Werro wins at home as markers laid down for Budapest

Switzerland's Audrey Werro has delighted the home crowd by winning the women's 800 metres at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting, holding off fast-finishing Femke Broeders-Bol to add another chapter to her extraordinary breakout season.

The 22-year-old, who clocked the fastest women's 800 in 43 years earlier this season to establish herself among the world's elite middle-distance runners, crossed in one minute 55.33 seconds, fading over the final 200m after a sizzling first lap.

The victory came a week after she outran Britain's Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to win her first European title.

"The turnaround after the European Championships was very short, so I had to recover quickly, and I felt more tired than usual today," Werro said. "Despite that, I managed to win, so I'm very happy."

Broeders-Bol of the Netherlands, a double world 400m hurdles champion who moved up to the two-lap event this season, clocked 1:55.41 for second at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.

"This race gives me even more confidence that I belong with the best," Broeders-Bol said. "I need to trust myself, keep pushing after 500 metres, stop protecting myself too much and simply enjoy racing."

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana cruised to victory in the men's 200m in 19.87 seconds, 0.03 off his season's best time in a strong statement ahead of the World Athletics Ultimate Championships next month in Budapest.

Australia's McKenzie Little came fourth in the javelin, her fifth and final throw lifting her from sixth but not into the top three for a final effort. Her 61.13m throw was near her season's best but well behind the 64.90 of Japanese winner Haruka Kitaguchi.

There was Australian disappointment in the women's pole vault when Olympic champion Nina Kennedy, who has achieved the best height this season, failed to start.

Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya raced to his first 800m victory of the season, powering into the lead over the final 20 metres to finish in 1:42.19.

Djamel Sedjati of Algeria was second in 1:42.31, while American Brandon Miller crossed third in 1:42.55.

American Kayla White clocked 22.18 seconds to win the women's 200m, but Jamaica's Shericka Jackson, a double world champion in the event, pulled up with an apparent hamstring injury coming off the bend.

Olympic champion Masai Russell of the US led from the first barrier to win the women's 100m hurdles in 12.27 for her ninth consecutive victory this season.

"It was another win, so it keeps the streak alive, and I'm very pleased," Russell said. "I hadn't raced in a month, so I was really happy to see that my performance was right where I left it."