Golden girl Kipyegon clinches third Diamond trophy as Korir, Moraa bag maiden titles
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Reading Time: 2min | Fri. 09.09.22. | 09:58
Five Kenyans took home Diamond Trophies from various races
Faith Kipyegon, the 1500m golden girl, or shall we say diamond girl, the greatest woman athlete over the distance, was at her best again on Thursday night as she won her third Diamond League Trophy in Zurich.
After coming so close to smashing the World Record, she had another chance to have a go at the same, but instead she focused on bring the trophy home, and that she did with her trademark front running and a strong finish.
The 28-year-old took the bell while leading, and went on to cross the finish line with 4:00.44 on the clock, winning by more than a second despite easing up on her approach to the finish with Ireland’s Ciara Mageean coming second in 4:01.68, as Ethiopia’s world indoor 800m silver medallist Freweyni Hailu finished third.
In her maiden Diamond League appearance, 800m world bronze medallist and Commonwealth champion Mary Moraa stamped her presence, cutting the ape at 1:57.63 in a star-studded field ahead of ahead of Jamaica’s Natoya Goule (1:57.85) and USA’s Sage Hurta (1:58.47).
In the men's field over the same distance, Emmanuel Korir stormed to victory in 1:43.26, ahead of Marco Arop and Jake Wightman, with his compatriot Wyclife Kinyamal settling for a fourth-place finish.
The world and Olympic 800m champion, who was rebounding from a loss in Brussels last weekend, timed his race to perfection here in Zurich. He held back from the early tempo, with the pacemaker leading the field through halfway in 50.41, then allowed world bronze medallist Arop and world 1500m champion Wightman to duel it out until the field hit the home straight.
Four-time winner of the Diamond Trophy in the previous consecutive finals in the men's 1500m Timothy Cheruiyot could not manage to lay his hands on a fifth one after coming home second behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
Cheruiyot stopped the clock at 3:30.27 while the Norweigian clocked 3:29.02 for the trophy, with Oliver Hoare finishing third at 3:30.59.
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