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4th best of all-time 😤 🇰🇪's Nelly Chepchirchir climbs into the list of top 5 athletes in the 1000m after her run of 2:29.77 in Monaco 👏 #DiamondLeague https://t.co/qfCESJFMPt
WHOA, NELLY 😱 Nelly Chepchirchir 🇰🇪 becomes only the fourth woman in history to break the 2:30 barrier in the 1000m, winning the #MonacoDL in 2:29.77. Behind her, Addy Wiley breaks her own American record with a 2:30.71 run and Jessica Hull breaks Abbey Caldwell’s Australian https://t.co/1GNH9WO9H2
Nelly Chepchirchir 2:29.77 to win the 1K in a new 🌎 No. 6 all-time. Addy Wiley 2:30.71 for a new 🇺🇸 record! #MonacoDL and #DiamondLeague coverage presented by @FleetFeetSports & @Tracksmith https://t.co/WkYTAVlCpO
Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir produced the highlight of the Monaco Diamond League meeting, clocking 2:29.77 in the women’s 1,000 metres to become only the fourth athlete in history to break the 2-minute-30 barrier. The 21-year-old’s performance ranks No. 4 on the world all-time list. American Addy Wiley followed her across the line in 2:30.71, trimming her own national record, while Australia’s Jessica Hull set an Oceania record of 2:30.96 in third place. The evening also delivered a world-leading mark in the men’s 800 metres, where Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya won in 1:41.44. In the women’s 400 metres, Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino edged U.S. sprinter Aaliyah Butler on the lean, with both credited with 49.06.
