olympic sports

Diamonds for Bershawn Jackson, Allyson Felix

A couple of quick updates:

Shot put (men): Reese Hoffa upsets Christian Cantwell, though Cantwell has long ago clinched season title. (Results)

High jump (women): Chaunte Howard Lowe didn’t jump. Blanka Vlasic completes the sweep in her absence. (Results)

400 hurdles (men): Bershawn Jackson wraps dominant season. (Results)

200 (women): Season champion Allyson Felix wins a close one. (Results)

800 (women): Caster Semenya, cleared to run after some gender confusion, places third. (Results)

100 (men): Tyson Gay wraps up title with a 9.79, 0.01 off his world lead and 0.02 off Usain Bolt’s meet record. (Results)

1,500 (men): Kenya’s Asbel Kiprop takes win and season title, with USA’s Leo Manzano second in a personal best 3:32.37. (Results)

100 hurdles (women): Canada’s Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, who came into the race tied with USA’s Lolo Jones, wins to clinch the title. Jones, who finished the season in a slump, takes fifth. (Results)

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