The Spanish Mohamed Katir and Thierry Ndikumwenayo this Friday will test the powerful African army led by Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi at 5,000 meters of Monaco Diamond Leaguewhere they will also compete Esther Guerrero in miles, Fatima Diame in length and Victor Ruiz and El Mehdi Aboujanah in 3,000 obstacles.
Katir, runner-up in the 5,000 European Championship, he has only run this distance once this season. It was on June 2nd in Florence, at the Diamond League’s Pietro Mennea Golden Gala, and he claimed victory with a time of 12:52.09, in what was the best world record at the time.
A few days later, on June 30, in the Lausanne Diamond League, the Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi he won by lowering that mark to 12:40.45, so the rivalry between the two athletes in Monaco serves with the permission of his compatriot Telahun Haile Bekele (12:46.21) or Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo (12:41.73).
In that race there will also be another Spaniard, Thierry Ndikumwenayowhich, although it does not enter the pool for victory, hopes to drop thirteen minutes for the third time this season after doing so in Florence (12:59.03) and Oslo (12:58.60).
In the long jump, the presence of the Venezuelan stands out Yulimar Rojaswho came into the event with a personal best of 6.88 meters, a record clear of American Tara Davis-Woodhall (7.14), Serbian Ivana Vuleta (7.10) and Jamaican Ackelia Smith (7.08).
the valencian Fatima Diamewho this year already jumped 6.81 meters, will look for direct passage to the World Cup in Budapest trying to reach 6.85 although he already has the minimum score (6.72) required by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation.
The women’s mile is another of the races that will focus the eyes of Herculis de Monaco. The Kenyan is on the start list Faith Kipyegoncurrent Olympic and world champion in the 1,500 and now in 2023 already has two world records in the 1,500 (3:49.11) and 5,000 (14:05.20) and is now looking for a third in the mile, with the world record held since 2019 by the Dutch Sifan Hassan with 4:12.33.
Without the Olympic and world champion, the Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali, or the world record holder, the Ethiopian Lamecha Girma, victory in the 3,000 hurdles could be in store for the Kenyan. abraham twitched (8:05.51), in a race that includes Víctor Ruiz, who will try to lower his personal best (8:13.89), and El Mehdi Aboujanah.
The other protagonists of the Diamond League in Monaco are the Swedes Armand DuplantisOlympic, world and European pole vault champions, and middle-distance runners Karsten WarholmOlympic 400 hurdles champion, and Allison Dos SantosWorld Champion.
Source: La Verdad
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