A collection of some of the recent top athletics results from around the world, including performances at theย New Balance Indoor Grand Prix
Defar 3000m WL in Boston
The second meeting of the newly-created IAAF World Indoor Tour saw seven world-leading performances.
At theย New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston,ย Meseret Defar contested her first track race since 2013 following herย baby break and injury and ran a fast 3000m. She clocked a world-leading 8:30.83ย ahead of Abbey DโAgostinoโsย 8:56.77.
Olympic pole vault championย Jenn Suhr cleared 4.82m for victory and went on to attempt what would have been an overall world record height of 5.07m.
The event also saw improvement by Ethiopian Dawit Seyaum in the 1500m as she clocked 4:01.86 to go toย 14th on the world indoor all-time list. In second Brenda Martinez ran a 4:04.58 indoor PB.
There was aย US indoor record for Natasha Hastings as she ran 36.25 in the 300m for the fifth best performance of all-time.
Another top world lead was set by USAโs Kurt Roberts as he threw 21.57m in the shot put ahead of Reese Hoffaโs 21.02m and Tomasz Majewskiโs 20.14m.
Vernon Norwood ran 32.70 in the 300m, Boris Berian 1:15.51 in the 600m, Andrew Wheating won the 1000m in 2:18.68, Dejen Gebremeskel the 3000m in 7:42.94ย and Nick Willis wonย the mile in 3:53.27.
In the 60m sprint battle, Mike Rodgers beat Trayvon Bromell 6.53 to 6.57. A superb field in the womenโs 60m hurdles saw Brianna Rollins clocking 7.87 over Nia Aliโs 7.89 and Janay DeLoach Soukupโs 7.92 (she had also earlier won the long jump with 6.63m). Tiffany Porter was seventh with 8.04.
In the womenโs 60m, winner English Gardner posted 7.15 ahead of former long jump world champion Tianna Bartolettaโsย 7.20. Sam Kendricks with 5.77m in the pole vault beat world champion Shawn Barber with 5.67m
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