Ingebrigtsen beats Olympic champion Hocker in rematch
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen blew away 1500m menâs Olympic champion Cole Hocker with a dominant performance at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne.
The 23-year-old Norwegian had been the heavy favourite to win gold at Paris 2024, but misjudged the race which allowed Hocker of the United States to claim top spot on the podium.
Ingebrigtsen ultimately ended that race in fourth as Great Britainâs Josh Kerr and American Yared Nuguse also passed him in the closing stages of the race.
There were few signs of a hangover from Ingebrigtsen at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise as he powered to an emphatic victory in three minutes 27.83 seconds.
Hocker finished second in 3:29.85 while fellow American Hobbs Kessler came third.
âItâs been almost two weeks since Paris so there was plenty of time to recover,â Ingebrigtsen said.
âFor me a lot of it has been mental including going home, taking some easy days and then getting back to work.
âTonightâs race gave me good answers and Iâm looking forward to building on this for the rest of the season.â
Wins for Hudson-Smith and Asher-Smith
George Mills finished last in the menâs 1500m â nine seconds behind Ingebrigtsen â but there were some positive results for other British athletes in Lausanne.
Matthew Hudson-Smith won the menâs 400m with a time of 43.96 seconds.
He was set to face-off against Olympic champion Quincy Hall but the American decided to withdraw.
Hall pipped Hudson-Smith to gold in the 400m at the Games in Paris by four-hundredths of a second.
Hudson-Smith acknowledged his thoughts have already turned to the next Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028.
He said: âMy goal is to win the Olympic gold and to be mentioned alongside Michael Johnson and Jeremy Wariner. Itâs all about consistency, winning and never giving up.
âI want to consistently be one of the best ever and run consistently under 44 seconds, and maybe breaking the 43-second barrier.â
Dina Asher-Smith won the womenâs 100m with a time of 10.88 seconds while fellow Briton Daryll Neita finished seventh.
âAfter the Olympics I took some time to refocus and now Iâm just enjoying running, feeling fit and injury free,â Asher-Smith said.
Asher-Smith returned to the track later in the evening to win the womenâs 4x100m relay alongside Bianca Williams, Desiree Henry and Amy Hunt.
The British quartet finished ahead of the Swiss team in a time of 42.03 seconds.
Elsewhere, Olympic 1500m bronze medal winner Georgia Bell finished second in the womenâs 800m, as Kenyaâs Mary Moraa won in one minute 57.91 seconds.
Her British team-mate Jemma Reekie, who missed out on a place in the 800m final in Paris, came third.
Wanyonyi goes close to world record
Kenyaâs Emmanuel Wanyonyi went close to breaking David Rudishaâs menâs 800m world record at the meeting in Switzerland.
Wanyonyi repeated the blistering form that earned him gold at the Olympics as he clocked one minute 41.11 seconds â just 0.20secs off the record set by Rudisha at London 2012.
It was the joint second-fastest time ever run, alongside Denmarkâs Wilson Kipketer.
Botswanaâs Letsile Tebogo ran an impressive 19.64 seconds to win the menâs 200m.
The 21-year-old, whose 200m triumph in Paris was the first ever gold for his country, had come to Lausanne on the back of eight days of no training â having made a rapturous return to Gaborone.
The biggest shock of the evening was in the menâs 110m hurdles as Olympic champion and three-time world gold winner Grant Holloway was beaten by Jamaicaâs Rasheed Broadbell, who won in 13.10 seconds.
Dutchwoman Femke Bol won the womenâs 400m hurdles in 52.55 seconds, having won bronze in Paris.
Sundayâs Diamond League meeting in Silesia, Poland will be shown live on BBC Two and via the BBC iPlayer from 15:00 BST.