American sprinter Trayvon Bromell produced the biggest upset of the Paris Diamond League on Sunday, defeating reigning Olympic champion Noah Lyles to claim the men’s 100m title in an impressive 9.91 seconds.
Bromell’s victory handed Lyles his first defeat of the 2026 season, underlining the fierce competition in the men’s sprint event ahead of the major championships.
Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic 100m champion, finished third in a season’s best 9.96 seconds, while South Africa’s Akani Simbine placed fourth in 9.97 seconds.
In the field events, world record holder Armand Duplantis once again demonstrated his dominance in the men’s pole vault.
The Swedish star cleared a meeting record of 6.13m before making three unsuccessful attempts at a new world record height of 6.32m.
The men’s 400m also produced a memorable performance as Botswana’s Busang Collen Kebinatshipi stormed to victory in a Diamond League record of 43.54 seconds.
Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic continued her outstanding form by winning the women’s 400m in a world-leading time, reinforcing her status as the athlete to beat this season.
Switzerland’s Audrey Werro delivered one of the standout performances of the meeting, clocking a Diamond League record of 1:53.80 to win the women’s 800m.
Her remarkable run ranks as the third-fastest time in history and further fuels expectations that the long-standing world record could soon come under threat.
The Paris Diamond League delivered a series of world-class performances, with records falling across multiple events as athletes continued their preparations for the season’s biggest competitions.
