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How it went down at the Silesia Diamond League with 2 World Records, 10 Meeting Records, and 2 National Records on a day filled with impeccable performances.
The 12th leg of this season’s Diamond League series ended on a dizzying high as Armand Mondo Duplantis and Jakob Ingebrigtsen powered to World Records in Silesia.
On an afternoon with 10 Meeting Records, 2 National Records, and 2 world records, the outstanding athletes prove they're still in their best shape post-Paris Olympics.
Ingebrigtsen shattered one of the longest-standing track world records (until ratification) on a sweltering afternoon at the Silesian Stadium on Sunday (25) as he clocked a staggering 7:17.55 for the 3000m, taking more than three seconds off the mark of 7:20.67 set by Kenya’s Daniel Komen in 1996.
By doing this, the Norwegian middle-distance star became the first man in history to go below the 7:20 mark and strengthen his legacy as a great long and middle-distance runner in the making. In addition, his exceptional performance is on the back of winning the 1500m event just three days ago in Lausanne.
Ingebrigtsen moved clear of the field over the final lap after passing the bell with the green wavelight world record indicators scattering behind him as if they had fallen out of his pockets.
By the time the Norwegian hit the finishing straight he was, astonishingly, 10 metres clear of the snaking green lights and he put his hands to his head after crossing the line.
“It feels special, amazing,” said Ingebrigtsen. “I was hoping to challenge the world record here, but based on my training, I can never predict exactly what kind of time I am capable of. I would not have imagined I could run 7:17, though.
Consequently, Duplantis cleared 6.26m to earn his 10th pole vault world record, adding a centimetre to the mark he established in retaining his Olympic title in Paris earlier this month.
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Respective Olympic silver and bronze medallists, Sam Kendricks of the United States and Emmanouil Karalis of Greece had both cleared 6.00m – a season’s best for the first and a national record for the latter - making it the first time in history three men scaled over the 6.00m height at the same meet.
10 Meeting Records back an exceptional day in Silesia
Emmanuel Wanyonyi got his first major defeat of the season as Olympic silver medallist Marco Arop had the better of the Paris title winner in domineering style.
The Canadian world 800m champion Arop clocked 1:41.87 to beat Kenya’s Olympic champion Wanyonyi in 1:43.23, who had moved to joint second on the all-time list three days earlier when clocking 1:41.11 at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting. Bryce Hoppel of the United States was third in 1:43.32.
Botswana’s Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo faced his biggest pressure since winning the Olympic title in Paris, as he came under heavy pressure in the 200m before asserting himself over the final 20m to clock a meeting record of 19.83s, with Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic second in a national record of 19.86s and Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek of the United States third in 20.00s.
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17:18 - 25.08.2024
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo fails in first attempt to break Usain Bolt's record
The Botswana sensation Letsile Tebogo recovered from a slow start in his quest to beat Usain Bolt's record but took the meet record.
Dominican Republic’s Olympic 400m champion Marileidy Paulino extended her unbeaten streak this season by bettering the meeting record with 48.66s for victory over Bahrain’s Olympic silver medallist Salwa Eid Naser, who clocked 49.23s. Bronze medallist Kaczmarek came home third in 49.95, with Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke fourth in 50.00 – thus replicating the order of the Olympic final.
Jamaica's speed hurdler Ackera Nugent bounced back to winning ways in grand style as she set successive meeting records of 12.30s and 12.29s in the heats and final of the 100m hurdles. Grace Stark was second in 12.37s, and double world champion Danielle Williams third in 12.38s.
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16:28 - 25.08.2024
Tobi Amusan absent as Ackera Nugent breaks 100mH meet record
Ackera Nugent broke the 100m hurdles meet record at the Diamond League meeting in Silesia, stunning the field in the absence of world champion Tobi Amusan.
Olympic champion Masai Russell couldn't match her Paris performance, as she finished fourth in 12.40s.
World 400mH record holder Karsten Warholm, who took Olympic silver in Paris, also bounced back to winning mode as he finished in a meeting record of 46.95s, the same as Femke Bol in the women's category who made it back-to-back wins from Lausanne also in a meeting record of 52.13s.
And in the men's 100m, Fred Kerley blazed to his first victory in recent time in 9.87s, equalling the meeting record.
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15:53 - 25.08.2024
USA’s Fred Kerley sets new 100m record in style at Silesia Diamond League
After winning a bronze medal at the just concluded Paris 2024 Olympics, Fred Kerley has proven that there's more to his game.
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