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<\/p>\nTrayvon Bromell beat fellow American Noah Lyles by one-hundredth of a second in the men\u2019s 100m at the Paris Diamond League.<\/p>\n
Bromwell, 30, clocked 9.91s from lane eight in near-completely still conditions (+0.1m\/s wind), starting quicker than anyone else and holding off Lyles late in the race \u2014 five different men broke 10 seconds, including 2021 Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs (9.96s), Akani Simbine (9.97s) and world indoor 60m champion Jordan Antony (9.99s).<\/p>\n
Anthony and Lyles are training partners, with a 9.92s run here Lyles\u2019 third sub-10 clocking of 2026 but a slow start, even by Lyles\u2019 standards, cost him. He was in fifth at 60m and seven hundredths down on Bromell, and while his top-end speed meant he jumped four spots by the finish, he ran out of track to win.<\/p>\n
Bromell has battled back from injuries in recent years, with this just his second Diamond League win since the start of 2025. He finished second over 60m at U.S. indoors in early March, and later that month took bronze at world indoors in March \u2014 both finals won by Anthony.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really liked my start, I pushed the wheel,\u201d said Bromell to Diamond League media post-race. \u201cI know that I have so much more in my tank, the times and data from my biomechanics make me excited for the season.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n Bromell, far left, won a tightly-contested race in Paris (Anne-Christine POUJOULAT \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
He added that he will \u201cgo nuts\u201d at the Prefontaine Classic next weekend, the annual American leg of the Diamond League in Eugene, Oregon.<\/p>\n
Audrey Werro ran the fastest 800m in Diamond League history at the Paris leg, clocking 1:53.80 to win by nearly two seconds and improve her own world-leading time. She is the only woman to run sub-1:54 twice, having done so at the Stockholm Diamond League last month to go third all-time. This run is an improvement on that performance by nearly two tenths, bringing her within 0.52s of Jarmila Kratochvilova\u2019s world record from 1983, something she will spend the rest of this summer chasing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was not expecting to run this fast this season,\u201d she said post-race. \u201cThese recent performances have really given e hope and built my confidence to what is coming next.\u201d<\/p>\n
Werro said pre-race that she was targeting a world record run, and had pacemaker Myrte van der Schoot cover the first lap in 55.35s to set her up. Werro hit the front from the break point 100m in, with nine women strung out behind her when they hit the bell.<\/p>\n
A good race for second took place behind Werro in the second lap, with Femke Broeders-Bol and home favourite Anais Bourgoin battling it out. Broeders-Bol nipped ahead of her on the line, setting a huge lifetime best of 1:55.60, in only her second outdoor race in the distance since stepping up from 400m hurdles, and Bourgoin was rewarded with a 1:55.65 French national record. All ten women broke two minutes, an incredible sign of depth.<\/p>\n
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\n Werro celebrated another 800m victory in Paris (Sona Maleterova\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n