Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates after winning the 100-meter women event at the Wanda Diamond League athletics meeting at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco on August 10, 2022. Photo: AFP

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Noah Lyles underlined their dominant sprint seasons with victories at the Monaco Diamond League on Wednesday, as Faith Kipyegon narrowly missed a sensational world record in the 1,500 meters.

Jamaica's Fraser-Pryce, fresh from a fifth world 100-meter title in Eugene in July, clocked a world leading 10.62 seconds for the win, the sixth fastest time ever run over the blue riband event.

The Jamaican's victory at the Stade Louis II was her third sub-10.70 run within a week and saw her become the first woman in history to break 10.70 six times in the same season.

Her time also smashed the previous meet best of 10.72 seconds set by disgraced American Marion Jones in 1998.

"I did what I needed to do and we had fun and let the clock do the talking," said Fraser-Pryce.

Lyles, who won the world 200-meter title in July in a blistering 19.31 seconds, also set a meet record, clocking 19.46 seconds - the ninth fastest time ever run over the distance - to improve on his own previous mark of 19.65 set back in 2018.

The American ran a powerful bend in a US cleansweep, getting the better of teenager Erriyon Knighton and world 400-meter champion Michael Norman.

"It's my second best time ever tonight so I consider that a great race," said Lyles.

"Every time I come here I expect to run very fast and, if not a personal best, something close to it."

World and Olympic 1,500-meter champion Kipyegon arguably produced the stand-out performance of an amazing night of track and field in balmy conditions in front of a big crowd.

The Kenyan ran the second fastest ever time over the distance as she won in 3:50.37, falling just half a second short of Ethiopian Genezebe Dibaba's world record set in 2015, also in Monaco.

"I have been chasing the time for quite some time but I am happy with the personal best," said Kipyegon, who was left to bolt home alone after both pacesetters had done their jobs.

Wightman confirms victory

The first world champions' duel of the night saw Briton Jake Wightman obliterate the meet record for a comfortable victory in the 1,000 meters in 2:13.88.

Wightman, a shock winner of the world 1,500-meter title in Eugene, kicked with 150 meters to go to reel in Canada's world 800-meter bronze medalist Marco Arop.

The world 800-meter champion, Kenya's Emmanuel Korir, ran out of steam and eased up to cross the line in last position.

"I did not really know I was in shape to do this today," said Wightman.

"It was just very, very hard," he added. "I had to stay strong to be able to catch him. This is a really nice step toward the European championships in Munich where I will run the 800 meters."

The five other world gold medalists on show all produced the goods.

Two-time Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas won the women's 400 meters in 49.28 seconds while American Grant Holloway claimed victory in 12.99 seconds in the men's 110-meter hurdles despite arriving in Monaco with no luggage, lost en route from a meet in Hungary.

Australian Kelsey-Lee Barber threw a best of 64.50 meters to win the women's javelin, but Venezuela's Yulimar Rojas made hard work for the triumph in the women's triple jump, eventually producing a winning effort of 15.01 meters after unusually opening with three no-marks.

Qatari Mutaz Barshim, whose gold in Eugene was his third world title, famously shared Olympic gold in Tokyo with Gianmarco Tamberi, but the Italian bailed out after just one successful jump to finish eighth.

It looked for a moment like Barshim might have to share first place with South Korea's Woo Sang-hyeok after both cleared 2.30 meters but failed at 2.32 meters with the same jump countback. Barshim promptly won a golden jump-off at 2.30 for victory.

AFP