Emmanuel Wanyonyi beats Marco Arop to win Eugene Diamond League final

• Emmanuel Wanyonyi finished his season on a high by bagging the Diamond League trophy
• Wanyonyi ran a new personal best time to beat the new world champion, Marco Arop
• Arop beat the Kenyan to the gold medal in the World Athletics Championships last month

Emmanuel Wanyonyi got the better of Marco Arop to win the Diamond League finals in Eugene on September 17. Wanyonyi clocked 1.42.80 - a new meet record.

Arop had asked for a quick 49.5-second pace at the 400 mark from the pacemaker Anderson Navasky. The Canadian shot to the front of the pile as soon as the gun went off, looking to dominate the race just behind the pacemaker.

However, he slacked off on the final bend, with Wanyonyi and Algerian Djamel Sedjati closing the gap rapidly. Wanyonyi, a former world junior champion, beat him on the line, with Sedjati settling for third.

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Arop produced 1:42.85, while Sedjati clocked 1:43.06. All the podium finishers set new personal best times.

The race was a repeat of the finals at the World Athletics Championships, where Arop beat Wanyonyi to gold. The two then met at the Xiamen Diamond League a few days later, where the Kenyan exacted his revenge.

Kipyegon wins 2023 Diamond League title

Sports Brief has also reported that four-time world champion, Faith Kipyegon powered to victory in the women's 1500m in the Diamond League final in Eugene, USA.

Kipyegon clocked 3:50.72 to clinch her fourth 1500m Diamond League title to cap off a fantastic track season.

The 29-year-old Kenyan was comfortable throughout the four laps and beat world silver medalist Diribe Welteji and perennial opponents Laura Muir and Jessica Hull. At some point, it looked like Kipyegon would break her own world record (3:49.11), but she narrowly missed it.

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Sports Brief had earlier reported that former World Champion, Christian Coleman stunned Noah Lyles to win the 2023 Diamond League final in Eugene on September 16.

Kenya's hero and Africa's fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala finished third behind the Americans in his first-ever final.

Coleman tied the world lead, clocking 9.83 seconds to beat Lyles' 9.85. Omanyala clocked a similar 9.85 but was adjudged to have been behind by a thousandth of a second by the photo-finish rule.