Silva in golden form

As the men’s high jump highlighted, many events were rematches from Thursday’s IAAF Diamond League meeting in Rome and the women’s pole vault field looked very much the same, although there was the addition of 2011 world champion Fabiana Murer.

It was, however, the current world champion Yarisley Silva who stole the show.

The Cuban had finished third in Rome, but a third-attempt clearance at 4.84m in Birmingham catapulted her into the lead as Greece's Ekaterini Stefanidi and Switzerland's Nicole Buchler bowed out at this height after 4.77m clearances, finishing second and third respectively on countback.

Silva had three unsuccessful attempts at 4.92m but her winning mark was an outdoor world lead and an IAAF Diamond League record.

In the women’s shot put, 2014 IAAF World Athlete of the Year Valerie Adams was looking to build on her consistent form that saw her take the win in Rome but, just like in the women’s triple jump, the crowd saw a big favourite being defeated.

Doha winner Tia Brooks produced a personal best of 19.73m in the fourth round to secure another 10 points in the Diamond Race, with Adams finishing 10 centimetres in arrears.

However, the defeat of Adams was far from the biggest shock of the day. That came in the women’s triple jump as Kazakhstan’s Olga Rypakova put an end to Caterine Ibarguen’s 34-strong winning streak.

Ibarguen was leading with 14.56m until the final round, the jumpers having to deal with distracting swirling winds, but a last attempt from Rypakova saw her take the lead with 14.61m.

In the past, Ibarguen has been impressive at responding to situations like this by bouncing back but the Colombian’s last attempt of 14.53m was not enough to avoid her lengthy winning streak coming to an end.

Ironically, it was Rypakova who inflicted the last defeat, almost four years ago, on Ibarguen in the London 2012 Olympic final, when the pair took the gold and silver medals respectively.