Olympic fourth place finisher Peter Bol has finished the season of his life, by crossing the line in fourth at the Zagreb Diamond League. Bol ran aggressively and was leading down the home straight, just running of steam over the final 50 metres.
On Wednesday and Friday evening (1/9 & 3/9) in Brussels, athletics aficionados were treated to another fabulous night's action at the famous Boudewijnstadion for the 45th Van Damme Memorial Meeting.
An amazing aggressive piece of front running by Linden Hall at the Lausanne Diamond League. Hall has continued to position herself at the pointy end of global 1500m running, finishing 2nd . Hall showed her confidence and strength,going with the pace maker and gapping the rest of the field by a clear 20 metres. She was only passed on the home straight by Ethiopia's Freweyni Gebreezibeher, who was 4th at the Tokyo Olympics.
Some of Australia's biggest names are stepping up at the Lausanne Diamond League. The meet gets under way 12pm local time on Thursday August 26th.
Olympic 1500m champ Faith Kipyegon continued her winning ways at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene. She stopped the clock at 3:53.23 to smash the rest of the field. Kipyegon ran aggressively, clinging to the rabbit then launching for home. She was rewarded with a meet record and handed the rest of the field a true flogging for her efforts.
It was a race of two at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic Bowerman Mile, as Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Stewart McSweyn clashed. Ingebrigtsen was victorious, posting a big PB. The Norwegian stopped the clock at 3:47.24 to set a new meet record. Australian Stewart McSweyn was still with the Olympic champion with just 200m to go, as the pair put a substantial gap on the rest of the field. Stew finished 2nd in 3:48.40, just 0.03 off his PB and Australian record. Stew's time is the second fastest in Australian history, a great run.
The annual Prefontaine Classic in Eugene Oregon this weekend will see a number of Olympic medallists do battle with the rest of the world at what is a Mecca for American athletes and fans. The event has also grown in stature with the international athletics community over the last 40 years to become one of the best Diamond League meetings on the calendar.
Italy's Olympic sprint champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs didn't hide his delight and said that he smiled when he learned that British sprinter CJ Ujah had been provisionally suspended for violating the anti-doping rule.
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Olympic 4th place finisher, Peter Bol, has kept his momentum flowing following his successful Olympic campaign. At a meet in Poland, Bol ran from the front and showed his class, clocking 1:45.49, celebrating as he crossed the line.
