A couple of weeks removed from topping the medal table at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, U.S. athletes had podium finishes in multiple events as Diamond League competition resumed Saturday with the Silesia meet in Chorzow, Poland.
Four Americans won events while another seven had second- or third-place finishes at Stadion Slaski.
Two wins came in meet-record performances. Reigning world champion Chase Ealey maintained her perfect four-for-four Diamond League record this season in women’s shot put with a toss of 20.38 meters and Olympic gold medalist Michael Norman, a dual gold medalist at the world championships, won the men’s 400-meter in 44.11 seconds.
“It is always nice to compete with the best and Kirani (James, of Grenada, who finished second) is a big opponent,” Norman said. “I have a big respect for this guy.”
Two-time Olympian Ajeé Wilson took first in the women’s 800 with a time of 1:58.28. Two-time Olympian Trayvon Bromell scored a win in the men’s 100, finishing in 9.95 seconds.
Bromell, who won for the second time this season in Diamond League action, came up short with a bronze medal in the 100 at worlds in Eugene, Oregon, and feels he still has plenty more to show.
