2023 Doha Diamond League: Sha'Carri Richardson surges to 100m victory - updates and results
Richardson clocks a 100m world lead and meeting record to beat Shericka Jackson and Dina Asher-Smith with Fred Kerley and Neeraj Chopra also securing victories in the Diamond League opener.
Athletics
Sha'Carri Richardson won a star-studded women's 100m at the Diamond League athletics opener in Doha on Friday (5 May).
Scroll down for updates as they happened from the biggest meeting of the year so far (all times local Arabian Standard Time).
21:00 Faith Kipyegon rounds out the night in women's 1500m
Faith Kipyegon brought proceedings to a close in fine style with victory in the 1500m.
Kenya's world and Olympic champion took a couple of seemingly nervous glances over her shoulder in the home straight as Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji stayed in touch, but she had enough in hand to win in a world lead 3:58.57.
Welteji also broke four minutes with 3:59.34 to take second ahead of compatriot Freweyni Hailu.
That concludes the action from the first Diamond League meet of the year. Sha'Carri Richardson's 100m win was probably the highlight although Fred Kerley, Neeraj Chopra, Lamecha Girma and Kristjan Ceh also produced world-class performances.
20:52 Fred Kerley powers to men's 200m win
World 100m champion Fred Kerley showed his adaptability once more with victory over 200m in Doha.
Kerley was sluggishly away with Michael Norman and Olympic champion Andre De Grasse also struggling in the first half of the race.
Aaron Brown and Kenny Bednarek led the field, but Kerley fairly motored home to win in a season's best 19.92 with Bednarek taking second ahead of Brown.
De Grasse was back in sixth with Norman bringing up the rear in eighth.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won the javelin thanks to his first-round effort of 88.67m with Czech Jakub Vadlejch (88.63m) second and Grenada's two-time world champion Anderson Peters (85.88m) third.
There is one event remaining and that is the women's 1500m starring world and Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon.
20:40 Lamecha Girma runs away with men's 3000m
Lamecha Girma might have made his name in the steeplechase, but he has just won a really hot 3000m.
The world and Olympic silver medallist over obstacles sprinted clear of Olympic 10,000m champ Selemon Barega to take victory in a world lead and meeting record 7:26.18.
Another Ethiopian, Berihu Aragawi, was third with steeplechase king Soufiane El Bakkali only fourth after he was unable to stay with the front three as they kicked on 600m from home.
Former world 1500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot was fifth.
JuVaughn Harrison was a convincing winner of the high jump.
He cleared 2.27m at the first attempt with Woo Sanghyeok of Republic of Korea going over at the third time of asking. That proved a height too much for home favourite Mutaz Essa Barshim who was third with a best clearance of 2.24m.
Harrison then cleared 2.30m on his first go with Woo opting to pass. And the American then cleared 2.32m - again at the first attempt - with the Korean having three failures.
Harrison, who also made the long jump final at Tokyo 2020, had his first failure of the day at 2.35m and elected to stop after that.
20:20 Sha'Carri Richardson takes two big scalps in women's 100m
Sha'Carri Richardson showed that she is ready to deliver this year with a superb win in the 100m.
Britain's Dina Asher-Smith made the best start and led to halfway, but reigning world 200m champion Shericka Jackson and Richardson were closing her down.
And it was American star Richardson who finished fastest to clock a world lead time of 10.76 which also eclipsed the meeting record previously held by the late Tori Bowie.
Jackson was second in 10.85 with Asher-Smith running 10.98 in third on her outdoor seasonal debut**.**
World and Olympic champion Katie Moon won the women's pole vault with a second-time clearance at 4.81m, the best jump in the world this year.
Tina Sutej was second with Sandi Morris in third.
Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra continues to lead the javelin with his opening effort of 88.67m, but Czech Jakub Vadlejch almost overtook him in round two with a throw just four centimetres shy of the Indian star.
Grenada's two-time world champion Anderson Peters is third after his season's best 85.88m in round one.
20:10 Slimane Moula wins men's 800m
Algeria's Slimane Moula produced a devastating late kick to take the men's 800m in 1:46.06 ahead of Kenya's Wyclife Kisasy.
Another Algerian, Djamel Sedjati, came home in third place.
Home favourite Mutaz Essa Barshim had two failures at 2.21m but cleared it at the third attempt for a season's best. The world and Olympic champion is one of three men left in the competition led by USA's JuVaughn Harrison and Woo Sanghyeok of Republic of Korea.
Tina Sutej equalled her own Slovenian record with 4.76m at the second attempt, but she trails world and Olympic champion Katie Moon who went over first time.
Sandi Morris passed at the height after one failure and will have two attempts at 4.81m.
The women's 100m, perhaps the highlight of the evening, is up next.
19:55 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn takes women's 100m hurdles
Puerto Rico's Jasmine Camacho Quinn cruised clear in the women's 100m hurdles, winning in a season's best time of 12.48.
The Olympic champion was a comfortable victor with Alaysha Johnson edging out her fellow American, 2019 world champion Nia Ali, for second place in 12.66.
Pedro Pichardo won the men's triple jump although there was a late scare as Hugues Fabrice Zango sailed out to close to 18m with his last jump.
The man from Burkina Faso recorded a distance of 17.81m, improving on his world lead from round three, to take second place ahead of Andy Diaz. But Pichardo's second-round jump of 17.91m - with a wind measurement just above the 2m/s legal limit - won the day.
And what a start from India's Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra who has thrown a world lead 88.67m in the first round.
19:40 Rai Benjamin made to work in men's 400m hurdles
World and Olympic silver medallist Rai Benjamin won the 400m hurdles, but he was pushed all the way by fellow American CJ Allen.
The pair crossed the final hurdle together, but Benjamin just finished the stronger to win in 47.78 with Allen clocking a personal best of 47.93. France's Wilfried Happio was third.
There are just three women left in the pole vault with world silver medallist Sandi Morris the only athlete boasting a clean record. World and Olympic champion Katie Moon had her first failure at 4.63m before clearing it at the second attempt. She is currently third with Tina Sutej of Slovenia going clear at the first attempt.
Rio 2016 gold medallist Ekaterini Stefanidi had three failures at 4.63m with Australia's world bronze medallist Nina Kennedy surprisingly going out at 4.55m.
19:34 Winfred Yavi sets world lead in women's 3000m steeplechase
Bahrain's Winfred Yavi came home the strongest to win the women's 3000m steeplechase in 9:04.37, the quickest time in the world this year.
Sembo Almayew of Ethiopia was second with Kenya's Faith Cherotich finishing fast for third.
Pedro Pichardo's triple jump lead jump of 17.91m is not a best of the year as first reported due to a wind gauge measurement of +2.1m/s, just above the legal limit. The Portuguese overstepped in round three and has skipped his next two.
It's close behind with Cuba's Andy Diaz also jumping 17.80m in round two, with a following wind of +2.6m/s, and Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso third with a legal jump of 17.78m which is now the world lead for 2023.
19:20 Marileidy Paulino takes women's 400m
The first event on the track, the women's 400m, has gone to Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino.
The Olympic silver medallist took victory in 50.51 ahead of USA's Shamier Little (50.84) with Natalia Kaczmarek (51.64) of Poland in third.
The women's pole vault is in its early stages with world and Olympic champion Katie Moon (formerly Nageotte) clearing 4.55m on her first attempt.
Britain's Holly Bradshaw did not start the competition, tweeting that she was felt "Achilles and calf stiffness" in the warm-up.
The men's discus is complete with Kristjan Ceh's meeting record 70.89m in the opening round proving enough for the win.
Olympic champion Daniel Stahl was second in a season's best 67.14m with USA's Sam Mattis third.
19:01 Kristjan Ceh and Pablo Pichardo both start with a bang
There has been a spectacular start to the Diamond League season in the field.
World discus champion Kristjan Ceh threw a meeting record 70.89m with his first attempt, a distance just 38cm shy of his personal best.
And in the triple jump, reigning world and Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo leapt 17.91m on his second attempt for a new world lead.
Both lead their respective competitions going into the latter stages.
Doha Diamond League event preview
In the women's 100m, Jamaica's reigning world 200m champion Shericka Jackson goes up against 2019 200m world champion Dina Asher-Smith with Sha’Carri Richardson leading a strong American challenge which also includes Abby Steiner.
The men's 200m also looks intriguing with Olympic champion Andre De Grasse hoping to bounce back from a disappointing season debut at that distance in Botswana when he takes on Fred Kerley and Michael Norman, world champions at 100m and 400m respectively.
India's Olympic javelin gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will also make his first competitive appearance of 2023 against two-time world champion Anderson Peters.
2023 Doha Diamond League Doha programme
The action at Qatar Sports Club stadium begins at 18:00 Arabian Standard Time which is 15:00 GMT/UTC.
Here's the full schedule:
- 18:04 Women's pole vault
- 18:15 Men's discus
- 18:32 Men's triple jump
- 18:40 Men's 400m (non-Diamond League)
- 19:04 Women's 400m
- 19:17 Women's 3000m steeplechase
- 19:20 Men's high jump
- 19:34 Men's 400m hurdles
- 19:44 Men's javelin
- 19:48 Women's 100m hurdles
- 20:00 Men's 800m
- 20:12 Women's 100m
- 20:23 Men's 3000m
- 20:41 Men's 200m
- 20:50 Women's 1500m
The full list of Diamond League 2023 season events and results are here.