Steeplechase and steeplechasing for fast performances in the Italian Diamond League on Friday
Despite expected world record attempts in the women’s 1500m and men’s 5000m at the Diamond League in Rome on Friday (August 30), the fastest performances came in the women’s hurdles and 100m hurdles.
In the 3000m pursuit, Winfred Yavi clocked 9:44.39 to miss Beatrice Chepkoech’s world record by just seven hundredths of a second. It was the second fastest time in history for the Bahraini athlete.
Perut Chemutai, the 2021 Olympic champion and silver medalist behind Yavi in ​​Paris earlier this month, finished second in a Ugandan record of 8:48.03.
“I looked at the clock after the race and I was like, ‘oh no,'” Yavy said. “I was really looking forward to that record and going for it. I definitely feel like I need to crack it and I believe it will happen. I need to work harder. And I plan to compete once more before the end of the season.”
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In the women’s sprint hurdles, Akera Nugent set a Jamaican and meet record and equal world lead of 12.24 (-0.4) as the 22-year-old moves to No. 4 on the all-time world rankings.
This comes after he was knocked out of the Olympic final in Paris a few weeks ago.
The champion of the Olympic Games in Rome, Masai Russell from the USA was the runner-up with a time of 12.31.
“This victory for me is not like revenge for the Olympic Games,” said Nugent. “I’m in really good shape. I’ve been injured before and this is a new experience for me.”
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Faith Kipyegon was hoping for her own 1500m world record of 3:49.04, but after a 59-second first lap followed by a 64-second second lap, the record attempt proved elusive and the Kenyan had to settle for victory. fast in 3:52.89 with Ethiopians Frewaini Hailu and Birke Hailom second and third in 3:54.16 and 3:54.79 respectively, while Australia’s Jess Hull was fourth in 3:54.98.
In ninth, Britain’s Reeve Walcott-Nolan broke four minutes again in a fine 3:58.68, while European 5,000m and 10,000m champion and Olympic 10,000m silver medalist Nadia Battocletti broke four minutes for the first time in front of her home fans, 3. 59.19 in the 11th.
Letsile Tebogo – The best of Letsile Tebogo
Elsewhere, Letsile Tebogo was in superb form as he won the men’s 100m freestyle, showing off the boat in the final meters as he surged past Christian Coleman and Fred Curley to clock 9.87 (0.3) and 2021 Italian Olympic champion Marcel Jacobs was last in 10:20.
The biggest cheer of the night, however, went to Gianmarco Tamberi as the Italian world champion finished third behind Woo Sanghyuk of South Korea and Romain Beckford of Jamaica, who both cleared 2.30m.
Long jump Olympic champion Tara Davis-Woodhall of the United States continued her excellent 2024 form with a 7.02m (0.1) win, while Olympic pole vault champion Nina Kennedy edged out Sandi Morris of the United States, both 4.83 after a distance of m.
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Ryan Kruser threw 22.49m to beat European champion Leonardo Fabbri of Italy who threw 21.70m. Impressively, all of Cruiser’s marks were over 22 meters.
The men’s 5000m started at a world record pace but slowed to see Hago Gebrhivet win in 12:51.07 ahead of Ethiopians Yomif Kejelcha (12:51.25) and Selemon Barega (12:51.39).
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