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USA's Sha'Carri Richardson beat the late Tori Bowie's 100m record at Doha in the Diamond League as Dina Asher-Smith claimed third place. Earlier in the week Bowie, a three-time Olympic medal winner and a 100m world champion, was found dead aged 32.
DOHA : Sha'Carri Richardson left her rivals in the dust as the American streaked to 100 metres victory in the first Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha on Friday.
Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra began his Diamond League title defence with a comfortable win in the season-opening leg here on Friday, with a world leading and fourth career-best effort. The 25-year-old Chopra, who had pocketed the 2022 Diamond League Final trophy in Switzerland in September last, beat a star-studded field with a best throw of 88.67m to begin his season in style. Chopra hit his straps in his first attempt itself with a world-leading throw of 88.67m, which was his fourth career-best effort to position himself on the top of the pile. He maintained the lead till the end to win the event in his second appearance at the Qatar Sports Club.
Canada's Aaron Brown is carrying over last season's Diamond League momentum.
Ben Simmons hopes to play for the Australian National Team in this summer's FIBA World Cup and has been included in the team's initial selection pool, sources told ESPN.
Alistair Brownlee believes the standard of middle distance triathlon has never been higher ahead of a hotly-anticipated showdown in the Saturday Spanish sun. The two-time Olympic champion from Leeds, 35, will make his return to racing in Ibiza for the inaugural Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) European Open this weekend.
Tokyo Olympics 2020 gold medallist Neeraj Chopra returns to action on Friday, May 5 as he begins his campaign in 2023 at the Doha Diamond League. India's first track and field Olympic champion and first Indian ever to win a Diamond Trophy, Neeraj, will feature among a host of champions in one of the most prestigious athletics events. Neeraj will be seen in action for the first time since his sensational 88.44m throw that clinched the 2022 Diamond Trophy in Zurich. The Doha meet will also see Commonwealth Games triple jump champion Eldhose Paul compete in a field including reigning Olympic champion Pedro Pichardo from Portugal and reigning Diamond League winner Andy Diaz Hernandez from Cuba.
Competing for the first time as Diamond League champion, star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will be up against his familiar nemeses in the first leg of the prestigious meetings series on Friday, as he aims to begin a 'long' season studded with a strong performance. The 25-year-old Chopra, also a 2022 World Championships silver winner, faces the likes of reigning world champion Anderson Peters of Grenada and Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Jakub Vadlejch of Czech Republic in a star-studded field at the Qatar Sports Club.