Overview

• Oblique Seville won the Lausanne Diamond League 100m in 9.87 seconds in heavy rain, with Noah Lyles second in 10.02 and Ackeem Blake given the same time in third.
• Noah Lyles logged a third consecutive Diamond League loss over 100m this season and said a poor reaction to the gun cost him despite feeling physically sharp.
• Seville noted that beating the Olympic champion in London and Lausanne boosts his confidence for the world championships and said the time in such conditions shows more is possible.
• Severe weather affected the meet, with steady rain and standing water contributing to event disruptions that included the women’s pole vault being halted.
• Keely Hodgkinson set a meet record to win the women’s 800m in 1:55.69, Josh Hoey took the men’s 800m in 1:42.82 over Emmanuel Wanyonyi, and Cordell Tinch won the 110m hurdles in 12.98; organizers said Kishane Thompson did not start the 100m due to shin discomfort.