David Rudisha’s world 800m file may very well be underneath menace when Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi leads a powerful line-up on the Diamond League in Lausanne on Thursday (Aug 22).
Rudisha’s mark of 1:40.91 has stood for 12 years however Kenya’s Wanyonyi ran 1:41.19 to win in Paris from Marco Arop of Canada, the 2023 world champion who clocked 1:41.20 for silver in Paris.
Additionally within the discipline are Gabriel Tual of France, who has a better of 1:41.61 this season, plus 1:41.67 runner Bryce Hoppel of america, 1:42.04 man Mohamed Attaoui of Spain and Britain’s Elliot Giles.
If Rudisha’s mark survives, it would possible come underneath assault once more three days later when the Diamond League strikes to Silesia in Poland. On that event Ben Pattison and Max Burgin are additionally within the discipline, with half an eye fixed on Seb Coe’s long-standing UK file of 1:41.73.
The lads’s 800m rankings have undergone an enormous rewrite this 12 months with Coe tumbling from third to eighth on the world all-time lists.
The ladies’s 800m in Lausanne, in the meantime, is lacking Keely Hodgkinson as she will get again into coaching after her well-deserved post-Olympic break, however in her absence there’s nonetheless a powerful line up with Mary Moraa of Kenya and Brits Georgia Bell and Jemma Reekie.
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The Athletissima assembly additionally sees the possibility for Jakob Ingebrigtsen to get again on observe as he faces Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker of america within the 1500m.
Additionally within the line-up are Hobbs Kessler of america, Azeddine Habz of France, Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya and George Mills of Britain.
Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana is without doubt one of the headline athletes within the sprints. With Noah Lyles having already shut his season down, Tebogo faces People Fred Kerley and Erriyon Knighton.
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Brits Daryll Neita and Dina Asher-Smith tackle Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith of the Ivory Coast and Swiss star Mujinga Kambundji within the girls’s 100m, whereas Matt Hudson-Smith and Charlie Dobson are within the males’s 400m in opposition to Muzala Samukonga of Zambia and Vernon Norwood of america.
Within the discipline, the lads’s lengthy bounce options double Olympic champion Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece in opposition to Wayne Pinnock of Jamaica, Mattia Furlani of Italy and Simon Ehammer of Switzerland.
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Greater than 13,000 spectators are anticipated at a sold-out stadium at La Pontaise with a few thousand followers anticipated at Ouchy for the free-to-watch avenue pole vault occasion on August 21 with Mondo Duplantis amongst others.
Elsewhere, Olympic champions Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Grant Holloway and Yemisi Ogunleye are in motion within the excessive bounce, dash hurdles and shot put.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Getty)
The assembly will probably be stay on BBC2 from 7-9pm on Thursday August 22.
Timetable and outcomes right here
