ZURICH — A Team USATF sweep of the shot put crowns highlighted day one of the Diamond League final with competition held on a purpose-built temporary facility in Zurich’s Sechseläutenplatz, with field events taking place inside an oddly-shaped 563m track that encircled the opera house. 37 Americans will compete for the Diamond trophy over the two days of competition. Watch day two starting at 1:00 p.m. ET on NBCSN tomorrow, Thursday, September 9. The six top-ranked women and six top-ranked men in the 2021 Diamond League shot put standings threw consecutively in a single flight, and Maggie Ewen opened with a season best 19.41m/63-8.25 that stood up as the winning mark in the women’s competition, earning her $30,000 as the Diamond League champion and a wildcard berth in the 2022 World Championships. Ewen is also the first U.S. woman to win a Diamond League title in the event. Chase Ealey had a best of 18.49m/60-8 to place fourth. Reigning world champion Joe Kovacs had a huge 22.29m/73-1.75 in round two to take the men’s lead, but action was delayed in the middle of the third round after New Zealand’s Tom Walsh broke the toeboard and a replacement had to be mounted. When competition resumed, world record holder and Olympic champion Ryan Crouser seized the lead with a 22.67m/74-4.5 to break the meet record and he picked up his 14th straight win of the season and his 24th in a row overall. With three 22m+ throws in his series, Crouser now has 157 in his career. Falling three centimeters short of victory in the men’s long jump, Steffin McCarter waged a seesaw battle with Sweden’s Thobias Montler and took second with a best of 8.14m/26-8.5. McCarter immediately took the lead with his first jump of 7.95m/26-1 before Montler surpassed him in round two with an 8.08m/26-6.25 effort. Recording his best distance of the day in the third round, McCarter held the lead until the fifth stanza, when Montler went 8.15m26-9. The Swede added two centimeters to that on his final attempt to take the DL title. Fresh off a U.S.-leading mile at Brussels, Elise Cranny faced Tokyo silver medalist Hellen Obiri of Kenya in the women’s 5,000m. After an adjustment period to get a feel for the surface, the field sped up and Cranny was dropped from contention before the 3,000m mark and ended up 10th in 15:55.17.