The final stretch of the 2024 Diamond League campaign started off with a bang, as  top talents who shined in the Paris Olympics restarted their seasons.

With a handful of meeting records going down, there was an incredible display of talent to recap.

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Emmanuel Wanyonyi Continues Dominant Season in Men's 800m

David Rudisha’s legendary World Record in the 800 meters is officially more in danger than it was earlier this month. 

After a blistering sub-50 second opening lap, in which Marco Arop aggressively followed the pacemaker, Arop found himself running around the pacemaker on the outskirts of lane two in a confusing move. 

He was likely trying to negotiate around the pacemaker, which allowed Emmanuel Wanyonyi to re-attach himself to Arop’s back. Arop remained on the outside of lane one, which then allowed Wanyonyi to pass Arop with ease.

Wanyonyi’s strong final 200 meters helped him secure the win, dropping yet another personal best to run an astounding 1:41.11 to Arop’s 1:41.72. 

Considering he’s only 0.20 seconds off of Rudisha’s World Record and his staggering improvement in 2024, we could very well see Emmanuel Wanyonyi be the second man in history to run under 1:41 and possibly set a new World Record. 

Even though Arop finished second in this race, more than half a second behind Wanyonyi, we have to wonder how much faster he’d be without that pacemaker mishap that occurred 400 meters into the race. 

Arop’s clearly quite fit: his silver medal performance in the Olympics and running 1:41.72 with a ton of extra distance goes to show that. I wouldn’t quite count him out to give the World Record a genuine shot, either. 

If these two battle against each other one more time in 2024… we might be witnessing some great history before our eyes.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Runs Another Great 100m Hurdles Performance

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn is back to doing Jasmine Camacho-Quinn things. 

Her win in the Lausanne Meeting was yet another great result, as she equaled her season’s best by running 12.35. 

Camacho-Quinn sat right on the lead halfway through the race, then executed her final four hurdles especially well, as she pulled away decisively from the field and brought home the win.

This performance certainly helps her case for winning the Diamond League crown in this event, as she’s currently atop the leaderboard with 24 points to her name. 2nd place, Danielle Williams, currently has 15 points. 

Grace Stark and Ackera Nugent both ran strong races for 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Both were clocked at running 12.38, with Stark getting the ever-so-slight edge over Nugent. 

Newly Crowned Gold Medalist Letsile Tebogo Continues Winning Ways in Men’s 200m

There’s little “Olympic Hangover” seen from Letsile Tebogo, as he faced the challenge of a strong field in Lausanne, he stepped up to the challenge brilliantly. 

Tebogo cruised to run 19.64 over 200 meters, earning a strong win over Erriyon Knighton and Fred Kerley, who both ran strong races in their own right. 

Knighton’s 19.78 and Kerley’s 19.86 were both very strong performances from the American duo, but Tebogo’s blistering finish bested them both in the end. 

One key to the race was Knighton’s start. With even 40 meters left, Knighton was still in the lead, displaying a very strong beginning and middle phases of this race. While his final few seconds weren’t his greatest, he still looked very strong for a strong majority of this race. 

With Noah Lyles having announced that he’s ending his season due to injury, the next month of competition will be for these three, plus other stars like Kenny Bednarek,  Kishane Thompson, and more to shine brightly and show their talents to their finest as the Diamond League season concludes in September. 

Jakob Ingebrigtsen Returns to Winning Form in Men’s 1500m

After a disappointing 4th place finish in the Men’s 1500 at the Paris Olympics, Ingebrigsten left no doubts about his fitness by executing a dominant win over Olympic Champion, Cole Hocker.

Ingebrigtsen’s final 200 meters were incredibly strong, dispatching the American duo of Cole Hocker and Hobbs Kessler with ease. Ingebrigsten ran 3:27.83, taking down Hocker by two seconds, as he ran 3:29.85. Kessler was right behind, running 3:30.88. 

Ingebrigtsen makes running 3:27 or 3:28 in the 1500 meters look like a cakewalk. He’s transforming the discipline by continuing to run fast nearly every time he races on the Diamond League circuit and dismantles his competition with ease. 

Cole Hocker put together another solid performance after his Olympic exploits, but it was a little surprising to see him falter over the final 200 meters when he’s usually the one mowing the competition down in the final stretches. 

Nonetheless, running 3:29 isn’t an easy task, in the slightest. Seeing him and Kessler perform well once again in a consistent manner is still a great step forward. 

The real fireworks will be on display in a few weeks’ time, as Ingebrigtsen, Hocker, Josh Kerr, and Yared Nuguse all toe the line over 1500 meters in the Zurich Diamond League Meeting. 

This could possibly be the best 1500 meter race in history and it’s going to be a fun one to watch.

Other Highlights

In a rare loss, Grant Holloway finished runner-up in the Mens’ 110m Hurdles, running 13.14. It was Rasheed Broadbell who ran the best race in the field, running 13.10 to defeat an excellent crew of hurdlers, as he ran just 0.01 seconds slower than his season’s best.

Femke Bol returned to her winning ways, winning the women’s 400m Hurdles with ease, as she ran 52.25 to comfortably win over the field. She also set a new Meeting Record in the process. 

Matthew Hudson-Smith clocked another sub-44 second effort in the men’s 400m, running 43.96 to edge out Muzala Samukonga, who ran 44.06.

Diribe Weltej brought home a strong win in the Women’s 3000m, running 8:21.50 to set a new Meeting Record and a twelve-second personal best. 

Anderson Peters and Neeraj Chopra saved their best throws on their 6th attempts in the men’s Javelin Throw, in a strongly contested battle for the win. Peters got the narrow win, throwing 90.61m to Chopra’s 89.49m. Peter’s mark also set a Meeting Record in the process.

Dina Asher-Smith recorded a nice season’s best in the 100m, running 10.88 to bring home the win over Tamari Davis, who ran 10.97 for 2nd.