Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Phanuel Kosgei registered victories in style with new meeting records at the 11th stop of the Diamond League in London on Saturday.
18-year-old Kosgei outsprinted Olympic champion Josh Kerr of Britain, crossing the finish line in a new meeting record of 3 minutes 29.37 seconds, shattering the previous record of 3:30.20, set by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco in August 2000.
Kerr finished 2nd in 3:29.37, ahead of Portuguese Isaac Nader, who finished 3rd in 3:31.55.
Wanyonyi won the two-lap race in 1 minute 42.00 seconds, 0.22 seconds ahead of reigning world champion Marco Arop of Canada, who finished 2nd, while Max Birgin of Britain completed the podium positions.
Margaret Akidor finished a distant 9th in the 5000m, the only Kenyan woman in action today.
The next meeting will be held in Silesia, Poland, on 16th August.
