Akani takes 100m showdown
African champion Akani Simbine notched his first Diamond League win of the season, holding off Briton Zharnel Hughes 9.95 to 9.97, season’s bests for both. In a blanket finish, just 0.02 separated the next three across the line, with 2009 world champion Yohan Blake third in 9.97, ahead of Japan’s Yuki Koiek (9.98) and Canada’s Andre De Grasse (9.99), a personal best for the former and season’s best for the latter.
Rounding out the sprints, Jamaican champion Shericka Jackson held off compatriot Stephanie Ann McPherson to take the 400m, 50.69 to 50.74, to take her first Diamond League win of the season. Briton Laviai Nielsen clocked a 50.83 personal best to finish third.
Source: IAAF
