RABAT, Morocco — Shericka Jackson launched her 2025 campaign with a decisive statement on Sunday, hunting down the field over the last 40 metres to capture the women’s 100 m in 11.04 (+0.2 m/s) at the Wanda Diamond League’s Mohammed VI meet. Liberia’s Maia McCoy (11.08) and U.S. sprinter Jacious Sears (11.11) filled the podium. TrackAlertsReuters
Shot-putter Rajindra Campbell produced his best throw of the year—21.95 m, equal-second on the 2025 world list—but saw victory slip away when American Payton Otterdahl uncorked a final-round 21.97 m world lead. TrackAlerts
Andrenette Knight sliced her season best to 53.90 s for second in the women’s 400 m hurdles, chasing home world champion Femke Bol, who rewrote the meet record in 52.46 s. Teammate Rushell Clayton grabbed fourth in a personal-season 54.83 s. TrackAlerts
In the high jump, NCAA title-holder Romaine Beckford and compatriot Raymond Richards both cleared 2.21 m; Beckford settled for fifth, Richards ninth, as a trio topping 2.25 m shared the medals. TrackAlerts
Middle-distance veteran Natoya Goule-Toppin dipped under two minutes for the first time this year (1:59.92) but finished 10th in a deep 800 m taken by Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma in 1:57.42. TrackAlerts
Sunday’s Moroccan stop—the lone African leg of the series—was the fourth meeting on the 2025 Diamond League calendar. The circuit next heads to Oslo, where Jackson is expected to stretch her legs over 200 m and Campbell will resume his pursuit of the 22-metre barrier.
