​The Monaco Diamond League headlined this weekend’s slate of meets, delivering historic performances across the sprints, distance, and field events. With the World Championships drawing closer, athletes continue to raise the bar with record-breaking and all-time performances.Here are the top five stories from the weekend.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBefore we turn our attention to Monaco’s record-breaking performances, we first look at the history made in Canada.The fastest 800m ever run on North American soil belonged to Donavan Brazier, who ran 1:42.16 last year at Hayward Field. That changed on Saturday, as Marco Arop clocked 1:42.13 at the Edmonton Athletics Invitational.The Olympic silver medalist has been having an impressive season. Last month at the Paris Diamond League, he ran a World Lead of 1:41.84. Now, all eyes will turn to a highly anticipated matchup between him and Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the 800m at the London Diamond League this weekend.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCollen Kebinatshipi has been untouchable in the 400m this season, and Monaco was no exception. The Botswanan star captured his fourth Diamond League victory of the season, with a winning time of 43.44. Kebinatshipi’s time established a new national record, Diamond League record, and meeting record.Kebinatshipi now moves up to #6 on the All-Time list, where he is tied with Matthew Hudson Smith. As the season progresses, Kebinatshipi continues to separate himself from his competitors and cements his place among the fastest 400m runners in history.Olympic Gold medalist Nina Kennedy had a historic performance in the Pole Vault. Coming into the competition, Kennedy’s season’s best was 4.80m. She went on to beat that mark by 15 centimeters, jumping 4.95m on her first attempt at the height.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKennedy’s clearance broke the Oceania Area Record and Australian National Record, moving her up to tie Katie Nageotte for #5 All-Time in the event.Monaco produced two more performances that rewrote the all-time rankings.On the sprints side, Julien Alfred stole the show in the heavily anticipated Women’s 200m, which featured Adaejah Hodge and Gabby Thomas. Alfred was dominant from the gun and stormed to a 21.51 (+0.9), improving her own Saint Lucian national record by two-tenths of a second.The performance moved her to #3 All-Time behind Florence Griffith Joyner (21.34) and Shericka Jackson (21.41). The next stop for Alfred will be the 100m in Budapest for the Continental Tour before returning to the 200m at the London Diamond League.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhile the focus may have been on Faith Kipyegon for the Women’s 3000m, Agnes Jebet Ngetich produced one of the biggest surprises of the day. Ngetich came into the competition with a PB of 8:23.14, which she shattered by 14 seconds to run 8:08.95. What makes her performance even more impressive is that she soloed the effort with 3 laps to go, finishing a