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Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a new men’s 1500 metre meet record of 3:28.72 at the Lausanne Diamond League meet Friday. The 22-year-old bettered Ethiopia’s Lachecha Girma, the world record holder in the 3,000m steeplechase.

In February, Girma set a world indoor 3,000msc record and finished second set a national record of 3:29.51. Britain’s Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Josh Kerr third in 3:29.64 at the Athletissima meeting.

Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi won the men’s 5000m with his 12:40.45 performance. It is the fifth fastest of all time. Finishing in second place was Uganda’s Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Joshua Cheptegei, who finished in the time of 12:41.61. His personal best and world record is 12:35.36.

Kenya’s Mary Moraa defeated Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson in 1:57.43. Hodgkinson clocked a 1:58.37 performance nearly three seconds slower than her season debut two weeks prior.

Kenya’s world record holder in the 3,000m steeplechase, Beatrice Chepkoech, won in a meet record of 9:05.98, ahead of the Ethiopian who sits atop the world rankings with her 9:00.71, Sembo Almayew.

Femke Bol of The Netherlands also set a new meet record of 52.76 in the 400m hurdles.

India’s Neeraj Chopra won the javelin event with a throw of 87.66m over Germany’s European champion Julian Weber, who accomplished a 87.03m, with the Czech Republic’s Olympic silver and world bronze medallist Jakub Vadlejch, took third with his 86.13m performance.

In the women’s 100m hurdles, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn from Puerto Rico, beat 2022 world champion Tobi Amusan of Nigeria 12.40 to 12.47. Tia Jones of the United States was third in 12.51.

Ryan Crouser of the United States, world and Olympic champion in the shot put, won with an effort of 22.29 from New Zealand’s 2017 world champion Tom Walsh, who put for 11.29m.

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