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Live Blog: Bislett Games, Oslo Diamond League Meeting

Live Blog: Bislett Games, Oslo Diamond League Meeting

Live updates of the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, a stop on the IAAF Diamond League circuit

Jun 15, 2017 by Johanna Gretschel
Live Blog: Bislett Games, Oslo Diamond League Meeting
The next stop on the Diamond League circuit is Oslo, Norway for the Bislett Games. Follow along below for a live blog and commentary on all of the action. Check out the preview here for more on top storylines to follow, including: can Margaret Wambui finally close the gap and take down Olympic 800m champion Caster Semenya? Will hometown hero Jakob Ingebrigtsen lower his 16-year-old world record of 3:58.07 in the mile? Will Canadian darling Andre De Grasse regain the form that saw him win two individual medals in Rio?

LIVE RESULTS


Men's 1500m


The last race of the day! Manangoi is the favorite here after taking second at Pre. Another Ingebrigtsen is here -- Filip.

Pacers are out in 41 seconds through 300m.

Soulemain is the first athlete behind the pacesetters, though Iguider, Manangoi, plus Ingebrigtsen moving up -- 1:53 through 800m

2:38 at the bell! Ingebrigtsen making a big move, Lewandowski is right there, too! Manangoi coming up but the Brit Wightman moves up, now! Lewandowski moves up but Wightman has won this race in a new PB of 3:34.17!


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Women's 200m


UPDATE: After the men's 1500m, it is announced that Dafne Schippers was disqualified

2015 world champion Dafne Schippers turns 25 years old today. Can she give herself a birthday present? Oh, wow - the silver medalist just false started.


The field is called back to the start and she is signaling to officials that she couldn't hear... it looks like they're going to let her run.

Schippers was never truly challenged and runs away with the title in 22.31. In a championship setting, Schippers never would have been allowed to race after the false start. Now there's someone over the intercom singing "Happy Birthday" to Schippers... smells like a conspiracy to me.

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Men's 400m Hurdles


Olympic champion Kerron Clement of the United States stars here.

Huge upset! Clement goes out hard for the first 200m, but missteps over his hurdles in the middle and Norway's Karsten Warholm steals the race in 48.25 over Yasmani Coppello of Turkey! Clement completely runs out of steam and finishes eighth in 50.52.

A new national record and No. 3 time in the world for 21-year-old Warholm in front of his home crowd. Warholm has only run under 49 seconds three times in his career, with the prior national record of 48.49 coming via the first round at the Olympic Games. He also recently set the flat 400m national record at 44.87.


Women's 800m


Can Wambui take down Semenya today? Everyone is getting out hard and the pacer is about 57.5 at the bell

Silver medalist Niyonsaba is actually in front with Semenya as the field approaches the final 200m... can she hold the Olympic champion off? The answer is nope, not even close as Semenya powers down the straight for the win in 1:57.59. Niyonsaba runs 1:58.18 and Wambui, who ran similarly to Niyonsaba today at Prefontaine two weeks ago, takes third in 1:59.17 just ahead of Lovisa Lindh of Sweden.

Also, check out Niyonsaba's face in the photo below -- she really thought she was going to win. Good thing you don't lose points for wearing an upside down bib.


Men's 100m


Canada's Andre De Grasse is looking to regain a bit of his 2016 magic with a win here vs. Chijindu Ujah of Great Britain and Jimmy Vicaut of France, both of whom have been running well in 2017. The Olympic bronze medalist for 100m/silver medalist for 200m was just fourth at Pre.

Aaron Brown of Canada actually has the best start, but De Grasse, Ujah and Meite have the top closing speed and they finish in the order as De Grasse finally gets a win this season in 10.01 (+0.2).


Women's 3K Steeplechase


The top four in the world are not present for this race, meaning there's room for a newcomer to earn some Diamond League points -- the likeliest of which is Sofia Assefa of Ethiopia, fifth in the steeplechase finals in Rio last summer. They are aiming for a final time of 9:10.

Oh, wow, this is weird -- 17-year-old pacemaker Winfred Yavi forgot about the first water jump and kept running on the track! She turns back at the last moment to go for the water jump and can't jump over it right away since she's lost her momentum. She stops to crawl over it, and now she's trying to get back in front to control the pace again. The athlete most affected by this misstep seems to be Assefa, who was following the pacemaker closely.

With four laps to go, 26-year-old Fabienne Schlumpf of Switzerland takes the lead. Jeruto and Assefa follow.

At the bell lap, Jeruto, Assefa pass by Schlumpf. Assefa takes the lead with 300m to go and the two battle head to head at the final water jump and down the homestretch. Assefa appears to have advantage, but the younger Jeruto comes out just slightly ahead at the line for the win! 9:17.27 to 9:17.34. Schlumpf settles for third with a new Swiss national record of 9:21.65.

Men's U20 Dream Mile


This is a record attempt for Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who set the age 16 world record for the mile at Prefontaine in 3:58.07.

Pacemaker takes the first 400m through in 58.01.

Robinson and Rayner, the pacemakers, still up front followed by Kiprono and Ingebrigtsen. Robinson drops out at 800m and it's just Rayner on the track now as Ingebrigtsen moves ahead of Kiprono; Rayner and Ingebrigtsen pull away from the field and pass through 2:58.63 at 1200m.

Rayner drops out with 300m remaining and Ingebrigtsen looks strong but Hikam Akankam moves up -- will the Norwegian get caught by this field? As they turn onto the final 200m, the answer is no. Ingebrigtsen has timed his kick perfectly and works into another gear on the homestretch, crossing the line in 3:56.29, nearly two seconds faster than his world record! What a talent.

Akankam and Ben Zahra also run well under four minutes, though they are bit older -- 19 and 18, respectively. It looks like this is the first time either has run a full mile; both have run 3:47 for 1500m.


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Women's 100m Hurdles


There's a few Americans here to root for, including Rio bronze medalist Kristi Castlin, who looks to get back on pace here after a sixth-place finish at Pre.

Isabelle Pederson of Norway is out fast but Castlin and Germany's Pamela Dutkiewicz are closing hard -- photo finish between the three women at the end! Dutkiewicz takes the win in 12.73 over Castlin (12.75) and Pederson (12.75). (I did predict that Dutkiewicz would be the woman to watch here)


Women's Pole Vault


Yarisley Silva of Cuba, the 2015 world champion, takes the lead in the Diamond League standings with a 4.81m win here. The 30-year-old was seventh at the Olympic Games and moves ahead of Rio Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi in the Diamond League standings as the Greek did not compete today.

Men's 400m


20-year-old Baboloki Thebe of Botswana is the only man in the field under 45 seconds this year, and he was runner-up at the Pre Classic.

Matthew Hudson-Smith of Great Britain gets out strong, but Thebe reels him in in the final meters to win, 44.95 to 45.16. A season-best for 22-year-old Hudson-Smith, who was just seventh at Prefontaine.


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