Trayvon Bromell delivered a stunning upset at the Paris Diamond League on Sunday, defeating reigning Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles to claim victory in the men’s 100-meter race at Stade Charlety in Paris.
Bromell finished with a time of 9.91 seconds, handing Lyles the first defeat he has suffered this season. Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs, who won the 100m gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, came in third with a personal season-best time of 9.96 seconds. South Africa’s Akani Simbine rounded out the top four, finishing in 9.97 seconds.
In the pole vault, Armand Duplantis put on an impressive show, clearing a meeting record height of 6.13 meters. He then made three attempts at the world record height of 6.32 meters but was unable to clear the bar on any of those tries.
Elsewhere in the competition, Botswana’s Busang Collen Kebinatshipi set a Diamond League record in the men’s 400 meters, finishing in 43.54 seconds. The Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino, the reigning Olympic champion in the event, took the women’s 400m title with a world-leading time. Switzerland’s Audrey Werro claimed the women’s 800m crown, setting a Diamond League record of one minute and 53.80 seconds — the third fastest time ever recorded in that event.
