LJ van Zyl finished second in the 400-hurdles in a time of 48.78s, a SB for the hpc sponsored athlete.
Javier Culson (Puerto Rico) won in 48.48s.
Because of Van Zyl’s good performance he received an invite to the Diamond League Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland (9 July).
Akani Simbine, hpc sponsored athlete impressed with the way he was able to hold his own against athletes like Tyson Gay (USA), Nesta Carter (Jamaica) and Keston Bledman (Trinidad-Tobago). Running into a headwind of 1.7m/s, Gay won the race in 10.12s. Keston was second in 10.13s, Carter third in 10.15s and Simbine fourth in 10.18s. reinstated. Simbine showed true guts with the way he fought his way into the fourth place during the second half of the race.
Orazio Cremona who also competed at the NY Diamond league finished in 8th place with a throw of 19.51
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