BEST OF THE REST
Poland’s world champion Piotr Malachowski threw 67.50m in the discus, while Latvia’s Madara Palameika won the javelin with 65.68m as British record-holder Goldie Sayers was ninth with a best of 57.08m.
The Club: Connect mixed 4x100m relays kicked off Birmingham Diamond League action, with Birchfield Harriers dominating both the under-13 and under-15 events ahead of Solihull & Small Heath and Coventry Godiva Harriers respectively.
Halesowen claimed victory in the under-17 race despite the efforts of the fast-finishing Birchfield anchor, 45.50 to 45.58. There was a third win for Birchfield in the last of the relays as the under-20 team clocked 45.53 ahead of Stratford with 46.36.
The ‘development’ women’s 1500m saw good results for Brits as winner Sarah McDonald, who had a PB of 4:17.13 before 2016, improved still further to 4:07.18. PBs also went to Melissa Courtney with 4:07.55 and junior Bobby Clay with 4:10.61.
Having recently achieved his aim of going sub-10 seconds as a 40-year-old with a 9.93 PB in Germany, Kim Collins again made the most of his experience to claim victory in a photo finish ahead of USA’s Michael Rodgers, with both athletes clocking 10.11. Britain’s CJ Ujah was third in 10.12 after the race lost two athletes – Churandy Martina and Aaron Brown – to false starts.