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Upsets in Oslo: Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:56, Birthday Girl Dafne Schippers DQed

Upsets in Oslo: Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:56, Birthday Girl Dafne Schippers DQed

Top moments at the 2017 Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, part of the IAAF Diamond League.

Jun 15, 2017 by Johanna Gretschel
Upsets in Oslo: Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:56, Birthday Girl Dafne Schippers DQed
The latest Diamond League meeting in Oslo, Norway for the Bislett Games featured a slew of upsets, as Olympic champion Kerron Clement lost to an upstart Norwegian in the 400m hurdles, defending world champion Dafne Schippers was disqualified in the 200m and a bizarre pace making mishap cost Olympic fifth-placer Sofia Assefa a win in the steeplechase. You can read the live blog with event-by-event commentary here.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen Breaks Own Age 16 World Record With 3:56.29 Mile


The biggest news item of the day was Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the 16-year-old Norwegian wunderkind, and his 3:56.29 world age group record in the mile.

The younger brother of Olympians Henrik and Filip first rose to fame two weeks ago at the Prefontaine Classic, where he became the youngest sub-four miler in world history with a 3:58.07 effort. The time also set a new age 16 world record by eight seconds.

The U20 Dream Mile in Oslo was targeted as another record-breaking attempt and pacesetters Paul Robinson of Ireland and Jack Rayner of Australia were tasked with hitting splits of 1:57 for 800m and 2:57 for 1200m, respectively, with an ultimate target of 3:54 to 3:56 for Ingebrigtsen. By 1200m, only Ingebrigtsen remained with Rayner, despite an early push from Brimin Kiprono of Kenya, and the duo passed the benchmark in 2:58.63. Rayner stepped off the track on the backstretch, and it actually appeared as though Hicham Akankam and Abdelkarim Ben Zahra were gaining on him. However, the Norwegian shifted into another gear on the final curve and ran all by himself through the finish in 3:56.29, a nearly two-second personal best. Akankam and Ben Zahra also ran under four minutes, with efforts of 3:57.66 and 3:58.58, respectively.


Birthday Girl Dafne Schippers Disqualified In 200m - Or, Not?


Defending world 200m champion Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands was looking for a mid-season boost in Norway; she hasn't looked like herself since winning silver at the Rio Olympic Games last summer and her season-best effort of 22.29 dates back to early April. Today would [almost] not be the day for redemption, though, as the blonde --who turned 25 years old today-- began her competition by false starting. She signaled to officials that she could not hear the gun due to crowd noise and they allowed her to start the race again under protest. She won unchallenged in a less-than-smooth 22.31 (+1.4) over Murielle Ahoure of the Ivory Coast, who ran 22.74.

After the final event of the day, the protest was overruled and it was announced that Schippers would be retroactively disqualified for the false start. This decision was also reflected in the live results, which changed about 45 minutes later to reflect Schippers as the champion and only Ivet Lalova-Collio as disqualified. The IAAF later tweeted confirmation that the DQ for Schippers was reversed and she is crowned the champion on her birthday.


Schippers later told the IAAF that she was distracted by someone in the stands banging their chair. "It was noisy at the start, so much noise, very hard to concentrate," she said.

Brit Jake Wightman Wins 1500m Over Favorite Manangoi


Kenyan Elijah Manangoi, the Doha champion and runner-up behind Ronald Kwemoi at the Pre Classic's Bowerman Mile, seemed the likely favorite for the win in Oslo, but unheralded Brit Jake Wightman had the strongest kick to take home his first Diamond League title in a new PB of 3:34.17.

"Massive shock. I didn't expect to win my first Diamond League this year," Wightman said after the race to the IAAF. "With 100m to go, I smelled the win and I went for it. I'm buzzing."

The 22-year-old was third at the Bislett Games last year and his prior PB of 3:35.49 dates back to 2014. His biggest accomplishment prior to today was likely winning the 2013 European Junior Championship for 1500m.

Manangoi closed hard to take second in 3:34.3, but couldn't match Wightman's move. Marcin Lewandowski held on for third in 3:34.60, a personal best, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen's older brother, Filip, took fourth in 3:36.74 after leading at the bell.


Norway's Karsten Warholm Sets National Record With 400H Win Over Olympic Champion Kerron Clement


Rio Olympic champion Kerron Clement of the United States was looking for a win today after placing fourth in Shanghai and second in Doha. The 31-year-old got out strong and was battling with Norwegian upstart Karsten Warholm for the first 200m before he stutter stepped a hurdle and completely lost his momentum. He didn't fall, but the slowdown allowed Warholm, a 21-year-old university student, to accelerate down the homestretch and win the race in 48.25, a new PB and Norwegian national record.

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. His winning time in Oslo ranks No. 3 in the world this year.

Clement completely ran out of steam and placed eighth overall in 50.52.



Germany's Pamela Dutkiewicz Upsets Olympic Bronze Medalist Kristi Castlin


The women's 100m hurdles resulted in a photo finish between the top three athletes, as Germany's Pamela Dutkiewicz would come out ahead of the United States' Olympic bronze medalist Kristi Castlin and Norway's Isabella Pederson. Dutkiewicz's winning time was 12.73 (+0.8) while both Castlin and Pederson ran 12.75, a season's best for Castlin and a personal best for Pederson.

Dutkiewicz's 12.61 PB ranks No. 6 in the world this year and she remains undefeated in the 100m hurdles. The 25-year-old won bronze in the 60m hurdles at the European Indoor Championships earlier this year.


A Few Non-Upsets As Caster Semenya, Andre De Grasse Win


And, sometimes, the stars align for the superstars of the sport.

Caster Semenya continued her two-year undefeated streak in the 800m with a convincing win over Rio silver medalist Francine Niyonsaba, 1:57.59 to 1:58.18. Niyonsaba ran aggressively, much in the same fashion as Margaret Wambui's efforts to topple Semenya at the Prefontaine Classic, and even led going into the final 100m. But, just as Semenya easily bypassed Wambui in the final meters at Hayward Field, so, too, did she smooth by Niyonsaba to take the win here in Oslo. Wambui did not look as strong in this meeting and barely held on to third in 1:59.17 over Sweden's Lovia Lindh, who ran 1:59.23. Olympic fourth-placer Melissa Bishop of Canada was fifth in 1:59.89.



Canada's Olympic bronze medalist Andre De Grasse captured his first 100m victory of 2017 with a 10.01 (+0.2) effort over Chijindu Ujah of Great Britain, who ran 10.02, and Ben Youssef Meite of Côte d'Ivoire, who ran 10.03. All were season-best efforts.



Mutaz Barshim of Qatar broke the 28-year-old meet record in the high jump set by world record holder Javier Sotomayor by clearing 2.38m.

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