Jamaican record-holder Ackera Nugent continued her impressive post-Olympic Games form when she broke the meet record twice on her way to victory in the 100m hurdles during the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial at Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland, the 12th stop on the Wanda Diamond League series.

Nugent, who was third in Lausanne on Thursday, was impressive in clocking 12.29 seconds (-0.5m/s) in the final, a shade faster than the 12.30 (0.6m/s) she had recorded in the heat. Both times beat the previous meet record 12.34 that was held jointly by Tobi Amusan and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn.

“This is my first year of competing as a professional and I feel grateful to just be able to compete against the great ladies,” Nugent was quoted as saying after the race.

“I am just getting used to running on the circuit. Coming here to compete against all the best in the world, on one hand I did not expect to win. On the other, I knew I just have to execute well and do everything that is under my control,” she said.

American Grace Stark was second in the final with 12.37 and Jamaica’s two-time World Athletics Championships gold medallist Danielle Williams took third with 12.38. Both were just ahead of Olympic champion Masai Russell who ran 12.40.

In the heats, Williams had won her race in 12.37 (-0.3m/s), while another Jamaican, Yanique Thompson, was seventh in 13.17 and had failed to advance.

There were wins for two other Jamaicans, Tia Clayton and Shanieka Ricketts in the women’s 100m and women’s triple jump, respectively.

Jamaica’s Tia Clayton (left) and Britain’s Daryll Neita compete in the women’s 100m event during the Silesia Diamond League athletics meeting in Chorzow, Poland, on Sunday.

Olympic finalist Clayton won her maiden Diamond League race after she blazed to a wind-aided 10.83 seconds (2.9m/s). She had placed fifth in Lausanne last week.

Second-place finisher Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith of the Ivory Coast was given the same time as Clayton and American Tamari Davis was third (10.84) in what was a blanket finish. Jamaica’s Natasha Morrison was ninth in 11.07.

“Going into this race, I just wanted to try my best, without any specific expectations. After the Olympics, I trained even harder than before. I am still in great shape and I intend to race a couple more times before the season is over,” said the 19-year-old Clayton who was seventh at the Olympic Games.

Ricketts jumped 14.50m (0.5m/s) in the first round and held on to win.

“It took a while to adjust from Paris because I felt that this was the main target for me this year,” adding, “I accomplished what I wanted in Paris so training has been mentally hard but I was able to jump a decent distance tonight so I am glad I managed to get the win,” she said.

Cuba’s Leyanis Perez-Hernandez was second with 14.42m (-0.5m/s), Italy’s Dariya Derkach was third with 14.02m (-1.0m/s) and Jamaica’s Ackelia Smith finished fifth with 13.78m (1.2m/s).

There were health concerns for men’s sprint hurdler Rasheed Broadbell who was edged into second by America’s Olympic champion Grant Holloway.

Broadbell, the Olympic Games bronze medallist, ran a season’s best 13.05 seconds (1.1m/s), but was just edged by Holloway (13.04). Daniel Roberts was third in 13.24 and Orlando Bennett was fifth in 13.35.

After the race Broadbell said: “I got close but I started to feel my groin. No, it’s not good.”

Romaine Beckford set a new personal best 2.29m for second place in the men’s high jump, passing his previous best of 2.27m. Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi won with 2.31m and Oleh Doroshchuk of the Ukraine was third also with 2.29m.

Rushell Clayton of Jamaica was third in the women’s 400m hurdles with a 53.11 clocking. She was followed by compatriots Shiann Salmon, fourth with 53.15; Janieve Russell, fifth with 53.59; and Andrenette Knight, sixth with a season’s best 53.68.

Femke Bol of the Netherlands set a new meet record of 52.13, easily beating American Anna Cockrell (52.88).

Jamaica’s Ackeem Blake equalled his life time best 9.89 (1.9m/s) as he placed third in the men’s 100m, behind American Fred Kerley (9.87) and Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala (9.88).

Former Jamaican champion Rohan Watson finished seventh in 10.18, while his country man, the Olympic Games silver medallist Kishane Thompson, did not start the race.

Roshawn Clarke of Jamaica was fourth in the men’s 400m hurdles event in 47.74 and his compatriot Jaheel Hyde was ninth in 50.57.

World record holder Karsten Warholm of Norway set a meet record 46.95 to win, followed by France’s Clement Ducos- (47.42) and Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba (47.69).

Olympic Games bronze medallist Rajindra Campbell of Jamaca finished eighth in the men’s shot put with a best of 20.78m after starting with two fouls.

Joe Kovacs threw 22.14m to upset Olympic champion Ryan Crouser (22.12m). Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri was third with 22.03m.

From left: Alaysha Johnson of the United States and the Jamaican pair of Ackera Nugent and Danielle Williams compete in the women’s 100m hurdles event during the Silesia Diamond League athletics meeting in Chorzow, Poland, on Sunday. Nugent won in a meet record 12.29 seconds. (Photos: AFP)