Cheptegui shines with a 5000 meter world record - Alma's third

Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda provided the highlight at the restart of the Diamond League in Monaco with his world record over 5000 meters. German athletes are also attracting attention.

Monaco (AP) - Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda ran a world record over 5000 meters at the Diamond League meeting of track and field athletes in Monaco. The 23-year-old world champion over 10,000 meters from 2019 completed the distance in 12: 35.36 minutes.

The Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele had set the best time so far 16 years ago with 12: 37.35 in Hengelo / Netherlands. Cheptegui caused a bang at the restart of the premium series in the Corona crisis.

The German 100-meter champion Deniz Almas made a strong debut in the Diamond League over 200 meters. The 23-year-old from VfL Wolfsburg sprinted to third place behind world champion Noah Lyles from the USA (19.76) and his younger brother Josephus (20.30) with a personal best of 20.64 seconds.

With this, Almas again demonstrated his good form six days after his famous 10.09 seconds in the national championships in Braunschweig over 100 meters. After the cancellation of the third Olympic gold medalist Christophe Lemaitre from France, he entered the starting field.

5000 spectators were allowed to go to the Stade Louis II, where the athletes reported back with the first big sports festival in Corona times. Marc Reuther from Frankfurt ran a personal best over 800 meters. The 24-year-old German champion ran the two rounds of the stadium in 1: 44.93 minutes and finished sixth in a world-class field. Reuther's best time so far was 1: 45.22. He had already shone in the indoor season. World Champion Donovan Brazier from the USA won the race in 1: 43.12 minutes.

World champion Hellen Obiri (Kenya) prevailed over 5000 meters in 14: 22.12 minutes. The World Cup third Konstanze Klosterhalfen from Leverkusen had canceled this week due to an overload reaction in the pool report.

Two Germans were on the starting block for more than 100 meters of the women: Gina Lückenkemper from Berlin took third place in 11.31 seconds behind Swiss Ajla del Ponte (11.16) Aleia Hobbs from the USA (11.28). The German runner-up Rebekka Haase (Wetzlar) only came in seventh after 11.47 seconds.

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