Results from the 2016 IAAF World Challenge meeting inside the Olympic stadium in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, 18 May.
American Justin Gatlin continued his preparation for a showdown with Usain Bolt and the rest of the world’s top sprinters with a 9.94 seconds performance to win the men’s 100m.
Two-time Olympic half lap champion Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica led a 1-2 Jamaican finish in the women’s 200m, while Dong Bin of China and Syria’s Majd Eddin Ghazal were among the athletes grabbing world-leading marks at the meeting.
Men
100m
1 Justin Gatlin USA 9.94; 2 Mike Rodgers USA 9.97; 3 Xie Zhenye CHN 10.12; 4 Isiah Young USA 10.13; 5 Keston Bledman TTO 10.17; 6 Zhang Peimeng CHN 10.24; 7 Femi Ogunode QAT 10.30; 8 Yang Yang CHN 10.33; Diondre Batson USA DQ
800m
1 Kipyegon Bett KEN 1:45.80; 2 Erik Sowinski USA 1:45.80; 3 Michael Rimmer GBR 1:46.72; 4 Willy Tarbei KEN 1:47.32; 5 Wesley Vázquez PUR 1:47.47; 6 Ryan Martin USA 1:47.64; 7 Nick Symmonds USA 1:47.82; 8 Job Kinyor KEN 1:47.96; 9 Abraham Rotich BRN 1:48.65; 10 Xie Zhaofu CHN 1:49.70; Anthony Chemut KEN; Joshua Ralph AUS DNF
110m hurdles
1 Aries Merritt USA 13.24; 2 Xie Wenjun CHN 13.48; 3 Ronnie Ash USA 13.67; 4 Jason Richardson USA 13.87; 5 Zhang Honglin CHN 14.01; 6 Ray Stewart USA 14.24; 7 David Payne USA 20.78
3000m Steeple
1 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 8:14.19; 2 Abraham Kibiwot KEN 8:14.58; 3 John Koech BRN 8:18.53; 4 Nicholas Bett KEN 8:19.91; 5 Hailemariyam Amare ETH 8:21.10; 6 Hicham Sigueni MAR 8:24.44; 7 Nelson Kipkosgei BRN 8:28.21; 8 Bernard Nganga KEN 8:30.87; 9 Evans Chematot BRN 8:36.03
Long Jump
1 Gao Xinglong CHN 8.23; 2 Huang Changzhou CHN 8.12; 3 Tang Gongchen CHN 8.03; 4 Wang Jianan CHN 7.99; 5 Jeffrey Henderson USA 7.90; 6 Zhang Yaoguang CHN 7.84; 7 Vladyslav Mazur UKR 7.80
Triple Jump
1 Dong Bin CHN 17.24; 17.24; 2 Cao Shuo CHN 16.98; 3 Alexis Copello CUB 16.93; 4 Chris Carter USA 16.87; 5 Tosin Oke NGR 16.65; 6 Georgi Tsonov BUL 16.39; 7 Leevan Sands BAH 16.22; 8 Roman Valiyev KAZ 16.01
High Jump
1 Majed El Dein Ghazal SYR 2.36; 2 Sun Zhao CHN 2.25; 3 Wang Yu CHN 2.25; 4 Guo Jinqi CHN 2.25;
5 Dmytro Yakovenko UKR 2.25; 6 Nik Bojic AUS 2.20; 7 Yun Seung-Hyun KOR 2.20; 8 Brandon Starc AUS 2.20; 9 Trevor Barry BAH 3 2.20; 10 Yuriy Dergachev KAZ 2.20
Pole Vault
1 Sam Kendricks USA 5.92; 2 Piotr Lisek POL 5.70; 3 Xue Changrui CHN 5.70; 4 Yao Jie CHN 5.70; 5 Robert Sobera POL 5.70; 6 Shawnacy Barber CAN 5.60; 7 Huang Bokai CHN 5.40; 8 Xia Xiang CHN 5.40; 9 Igor Bychkov ESP 5.20; 10 Dimítrios Patsoukákis GRE 5.20; Jeff Coover USA NH
Women
100m
1 Murielle Ahouré CIV 11.06; 2 Ivet Lalova-Collio BUL 11.11; 3 Candyce McGrone USA 11.18; 4 Wei Yongli CHN 11.24; 5 Yuan Qiqi CHN 11.29; 6 Lekeisha Lawson USA 11.45; 7 Kaylin Whitney USA 11.45; 8 Chelsea Hayes USA 11.84
200m
1 Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 22.29; 2 Simone Facey JAM 22.63; 3 Tiffany Townsend USA 23.06; 4 Viktoriya Kashcheyeva UKR 23.39; 5 Lin Huijun CHN 23.44; 6 Kong Lingwei CHN 23.45; 7 Charonda Williams USA 23.62; 8 Laverne Jones-Ferrette ISV 23.68; 9 Liang Xiaojing CHN 23.84
1500m
1 Hellen Obiri KEN 4:02.11; 2 Betlhem Desalegn UAE 4:03.70; 3 Nelly Jepkosgei KEN 4:04.26; 4 Jenny Blundell AUS 4:04.62; 5 Lauren Johnson USA 4:05.29; 6 Nancy Chepkwemoi KEN 4:05.89; 7 Violah Lagat KEN 4:06.00; 8 Siham Hilali 4:09.82; 9 Ingvill Måkestad Bovim NOR 4:10.76; 10 Li Zhixuan CHN 4:14.19
100m hurdles
1 Danielle Williams JAM 12.80; 2 Christina Manning USA 12.91; 3 Tiffani McReynolds USA 12.97; 4 Yvette Lewis PAN 13.29; 5 Shermaine Williams JAM 13.41; 6 Funmi Jimoh USA 14.30
High Jump
1 Mirela Demireva BUL 1.93; 2 Svetlana Radzivil UZB 1.90; 3 Nadezhda Dusanova UZB 1.90; 4 Iryna Herashchenko UKR 1.90; 5 Levern Spencer LCA 1.90; 6 Zheng Xingjuan CHN 1.86; 6 Yuliya Chumachenko UKR 1.86; 8 Wang Yang CHN 1.86; 9 Jeannelle Scheper LCA 1.82; 10 Maya Pressley USA 1.82
Shot
1 Yulia Leantsiuk BLR 18.76; 2 Anita Márton HUN 18.60; 3 Liu Xiangrong CHN 17.87; 4 Brittany Smith USA 17.68; 5 Geng Shuang CHN 17.37; 6 Viktoryia Kolb BLR 16.91; 7 Lena Urbaniak GER 16.91; 8 Meng Qianqian CHN 16.66
