Manning joins Spanovic, Stanek in producing world-leading marks in Dusseldorf

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

Christina Manning not only took over the world lead in the women's 60-meter hurdles Tuesday at the PSD Bank Meeting Dusseldorf, but elevated into the top five in U.S. history on the second stop on the IAAF World Indoor Tour in Germany.

Manning clocked 7.77 seconds to edge fellow American standout Sharika Nelvis, who clocked 7.80. Nelvis had also run a world-leading 7.80 on Saturday at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, holding off Manning by one-hundredth.

Manning trails only Lolo Jones (7.72), Gail Devers (7.74), Keni Harrison (7.74) and Brianna Rollins (7.76) among American performers. She also ran equal to the No. 14 all-time performer, with only Harrison and Rollins running faster in the world in the past six years.

Manning, who has run under 7.98 in six consecutive races in Germany, was one of three athletes to produce a world-leading mark in Dusseldorf, along with Czech thrower Tomas Stanek and Serbian jumper Ivana Spanovic.

Stanek delivered a third-round effort of 72-9 (22.17m) in the shot put to elevate to the No. 7 all-time indoor performer. It was the best indoor shot put by anyone in the world since 2014.

Stanek also surpassed his outdoor personal best of 72-2.5 (22.01m) set in June in Germany.

Spanovic, the reigning European Indoor long jump champion, produced a third-round leap of 22-2.5 (6.77m) to rebound from a third-place finish Saturday in Karlsruhe, when she only jumped 21-8.25 (6.61m).

China's Bingtian Su not only lowered his own Asian record in the 60-meter dash, but ran equal to the No. 5 all-time world performer by clocking 6.43.

Only Americans Christian Coleman (6.37), Maurice Greene (6.39) and Andre Cason (6.41), along with Great Britain's Dwain Chambers (6.42) have run faster than Su, who clocked 6.47 in Karlsruhe.

Polish pole vaulter Piotr Lisek didn't surpass the world-leading clearance of 19-3.50 (5.88m) from Germany's Raphael Holzdeppe in Karlsruhe, but he did secure a second victory this season over reigning world outdoor champion Sam Kendricks.

Lisek cleared 19-2.75 (5.86m) on his second try to prevail over Greece's Konstadinos Filippidis and Kendricks, equaling France's Renaud Lavillenie for the second-highest clearance in the world this year.

Beatrice Chepkoech not only set the Kenyan national indoor record in the women's 1,500 meters, but also broke a meet record by clocking 4:04.21. Chepkoech, who improved to third in the world this year, eclipsed the Kenyan mark of 4:05.17 set by Irene Jelagat in 2011 in Sweden, as well as lowering the event standard of 4:05.37 established in 2006 by Bahrain's Maryam Yusuf Jamal.

Kenya's Vincent Kibet ran the second-fastest men's 1,500 time in the world this year by clocking 3:36.86.

Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha prevailed in the men's 3,000 in 7:40.55, just off his 7:38.67 from Karlsruhe, which ranks second in the world this year.