LIVE UPDATES: Shanghai Diamond League

LIVE UPDATES: Shanghai Diamond League

Live updates from Saturday morning's Shanghai Diamond League.

May 13, 2017 by Dennis Young
LIVE UPDATES: Shanghai Diamond League
As Tiger Woods once said, good morning, and thank you for joining me. We'll get rolling with the live updates here at 7:00 AM Eastern. All event times listed are in U.S. Eastern time.

LIVE RESULTS HERE


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7:03 AM Men's 400m Hurdles:
Batman FTW in 48.63. Couldn't watch the race.

7:10 AM Women's 1500m:
Great field here. Olympic champ Faith Kipyegon, world indoor silver medalist Dawit Seyaum the headliners. Katie Mackey's PR is 4:03.8 and she told me at Stanford last week that she could take it down.

Kipyegon rolls everyone in the last 120. Way, way, way better than the rest of the field. Results:

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Mackey 4:07 for 8th, Cory McGee 4:09 for 14th

7:24 AM Men's 100m:

Japan's best sprinters--Yoshihide Kiryu, Asuka Cambridge, and Florida commit Hakim Sani Brown--are all in this one. All have a shot at becoming the first Japanese man to run a wind-legal sub-10.

False start! My announcer seems to think it was Isiah Young.

Another one!!!! I can't tell who jumped this time and uh, my announcer is speaking another language. Kiryu? That replay pretty convincingly looks like no one jumped, but Kiryu gets bounced.

Su wins in front of the home crowd. Results:

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7:34 AM Women's 400m:
Olympic champ Shaunae Miller, Rio fourth placer Natasha Hastings the favorites here along with Jamaicans Stephanie McPherson and Novlene Williams-Mills.

I still can't access the NBC Sports stream.

No one in the world has broken 50 outdoors yet this year.

Miller SMOKES the field and runs 49.77 unofficially! Huge world lead

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7:42 AM Men's 800m:

Cas Loxsom's PR is 1:44.92. Can he PR here? This was the race that was marred by a crazy start last year.

World junior champ and 19-year-old Kipyegon Bett takes down everyone! Rudisha fourth, Cas way back.

If these results are correct, pacer Bram Som finished!

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7:51 AM Women's 3K Steeplechase:

Hyvin Kiyeng and Ruth Jebet here. Might be the race of the meet.

Through 1k in 3:07 here. Women's steepling has advanced so much in the last year that 9:07 was the No. 6 all-time steeple when Kiyeng ran that here last year. Her and Ruth Jebet have run faster six times since.

Lost the stream mid-race.


8:11 AM Women's 100m:

Elaine Thompson's 10.78 winning time is tied for the third fastest ever time in May, I believe.



8:20 AM Men's 200m:

Lyles FTW 19.90 in a headwind!!!

I am just following along with the results now.


According to this site (which excludes some Asian and African countries), at least Usain Bolt and Alonso Edward have gone sub-20 at younger than 20.

8:27 AM Women's 5K:

Sifan Hassan is a scratch.

Olympic silver medalist Hellen Obiri could break 14:30 and even scare her 14:25 PR here. On sub-14:30 pace


Olympic bronze medalist Sam Kendricks wins the vault. When he won here last year he was the first ever American man to win a DL vault.

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WHOA 14:22 #6 all-time performer for Obiri

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8:53 AM Men's 110m Hurdles:


While we wait for the hurdles, a 8.61m DL record for Luvo Manyonga. I believe that is the best low-altitude jump in the world since 2009. Manyonga is the Olympic silver medalist and has an incredible story.


McLeod wins. As usual. That's a wrap from Shanghai, recap coming soon.