Xiamen Diamond League, Highlights: Avinash Sable fifth in 3000m steeplechase, qualifies for Finals in Eugene; Praveen fifth, Abdulla sixth in triple jump

Men’s Javelin Throw - Neeraj Chopra

Men’s Long Jump - M. Sreeshankar

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase - Avinash Sable

Women’s 400m Hurdles:

Rushell Clayton (Jamaica) - 53.56s

Andrenette Knight (Jamaica) - 53.87s

Janieve Russell (Jamaica) - 54.01s

Women’s 1500m:

Freweyni Hailu (Ethiopia) - 3:56.56s

Nelly Chepchirchir (Kenya) - 3:56.72s

Linden Hall (Australia) - 3:57.92s

Men’s 110m Hurdles:

Hansle Parchment (Jamaica) - 12.96s

Daniel Roberts (USA) - 13.03s

Grant Holloway (USA) - 13.12s

Massive from Diaz Hernandez - 17.43m.

Zango comes up with his best jump of the night but it is not enough - 17.22m

Foul for Scott.

Diaz Hernandez wins the competition!

Diaz Hernandez has decided to skip this round. The Italian is quite confident that he will remain in top three and get one more attempt after his second-round jump of 17.25m

Further improvement for world champion Zango - 17.07m

Foul for Scott but at the moment, he is third with 16.65m.

Foul for Triki and his competition is over.

Praveen needs more than 16.65m to have a chance of making it to top three. However, the Indian can only manage 16.21m this time and he is out as well.

Can Abdulla find a big jump and enter the top three? No, he can’t - 16.25m it is. He too misses out on making it to the final round.

Fourth foul in a row for Benard.

Last jumper in this round is Ruiting Wu of China. But the local hope can only register an effort of 15.75m.

Diaz Hernandez, Zango and Scott are through to the final round.

Foul for Diaz Hernandez and Donald Scott in the fourth round.

Massive improvement for world champion Zango - 16.99m

Triki - 16.29m

No improvement for Praveen this time - 16.14m. Abdulla does slightly better - 16.24m.

Third straight foul for Benard. Just 13.08m for Wu.

Brilliant final throw from home favourite and 2022 world champion Feng Bin - 67.41m - to win the event!!!!

Top three:

Feng Bin (China) - 67.41m

Sandra Perkovic (Croatia) - 67.32m

Third-place finish for world champion Laulauga Tausaga (USA) - 64.31m

Indian jumpers continue to improve with every round. Praveen - 16.42m and Abdulla - 16.21m. The two are fifth and sixth, respectively.

Diaz Hernandez still leads with his second-round jump of 17.25m.

Eyes on world champion El Bakkali and Kenya’s Kibiwot. After a disappointing performance at world championships, will India’s Avinash Sable be able to show his class today?

El Bakkali leads the pack after 400m with Sable in sixth place. The Indian is seventh with one-third of the race done.

Commonwealth champion Kibiwot has taken the lead from El Bakkali with 1600m mark reached. Sable still seventh. The Indian might need to make a move soon.

Two-third of the race done and world champion El Bakkali is back in the lead, Kibiwot second. No change in Sable’s position - seventh.

With 500m to go, El Bakkali continues to lead the pack but in second place is Ethiopia’s Firewu now. Kibiwot is third. Sable seventh.

El Bakkali wins the race with Firewu second. Amos Serem is third with his Kenyan teammate Kibiwot in fourth. Impressive performance from Sable to jump to fifth in the final lap.

Top Three:

Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) - 8:10.31s

Samuel Firewu (Ethiopia) - 8:11.29s

Amos Serem (Kenya) - 8:14.41s

Sable fifth with 8:16.27s. The Indian has qualified for the Diamond League Finals in Eugene.

Here are the top ten who will compete in Eugene on September 16-17:

Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco)

Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya)

Abrham Sime (Ethiopia)

Getnet Wale (Ethiopia)

Samuel Firewu (Ethiopia)

Avinash Sable (India)

Leonard Kipkemoi Bett (Kenya)

Benjamin Kigen (Kenya)

Ryuji Miura (Japan)

Daniel Arce (Spain)

Zango marginally improves his first round jump - 16.73m

Praveen goes past 16m mark - 16.27m

Diaz Hernandez takes the lead with a massive jump of 17.25m!

Triki - 16.48m, Scott - 16.49m, Taylor - 15.68m, Benard - foul, Wu - 16.09m

Abdulla ends second round with 15.98m

Marileidy Paulino (Dominican Republic) - 49.36s

Candice McLeod (Jamaica) - 50.19s

Lynna Irby-Jackson (USA) - 50.45s

Newly-crowned world champion Zango opens the competition with a jump of 16.71m

Andy Diaz Hernandez, who recently changed his nationality from Cuban to Italian, begins with 16.70m.

Not a very good start for Praveen Chithravel - only 15.91m

Triki of Algeria - 16.31m.

USA’s three jumpers: Donald Scott - 16.34m, foul for Christian Taylor and 16.17m for Chris Benard.

China’s Ruiting Wu - 15.40m

Like Praveen, Abdulla too begins with a sub-16 jump - it is 15.86m

World champion Marco Arop of Canada loses by a whisker!

Top three:

Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Kenya) - 1:43.20s (World-Lead)

Marco Arop (Canada) - 1:43.24s (Personal Best)

Benjamin Robert (France) - 1:43.88s

No problems for world champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh as he easily wins the competition.

Top three:

Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) - 2.02m

Lia Apostolovski (Slovenia) - 1.92m

Eleanor Patterson (Australia) - 1.92m

Stunning performance from USA’s Christian Coleman as he storms to a comfortable victory in 9.83s, matching Zharnel Hughes’ world-leading time.

Top three:

Christian Coleman (USA) - 9.83s

Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) - 9.85s

Fred Kerley (USA) - 9.96s

Reigning Olympic champion Jacobs finishes seventh with 10.05s

New world champion Noah Lyles is not competing today as he announced yesterday that his 2023 season is over. Watch out for the battle between 2022 world champion Fred Kerley and reigning Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs.

Beatrice Chebet of Kenya wins the race with a new world-leading time of 8:24.05s!

Top Three:

Beatrice Chebet (Kenya) - 8:24.05s

Laura Galvan (Italy) - 8:28.05s

Margaret Akidor (Kenya) - 8:29.88s

Ivana Vuleta (Serbia) - 6.88m

Marthe Koala (Burkina Faso) - 6.79s

Ese Brume (Nigeria) - 6.71s

Kirani James (Grenada) - 44:38s

Quincy Hall (USA) - 44.38s

Rusheen McDonald (Jamaica) - 44.82s

World Champion - Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco)

Abraham Kibiwot (Kenya)

Ryuji Miura (Japan)

Benjamin Kigen (Kenya)

Daniel Arce (Spain)

Samuel Firewu (Ethiopia)

Avinash Sable (India)

Mohamed Tindouft (Morocco)

Isaac Updike (USA)

Karl Bebendorf (Germany)

Mohammed Msaad (Morocco)

Djilali Bedrani (France)

Vidar Johansson (Sweden)

William Battershill (Great Britain)

Zak Seddon (Great Britain)

Andrew Bayer (USA)

Amos Serem (Kenya)

Hailemariyam Amare (Ethiopia)

Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso)

Andy Diaz Hernandez (Italy)

Praveen Chithravel (India)

Yasser Mohammed Triki (Algeria)

Donald Scott (USA)

Christian Taylor (USA)

Chris Benard (USA)

Wu Ruiting (China)

Abdulla Aboobacker (India)

Live streaming of the Xiamen Diamond League 2023 will be available on Jio Cinema, while it will be telecast on Sports18 channel.

Men’s Triple Jump - Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker - 5:14PM IST

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase - Avinash Sable - 5:37PM IST