Jakob Ingebrigtsen blew away 1500m men's Olympic champion
Cole Hocker with a dominant performance at the Diamond League meeting in
Lausanne.
The 23-year-old Norwegian had been the heavy favourite to
win gold at Paris 2024, but misjudged the race which allowed Hocker of the
United States to claim top spot on the podium.
Ingebrigtsen ultimately ended that race in fourth as Great
Britain's Josh Kerr and American Yared Nuguse also passed him in the closing
stages of the race.
There were few signs of a hangover from Ingebrigtsen at
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise as he powered to an emphatic victory in three
minutes 27.83 seconds.
Hocker finished second in 3:29.85 while fellow American
Hobbs Kessler came third.
"It's been almost two weeks since Paris so there was
plenty of time to recover," Ingebrigtsen said.
"For me a lot of it has been mental including going
home, taking some easy days and then getting back to work.
"Tonight's race gave me good answers and I'm looking
forward to building on this for the rest of the season."
Wins for Hudson-Smith and Asher-Smith
George Mills finished last in the men's 1500m -
nine seconds behind Ingebrigtsen - but there were some positive results for
other British athletes in Lausanne.
Matthew Hudson-Smith won the men's 400m with a
time of 43.96 seconds.
He was set to face-off against Olympic champion Quincy Hall
but the American decided to withdraw.
Hall pipped Hudson-Smith to gold in the
400m at the Games in Paris by four-hundredths of a second.
Hudson-Smith acknowledged his thoughts have already turned
to the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.
He said: "My goal is to win the Olympic gold and to be
mentioned alongside Michael Johnson and Jeremy Wariner. It's all about
consistency, winning and never giving up.
"I want to consistently be one of the best ever and run
consistently under 44 seconds, and maybe breaking the 43-second barrier."
Dina Asher-Smith won the women's 100m with a
time of 10.88 seconds while fellow Briton Daryll Neita finished seventh.
"After the Olympics I took some time to refocus and now
I'm just enjoying running, feeling fit and injury free," Asher-Smith said.
Asher-Smith returned to the track later in the evening to
win the women's 4x100m relay alongside Bianca Williams, Desiree Henry and Amy
Hunt.
The British quartet finished ahead of the Swiss team in a
time of 42.03 seconds.
Elsewhere, Olympic 1500m bronze medal winner Georgia
Bell finished second in the women's 800m, as Kenya's Mary Moraa won in
one minute 57.91 seconds.
Her British team-mate Jemma Reekie, who
missed out on a place in the 800m final in Paris,came third.
Wanyonyi goes close to world record
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi went close to
breaking David Rudisha's men's 800m world record at the meeting in Switzerland.
Wanyonyi repeated the blistering form that earned him gold
at the Olympics as he clocked one minute 41.11 seconds - just 0.20secs off the record
set by Rudisha at London 2012.
It was the joint second-fastest time ever run, alongside
Denmark's Wilson Kipketer.
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo ran an impressive
19.64 seconds to win the men's 200m.
The 21-year-old, whose 200m triumph in Paris was the first
ever gold for his country, had come to Lausanne on the back of eight days of no
training - having made a rapturous return to Gaborone.
The biggest shock of the evening was in the men's 110m
hurdles as Olympic champion and three-time world gold winner Grant Holloway was
beaten by Jamaica's Rasheed Broadbell, who won in 13.10 seconds.
Dutchwoman Femke Bol won the women's 400m
hurdles in 52.55 seconds, having won bronze in Paris.
