Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen has carried out it once more. The Olympic 5,000m champion has smashed Daniel Komen’s 3,000m world file by greater than two seconds, operating an exceptional 7:17.55 at Silesia Diamond League in Poland on Sunday.
Even Ingebrigtsen himself regarded shocked after he crossed the road. Olympic 10,000m silver medallist, Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia, completed second, solely half a second off Komen’s world file himself, with 7:21.28. And Yomif Kejelcha, additionally of Ethiopia, who holds the world file within the indoor mile, was third, in 7:28.44. Canada’s Moh Ahmed, who was fourth within the 10,000m at Paris, completed sixth, in 7:31.96, breaking Charles Philibert-Thiboutot’s Canadian file of seven:35.73, set only some weeks in the past at Paris Diamond League, by nearly 4 seconds.
OUT OF THIS WORLD ‼️
🇳🇴’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen obliterates the 3000m world file on the @MemorialKamili with 7:17.55 🤯
He goes greater than 3 seconds quicker than the earlier world file 😮💨#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/iPTqnnl91D
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2024
Organizers and followers knew Ingebrigtsen had his sights set on the world file, but in addition that it was an bold quest, having stood since 1996 at 7:20.67. After 4 laps, the sphere had cut up into two packs, with two pacers main Ingebrigtsen, adopted by Kejelcha, Addisu Yiune of Ethiopia (who pale to tenth however ran a PB of seven:33.94) and Aregawi; they had been a few second off Komen’s cut up. They went by means of 2,000m in 4:55.21, to Komen’s 4:53. However Ingebrigtsen is understood to enjoyable very quick remaining laps–significantly quicker than Komen’s 59s. He was at 6:22 on the bell, and wanted to shut in 58s to interrupt the file, which proved to not be an issue in any respect.
Mondo Duplantis notches up his pole vault world file
Ingebrigtsen’s world file wasn’t the one one set in Poland on Sunday. Swedish-American pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis managed to notch up his world file one other centimetre, with 6.26m on his second try. This was Duplantis’s third world file of the season, the primary set in April at Shanghai Diamond League (6.24m) and the second within the Olympic remaining in Paris, the place he jumped 6.25m.
6.26 WORLD RECORD 💥
The sky’s the restrict for @mondohoss600! He soars to a brand new world file on the @MemorialKamili in Silesia 🤩
He extends his earlier world file from @paris2024 by 1 cm! 🙌
📸 @matthewquine#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/6f4TMjtaWk
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2024
Marco Arop units assembly file in 800m
Olympic silver medallist Marco Arop obtained his personal again on rival Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya, who had gotten the higher of him once more at Lausanne Diamond League simply two days in the past, with a dominant win in Poland on Sunday. Arop took the race out exhausting, gaining a slight hole early within the race and holding on to beat Wanyonyi by a second and a half in a gathering file of 1:41.86. Wanyonyi ran 1:43.23, and the U.S.’s Bryce Hoppel was third in 1:43.32.
200m assembly file for Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo
Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana additionally placed on a spectacular race, coming from behind to win the boys’s 200m in a gathering file 19.83m, forward of the Dominican Republic’s Alexander Ogando in second, with a PB and nationwide file of 19.86, and the Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek of the U.S. in third, in 20.00.
The person of the second 😤
🇧🇼’s @tebogo_letsile_ continues his dominance within the males’s 200m, securing the win within the remaining 10m with a meet file of 19.83!
🇩🇴’s Alexander Ogando takes second with a nationwide file of 19.86 👏!
📸 @matthewquine#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/z4XxYjqCFN
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2024
Assembly file for Femke Bol
Dutch athlete Femke Bol, who was upset with a bronze medal within the girls’s 400m hurdles at Paris 2024, was victorious within the occasion in Poland on Sunday, taking the win in 52.40, a gathering file. Olympic silver medallist Anna Cockrell of the U.S., was second, in 52.88, and Rushell Clayton of Jamaica third, in 53.11.
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Jakob Ingrebrigtsen smashes 3,000m world record at Silesia Diamond League
