Berihu Aregawi wins the Diamond League competition in Lausanne by running the fifth-fastest men’s 5,000 meters in history

At the Athletissima competition on Friday, Berihu Aregawi defeated Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei by running the fifth-fastest 5,000-meter time in men’s history.

In the last two circuits, Aregawi outran Cheptegei to win in a thrilling contest in 12 minutes, 40.45 seconds. The 22-year-old Ethiopian, who finished fourth in the 10,000 at the Olympics in Tokyo two years before, never allowed Cheptegei to approach too close to his shoulder and pulled away 50 meters from the finish line.

Three years ago, Cheptegei established the world record with a time of 12:35.36. Haile Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele, two legendary runners, are ranked second and third all-time, respectively.

The best sprinters from the United States and Jamaica were competing in national trials at home before to the global championships in August, therefore the men’s distance runners dominated the latest Diamond League stop.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters, won with ease in Lausanne in 3:28.72, setting a new meet record, but more than seven tenths of a second slower than the time he had previously recorded on his home track in Oslo two weeks before.

The famous Athletissima meet is famed for its fast track, but on Friday, national championships took precedence over the world championships, which will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from August 19–27.

Marie-Josée Ta Lou, who finished fourth in the women’s 100 at the previous two Olympics, used the weaker starting field to her advantage and won in 10.88 seconds in June, continuing her winning run.

The Ivory Coast sprinter said that the weather wasn’t the best since it was too chilly for her.

But I’m happy that I managed to finish under the 11-second mark. Olympic champion Andre de Grasse of Canada only finished sixth in the men’s 200 in 20.57, with Letsile Tebogo of Botswana taking first place in 20.01.

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, an Olympic winner, beat world record holder and 2022 world champion Tobi Amusan by 0.07 seconds to win the women’s 100-meter hurdles in 12.40.

Ryan Crouser, the current shot throw world champion, was one of the few Americans participating in Lausanne since he has already directly qualified for Budapest.

On a cold evening, Crouser’s winning throw of 22.29 meters was much behind his previous world record of 23.56 meters, which he had established in Los Angeles a month before.

Katie Moon of the United States won the women’s pole vault with a jump of 4.82 meters, improving this season’s world-leading record by 1 centimeter.