Seville, Jefferson-Wooden roar to 100m wins at Silesia Diamond League

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 24, 2026 · 469 words · By AFP

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Seville, Jefferson-Wooden roar to 100m wins at Silesia Diamond League Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos beats world record holder Karsten Warholm in a thrilling 400m hurdles final at the meet.

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What happened

Seville, Jefferson-Wooden roar to 100m wins at Silesia Diamond League Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos beats world record holder Karsten Warholm in a thrilling 400m hurdles final at the meet.

Why it matters

World 100m champions Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden roared to victories at the Silesia Diamond League as Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis wrapped up another dominant pole vault display.

Common ground

World champion Seville of Jamaica posted a time of 9.83 seconds for a meet record, as Americans Kenny Bednarek (9.87) and Christian Coleman (9.93) completed the podium.

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Claim 1: “Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers... ensured hammer throw domination for Canada with two golds at last year’s Tokyo World Championships”

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Claim 2: “Americans Kenny Bednarek (9.87) and Christian Coleman (9.93) completed the podium”

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A web search result explicitly confirms that American sprinters Kenny Bednarek (9.87s) and Christian Coleman (9.93s) placed second and third respectively at the meet.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fredrick Lee Kerley ( KUR-lee; born May 7, 1995) is an American track and field sprinter. He was the Olympic silver medalist over 100 m at the 2020 Olympics and bronze medalist at the 2024 Olympics in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Kerley

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (née Jefferson; born February 21, 2001) is an American track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 m. She rose to prominence at the 2024 Summer Olympics, w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Jefferson-Wooden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oblique Seville (born 16 March 2001) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. He won the 2025 World Athletics Championships men's 100 metre sprint, earning his first gold medal. Before that he had fini…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_Seville

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Claim 3: “Duplantis... claiming victory at 6.20m, ahead of Norway’s Sondre Guttormsen, who took silver at 6.00m, while Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis bagged bronze at the same height”

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The provided evidence discusses Duplantis and Karalis in other contexts (World Indoor, Lausanne), but does not confirm the specific heights (6.20m, 6.00m) or the podium order for the Silesia event mentioned in the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Norway's Sondre Guttormsen ambitiously skipped the 6m mark and the bar went up to 6.05m. Karalis was successful, but it was too much for Guttormsen and Marschall, who took bronze.
https://www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20260321-sweden-s-duplantis-win…

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web search NEUTRAL — Paris 2024 bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis of Greece also cleared the height but needed two tries. He finished sixth in the standings. In Paris, Duplantis set the world record for a ninth time, thi…
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/2024-lausanne-diamond-leagu…

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web search NEUTRAL — Karalis and Duplantis are both perfect to this point. Karalis is the first to clear 6.05m as Mondo takes a gutsy pass at that height. The last American Bradford took his three shots at 6.00 but couldn…
https://www.flotrack.org/articles/15668322-mondo-sets-champi…

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Claim 4: “Olympic and 2023 world champion Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic won the women’s 400m in 48.87 seconds”

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Claim 5: “Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers... won their respective events here with bests of 82.92m and 77.09m”

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Claim 6: “World record holder Ja’Kobe Tharp claimed victory in the 110m hurdles in 13.05 seconds”

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Claim 7: “Brazil’s Alison Dos Santos... win in 46.43 seconds, the sixth-fastest time ever run”

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A web search result from FloTrack explicitly states that Alison dos Santos ran the 6th-fastest 400m hurdles time in history in Silesia.

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web search NEUTRAL — Alison Brendom Alves dos Santos is a Brazilian hurdler and sprinter specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison_dos_Santos

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web search NEUTRAL — Alison dos Santos shattered the men's 400m hurdles world record at the Weltklasse Zürich on Thursday (27 August), clocking 45.80 at the Letzigrund to lower Karsten Warholm 's previous mark by 0.14 sec…
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/zurich-2026-mens-400m-hurdl…

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web search NEUTRAL — 3. Alison dos Santos Runs 6th-Fastest 400m Hurdles Time In History. Alison dos Santos has been on an absolute tear this season, winning his last eight races in a row. In Silesia, dos Santos faced worl…
https://www.flotrack.org/articles/16145332-the-weekend-recov…

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Claim 8: “Olympic silver medallist Sha’Carri Richardson trailed in third at 10.96”

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One source reports Sha'Carri Richardson finished third with a time of 10.96, while another source reports she finished third with a time of 10.97.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 Diamond League was the fifteenth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The competition was a revision to the top level athletics serie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Diamond_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Diamond League was the sixteenth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The competition was a revision to the top level athletics serie…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Diamond_League

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Claim 9: “The women’s blue riband event was won by their teammate Jefferson-Wooden... in a season’s best of 10.78 seconds”

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Multiple sources confirm Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100m at Silesia with a season's best time of 10.78 seconds.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Diamond League was the seventeenth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by World Athletics. The competition was a revision to the top level athletics ser…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Diamond_League

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Claim 10: “Ethiopia’s Gemechu Godana... clocked a meet record of 8:02.74 [beating Soufiane El Bakkali into second]”

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Claim 11: “Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh equalled the meet record to win the women’s high jump at 2.00m”

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Claim 12: “Ingebrigtsen clung on to finish fourth in a race won by American Ethan Strand in 3:30.77, ahead of Kenya’s Phanuel Kipkosegi Koech and Olympic champion Cole Hocker of the US”

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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.

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Claim 13: “World champion Seville of Jamaica posted a time of 9.83 seconds for a meet record”

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While other sources confirm Seville won, the specific time of 9.83 seconds and the 'meet record' status are not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets; the evidence for this specific claim contains irrelevant adult content results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Diamond League is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions comprising fifteen invitational athletics meetings. The series sits in the top tier of the World Athletics one-day…
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Claim 14: “teammate Alaysha Johnson won the women’s short hurdles in 12.52”

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Claim 15: “Botswana’s world 400m champion Busang Collen Kebinatshipi smashed the meet record set by world record holder Wayde van Niekerk in winning the one-lap race in an impressive 43.59 seconds”

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Claim 16: “The world-leading time smashed the meet record of 46.82 seconds set by Warholm last year”

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While evidence confirms Warholm has won in Silesia and holds records, the specific meet record of 46.82 seconds is not explicitly confirmed in the provided snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — He is the king of his discipline, the most difficult one, as specialists say. Meet Karsten Warholm, his partnership with his coach and his training for Paris...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyuhrOl_VWg

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web search NEUTRAL — Karsten Warholm was at his vintage best in winning the 400m hurdles in the Silesia Diamond League on.The Norwegian also seized the world lead from Benjamin, improving his mark of 46.54 from his victor…
https://www.european-athletics.com/news/third-fastest-time-i…

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web search NEUTRAL — Karsten WARHOLM, Norway - 300 Metres Hurdles, 100 Metres, 400 Metres Hurdles, 300 Metres, 300 Metres Short Track, 4x400 Metres Relay Mixed.Current World record holder. 1X. Olympic champion.
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/norway/karsten-warholm-1…

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Claim 17: “Jakob Ingebrigtsen, fresh from winning European 5,000m gold, made his first Diamond League appearance in a 1,500m race in two years”

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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.

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Claim 18: “Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden roared to victories at the Silesia Diamond League”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Oblique Seville and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the 100m events at the Silesia Diamond League.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the 100-metre (109.36 yd) dash is one of the most popular and prestig…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (Polish: Memoriał Kamili Skolimowskiej), also known as the Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, is an annual track and field meeting held at the Silesian Stadium in Cho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamila_Skolimowska_Memorial

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