World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that Tori Bowie, the 2017 world 100m champion and multiple Olympic medallist, has died at the age of 32.
Alongside her individual world gold, Bowie also formed part of USA&rsquo;s title winning 4x100m team in London and claimed an Olympic medal treble in Rio in 2016, getting gold in the 4x100m, silver in the 100m and bronze in the 200m.
&ldquo;We&rsquo;re devastated to share the very sad news that Tori Bowie has passed away,&rdquo; her management company, Icon Management, said in a statement. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister. Tori was a champion&hellip; a beacon of light that shined so bright! We&rsquo;re truly heartbroken and our prayers are with the family and friends.&rdquo;
Born in Sand Hill, Mississippi, on 27 August 1990, Bowie showed her track and field talent while at Pisgah High School and gained a scholarship to the University of Southern Mississippi. She then became the first athlete from the university to achieve an indoor and outdoor NCAA long jump title double in a single season, winning indoor gold in March 2011 and adding the outdoor crown in June of that year. She also competed in the sprints and the triple jump, leaping a PB of 13.09m in 2012.
Bowie began her professional career in 2013 and made her major international debut at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot in 2014, during a season in which she set her long jump PB of 6.95m. She then switched her focus to the sprints, with great success, and ended the year as No.1 in the women&rsquo;s 100m thanks to the 10.80 she ran to win at the Monaco Diamond League. She would feature in the top five on the 100m season top list for each of the next three years.
During that period, Bowie improved her PBs to 10.78 in the 100m and 21.77 in the 200m and she won her first global medal at the World Championships in Beijing in 2015, clocking 10.86 behind winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and silver medallist Dafne Schippers.
That proved to be just the start as Bowie won five medals at the next two outdoor global championships, claiming 100m silver and 200m bronze at the Rio Olympics in 2016 before anchoring the 4x100m team to victory.
She then stormed to the world 100m crown in London in 2017, clocking 10.85 to beat Marie-Josee Ta Lou and Schippers, later adding another 4x100m title to her CV as she again anchored the team to victory.
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Tori Bowie anchors the US 4x100m team to victory at the 2017 World Championships in London (&copy; Getty Images)
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At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Bowie competed in both the 100m and long jump, achieving fourth place in the long jump final with a leap of 6.81m.
She last competed in a 200m race in Florida in June 2022.
"USATF is deeply saddened by the passing of Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medallist and two-time world champion," said Max Siegel, CEO of USA Track &amp; Field. "A talented athlete, her impact on the sport is immeasurable, and she will be greatly missed."
Fraser-Pryce was among those to pay tribute, writing: "My heart breaks for the family of Tori Bowie. A great competitor and source of light. Your energy and smile will always be with me. Rest in peace."
Bowie's USA teammate Noah Lyles, the two-time world 200m champion, wrote: "This breaks my heart to hear and I will keep the family in my prayers."
While USA's multiple world long jump champion Brittney Reese wrote: "I'm so heartbroken over this. You have made a lot of us proud, thank you for representing our state of Mississippi like you did. RIP."
World Athletics

Tori Bowie, 1990-2023

2017 world 100m champion Bowie dies

Olympic 1500m silver medallist Laura Muir will have her eye on Maria Mutola&rsquo;s world indoor 1000m record when she competes at the&nbsp;Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final, part of the 2023&nbsp;World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold series, at the Utilita Arena on 25 February.
It will be Muir&rsquo;s first appearance back in front of a Birmingham crowd since she won 1500m gold and 800m bronze at this year's Commonwealth Games. The double world indoor medallist has enjoyed much success in the city and she achieved the second fastest time in history over the 1000m distance at the 2017 edition of the Birmingham indoor event. The time she set then was&nbsp;a British record 2:31.93, eclipsing Kelly Holmes&rsquo; previous mark. Only Mutola has ever gone quicker with 2:30.94.
"I have so many special memories from competing in Birmingham, so I am so very pleased to be coming back to race at the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final and targeting Maria Mutola&rsquo;s world record," said Muir, who claimed world 1500m bronze in Oregon in July.
"It is a distance I have had a good history in over the years, and the British record in 2017 was a significant highlight in my career to date, so I look forward to seeing what I can lay down on the track next February.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I always look forward to racing indoors in the UK, and it kicks off a big year for the sport. It is fantastic that the UK is hosting the World Indoor Tour Series Final, and it is great that all the athletes will get to compete in a brilliant atmosphere as there is nothing quite like a British crowd.&rdquo;
The Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final is the last of the seven meetings that in 2023 will make up the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold series. The season starts in Karlsruhe, Germany, on 27 January before stops in Boston, Torun, New York, Lievin, Madrid and then Birmingham.
Keely Hodgkinson and Jake Wightman have already been announced for the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final, while Katie Nageotte and Sandi Morris have been named for the Millrose Games in New York, and Mondo Duplantis and Jakob Ingebrigtsen have been announced for the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Lievin.
For further information on the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final, visit the <a href="https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/laura-muir-set-for-1000m-world-record-attempt-at-the-birmingham-world-indoor-tour-final/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">event website</a>.
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The Olympic 1500m silver medallist will have her eye on Mutola’s 2:30.94 at the Birmingham World Indoor Tour Final

Muir to target world indoor 1000m record in Birmingham

The book of world records may have survived the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, but continental records took a hammering at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Staten Island on Saturday (13).
Middle-distance stars Donavan Brazier, Bryce Hoppel, Oliver Hoare and Elle Purrier all emerged from the meeting with area records to their name, while Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo and US high jumper Trey Culver produced world-leading marks in their respective events.
Brazier, the world 800m champion, opened his 2021 season with a race over his specialist distance, seeking his fifth consecutive victory at this meeting. He passed through half way in 51.16, then by 600m (1:17.37) he had a lead of almost two seconds.
With a final lap of 26.84, he crossed the line in 1:44.21 to shave 0.01 from his own North American indoor record, moving up one place on the world indoor all-time list to equal fourth. Britain&rsquo;s Jamie Webb was second in a PB of 1:46.26.
&ldquo;The plan was to go out fast and see if I can hang on,&rdquo; said Brazier. &ldquo;I was really hurting at the end. For that entire last 200, I was just thinking, &lsquo;American record, American record&rsquo;. When I crossed the line and the clock said 1:44.22, I thought, &lsquo;ah dang&rsquo;, but then the time was adjusted and I was happy.&rdquo; 
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 While Brazier was the outstanding favourite in his event, Australia&rsquo;s Oliver Hoare produced one of the biggest surprises of the meeting to win the men&rsquo;s 1500m, a scoring event on this year&rsquo;s World Athletics Indoor Tour.
The 2019 NCAA indoor champion positioned himself right behind Jake Wightman for most of the race as the Briton led the field through 800m in 1:54.40 and 1200m in 2:50.45. Wightman started to struggle on the final lap while Hoare breezed to the front and opened up a huge gap, going on to win in 3:32.35.
Not only did Hoare rewrite his outright PB (3:34.63, set outdoors last year), he also smashed Stewart McSweyn&rsquo;s Oceanian record by almost three seconds. Wightman finished second in 3:34.48, narrowly missing the long-standing British record. In third, Sam Tanner broke Nick Willis&rsquo;s New Zealand record with 3:34.72.
&ldquo;I love running indoors, even though I&rsquo;m an Australian,&rdquo; said Hoare, who now moves up to seventh on the world indoor all-time list. &ldquo;I just really wanted to run under that Olympic standard (3:35.00) today.&rdquo; 
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 Elle Purrier secured back-to-back wins in the two miles at the New Balance Grand Prix, but her victory on Saturday was significantly more notable than her triumph 12 months ago.
The world 5000m finalist chopped almost 20 seconds from her PB and eight seconds from the North American indoor record to win in 9:10.28, becoming the third-fastest woman in history for the distance, indoors or out.
Having followed the pacemaker through the first mile in 4:41.93, she wound up the pace in the second half while 2017 world steeplechase champion Emma Coburn followed close behind. Purrier started to open up a noticeable gap with little more than 400 metres to go, passed through 3000m in 8:36.41, and then kicked hard for the final lap.
She crossed the line in 9:10.28 to win by more than five seconds from Coburn, whose time of 9:15.71 was also well inside Jenny Simpson&rsquo;s previous area record (9:18.35). Only Genzebe Dibaba and Meseret Defar have ever run quicker indoors; Purrier now moves ahead of Olympic gold medallists Tirunesh Dibaba and Vivian Cheruiyot on the world indoor all-time list. 
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 Like Purrier, 1000m winner Bryce Hoppel also repeated his New Balance Indoor Grand Prix victory from last year, and did so with a North American indoor record.
The 23-year-old, who finished fourth in the 800m at the 2019 World Championships, ran a controlled opening 400m in 55.36 and passed through 600m in 1:23.24, in first place but slightly slower than intended.
Determined to break the record, Hoppel dug in for the final two laps and reached the finish in 2:16.27, taking half a second off David Torrence&rsquo;s area record. Canada&rsquo;s Marco Arop came through to take second place in 2:17.10 while Charlie Grice set a British record of 2:17.20 in third.
&ldquo;Following last year&rsquo;s race, I decided that I&rsquo;d go after the (North American indoor 1000m) record next time,&rdquo; said Hoppel. &ldquo;Getting into the record books is just incredible. It&rsquo;s not just me out there &ndash; it&rsquo;s cool to do something for everyone who helps me.&rdquo; 
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 In other middle-distance action, Canada&rsquo;s Justyn Knight won the men&rsquo;s two-mile race in 8:13.92 and Heather Maclean won the women&rsquo;s 1500m in 4:06.32. World bronze medallist Ajee Wilson put together a well-executed race to take the women&rsquo;s 800m in 2:01.79.
<h3>World leads for Miller-Uibo, Harrison, Culver and Thomas</h3>
Almost seven years since her last indoor 400m, Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo returned to her specialist distance on the boards and set her second national indoor record of the year.
The 26-year-old, who clocked a Bahamian indoor 200m record of 22.40 in Fayetteville last month, took extremely comfortable as she passed through the first lap in 23.92. World Championships fourth-place finisher Wadeline Jonathas tried to give chase, but Miller-Uibo pulled away to win in 50.21. Jonathas was second in 51.95. 
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 Miller-Uibo&rsquo;s time took 0.13 off Christine Amertil&rsquo;s Bahamian record and moves Miller-Uibo to equal eighth on the world indoor all-time list. &ldquo;I came out here to see where we&rsquo;re at with my training and I&rsquo;m very satisfied,&rdquo; said the winner. &ldquo;I feel really strong right now.&rdquo;
World indoor 60m hurdles champion Kendra Harrison is also having a brief but impressive indoor campaign.
Harrison, the outdoor world record-holder, was a clear winner of the 60m hurdles in a world-leading 7.82. Britain&rsquo;s Tiffany Porter and USA&rsquo;s Gabrielle Cunningham placed second and third respectively, both clocking 7.89. 
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 Trey Culver equalled his PB to win the men&rsquo;s high jump with a world-leading 2.33m. He led at the early heights but then needed two tries at 2.25m. Once over that bar, he was the only one to clear 2.28m and he then progressed to 2.33m, clearing it on his second attempt, before bowing out with three misses at 2.36m.
&ldquo;I go into every competition expecting to jump better than before, so it was a good feeling to win,&rdquo; said Culver.
Gabby Thomas underlined her reputation as one of the world&rsquo;s best 300m runners, repeating her New Balance Indoor Grand Prix victory over the one-and-a-half lap distance.
Lynna Irby put up a strong fight and led for most of the way, but Thomas came through in the final 100 metres to win in a PB of 35.73, just 0.02 shy of the US indoor record. Thomas is now the only woman in history to better 36 seconds for the distance on three occasions indoors. Irby finished second in a PB of 35.99.
<h3>Norman wins two-lap thriller</h3>
Michael Norman maintained his perfect record over training partner Rai Benjamin, but their 400m clash in Staten Island was their closest finish to date.
Norman &ndash; who hasn&rsquo;t raced indoors since 2018 when he clocked 44.52, the fastest indoor 400m in history &ndash; started well and seemed to make up ground on 400m hurdles specialist Benjamin, who was drawn in the outside lane. They passed through the half-way point almost in unison with Norman edging into the lead, but Benjamin responded on the back straight. 
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 Norman stood his ground but Benjamin was hardly letting up as the duo entered the final straight both very much still in contention. Norman held on to win in 45.34 with Benjamin close behind in a lifetime best of 45.39.
&ldquo;It felt good,&rdquo; said Norman. &ldquo;I just wanted to knock the cobwebs off because it&rsquo;s been more than a year since I last ran that distance. It&rsquo;s always very competitive between us, in training and in competition. It was a lot of fun.&rdquo;
Trayvon Bromell&rsquo;s winning margin in the men&rsquo;s 60m was three times as big as Norman&rsquo;s margin from the 400m. The 2016 world indoor champion won convincingly in 6.50 with Demek Kemp taking second place in 6.65.
Kayla White won a close women&rsquo;s 60m in a PB of 7.15 as just 0.06 separated the six finishers. Hannah Cunliffe was second in 7.17 and Candace Hill third in 7.19. Aleia Hobbs was the fastest in the heats, clocking 7.10, but she was disqualified for a false start in the final.
Elsewhere, world 200m champion Noah Lyles won the men's 200m in 20.80, having clocked 6.76 in the 60m heats earlier in the programme. World indoor champion Sandi Morris won the women&rsquo;s pole vault with 4.60m, while Jereem Richards won the men&rsquo;s 300m in 32.71
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The book of world records may have survived the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, but continental records took a hammering at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Staten Island on Saturday (13).

Area records tumble at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

Sifan Hassan, Faith Kipyegon and Yomif Kejelcha are among the stars signed up for a middle and long distance meeting set for 10 October at FBK Stadium in the Dutch city of Hengelo.
Organised by Global Sports Communication (GSC), the meeting will provide a select group of world class athletes with an opportunity to compete once more at the end of a season that was heavily restricted by the global Covid-19 pandemic. The programme will feature three events: 1000m and 10,000m races for women and a 5000m race for men.
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 Hasan, the reigning world 1500m and 10,000m champion, will contest the longer the distance, taking on Ethiopian rising star Tsehay Gemechu. Hassan, who broke the world record for the one-hour run in Brussels in August, is looking for one last track outing before her attempt to add another world title to her collection at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020 on 17 October.
The women&rsquo;s 1000m features Olympic 1500m Champion Faith Kipyegon who will mount another assault on world record which barely eluded her in Monaco earlier this summer.
The Kenyan&rsquo;s sparkling 2:29.15 run at the Stade Louis II in Monaco put her second on the all-time list, just 0.17 seconds shy Svetlana Masterkova&rsquo;s world record which has stood for 24 years.
In the men's 5000m the focus will fall on Ethiopia&rsquo;s world 10,000m silver medallist Yomif Kejelcha who'll face in-form Australian Stewart McSweyn.
"Our athletes were not done with the season yet," said GSC event manager Ellen van Langen. "They were super motivated for running another race. That&rsquo;s why we had the idea to organise a race ourselves. Where else than Hengelo?&rdquo;&nbsp;
Hans Kloosterman, meeting director for the FBK Games, added: &ldquo;Next year we celebrate the 40th edition of the FBK Games. We expect Covid-19 will still play a role by then. It is great to have the opportunity to organise a professional race within Covid-19 restrictions."
The Wavelight electronic pace-setter will be used to help guide the athletes. Current pandemic restrictions will prohibit spectators, but a broadcast of the meeting will be available via livestream on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGuKwPWTXgk">FBK Games YouTube channel</a>.
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Sifan Hassan, Faith Kipyegon and Yomif Kejelcha are among the stars signed up for a middle and long distance meeting set for 10 October at FBK Stadium in the Dutch city of Hengelo.

Hassan, Kipyegon and Kejelcha to chase fast times at distance meeting in Hengelo

Britain's Mo Farah and Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands set respective men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s world one-hour records* at the Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting at the King Baudouin Stadium tonight.
Britain&rsquo;s multiple world and Olympic champion held off the challenge of his training partner, home athlete Bashir Abdi, to set a new mark of 21,330m &ndash; eclipsing the 2007 mark of 21,285m set by Haile Gebrselassie. Abdi finished eight metres behind.
Hassan&rsquo;s record also came after a titanic battle with Kenya&rsquo;s world marathon record-holder Brigid Kosgei, although it later transpired the latter had been disqualified for stepping on to the infield in the closing stages.
The Dutch world 1500m and 10,000m champion reached 18,930 metres as the hour elapsed, beating the existing mark of 18,517 metres set by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Dire Tune in 2008.
Moving into the final quarter of an hour, Tune&rsquo;s mark seemed certain to be bettered, given that both women were more than a minute ahead of world record pace. The only question remained &ndash; which champion would secure it?
As they shadowed each other, swapping the lead but never getting away from each other, it was impossible to predict who would triumph. Hassan said afterwards that she thought Kosgei would &ldquo;run away from her&rdquo;.
But when the gun went to mark the final minute with the pair halfway down the back straight, Hassan moved ahead once more, and this time it was decisive.
Looking once behind her, the Dutch athlete took off, pumping her arms, going for broke. Kosgei, baring her teeth, did everything in her power to stay in touch, but there was no catching up, and when the 60 minutes elapsed, Hassan slowed to a halt halfway down the back straight after a crazy sprint finish.
"I didn't feel good before the start of the race, I even puked," revealed Hassan. "After 30 minutes of racing, I finally felt better. It was in the final 20 minutes that I gained the confidence I needed. When there were only two minutes left on the clock, the fun began. I just gave everything I had left. I am so happy with the win and the world record. It wasn't easy."
As the men&rsquo;s race moved into the final quarter of an hour, the ghostly figure of the current world record holder, Gebrselassie, was shown in virtual shape, running at their side. They were bang on the pace.
With 10 minutes to go, they moved ahead of the world record schedule. They passed 18,000 metres in 50:43. 
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 Inside the final five minutes, the home runner, who the day before had confessed that he expected Farah to beat him, moved to the lead, but the multiple champion was shadowing him still.
As advertised, the Wavelight visual pace-guidance system employing differently coloured LED lights installed on the inside edge of the track made the pursuit of records on the night immediately intelligible.
With three minutes remaining, both men were 30 metres clear of the leading blue lights, showing the intended pace, and the green lights snaking behind them, showing the actual world record pace.
A second world record appeared in the offing &ndash; and the same question was being asked. Who would break it?
The gun went to mark one minute to go, then Farah made a significant break. He charged around the bend as the final seconds ticked away, and at the same spot where Hassan had earlier triumphed, Farah did too, taking a few seconds to realise it was all over.
&ldquo;The world record is yours, Mo!&rdquo; said the stadium MC.
Abdi had the consolation of lowering the world best for 20,000m from 56:26 to 56:20.2*, having led his friend through that mark.
"I was very excited to be back on the track," said Farah. "I knew I was in a great shape after the hard work I did in the last six weeks. At a certain point, with just 10 laps to go, it became tough so I was happy that Bashir took the lead, but I felt great with just one minute to go. A fast last lap is still my best tactic."
Kenya&rsquo;s Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon had to settle for another near miss as she attempted to beat the world 1000m record of 2:28.98 set on this track in 1996 by Russia&rsquo;s double Olympic champion Svetlana Masterkova.
Having finished just 17 hundredths of a second short at last month&rsquo;s opening Diamond League meeting in Monaco, Kipyegon seemed on track to achieve her ambition with 200 metres remaining, but faltered slightly over the final few metres to cross the line in 2:29.92. 
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 Norway&rsquo;s 19-year-old European 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who has already reduced the European record to 3:28.68, made a bold effort to improve on that but his honourable solo effort saw him finish in 3:30.69, with Jesus Gomez of Spain a distant second in 3:34.64.
In the pole vault, Sweden&rsquo;s 20-year-old world record-holder Mondo Duplantis saw the last challenger, home vaulter Ben Broeders, fall away with a best of 5.70m.
The European champion then went on to clear a meeting record of 6.00m at his first attempt before having another crack at 6.15m, a centimetre higher than the best outdoor clearance ever made, by Sergey Bubka in 1994. He didn&rsquo;t make it. But surely his time will come sooner rather than later. 
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 Twenty-year-old Rani Rosius, who had won the Belgian title in 11.39, needed 11.43 to earn another prestige victory in the women&rsquo;s 100m, with France&rsquo;s Carolle Zahl second in 11.56.
Britain&rsquo;s world heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson had said the day before that this meeting &ndash; where she was competing in the 100m hurdles and the high jump &ndash; was effectively the highlight of her season, and she had a reasonably satisfactory result in the first of them, which was won by home champion Anne Zagre in 13.21.
Despite an uncertain start, Johnson-Thompson drew on her strength to take fourth place in 13.57 &ndash; inside her previous season&rsquo;s best of 13.73.
Zagre was chased home by Denmark&rsquo;s Mette Graversgaard, who clocked 13.26, and Belgian compatriot Sarah Missinne, who ran a season&rsquo;s best of 13.55. 
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 Johnson-Thompson went on to equal her season&rsquo;s best of 1.84m in a high jump won by Australia&rsquo;s Nicola McDermott with 1.91m.
Poland&rsquo;s Iga Baumgart-Witan won the women&rsquo;s 400m in 52.13, while the men&rsquo;s 200m went to Italy&rsquo;s Eseosa Desalu in 20.39.
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 *Pending to the usual ratification process

Britain's Mo Farah and Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands set respective men’s and women’s world one-hour records at the Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting at the King Baudouin Stadium tonight.

Hassan and Farah break one-hour world records in Brussels

The King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels will be empty of spectators for Friday night&rsquo;s Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting but brimming with ambition as the 44th edition of the AG Memorial Van Damme will see three world records being targeted.
Kenya&rsquo;s Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon will challenge the women&rsquo;s 1000m mark while the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s one-hour records will be under threat from, in the first instance, Britain&rsquo;s multiple world and Olympic champion Mo Farah, and in the second, world 1500m and 10,000m champion Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands and Kenya&rsquo;s world marathon record-holder Brigid Kosgei.
Kipyegon will be attempting to better the mark of 2:28.98 set by Russia&rsquo;s double Olympic champion Svetlana Masterkova on the same track in 1996. And the Kenyan will approach her task with plenty of confidence given her performance in the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Monaco last month, where she finished just 17 hundredths of a second adrift of the Russian&rsquo;s time.
Now 37, Farah &ndash; winner of the 5000m and 10,000m at the last two Olympics &ndash; is returning to the track for the first time since switching to road racing in 2017 and has prepared for his effort at the high altitude of Font Romeu in the Pyrenees.
He has been accompanied by training partner Bashir Abdi, who won European 10,000m silver for Belgium at the 2018 European Championships and who, like Farah, was born in Mogadishu, capital of Somalia. 
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Mo Farah wins the 5000m at the IAAF Diamond League final in Zurich</div>
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The mark they are targeting was the last world record set by Ethiopia&rsquo;s multiple world and Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie, who managed to cover 21,285 metres in 2007 on the track in Ostrava.
Asked what he believed he could do in Brussels, Farah &ndash; who will act as a pacemaker at the London Marathon on October 4 &ndash; responded: &ldquo;What distance do I have in mind? I don't have to say what I think I can do, it doesn't matter. I just have to do it on September 4th.
&ldquo;I can only say that I look forward to it very hard and believe in it. I want to improve that world record.
&ldquo;The AG Memorial Van Damme will be my first race since the Chicago Marathon last October. I was struggling with an injury and then all races were cancelled due to the corona pandemic.
&ldquo;In my career I have always focused on taking titles at the big championships, but when I was asked to take a shot at the world hour record, I did not hesitate. My tactic? It will be a question of maintaining an even pace.
&ldquo;The first 10 to 15 km Bashir and I will certainly stay together. Then we will see. Bashir has his own goals. We are good friends off the track, but we each go our own way in the race.&rdquo;
If Farah succeeds in his bid to better Gebrselassie&rsquo;s 13-year-old effort, he will officially become the 12th man in history to hold the one-hour world record, reclaiming a distinction that was first achieved by a fellow Briton, Alf Shrubb, in 1904 when, despite &ldquo;a violent breeze and sodden track&rdquo; he covered 18,742m in his designated time, breaking records for six, seven, eight, nine, 10 and 11 miles en route.
Since then this blue riband achievement has passed among other legends of the sport including France&rsquo;s 1912 Olympic 5000m silver medallist Jean Bouin, the &lsquo;Flying Finn&rsquo; Paavo Nurmi, Emil Zatopek, Ron Clarke, Gaston Roelants, Jos Hermens and of course Gebrselassie.
When Hermens improved his own world record to 20,944m at the all-weather track in Papendal in May 1976 he pioneered technological support that will be available to the runners on Friday, having police beacons placed at each 200m mark which would flash roughly twice a minute to indicate the precise world record pace.
&ldquo;This would tell me during the race without having to worry about watches and time splits whether I was on schedule,&rdquo; he told World Athletics this week. &ldquo;I guess it was the first form of Wavelight technology.&rdquo;
Hermens came up with the Wavelight concept in which flashing lights are fitted to track rail to aid athlete pacing as seen at Diamond League meets in Oslo and Monaco this year, and which will be in place on the King Baudouin Stadium track.
Hermens also arranged for a playlist of his favourite tunes to be broadcast during his effort, and Farah and Abdi have done the same thing, with the help of suggestions by fans via social media.
Meanwhile the audience simulation technology that has been used at meetings this season, artfully employing recordings of previous competitions to enliven the atmosphere, will also be in play on Friday.
&ldquo;I'm really looking forward to it!&rdquo; Farah added. &ldquo;We are going to make a great show in Brussels.&rdquo;
The women&rsquo;s one-hour race involves a fascinating struggle between two of the world&rsquo;s outstanding athletes as Hassan and Kosgei attack the mark of 18,517m set by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Dire Tune at the Ostrava Golden Spike meeting in 2008.
Last year in Doha Hassan became the only athlete in history to win the 1500m and 10,000m at a single World Championships. In 2019 she also become the world record-holder for the 5km road race &ndash; running 14:44&ndash; and the mile, where she clocked 4:12.33, with both events being held in Monaco. 
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Sifan Hassan wins the 5000m at the Diamond League final in Brussels</div>
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Her range stretches &ndash; for the moment &ndash; to the half marathon, where she set the European record of 1:05:15 at Copenhagen in 2018.
Kosgei, 26, bettered that time on September 8 last year when she won the Great North Run in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1:04:28, although that mark could not be officially ratified by World Athletics because of the nature of the course.
There were no asterisks involved just over a month later, however, when she retained her Chicago Marathon title in a world record time of 2:14:04, a personal best of more than four minutes which bettered Paula Radcliffe&rsquo;s 2003 mark of 2:15:25.
She finished more than six minutes ahead of the nearest challenger, Ethiopia&rsquo;s Ababel Yeshaneh, who in February of this year set the official world half marathon record of 1:04:31 in Ras Al Khaimah.
And she is determined to make her mark in the Belgian capital as she prepares for the defence of her London Marathon title on October 4.
Also in the field is Israel&rsquo;s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, the European 10,000m champion.
Norway&rsquo;s 19-year-old European 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, whose consolation for two narrow defeats by Kenya&rsquo;s world champion Timothy Cheruiyot this season has been a European record of 3:28.68, will return to the track once again for the metric mile.
While Cheruiyot will not be present on this occasion, the wonderboy will nevertheless face a strong field which includes Spanish duo Jesus Gomez, the European indoor bronze medallist, and world indoor 800m bronze medallist Saul Ordonez.
The field for the men&rsquo;s pole vault is due to include world record-holder Armand Duplantis of Sweden, Olympic champion Thiago Braz of Brazil and US vaulter Christopher Nilsen, who beat Duplantis to the NCAA title last year. 
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Pole vault winner Mondo Duplantis at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm</div>
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Duplantis will come fresh from the outdoor personal best clearance of 6.07m he required to beat Sam Kendricks in the Wanda Diamond League exhibition event in Lausanne, where the US vaulter cleared 6.02m, his second-best ever height behind the 6.06m he managed last year.
The 20-year-old phenomenon, who cleared 6.17m and 6.18m indoors earlier this season, will try to put himself in a position to have another go at beating 6.14m, the best ever outdoor mark set by Sergey Bubka in 1994.
Belgium&rsquo;s Ben Broeders will hope to improve upon his national record of 5.76m in such strong company.
The men&rsquo;s one-hour race was also to have featured Sondre Nordstad Moen, who set a European 25,000m record in June at the Oslo Diamond League &lsquo;Impossible Games&rsquo; exhibition meeting, clocking 1:12:46.5. The Norwegian withdrew from the race earlier this week, although he says he will be fit and ready for the London Marathon.
Unfortunately for home fans, achilles tendon problems have prevented Belgium&rsquo;s Olympic heptathlon champion Nafissatou Thiam from taking part in a planned &lsquo;triathlon&rsquo;.
While the shot put element of that event has been cancelled, the 100m hurdles and high jump remain, and both will feature the Briton who took the world title from Thiam in Doha last year, Katarina Johnson-Thompson.
With a personal best of 13.09, and a season&rsquo;s best of 13.73, Johnson-Thompson will be challenged in the high hurdles by the presence of Dutch athlete Sharona Bakker and Belgium&rsquo;s Anne Zagre, who have respective bests of 12.85 and 12.71.
In the high jump the Briton will face Australia&rsquo;s Nicola McDermott, whose personal best of 1.98m, set this season, matches hers. Sweden&rsquo;s Erica Kinsey, with a best of 1.97m, is also in the field.
In place of the cancelled shot put there is now a women&rsquo;s 100m featuring 20-year-old home sprinter Rani Rosius, who recently won the Belgian title in this stadium with a time of 11.39, the second-fastest national time behind the record of 11.04 set by 2006 European champion Kim Gevaert.
Home eyes in the men&rsquo;s 200m will be upon Jonathan Borl&eacute;e as he races against Italy&rsquo;s Eseosa Desalu, while Polish duo Iga Baumgart-Witan and Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz-Zawadzka will clash in the women's 400m.
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The King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels will be empty of spectators for Friday night’s Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting but brimming with ambition as the 44th edition of the AG Memorial Van Damme will see three world records being targeted. 

World records under threat in Brussels

World 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei announced the return of international athletics with a phenomenal world 5000m record of 12:35.36* at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday night (14).
The Ugandan, who annexed the world cross-country title as well as the 10,000m title last year, and set a world 5km record on the road in Monaco in February, extended his realm by attacking and conquering the great Kenenisa Bekele&rsquo;s 16-year-old 5000m monument of 12:37.35 in a bravura solo performance.
The pace was so fierce that Cheptegei had run out of pacemakers by half way and the only other man in sight was Kenya&rsquo;s Nicholas Kimeli. Within a lap the genial but ambitious Ugandan was alone in his quest for immortality, pressing on remorselessly with metronomic 61-second laps.
As he hit the bell in 11:35, it was apparent that the record was his for the taking and he came home in 60 seconds as the small socially-distanced crowd allowed to attend the meeting rose and applauded.
Cheptegei had made no secret of his desire to take down Bekele&rsquo;s mark and was not deterred by the seemingly unfavourably warm conditions at Stade Louis II. It was still 26 degrees and 78 percent humidity as his attempt began. 
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 &ldquo;I think Monaco is a special place and it's one of these places where I could break the world record,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;It took a lot of mind setting to keep being motivated this year because so many people are staying at home but you have to stay motivated. I pushed myself, I had the right staff with me, the right coach. I'm also usually based in Europe, but being based in Uganda with my family was actually great.&rdquo;
Kimeli was the only other man who broke 13 minutes, as he finished a distant second in a lifetime best of 12:51.78.
<h3>Kenyan trio Obiri, Cheruiyot and Kipyegon victorious</h3>
In the clash of the distance queens, a race featuring the reigning women&rsquo;s world champions over every distance from 1500m to 10,000m, 5000m title holder Hellen Obiri reigned supreme over her preferred distance.
Obiri, who is also the world cross-country champion, was the aggressor early in the race, keen to stamp her authority on the star-studded field.
With five laps to go it was a race in four with Ethiopia&rsquo;s Letesenbet Gidey leading from Obiri, Laura Weightman and Sifan Hassan as they gapped the rest of the field.
World 1500m and 10,000m champion Hassan, who had been doubtful about her form coming into the event due to a long lockdown in Ethiopia, found the pace too punishing and stepped off the track at 4000m, leaving Gidey and Obiri to duel for the honours. 
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Hellen Obiri on her way to winning the 5000m at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco</div>
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Obiri put on the after-burners 250m from the finish line and sprinted away to win in 14:22.12, setting a meeting record and the world lead. She was delighted to be less than four seconds from her personal best in such a disrupted year.
Gidey clocked 14:26.57 in second as third-placed Weightman set a personal best of 14:35.44 ahead of Jessica Hull, who set an outdoor Oceanian record of 14:43.80, the first time she has dipped under 15 minutes. She was one of seven women in that realm in tonight&rsquo;s race.
For the moment, world 1500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot remains the main man in that classic distance but the ghost of the future shadowed him throughout the race in Monaco in the shape of 19-year-old European champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
The pacemakers went out hard, covering 400m in 52 seconds and 800m in 1:51.24. Although Cheruiyot went with them, he was also well aware of the young man who is destined to haunt middle distance runners the world over, and showed him utmost respect as they came off the final bend.
He expected the Norwegian prodigy to charge at him and kept something in reserve to shake off the threat, pumping his fist in delight as he stopped the clock in 3:28.45, just 0.04 outside his best time, set in the same stadium two years ago. 
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Timothy Cheruiyot wins the 1500m at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco</div>
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Ingebrigtsen burst through the 3:30 barrier for the first time, setting a European record of 3:28.68, which lifted him to eighth on the world all-time list. Third-placed Briton Jake Wightman also set a personal best time of 3:29.47.
Kenya&rsquo;s Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon went very close to setting the second world record of the night, surprising herself over the less familiar 1000m distance.
Kipyegon, who had her first child after her 2017 World Championships triumph, has clearly returned to her very best. She spread-eagled a world-class field to win in 2:29.15, just 0.17 short of the world record of 2:28.98.
European 1500m champion Laura Muir led at the bell but Kipyegon put in an irresistible surge with 250m to go and won by almost two seconds from Muir who set a British record of 2:30.82. 
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Faith Kipyegon wins the 1000m at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco</div>
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<h3> Warholm close to 47-second barrier</h3>
Norwegian world champion Karsten Warholm, running his first race over 400m hurdles since his World Championships triumph almost 10 months ago, was equally superior, winning by more than two seconds in 47.10, the second-fastest time of his career and his seventh time under 47.50.
He achieved another of his career ambitions by maintaining 13 strides between all 10 hurdles for the first time, a step that will bring the world record of 46.78 into sharper focus for him.
&ldquo;This was a very, very good season opener,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;I felt very strong, things I've been working on actually work. I had a very good finish today and I'm really happy. It's great seeing some audience, hearing the sound of the audience, and having some competitors by my side felt great.
&ldquo;I did 13 strides all the way but it's not really about the strides, it's about how to keep the pace going and I felt like I did this so I'm very happy about how I completed the race today.&rdquo; 
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Karsten Warholm on his way to winning the 400m hurdles at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco</div>
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The men&rsquo;s 800m became an all-American affair as world champion Donavan Brazier hung tough down the straight to hold off the late challenge of his US compatriot Bryce Hoppel, with Canadian Marco Arop in third.
Brazier, who said he felt like he was running with &ldquo;a target on my back&rdquo;, set the fastest time of this blighted year, 1:43.15, after running a tactically astute race. He took command as they entered the bottom bend and relied on his strength to see off all challenges. Hoppel (1:43.23) and Arop (1:44.14) both set personal best times as they tried valiantly to run him down.
<h3>Lyles happy to be back doing what he loves most</h3>
In the sprints, world 200m champion Noah Lyles continued to set the pace, making best use of the newly resurfaced track to set a world-leading time of 19.76.
Lyles, who revealed recently that he struggled with his mental health during lockdown in April and was prescribed anti-depressant medication, has been outspoken about the Black Lives Matter movement in recent months and emulated the famous 1968 Olympic podium salute, thrusting one black-gloved fist to the sky when he was introduced before the race.
He made another strong statement with his feet, but if anything he was more delighted for his younger brother Josephus, who finished second (20.30) in his Diamond League debut. 
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Noah Lyles in action in the 200m at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco</div>
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&ldquo;I got high expectations for myself so I'd say the race got the Noah stamp of approval but I wouldn't say it got the Noah satisfaction stamp,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;For me, being on the circuit is very good, I'm a very social person and when I can't get that, it takes away from my needs and my normal behaviour and that's where I start to feel stressed and trying to cope with that over quarantine has been very hard.&rdquo;
Switzerland&rsquo;s Ajla del Ponte was the surprise winner of the 100m (11.16), while USA&rsquo;s Lynna Irby was untroubled to win the 400m in 50.50.
In the men&rsquo;s 110m hurdles, Spain&rsquo;s Olympic silver medallist Orlando Ortega upset the world champion Grant Holloway to win in 13.11, the fastest time of the year. British world indoor 60m hurdles champion Andrew Pozzi came through for second, equalling his personal best of 13.14, as early leader Holloway faded to fourth (13.19) over the last three hurdles.
In the field, world pole vault record-holder Armand Duplantis achieved his first six-metre jump outdoors this year but was denied his anticipated meeting with world champion Sam Kendricks, who was a late withdrawal after his poles did not arrive from the United States in time. 
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Mondo Duplantis, winner of the pole vault at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco</div>
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Duplantis&rsquo; mother and coach Helena took a 25-hour road trip from Sweden with his poles because they could not find an airline that could transport them to Nice Airport in time for the meeting.
Her son made her efforts worthwhile with a typically outstanding performance to win at 6.00m and raise the bar to 6.15m, which would have been an outdoor world best if he had made it.
&ldquo;That (performance) was pretty important for me,&rdquo; Duplantis said. &ldquo;I wanted to get over six metres, I wanted to show everybody and myself that I am in six-metre shape.&rdquo;
Belgium&rsquo;s Ben Broeders took second with a clearance of 5.70m on a countback from Ernest Obiena of the Philippines.
Last year&rsquo;s Rising Star award-winner and world silver medallist Yaroslava Mahuchik of Ukraine took a narrow victory over her compatriot Yuliya Levchenko after both cleared 1.98m in the high jump, and a slightly out-of-sorts world triple jump champion Yulimar Rojas maintained her winning record with a best of 14.27m, despite fouling four of her six jumps.
Morocco&rsquo;s Soufiane El Bakkali won the final event of the night, setting the 11th world-leading performance in two hours of thrilling athletics, by winning the 3000m steeplechase in 8:08.04, from Kenya&rsquo;s Leonard Bett (8:08.78).
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World 10,000m champion Joshua Cheptegei broke the world 5000m record at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday night (14), clocking a stunning 12:35.36.

Cheptegei breaks world 5000m record in Monaco as Diamond League action returns

With just 100 days to go to the M&uuml;ller Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow, organisers announced that Laura Muir will attempt to break the world indoor 1000m record at the World Indoor Tour meeting on Saturday 15 February 2020.
The double European indoor champion and outdoor European 1500m champion will aim to start 2020 in electric style as she targets a record -breaking performance in front of a home crowd.
Muir is already the European record-holder over 1000m, having clocked 2:31.93 back in 2017 to go second on the world indoor all-time list behind Maria Mutola, and now she will aim to break Mutola&rsquo;s world indoor record of 2:30.94, set back in 1999, when she races at the Emirates Arena in February.
Not only does the venue serve as Muir&rsquo;s indoor training base, but the 26-year-old also won 1500m and 3000m gold there at this year&rsquo;s European Indoor Championships, so she is relishing the opportunity to compete in front of packed home crowd as part of her Olympic Games preparations.
&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t think of a better way to begin 2020 and Olympic year than with a world record attempt in my home city and in front of a home crowd at the M&uuml;ller Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow,&rdquo; said Muir.
&ldquo;Through the hard sessions this winter, knowing that I&rsquo;ll be stepping back out on to the track in Glasgow will be absolutely huge motivation, as will the opportunity to attack what is a really tough and long-standing world record.
&ldquo;With that said, I feel that going quicker than 2:30.94 is a real possibility, and I can&rsquo;t think of a better place to go for the record than in Glasgow and at such a world-class event.&rdquo;
Muir&rsquo;s presence in Glasgow sees her join the previously-announced Katarina Johnson-Thompson in competing at the M&uuml;ller Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow.
Organisers for the IAAF

With just 100 days to go to the Müller Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow, organisers announced that Laura Muir will attempt to break the world indoor 1000m record at the World Indoor Tour meeting on Saturday 15 February 2020.

Muir targets world indoor 1000m record in Glasgow

He settled into his blocks wearing black socks emblazoned with flames, and moments later we found out why: at the BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on Sunday afternoon (10), the sixth meeting of the 2018 IAAF Diamond League, 22-year-old Abderrahman Samba unleashed another scorching, stunning display to win the men&rsquo;s 400m hurdles in 47.41.
It was an Asian record, a Diamond League record and the fifth sub-48-second clocking in a row by Samba, the first time that feat has been accomplished since Derrick Adkins managed it back in 1995.
As it was in both Rome and Oslo, world champion Karsten Warholm could do nothing to halt the Qatari&rsquo;s dominance, even if the Norwegian produced the performance of his life in second with a national record of 47.81, carving 0.01 off his previous mark.
&ldquo;I was looking for something big and I got that today,&rdquo; said Samba. &ldquo;It was windy on the back straight so that made us push too hard but it was amazing to get the Diamond League record and a PB today. Now I&rsquo;ll get back training then I might compete in Paris.&rdquo;
Warholm was far from disappointed in second.
&ldquo;The perfect race will come sometime, I am pushing the limits all the time,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Today I was pushing Samba. He was the better man, of course, but I felt like I did my job.&rdquo;
<h3>12.38 world lead -and a diamond- for McNeal</h3>
Brianna McNeal was highly impressive in the women&rsquo;s 100m hurdles, the 2016 Olympic champion swift and precise over the barriers to come home in a world-leading 12.38 (+1.3m/s), with 2015 world champion Danielle Williams of Jamaica setting a PB in second (12.48) and Alina Talay of Belarus third in 12.55. It also netted McNeal a diamond for breaking Gail Devers&rsquo; meeting record of 12.42.
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Brianna McNeal impresses in Stockholm</div>
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&ldquo;I knew that once I put the race together then I would get a great time,&rdquo; said McNeal, who will next compete in Budapest before returning to the IAAF Diamond League circuit in Rabat.
Dina Asher-Smith capped a fine week by reversing placings with Murielle Ahoure from their clash on Thursday night in Oslo, where the Briton set a national record of 10.92 to finish second to the Ivorian. Here, Ahoure led through the opening 60 metres once again &ndash; no surprise there from the world indoor champion &ndash; but then Asher-Smith&rsquo;s 200m ability began to tell and she came through strongly to take victory in 10.93 (-0.1m/s) ahead of Ahoure (11.03) and Michelle Lee-Ahye (11.11).
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Dina Asher-Smith (r), victorious in Stockholm</div>
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&ldquo;I was especially happy with the second half of the race,&rdquo; said Asher-Smith. &ldquo;This is what my coach and my team have been working on. I was really happy I was able to reproduce that time (from Oslo) because I am an excitable person so when I do something good, I normally take a bit of time to come down.&rdquo;
<h3>Tsegay mines a diamond, too</h3>
Gudaf Tsegay will leave Stockholm with a valuable piece of excess baggage &ndash; a diamond &ndash; after setting a meeting record to win the women&rsquo;s 1500m in 3:57.64 after a run where the Ethiopian threw caution to the considerable wind blowing in the Olympic stadium. She blasted through 800m behind the pacemakers, who covered the first two laps in a vicious 2:03.93.
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Tsegay Gudaf takes the Stockholm 1500m</div>
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Tsegay seized command on the third lap and hit 1200m all alone in 3:09.82, at which point Laura Muir was her closest pursuer, the Briton sling-shotting out of the pack and giving chase over the final lap. But for all that Tsegay was fading, it wasn&rsquo;t enough, the Ethiopian hitting the line with seven metres to spare over Muir, who was second in 3:58.53. Rababe Arafi edged Jenny Simpson to take third in 4:00.28.
&ldquo;I was confident,&rdquo; said Tsegay. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy I ran well and I felt strong.&rdquo;
<h3>Barega summons unbeatable kick</h3>
The men&rsquo;s 5000m boiled down to a two-way duel between Selemon Barega of Ethiopia and Birhanu Balew of Bahrain, and anyone who witnessed Barega&rsquo;s finishing burst a fortnight earlier in Eugene knew how that one would end.
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Barega kicked off the front with 100 metres to run and came home in a world-leading 13:04.05, with Balew second in 13:04.25 and Abadi Hadis third in 13:06.76.
&ldquo;It was a not a good time,&rdquo; said Barega, a man not easily pleased. &ldquo;I wanted under 13 minutes but I hope to do it next time.&rdquo;
In the men&rsquo;s 1000m, an event that counts towards the 800m for the Diamond League standings, Kenya&rsquo;s Ferguson Rotich took maximum points and routed the field, powering away from his rivals over the final 200 metres to win in 2:14.88, well clear of Bahrain&rsquo;s Sadik Mikhou (2:16.09) and Britain&rsquo;s Jake Wightman (2:16.27).
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Ferguson Rotich takes the Stockholm 1000m</div>
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&ldquo;It was hard work,&rdquo; said Rotich. &ldquo;It was very hot but it was hot for everyone so it is important to deliver.&rdquo;
<h3>Guliyev prevails in 200m, Gardiner unjured</h3>
The men&rsquo;s 200m was marred by the injury picked up by Steven Gardiner, who was quickest in the field this year after his Bahamian record of 19.75. He pulled up sharply while in contention with 100 metres to run, leaving the path clear for world champion Ramil Guliyev, who again powered clear of Aaron Brown to take maximum points in 19.92 (+0.9m/s) to the Canadian&rsquo;s 20.07.
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&ldquo;I wanted a better time but it was okay,&rdquo; said Guliyev. &ldquo;I think I can go better at the European Championships.&rdquo;
Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain set a national record of 49.84 to take victory in the women&rsquo;s 400m, the world silver medallist coming home strongest after a dour home-straight duel with world champion Phyllis Francis, who was second in a big season&rsquo;s best of 50.07. Jessica Beard was third in 50.55.
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Salwa Eid Naser adds Stockholm victory to her 2018 collection</div>
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&ldquo;I do not check who is coming for me. I just go,&rdquo; said Naser. &ldquo;I am exhausted in the heat but I&rsquo;m very pleased with the personal best.&rdquo;
In the national 1500m, Jakob Ingebrigtsen continued his stellar season with a comfortable win in 3:37.42, the 17-year-old Norwegian never looking troubled as he outkicked Australia&rsquo;s Jordan Williamsz (3:38.30) just three days after winning over the same distance in Oslo.
&ldquo;I still had my Bislett race in my legs but I am happy with another good race,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I now need to rest and do a bit more training before the world juniors next month.&rdquo;
Australians Peter Bol and Joseph Deng fought out a tit-for-tat home-straight battle in the men&rsquo;s national 800m, with Bol edging the verdict in a photo finish, 1:44.56 to 1:44.61, both setting lifetime bests.
Ivet Lalova was a clear winner of the women&rsquo;s national 200m in 22.63 (-0.2m/s) from Britain&rsquo;s Beth Dobbin (22.83).
Cathal Dennehy for the IAAF

He settled into his blocks wearing black socks emblazoned with flames, and moments later we found out why: at the BAUHAUS-galan in Stockholm on Sunday afternoon (10), the sixth meeting of the 2018 IAAF Diamond League, 22-year-old Abderrahman Samba unleashed another scorching, stunning display to win the men’s 400m hurdles in 47.41.

Samba blazes 47.41 Asian record in Stockholm - IAAF Diamond League

Organisers of the Golden Spike have announced that two-time Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha will make his 1000m debut at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on 28 June.
"I'm really looking forward to my race in Ostrava," Rudisha said. "It will be my third race of the season but most interestingly for me it's my first time to run 1000 metres!"
Testing himself in off distances isn't anything new for Rudisha who last season in his run-up to a successful Olympic 800m title defence, broke the African record over 600m at the Birmingham leg of the IAAF Diamond League, clocking 1:13.10.
But going up in distance is uncharted territory for the 28-year-old, who famously broke his own 800m world record in the 2012 Olympic final.
"I'm excited to try this race. People are always asking me how would I run at 1500. I always say that's too far to run against the miler guys! But 1000m is of course shorter and closer to my racing distance.
"I've got no time or plan in mind but I'm excited to test myself and see what I can do," added Rudisha, who will be competing in the Czech city for the fifth time.
One publicly unstated goal could be the meeting record of 2:15.08 set by Ilham Tanui Ozbilen of Turkey in 2014, the fastest time that year over the rarely-run distance.
Rudisha is the latest Olympic champion announced for the meeting's 56th edition. Previously announced were 400m world record holder and Rio winner Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa who'll contest the 300m, double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah of Great Britain, who'll compete in the 10,000m, Thomas Rohler of Germany, who'll contest the javelin, and Christian Taylor of the US in the triple jump.
Bob Ramsak and organisers for the IAAF

Organisers of the Golden Spike have announced that two-time Olympic 800m champion David Rudisha will make his 1000m debut at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on 28 June.

Rudisha to make 1000m debut in Ostrava

The following world records have recently been ratified...
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<h3>World records</h3>
<div>Women</div>
<div>20km: 1:01:40* mx, Peres Jepchirchir (KEN), Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, 10 Feb 2017</div>
<div>Previous: 1:01:54 mx, Florence Kiplagat (KEN), Barcelona, ESP, 15 Feb 2015</div>
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<div>Half marathon: 1:05:06 mx, Peres Jepchirchir, (KEN) Ras Al-Khaimah, UAE, 10 Feb 2017</div>
<div>Previous: 1:05:09 mx, Florence Kiplagat (KEN), Barcelona, ESP, 15 Feb 2015</div>
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<h3>World indoor records</h3>
<div>Men</div>
<div>1000m: 2:14.20, Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI), Stockholm, SWE, 17 Feb 2016</div>
<div>Previous: 2:14.96, Wilson Kipketer (DEN), Birmingham, GBR, 20 Feb 2000</div>
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<div>Women</div>
<div>Mile: 4:13.31, Genzebe Dibaba (ETH), Stockholm, SWE, 17 Feb 2016</div>
<div>Previous: 4:17.14, Doina Melinte (ROU), East Rutherford, USA, 09 Feb 1990</div>
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The following world records have recently been ratified…

World records ratified

World 1500m champion Genzebe Dibaba set an outright 1000m PB at the &lsquo;Villa de Madrid&rsquo; international meeting, but fell a couple of seconds shy of her world record target on Friday (24).
Paced by Viktoria Kushnir of Belarus, Dibaba&rsquo;s early splits proved to be too fast as the pacesetter went through the opening 200m in 28:80 to reach the 400m point in 58:47, more than a second inside the pace required to break Maria Mutola&rsquo;s 2:30.94 world indoor record.
Shortly after the 500m mark, the 26-year-old Ethiopian overtook the pacemaker and passed 600m in 1:29:36, her 30.89 lap split confirming her rhythm had slightly fallen.
Even being roared on by the capacity crowd over the closing two laps, Dibaba reached 800m in 2:00.62 and it became clear by then that Mutola&rsquo;s record would be safe. At the tape, the three-time world indoor champion clocked a national indoor record of 2:33.06 to finish head and shoulders clear of her fellow Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay, runner-up in 2:38:05.
Already holder of six world indoor records or bests &ndash; 1500m, mile, 2000m, 3000m, two miles and 5000m &ndash; Dibaba, who could not stop coughing after the race maybe because of the Madrid altitude effect, commented: &ldquo;I had serious hopes of breaking the record. Honestly, the first 400m was a bit quick; in addition, I had to run on my own from the 500m point but anyway I&rsquo;m satisfied with my try. I&rsquo;ll now return to Addis Ababa to build up for the outdoor season when I would like to make the 5000m/10,000m double at the World Championships in London.&rdquo;
Grenada&rsquo;s Bralon Taplin was an overwhelming victor in the 400m. The Olympic finalist shaved 0.01 from his indoor PB to win in 45.19, the second-fastest time in the world this season. 2012 Olympic silver medallist Luguelin Santos of the Dominican Republic finished second in a national indoor record of 45.80.
Congo&rsquo;s Franck Elemba, who made a major breakthrough last year when he placed fourth in the shot put at the Rio Olympics with a massive PB of 21.20m, confirmed today that progression was no fluke by unleashing a huge indoor PB of 20.86m in round four. He backed up his win with a 20.85m final effort while the Spanish pair of Borja Vivas and Carlos Tobalina were the other putters surpassing the 20-metre barrier, 20.05m and 20.01m their respective heaves.&nbsp;
<h3>Beitia and Ortega shine in front of their home crowd</h3>
Olympic high jump champion Ruth Beitia had a clean card up to and including 1.92m. The local star needed two attempts to get over 1.95m but bounced back to surpass a season&rsquo;s best of 1.98m at the first time of asking before failing three times at 2.01m. The last time she jumped higher than 1.98m was at the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015.
The 37-year-old Spaniard now has her eyes on defending her title at the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade. Ukraine&rsquo;s Iryna Herashchenko came second with a 1.89m clearance.
Spain&rsquo;s Olympic silver medallist Orlando Ortega gave the local supporters something to cheer about when he dominated the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles in 7.51, three hundredths of a second off his Spanish record set this season. Javier Colomo was a distant runner-up in 7.80.
The men&rsquo;s triple jump went to Cuba&rsquo;s Alexis Copello thanks to a 17.10m final-round leap for a massive season&rsquo;s best while Portugal&rsquo;s 2008 Olympic champion Nelson Evora had to settle for fourth with a season&rsquo;s best of 16.75m. France&rsquo;s Harold Correa equalled his indoor PB of 16.94m in second, while Latvia&rsquo;s Elvijs Misans managed a career best of 16.77m in third.
After covering the first two laps within 52 seconds, multiple European champion Adam Kszczot of Poland secured a fine 800m win in 1:46:38, just 0.21 short of his season&rsquo;s best. He overtook Denmark&rsquo;s Andreas Bube just before the bell to win without any opposition from Morocco&rsquo;s Mostafa Smaili, who pipped Bube on the home straight, 1:47.13 and 1:47:30 their respective times.
Ukraine&rsquo;s Hanna Plotisyna took the women&rsquo;s 60m hurdles in style in 7.98, Morocco&rsquo;s Rababe Arafi won the women&rsquo;s 1500m in 4:14.55 and Yunier Perez was successful in the shortest distance of the programme to clock 6.60 in the men&rsquo;s 60m.
Emeterio Valiente for the IAAF

World 1500m champion Genzebe Dibaba set an outright 1000m PB at the ‘Villa de Madrid’ international meeting, but fell a couple of seconds shy of her world record target on Friday (24).