{"id":3607,"date":"2024-08-30T21:14:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T21:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/yavi-threatens-world-steeplechase-record-in-rome-as-tebogo-startles-over-100m\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:44:12","slug":"yavi-threatens-world-steeplechase-record-in-rome-as-tebogo-startles-over-100m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/yavi-threatens-world-steeplechase-record-in-rome-as-tebogo-startles-over-100m\/","title":{"rendered":"Yavi threatens world steeplechase record in Rome as Tebogo startles over 100m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>World and Olympic champion Winfred Yavi came within 0.07 of the world record to win the 3000m steeplechase at the Golden Gala in 9:44.39 on Friday (30).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Botswana\u2019s Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo brought the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Rome to a startling conclusion as he overhauled world indoor champion Christian Coleman and Olympic bronze medallist Fred Kerley to win the men\u2019s 100m in 9.87.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tebogo may deny he is the new face of sprinting but his actions speak differently. The 21-year-old, who finished sixth in the Olympic 100m final in a national record of 9.86, overhauled Coleman, the fast-starting 60m world record holder, and Kerley over the final 30 metres, turning to face them before crossing the line with a broad smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coleman, who failed to qualify for this year\u2019s Olympics, was second in 9.92, with Kerley third in 9.95. Jamaica\u2019s Olympic silver medallist Kishane Thompson was a late withdrawal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yavi clocked a world-leading 8:44.39 \u2013 the second-fastest time in history \u2013 to set an Asian record in a race which proceeded at world record place over the first 2000m before slowing significantly on the penultimate lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Bahraini athlete re-awoke to the late possibility of challenging the 2018 world record mark of 8:44.32 set by Kenya\u2019s Beatrice Chepkoech and had she not stuttered over the final hurdle she might have surpassed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uganda\u2019s 2021 Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai, who took silver behind Yavi in Paris, was second again in a national record of 8:48.03, moving from fifth to third on the world all-time list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI looked at the time after the race and I went \u2018oh, no!\u00b4,\u201d Yavi said. \u201c\u00cd was really expecting that record and I was going for it. I definitely feel I should break it and I believe it will happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI need to work even harder. And I am planning to have another go at it before the end of the season. My biggest goal for next year is to become a double world champion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FqT46f_n0Pnc%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Winfred Yavi JUST misses out on 3000m steeplechase world record in Rome - Wanda Diamond League 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qT46f_n0Pnc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Erratic pacing in the opening three laps of the women\u2019s 1500m was unhelpful to Faith Kipyegon\u2019s attempt at bettering her own world record of 3:49.04, set earlier this year in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the meeting where she set her first world 1500m record \u2013 although this year\u2019s edition of the Golden Gala had returned from Florence to its traditional home in Rome \u2013 Kipyegon won in 3:52.89, followed home by Ethiopians Freweyni Hailu and Birke Haylom in 3:54.16 and 3:54.79 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am satisfied with the pace and with how the race went,\u201d Kipyegon said. \u201cIt was all about qualifying for the Diamond League final, about getting the points. I enjoyed the race, but I did not see the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ackera Nugent, who crashed out of the Olympic 100m hurdles final, is finishing her season strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having won at last Sunday\u2019s Diamond League meeting in Silesia in a meeting record of 12.29, the Jamaican inflicted a second successive defeat on USA\u2019s Olympic champion Masai Russell as she set a Jamaican record of 12.24 that was also a meeting record and an equal world lead. Russell was second in 12.31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis victory is not like a revenge for the Olympics for me,\u201d said Nugent, who now moves to equal fourth on the world all-time list. \u201cI am just in a really good shape. I was injured before and this is a new experience for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Olympic stadium where he had kick-started an injury-troubled season by retaining his European high jump title, Italy\u2019s world champion Gianmarco Tamberi produced a predictably emotive performance at the end of a month where he had qualified against all odds for the Paris 2024 final despite being hospitalised with kidney stones shortly beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 32-year-old had the crowd wild, then silent as he remained combative up to 2.30m \u2013 but that proved too much for him. Not so for South Korea\u2019s Woo Sanghyeok and Romaine Beckford of Jamaica, clearing a personal best, who finished respectively first and second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamberi was joint third with Ukraine\u2019s Oleh Doroshchuk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FUu99h1WUuXk%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;I&#039;m sad and sorry&quot; - Gianmarco Tamberi on Diamond League high jump defeat in Rome\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uu99h1WUuXk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in the penultimate chance for the world&#8217;s top athletes to earn points as they bid to qualify for the Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels on 13-14 September, the 110m hurdles was won in 13.18 by France\u2019s Sasha Zhoya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olympic long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall of the United States was an exuberant winner with a best of 7.02m, while Olympic pole vault champion Nina Kennedy of Australia won on countback from USA\u2019s Sandi Morris, after both had cleared 4.83m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Triple Olympic shot put champion Ryan Crouser secured victory with a meeting record of 22.49m from Italy\u2019s European champion Leonardo Fabbri, who threw 21.70m having had a first-round effort that looked better than 22.00m ruled out as it missed the quadrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the Jamaican whom Crouser coached to a shock discus victory in Paris, Roje Stona \u2013 the first athlete in history to make their Diamond League debut after winning Olympic gold \u2013 had victory seized from him by a final-round effort of 68.61m from Slovenia\u2019s 2022 world champion Kristjan Ceh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stona, 25, who set an Olympic record of 70.00m earlier this month, had looked set for the win with a second-round 67.85m. Lithuania\u2019s world record holder and Olympic silver medallist Mykolas Alekna was third on 67.68m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The men\u2019s 5000m, which began as a world record attempt and ended as a scintillating race, saw victory go to Hagos Gebrhiwet in 12:51.07 from Ethiopian rivals Yomif Kejelcha, second in 12:51.25, and 2021 Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega, third in 12:51.39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zambia\u2019s Olympic bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga held off Grenada\u2019s Kirani James to win the men\u2019s 400m in 43.99, with the 2012 Olympic champion clocking 44.30 in second place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Cockrell, the Olympic silver medallist from the United States, finished comfortably clear to win the women\u2019s 400m hurdles in 52.59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere, victory in the men\u2019s triple jump went to Italy\u2019s Olympic bronze medallist Andy Diaz with 17.32m, while Brittany Brown of the United States took the women\u2019s 200m in 22.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics and Wanda Diamond League<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FAAYoeZJHXPc%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rome 2024 Extended Highlights - Wanda Diamond League\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AAYoeZJHXPc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\"><\/iframe><span class=\"smush-play-btn\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<span tabindex=\"0\" class=\"smush-play-btn-inner\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Play<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winfred Yavi and Ackera Nugent both set world leads while Faith Kipyegon and Nina Kennedy...","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1131,1145],"tags":[817,6,282,1084,118,624,925,1077],"city":[1138],"class_list":["post-3607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-report","category-rome","tag-817","tag-diamond-league","tag-golden-gala","tag-nugent","tag-rome","tag-wanda","tag-world-lead","tag-yavi","city-rome"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18491,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3607\/revisions\/18491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3607"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=3607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}