World champion Shakari Richardson and world indoor 60m champion Christian Coleman compete in the 100m at the Prefontaine Classic, while world medalists Elyon Knighton, Lecille Tebogo and Kenny Bednarek clash in the men’s 200m. do. wonder diamond league Meeting in Eugene on Saturday, May 25th.
Richardson won the 100-meter dash at last year’s world championships in Budapest with a personal best of 10.65, tying the championship record, and then led the U.S. to gold in the 4×100 meters.
The American sprinter will compete against world indoor 60m champion Julian Alfred (St. Lucia) and African record holder Marie-Josée Ta Roux (Ivory Coast).
Coleman, who won the Diamond Trophy last year by equaling the world lead in the 100m dash with a time of 9.83 seconds, was joined by African record holder Ferdinand Omanyala (Kenya) and world indoor 60m bronze medalist Hakeem Blake (Jamaica) in the men’s event. I will participate in.
Strong competition is expected in the men’s 200 meters in Eugene as well, with Knighton, Tebogo and Bednarek competing.
Knighton, who has a lifetime best of 19.49 seconds, won a silver medal in this event at last year’s world championships, earning her second world medal before she turned 20.
Botswana’s Tebogo is equally astounding. He won back-to-back world U20 titles over 100m in 2021 and 2022, and won the world 100m silver and 200m bronze medals in Budapest last year, just weeks after turning 20. His personal best of 19.50 seconds was just 0.01 seconds behind Knighton.
Bednarek won a silver medal at the 2021 Olympics, followed by a silver medal at the 2022 World Championships. Bednarek, along with Tebogo, is one of the few male athletes to run under 10 seconds for the 100 meters, 20 seconds for the 200 meters and 45 seconds for the 400 meters.