The Diamond League continues tonight with a cease in Rome. Toasty climate is promised within the Italian capital, with temperatures set to succeed in 37 levels. Hopefully the Stadio Olimpico will ship equally scorching performances on the observe. James Rhodes runs by who’s competing within the center distance races.
One other day, one other Diamond League. This time, the present travels to Rome for the third occasion following the Olympic Video games. It’s one other competitors with a number of Olympic Champions and medallists competing, in addition to these trying to bounce again from disappointing outings. From a center distance perspective, the highlights are prone to come within the girls’s 1500m and males’s 5000m.
Unbelievable Religion
Religion Kipyegon returns to the occasion the place final yr she first broke the 1500m World Report. Admittedly, that version was held in Florence somewhat than Rome, however it’s an occasion she is aware of effectively.
The three-time Olympic Champion doesn’t frequent the Diamond League all too usually. When she does, you will have a proper to imagine one thing particular may occur. In spite of everything, she improved her personal World Report to three:49.04 at her sole look this season, in Paris final month.
Three of her 5 Diamond League races in 2023 produced World Data, every at completely different distances. The 1500m in Florence, 5000m in Paris and mile in Monaco. It is going to be thrilling to see what she does tonight.
It’s a powerful area behind her. Olympic silver medallist Jessica Hull has had an unforgettable season and might be trying to proceed that trajectory. She is second quickest within the area due to her 3:50.83 PB.
Birke Haylom and Nelly Chepchirchir, who received the 1000m on the Silesia Diamond League on Sunday, are subsequent quickest by PB. In complete, 14 of the 16 athletes entered have run inside 4 minutes of their careers.
From a British and Irish perspective, Revee Walcott-Nolan and Sarah Healy compete. Revee ran the second quickest time of her profession in Silesia on Sunday, having set her PB on the Olympics (3:58.08).
World Report Watch?
It looks like each Diamond League this season has include the same headline. This time, it sits beneath the lads’s 5000m. There are notable absentees, together with Olympic Champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and World Report holder Joshua Cheptegai. Nevertheless, the sphere assembled is under no circumstances a gradual one, and there may be each probability that some could have their eyes set firmly on the clock. The Assembly Report of 12:46.33, set by Nicholas Kipkorir in 2022, will possible be a second goal. Kipkorir is within the area.
5 of the ten quickest males in historical past are current. That features Hagos Gebrhiwet, who simply missed the World Report on the Oslo Diamond League in Could. Yomif Kejelcha, Berihu Aregawi, Telahun Haile Bekele and Selemon Barega all have PBs inside 12:45, and an extra 4 have run inside 13 minutes.
That doesn’t embody Olympic silver medallist Ronald Kewmoi, who will undoubtedly be trying to grow to be the 138th man to hitch that membership.
Eire’s Nick Griggs may also be racing.
Stellar Steeplechase
The three medallists from the Olympic Video games, Winfried Yavi, Peruth Chemutai and Religion Cherotich race for the primary time since Paris. Nobody has ever damaged 9 minutes on the assembly; Sembo Almayew coming very shut final yr with 9:00.71. The three medallists have all bettered that point this season, and are the one ones competing to have completed so.
Additionally within the area are People Courtney Wayment, Val Constein and Gabby Jennings, the latter who raced over 800m not too long ago in Watford. 2022 World Champion Norah Jeruto competes too, however she has but to return to her sub-nine type (noting she was banned for anti-doping expenses, though this was subsequently overturned by the CAS).
World Report holder Beatrice Chepkoech is absent.
The Rome Diamond League might be proven on BBC2 between 20:00 and 22:00 (UK time).
