Werro superb, Hodgkinson too, Duplantis lost
STOCKHOLM (SWE, Jun 7): The highlight of the Bauhaus Galan was the women’s 800 m race as expected, but the main player was different. Audrey Werro’s finish over Keely Hodgkinson was special in a historic race, showing that the days of Kratochvilova’s record are numbered. On the other side local star Mondo Duplantis lost for first time since July 21, 2023 in Monaco (was fourth with 572). Since then he had 40 wins in a row. Except women 800 m two more meeting records in women steeple and shot put. US sprint favorites dominated, only Patterson lost in the 400 m. Special win for 17 years old runner in the 800 m. Scandinavian Tour will have last stop on Wednesday in Oslo.
Short event-by-event reviews
Men
100m (non-DL) – A season’s best of 10.07 (+0.5) for 2025 world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu in a largely domestic race. Taymir Burnet 10.09 PBeq.
200m – Dominant win for Kenny Bednarek in 19.87 (+1.0) ahead of South Africa’s Sinesipho Dambile in 20.10. During warm-up, there was an injury to Traore.
400m – South Africa’s Zakithi Nene won in 44.48 from the outside lane ahead of Jacory Patterson in 44.69. Muzala Samukonga limped home in seventh in 47.93, and Matthew Hudson-Smith was a DNS.
800m – What a debut! 17-year-old Cooper Lutkenhaus runs down Marco Arop for victory in his first-ever Diamond League, 1:42.70 to 1:43.11. The top six all broke the 1:44 barrier.
1500m – Yared Nuguse runs down Cam Myers for victory, 3:30.11 to 3:30.32. Jimmy Gressier (3:34.53) and Andreas Almgren (3:36.81) finished down the field in 12th and 14th, respectively.
400m hurdles (non-DL) – Alison dos Santos won in 47.11 and leads a Brazilian 1-2 from Matheus Lima who ran a massive PB, improving from 48.08 to 47.37. Also a PB for Germany’s Emil Agyekum in third in 47.72.
3000m steeplechase – Comfortable win for Soufiane El Bakkali in 8:10.40 ahead of Kenyans Edmund Serem (8:12.27) and Abraham Kibiwott (8:12.75). World champion Geordie Beamish was fourth in 8:13.11. WR holder Lamecha Girma was a DNF.
Discus – Just one valid throw from Daniel Stahl, but his 69.60m defeated Matt Denny (69.02m) and Kristjan Ceh (67.67m).
Pole vault – Big upset with Armand Duplantis losing for the first time since July 2023! Kurtis Marschall cleared 5.90m on his third attempt to defeat Duplantis, who would only clear 5.80m before two failures at 6.00m and another failure at 6.05m. The winner also tried twice at 605.
Women
100m – Treble world champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden returned to winning form with 10.84 (+0.8) ahead of Amy Hunt, who broke the 11-second barrier for the first time with a 10.97 PB.
800m – One of the greatest 800m races in history! Audrey Werro produces a shock win over Keely Hodgkinson, winning in the third fastest time in history with a Diamond League record of 1:53.98 ahead of Hodgkinson’s 1:54.33 NR, the sixth fastest time in history, and the fastest ever non-winning time. National records for both.
800m (non-DL) – Spanish youngster Marta Mitjans won in 2:00.63 by almost two seconds from Norway’s Malin Ingeborg Nyfors (2:02.39).
1500m (non-DL) – After a super fast first 800m in 2:04.77, Ethiopia’s Birke Haylom slowed but still won in 4:00.68 by over one second from Lucia Stafford (4:01.93) and Erin Wallace (4:02.87)
3000m steeplechase – First ever Diamond League win for Marwa Bouzayani who set a meeting record of 8:59.28, her third sub-9:00 of the year. Elise Thorner was a distant second in 9:11.01. Ilona Mononen was sixth in another Finnish record of 9:15.18.
Long jump – First ever Diamond League win for France’s Hilary Kpatcha (6.85, +2.4, legal 657) ahead of Italy’s Larissa Iapichino (6.84, +2.1, legal 678) and Jamaica’s Nia Robinson (6.80, +2.4, legal 678). Oly winner Mihambo 6th 670 (+1.8). 7m jumper A. Brown 9th 662 (+1.6).
Shot put – Another huge throw for Jessica Schilder, who threw 20.89m to break Valarie Adams’ 15-year-old meeting record of 20.57m. Chase Jackson (19.91m) and Sarah Mitton (19.89m) were second and third, respectively
Discus – Another victory for world champion Valarie Sion with 68.60m over world silver medallist Jorinde van Klinken (66.57m). Missed the meet record only by 17 cm.