Manyonga, Samaai fly SA flag high in London

Cape Town - Luvo Manyonga and Rushwahl Samaai were in top form on Sunday as they took top honours at the 11th leg of the IAAF Diamond League series in London.

Manyonga broke his meeting record as he romped to victory in the men's long jump.

The Olympic champion leaped a season best time of 8.58m to finish first with his fellow countryman Samaai coming in second with a season's best jump of 8.42m.

Finishing up the podium was Jarrion Lawson from America, who jumped a best of 8.25m.

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Manyonga stretched his lead in the series standings in his specialist discipline, taking his third Diamond League win of the season.

Last week, Manyonga took gold for South Africa at the inaugural Athletics World Cup in London.

8.51m, 8.53m, 8.58m.

South African Luvo Manyonga broke the #LondonDL three times on his way to victory in the Men's Long Jump.#LondonDL #DiamondLeague #RoadToTheFinal pic.twitter.com/IldysNKs4z

— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) July 22, 2018