Bronze for Walcott, Ahye in Rome

Walcott threw a season best of 86.61 metres on his fourth attempt to get on the rostrum in the men’s javelin. Walcott, who won bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics last year, recorded an 82.01m throw on his first attempt and 84.02m on his second attempt.

The two-time Olympic medallist fouled his third, fifth and sixth attempts.

Winning gold was Olympic champion Thomas Rohler of Germany with a powerful heave of 90.06m on his final attempt.

Rohler’s countryman Johannes Vetter bumped Walcott into third after landing the spear 88.15m on his fifth throw.

The field also included defending Olympic silver medallist Julius Yego of Kenya. Despite a season best throw of 82.19m on his third attempt, Yego finished seventh.

Running out of lane six in the women’s 100m, Ahye was one hundredth of a second away from tying her season’s best when she ran 11.07 seconds to grab bronze.

Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands copped gold in a brisk 10.99, while Marie-Josee Ta Lou of the Ivory Coast earned silver in 11.03.

Next on the Diamond League calendar is the June 15 meet is Oslo, Norway.