable in third. This is his race to win.

Two laps to go... Edris moves into second place

With a lap to go, Edris moves up right on Cheptegei and now takes the lead! Barega is right behind him, this will be an exciting finish! He's only 17!

Wow! Edris closes in 55.14 to hold off Cheptegoi to win in 12:55.23, a new world lead! Barega runs PB of 12:55.58 and Cheptegei also 12:59.83!



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Men's 400m Hurdles


False start on the first go here... they're giving it to Bershawn Jackson, who is on his "retirement tour" here, but they'll let him race.

This is not a Diamond League event and the three Americans here missed the world team: Byron Robinson, Jackson, and Michael Stigler

Euro champion Kari Hussein of Switzerland will grab the hometown win over Robinson, 48.79 to 48.88. By the way -- Robinson, a '17 Texas grad, is rocking a new adidas jersey



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Women's 200m


NCAA record holder Kyra Jefferson is here, plus USA runner-up Kimberlyn Duncan vs. world champ Dafne Schippers.

Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast gives Schippers everything she has in the final stretch but Schippers ekes out the victory in 22.10, a huge season-best (22.29 prior SB) as Ta Lou runs 22.16, a new national record! Her prior best was 22.16.

Jefferson has a nice run for third after failing to make the U.S. world team.


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Women's Mile


1500m world record holder Genzebe Dibaba! She's up with the pace makers and basically looks like she's running an entirely separate race from anyone else.

2:06.10 at just over 800m

At 1K, pacer Jenny Meadows steps off the track and it's the Dibaba show... this should be fast! The crowd is going totally wild!

3:10 with 400m to go!

Not the world record, but a new meeting record of 4:16.05 for Dibaba. She's just off her PB of 4:14.3 and four seconds off Svetlana Masterkova's 1996 world record of 4:12.56.


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Women's 100m Hurdles


Six American women on the line here in the Diamond League, including world qualifiers Nia Ali (Rio silver medalist) and Dawn Harper (former world champ).

Close one! Kristi Castlin, bronze medalist in Rio but just sixth at USAs, makes up for missing the world team by recording a win here.

Wait, this is weird... on the video replay, it looks like Castlin was definitely third and Sharika Nelvis, also of USA, won the race.

Yep... live results have been corrected and Nelvis gets the win in 12.53 over Jasmin Stowers, 12.57.


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Men's 1500m


Centro is up! Here to make his Diamond League debut. He's not 100%, as he's struggled the last few months through injury and illness.

Manangoi is a late scratch.

400m: 56.39

Centro racing back in 10th position, fellow American Andy Bayer right behind him

800m: 1:53.95 (56)

Wote is the leader at the bell lap

2:50.59 (57.25) Wote

3:32.20 - Aman Wote of Ethiopia holds off three fast-closing Kenyans. Centro moves up to seventh in 3:34.83, still faster than any other U.S. man this year.


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Women's 400m Hurdles


Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad appears on the line, but drops out of the race before halfway. Instead, it's compatriot Ashley Spencer who takes the win in 53.9; the Rio bronze medalist perhaps attacking the hurdles with a newfound vigor after placing a disappointing fourth at USAs and missing a trip to Worlds.

Shamier Little, USAs runner-up, is one of the leaders as the field enters the homestretch but fades to sixth in 55.10.


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Women's Long Jump


Reigning Olympic champion Tianna Bartoletta takes over the lead on her fourth jump, recording 6.65m. But Serbia's Ivana Spanovic goes next, recording 6.79m to take over the lead.

Women's Javelin Throw


Barbora Špotáková of the Czech Republic sets a new world lead and meeting record of 67.40m on her first throw! The 36-year-old's previous season-best was 65.14m, but she's a proven gamer with two Olympic gold medals from 2008 and 2012 and bronze from Rio. After two throws, American Kara Winger is in eighth place.


Men's Shot Put


Reigning Olympic champion Ryan Crouser takes the early lead with a 22.18m throw on his first go. After three rounds, the America's mark is still the best of the lot as no one else has surpassed 22.00m. At USAs this year, he became the seventh-best thrower in world history with a 22.65m mark. Did we mention he can drink a 12-pack of beer with no hangover the next day?

On his fifth throw, Crouser sets a new meeting record of 22.39m, which should seal the victory here. Tom Walsh of New Zealand, currently in second place, has not bettered his first throw of 21.97m.

And... yep! No one can surpass the champ as Crouser lines up several of his best-ever throws, with his last two throws over 22.30m.


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