Runners Marie-Josee Ta Lou, Noah Lyles, Femke Bol shine before 50,000 fans in London

Marie-Josee Ta Lou showed she will be a force to be reckoned with at the age of 34 at next month's World Athletics Championships as she claimed another Diamond League 100 metres win in a scorching 10.75 seconds at the London Athletics Meet on Sunday.

In the final Diamond League meeting before the Aug. 19-27 worlds, August in Budapest, Hungary, Ta Lou, Noah Lyles (men's 200), Femke Bol (women's 400 hurdles) and Jackline Chepkoech (women's 3,000 steeplechase) all produced stellar performances.

They were roared on by the biggest Diamond League crowd anywhere for five years as around 50,000 fans created a fabulous atmosphere as the event returned to London's Olympic Stadium for the first time since 2019.

For about nine seconds they thought they were going to see local favourite Dina Asher-Smith triumph in the women's 100 but she was overhauled to finish second in 10.85 seconds.

Flying past her was Ivory Coast's Ta Lou to claim her third Diamond League win of the season, with slow-starting Jamaican Shericka Jackson third in 10.94. American champion Sha'Carri Richardson withdrew from the race after feeling a tight hamstring in warmup.

WATCH | Ta Lou quiets crowd, passes local favourite Asher-Smith for 100m win:

"I hope to go back and train even harder for Budapest because I know it will take more to win there," Ta Lou said. "I know my finish is strong, but my start could be better, and I need to improve it to make sure I can achieve my goal of winning gold."

World champion Lyles also surged through late to win a stacked 200 as the American's 19.47-second run improved his own fastest time in the world this year by 2-10ths.

WATCH | Lyles lowers season world-leading mark to 19.47 seconds over 200m:

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