One yr after profitable the world 5000m title in Eugene, Gudaf Tsegay returned to the Hayward Area venue to smash the world report for the gap on the second day of the Diamond League finals.
With 14:00.21 the 26-year-old from Ethiopia improved Religion Kipyegon’s mark of 14:05.20 which was set in Paris earlier this summer time.
She got here agonisingly near turning into the primary girl to interrupt the 14-minute barrier for 5000m, however she was hardly disenchanted as she celebrated and embraced her fellow rivals.
These included runner-up Beatrice Chebet of Kenya, who was virtually contained in the previous world report herself with 14:05.92.
Racing simply after noon at this Pre Traditional occasion, Sinclaire Johnson led via 1000m in 2:48.08 earlier than one other pacemaker, Elise Cranny, went via 2000m in 5:37.24. Birke Haylom then handed 3000m within the lead in 8:26.03 with Tsegay bouncing alongside shut behind.
Knocking out 67-second laps like a metronome, Tsegay hit 4000m in 11:16.89 and as she wound it up she started to tug away from Chebet earlier than coming into the ultimate lap, at which stage it was clear the world report was going to fall however the huge query was whether or not the profitable time could be inside 14 minutes.
Tsegay has taken the occasion to a brand new degree. When the ladies’s 5000m was in its infancy as an official world report try, Mary Decker ran a world report of 15:08.26 in 1982 in Eugene. Two years later Ingrid Kristiansen grew to become the primary girl to interrupt quarter-hour with 14:58.89 in Oslo.
Gudaf Tsegay (Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG)
Tsegay, who additionally holds the world indoor 1500m report with 3:53.09, has now run sooner than the legendary Paavo Nurmi and solely three seconds slower than the long-lasting Emil Zatopek.
“My focus right now was the world report,” she mentioned, earlier than including on the prospect of breaking 14 minutes subsequent yr, “Sure, I strive.”
There was no world report within the males’s 3000m however Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Yomif Kejelcha loved an epic duel with the Norwegian profitable by one hundredth of a second in a European report of seven:23.63.
The goal had been Daniel Komen’s long-standing world report of seven:20.67 however the tempo drifted away on the midway mark and it became a real race versus a time trial with quite a few athletes queuing up behind Ingebrigtsen on the bell.
Ingebrigtsen was racing simply 24 hours after setting a European mile report of three:43.73 and right here he led down the again straight as Kejelcha moved previous fellow Ethiopian Telahun Bekele and into second place on Ingebrigtsen’s shoulder.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Yomif Kejelcha (Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG)
Into the house straight Ingebrigtsen held a slender lead and kicked from the entrance as Kejelcha strained with effort to attract degree.
With 50 metres to go Ingebrigtsen turned his head to his proper and the hazard was there. The Ethiopian, who holds the world indoor mile report, had better momentum within the closing metres however got here agonisingly brief as Ingebrigtsen tumbled over the end line, though it was so shut the choice wasn’t identified for a couple of moments.
Just like the mile the day gone by, the occasion had superb depth with Grant Fisher third in a North American report of seven:25.47, Bekele was fourth in 7:25.48, Selemon Barega fifth in 7:26.28, Berihu Aregawi fifth in 7:28.38 and Luis Grijalva additionally breaking 7:30 with 7:29.43 however ending solely seventh.
Athing Mu and Keely Hodgkinson (Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG)
Mu wins huge 800m showdown
The ladies’s 800m was a re-match of final month’s world remaining in Budapest however it ended up being extra of an motion replay of the 2022 world remaining on the identical Eugene observe.
Final yr Athing Mu beat Keely Hodgkinson in an exhilarating battle and the same battle unfolded right here as Mu edged previous Hodgkinson within the residence straight to win in a world lead and American report of 1:54.97 as Hodgkinson improved her British report from 1:55.77 to 1:55.19.
In third, Natoya Goule ran a Jamaican report of 1:55.96 with world champion Mary Moraa of Kenya fading within the remaining 120 metres and ending fourth in 1:57.42.
With everybody ignoring pacemaker Kaylin Whitney via 400m in 55.9, Hodgkinson led the contenders via the bell in 57 seconds with Mu on her shoulder. Moraa was compelled to run extensive for a lot of the second lap and ran out of steam across the remaining bend, however Mu, who took bronze in Budapest, was in management as she powered previous Hodgkinson.
“I felt actually new and refreshed,” mentioned Mu. “I wasn’t even hoping for the American report, I used to be simply hoping for a PR, however I knew I may do one thing quick if I may simply loosen up and compete.”
Hodgkinson mentioned: “I’m truly actually pleased with myself. I’m pleased with a nationwide report and an enormous PB, so it’s a very good solution to finish the season. It’s a unique outcome each time we run, so it’s good to be part of it. There’s probably not a lot strain right now, so I simply needed to commit.”
Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG)
Earlier within the programme the lads’s 800m was no much less thrilling as Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya clawed his well beyond world champion and long-time chief Marco Arop of Canada within the closing metres to win in 1:42.80.
It was a world main mark and assembly report as runner-up Arop ran a PB of 1:42.85, third-placed Djamel Sedjati of Algeria set a PB of 1:43.06 and Dan Rowden of Britain was fourth in 1:44.21.
Pole vault world report for Duplantis
As if the second day of the Diamond League remaining wasn’t spectacular sufficient, Mondo Duplantis gave the assembly its second world report with a 6.23m clearance within the pole vault.
With the competitors wrapped up with a 6.02m bounce, Duplantis loved a first-time clearance at 6.23m earlier than celebrating wildly in what’s clearly one among his favorite venues.
It’s little over a yr, in spite of everything, since he set a world report of 6.21m to win the world title right here, though he subsequently improved the mark to six.22m indoors in France in February.
“The restrict may be very excessive and I hope that I can proceed to leap effectively and preserve leaping greater than I did right now,” mentioned Duplantis, “however for now I’m probably not fascinated with something besides having fun with this second and having fun with what I simply did.
Mondo Duplantis (Marta Gorczynska for Diamond League AG)
“For me, I simply attempt to bounce excessive. I really like pole vaulting a lot and I’ve cherished it ever since I used to be just a bit child. If I’m in a position to take pole vaulting to a different degree and I can get as many eyes as attainable watching it by leaping actually excessive and doing a little cool issues, then that’s a job effectively executed by me.”
Much like the primary day of those Diamond League finals, there was little signal of end-of-season fatigue with quite a few world main performances. The ladies’s excessive jumpers had been amongst these excelling as Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine and Nicola Olyslagers of Australia jumped a world lead of two.03m.
Mahuchikh gained the Diamond Trophy on countback however Olyslagers had the comfort of an Oceania report as rising star Angelina Subject positioned third with 1.95m and Britain’s Morgan Lake fifth equal with 1.91m.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Marta Gorczynska for Diamond League AG)
One other world lead got here within the 110m hurdles with Olympic champion Hansle Parchment of Jamaica clocking 12.93 (0.9) as world champion Grant Holloway of the USA was runner-up with 13.06.
Matt Denny loved a shock win within the males’s discus with an Australian report of 68.43m within the remaining spherical to beat Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia and world champion Daniel Stahl of Sweden as Britain’s Lawrence Okoye was fifth with 65.23m.
Joe Kovacs produced one other huge shock because the two-day assembly drew to an in depth when he threw 22.93m within the shot put to beat world record-holder Ryan Crouser (22.91m) and Tom Walsh (22.69m).
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Kovacs took the lead with 22.70m within the first spherical and Crouser hit again with 22.91m in spherical two. However Kovacs rose to the event with 22.93m within the fourth spherical and Crouser, who gained the world title final month after discovering blood clots in his leg, couldn’t fairly regain the lead with 22.86m within the sixth spherical.
The ultimate occasion went to type, although, with Shericka Jackson of Jamaica taking the 200m in 21.57 (0.3) with Britain’s Daryll Neita in fifth in 22.35.
2023 Diamond League remaining winners – day two
Men200m: Andre De Grasse (CAN) 19.76 (0.6)800m: Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN) 1:42.803000m: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (NOR) 7:23.63110m hurdles: Hansle Parchment 12.93 (0.9)Pole vault: Mondo Duplantis (SWE) 6.23m WRLong bounce: Simon Ehammer (SUI) 8.22m (0.0)Shot put: Joe Kovacs (USA) 22.93mDiscus: Matt Denny (AUS) 68.43m
Femke Bol (Matthew Quine for Diamond League AG)
Women200m: Shericka Jackson (JAM) 21.57 (0.3)400m: Marileidy Paulino (DOM) 49.58.800m: Athing Mu (USA) 1:54.975000m: Gudaf Tsegay (ETH) 14:00.21 WR100m hurdles: Tobi Abusan (NGR) 12.33 (1.8)400m hurdles: Femke Bol (NED) 51.98High bounce: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) 2.03mLong bounce: Ivana Vuleta (SRB) 6.85m (0.2)Discus: Valarie Allman (USA) 68.66m
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