Sprintstar Noah Lyles shone in his highly awaited season debut.
The 100 m Olympic champion from the United States won the 200 m in 19.88 seconds ahead of Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo (Botswana/19.97) at the Diamond League Meeting in Monaco and underlined its World Cup ambitions.
Lyles has been struggling with foot problems for months. This year he only started in April at the “Tom Jones Invitational” in Florida over 400 m, where the foot also caused problems. In the Stade Louis II, however, there was nothing to be seen, with his victory he also reported back in time before the World Cup in Tokyo (13th to 21st September).
In the pole vault, Armand Duplantis reached 6.05 m to victory, then he failed three times at the world record height of 6.29 m.
For Bo Kanda Lita Baehre, the competition ended with a “Salto Nullo”, the Düsseldorf failed three times at his entry height of 5.47 m.
The Dutchman Femke Bol, who set up a meeting record in 51.95 seconds and at the same time a world year, was not to be beaten.
The 25-year-old remains without defeat this year. The Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi over 800 m in 1: 41.44 minutes and high jumper Woo Sang-Hyeok (South Korea/2.34 m) provided further world year best.