Eugene Diamond League Highlights: Kipyegon Rewrites Women's 1500m World Record; Duplantis Wins Pole Vault Event

Hello and welcome to everyone joining us. The second major athletics event of the night is upon us. After Neeraj Chopra's victorious turn in his very own NC Classic in Bengaluru, we have the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon. Stay with us for live updates from the Prefontaine Classic.

The main events of the evening will start at 12:57am IST in Eugene, though a number of non-Diamond League events are already underway. The premier athletics meet will be live streamed on the Wanda Diamond League YouTube channel in India. It will not be telecast on any TV channel in the country.

Below is the full schedule of events coming our way. The ones not marked with a 'diamond' in front are the non-Diamond League events, for instance, the pole vault men's final featuring Mondo Duplantis. All timings are in IST.

India’s most decorated javelin thrower, Neeraj Chopra, enthralled the home crowd with yet another scintillating performance to win the inaugural Neeraj Chopra Classic 2025, India’s first-ever World Athletics-sanctioned Gold-level meet, with a best throw of 86.18m at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. The 27-year-old cleared the distance of 86.18m in his third attempt, responding to the pressure built on him by Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage, who had recorded a distance of 84.34m to take the lead.

The opening main event of the night is the women's shot put final. Soon after that, the men's pole vault final, a non-DL event but featuring the inimitable Duplantis, begins.

Canada's Sarah Mitton is in the lead in the women's shot put after the first two rounds of throws. She comes up with a 20.39m effort on the second going to comfortably take the lead over USA's Jaida Ross, who has already produced a personal best of 20.13m.

Though not part of the Diamond League events roster this night, the men's pole vault category has Armand Duplantis in action and thus is an automatic eye-catcher. He clears 5.60m and then skips the 5.70m mark. As the world record holder with a 6.28m effort in Stockholm last month, let's see where Duplantis goes next.

Brazil's Alison dos Santos pips Olympic gold medallist and the world-leading Rai Benjamin in the men's 400m hurdles race. Dos Santos clocks a season-best time of 46.65s, ahead of Benjamin's 46.71s to win the race.

Chase Jackson improves her own meeting record to notch up a 20.94m throw and win the women's shot put event at the Eugene Diamond League. Sarah Mitton is second with 20.39m and Jaida Ross third with 20.13m.

Beatrice Chebet has scripted history in Eugene. The 25-year-old Kenyan conjures the first ever sub-14 minute 5,000m in women's distance running history, clocking 13:58.06 to smash the world record.

Tara Davis Woodhall equals the world lead of 7.07m as she wins the women's long jump event, while Krishane Thompson stops the clock in 9.85 as he beats a strong field in the men's 100m. Matt Hudson-Smith runs 44.10 in the men's 400m to upstage Christopher Bailey, and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone clocks 49.93 as she holds off the field in the home straight to win the 400m women's final.

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis clears 6.00m to win the men's pole vault before narrowly missing out on extending his world record to 6.29m. He had set the 6.28m record last month in Stockholm, and tried his better it yet again. A supreme effort that entertains the crowd nevertheless.

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo runs a World Leading 19.76s to win the men's 200m. USA's Courtney Lindsey finishes second with a season best of 19.87s.

Kenyan legend Faith Kipyegon runs 3:48.68 to take the win and shatter the second World Record in the Eugene Diamond League after Beatrice Chebet's historic run in the women's 5000m. Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji ends up second with 3:51.44.