London Diamond League: Matthew Hudson-Smith & Keely Hodgkinson set records

The Netherlands’ Femke Bol stormed to victory in the women’s 400m hurdles before her eagerly anticipated showdown with American world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in Paris.

Bol set a meeting record of 51.30, one week after running the third-quickest time in history of 50.95.

Briton Jessie Knight ran a season-best 54.15 for fifth, while Lina Nielsen, also in GB’s Olympic squad, was eighth.

In the men’s event, Brazil’s Alison dos Santos took a dominant victory in 47.18 before an Olympic showdown with Norway’s Karsten Warholm and American Rai Benjamin, while Britain’s Alistair Chalmers finished eighth.

Jamaica’s Nickisha Pryce set a world-leading time this year in the women’s 400m, taking victory in 48.57 ahead of Poland’s Natalia Kaczmarek.

GB’s Amber Anning was fourth and Laviai Nielsen ran a personal best for fifth, while Victoria Ohuruogu placed seventh.

Switzerland’s Dominic Lobalu won the men’s 3,000m in 7:27.68, with Jack Rowe the best-placed Briton in a personal best of 7:38.70 for 12th.

George Mills, who will contest the men’s 1500m and 5,000m in Paris, and British team-mate Neil Gourley suffered early falls in the Emsley Carr Mile, won by Australian Oliver Hoare in 3:49.03.

Britain’s William Grimsey was third in the men’s high jump. Hamish Kerr of New Zealand won after clearing 2.30m, while Olympic champion Mutaz Essa Barshim withdrew.

Italy’s Leonardo Fabbri beat American two-time defending Olympic champion Ryan Crouser to win the men’s shot put with 22.52m. Briton Scott Lincoln was seventh.

Bekah Walton was eighth in the women’s javelin as American Mackenzie Little threw a personal-best 66.27m for victory.

The Paris 2024 opening ceremony takes place on Friday, before the athletics programme starts on 1 August.

The Diamond League series will resume after the Olympics, with meets in Lausanne, Silesia, Rome and Zurich to come before the two-day finals event in Brussels in September.