No.or is there someone who coughs Jakob Ingebrigtsen. That is the first and most obvious conclusion that we can draw from the 1,500 meters from Lausanne, sixth stop of the Diamond Leaguea test in which the two most fit athletes of the moment faced each other.
The Norwegian, who He hasn’t lost a race since the Eugene 1500 World Cup finalyou see the faces with the etope Lamecha Girmawho this season has been able to unite the world records of the 3,000 indoor meters (7:23.81) and the 3,000 hurdles (7:52.11).
The heart of the matter is that Girma, two months younger than Ingebrigtsen, has very little experience in the queen distance of the midfielder. In fact, in the last three years, he had barely competed in a 1,500 outdoor race.
It was on June 27 in Ostrava (Czech Republic), winning with a time of 3:33.15, his personal best in the 1,500 until tonight. He The world of athletics cries out to find a rival at the level of the ‘Viking’ and Girma seemed to fit the profile sought.
An illusion that vanished this June 30 at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in the Swiss city, because Jakob returned to impose his law with overwhelming solvency. The Norwegian reached the final stretch with the British josh kerr and Kirma himself on his tail but launched a final attack that revealed his masterful control of the situation.
Ingebrigtsen ended up winning with a mark of 3:28.72, record of the meeting, while Girma signed a historic Ethiopian record with 3:29.51 -the previous one had it Aman Wote with 3:29.91 since 2014- after surpassing Kerr (3:29.64) in the final meters.
Llopis finishes fifth in the 110 hurdles
The only Spanish presence in Lausanne was in charge of the recent bronze in the European Games Quique Llopis, who finished fifth in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.43 (-1.0). The Valencian was trailing his opponents from the first fence and could not recover positions in the final meters.
The race was dominated by the Japanese shunsuke izumiyaone of the great news of the high hurdles this 2023, with 13.22, just one hundredth better than the Swiss Jason Joseph.
In the male weight, hurried victory of Ryan Crouser in a ‘bad day’ of the Americanwho with 22.29 -very far from those majestic 23.56 achieved on May 27 in Westwood- surpassed New Zealander Tom Walsh by 30 centimeters.
Who did bite the dust for the first time this season was the British Keely Hodgkinsonworld leader of the year in the 800 meters, who could only be second with 1:58.37 against the Kenyan Mary Moraa (1:57.43), world bronze in Eugene last year just behind Hodgkinson.
Nobody could, on the other hand, with the ivory sprinter Marie Jose Ta Louwho once again demonstrated his excellent form with a victory by crush in the 100 meters with a time of 10.88 (-0-8), almost two tenths faster than the British Daryll Neitasecond.
Aregawi defeats Cheptegei in the 5,000
Other of the great events of the night in Lausanne was the men’s 5,000m, with ‘sorpasso’ from the Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi in a prodigious last lap in which he contained the onslaught of the world record holder Joshua Cheptegei (12:41.61).
Aregawi, silver this year in the Cross World Championships in Bathurst (Australia), won with a fabulous record of 12:40.45, best world record of the year and passport to the historical ‘top 5’ of the 5,000 meters behind Cheptegei himself, Bekele, Gebrselassie and Komen. Almost nothing.
In the 100 hurdles, the Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn he took it out on the Nigerian tobi amusan, although the wind (-1.4) prevented a great record. The Olympic champion in Tokyo prevailed with a time of 12.40, compared to 12.47 for the world record holder, who had swept her rivals in the 2022 Oregon World Cup final.
The wind also prevented a great record in the men’s 200 meters, which was recorded by the Botswana Letsile Tebogoone of the great promises of world speed -he is the sub’20 world record holder of the hectometer with 9.91- with 20.01 (-1.4).
The one who ran without ‘rivals’ was the Dutch Femke Bowlunbeaten so far in 2023, which dominated the 400 hurdles with a time of 52.76almost two seconds faster than the second classified, the Finnish Viivi Lehikoinen (54.67).
In the men’s length, unexpected defeat of the Greek Miltiadis Tentoglu. The Olympic champion in Tokyo, with a better flight of 8.07 (-0.8), was surprised by the Bahamian LaQuan Nairnwinner of the contest with 8.11 (-0.3).
