Femke Bol and Noah Lyles star at London Diamond League

Bol set European and Diamond League records with a time of 51.45 in the women's 400m hurdles, the third-fastest time in history and the fastest in the world this year.

"This is amazing. I felt really good at some points in the race, but I tried not to think about the goal," Bol said.

"I had a feeling I could do it but I still can't believe it."

The Netherlands star, a world silver medallist, immediately turned her attention to success at the World Championships in Budapest next month.

"I hope we can put up a great race at the World Championships. There's always room to improve," she said.

American sprinter Lyles was also in blistering form at the London Stadium as the five-time Diamond League champion powered to a world lead of 19.47 in the 200m.

"The 200 will always be mine. She's my wife. Fourth 200 of the year. I'm not letting go of her. She's mine," Lyles said.

Zharnel Hughes set a new British record of 19.73 in the same race as he finished third behind Lyles and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo, who broke the African record with 19.50.

Hughes shaved 0.21 seconds off the British mark of 19.94, set by John Regis at the World Championships in 1993.

The 28-year-old's latest feat came just a month after he broke Linford Christie's British 100m record when he ran 9.83 seconds in New York.

Lyles' performance showed he will be the man to beat when he chases golds in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay in Budapest.

But, with the Diamond League being held at the home of the 2012 Olympics for the first time in four years, it was fitting that Hughes made an impact in front of a sell-out crowd of 50,000.

'I predicted it'

"I did it again - I predicted it. I wrote down that exact time this morning, at about 9.30am," said Hughes, who was born in Anguilla and lives in Jamaica.

"I wanted to get the British record here on home soil and I did it."

In the last Diamond League event before the world championships start on August 19, Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou dominated the women's 100m.

She finished in 10.75 secs, ahead of Britain's Dina Asher-Smith in second place and Jamaica's world 200m champion Shericka Jackson in third place.

South Africa's Wayde van Niekerk remains unbeaten in 2023 after winning the men's 400m ahead of second placed Bryce Deadmon and third placed Vernon Norwood.

Van Niekerk finished in 44.36 secs to seal his third Diamond League win this season.

The 31-year-old, back on the track where he triumphed at the 2017 World Championships, said: "To an extent I wanted to replicate the result I had here six years ago.

"The last time I ran here I was so much more in control than this year. I'm glad I could show myself that I can fight through difficult days too."

Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay set a new PB with victory in the 5000m, a race which featured Sifan Hassan setting a European record of 14:13.42 in third place.

"At a championships, it's all about positions, but today was all about times," said Tsegay, who won gold over 5000m at last year's World Championships.

There were also meeting records for Kenya's Jackline Chepkoech, who ran in eight minutes 57.35 secs in the 3000m steeplechase, and Britain's Jemma Reekie, who ran in one minute 57.30 secs to hold off Jamaica's Natoya Goule-Toppin in the women's 800m.