Battocletti and Fabbri claim Diamond League victories at Silesia meeting in Chorzow

Italian victories on the track and in the field

Italian European champions Nadia Battocletti and Leonardo Fabbri secured victories at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial in Chorzow, a Polish stop on the Diamond League circuit. Battocletti earned her first career Diamond League victory in the women's 5000 metres with a finishing time of 14:54.09. The race developed at a measured tactical pace, with the field passing 3000 metres in 9:08.91 and 4000 metres in 12:11.36. Battocletti moved toward the front over the final two laps before launching an acceleration with 150 metres remaining on the final bend. Ethiopia's Freweyni Hailu finished second in 14:54.62, followed by Australia's Rose Davies in 14:55.39 and Ethiopia's Marta Alemayo in 14:55.46.

I expected a faster pace, but I certainly do not regret it. I spent four days alone at home and wondered if it made sense to run after Birmingham.

Fabbri secures tenth 22-metre mark of 2026

In the men's shot put, Leonardo Fabbri took first place with a fourth-round throw of 22.08 metres in a competition that did not award qualifying points for the Diamond League final. After opening with attempts of 21.37 metres, 21.13 metres, and 21.36 metres, the Italian sat in fifth position before producing the winning mark, followed by a foul and a final effort of 21.24 metres. United States throwers Jordan Geist and Joe Kovacs finished second and third with marks of 21.96 metres and 21.86 metres, respectively. The throw represented Fabbri's tenth competition past 22 metres in 2026, making him the second shot putter in athletics history to record ten or more 22-metre competitions in two separate seasons, following his 15 such marks in 2024. World record holder Ryan Crouser achieved that milestone across six consecutive seasons between 2019 and 2024.

Now I am setting my sights on the Zurich meeting on Thursday and the Diamond finals in Brussels.

Sprints, hurdles, and technical event records

Lithuanian thrower Mykolas Alekna set a Diamond League record in the men's discus throw with a winning mark of 72.58 metres. In the men's pole vault, Sweden's Armand Duplantis cleared 6.20 metres for the victory before taking one unsuccessful attempt at a world record height of 6.32 metres and retiring from the event. Greece's Emmanouil Karalis and Norway's Sondre Guttormsen both finished tied at 6.00 metres behind Duplantis. In the men's 400-metre hurdles, Brazil's Alison dos Santos recorded a world-leading time of 46.43 seconds to defeat Norway's Karsten Warholm, who finished in 46.52 seconds. Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the men's 100 metres in 9.83 seconds, while Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the United States won the women's 100 metres in 10.78 seconds ahead of Julien Alfred's 10.83 seconds.

Field placements and middle-distance results

In the women's hammer throw, Canada's Olympic and world champion Camryn Rogers won with a mark of 77.09 metres, finishing ahead of DeAnna Price of the United States and Italian European silver medallist Sara Fantini, who took third with an opening throw of 71.95 metres. In the women's triple jump, Senegal's Saly Sarr won with a mark of 15.08 metres, while Italian European champion Dariya Derkach placed fifth with a mark of 14.33 metres. Ethiopia's Tsige Duguma posted a world-leading mark of 3:55.06 in the women's 1500 metres, and Ethiopia's Hailemariyam Amare Godana set a meeting record of 8:02.74 in the 3000-metre steeplechase, finishing ahead of Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali. The meeting followed a city prologue in Katowice, where Italy's Gianmarco Tamberi won the high jump.