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Another night of athletics Diamond League action took place at the famous Bislet Stadium in Oslo on Thursday night. There was plenty of rain in the Norwegian capital but it was mostly dry during the race, although the rain returned towards the end.
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Mariileidy Paulino impressed and won the title with a very fast time of 49.30 seconds, while Poland’s Natalia Kaczmarek also showed her good form at the European Championships with a time of 49.80 seconds. American Alexis Holmes took third place in 50.40 seconds, ahead of Lieke Klaver’s 50.62 seconds, who ran 400 meters for the first time in the outdoor season.
Women’s Discus
In the second round, Feng Bin took the lead with 67.89m and the Chinese team made no more attempts. This was unnecessary as only Croatian Sandra Elkasevic came close with 66.48m. Italian Daisy Osakue was third with 63.29m, ahead of Jorinde van Klinken (63.16m).
400m Men
The sky was the limit for Matthew Hudson-Smith: in fact, the Englishman ran an amazing 44.07 seconds, significantly improving his own European record, which he set last year 40 years later with 44.26 seconds. Killarney James from Grenada took second place with a time of 44.58 seconds, ahead of the American Vernon Norwood (44.68 seconds).
Men’s pole vault
It wasn’t exciting: KC Lightfoot of the United States was the only runner to clear 5.82m, thus winning a somewhat leisurely race. Emmanouil Karalis of Greece and Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines both finished second, both at 5.72m, with the same number of errors. Menno Vloon was sixth, also at 5.72m, but with slightly more errors.
3000m Women
It was a fast and exciting race with the seven women in the lead group going into the final rounds. With a strong final sprint, Georgia Griffith of Australia unexpectedly finished fastest in 8:24.20 minutes, ahead of Likina Amebaw of Ethiopia (8:24.29) and Jessica Hull of Australia in third in 8:25.82. Maureen Koster had a strong race to finish fourth in 8:26.30 seconds, almost 10 seconds better than her personal record.
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Brittany Brown of the United States won the championship in 22.32 seconds, ahead of Mary Josie Ta-Lou Smith of Cote d’Ivoire in 22.36 seconds. Daryll Neita of Britain was third in 22.50 seconds, Shericka Jackson of Jamaica was fifth in 22.97 seconds, and Tasa Jiya was eighth in 23.13 seconds.
5000m Men
It promised a lot in advance: five of the ten men who had previously run 12:45 had already set out. They did not disappoint: pacer Addisu Yihune picked up the pace, and then his fellow Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha took over. He picked up the pace because to compete in the Olympics he had to run fast, and was joined by his compatriot Hagos Gebrhiwet. He made a stunning final push, with Gebrhiwet taking the win with a great last lap and setting the second fastest time ever: 12:36.73 minutes. Kejelcha finished second with an excellent 12:38.95 minutes, the fourth fastest time ever. Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo took third with a time of 12:40.96, the eighth fastest time ever – Mike Foppen did not finish the race.
100m Men
Akani Simbine has been doing quite well this year and has now also won his first Under-10 title: the South African won in 9.94 seconds, ahead of Japan’s Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (9.99). Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme clocked 10.01 seconds, ahead of Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy (10.03).
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Prudence Sekgodiso of South Africa turned on the turbo early, opening a gap that the other runners couldn’t make up: winning in 1:58.66, ahead of Jamaica’s Natoya Goule-Toppin (1:59.10) and Australia’s Catriona Bisset (1:59.29).
Men’s triple jump
As has often been the case recently, the level was not high, but that did not spoil the fun for Hugues Fabrice Zango: the Burkinabe won with 17.27 meters, two centimeters more than the Algerian Yasser Triki. In third place was the Cuban Lazaro Martínez with 16.85 meters.
Men’s Discus
New world record holder Mykolas Alekna scored 70.91m in the second round to give Lithuania a resounding victory. Australian Matthew Denny finished second with 67.61m, ahead of Sweden’s Daniel Ståhl (66.80m).
Men’s 400m Hurdles
Karsten Warholm was the home hero, and the Brazilian Alison dos Santos was in the running, and the battle seemed to be clear. That’s what happened, and the two fought until the last meter, and in the end dos Santos won the Lion’s Den with a world best of 46.63 seconds, ahead of Warholm’s 46.70 seconds. Kyron McMaster from the British Virgin Islands took third place in 48.49 seconds.
Women’s 400m Hurdles
It was a 1-2-3 for Jamaica: Rushell Clayton won in 54.02 seconds, ahead of Andrenette Knight (54.63) and Janieve Russell (55.07) – worsening weather conditions didn’t help shave off the time.
1500m Men
The Norwegian favorite can take the win here, but he will have to pull out all the stops. Jakob Ingebrigtsen was seriously threatened by Timothy Cheruiyot, but the Kenyan was only 3:29.74 behind in 3:29.77. Azeddine Habz of France was third in 3:30.80.
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