American Sprint Hurdler shines in the second 2025 diamond league in China
Cordell Tinch enjoyed an advanced moment in Diamond League in Keqiao, China, Saturday (May 3) when it was number 4 in the world ranking of all time for 110 m obstacles with 12.87 (0.6).
The 24 -year -old American won by 23 hundredths of a second of Rachid Muratake from Japan with Rasheed Broadbell third.
Only Grant Holloway (12.81), Devon Allen (12.84) and the head of the world record Aries Merritt (12.80) have run faster, Waseas Dayron Robles has also registered 12.87 but with a slightly stronger tail wind.
With this second meeting of the diamond league season on Chinese soil, Hey is the legend of Chinese athletics Liu Xiang (12.88) in the ranking of all time.
Tinch played American football and NFL ambitions last his youth, but has focused on athletics after pandemic and is rapidly improving, since the best before 2025 was 12.96.
“It sounds quite well to be on the list of all time,” said Tinch, who also won in the first diamond league of the season in Xiamen a week earlier. “As I continue to go through the season, I try to improve every week. I have changed a lot during the winter in my daily life and training. It takes time in your first year as a professional, it is a learning process.”
He is demonstrating to be a great weekend for Sprint’s obstacles, since Masai Russell was number 2 in the ranking of all the 100 meters of women on the Grand Slam track the night before.
In general, the events of the Diamond League are demonstrating to be a little faster, designed, especially in distance events thanks to pacemakers. This was the case in the 5000m men on Saturday, since Berihu Aregawi directed an Ethiopian house one and two hot in 12: 50.45.
Tsige Duguma directed an Ethiopian and meeting record and world leader of 1: 56.64 in the 800m female, an action that will surely attract the attention of the Olympic champion Koley Hodgkinson.
A week after his best best value in the world, Karsten Warholm won the 400m obstacles in 47.28, moving away from his rivals in an impressive style.
Mondo Duplantis also had control in pole jumping with a 6.11m victory.
Akani Simbine in South Africa ran 9.98 (0.5) in the 100 male meters for Pip Kishane Thompson of the United States for a hundredth of the second like Letsile Tebogo was third in 10.03 and the world of Great Britain, Jeremiah Azu Sevenhan.
The Battle of Anavia of the United States ran 22.38 ahead of the Rhasidat Adeke de Ireland 22.72, since the Hunt de Great Britain was fourth in 22.86.
Grace Stark, from the United States, won the 100 meters of women at 12.42 (0.3).
Yaroslava Mahuchikh or Ukraine jumped 2.00m to beat the Australian duo Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson in the female height jump.
Otherwise, Chase Jackson launched a 20.54 m record at the women’s bullet launch. Valarie Allman took the women’s album with 70.08m. Chris Bailey of the United States was impressive at 400m with 44.17.
Meanwhile, the local crowd was delighted to see Shi Yuhao winning the male length jump with 8.21m (0.2).
