American sprinter – Christian Coleman beat world champion, Noah Lyles by two hundredths of a second to claim the men’s 100m Diamond League crown in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.
The 2019 world champion [Coleman] ran 9.83 [0.1] to equal the world lead that he had held going into the competition with Lyles and Zharnel Hughes.
It was always expected to be a breathtaking dash and despite Ackeem Blake’s false-start disqualification, the event lived up to its hype with Coleman’s time, like it did in China, again equalled the world lead of 9.83s, which was first set by Noah Lyles in August.
Lyles the World Champion, closed fast for second in 9.85 seconds, while Kenya’s Omanyala Ferdinand was third with a similar time of 9.85 seconds.
Jamaican Kishane Thompson, 22, in his first real competitive season got out well but faded into fourth in 9.87 seconds.
