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Thea LaFond produced the best women&rsquo;s triple jump performance in the world for almost four years, leaping a world-leading 15.25m (1.8m/s) at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb on Friday (26).
The Olympic champion&rsquo;s performance was one of six meeting records set at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, and it came in a high-quality contest against world champion Leyanis Perez Hernandez of Cuba.
Perez Hernandez had led with 14.74m before LaFond launched herself out to 15.25m in the fifth round. The mark smashed the meeting record of 14.77m, added 23 centimetres to the PB LaFond set when winning Olympic gold in 2024, and moved her to equal ninth on the world all-time list. It also lifted her to third on the North American all-time list.
Perez Hernandez responded with 14.76m in the sixth round but couldn&rsquo;t get close to LaFond&rsquo;s winning mark.
&ldquo;I was really trying to project off the board and get a good hop, which I had been missing for most of the season,&rdquo; said LaFond. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not at the weight I&rsquo;m normally at and I&rsquo;m not running as fast as I normally do, but I feel so powerful. My coach and husband told me to focus on the take-off and be patient on the hop. On that last jump, I just told myself to forget everything else and launch off the board. It was probably one of the easiest jumps of my life. 15.25m &ndash; just saying it sounds insane.&rdquo;
Alaysha Johnson won a thrilling women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles in 12.43, getting the verdict in a photo finish from Rayniah Jones, who was given the same time. Both athletes shared the meeting record, while Alia Armstrong completed a US sweep of the top three in 12.51.
There was another meeting record in the men&rsquo;s 110m hurdles, where Jamal Britt equalled the 12.98 mark that had stood since 1999. Japan&rsquo;s Shunsuke Izumiya finished second in a PB of 13.00, with Kendry Menendez third in a PB of 13.02. World champion Cordell Tinch was fourth in 13.17.
Multiple global champion Elaine Thompson-Herah broke one of the oldest meeting records on the books, winning the women&rsquo;s 100m in a season&rsquo;s best of 10.91 to improve a mark that had stood since 1988. Fellow Jamaican Brianna Lyston was second in an equal season&rsquo;s best of 10.94, while Poland&rsquo;s Ewa Swoboda was third in a season&rsquo;s best of 10.98.
Two other Jamaican women also broke meeting records. Stacey Ann Williams won the women&rsquo;s 400m in 49.48, finishing ahead of Britain&rsquo;s Yemi Mary John, who ran 50.33. Rushell Clayton improved her own meeting record in the women&rsquo;s 400m hurdles, winning comfortably in 53.54 from Belgium&rsquo;s Paulien Couckuyt, who set a PB of 54.32. World leader Emma Zapletalova looked out of sorts and coasted to fifth in 55.82.
<h2>Fajdek wins high-quality hammer contest</h2>
Pawel Fajdek made a stunning return to form and produced his best throw since winning his fifth world title in 2022, launching the hammer 81.89m to win a high-quality contest.
The Polish thrower, who was making his season debut, had been fifth heading into the fifth round. Moments earlier, Mykhaylo Kokhan had taken the lead with 81.42m, but Fajdek responded almost immediately, moving ahead with a mark that was just two centimetres shy of the meeting record set by Yann Chaussinand last year.
Kokhan finished second with 81.42m, while Chaussinand was third with 80.92m, a mark that had led from the second round until the fifth. Bence Halasz completed a rare contest with four men beyond 80 metres, throwing 80.71m.
In the men&rsquo;s discus, Slovenia&rsquo;s Kristjan Ceh saved his best for last. Britain&rsquo;s Lawrence Okoye briefly took the lead in the fifth round with 68.24m, but Ceh responded in the final round with 70.32m to secure victory.
The men&rsquo;s shot put, held on Thursday, was won by Rajindra Campbell with a Jamaican record of 22.44m. Leonardo Fabbri of Italy had taken the lead with 22.17m in the second round and improved to 22.21m in the third, before Campbell moved ahead in round five.
<h2>Miller-Uibo and De Grasse take 200m wins</h2>
Shaunae Miller-Uibo, the two-time Olympic 400m champion, won the women&rsquo;s 200m convincingly in 22.19, finishing more than half a second ahead of Liberia&rsquo;s Thelma Davies, who clocked 22.76.
Andre De Grasse &ndash; like Miller-Uibo, an Olympic gold medallist in 2021 &ndash; won the men&rsquo;s race in 19.95, holding off a strong challenge from breakout Moroccan sprinter Yassine Hssine, who reduced his own national record to 20.00.
In the women&rsquo;s high jump, held on Wednesday, Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh cleared 1.97m to win from Eleanor Patterson and Angelina Topic, who both cleared 1.95m.
Anvar Anvarov broke his own Uzbek record to win the men&rsquo;s long jump with 8.29m, finishing just six centimetres ahead of Serbia&rsquo;s Luka Boskovic, who set a PB of 8.23m.
Leonie Hugli continued her breakthrough season in the women&rsquo;s javelin. The Swiss thrower, who started the year with a PB of 51.98m before improving to a national record of 61.94m in May, backed up that recent form with a 61.14m victory here in Zagreb.
Teenager Phoebe Gill led a British one-two in the women&rsquo;s 800m, winning in 1:59.18 from Isabelle Boffey, who ran 1:59.70.
Elsewhere on the track, USA&rsquo;s Nathan Green won the men&rsquo;s 1500m in 3:32.46, while France&rsquo;s Jordan Terrasse took the men&rsquo;s 800m in 1:44.77. In the women&rsquo;s 3000m, Ethiopian teenager Ngisti Molla stayed in the race after pacing duties and went on to win in 8:44.75.
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Thea LaFond produced the best women’s triple jump performance in the world for almost four years, leaping 15.25m at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb

LaFond sails to world-leading 15.25m in Zagreb

Sprint doubles by Mia Maxwell and Tate Taylor plus a series of 110m hurdles records were among the highlights at the US U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Held as part of the Nike Outdoor Nationals from 18-22 June at Hayward Field, athletes were keen to make their mark at the venue that will host the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26 in August.
In the race for host nation World U20 Championships places, Ja'Shaun Lloyd was the first of the US U20 record-breakers in the 110m hurdles as he won his heat in 13.04 (0.2m/s) to improve on the previous record of 13.05 held by the now senior world record-holder Ja'Kobe Tharp.
But it didn&rsquo;t stand long as Le'Ezra Brown won the next heat in 12.95 (-0.6m/s) &ndash; a North American U20 record that moved him to second on the world U20 all-time list.
Brown narrowly lost the final to Zacchaeus Brocks as they both clocked 12.98 (0.5m/s) &ndash; moving Brocks to joint fifth on the world U20 all-time list &ndash; and were separated by just two thousandths of a second. Lloyd was third in 13.01, also placing him in the all-time top 10.
USA&rsquo;s Taylor was another athlete to launch himself up the world U20 all-time list, winning the 200m in 19.94 (0.8m/s) to become the fourth-fastest U20 200m sprinter in history. That completed the 18-year-old&rsquo;s national title double, following his 100m win in 10.15 (-1.3m/s) the day before. Blake Hamilton finished second in the 200m in 20.02, while Kyler Brown was runner-up in the 100m in 10.21.
Taylor went on to finish second in the Outdoor Nationals 100m, running 10.10 (1.3m/s) in a race won by his training partner Jake Odey-Jordan of Great Britain in a European U20 record of 10.01. The World U20 Championships in Oregon offers Odey-Jordan the chance to build on the 200m bronze and 4x100m silver he claimed as a 16-year-old at the last edition of the championships in Lima in 2024 and&nbsp;Taylor could be one of his main rivals.
USA&rsquo;s Mia Maxwell and her twin sister Mariah secured the top two spots in the 100m and the 200m. Mia clocked 11.08 (0.8m/s) to win the shorter sprint before completing the double by claiming the 200m crown in 22.49 (0.0m/s), just 0.01 off the championship record. Mariah was runner-up in 11.33 and 22.86, respectively.
Jayden DeLeon improved his PB by almost a second to 44.52, a championship record, to win the 400m ahead of Quincy Wilson (44.84), while Atajas Stephanie-Vazquez ran a PB of 51.08 to secure her 400m title.
Claire Stegall won the 1500m in a championship record of 4:04.59, moving her to second on the US U20 all-time list, while Hannah Grace cleared 4.45m to win the pole vault and secure her team spot for a second World U20 Championships following her fourth place in Lima two years ago.
Jaslene Massey achieved a throws double, winning the discus with a PB of 60.27m to move to third on the US U20 all-time list and then throwing another PB of 16.88m to win the shot put. She went on to also win both events as part of the Outdoor Nationals competition.
The US U20 Championships, which took place on the first two days of the&nbsp;Outdoor Nationals, served as the host nation&rsquo;s selection event for the World U20 Championships. The top two finishers in each event who have achieved the qualifying standard will be selected for the global championships, taking place from 5-9 August.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7243025?eventId=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
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Sprint doubles by Mia Maxwell and Tate Taylor plus a series of 110m hurdles records were among the highlights at the US U20 Championships

Records fall as athletes fight for world team places at US U20 Championships

Two-time world U20 medallist Shanoya Douglas secured a sprint double at the Jamaican U20 Championships (18-21 June), winning the 100m and the 200m in Kingston.
The 100m was one of the most anticipated events as it featured two of the most exciting and fiercely competitive Jamaican U20 athletes, racing each other for the first time since 2024. The ease with which both athletes won their semifinals created an electric atmosphere for their rematch.
In the final, world U20 leader Douglas ran 11.08 (0.1m/s) to overcome a spirited challenge from Theianna-Lee Terrelonge (11.18).
&ldquo;I think she (Terrelonge) is very strong at the start, and I&rsquo;m strong in the transition and the finish phases,&rdquo; explained Douglas, who claimed a CARIFTA sprint triple in Grenada in April. &ldquo;Once I get a decent start, I believe I will win because I believe in myself.&rdquo;
Two days later, Douglas completed the sprint double &ndash; her third this season &ndash; by winning the 200m in 22.56.
&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t execute the way I wanted, but I&rsquo;m still pleased with the performance and I have a lot more to show in Oregon (World U20 Championships), where I am working towards winning the gold medal,&rdquo; added Douglas, the world U20 4x100m gold and 200m bronze medallist in Lima two years ago.
Robert Miller achieved a PB of 49.96 to win the 400m hurdles, becoming the ninth fastest in Jamaican history. Behind Miller, a close race unfolded between Jahvanie Tyrell and Joshua Wint, the photo finish camera confirming a win for Tyrell by just three thousandths of a second, as both were timed at 50.27.
CARIFTA Games champion Tiana Marshall continued her dominance in the 100m hurdles, winning in 13.10 (1.7m/s).&nbsp;
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very excited to be going to Eugene for the World U20 Championships,&rdquo; said Marshall, who sits third on this year&rsquo;s world top list. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the biggest championships for me this season and I&rsquo;m excited to see what I will do out there.&rdquo;
Marquies Page, who missed the CARIFTA Games earlier this year, booked his ticket to Oregon with a sublime run in the 110m hurdles. After a sluggish start, Page smoothly reeled in the field and overtook early leader Taj-Oneil Gordon. Page&rsquo;s winning time was 13.34, while Gordon recorded a PB of 13.37.
&ldquo;My approach to the first three hurdles wasn&rsquo;t the best, but I shook it off, got back my rhythm and finished the race,&rdquo; explained Page.&nbsp;
Daniella Dixon maintained her composure in the 400m final to fend off the fast-finishing CARIFTA U17 champion Shameika McLean, winning in 52.64 to McLean's 52.76.
Noel Francis for World Athletics
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Two-time world U20 medallist Shanoya Douglas secured a sprint double at the Jamaican U20 Championships (18-21 June), winning the 100m and the 200m in Kingston

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