{"id":1673,"date":"2018-05-27T00:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T00:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/eugene-miller-uibo-and-lyles-dominate\/"},"modified":"2018-05-27T00:03:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T00:03:41","slug":"eugene-miller-uibo-and-lyles-dominate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/eugene-miller-uibo-and-lyles-dominate\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugene: Miller-Uibo And Lyles Dominate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Having raced over shorter distances in recent weeks, the Bahamian went off in conservative fashion over the first half of the women\u2019s 400m, allowing world champion Phyllis Francis to build an early lead. But as she entered the final bend Miller-Uibo utilised her long stride, shifted through the gears and then powered away from her rivals, crossing the line in a world-leading 49.52.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve gotten really strong this year and the race just felt really great,\u201d said Miller-Uibo. \u201cThere are some things to work on going forward but for this early in the season I will take that.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div>That was more than a second clear of runner-up Francis, who clocked 50.81, narrowly ahead of Shakima Wimbley (50.84).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><link https:\/\/youtu.be\/-tpOBUSDKjo _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch the race on YouTube<\/link>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>LYLES IMPROVES TO 19.69<\/b><\/div>\n<div>The men\u2019s 200m produced an equally stunning performance from Noah Lyles, who on Friday had informed the media that he believed he was ready to run 19.7.<\/div>\n<div>He was wrong, as it turned out, because the 20-year-old American went even faster, smashing his personal best to clock 19.69, the joint-fastest time in the world this year.<\/div>\n<div>Lyles had a great target to chase around the bend in the shape of Isaac Makwala of Botswana, and the pair turned for home locked together out in front of the chasing pack. However, Makwala soon pulled up with injury, leaving Lyles at the front, alone, charging his way to the finish while maintaining astonishing relaxation, and indeed pace.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cFinishing is my strong suit,\u201d said Lyles. \u201cSo when I came off and saw I was ahead of the pack I was really excited, and I knew this was going to be a fast time.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Jereem Richards of Trinidad and Tobago was a distant second in 20.05, with Aaron Brown of Canada third in 20.07.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><link https:\/\/youtu.be\/N2tVBf7BJws _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch the race on YouTube<\/link>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Elsewhere, Ronnie Baker produced the fastest 100m of the year when clocking a wind-assisted 9.78 (+2.4m\/s) to take victory in the non-scoring event.<\/div>\n<div>Baker had trailed early in the race behind world indoor 60m champion Christian Coleman, but over the final 30 metres he reeled in his US compatriot, with Coleman having to settle for second in 9.84. Britain\u2019s Reece Prescod continued his good form by taking third in 9.88, with China\u2019s Su Bingtian fourth in 9.90.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><link https:\/\/youtu.be\/iA46rh1LQAo _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch the race on YouTube<\/link>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>TA LOU TAKES 100M SHOWDOWN<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Marie-Josee Ta Lou continued her winning ways in the women\u2019s 100m, coming from behind to beat fellow Ivorian Murielle Ahoure in a wind-legal 10.88 (+1.9m\/s). Ahoure was close behind with 10.90, while Olympic champion Elaine Thompson of Jamaica took third with 10.98.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><link https:\/\/youtu.be\/CzCY_oEIByA _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch the race on YouTube<\/link>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Omar McLeod produced another flawless display in the men\u2019s 110m hurdles, the Jamaican clocking 13.01 with the aid of a 3.1m\/s tailwind. Neutral athlete Sergey Shubenkov took second with 13.08 while fan favourite Devon Allen, a graduate of the University of Oregon, took third with 13.13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><link https:\/\/youtu.be\/EuHd_8e-1YE _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch the race on YouTube<\/link>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Jamaica also emerged victorious in the women\u2019s 400m hurdles, where Janieve Russell left it late to take victory, moving from third to first after the last barrier to edge Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammmad of the US, 54.06 to 54.09.<\/div>\n<div>Having challenged for the win in the home straight, Georganne Moline faded close home to finish third in 54.33.<\/div>\n<div><b>SUHR AND MCCARTNEY TOP 4.85M<\/b><\/div>\n<div>In the field events, Jenn Suhr soared over a meeting record of 4.85m to take the women\u2019s pole vault, and the US athlete had to be at her very best to repel the challenge of Eliza McCartney, who set a New Zealand record of 4.85m in second.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt feels like it\u2019s been a long time coming,\u201d said McCartney. \u201cI\u2019ve been hitting these heights in training but thankfully the conditions were good today so it finally came out.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Suhr was perfect over the opening heights of 4.60m and 4.70m, though McCartney had a first-time failure at the latter height, which in the end cost her. Both cleared 4.80m at the third attempt and 4.85m at the first attempt before failing three times at 4.90m. Sandi Morris edged Katie Nageotte to take third on countback, both clearing a best 4.70m.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><link https:\/\/youtu.be\/dQ6pGMnfNqg _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch on YouTube<\/link>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Olympic champion Ryan Crouser re-established his dominance in men\u2019s shot put, the Oregon native delighting the fans with a whopping fifth-round effort of 22.53m, which surpassed the meeting record of 22.43m he set last year.<\/div>\n<div>Poland\u2019s Michal Haratyk took second with 21.97m, just ahead of Brazil\u2019s Darlan Romani (21.95m). World champion Tom Walsh of New Zealand was well below his best, his longest throw of 21.84m only enough for fourth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><link https:\/\/youtu.be\/xdl8zCBjtKk _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch on YouTube<\/link>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Christian Taylor left it late \u2013 very late \u2013 to produce the goods in the men\u2019s triple jump, but the two-time Olympic champion showed his clutch calibre in the final round to hand another defeat to Will Claye.<\/div>\n<div>Taylor could only manage a best of 17.38m through the opening five rounds, which left him well in arrears of Claye when he took to the runway for the final jump, and despite the stiff headwind he faced (-1.3m\/s), Taylor hop, skipped and jumped his way to the lead with 17.73m.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cThis is my style, I like to put on a show,\u201d said Taylor. \u201cWill and I have been doing this since Florida days, so that back and forth I\u2019m really familiar with. I was hoping for a little bit more, but it was a win and I can always be grateful for that.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Claye held on for second with 17.46m, with Brazil\u2019s Almir Dos Santos impressing in third with 17.35m.<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><link http:\/\/https:\/\/youtu.be\/3-cxL6EHV5E _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch on Youtube<\/link>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mutaz Essa Barshim continued his dominance in the men\u2019s high jump, the 2017 Male Athlete of the Year showing impressive composure and confidence to bypass 2.34m and move straight to 2.36m while tied for the lead with neutral athlete Danil Lysenko, who had beaten Barshim to world indoor gold earlier this year.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>Lysenko ended up failing three times at 2.34m, and though Barshim faltered twice at 2.36m, he made no mistake on his final attempt, going clear to take maximum points. Lysenko edged Yu Wang of China to second on countback, both with a best of 2.32m.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cI know I could have done the next height and I was really confident, but I secured the win,\u201d said Barshim.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><link https:\/\/youtu.be\/JCNwxCEVhzQ _blank external-link-new-window \"Opens internal link in current window\">Watch on Youtube<\/link><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Cathal Dennehy for the IAAF and the IAAF Diamond League<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smooth, swift and utterly supreme \u2013 that\u2019s about the best way to describe Shaunae...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1673"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}