Following her fourth-place finish in the 400-metre race at the Olympics, Irish sprint sensation Rhasidat Adeleke repeated her performance at the Diamond League encounter held in Silesia, Poland. This was Adeleke’s first race since the Olympics earlier this month. She completed the race in exactly 50 seconds, coming in fourth behind the Olympic victor Marileidy Paulino, who clinched the race with a time of 48.66 seconds.
Adeleke had an impressive start and maintained a strong position until the halfway point. Unfortunately, her energy seemed to decline on the back straight, causing her to slip to fourth place. The runners ahead of her were Salwa Eid Naser in second and Natalia Kaczmarek in third place. Interestingly, the same placement was observed in the Olympics, with Adeleke coming in fourth after Paulino, Naser, and Kaczmarek.
In a different athletic feat, the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered the 3,000-metre record by three seconds, producing an exceptional run of 7:17.55. The record was erstwhile held by Daniel Komen of Kenya since 1996. While this distance is not part of Olympic or world championship events, it was nonetheless a remarkable achievement for Ingebrigtsen. Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi also performed impressively, coming in second with a national record and the third-fastest time ever at 7:21.28.
The women’s 400m hurdles was dominated by Femke Bol from the Netherlands, who created a new meeting record of 52.13 seconds. She outran Anna Cockrell in the final phase of the race, while the American finished second at 52.88. Rushell Clayton, known for her fast starts, came in third with a time of 53.11.
In the 400m race, the results were as follows:
Marileidy Paulino secured the first position with 48.66. Salwa Eid Naser occupied the second spot at 49.23, closely followed by Natalia Kaczmarek at 49.95. Rhasidat Adeleke was fourth with exactly 50 seconds. Alexis Holmes was a fraction of a second behind at 50.01, followed by Henriette Jaeger, Lieke Klaver and Sada Williams with times of 50.33, 50.46 and 50.82, respectively. Finally, Laviai Nielsen secured the ninth position at 51.02.