Ingebrigtsen and Duplantis smash world records in Silesia

On a normal day the most outstanding performance of the day would have been that of Arop as he finished comfortably clear of Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi.

The 20-year-old, who had moved to joint second on the all-time list three days earlier when clocking 1:41.11 at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting, was second behind Arop here in 1:43.23 from Bryce Hoppel of the United States, who clocked 1:43.32.

Arop was just shy of the1:41.20 he clocked in taking Olympic silver earlier this month, a performance that placed him fourth on world all-time list.

“Finally, I get the win,” Arop said. “I think this is my first win over Wanyonyi since last year at the World Champs, so it was a good race today. The world record, it is definitely going to go. I think in Brussels.”

Tamberi, whose performance in Paris was affected by kidney problems requiring last-minute hospital visits, secured an unlikely high jump victory here with a best of 2.31m.

Where there is Tamberi, there is drama. The 32-year-old Italian confessed on the eve of this meeting that he had no idea how he would fare.

He faced a potential exit at 2.18m before clearing at his third attempt, then went over 2.26m with his second effort. The game appeared to be up when he passed after one failure at 2.29m – a height that had been cleared first-time by Jamaica’s Jermaine Beckford, in what was a personal best, and second-time by Ukraine’s Oleh Doroshchuk.

But while the latter pair could go no further, Tamberi – lifted by the huge support – cleared 2.31m at the second attempt. New Zealand’s Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr went out at 2.22m.

Botswana’s Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo came under heavy pressure in the 200m before asserting himself over the final 20 metres to clock a meeting record of 19.83, with Alexander Ogando of the Dominican Republic second in a national record of 19.86 and Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek of the United States third in 20.00.

Marileidy Paulino, the Dominican Republic’s Olympic 400m champion, bettered the meeting record with 48.66 to win from Bahrain’s Olympic silver medallist Salwa Eid Naser, who clocked 49.23.

Olympic bronze medallist Kaczmarek came home third in 49.95, with Ireland’s Rhasidat Adeleke fourth in 50.00 – thus replicating the order of the Olympic final.

Femke Bol of the Netherlands won the 400m hurdles in a meeting record of 52.13, with Anna Cockrell of the United States, who beat her to Olympic silver in Paris, second in 52.88.

“The Olympics were tough, of course,” said Bol. “I would have liked to run a 51 today, but it is a win and a meeting record, so I have to be happy with the race.”

Diribe Welteji won the women’s 1500m in 3:57.08 ahead of compatriot Freweyni Hailu, who clocked 3:57.88, with Britain’s Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Bell third in 3:58.11.

Ackera Nugent of Jamaica set successive meeting records of 12.30 and 12.29 in the heats and final of the 100m hurdles. Grace Stark of the United States was second in 12.37, Jamaica’s double world champion Danielle Williams third in 12.38 and Masai Russell of the United States, the Olympic champion, fourth in 12.40.

Norway’s world 400m hurdles champion and record-holder Karsten Warholm, who took Olympic silver in Paris, clearly enjoyed getting back into winning mode as he finished well clear in a meeting record of 46.95.

Joe Kovacs of the United States, who took silver in Paris as his compatriot Ryan Crouser claimed a record third title, reversed that result with a best of 22.14m, although the Olympic champion came within two centimetres of that with the next throw, with Italy’s European champion Leonardo Fabbri taking third place on 22.03m.

Morocco’s Olympic steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali won in a season’s best of 8:04.29, although he almost lost as he slowed at the line as two of his challengers pressed, with Amos Serum taking second place in the same time and Samuel Firewu third in a personal best of 8:04.34.

Jamaica’s Olympic silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts won the women’s triple jump with 14.50m, from Cuba’s Leyanis Perez Hernandez on 14.42m and Dariya Derkach of Italy on 14.02m.

The women’s javelin went to double European silver medallist Adriana Vilagos in a Serbian record of 65.60m, with Jo-Ane Van Dyk of South Africa second on 62.81m.

Tia Clayton of Jamaica won the women’s 100m in 10.83, from the Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta-Lou Smith, who had the same time.

Three days after losing his first post-Olympic race to Rasheed Broadbell, Olympic champion Grant Holloway had his revenge, but only just, as he crossed in 13.04 with the fast-finishing Jamaican taking second place by 0.01 in a non-scoring event on the programme.

Jamaica’s Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson did not start a men’s 100m final won by Olympic bronze medallist Fred Kerley of the United States in 9.87, equalling the meeting record.

In other non-Diamond League events, Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir set a world lead and meeting record of 2:31.24 in the women’s 1000m, Canada’s Olympic hammer champion Ethan Katzberg beat a field including Poland’s five-time world champion Pawel Fajdek and 2021 Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki with a best of 80.03m, while the women’s hammer was won with 76.19m by 2022 world champion Brooke Andersen of the United States.

Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics and the Wanda Diamond League