Diamond League Finals: Duplantis sets a new world record in pole vault, with Asia winning 1 silver and 1 bronze

In the early morning of September 18, Beijing time, the second matchday of the 2023 World Athletics Diamond League Finals ended in Eugene, USA. Sweden's Duplantis set a new men's pole vault world record with 6.23m, while Ethiopia's Gudav Zegay set the women's 5,000m world record in 14:00.21. On the same day, the Asian athletes again finished one silver (Obina men's pole vault in the Philippines), one bronze (Yuki Nihonbashioka men's long jump), one fourth (Junsuke Izumitani men's 110m hurdles), and one sixth (Nozomi Tanaka women's 5000m).

In the women's high jump, Ukraine's Mahuchik and Australia's Olympic silver medallist Nicola Ollis Lagos both jumped 2.03 meters, Mahuchik won the championship because it was the second time, and Nikolai only passed this height in the third attempt, so she finished second, but she still set personal PB and Oceania records.

Australia's Matthew Danny unexpectedly won the men's discus throw with 68.43m, Slovenia's Christian Cech was runner-up with 67.64m and Sweden's and Olympic champion Daniel Starr was third with 67.36m.

In the men's long jump, Switzerland's Simon Ahmer won the championship with 8.22 meters, and Jamaica's Gail also jumped 8.22 meters in the fourth jump, but compared with the second best time between the two, Simon Ehammer was 8.12 meters and Gail was 8.08 meters, and Gail was the runner-up. Japan's Yuki Hashioka finished third with 8.15 meters.

In the women's 5,000m, Ethiopia's Gudav Zegay won the title in a new world record of 14:00.21, Nia's Atrice Chebet was second in 14:05.92 and Ethiopia's Egayehu Tei was third in 14:21.52. Japan's Nozomi Tanaka finished sixth in 14:42.38, already the second-best time in Asia this season, with Nozomi Tanaka running 14:29.18 in Brussels earlier this month, and China's He Wuxia ranked fourth in Asia this season with 15:11.10.

In the men's pole vault, Sweden's Duplantis is completely crushing, and every test jump he made in this competition was successful and error-free. He passed 5.62 meters once, 5.72 meters without jumping, 5.82 meters once, 5.92 meters without jumping, 6.02 meters once, and then directly asked for a height of 6.23 meters, which was also once, so that he won the championship with 6.23 meters and set a new world record set by himself. Obina of the Philippines was second with 5.8 meters, while Kendrigus of the United States was third with 5.72 meters.

In the women's discus, American Valari Allman won with his first throw of 68.66m, another American Lauga Tausaga Collins won silver with 68.36m and Croatia's 33-year-old veteran Perkovic finished third with 66.85m. In the men's 3,000 meters, Norway's Jacob Ingbrigsen entered the Diamond League record with a time of 7:23.63, a new European record.

In the men's 110m hurdles, Jamaica's Pacherment won the season with a world best time of 12.93 seconds, Holloway of the United States was second in 13.06 seconds, Daniel Robles of the United States was third in 13.07 seconds, and Japan's Junsuke Izumitani was fourth in 13.10 seconds. In addition, Junsuke Izumitani has opened the 13.10 seconds mark three times this season, and his Asian best time of 13.04 seconds was set in Osaka in June this year.

In the women's 100m hurdles, Nigeria's Toby Amusan won in 12.33 seconds, Puerto Rico's Camacho Quinn was runner-up in 12.38 seconds, and Harrison of the United States was third in 12.44 seconds. Wu Yanni's best time of 12.76 seconds in Asia on August 4 this year at the Shuangliu Universiade can only be ranked 8th in this competition.

In the men's shot put, Joe Kovacs of the United States won with 22.93 meters, world record holder Ryan Crowther of the United States was second with 22.91 meters and Walsh of New Zealand was third with 22.69 meters. In the men's 200m, Canada's De Grasse won in 19.76 seconds. In the women's 200m, Jamaica's Sherika Jackson, who won the 100m yesterday, achieved a double in 21.57 seconds.

In the men's 800m, Kenyan-born Emmanuel Wanyun won in 1:42.80. In the women's 400m hurdles, the Netherlands' Boll won in 51.98 seconds. In the women's 400m, Dominica's Mariledi Paulino won gold in 49.58 seconds. In the women's long jump, Serbia's Ivana Vuletta, the world champion of the new Championships, won with 6.85 meters.