Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi runs 4th fastest 800 meters in history
Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi ran the fourth-fastest 800 meters time in history Thursday at the first major track meet after the Paris Games.
Wanyonyi clocked 1 minute, 41.11 seconds 0.08 faster than his winning time in Paris two weeks ago to tie Wilson Kipketer's mark in 1997 that was a world record then. Only Wanyonyi's fellow Kenyan David Rudisha has run the 800 faster.
I'm so happy to have run that crazy time here in Lausanne, Wanyonyi said. I really loved the crowd here.
It was a fast early start to the storied Athletissima meet as the global Diamond League circuit resumed after a pause for the Olympics.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen regained his authority in the men's 1,500 after a shocking fourth place in Paris to beat Olympic champion Cole Hocker by more than two seconds.
In the men's 200, Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo kept his form despite a return trip home to Botswana to win in 19.64 seconds easing into the line.
It was a great race for me here today, said the 21-year-