Athletics - Diamond League - Xiamen Diamond League - Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China - September 2, 2023 Christian Coleman of the U.S. celebrates after winning the men's 100m final REUTERS/Aly Song Acquire Licensing RightsXIAMEN, China, Sept 2 (Reuters) - American Christian Coleman powered to victory in the men's 100 metres race at the Xiamen Diamond League as the premier one-day series returned to China for the first time in four years on Saturday after COVID disruptions.
Coleman crossed the line in a joint world leading time of 9.83 seconds to draw huge roars at the Egret Stadium in Xiamen, which replaced Shenzhen and will continue to host one of two Diamond League meetings in the Asian nation until 2032.
American 2022 world champion Fred Kerley, who failed to qualify for the final at the Budapest world championships last month, took bronze in 9.96 seconds.
Italian Lamont Marcell Jacobs has barely raced since his Tokyo Olympics victory and finished a disappointing seventh.
The Diamond League heads to Brussels on Sept. 8 before the season concludes in Eugene on Sept. 16-17.
Persons:
Christian Coleman, Aly, Coleman, Kishane Thompson, Fred Kerley, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Kirani James, James, Jamaica's Rusheen McDonald, Beatrice Chebet, Mexico's Laura Galvan, Kenyan Margaret Akidor, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Helen Popper Our
Organizations:
Diamond League, Xiamen Diamond League, Rights, Tokyo Olympics, Quincy Hall, Kenyan, Thomson
Locations:
Xiamen, China, Rights XIAMEN, Shenzhen, Budapest, Tokyo, Brussels, Eugene, Bengaluru