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France&rsquo;s Elisa Pineau (6020) and Germany&rsquo;s Malik Diakite (8037) were the winners at the International Meeting of Arona &ndash; the second Gold leg of the World Athletics Combined Events Tour &ndash; on the Canary Islands this weekend (11-12). Both multi-eventers only took the lead after the final events and missed their respective lifetime bests by a narrow margin.
<h2>Vidts shines on day one</h2>
Taking advantage of an ideal 1.9m/s tailwaind, the two-time world indoor champion Noor Vidts opened the heptathlon with a 13.31 100m hurdles, her fourth ever quickest time. Even so, she couldn&rsquo;t top the event, that feat going to Norway&rsquo;s Ida Eikeng who lowered her career best by 0.03 thanks to a 13.23 performance. Spain&rsquo;s Sofia Cosculluela and Britain&rsquo;s Jodie Smith also set respective lifetime bests of 13.42 and 13.43.&nbsp;
After the high jump, Vidts moved to the top after equalling her PB of 1.84m at the first time of asking, while the 22-year-old Smith improved her career best by clearing 1.81m on her third attempt. Overall, Vidts finished the morning session at the helm with a 2107 tally to Smith&rsquo;s 2051, while Eikeng was a distant third on 1969 points.&nbsp;
The 27-year-old Belgian athlete extended her lead in the shot put, despite not reaching the 14-metre barrier with a furthest throw of 13.85m in round three in a contest won by Switzerland&rsquo;s Caroline Agnou thanks to a 14.38m performance, while Eikeng overtook Smith in the fight for second place overall &ndash; 13.75m and 12.37m their respective marks. The Norwegian was some nine points ahead of the Briton but 145 behind the leading 2891 points of Vidts.&nbsp;
In Saturday&rsquo;s closing event, Eikeng got the better of the two-time world indoor champion to grab the 200m win in 24.26 (-0.9m/s) to Vidts&rsquo; 24.54, but the latter was a clear overnight leader with a 3820 tally to Eikeng&rsquo;s 3702 and Smith&rsquo;s 3641.&nbsp;
By then, Pineau was only sixth with 3560 points after performances of 13.94 (100m hurdles), 1.72m (high jump), 14.19m (shot put) and 25.00 (200m).
At the beginning of day two, Belgium&rsquo;s Sennah Vanhoeijen produced a fine 6.18m second-attempt leap in the long jump to grab the win ahead of Pineau&rsquo;s 6.15m, although the big news came when Vidts did not begin the contest. Vidts confirmed that it was just a matter of season planning, as she had already intended not to compete on Sunday.&nbsp;
In her absence, Eikeng (5.94m in the long jump) moved into pole position with 4521 points and a 65-point gap ahead of Pineau, while Smith placed third another 80 points behind.&nbsp;
The Norwegian extended her lead after the javelin, an event taken by Agnou (50.29m), thanks to a 47.43m throw for third compared to Pineau&rsquo;s 44.71m. With just the 800m left, Eikeng led by 117 points (5331/5214) with Ireland&rsquo;s Kate O&rsquo;Connor in third (5145). The final 800m was dominated by the Swiss athletes &ndash; the win going to Katelyn Adel (2:14.79) ahead of Lydia Boll (2:15.90).&nbsp;
In the fight for the heptathlon victory, Pineau took advantage of Eikeng&rsquo;s 2:40.90 performance to overtake her after her 2:21.27 clocking for sixth.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m so happy because honestly, I didn&rsquo;t expect to win this weekend,&rdquo; said Pineau. &ldquo;My first day was quite weak and today was just OK. I was just seven points off my PB, so I&rsquo;m satisfied.&rdquo;
<h2>Exciting Tesselaar-Kopecky clash, but Diakite finally prevails</h2>
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Malik Diakite and Jeff Tesselaar in Arona (&copy; Organisers)
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The men&rsquo;s opening 100m witnessed the win of Spain&rsquo;s 20-year-old Tayb David Loum in 10.72. He was followed by his compatriot Pol Ferrer (10.78), with Jeff Tesselaar of the Netherlands placing third in 10.90.
The leading favourites for the overall win struggled at this event, with Ondrej Kopecky of Czechia being timed at 11.10, Germany&rsquo;s Kai Kazmirek clocking 11.37 and Sweden&rsquo;s Marcus Nilsson running 11.51.&nbsp;
The long jump was dominated by Tesselaar as the Dutch athlete produced a massive effort of 7.88m, helped by a 2.4m/s following wind in his last attempt after fouling the first two jumps to move to the front after two events. He had 2643 points to Ferrer&rsquo;s 2560 - the 21-year-old Spaniard being second in the long jump thanks to a 7.55m effort.&nbsp;
Top in the shot put went to Spain&rsquo;s Jose San Pastor thanks to a 15.69m first-round toss, while Tesselaar exceeded the 14-metre mark for the first time in his career (14.03m for sixth), which proved to be enough to maintain his top spot.
The high jump didn&rsquo;t bring fireworks, Britain&rsquo;s Lewis Church being the only multi-eventer reaching the 2.00m barrier, while the 2017 world bronze medallist Kazmirek decided not to take part after feeling some discomfort over the first two events. A 1.97m second-time clearance by Tesselaar strengthened his lead to 136 points over Ferrer (3419/3283) while Kopecky (1.94m) became a threatening third, just 36 points behind the Spaniard.&nbsp;
The final 400m of day one went to Loum after a brisk career best of 47.33, while Tesselaar clocked 48.16 for third. The one-lap event produced notable casualties as the 2022 winner Nilsson did not start, while an injured Ferrer crossed the finish line jogging.&nbsp;
At the end of the Saturday session, the European U23 Championships ninth-place finisher Tesselaar led with 4320 points and a 216 advantage on Kopecky, himself 14 points clear of Loum, while the eventual winner Diakite placed fifth with 4049 points thanks to performances of 11.09 (100m), 7.42m (long jump), 14.12m (shot put), 1.88m (high jump) and 49.00 (400m).
After day one, everything seemed ready for a fierce battle between the Dutch and the Czech decathletes. Kopecky is coached by the former world record-holder Roman Sebrle, who declared after day one: &ldquo;His second day is better than the first one, so I&rsquo;m confident Ondrej can reach 8200 points or so.&rdquo;
The 110m hurdles narrowed Tesselaar&rsquo;s margin as Kopecky clocked 14.48 for third, while the overnight leader finished fourth in 14.65 to lose 21 points from his advantage. The event was taken by Venezuela&rsquo;s Gerson Izaguirre, 14.05 (0.6m/s) his winning time.&nbsp;
Kopecky kept his chase on Tesselaar in the discus by winning with a 45.13m second-round effort, head and shoulders above the 21-year-old Dutch athlete who could not go beyond ninth with 38.33m, 5843 and 5787 being their respective scorings after seven events with Izaguirre third (5686).&nbsp;
The pole vault was bittersweet for Kopecky as he took the overall lead &ndash; 6606 to 6603 &ndash; with a 4.70m clearance, but he injured his achilles tendon on his first attempt over 4.90m. Tessalaar equalled his career best outdoors of 4.50m and seemed to be the favourite for the overall win, but while the 21-year-old improved his javelin PB to 50.55m he lost the top spot to Diakite who unleashed a 61.58m effort to overtake the German by four points before the final 1500m.&nbsp;
The 1500m became a thriller as Tesselaar got a swift start to reach the 400m (1:07.12) and 800m (2:18.23) marks 40m ahead of the German, but the latter found another gear to cover the closing lap in a brisk 1:02 to romp home virtually even with Tesselaar (4:16.54 and 4:16:86, both lifetime bests) to finally succeed by just two points.
Diakite scored 8037 points to Tesselaar&rsquo;s 8035, the winner improving his PB by 282 points.
The 24-year-old victor commented: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m super tired as it has been two tough days, but it&rsquo;s worth it as I have won and exceed the 8000m barrier for the second time in my career (8051 PB). I&rsquo;ll next compete in Ratingen at the end of June.&rdquo;
Emeterio Valiente for World Athletics

France’s Elisa Pineau (6020) and Germany’s Malik Diakite (8037) were the winners at the International Meeting of Arona – the second Gold leg of the World Athletics Combined Events Tour

Pineau and Diakite take the spoils in Arona

On her first visit to Jamaica, Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith produced a scintillating run to win the women&rsquo;s 100m in 10.91 (1.1m/s) at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational Meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, on Saturday (11).
Ta Lou-Smith, making her individual season debut, moved to third on this season&rsquo;s world list. She got a decent start and went into overdrive at the halfway stage before going on to claim a clear win.&nbsp;
&ldquo;To open my season with 10.91 is great,&rdquo; said Ta Lou-Smith. &ldquo;I was thrilled to see the crowd, and hearing the applause when my name was called was incredible.&rdquo;
Jamaica&rsquo;s Krystal Sloley, in a display of her vast improvement, clocked a personal best of 11.09 to secure the runner-up position ahead of compatriot Kemba Nelson (11.12).&nbsp;
Despite a faulty start and a subsequent false start, the men&rsquo;s 100m was a nail-biting encounter between world indoor 60m bronze medallist Ackeem Blake and Julian Forte, resulting in a photo finish. Both men clocked 10.02 (0.8m/s), with Forte being declared the winner after photo analysis. Brandon Hicklin, one of three men to have dipped under 10 seconds this season, finished third in 10.09.
In their first meeting since their epic showdown at the World Championships in Budapest, European 400m record-holder and world silver medallist Matthew Hudson-Smith took revenge on world champion Antonio Watson. The race was almost a repeat of the world final, with Hudson-Smith running a strong 350m and Watson cruising as if he was in energy-saving mode. Unlike last year, Hudson-Smith managed to maintain his lead and crossed the finish line in 44.69. Matthew Boling came in second in 44.98, while Watson finished in fourth place with 45.61.
A few minutes later, Dina Asher-Smith showed steely resolve to repel the challenge of the fast-finishing Jessika Gbai, 22.51 to 22.53, in an entertaining women&rsquo;s 200m.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Coming off the curve, Asher-Smith looked in command but began to tire as Gbai made up considerable ground in the final 50 metres. However, the finish line came at the right time for Asher-Smith, competing for the first time in Jamaica.
&ldquo;My execution was not good,&rdquo; Asher-Smith said with a wry smile. &ldquo;When I crossed the line, I said: &lsquo;I will be in trouble&rsquo;. My start could have been much better, and I could have cut the bend a little better. The intensity was good, and my finish could have been better, but it was all right. Nevertheless, I am in a good place, and there&rsquo;s plenty to work on.&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;
In the men&rsquo;s 200m, Great Britain&rsquo;s Zharnel Hughes produced an energetic run to register his first sub-20-second mark this season. Hughes, who easily outpaced US duo Christian Coleman and Fred Kerley in the home straight, was satisfied with his effort of 19.96 (1.1m/s).
&ldquo;I think it was a good race,&rdquo; said Hughes. &ldquo;To run sub-20 so early in the season is a bonus for me. I&rsquo;ve never run this fast so early; last year, my 19-point came in July at the London Diamond League.&rdquo;
Kerley was second in 20.17, just ahead of Pablo Mateo of France in 20.20.
Tobi Amusan, the world record-holder in the women's 100m hurdles, was the fastest over the barriers, setting a world-leading time of 12.40 (0.9m/s). Danielle Williams, a two-time world champion, was ahead for most of the race but lost her rhythm over the final two hurdles and finished second with 12.46.
&ldquo;This is the healthiest I&rsquo;ve been. It&rsquo;s a pain-free season compared to other years,&rdquo; said Amusan. &ldquo;I told myself: &lsquo;I&rsquo;m not getting a DQ today&rsquo;. I&rsquo;m not the best of starters, but looking at how I executed today, it could have been better, but I am thankful for the win.&rdquo;
World bronze medallist Rushell Clayton held her nerves to fend off a stern challenge from Anna Cockrell in an enthralling 400m hurdles. Clayton won in a world-leading 53.72, with Cockrell 0.04 adrift.&nbsp;
Jamaica&rsquo;s Malik James-King caused a major upset in the men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles. Kyron McMaster, who won the silver medal at the Budapest World Championships, had taken a commanding lead in the first 300m, and it seemed like he would win comfortably. However, James-King had other plans and started to close in. By the ninth hurdle, James-King was level with McMaster before pulling away to win in a lifetime best of 48.39. McMaster finished second in 49.00, while Jaheel Hyde came third in 49.48.
The charismatic Jaydon Hibbert, the world U20 record-holder and 14th-best jumper of all time, cut the sand at 17.57m (-1.3m/s) in the second round to wrap up the men&rsquo;s triple jump contest.&nbsp;
Traves Smikle won the men&rsquo;s discus with a throw of 66.89m ahead of Fedrick Dacres' 65.94m.
Jamaica's Raymond Richards won the men&rsquo;s high jump by clearing 2.24m on his first attempt.&nbsp;
Noel Francis for World Athletics 
<h2>Orogot, Pryce and Morales Williams impress at SEC Championships</h2>
At the Southeastern Conference Championships in Gainesville, Florida, Tarsis Orogot improved his Ugandan record to 19.75 (1.0m/s) to win the 200m. The 21-year-old, who was fifth in the 100m in a PB of 10.06, finished clear in the longer event, winning ahead of Wanya McCoy of The Bahamas in a PB of 19.93.
The 100m was won by Nigeria&rsquo;s Godson Oghenebrume in 9.99 (0.6m/s).
In the women&rsquo;s 100m final, Jamaica&rsquo;s world U20 200m champion Brianna Lyston achieved the first wind-legal sub-11.00 performance of her career, clocking 10.91 (0.3m/s) to win ahead of USA&rsquo;s Kaila Jackson, also with a PB of 10.95.
Lyston was also fourth (22.37) in a 200m final won by USA&rsquo;s Mckenzie Long in 22.03 ahead of her compatriots JaMeesia Ford (22.11) and Thelma Davies (22.17).
In a fast 400m final, Arkansas&rsquo; Nickisha Pryce held off her teammates Kaylin Brown and Amber Anning as they all dipped under 50 seconds, Pryce winning in 49.32 from Brown&rsquo;s 49.47 and Anning&rsquo;s 49.51 &ndash; all PBs. A total of four women went sub-49.8, with Aaliyah Butler finishing fourth in a lifetime best of 49.79.
The men&rsquo;s 400m was won by Christopher Morales Williams as he ran a big PB of 44.05 to improve the Canadian record and set a world lead. Nigeria&rsquo;s 17-year-old Samuel Ogazi was second in 44.58
World U20 400m hurdles bronze medallist Michaela Rose improved her own meeting record to 1:58.89 to win the 800m.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7211526?eventId=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
Elsewhere in Florida, USA&rsquo;s Kendal Williams clocked a PB of 9.93 (2.0m/s) to match the fastest men&rsquo;s 100m time in the world so far this year, racing at the PURE Athletics Sprint Elite Meet in Clermont.&nbsp;
Tamara Clark completed a women&rsquo;s sprint double, winning the 100m in 10.98 (1.9m/s) and the 200m in 22.32 (1.3m/s). Josephus Lyles took the men&rsquo;s 200m in a wind-assisted 20.05 (2.6m/s).
France&rsquo;s 2022 world indoor 60m hurdles champion Cyrena Samba-Mayela stormed to a 100m hurdles win in a wind-assisted 12.44 (3.2m/s) after a wind-legal 12.52 (1.9m/s) to improve her national record in the heats.
Jacob Fincham Dukes soared a windy 8.30m (2.6m/s) to win the long jump.
<h2>Rose throws area record, Gill runs European U18 best</h2>
At the GVSU 10 Event Last Chance Meet in Allendale, Michigan, Samoa's Alex Rose improved the Oceanian discus record to 71.48m - adding more than a metre to his previous best. He now sits 11th on the world all-time list.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7204908?eventId=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
Over at the Belfast Irish Milers Meet, Great Britain&rsquo;s Phoebe Gill won the 800m in 1:57.86. With that performance, the 17-year-old set a European U18 best and moved to second on the world U18 all-time list behind China's Wang Yuan. It also put her joint second on this season's senior top list.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7204636?eventId=10229512" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
At the Throws U 2024 Series meeting in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, world indoor champion Sarah Mitton improved her Canadian shot put record to a world-leading 20.68m, adding 35cm to her previous best.
The Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles saw double Olympic champion Sifan Hassan solo run her way to a 5000m win in 14:58.83 in her first race since finishing fourth in the Tokyo Marathon at the start of March.
Nikki Hiltz won the 800m from Emily Mackay - 2:00.46 to 2:00.85. Luis Grijalva achieved a 1500m and 5000m double, winning &lsquo;final 2&rsquo; of the shorter event in 3:38.20 and then returning to take the 5000m in 13:16.53.&nbsp;
In her first steeplechase in more than a year following injury, Valerie Constien won the 3000m steeplechase in 9:27.22.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7210748?eventId=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

On her first visit to Jamaica, Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith produced a scintillating run to win the women’s 100m in 10.91 

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