EUGENE, United States, May 29, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Trayvon Bromell and Elaine
Thompson-Herah grabbed 100m Diamond League victories Saturday in Eugene,
where eight world-leading performances highlighted the action at Hayward
Field.

America's Bromell, the fastest man in the world last year, bounced back from
a false start disqualification in Birmingham last weekend to win a star-
studded men's 100m in 9.93sec.

Jamaica's Thompson-Herah, who won back-to-back Olympic 100m-200m doubles in
2016 and last year, captured the women's 100m in 10.79.

Neither was a world best for 2022, but Thompson-Herah said she was just
pleased to hit the line first and healthy on a rainy day in Eugene at the
same venue that will host the World Championships on July 15-24.

"I'm excited I crossed the line healthy," Thompson-Herah said. "I don't care
about the time. The rain was falling. It was a little cold.

"It shows I'm on a great path," added the Jamaican star, who pulled out of
the Birmingham Diamond League meeting with a shoulder injury, testing herself
in a lower-level meeting in Kingston last Saturday instead.

"I'm getting into shape," added the Jamaican, who said on Friday that her
training had also been disrupted by a nagging Achilles injury. "I'm getting
where I need to be."

Thompson-Herah made a smooth start on the damp track and took control at the
50m mark. Rising US star Sha'Carri Richardson won a close battle for second
place ahead of Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, both credited with a time of
10.92.

Richardson, 22, shot to prominence last season at the US Olympic trials with
a wind-aided 10.64 in the final. But she missed the Tokyo Games after a
positive test for marijuana.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce made it a women's sprint double for Jamaica with a
victory in the 200m in 22.41.

Bromell, who clocked a wind-aided 9.75 in Florida earlier this month, said
his race left plenty of room for improvement as he looks toward the US World
Championship trials in Eugene next month and the Worlds themselves.

"I was happy to come out with a win, but I felt like there was a lot of
technical stuff I messed up on," he said. "I'm pretty sure I'm already
getting messages from my coach."

Compatriot Fred Kerley, silver medallist at the Tokyo Olympics last year, was
second in 9.98 and reigning world champion Christian Coleman, still working
his way back after an 18-month suspension for violating doping whereabouts
rules, completed a US podium sweep in 10.04.

"It went pretty well, just considering the elements and where I'm at in the
season," Coleman said.

- Norman impresses in 400 -

Despite intermittent rain, the day included a host of world-leading
performances, starting with Brazilan Alison dos Santos's 400m hurdles victory
in 47.23, which shaved one-hundredth of a second off the world leading mark
he posted in winning at the Doha Diamond League meet.

The Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist said it was "amazing" to get a chance to
test the World Championships venue.

"It's so nice, because you can feel the energy, you can feel the track, you
can feel everything before the championships."

American Michael Norman shattered a 22-year-old meet record set by Michael
Johnson with his 400m triumph in 43.60.

Norman's fastest performance in more than a year was the best in the world in
2022 and carried him to victory over Grenada's 2012 Olympic champion Kirani
James (44.02) and Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith (44.35).

Britain's Keely Hodgkinson backed up her victory in Birmingham with a gritty
win in the women's 800m in a world-leading 1:57.72.

Kazakhstan's Norah Jeruto won the women's 3,000m steeplechase in a world-
leading 8:57.97. Winfred Mutile Yavi of Bahrain became just the seventh woman
to break nine minutes in the event with her second-place finish in 8:58.71.

World record-holder Ryan Crouser won the shot put with a season's best 23.02
ahead of compatriot Joe Kovacs (22.49) and New Zealand's Tomas Walsh (21.96).

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon of Kenya won the women's
1,500m in 3:52.59, Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the men's mile in 3:49.76
and Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi won the men's 5,000m in 12:50.05.

Aregawi's victory improved on the world leading time of 12:57.99 set by Tokyo
Olympic gold medallist Joshua Cheptegei on Friday night in a separate 5,000m
race billed as a world record attempt by the Ugandan.