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Alfonz Juck
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Three world leads and thrilling finishes
OSLO (NOR, Jun 10): Despite the cold weather and winds, crowds at the Bislett Stadion watched excellent performances, with three world leads and one meeting record at the Oslo Bislett Games / Wanda Diamond League. Freweyni Hailu in the 3000m (8:24.22), Cooper Lutkenhaus in the 800m (1:42.08), and Addisu Yihine in the 5000m (12:47.62) delivered the world leads. Bislett also featured thrilling finishes in the Dream Mile and men’s 800m and 5000m, and a home victory for Henriette Jaeger in the 400m (49.52). Next DL meeting is scheduled for Doha, Qatar on June 19.Event by event reviews
Women
100m: Olympic champion Julien Alfred strode away for victory in a very wind-aided 10.76w (3.2) to win by over 0.2 from Amy Hunt (10.99w) and Zoe Hobbs (11.03w).
400m: Second fastest ever time for Henriette Jaeger, who won on home soil in 49.52, ahead of world indoor champion Lurdes Gloria Manuel (50.13) and European champion Natalia Bukowiecka (50.34).
3000m: Freweyni Hailu reversed the result from the 5000m in Rome, winning in a world lead of 8:24.22 (just 0.02 off the meeting record) ahead of Likina Amebaw (8:25.15) with fellow Ethiopians Senayet Getachew (8:25.85) and Hawi Abera (8:27.18) third and fourth respectively, and Maureen Koster fifth (8:27.67) as the best European.
400m hurdles: Third successive Diamond League win for Emma Zapletalova in 53.13 from Rushell Clayton (53.50) and world silver medallist Jasmine Jones (54.09).
Triple jump: Cuba’s Davisleydi Velazco continued her fine recent form with a wind-aided winning leap of 14.85m (2.3), and added regular 14.76 (0.4), with Senegal’s Saly Sarr improving her PB to 14.75m (0.9) in second. World champion Leyanis Perez Hernandez was only third with 14.60m (2.2), also 14.51 (0.0).
Shot put: Meeting record for Chase Jackson with 20.74m in the first round for victory over world champion Jessica Schilder (20.11m)
Javelin: Another big win for China’s Yan Ziyi, who threw 67.11m in her first Diamond League appearance on European soil, over Sigrid Borge (61.92).
Men
200m: Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo won in a season’s best of 19.84 (0.2) by a clear margin from Sinesipho Dambile (20.12) despite easing off in the last 20 meters. Gout Gout was sixth on his Diamond League debut in 20.60
800m: What a race! Cooper Lutkenhaus just held off reigning world and Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi with a late dive for the line, 1:42.08 to 1:42.09, a world lead, and US U20R for the 17-year-old (also 2nd best ever U20). Norway’s Tobias Gronstad was fourth on home soil in a massive PB of 1:43.61.
Cooper Lutkenhaus and Emmanueil Wanyonyi, Men’s 800 meters, Oslo, photo by Thomas Windestam
Dream Mile: Timothy Cheruiyot pipped Olympic bronze medallist Yared Nuguse on the line with both athletes timed at 3:48.21 (3:48.202 to 3:48.207) for his first Diamond League win since 2021. Cam Myers was third in 3:48.35 as 10 of the 13 finishers broke the 3:50-barrier.
5000m: Ethiopia’s Addisu Yihune won in a world lead and PB of 12:47.62 in a race of brilliant depth. Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew finished quickly for second in an Asian record of 12:47.73 with Andreas Almgren third in 12:48.61 EL. Parker Wolfe was the top US finisher in fourth in a 12:49.45 PB while Australia’s Ky Robinson set an Oceanian record of 12:50.82 in eighth.
400m hurdles: Alison dos Santos improved to 3-0 over Karsten Warholm in 2026 – 46.89 to 47.40 in the last race of the night in cold weather.
Pole vault: Back-to-back Diamond League wins for Kurtis Marschall with 5.82m. Home favorite Sondre Guttormsen cleared 5.72m to finish second on countback. Emmanouil Karalis had to settle for sixth with 5.62m.
Triple jump: Jordan Scott jumped 17.66m (2.6) in the third round, also 16.96 (-1.8), to dispose of Andy Diaz, who jumped 17.59m (0.0) in the first round. Algeria’s Yasser Triki improved to 17.43m (2.4) in the fifth round for third, also 17.32 (1.0) in sixth.