Sinclaire Johnson set a new American record in the women's mile with a time of 4:16.32 at a Diamond League meet in London, finishing fourth overall. She is expected to compete in the 1500m at the upcoming USATF Championships, aiming for a spot at the World Championships. The race was won by Gudaf Tsegay, with other notable performances including Oblique Seville's 100m win and Kishane Thompson's top time in 2025.
Norwegian athlete Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke a 24-year-old world record in the rarely run 2,000 meters event at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels. The 22-year-old set a time of 4 minutes 43.13 seconds, beating the previous record set by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj in 1999. Ingebrigtsen, who is the world 5,000 meter champion and Olympic champion at 1,500 meters, expressed his desire to challenge more records in the future, including the marathon. Other notable performances included Shericka Jackson's Diamond League event record in the women's 200 meters, Haruka Kitaguchi's world-leading distance in the women's javelin throw, and Femke Bol's meeting record in the women's 400 meter hurdles.
Nine world champions maintained their winning streak at the Weltklasse meeting in Zurich, part of the Wanda Diamond League, just four days after the World Championships. Noah Lyles won the men's 200m, Sha'Carri Richardson dominated the women's 100m, Shericka Jackson triumphed in the women's 200m, Danielle Williams claimed victory in the women's 100m hurdles, and Yomif Kejelcha took first place in the men's 5000m. Other notable performances included Karsten Warholm's unexpected defeat in the men's 400m hurdles and Mondo Duplantis' comfortable win in the men's pole vault.
Faith Kipyegon, a Kenyan athlete and mother, broke the women's mile world record with a time of 4 minutes, 7.64 seconds at a Diamond League meet in Monaco. This is her third world record in two months, having previously broken the 1500m and 5000m records. Kipyegon is expected to compete in the 1500m and 5000m at the upcoming world championships. Additionally, other notable performances at the meet included Karsten Warholm's fourth-fastest 400m hurdles time in history, Nia Ali's win in the 100m hurdles, and Shericka Jackson's victory in the 200m.
Sha'Carri Richardson secures her second Diamond League victory of the season, winning the women's 100-meter dash in Silesia, Poland. Richardson overtook Shericka Jackson near the finish line, posting a winning time of 10.76 seconds. This marks the second time Richardson has defeated Jackson in a Diamond League race this year.
The Lausanne Diamond League meet showcased impressive performances, including Berihu Aregawi's world-leading 12:40 victory in the men's 5,000 meters, beating Joshua Cheptegei. The event highlighted the exceptional times and competitive racing in the 5,000 meters this year. Jakob Ingebrigtsen continued his winning streak in the 1500 meters, while Mary Moraa defeated Keely Hodgkinson in the women's 800 meters. Beatrice Chepkoech won the steeplechase, and Shunsuke Izumiya became the first Japanese man to win a Diamond League sprint event in the 110 hurdles.
Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivered outstanding performances at the Bislett Games in Oslo, with Warholm smashing his own Diamond League record with a world-leading 46.52 for the 400m hurdles and Ingebrigtsen coming home in a European 1500m record of 3:27.95. Both are on track to reclaim their global titles in August. Other notable performances included Femke Bol's 16th consecutive victory in the 400m hurdles and Mondo Duplantis' win in the men's pole vault.
Faith Kipyegon, the Kenyan athlete who broke the world record in the women's 1,500 metres last week, has now added the 5,000m world record to her list of achievements. Kipyegon passed world record-holder Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia with 700 metres remaining to cross the line in 14 minutes 5.20 seconds at the Paris Diamond League. The 29-year-old athlete, who had not contested the 5,000m in eight years, was surprised by her own performance and collapsed in a joyous heap after seeing her time.
Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon broke the women's 5000m world record at the Diamond League meet in Paris, just a week after breaking the 1500m world record. Ethiopian Lamecha Girma broke the men's 3000m steeplechase world record, while Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran the fastest two-mile race in history. Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek and Karolina Muchova will face off in the French Open women's singles final, while Novak Djokovic is bidding for his third Roland Garros title and a record-breaking 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy.
Faith Kipyegon of Kenya broke the women's 1500m world record at the Diamond League meet in Florence, Italy, with a time of 3:49.11, beating the previous record set by Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia in 2015. Kipyegon was paced by two American 800m specialists and finished almost 8 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher, Laura Muir of Great Britain. This is Kipyegon's first world record and adds to her two Olympic gold medals and two world titles in the event.
Sha'Carri Richardson won her first Wanda Diamond League victory in the 100m in Doha, beating Shericka Jackson and Dina Asher-Smith with a world-leading time of 10.76 seconds. Fred Kerley won the men's 200m, while Rai Benjamin won the men's 400m hurdles and Marileidy Paulino won the women's 400m. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won the women's 100m hurdles. Richardson will compete again next week in Nairobi.
