Seville slams rivals in Monaco 100m

WORLD 100 metres champion Oblique Seville was the bright spark for Jamaica at yesterday’s Hercules EBS Diamond League meeting in Monaco. 
Competing in the final event of the day, Seville, the world leader in the men’s 100 metres with 9.82 seconds, recovered from a slow start to pull away from his rivals and win in 9.88.  American Jordan Anthony was second in 9.92, while Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon took third in 10.00.
“My aim is always to win. I am just staying consistent, winning and getting to the end of the season. My aim is to win every race I compete in. I will never underestimate the athletes I am going up against because everyone has class, but they also have to remember that I am the world champion. My start was not good, but what matters most is finishing well because winning is what counts. I love competing in Europe because last year I didn’t lose a race here,” Seville said after his victory.
The next best result for Jamaica was a season’s best 8.39 metres by Wayne Pinnock to take second in the long jump. Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece maintained his outstanding form with a world-leading, Diamond League and meet record 8.61m to top the event. Cuba’s teenager Jorge A. Hodelin was third with 8.38m. Jamaica’s Tajay Gayle finished seventh with 8.04m.
Jamaica’s Nickisha Pryce finished fourth in the women’s 400m in a season’s best 49.56 seconds. The anticipated clash between Jamaica’s Dejanea Oakley and world leader Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic failed to materialise after the Jamaican missed the meet because of travel issues.
Paulino had to dig deep over the closing stages to overhaul the fast-starting Aaliyah Butler of the United States, winning in a meet record 48.57. Butler clocked a personal best 48.84 for second, while Czech Republic’s Gloria Lurdes Manuel was third in 49.44.
In field events Romaine Beckford finish fourth in the men’s high jump with a clearance of 2.23m while Ackelia Smith was eighth in the women’s triple jump with 14.02m. 
 World champion Leyanis Hernandez Perez of Cuba went beyond the 15-metre mark for the first time in her career to win the triple jump with a personal best 15.06m. Senegal’s Saly Sarr also produced a personal best 14.99m for second, while Thea LaFond of Dominica was third with 14.79m.
St Lucia’s Julien Alfred produced a brilliant run to win the women’s 200m, which featured the world’s top three. Gabrielle Thomas of the United States led early, but Alfred swept past her on the bend to win in a personal best, national record and world-leading 21.51 seconds. Previous world leader Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands finished second in 21.76, while Thomas faded to third in 21.84.
Sprint hurdler Masai Russell continued her remarkable season in the 100m hurdles, storming to a meet record 12.20 seconds. Fellow American Alaysha Johnson was second in a season’s best 12.38, while Nadine Visser of the Netherlands was third in 12.40. Jamaica’s Demisha Roswell finished sixth in 12.56.
Botswana’s Collen Kebinatshipi also continued his impressive season, winning the men’s 400m in a national, meet and Diamond League record 43.44. American Jacory Patterson was second in a season’s best 43.96, while compatriot Rai Benjamin placed third in 44.13.
Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi produced a sensational world record in the men’s 1000 metres, winning in 2:11.83.