Athletics-Bromell beats Lyles in Paris Diamond League 100m, Duplantis wins


Athletics - Diamond League - Paris - Charlety Stadium, Paris, France - June 28, 2026 Trayvon Bromell of the U.S. after the men's 100m REUTERS/Tom Nicholson

PARIS, June 28 (Reuters) - ⁠Trayvon Bromell upset reigning 100m ⁠Olympic champion Noah Lyles to win ‌the men's 100m at the Paris Diamond League on Sunday, while Armand Duplantis dominated the pole ​vault at Stade Charlety.

Bromell ⁠clocked 9.91 seconds ⁠to hand Lyles his first defeat of ⁠the season, ‌while Duplantis cleared a meeting record 6.13m before three ⁠unsuccessful attempts at a world record ​height of ‌6.32m.

• Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs, the ⁠Tokyo 2020 ​Olympic 100m champion, was third in a season's best 9.96, with South Africa's ⁠Akani Simbine fourth in 9.97.

• ​Botswana's Busang Collen Kebinatshipi set a Diamond League record of 43.54 seconds to ⁠win the men's 400m.

• The Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino, the reigning Olympic champion, won the women's 400m in a ​world lead.

• Switzerland's Audrey ⁠Werro set a Diamond League record of ​one minute and 53.80 ‌seconds to win the ​women's 800m, the third fastest time ever run.

(Editing by Christian Radnedge)

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