London — South African athlete Luvo Manyonga ruled the sand pit at the London Stadium on Sunday once again‚ taking first place in the Anniversary Games ahead of countryman Ruswahl Samaai. Manyonga won the 2017 world championships here as well as the inaugural World Cup last weekend‚ and he keeps getting better. He triumphed at the 2017 world championships with an 8.48m effort‚ the World Cup with 8.51m and on Sunday he launched himself to an 8.58m meet record that also matched his season’s best from May. "This is like my second home‚ I won the world champs here," said Manyonga. For Samaai‚ the bronze medallist in London in 2017‚ his 8.42 was a season’s best and equalled the second best leap of his career. Behind them was the who’s who of long-jumping. Third was the 2017 world championship silver medallist, Jarrion Lawson of the US‚ Australia’s Commonwealth Games silver medallist Henry Frayne and Olympic champion Jeff Henderson‚ another American. First Diamond League victory This was ...
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