Brussels DL: National Record for Reynold Cheruiyot as Ingebrigtsen reigns the 2000m

Reynold Cheruiyot set a National Record over the rarely-raced 2000m distance as he finished second at the Brussels leg of the Wanda Diamond League (DL) on Friday evening.

Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen finished first to set a new world record over the distance after stopping the clock at 4:43.13, putting an end to Hicham El Guerrouj's 24-year-old record of 4:44.79, with Austrian Stewart McSweyn finishing third.

It was not the best of days for Abel Kipsang who finished seventh after clocking 4:50.68, a Season Best (SB) for him nevertheless, and a place in the final.

In the women's 5000m, Lilian Kasait pulled a strong finish to stop the clock at 14:26.46 and edge Ethiopia's Medina Elsa and Japan's Nozomi Tanaka who finished second and third respectively.

Winnie Jemutai finished fourth but it was enough to seal her a spot in the final while Edinah Jebitok came home ninth to just miss a place in the final all together.

Earlier, Daniel Ebenyo Simiu run a Personal Best of 26:57.80 to win the 10,000m in Brussels and join the elite club with times under 27 minutes.

Simiu took the lead for the better part of the race after crossing the 5000m mark, with Jimmy Gressier coming home second almost 30 seconds later with Stanley Mburu Waithaka finishing third to seal the podium spots.

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Nelly Chepchirchir ensured she confirmed her spot for Eugene as she finished third in the women's 1500m behind Laura Muir and Ciara Mageean who finished in that order.

Over the 800m, Wyclife Kinyamal finished seventh despite showing the intent of winning the race at the bell.