On Friday, on the Assembly Worldwide d’Athlétisme Herculis EBS in Monaco, the tenth cease of the 2026 Diamond League circuit, Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi secured his thirteenth Diamond League win in world-record vogue. Within the males’s 1,000m, the Olympic and world champion took down a mark that had stood for greater than 1 / 4 of a century, working a blistering 2:11.83. It was his first time taking over the non-standard distance.
The earlier world report of two:11.96 was set by Kenyan compatriot Noah Ggency in 1999.
Wanyonyi’s run led seven different runners within the subject to personal-best performances. Nice Britain’s Jake Wightman took second in a finest of two:12.77, whereas Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati additionally grabbed a PB of two:13.94, good for third.
The win marks Wanyonyi’s fourth competitors and first Diamond League win of the 2026 season. At Might’s Rabat assembly, he took second to Nice Britain’s Max Burgin, earlier than securing one other runner-up end to American teen phenom Cooper Lutkenhaus in Oslo final month.
Ngetich, Russel take down assembly information
Within the ladies’s 3,000m, Kenya’s two-time world 10,000m champion and highway 10K report holder, Agnes Jebet Ngetich, took the win. She was on monitor for the world report for the primary 2,000m, however fell off tempo over the ultimate kilometre. Ngetich nonetheless claimed the win in a brand new assembly report of 8:08.95, the third-fastest mark in historical past.
Ngetich completed 15 seconds away from the sphere. Ethiopia’s Aleshign Baweke and Senayet Getachew took second and third in 8:23.81 and eight:24.01, respectively, whereas Kenya’s Religion Kipyegon light to fourth in 8:24.21.
Within the ladies’s 100m hurdles, American Olympic champion Masai Russell powered to a dominant victory in a gathering report of 12.20 seconds, successful by 0.18 seconds. The efficiency marks her fifth profession Diamond League win.
See right here for full outcomes from Monaco.
