Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Jefferson-Wooden Ends Alfred's 100-Metre Winning Streak in Silesia
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won a very competitive 100-metre race in Poland.
She finished in 10.78 seconds, which was her best time of the season.
Julien Alfred, the Olympic champion, came second and lost a 100-metre race for the first time this year.
Sha'Carri Richardson finished third.
Oblique Seville won the men's 100 metres in 9.83 seconds.
Alison Dos Santos beat Karsten Warholm in the 400-metre hurdles.
Marileidy Paulino won the women's 400 metres, while Tsige Duguma won the women's 1,500 metres.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh won the high jump by clearing two metres.
Mondo Duplantis won the pole vault but did not break the world record.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100 metres in a season's-best 10.78 seconds, beating Olympic champion Julien Alfred.
Julien Alfred ran 10.83 seconds for second, while Sha'Carri Richardson finished third in 10.96.
Oblique Seville won the men's 100 metres in 9.83 seconds ahead of Kenny Bednarek and Chris Coleman.
Alison Dos Santos defeated Karsten Warholm in the men's 400-metre hurdles, winning in 46.43 seconds to Warholm's 46.52.
Marileidy Paulino, Tsige Duguma, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Ethan Strand and Mondo Duplantis also won events in Chorzow.
- Who
- World champion Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Olympic champion Julien Alfred and other leading track-and-field athletes, including Oblique Seville, Alison Dos Santos and Yaroslava Mahuchikh.
- What
- Athletes competed in sprint, hurdles, middle-distance and field events at the Silesia Diamond League.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Silesian Stadium in Chorzow, Poland.
- Why
- The athletes were competing for Diamond League victories, with several using the event to build form ahead of the World Athletics Ultimate Championships.
- Women's 100m winner
- Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
- Women's 100m winning time
- 10.78 seconds, a season's best
- Men's 100m winner
- Oblique Seville, in 9.83 seconds
- Men's 400m hurdles winner
- Alison Dos Santos, in 46.43 seconds
- Women's 400m winner
- Marileidy Paulino, in 48.87 seconds
- Women's high jump winner
- Yaroslava Mahuchikh, with a clearance of 2.00 metres
- Men's pole vault winner
- Mondo Duplantis; he cleared 6.20 metres but did not set a world record