This Week In Track and Field: Mondo Duplantis Breaks His Own WR For An 8th Time, Gudaf Tsegay Scares The 1500m WR, Sprints Madness Highlighted By A 17-Year-Old Running 9.93 For 100m + London Marathon

Chris Chavez and Anderson Emerole unpack the first big weekend in track and field as the Diamond League and Continental Tour kicked off.

In this week's round-up of performances, they discuss:

Xiamen Diamond League

– Mondo Duplantis’ 6.24m world record and what it could mean for the rest of the season

– Gudaf Tsegay nearly breaks the 1500m world record with a 3:50.30; Did the women’s 1500m suddenly get more interesting?

– Torrie Lewis beats Sha’Carri Richardson in the 200m; Is there reason to be concerned?

– Marco Arop vs. Emmanuel Wanyonyi needs to be a thing to bring back the men's 800m to prominence

– Is the U.S. having a moment in the men’s high jump? Shelby McEwen wins in Xiamen, JuVaughn Harrison jumps a world lead at LSU

– Paulino wins 400m and says this may be the year to break the 400m World record

– Christian Coleman wins the 100m in only 10.13s ahead of Fred Kerley; another slow year for the 100m?

Results from around the world

– Courtney Lindsey beat Letsile Tebogo in a 200m at the Kip Keino Classic

– Gabby Thomas ran 50.37 at LSU

– Christine Mboma, competing for the first time since August 2022, runs 12.32 and finishes last in the women's 100 at the Kip Keino Classic

– Mary Moraa opened up her 2024 800m campaign with a 1:57.96 at the Kip Keino Classic

– 17-year-old Christian Miller drops a 9.93 for 100m at a small meet in Clermont, Florida to take the world lead and break the U.S. U20 record.

London Marathon

– Peres Jepchirchir breaks the women’s-only marathon record In 2:16:16

– Alexander Mutiso Munyao wins his first Major in 2:04:01

– Kenenisa Bekele smashes his own Masters record In 2:04:15

– So who is the Kenyan Olympic marathon team?

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