Nuguse outsprints World Champion Kerr to claim second Diamond League win
Yared Nuguse claims his next Diamond League win in Zürich with a well-timed sprint past World Champion Josh Kerr that put him centimeters ahead at the finish line. Fellow On athletes George Mills and Alicia Konieczek impressed with personal bests.
1 September 2023
Zurich, Switzerland, August 31, 2023 - OAC’s Yared Nuguse got his perfect revenge after a fifth place at the World Championships in Budapest. The American ran a strong 1500m race at the Weltklasse Diamond League stop in Zürich and inched past the newly-minted World Champion Josh Kerr on the last meters of the race. Nuguse claimed his second Diamond League win, the third for an On athlete in 3:30.49.
OAC Europe’s George Mills impressed as well with a strong race and set a new personal best of 3:30.95 in position four. Mario Garcia-Romo was tenth (3:32.12), and Swiss runner Tom Elmer claimed position twelve (3:35.03) in front of his home crowd.
In the 3000m steeplechase, three On athletes were on start. Young German Olivia Gürth confirmed her great shape from Budapest with a strong eighth position in 9:21.82. Polish On athlete Alicja Konieczek ran to a personal best of 9:21.89 and claimed rank nine. For Konieczek, this was the second personal best within one week, and she achieved the Olympic standard with her result. American Courtney Wayment was eleventh in 9:24.77. Sage Hurta-Klecker finished tenth in the women’s 800m race in 2:00.51.
In the final event with On athletes on start, the men’s 5000m race, Dominic Lobalu had the best result with rank five and a season-best time of 13:07.02. Local hero Jonas Raess ran to 13:27.13 and position seven.
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