World 100m champions Oblique Seville of Jamaica and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the United States secured victories in their respective sprints at the Silesia Diamond League meeting held Friday at Stadion Śląski in Chorzów, Poland. Seville set a meet record of 9.83 seconds in the men’s 100m, edging out Americans Kenny Bednarek and Christian Coleman, who finished with times of 9.87 and 9.93 seconds respectively.

In the women’s 100m, Jefferson-Wooden posted a season-best 10.78 seconds to claim the win in the event’s first head-to-head this season against Olympic champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia, who followed 0.05 seconds behind. Jefferson-Wooden credited her race strategy to maintaining focus on her own lane and controlling the race under pressure.

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis continued his dominance in the pole vault despite an uncharacteristically rocky start that included three failed attempts. The Swedish pole vaulter cleared 6.20 meters to outdo Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis by 20 centimeters. Duplantis made one attempt at 6.32 meters, which would have marked his 16th world record, before concluding his participation. He acknowledged the early struggles cost him energy needed to break the world record.

One of the standout performances came from Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos, who maintained an unbeaten streak this season by winning the 400m hurdles in 46.43 seconds – the sixth-fastest time ever recorded and a new meet record, surpassing Norway’s Karsten Warholm’s previous mark. Dos Santos has now won all four of her outings in Silesia this year, including four victories over Warholm, who recently secured a fourth European championship in Birmingham. Warholm noted that his season’s best time was respectable given his recent competition schedule and recovery from the European championships.

European 5,000m gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway made his first Diamond League appearance in two years in the 1,500m, finishing fourth behind American Ethan Strand, who won in 3:30.77. Kenyan Phanuel Kipkosegi Koech and Olympic champion Cole Hocker of the U.S. placed second and third respectively.

Canada continued its strong presence in the hammer throw with Olympic and world champions Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers capturing gold in the men’s and women’s events with marks of 82.92 meters and 77.09 meters. Dominican Republic’s Marileidy Paulino won the women’s 400m in 48.87 seconds.

In the men’s 3,000m steeplechase, two-time Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco was runner-up to Ethiopia’s Gemechu Godana, who set a meet record with a time of 8:02.74. In hurdles, world record holder Ja’Kobe Tharp won the 110m in 13.05 seconds, while fellow American Alaysha Johnson claimed the women’s short hurdles title in 12.52 seconds.

Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh equaled the meet record in the women’s high jump with a mark of 2.00 meters. Botswana’s Busang Collen Kebinatshipi impressed in the men’s 400m, breaking the meet record previously held by world record holder Wayde van Niekerk with a time of 43.59 seconds.

The event attracted a high-caliber field of 260 athletes, including 55 Olympic medalists, 101 world championship podium finishers, and 68 European championship medalists, drawing a crowd of 40,000 spectators.