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• David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) breaks the men's 800 metres world record for the second successive Sunday, recording a time of one minute 41.01 seconds at the IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Rieti, improving his previous record by 0.08 seconds.

• IAAF Diamond League: Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium:
  • Men:
    • 100m: Tyson Gay (USA) 9.79
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Gay 16 points Richard Thompson (TRI) 8 Yohan Blake (JAM) 7.
    • 400m: Nery Brenes (CRC) 44.92
    • 800m: David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) 1:43.50
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Rudisha 20 points Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD) 10 Marcin Lewandowski (POL) 5.
    • 1500m: Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:32.18
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Kiprop 22 points Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) 13 Leonel Manzano (USA) 6.
    • 400m hurdles: Bershawn Jackson (USA) 47.85
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Jackson 28 points Javier Culson (PUR) 7 David Greene (GBR) 6.
    • 3000m steeplechase: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:02.52
    • Javelin throw: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 89.88 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Thorkildsen 30 points Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) 13 Matthias de Zordo (GER) 5.
    • Pole vault: Malte Mohr (GER) 5.85 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) 20 points Mohr 15 Lukasz Michalski (POL) 5.
    • Shot put: Reese Hoffa (USA) 22.16 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Christian Cantwell (USA) 25 points Hoffa 14 Tomasz Majewski (POL) 7.
    • Triple jump: Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 17.52 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Tamgho 18 points Alexis Copello (CUB) 13 Christian Olsson (SWE) 10.
  • Women:
    • 200m: Allyson Felix (USA) 22.61
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Felix 22 points Shalonda Solomon (USA) 8 Bianca Knight (USA) 4.
    • 800m: Janeth Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:58.82
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Jepkosgei 17 points Mariya Savinova (RUS) 12 Alysia Johnson (USA) 8.
    • 5000m: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN) 14:34.13
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Cheruiyot 18 points Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) 15 Linet Masai (KEN) 6.
    • 100m hurdles: Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) 12.54
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Lopes-Schliep 22 points Lolo Jones (USA) 14 Sally Pearson (AUS) 10.
    • 3000m steeplechase: Sofia Assefa (ETH) 9:20.72
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) 24 points Assefa 9 Lydia Rotich (KEN) 5.
    • Discus throw: Sandra Perkovic (CRO) 66.93 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Yarelis Barrios (CUB) 20 points Perkovic 16 Nicoleta Grasu (ROU) 3 Dani Samuels (AUS) 3 Aretha Thurmond (USA) 3.
    • High jump: Blanka Vlašic (CRO) 2.00 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Vlašic 32 points Antonietta Di Martino (ITA) 4 Emma Green (SWE) 2.
    • Triple jump: Olga Rypakova (KAZ) 14.80 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 22 points Rypakova 22 Nadezhda Alekhina (RUS) 4.

• David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) breaks the men's 800 metres world record in a time of one minute 41.09 seconds at the ISTAF meeting in Berlin. He improves the previous record of Kenyan-born Wilson Kipketer (DEN) by 0.02 seconds.

• IAAF Diamond League: Weltklasse Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland:
  • Men:
    • 200m: Wallace Spearmon (USA) 19.79
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Spearmon 13 points Yohan Blake (JAM) 6 Ryan Bailey (USA) 4.
    • 400m: Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.13
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Wariner 28 points Jermaine Gonzales (JAM) 14 Angelo Taylor (USA) 4.
    • 5000m: Tariku Bekele (ETH) 12:55.03
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Imane Merga (ETH) 16 points Bekele 14 Vincent Chepkok (KEN) 6.
    • 110m hurdles: David Oliver (USA) 12.93
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Oliver 28 points Dwight Thomas (JAM) 9 Ryan Wilson (USA) 8.
    • 3000m steeplechase: Ezekiel Kemboi (KEN) 8:01.74
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 17 points Kemboi 15 Brimin Kipruto (KEN) 10.
    • 4x100m relay:  United States 37.45
    • Discus throw: Robert Harting (GER) 68.64 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Piotr Malachowski (POL) 18 points Zoltán Kovágó (HUN) 13 Harting 10.
    • High jump: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2.29 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Ukhov 20 points Jesse Williams (USA) 13 Aleksandr Shustov (RUS) 2.
    • Long jump: Dwight Phillips (USA) 8.20 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Phillips 24 points Fabrice Lapierre (AUS) 11 Christian Reif (GER) 4.
  • Women:
    • 100m: Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM) 10.89
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Carmelita Jeter (USA) 21 points Campbell-Brown 14 Kelly-Ann Baptiste (TRI) 3.
    • 400m: Allyson Felix (USA) 50.37
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Felix 20 points Amantle Montsho (BOT) 10 Debbie Dunn (USA) 10.
    • 1500m: Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:01.01
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Langat 25 points Gelete Burka (ETH) 11 Anna Alminova (RUS) 8.
    • 100m hurdles: Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) 12.53
    • 400m hurdles: Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 53.33
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Spencer 24 points Zuzana Hejnová (CZE) 8 Natalya Antyukh (RUS) 5.
    • Javelin throw: Christina Obergföll (GER) 67.31 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 20 points Kara Patterson (USA) 10 Obergföll 8.
    • Long jump: Brittney Reese (USA) 6.89 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Reese 18 points Darya Klishina (RUS) 9 Naide Gomes (POR) 7.
    • Pole vault: Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.81 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Murer 23 points Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 14 Silke Spiegelburg (GER) 11.

• IAAF Diamond League: Weltklasse Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland:
  • Men:
    • Shot put: Christian Cantwell (USA) 21.87 m
  • Women:
    • Shot put: Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) 20.63 m
      • Final Diamond Race standings: Astapchuk 28 points Valerie Vili (NZL) 18 Natallia Mikhnevich (BLR) 4.

• IAAF Diamond League: London Grand Prix in London, United Kingdom:
  • Men:
    • 200m: Wallace Spearmon (USA) 20.12
    • 400m: Jeremy Wariner (USA) 44.67
    • 110m hurdles: David Oliver (USA) 13.06
    • 4x100m relay:  England A 39.31
    • One mile: Augustine Kiprono Choge (KEN) 3:50.14
    • Discus throw: Gerd Kanter (EST) 67.82 m
    • High jump: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) 2.29 m
    • Javelin throw: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 87.38 m
    • Long jump: Dwight Phillips (USA) 8.18 m
    • Shot put: Reese Hoffa (USA) 21.44 m
  • Women:
    • 100m: Marshevet Myers (USA) 11.01
    • 400m: Allyson Felix (USA) 50.79
    • 800m: Mariya Savinova (RUS) 1:58.64
    • 400m hurdles: Kaliese Spencer (JAM) 53.78
    • 3000m steeplechase: Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) 9:22.49
    • Pole vault: Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.46 m
    • Triple jump: Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 14.86 m

• IAAF Diamond League: London Grand Prix in London, United Kingdom:
  • Men:
    • 100m: Tyson Gay (USA) 9.78
    • 800m: Abubaker Kaki Khamis (SUD) 1:44.38
    • 3000m: Bernard Lagat (USA) 7:40.36
    • 400m hurdles: Bershawn Jackson (USA) 48.12
    • 3000m steeplechase: Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8:17.70
    • Pole vault: Lukasz Michalski (POL) 5.71 m
    • Triple jump: Christian Olsson (SWE) 17.41 m
  • Women:
    • 200m: Allyson Felix (USA) 22.37
    • 1500m: Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:07.60
    • 5000m: Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH) 14:36.41
    • 100m hurdles: Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN) 12.52
    • Discus throw: Yarelis Barrios (CUB) 65.62 m
    • High jump: Blanka Vlašic (CRO) 2.01 m
    • Javelin throw: Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 63.50 m
    • Long jump: Darya Klishina (RUS) 6.65 m
    • Shot put: Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) 20.27 m

• IAAF Diamond League: DN Galan in Stockholm, Sweden:
  • Men:
    • 100m: Tyson Gay (USA) 9.84
    • 800m: Marcin Lewandowski (POL) 1:45.06
    • 5000m: Mark Kiptoo (KEN) 12:53.46
    • 400m hurdles: Bershawn Jackson (USA) 47.65
    • 3000m steeplechase: Paul Kipsiele Koech (KEN) 8:02.18
    • Javelin throw: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) 84.41 m
    • Shot put: Christian Cantwell (USA) 22.09 m
    • Triple jump: Teddy Tamgho (FRA) 17.36 m
  • Women:
    • 200m: Allyson Felix (USA) 22.41
    • 400m: Tatyana Firova (RUS) 50.46
    • 1500m: Nancy Langat (KEN) 4:00.70
    • 5000m: Meseret Defar (ETH) 14:42.46
    • 100m hurdles: Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.57
    • 3000m steeplechase: Yuliya Zarudneva (RUS) 9:17.59
    • High jump: Blanka Vlašic (CRO) 2.02 m
    • Long jump: Darya Klishina (RUS) 6.78 m
    • Pole vault: Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) 4.71 m
    • Shot put: Nadzeya Astapchuk (BLR) 20.63 m

• European Championships in Barcelona, Spain:
  • Men:
    • Marathon: Viktor Röthlin (SUI) 2:15:31 José Manuel Martínez (ESP) 2:17:50 Dmitriy Safronov (RUS) 2:18:16
    • 4 x 100m relay:  France (Jimmy Vicaut, Christophe Lemaitre, Pierre-Alexis Pessonneaux, Martial Mbandjock) 38.11  Italy 38.17  Germany 38.44
      • Lemaitre wins his third gold medal of the championships.
    • 3000m steeplechase: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA) 8:07.87 Bouabdellah Tahri (FRA) 8:09.28 José Luis Blanco (ESP) 8:19.15
    • Discus throw: Piotr Malachowski (POL) 68.87 m Robert Harting (GER) 68.47 m Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 66.43 m
    • Long jump: Christian Reif (GER) 8.47 m Kafétien Gomis (FRA) 8.24 m Chris Tomlinson (GBR) 8.23 m
    • 4 x 400m relay:  Russia (Maksim Dyldin, Alexey Aksenov, Pavel Trenikhin, Vladimir Krasnov) 3:02.14  Great Britain 3:02.25  Belgium 3:02.60
  • Women:
    • 4 x 100m relay:  Ukraine 42.29 (Olesya Povkh, Nataliya Pohrebnyak, Mariya Ryemyen, Olena Chebanu)  France 42.45  Poland 42.68
    • 5000m: Alemitu Bekele Degfa (TUR) 14:52.20 Elvan Abeylegesse (TUR) 14:54.44 Sara Moreira (POR) 14:54.71
    • 1500m: Nuria Fernández (ESP) 4:00.20 Hind Dehiba (FRA) 4:01.17 Natalia Rodríguez (ESP) 4:01.30
    • High jump: Blanka Vlašic (CRO) 2.03 m Emma Green (SWE) 2.01 m Ariane Friedrich (GER) 2.01 m
    • 4 x 400m relay:  Russia (Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, Antonina Krivoshapka, Kseniya Ustalova, Tatyana Firova) 3:21.26  Germany 3:24.07  Great Britain 3:24.32
• African Championships in Nairobi, Kenya:
  • Men:
    • 200m: Amr Ibrahi Mostafa Seoud (EGY) 20.36 Ben Youssef Meite (CIV) 20.39 Simon Magakwe (RSA) 20.56
    • 1500m: Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:36.19 Amine Laâlou (MAR) 3:36.38 Gebremedhin Woldegirgis (ETH) 3:36.65
    • 5000m: Edwin Soi (KEN) 13:30.46 Vincent Yator (KEN) 13:30.53 Mark Kiptoo (KEN) 13:32.45
    • 4 x 400m relay:  Kenya 3:02.96  Botswana 3:05.16  Nigeria 3:06.53
    • 20 km walk: Hassanine Sebei (TUN) 1:20:36 David Kimutai (KEN) 1:21:07 Hichem Medjeber (ALG) 1:22:53
    • High jump: Kabelo Kgosiemang (BOT) 2.19 m Bong Matogno (CMR) 2.15 m Fernand Djoumessi (CMR) and Mohamed Idris (SUD) 2.15 m
    • Javelin throw: Eha El Sayed Abdelrahman (EGY) 78.02 m Gerhardus Pienaar (RSA) 75.96 m Julius Yego (KEN) 74.51 m
  • Women:
    • 200m: Oludamola Osayomi (NGR) 23.36 Estie Wittstock (RSA) 23.50 Perennes Pau Zang-Milama (GAB) 23.59
    • 800m: Zahra Bouras (ALG) 2:00.22 Janeth Chepkosgei (KEN) 2:00.50 Malika Akkaoui (MAR) 2:01.01
    • 400m hurdles: Hayat Lambarki (MAR) 55.96 Ajoke Odumosu (NGR) 55.97 Maureen Jelagat Maiyo (KEN) 56.74
    • 3000m steeplechase: Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) 9:32.18 Sofia Assefa Abebe (ETH) 9:32.58 Lydiah Rotich (KEN) 9:37.32
    • 4 x 400m relay:  Nigeria 3:29.26  Kenya 3:35.12  Senegal 3:35.55
    • 20 km walk: Grace Wanjiru (KEN) 1:34:19 Chaima Trabelsi (TUN) 1:35:33 Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe (ETH) 1:41:46
    • Shot put: Mirian Ibekwe (NGR) 13.67 m Priscilla Isiao (KEN) 13.62 m Doris Ratsimbazafy (MAD) 13.56 m
    • Triple jump: Sarah Nambawa (UGA) 13.95 m Nkurika Domeke (NGR) 13.71 m Otonye Iworima (NGR) 13.65 m

*VIII 2010-08