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Matthew Hudson-Smith had to finish second in the men’s 400m behind Olympic and world 400m hurdles champion Rye Benjamin.
American Benjamin held off his rivals in a personal best of 44.05 seconds, ahead of Olympic and World 400m silver medalist Hudson-Smith in 44.18 seconds.
Max Bergin (1:43:30) finished third in the men’s 800m which started at world record pace, as requested by Olympic and world champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
Kenya’s Wanyonyi, beaten by Bergin in the Monaco Diamond League in May, broke the men’s 1,000m record in Monaco last week.
Both athletes followed the pacemaker – tasked with keeping them on course for David Rudisha’s 2012 time of 1:40.91 – but faded in the final stages, as American Brandon Miller edged out Ireland’s Mark English in 1:42.19.
St Lucia’s Olympic 100m champion Julianne Alfred won in 21.66s – ahead of Olympic champion American Gabby Thomas in that event Deanna Asher-Smith was Britain’s first in the women’s 200m.
Asher-Smith, who previously competed in the women’s 4x100m relay, finished fourth in 22.88, behind Shauna Miller-Wibo of the Bahamas, with Amy Hunt (22.30) and Success Eduan (22.53) fifth and sixth respectively.
“I was hoping for 21 seconds today, but it didn’t happen today. I know I’m in good shape and have been training hard,” said Asher-Smith, who will be looking to become the most successful athlete in the history of the European Championships next month.
Hanna ran a personal best 8:26.48 to finish fourth in the women’s 3,000m, ahead of Australian Jessica Hull (8:24.69).
In the men’s 100m, Nigeria’s Kaninsola Ajayi clocked 9.84s to stun world champion Oblique Seville of Jamaica, as Britain’s Rommel Glave finished third in a personal best of 9.97s.
There was an injury concern for Swedish pole vault star Armand Duplantis, who withdrew mid-competition in the men’s pole vault after battling a thigh problem.
Who is Sweden’s two-time Olympic champion? Having improved her pole vault world record for the 15th time with a jump of 6.31m in March, she decided not to take any risks ahead of next month’s European Championships after clearing 5.95m – which was still good enough for second place.
“It wasn’t my best day, I need to go back, reassess and maybe have a scan. I apologize to the fans for not putting together a good performance,” Duplantis said.
