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The Shanghai Diamond League 2024 witnessed stellar action on Saturday night. The high-profile event witnessed some major upstages in both men's and women's competitions as American sprinters, who were absolute favorites entering the competition, suffered defeats at the hands of underdogs.
Men's 100m was deemed to be a fierce battle between Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley, who produced a nail-hitting finish in Xiamen earlier last week as the former edged Kerley by a narrow 0.04s to win the race. However, none of them were able to win the Shanghai League 2024.
South Africa's Akini Simbine clocked a season-best timing of 10.01s to win the 100m showdown while Coleman and Kerley finished off in 10.04s and 10.11s respectively.
The women's 200m saw Sha'Carri Richardson being left behind yet again at the Shanghai Diamond League 2024 as British Olympian Daryll Neita returned to the Diamond League in style. She clocked 22.62s to beat Richardson, and Anavia Battle of United States, who recorded the times of 22.99s and 23.11s respectively.
Sha'Carri Richardson was slower than the Xiamen meet, where she had clocked 22.99s while Anavia Battle posted her season’s best timing. Let's take a look at the top athletes who recorded their season’s best timing at the Shanghai Diamond League 2024.
Shanghai Diamond League 2024: Top athletes who recorded season's best
#Christian Coleman
The 60m world record holder opened his season at the Xiamen Diamond League last week and clocked 10.13s to win the 100m title. The 28-year-old has now improved his time to 10.04s, marking his best of the season till now.
#Akani Simbine
The South African sprinter clocked a season-best of 10.01 seconds to win the 100m race at the Shanghai Diamond League. Simbine had earlier opened his season at the South African Championships where he ran in similar time to take the 100m title.
#Valarie Allman
The 2020 Tokyo medalist threw 69.80m at the Xiamen Diamond League 2024 last week, which marked her season's best. However, Allman has improved that to 69.86 in Shanghai now.
#Anavia Battle
The American sprinter opened her season at the Xiamen Diamond League 2024 last week in the 200m event. She clocked 23.02s to finish third and has now clocked a new season’s best of 22.99s to finish 2nd at in Shanghai, ahead of fellow American Sha'Carri Richardson.
#Alaysha Johnson
The NCAA Champion clocked 13.01s in Xiamen last week in the 100m hurdles. She has now clocked a personal best timing of the season in Shanghai. Johnson ran 12.78s to finish 5th behind Masai Russel.
