World leader Oblique Seville bounced back from last week’s runner-up finish in Eugene to capture the men’s 100m title at the Meeting International d’Athlétisme Herculis in Monaco on Friday, clocking 9.88 seconds (0.2m/s) at the 10th stop of the Wanda Diamond League series.

Competing in Monaco for the first time, Seville held off American Jordan Anthony, who finished second in 9.92 seconds, while Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme was third in 10.00 seconds.

Wayne Pinnock also delivered an impressive performance, finishing second in the men’s long jump with a season’s best 8.39m (0.3m/s), all six attempts over the 8.00m mark.

Greece’s Olympic Games and World Championships gold medallist Miltiadis Tentoglou won with a world lead and meet record 8.61m (0.0m/s). He broke the meeting record of 8.58m set in 1995 by Cuban great Ivan Pedroso and overtook Switzerland’s Simon Ehammer’s 8.51m for the world lead.

World Under-20 record holder Jorge A Hodelin of Cuba was third with 8.38m (0.5m/s) while Tajay Gayle finished seventh with 8.04m (-0.4m/s).

In the women’s 400m, Nickisha Pryce ran a season’s best 49.56 seconds to finish fourth. World leader Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won in a meet record 48.67 seconds, lowering the previous mark of 48.97 seconds set by Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo in 2018. American Aaliyah Butler was second in 48.84 seconds, with Czechia’s Lurdes Gloria Manuel third in 49.44 seconds.

Romaine Beckford was tied for fourth in the men’s high jump with American JuVaughn Harrison, both clearing 2.23m. Oleh Doroshchuk of Ukraine won with 2.32m, beating Great Britain’s Kimani Jack (2.30m) and India’s Anil Kushare (2.26m).

National champion Demisha Roswell placed sixth in the 100m hurdles after running 12.56 seconds (-0.4m/s) with American Masai Russell setting a meeting record 12.20 seconds, erasing the 12.30 seconds set three years ago by compatriot Nia Ali in 2023.

Alaysha Johnson, also of the United States, was second in a season’s best of 12.38 seconds, with Nadine Visser of the Netherlands third in 12.49 seconds.

Ackelia Smith was eighth in the women’s triple jump with 14.02m (-0.1m/s) as Cuba’s Leyanis Perez Hernandez produced a personal best 15.06m (-0.2m/s) to win, easing past Senegal’s Saly Sarr, who also had a lifetime best jump of 14.99m (0.7m/s), while Thea Lafond of Dominica placed third with 14.79m (-0.9m/s).

—    Paul A Reid