Chebet 14:09.52 WL, Nuguse won Paris rematch, Tebogo 19.55 in rainy Zurich Weltklasse

Chebet 14:09.52 WL, Nuguse won Paris rematch, Tebogo 19.55
ZURICH (SUI, Aug 5): Sold out Letzigrund Stadium watched excellent competitions, despite a cold and rainy weather, at the Wanda Diamond League Weltklasse Zürich. Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet highlighted the night with a world leading and meeting record of 14:09.52 in the 5000m. Letsile Tebogo won a fast 200m race in 19.55. In several Olympic re-matches Olympic champions were defeated, in the most anticipated race in the men’s 1500m Nuguse outperformed Ingebrigtsen and Hocker, Richardson edged Alfred and Camacho-Quinn won the 100m hurdles. The Wanda Diamond League Final will take place in Brussels on 13 and 14 September.

Short reviews

Women

Brits in Brussels

5th DL trophy for Kipyegon in 3:54.75 MR, Chebet 14:09.82 MR, Fabbri 22.98 MR/NR

Denny 69.96 MR/AR, Duplantis 611 MR, 4th DL title for Allman and Duplantis, 8 first time champions ( September 13, 2024)

100m: Richardson edged Alfred in 10.84 (0.1) to 10.88, Asher-Smith third in 10.89.

400m (non-DL): Jæger won in 50.49 over Gogl-Walli, who improved 47-years-old Austrian record (50.62 by Karoline Käfer) to 50.60, Polish European U18 champion Kuś finished third (52.10).

800m: Moraa won clearly in 1:57.08 over G.Bell (1:57.94).

5000m: Chebet took the lead before 3km (8:25.72) and won a solo race in a world lead 14:09.52, also MR and seventh best time ever, Taye finished second (14:28.76).

100m hurdles: Camacho-Quinn won this Olympic rematch in 12.36 (0.8) ahead of Samba-Mayela (12.40) and Russell (12.47).

400m hurdles: Salmon in PB 52.97 surprisingly defeated Cockrell (53.17).

High jump: Mahuchikh in her fifth consecutive DL win with 196 (on her last attempt saved from 193) ahead of Olyslagers (193) and Gerashchenko (193).

4x100m (non-DL): Switzerland in 42.55 over Netherlands (43.46).

Men

200m: Tebogo, in final (centi)meters, in 19.55 (0.4) over Bednarek (19.57 PB), Knighton third (19.79), Kerley fourth (19.81).

400m (non-DL): Home win for Spitz in 45.30 over Haydock-Wilson (45.41).

1500m: In perfect Olympic rematch, Nuguse was the only who kept the acceleration of Ingebrigtsen in the last lap, Nuguse decided in the home straight and won in 3:29.21 ahead of Ingebrigtsen (3:29.52), Hocker (3:30.46), Laros (3:31.23) and Kerr (3:31.46).

3000m (non-DL): Krop and Kemboi took places 1-2 in 7:34.80 and 7:35.46 respectively, ahead of Kimeli (7:41.30 PB).

110m hurdles: Holloway won in 12.99 (-0.3) from Zhoya (13.10 PB).

400m hurdles: Premiere DL win for Clarke in 47.49 over Samba (47.58), as Dos Santos retired after the first half and Warholm was a late withdrawal, feeling hamstring after Thursday’s 100m.

Pole vault (non-DL): In bad conditions, Duplantis on countback over Kendricks, both cleared 582.

Long jump: Pinnock leaped to 818 (-0.9) in the second series and won over Tentoglou with 802 (-1.2).

Shot put: Crouser with 22.66 and all six attempts better than second Fabbri (21.86).

Javelin throw: Peters won with 85.72 over Weber (85.33) and Dean (82.69).

Author

Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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