The Monaco Diamond League Meet on Friday (2-4 pm ET) is totally loaded. Jakob Ingebrigtsen headlines the lads’s 1500 vs Yared Nuguse, Neil Gourley, Narve Nordas, and Niels Laros, Jess Hull goes for the 2000m world report, we’ve received a fully loaded males’s 800, plus the large 3 squaring off within the males’s 400m hurdles.
We break it down under.
Males’s 1500: Jakob Ingebrigtsen vs. Yared vs Tim
The final time that Jakob Ingebrigtsen raced on the circuit it was a barn burner. After his first loss in a paced race in ages on the Pre Basic Jakob flew internationally to step on the observe simply 5 days later for a rematch of the 2021 Olympic remaining versus Timothy Cheruiyot and it didn’t disappoint. Cheruiyot pushed Jakob to the road, searching him down and making Jakob dive for a .03 victory.
Each males might be on the beginning line this Friday and look to reply questions on their health as we strategy the Olympics. Jakob has mentioned that this 12 months he might be getting higher each meet. Will that be the case and can he be again to pulling away from world-class fields the ultimate 200 like we’re used to? Will Cheruiyot present that Oslo was not a fluke and throw his hat within the ring for medal competition? He solely completed third on the Kenyan trials in his final race.
American star Yared Nuguse, who’s recent off a defeat to Cole Hocker on the U.S. Olympic Trials, is within the subject. Nuguse has been one of many few individuals who has been in a position to keep on with Ingebrigtsen and has thrived in time trial settings. This might be a superb benchmark to see the place Nuguse is. Has he taken a step again or is Hocker simply that good that each might be medal contenders in Paris?
British Champ Neil Gourley, who has had an incredible 2024 thus far, might be seeking to step up from his ninth place end finally 12 months’s worlds. The sector is stacked and consists of Kenyan Brian Komen who has already gained a Diamond League this 12 months, Oli Hoare who has not raced previously month after operating 3:31.08 in Oslo, Brit Elliot Giles, and Frenchman Azeddine Habz.
We even have latest u20 1000 report holder Niels Laros and world finalist Narve Nordås who has began his 2024 season extraordinarily sluggish and might be seeking to flip that round right here.
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The main target as all the time might be in Jakob, however who can problem him and cement their standing as an Olympic contender?
Womens 2k: World File Look ahead to Jess Hull
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We knew that Jess Hull was good…she has made the final two world 1500 m finals and was fourth at World Indoors. We didn’t nonetheless see any indication that Hull had the potential to be an all-time nice. Nevertheless, when you have been beneath a rock that previous week allow us to offer you an replace. Religion Kipyegon broke her personal 1500 m world report at Diamond League Paris. An equally huge story was the truth that Jess Hull was proper behind her each step of the best way and was rewarded massively with over a five-second PB of three:50.83 which is nice for #5 ALL-TIME.
Hull is not going to be going through Kipyegon this week, however she might be chasing the ladies’s 2000m world report. The ladies’s 2k world report is 5:21.56 which is held by Francine Niyonsaba from 2021. That’s 64.31 laps, coming by way of the 1600 in 4:17.24. The season Niyonsaba ran the world report she ran 8:19.09 over 3k. Hull has run barely slower for 3k operating 8:24.39. Nevertheless, she ran that indoors in a championship setting, ending solely fourth at world indoors. Hull has taken a large step up along with her run this previous weekend and appears primed to take down that report on Friday. She is #5 all-time within the 1500 whereas Niyonsaba is barely #17 all-time within the 800 and #7 all-time within the 3k. Hull has three pacers lined up so she’s going to doubtless have to solely run the final lap solo making this report greater than attainable if she has a superb day.
Mens: 800 Conflict of the Titans with Arop and Hoppel Becoming a member of the Fray
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Simply days in the past we had one of many biggest 800s of all time in Paris with three males operating 1:41.61 or faster, operating the third, 4th, and fifth quickest occasions in historical past. In Monaco two of these males might be racing once more, plus the undefeated reigning world champion, and the U.S. champion. To make it easy this has the potential to be one other all-time nice.
The ever-so-slight favourite Djamel Sedjati is coming off a historic victory in Paris the place he ran 1:41.56. After being disqualified for a lane violation on this planet championship remaining (the place he would have completed sixth), Sedjati has been purple sizzling in 2024. He has been undefeated on the 12 months beating plenty of huge names and has dropped his PB practically a second and a half after beforehand by no means breaking 1:43 in his profession.
2023 world champion Marco Arop would normally be the headliner as he has additionally seemed nice this 12 months as he’s undefeated as nicely. Arop was 5-0 in opposition to Sedjati final 12 months so he does have his quantity, however Sedjati was all the time shut behind all the time being inside half a second. The winner between the 2 will doubtless head to Paris the Olympic favourite.
Frenchman Gabriel Tual had the race of his life on house soil operating 1:41.61 for third narrowly lacking out on the win. Tual has been for essentially the most half extraordinarily constant this 12 months profitable plenty of races together with Euro’s, however this marks a large step up for him as he had by no means damaged 1:44 earlier than this 12 months, and simply dipped beneath for the primary time at French nationals operating 1:43.99. His newest run has vaulted him into a distinct stratosphere and he might be in competition for the win not solely in Monaco but additionally in Paris if he can preserve this up.
One other runner who got here out of nowhere to run a monster time in Paris was unknown Kenyan Aaron Cheminingwa who didn’t even make the Kenyan crew however ran 1:42.08 to drop a large PB.
Final however not least we now have world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel. Hoppel coming off a U.S. trial the place he dominated profitable by nearly a full second and his solely loss this 12 months has been to Sedjati by .06 earlier this 12 months in Stockholm. If Hoppel can run with the large canine right here he would possibly flip this huge 4 into a giant 5. This race goes to be wonderful although. It’s primarily the Olympic remaining a month early minus Emmanuel Wanyonyi who was initially within the subject however now is just not on the beginning checklist.
Males’s 400 Hurdles: Large 3 Sq. Off
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It’s not typically that we see Rai Benjamin, Alison dos Santos, and Karsten Warholm face one another. It has occurred solely 5 occasions in historical past, and all at both the Olympic, world, or Diamond League remaining. What has by no means occurred is a face-off between the three within the common season. But that’s what’s going to occur this Friday in Monaco as Rai Benjamin was a late add to the sector. Beneath are the outcomes of the trio’s earlier conferences.
Occasion
Date
Rai Benjamin
Alison dos Santos
Karsten Warholm
IAAF World Championship
30 Sep 2019
2nd / 47.66
seventh / 48.28
1st / 47.42
The XXXII Olympic Video games
03 Aug 2021
2nd / 46.17
third / 46.72
1st / 45.94
World Athletics Championships
19 Jul 2022
2nd / 46.89
1st / 46.29
seventh / 48.42
World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023
23 Aug 2023
third / 47.56
fifth / 48.10
1st / 46.89
Prefontaine Basic
16 Sep 2023
1st / 46.39
4th / 47.44
2nd / 46.53
Three of the conferences between the trio (2021 Olympics, 2022 Worlds, 2023 Pre Basic) have produced the highest 4 occasions in historical past. Since 2021 it has taken beneath 47 seconds to win one in every of these races and there’s no cause to assume that won’t be the case once more right here. These are the three quickest males in historical past and the three quickest males in 2024.
Karsten Warholm has traditionally gotten the higher of the pair each time they’ve raced however issues are beginning to change on that entrance. After profitable the world championship final 12 months he has not seemed as dominant as he normally is within the common season. He has already misplaced twice this 12 months, as soon as to Alexander Doom within the 400 at world indoors and once more in his marquee occasion to Dos Santos on house soil in Oslo by a slender .07 margin. Warholm bounced again nicely profitable Euro’s however this might be a giant take a look at to see if he’s nonetheless the highest canine.
dos Santos has had a virtually good 12 months then again. He has raced 4 Diamond Leagues and has 4 wins together with his victory over Warholm. He was world champion in 2022 however took a giant step again final season with harm the place he completed fifth at worlds and solely gained two out of his seven races. We all know that he has the expertise to be an Olympic champion however the query is that if he can proceed to place collectively constant outcomes to take action. A win over Warholm and Benjamin would make him the surefire Olympic favourite.
Benjamin has additionally had an undefeated season after a poor third-place displaying at Worlds final 12 months and appears sharp as ever operating 46 seconds in each of his finals this 12 months. Benjamin has not raced a ton this 12 months, solely as soon as earlier than the U.S. trials the place he destroyed the sector and ran the world lead within the course of. A win right here would put him heading in the right direction to upgrading his 2021 silver to gold.
The underside line is that this might be a race for the ages. It’s not typically that we now have the highest three on this planet, not to mention historical past racing a month out from the Olympics however that’s what we are going to get to see Friday.
Better of The Relaxation
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The boys’s 400 options world chief Christopher Morales-Williams, and the 110 hurdles has Grant Holloway who’s all the time a menace to interrupt the world report each time he touches the observe. The ladies’s 100 has a whole subject of girls who’ve all run faster than 11 seconds together with world indoor 60 champ Julien Alfred and world champion Dina Asher-Smith. One of the vital anticipated races on the docket was imagined to be a 200 showdown between Letsile Tebogo and Noah Lyles, however Lyles has since pulled out and Tebogo will doubtless be racing in opposition to the clock.
