Road To The Final - London Diamond League Headlines
Hellen Obiri from Kenya won the Women's Mile at the 2017 Müller Anniversary Games in London on Sunday, setting a meeting record of 4:16.56, and breaking her national record. Hellen Obiri at the London Diamond League / Photo IDL/Kirby Lee Kenya's Winny Chebet was third while there was a Polish record of 4:19.55 for Angelika Cichoka in fourth. In the men’s 800m, Botswana's Nijel Amos leapt to the top of the world leaderboard as he brought back memories of the 2012 Olympic final where he chased world record-setting David Rudisha to the line for a world U20 record of 1:41.73. He wasn’t quite that quick this afternoon, but Amos adopted Rudisha-like tactics as he followed pacemaker Bram Som through half way in 49.58 and held off the field into the home straight to win in 1:43.18, his quickest time since 2015. Many of the world's top athletes secured their place in the IAAF Diamond League Final at the end of the season by picking up crucial points a...