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Emmanuel Wanyonyi broke the long-standing men’s 1,000m world record on debut in a rare race distance at Friday’s Diamond League meeting in Monaco, with Great Britain’s Jake Wittman finishing second.
Witman, 31, pushed Wanyonyi hard at the line but had to settle for the runners-up spot as the 21-year-old Kenyan won in a record time of two minutes 11.83 seconds.
Wanyonyi is the reigning Olympic and World 800m champion and shaved 0.13 seconds off the previous record, held by compatriot Noah Ngeni since 1999.
Wittmann, the 2022 1500m world champion, clocked a personal best of two minutes 12.77 seconds at the Stade Louis II to take him fifth. World All Time List, outsider
The next Diamond League meeting is in London on July 18.
GB’s Ben Pattison was fifth in the race and Algeria’s Olympic bronze medalist Jamel Sedjati was third.
Speaking after the race, Wanyonyi said he was “very happy” to achieve the record, but dismissed any thoughts of trying to break the 800m mark set by fellow Kenyan David Rudisha at London 2012.
“I don’t want to talk about the world record in 800m. I want to run fast first and improve my personal best,” he said.
“Let me be quiet. Actions speak louder than words.”
Wittmann said he wished he could have “surprised” Wanyonyi, but added: “I was almost there. It was only a long 800, so I wanted to go fast and try as long as I could.”
In the men’s high jump, Britain’s Kimani Jack finished second with a clearance of 2.30m on his Diamond League debut.
The 22-year-old failed to clear further at 2.32m, while Ukraine’s world and European indoor champion Oleh Doroshchuk cleared it in his first attempt to win. India’s Sarvesh Kusher finished third with 2.26m.
GB’s Matthew Hudson-Smith finished fourth in the men’s 400m, with world champion Colen Kabinatshipi finishing fourth in 44.22sec in a Diamond League record average of 43.44.
Botswana’s Kabinatshipi, who beat Americans Zachary Patterson and Rye Benjamin to finish second and third respectively, celebrated his victory with a push-up inspired by compatriot Isaac Makwala.
Meanwhile, British Olympic triathlon champion Alex Ye finished 12th in the men’s 5,000m in his first Diamond League event for seven years.
In the men’s 100m, Jamaican world champion Oblique Seville held off American Jordan Anthony with a time of 9.88 seconds in the final race of the night, with Emmanuel Esme of Cameroon third.
Saint Lucian Julien Alfred, the Olympic 100m champion, scored a remarkable victory in the women’s 200m, clocking 21.51 seconds past Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands and American Gabby Thomas.
This makes Alfred the third fastest woman ever in the distance, behind only world record holders Florence Griffith Joyner (21.34) and Sherika Jackson (21.41).
World record holder Armand Duplantis achieved a meeting record of 6.07m in the pole vault, with French Baptiste Thierry and Australian Curtis Marshall both clearing 5.85m to finish second and third respectively.
