Wanyonyi falters as Ingebrigtsen shatters Komen's record in Silesia DL

History was rewritten in the 3,000m as Olympic 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered Daniel Komen's 28-year-old world record.

In Summary

• In the men's 3,000m steeplechase, Morocco's Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali narrowly edging out Amos Serem at the line on the line with both athletes finishing with 8:04.29.

• In the women's 1,500m, Susan Ejore missed out on the top three after placing seventh with a time of 3:59.97.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi (R front) and Marco Arop (L front) of Canada during the men's 800m final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on August 10
Emmanuel Wanyonyi (R front) and Marco Arop (L front) of Canada during the men's 800m final at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on August 10
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Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi fell to Canada's Marco Arop after finishing second to Arop during Sunday's Silesia Diamond League.

Wanyonyi clocked 1:43.23 with Arop posting a winning time of 1:41.86.  USA's Bryce Hoppel placed third in 1:43.32 while Wycliffe Kinyamal was fifth with a time of 1:43.54.

On Friday, Wanyonyi had outpaced Arop at the Lausanne Diamond League, setting a world-leading time of 1:41.11, with Arop trailing at 1:41.72.

In the men's 3,000m steeplechase, Morocco's Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali narrowly edged out Amos Serem at the line on the line with both athletes finishing with 8:04.29.

Ethiopia's Samuel Firewu (8:04.34) placed third with Olympic bronze medallist Abraham Kibiwot (8:08.21)fourth.

Meanwhile, history was rewritten in the 3,000m as Olympic 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered Daniel Komen's 28-year-old world record. 

Ingebrigtsen clocked an astonishing 7:17.55, breaking Komen's 1996 mark of 7:20.67 set in Italy.

The Norwegian sensation holds the 2,000m world record with a time of 4:43.13 set last year in Brussels as well as the indoor 1,500m record with a time of 3:30.60 set in 2022.

In Silesia, Ethiopian's Berihu Aregawi (7:21.28), Yomof Kejelcha (7:28.44) and Talehun Bekele (7:30.91) claimed positions two through to fourth with Olympic 5,000m silver medallist Ronald Kwemoi (7:31.57) settling for fifth place.

The other Kenyan, Nicholas Kipkorir placed ninth with a time of 7:33.56.

In the women's 1,500m, Susan Ejore missed out on the top three after placing seventh with a time of 3:59.97.

Ethiopians Diribe Welteji (3:57.08) and Freweyni Hailu (3:57:88) finished first and second with Britain's Georgia Bell (3:58.11) finishing third.