Nigeria’s Favour Ofili became the first woman to dip under 16 seconds for 150m with her performance at the adidas Atlanta City Games 2025 street meeting, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, on Saturday, May 17. Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala won the men’s race in 14.70 (-1.1m/s).
Racing on a straight temporary track, the 22-year-old Olympic 200m finalist clocked 15.85 (2.0m/s) and won clear ahead of USA’s Tamari Davis, who with 16.14 was also inside the 16.23 world best achieved by Shaunae Miller-Uibo in Boston in 2018.
The 200m races were also contested on the straight track and Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes won the wind-assisted men’s clash ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s Jereem Richards – 19.55 to 19.63 (2.2m/s). USA’s Lynna Irby-Jackson won the women’s race in 22.22 (1.7m/s)
Another world best was set in the 200m hurdles, won by Brazil’s 2022 world 400m hurdles champion Alison dos Santos in 21.85 (1.5m/s).
In the more traditional events, South Africa’s Akani Simbine maintained his win streak in the 100m this season, first leading the heats with a wind-legal 10.13 (1.7m/s) and then dominating the final in a wind-aided 9.86 (2.3m/s). The world indoor 60m bronze medallist travelled to Atlanta after anchoring his men’s 4x100m team to victory at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou last weekend.
Jamaica’s 2024 world indoor bronze medallist Carey McLeod won the long jump ahead of Italy’s world indoor champion Mattia Furlani, soaring 8.33m to triumph by just five centimetres. Guyana’s Emanuel Archibald improved his own national record to 8.22m to finish third.
The women’s contest was even closer – USA’s world indoor champion Claire Bryant leaping a wind-aided 7.03m (2.4m/s) to win by a single centimetre ahead of her compatriot Jasmine Moore, the double Olympic bronze medallist.
USA’s Cambrea Sturgis cliched a close victory in the women’s 100m, pipping her compatriot McKenzie Long as they both clocked 10.98 (1.2m/s).
Former world record-holder Kendra Harrison took the 100m hurdles in a wind-aided 12.30 (2.1m/s) ahead of Tia Jones (12.36). Jones had led the heats and then matched her time from the first round in the final. USA’s Trey Cunningham topped the 110m hurdles in 13.16 (0.3m/s).
SOURCE: WORLD ATHLETICS
