{"id":3790,"date":"2026-07-11T00:22:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaco.diamondleague.com\/a-night-of-records\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T00:22:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T00:22:40","slug":"a-night-of-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monaco.diamondleague.com\/en\/a-night-of-records\/","title":{"rendered":"A night of records!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Women\u2019s pole vault<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olympic champion Nina Kennedy said she was in lifetime best shape in yesterday\u2019s press conference and the Australian delivered a record-breaking performance at what she also described as her favourite Diamond League meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After winning with 4.82m, Kennedy failed once at 4.87m before raising the bar to an ambitious 4.95m. She flew clear on her first attempt at the new bar, breaking not only her PB and Australian record of 4.91m but also the Oceanian record of 4.94m held by New Zealand\u2019s Eliza McCartney since 2018. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s javelin<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

China\u2019s Yan Ziyi extended her unbeaten streak to four competitions in 2026. The teenager\u2019s trademark has been to intimidate the field with a big first round throw but in this instance, she produced her best mark of 68.75m in the Final Three to extend her advantage over Serbia\u2019s Adriana Vilagos who led after the first round with 63.18m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s triple jump<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

World champion Leyanis Perez Hernandez joined the 15 metre-club with a timely sixth round lifetime best of 15.06m, leapfrogging Senegal\u2019s Saly Sarr who led the competition with 14.85m before extending her lead to 14.99m – also a lifetime best and just one centimetre shy of the long-standing Senegalese record which dates back to 2004 – in the Final Three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

World leader and Olympic champion Thea Lafond from Dominica had to settle for third with 14.79m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s high jump<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joint world leader Oleh Doroshchuk from Ukraine lived up to his billing as pre-event favourite, clearing 2.32m for victory ahead of 22-year-old Brit Kimani Jack who finished an excellent second with 2.30m on his Diamond League debut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s pole vault<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competing as an official resident of Monaco at the Herculis EBS Monaco for the first time, Armand Duplantis cleared a meeting record of 6.07m on his first attempt for victory in what could be considered his home Diamond League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duplantis, who added two centimetres to his meeting record which dates back to last year, concluded his competition with three unsuccessful tries at a world outdoor lead of 6.15m. Duplantis won by 22 centimetres from France\u2019s Baptiste Thiery who finished second on countback ahead of Australia\u2019s Kurtis Marschall at 5.85m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s 400m<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino ran a typically well-paced race, using her superior strength in the home straight to reel in Aaliyah Butler from the United States in the last 30 metres. Paulino stopped the clock at 48.67 to improve Shaunae Miller-Uibo\u2019s meeting record of 48.97. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butler also broke the 49 second-barrier for the first time with a 48.84 PB to move to fourth on the US all-time list behind Sydney McLaughlin (47.78), Sanya Richards-Ross (48.70) and Valerie Brisco-Hooks (48.83), all of whom were Olympic champions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s 1000m<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

World record! Olympic and world 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi eclipsed fellow Kenyan Noah Ngeny\u2019s 27-year-old world record of 2:11.96, stopping the clock at 2:11.83. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the second pacemaker Louey Ouerrat dropped out just before 800m in 1:45.11 (Ngeny\u2019s 800m split was 1:44.6), Wanyonyi still had Jake Wightman on his shoulder but the Kenyan kicked away in pursuit of the wavelights to break the world record. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top eight all set lifetime bests. Wightman was second in 2:12.77 to move to fifth on the world all-time list with Algeria\u2019s Djamel Sedjati third in 2:13.94. Ko Ochiai set a Japanese record of 2:15.24 to finish seventh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s 400m<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Botswana\u2019s Collen Kebinatshipi told the media at yesterday\u2019s press conference that he still isn\u2019t in his very best shape this season and has one more training block to complete but the 2025 world champion broke the Diamond League record for the second successive race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After clocking 43.54 in Eugene on Saturday, Kebinatshipi improved to 43.44 – an improvement on his national record of 43.53 from the 2025 World Athletics Championships – to climb to equal sixth on the world all-time list. He also broke his mentor Wayde Van Niekerk\u2019s meeting record of 43.73 but just missed the world lead of 43.38 held by Nigeria\u2019s Samuel Ogazi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his trademark strong finish, Kebinatshipi pulled clear in the home straight from Jacory Patterson in 43.96 with US teammate Rai Benjamin third in 44.13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s 3000m<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wang Junxia\u2019s world record of 8:06.11 survives\u2026but only just! Kenya\u2019s Agnes Ngetich was ahead of record pace through 2km in 5:24.08 and only fell off the wavelights in the last 600 metres. However, her winning time of 8:08.95 was still the third fastest in history and smashed Gabriela Szabo\u2019s long-standing meeting record of 8:21.42 from 2002. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethiopians Alesighn Baweke and Senayet Getachew sprinted to second (8:23.81) and third (8:24.02) respectively with Kenya\u2019s Faith Kipyegon building momentum after a hamstring injury in third with 8:24.21. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olympic triathlon champion Cassandre Beaugrand was eighth in a French record of 8:32.86, breaking a mark which had stood since 2005! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s long jump<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou delivered a vintage performance to highlight an excellent competition in terms of depth, improving to 8.61m in the Final Three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was the second longest jump of the Greek\u2019s illustrious career behind his 8.65m from the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome (however, the Greek record still belongs to Louis Tsatoumas with 8.66m!) and he also erased Ivan Pedroso\u2019s 1995 meeting record of 8.58m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jamaica\u2019s Wayne Pinnock set a season\u2019s best of 8.39m to finish second with Cuban teenager Jorge Hodelin third in 8.38m. Neither Bozhidar Saraboyukov nor Simon Ehammer made the cut for the sixth round despite jumping 8.36m and 8.32m respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s 100m hurdles<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another victory, another meeting record for Masai Russell. The reigning Olympic champion stopped the clock at 12.20 to break Nia Ali\u2019s meeting record of 12.30. She now holds four of the seven fastest times in history in the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russell led a US 1-2 ahead of Alaysha Johnson (12.38) with Nadine Visser from the Netherlands third (12.49).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s 3000m steeplechase<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenya\u2019s Simon Koech, who took a breakthrough victory on this track in 2023, won in Monaco for the second time. He won in 8:03.35 by seven seconds from Japan\u2019s Ryuji Miura (8:10.30) and fellow Kenyan Edmund Serem (8:11.15). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women\u2019s 200m<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third on the world all-time list! Olympic 100m champion Julien Alfred stormed off the bend and powered to victory in a world lead of 21.51, moving to third on the world all-time list behind Florence Griffith-Joyner (21.34) and Shericka Jackson (21.41). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfred\u2019s time shattered Merlene Ottey\u2019s legendary meeting record of 21.77 from 1993 and was just 0.03 shy of Jackson\u2019s Diamond League record which was set in Brussels in 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alfred took the win ahead of previous world leader Adaejah Hodge (21.76) and reigning Olympic champion Gabby Thomas (21.84) whose time was the fastest ever for third-place in any 200m race in history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s 5000m<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

European 10,000m champion Dominic Lobalu found an extra gear in the last 10 metres to reel back in Graham Blanks from the United States, 12:52.54 to 12:52.60, to win his first ever Diamond League event in the 5000m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bahrain\u2019s Birhanu Balew finished third in 12:52.91 as the top six finishers all broke the 13 minute-barrier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men\u2019s 100m<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

World champion Oblique Seville from Jamaica closed the programme with victory in 9.88 ahead of world indoor champion Jordan Anthony from the United States (9.92) and Cameroon\u2019s Emmanuel Eseme (10.00). Botswana\u2019s Letsile Tebogo was fifth with 10.04. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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