B efore any sprinter could blaze the track at Stade Charléty last week, a heatwave had Europe in its grasp and Paris was not exempt.
Days before the eighth Diamond League meet in the city, local police lobbied to have the event canceled as temperature continue to soar. But organizers persisted and implement extra precautionary measures to ensure ever person in attendance would be able to focus on the action on the track and in the field — and not the scorching temperatures.
And the action delivered, with Audrey Werro, Cam Myers, Marco Arop and Marileidy Paulino all delivering world leads as Mondo Duplantis found his winning spark once again.
From the lens of photographer Donald Reynolds, a trek across Europe in the name of the sport commenced with arguably the most intense meeting of the season, which had crossed its halfway point as the season shifted to Eugene for its sole showcase in the United States.
