The new stadium records came in the women\u2019s pole vault from Sandi Morris who jumped 4.86m, men\u2019s 400m hurdles with Abderrahmane Samba\u2019s 47.41, the women\u2019s 100m hurdles, thanks to Brianna McNeal\u2019s 12.38 and in men\u2019s discus where Fredrick Dacres threw 69.67m.<\/p>\n
Morris improved Isinbayeva\u2019s best<\/b><\/p>\n
Indoor world champion, Sandi Morris, cleared her first three heights in the first attempt and then after three tries claimed a new stadium record with 4.86m. Morris then went for 4.94 but without success. The previous record holder was Yelena Isinbayeva who jumped 4.85m.<\/p>\n
\u2013 I\u2019m really happy with my performance today. The aim was to set a stadium record and I really wanted to achieve a world\u2019s best at 4.94 but I couldn\u2019t get the final stage right, said Sandi who has won all four Diamond League pole vault events this year.<\/p>\n
Fantastic Samba-race in 400m hurdles<\/b><\/p>\n
Norwegian Karsten Warholm in lane seven went out hard and led into the home straight. By then Abderrahman Samba had almost caught up and they went over the eighth hurdle together. Samba then managed to inch ahead and reached the finish in 47.41 \u2013 0.24 better than Bershawn Jackson\u2019s eight year old stadium record.<\/p>\n
\u2013 I was after something big today and I got it. The conditions were not the best, with the head wind in the back straight which made us press too hard but it went well anyway and it was fantastic to set a Diamond League record again, said Samba who also set a new Asian record. <\/p>\n
Warholm stuck with him all the way and was rewarded with 47.81 \u2013 a new Nordic record by one hundredth of a second. The previous record he set himself in Rome, 11 days ago. <\/p>\n
\u2013 Amazing atmosphere here at Stockholm Stadium! Almost as good as Bislett in Oslo. It\u2019s always great to set personal bests and improve, said Warholm. <\/p>\n
Brilliant discus competition<\/b><\/p>\n
Who would have thought that 66.16 would only be enough for 6th place? After last year\u2019s brilliant competition with Fedrick Dacres and Daniel St\u00e5hl as first and second over 68 metres, this year\u2019s was even better. And Dacres won again after, in the second round, throwing the 2 kg discus all of 69.67m. In doing so he broke Mac Wilkins 38 year old stadium record by 23 centimetres. <\/p>\n
\u2013 It really felt good today. I felt strong. The crowd was inspiring and I love the atmosphere here. It was great to be back and win for the second year in a row, said Dacres. <\/p>\n
Sweden\u2019s Daniel St\u00e5hl\u2019s result was good, with 66.16m and was only 4 cm from fourth place. But his series included only two valid throws and three went into the case. Simon Pettersson, Sweden\u2019s young second best thrower, was the big surprise who managed 65.49 in the fourth round, just 32 cm off his personal best. <\/p>\n
Stadium record number 4 \u2013 100 m hurdles<\/b><\/p>\n
USA\u2019s Olympic champion, Brianna McNeal had a flawless race and won by a tenth of a second in 12.38 \u2013 the fourth stadium record on this wonderful Sunday afternoon of athletics. In second place was Danielle Williams, Jamaica with 12.48. <\/p>\n
\u2013 I felt the other girls pressure from behind but felt strong at the end. I know that when everything goes right then the time will be good. I\u2019m so grateful for the chance to be here with these girls and such an engaged public, said McNeal.<\/p>\n
Close to a diamond in 400m \u2026<\/b><\/p>\n
It was a fast 400m race in the warm conditions and strongest at the finish was Bahrain\u2019s Salwa Eid Naser who won with .20 in 49.84 \u2013 a another personal best for the day \u2013 and only .14 from Alyson Felix\u2019s eleven year-old stadium record. Second place Phyllis Francis reached the finish in a season\u2019s best of 50.07 and third was Jessica Beard. <\/p>\n
\u2013 It was a good result and I\u2019m happy to have set a personal best so soon after Oslo. I was totally exhausted in the heat.<\/p>\n
\u2026 and 1500m after an incredibly fast opening<\/b><\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s 1500m the pacemaker opened with a lightning-fast first lap of 59.96 and only Gudaf Tsegay went with her. Laura Muir was catching up on the last lap, but Tsegay held on and won by one second in 3:57.64. This was a meeting record and less than half a second from Mary Deckers stadium record of 3:57.15 set in 1983. <\/p>\n
\u2013 I am happy I ran so well. I felt strong and it was special to run with such a quality field, said Tsegay.<\/p>\n
In the 200m world champion Ramil Guliyev won in a world-class time of 19.92, just 15 hundredths of a second from Michael Johnson’s stadium record. Aaron Brown of Canada was second in 20.07 and Sweden’s Henrik Larsson was close to the Swedish junior record with his 20.85. <\/p>\n
Jonas Hedman and Carol Austin<\/p>\n
<\/i>Photo: The four new Stadium record breakers were all rewarded with diamonds. From left: Sandi Morris, pole vault, Brianna McNeal, 100m hurdles, BAUHAUS-galan’s meeting director Jan Kowalski with son Kalle, Fedrick Dacres, discus, and Abderrahman Samba, 400m hurdles. Photo: Deca Text&Bild<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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