London Diamond League: five stand-out events ahead of Paris Olympics
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London: The London Athletics Meet, the final Diamond League meeting before the start of the Paris Olympics, produced some outstanding performances....
London: The London Athletics Meet, the final Diamond League meeting before the start of the Paris Olympics, produced some outstanding performances.
After two frenetic back-to-back meets in Paris and Monaco, a host of athletes fine-tuned their preparations for the Summer Games in some style in perfect conditions at a packed London Stadium.
AFP Sport looks at five events that stood out.
Men's 100m - Noah Lyles turned on the afterburners to set a personal record of 9.81 seconds into a slight headwind (0.3 m/s) to claim victory in the 100m in a statement win, with the opening ceremony of the Paris Games now just five days away.
The American who won double sprint gold at last year's world championships in Budapest will head to the French capital in buoyant mood and confident of repeating his world success.