Jakob Ingrebrigtsen smashes 3,000m world record at Silesia Diamond League

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen has done it again. The Olympic 5,000m champion has smashed Daniel Komen’s 3,000m world record by more than two seconds, running a phenomenal 7:17.55 at Silesia Diamond League in Poland on Sunday.

Even Ingebrigtsen himself looked shocked after he crossed the line. Olympic 10,000m silver medallist, Berihu Aregawi of Ethiopia, finished second, only half a second off Komen’s world record himself, with 7:21.28. And Yomif Kejelcha, also of Ethiopia, who holds the world record in the indoor mile, was third, in 7:28.44. Canada’s Moh Ahmed, who was fourth in the 10,000m at Paris, finished sixth, in 7:31.96, breaking Charles Philibert-Thiboutot’s Canadian record of 7:35.73, set only a few weeks ago at Paris Diamond League, by almost four seconds.

Organizers and fans knew Ingebrigtsen had his sights set on the world record, but also that it was an ambitious quest, having stood since 1996 at 7:20.67. After four laps, the field had split into two packs, with two pacers leading Ingebrigtsen, followed by Kejelcha, Addisu Yihune of Ethiopia (who faded to 10th but ran a PB of 7:33.94) and Aregawi; they were about a second off Komen’s split. They went through 2,000m in 4:55.21, to Komen’s 4:53. But Ingebrigtsen is known to fun very fast final laps–considerably faster than Komen’s 59s. He was at 6:22 at the bell, and needed to close in 58s to break the record, which proved not to be a problem at all.

This was the second time Ahmed has held the Canadian record at this distance; it was his record of 7:40.49 that Kieran Lumb broke last year in Italy (running 7:38.92), and then lowered by another couple of seconds a few days later in Croatia, where he ran 7:36.46. Philibert-Thiboutot then bettered the record at this year’s Paris Diamond League, running 7:35.73.

Mondo Duplantis notches up his pole vault world record

Ingebrigtsen’s world record wasn’t the only one set in Poland on Sunday. Swedish-American pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis managed to notch up his world record another centimetre, with 6.26m on his second attempt. This was Duplantis’s third world record of the season, the first set in April at Shanghai Diamond League (6.24m) and the second in the Olympic final in Paris, where he jumped 6.25m.

6.26 WORLD RECORD 💥

The sky’s the limit for @mondohoss600! He soars to a new world record at the @MemorialKamili in Silesia 🤩

He extends his previous world record from @paris2024 by 1 cm! 🙌

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— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2024

Marco Arop sets meeting record in 800m

Olympic silver medallist Marco Arop got his own back on rival Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya, who had gotten the better of him again at Lausanne Diamond League just two days ago, with a dominant win in Poland on Sunday. Arop took the race out hard, gaining a slight gap early in the race and holding on to beat Wanyonyi by a second and a half in a meeting record of 1:41.86. Wanyonyi ran 1:43.23, and the U.S.’s Bryce Hoppel was third in 1:43.32.

200m meeting record for Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo

Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana also put on a spectacular race, coming from behind to win the men’s 200m in a meeting record 19.83m, ahead of the Dominican Republic’s Alexander Ogando in second, with a PB and national record of 19.86, and the Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek of the U.S. in third, in 20.00.

The man of the moment 😤

🇧🇼’s @tebogo_letsile_ continues his dominance in the men’s 200m, securing the win in the final 10m with a meet record of 19.83!

🇩🇴’s Alexander Ogando takes second with a national record of 19.86 👏!

📸 @matthewquine#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/z4XxYjqCFN

— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 25, 2024

Meeting record for Femke Bol

Dutch athlete Femke Bol, who was disappointed with a bronze medal in the women’s 400m hurdles at Paris 2024, was victorious in the event in Poland on Sunday, taking the win in 52.40, a meeting record. 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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