2023 Diamond League: Top 5 best performing athletes in Doha

The 2023 Diamond League season kicked off in Doha on Friday (May 5th), with the world's best athletes turning up to continue preparations ahead of the World Championships in Budapest.

Fourteen events were keenly contested, which ended in three Meeting Records (MR) and five world leads in different events. Based on each athlete's performances, here are the top 5 best performers at the Doha Diamond League. 

The US sprints sensation Sha'Carri Richardson defeated a stacked field that included world champion Shericka Jackson to win the women's 100m in a Meeting Record and World Lead of 10.76s (0.9). By so doing, Richardson erased late Tori Bowie's MR of 10.82s set back in 2016.

Jackson finished second in 10.85s, while Great Britains Dina Asher-Smith settled for third in a Season's Best (SB) of 10.98s. Twanisha Terry was fourth in 11.07s, and New Zealand's Zoe Hobbs completed the top five position in 11.08s.

World Record holder in the indoor 3000m Lamecha Girma began his outdoor season with a world-leading and MR of 7:26.18, which also stands as a Personal Best (PB) to the delight of the Ethiopian fans.

Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega was second in a PB of 7:27.16, and Beriwu Aregawi placed third in 7:27.61.

World champion Krisjan Ceh threw his Discus to a monster distance of 70.89m, setting a new MR in the process.

Olympic champion Daniel Stahl whose MR Ceh broke finished second with a distance of 67.14m, while Sam Mattis took third place in 64.69m.

World and Olympic champion Pedro Pablo Pichardo led a historic performance in the triple jump, with three men jumping above the 17.70m in the same competition in any conditions for the first time in history.

Pichardo leaped a slightly wind-aided distance of 17.91m (2.1) in round two, ahead of Cuba's Andy Diaz, also with a windy 17.80m (2.6). World indoor record holder Fabrice Hughes Zango went out to a legal 17.81m for the world lead, while world indoor champion Lazaro Martinez finished fourth in a windy 17.71m (3.4).

World and Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon extended her dominance in the women's 1500m, winning the event by almost a full second in a world-leading 3:58.57. 

Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji was second in 3:59.34, while Freweyni Hailu took third in 4:00.29.