Coleman and Miller-Uibo sparkle in Birmingham Diamond League

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Christian Coleman and a striking-looking Shaunae Miller-Uibo put a dampener on Britain's European sprint champions Zharnel Hughes and Dina Asher-Smith's return to home soil in the Diamond League meeting at Birmingham on Saturday. Despite overcast skies and a strong wind world indoor 60 metres champion Coleman and Bahamian Miller-Uibo -- whose dyed purple hair brightened up the surroundings -- produced eye-catching performances in the men's 100m and women's 200m respectively. While potentially more medals await Asher-Smith and Hughes, Britain's 2012 Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford made his final Diamond League appearance but there was to be no blazing farewell as the injury-plagued star finished last.

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