Britain's ladies down and out the national 4x100m hand-off record for the second time in 11 days with a period of 42.21 seconds at the Zurich Diamond League meeting.
Asha Philip, Ashleigh Nelson, Anyika Onuora and Desiree Henry won the race and beat the 42.24 the group hurried to end up European champions.
Kemar Bailey-Cole beats Michael Rodgers and Tyson Gay to win the Diamond League 100m race in Zurich
Watch Kemar Bailey-Cole win Diamond League 100m in Zurich
James Dasaolu (10.06) was third behind Jamaica's Kemar Bailey-Cole (9.96) and Michael Rodgers (10.05) in the 100m.
Dasaolu's preparation accomplice and individual Briton Adam Gemili (10.13) was fifth.
Previous world record holder Asafa Powell and ex-best on the planet Tyson Gay, both of whom came back from medications bans this mid year, completed fourth and ninth separately in a superb field.
Jamaica's 2013 world bronze medallist Nesta Carter was sixth and Britain's Harry Aikines-Aryeetey (10.31) eighth.
"In path one you need to run your race and today was about blending it with the best sprinters on the planet," European 100m champion Dasaolu told BBC Sport.
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Nijel Amos wins the Diamond League 800m race in Zurich, in front of Ayanleh Souleiman and David Rudisha
David Rudisha beaten by Nijel Amos again in Zurich
"Returning off the of two titles, its hard, however its decent to get among these gentlemen and beat somebody like Nesta Carter," said Gemili, who won 200m European gold and 100m Commonwealth silver behind Bailey-Cole.
Chijindu Ujah, who ran 9.96 right on time in the season just to pass up a major opportunity for 100m choice for the Commonwealths and the Europeans, asserted an assurance boosting triumph in the B race in 10.16.
Nelson, the individual European bronze medallist, was sixth in 11.20 in a ladies' 100m won by Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown in a neck and neck finish from Ivorian Murielle Ahoure as both completed in 11.04.
World record holder and Olympic gold medallist David Rudisha could just complete third in the 800m, completing behind Botswana's Nijel Amos and Ayanleh Souleiman of Djibouti.
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Ruler Harrison of the United States in the wake of falling in the 100m obstructions at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich
Ruler Harrison tumbles in 100m obstructions in Zurich
Amos, who beat Rudisha to Commonwealth gold a month ago, won in one moment and 43.77 seconds.
Souleiman completed in one moment 43.93 seconds, pushing out Rudisha hanging in the balance by three hundredths of a second.
"It has been an extreme season for me," Rudisha told BBC Sport. "My readiness wasn't flawless not long from now on the grounds that I was continuing a harm from a year ago. However I'm anticipating one year from now."
Best on the planet Lashawn Merritt agreeably won the 400m in 44.36, beating individual American Gil Roberts in 44.96. Britain's Martyn Rooney came fourth in 45.10.
In the ladies' occasions, Dawn Harper-Nelson of the United States beat Olympic champion Sally Pearson and Britain's European champion Tiffany Porter in the 100m obstacles.
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