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Diamond League: Faith Kipyegon sets 5,000m world record as Keely Hodgkinson posts British 800m best
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon shattered the world record in the women’s 5,000metres at the Paris Diamond League meeting on Friday in her first race at the distance in eight years, just a week after breaking the 1,500m record
Last Updated: 09/06/23 10:22pm
Keely Hodgkinson broke her own British 800metres record at the Diamond League meeting in Paris
Keely Hodgkinson lowered her personal best and British record with a brilliant performance in the 800 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Paris.
Hodgkinson followed the pacemaker before striking for home 300m from the line, eventually clocking a time of one minute 55.77 seconds, taking 0.11secs off her previous best set in winning Olympic silver in Tokyo.
“I am a little bit shocked that I ran so fast,” the 21-year-old said. “Paris next year, I will definitely be back. The weather was really nice, so warm. I had heard good things about the track. With this full stadium and the great crowd, it was amazing. I am so happy.
“Now the aim is to stay healthy, we still have to see, I want to keep running fast. The focus is on the summer, on Budapest [the World Championships].
“What is next with such a fast time early in the season? Well, I do not know. Hopefully I will run even faster.”
Hodgkinson’s record-breaking run came just half an hour after Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen smashed the two-mile world record by more than four seconds. Ingebrigtsen left the field trailing in his wake as he recorded a time of seven minutes, 54.10 seconds.
The previous mark was set by Daniel Komen in 1997, three years before Olympic 1,500 metre champion Ingebrigtsen was born.
Records continued to tumble as Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon set a new world’s best for the 5,000m, just a week after doing the same in the 1,500m in Florence.
Kipyegon produced a blistering last lap to pull away from Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey and clock a time of 14:05.20, taking almost a second and a half off Gidey’s previous mark.
“I did not think about the world record. I do not know how I made it. I just focused on the green light and tried to stay relaxed and enjoy the race,” Kipyegon said. “…when I saw that it was a world record I was so surprised.
“It was all about giving my best. I just wanted to improve on my personal best, the world record was not my plan.”
The ideal conditions helped produce another world record in the penultimate event of the evening, Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma taking more than a second off the previous mark with a time of 7:52.11 in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase.
Vitality T20 Blast 2023, Glamorgan vs Essex: Probable XIs, pitch report, weather forecast, and live streaming details
Glamorgan and Essex are all slated to lock horns in the South Group Division fixture of the 2023 T20 Vitality Blast Season on June 9. The match will get underway at 11 PM IST.
Glamorgan are fourth in the points table and have secured four wins from six games. Their Net Run Rate (NRR) currently stands at -0.131. They would be a touch disappointed with their bowling effort against Surrey, where they conceded a colossal 236 runs and picked up only two wickets, which ultimately lead to their crushing defeat.
Essex are one spot behind Glamorgan in the points table with an NRR of -0.289. They would be entering the fixture with some confidence after their satisfying victory against Kent in their last fixture where an all-round performance with the bat and the ball go them comfortably steered them to a crucial win.
Glamorgan vs Essex Match Details
Match: Glamorgan vs Essex, Match 78 (South Group), Vitality T20 Blast, 2023
Date and Time: June 9, 2023, on Friday, 11:00 pm IST
Venue: Sophia Gardens Cricket Ground, Cardiff
Glamorgan vs Essex Pitch Report
The pitch at Sophia Gardens is favorable for the fast bowlers who can get a lot of seam and swing movement early on to keep the batsman guessing. Run-scoring may become a bit of an ordeal but once they get their eye in, then it may look like a completely different game.
The average first innings score on this venue is 154 which serves as a clear indication that batters will have to watch out for the early demons and navigate through the middle overs to post a defendable total.
Glamorgan vs Essex Weather Report
The weather in Cardiff will be partly cloudy with the temperature expected to rise to as high as 25 degrees Celsius during the day. But the moderate warmth will subside as the evening approaches and the temperature will drop to 14 degrees Celcius. No major chances of rain are predicted at this stage, which is down to just 10%.
Glamorgan vs Essex Probable Xl
Glamorgan
Probable Xl
Callum Taylor, Sam Northeast, Kiran Carlson (c), Colin Ingram, Chris Cooke (wk), Ruaidhri Smith, Billy Root, Timm Van der Gugten, Prem Sisodiya, Peter Hatzoglou, and Jamie McIlroy
Essex
Probable Xl
Feroze Khushi, Robin Das, Will Buttleman, Matthew Critchley, Josh Rymell, Tom Westley, Daniel Sams, Simon Harmer (c), Shane Snater, Ben Allison, Sam Cook
Glamorgan vs Essex Match Prediction
Both teams are pretty much neck-and-neck as far as their winning record and their positioning in the points table are concerned. While there is very little to differentiate the two, our win predictor tilts slightly in favor of Glamorgan, who have a slightly better NRR.
Prediction: Glamorgan to win the match.
Glamorgan vs Essex Live Streaming details and channel list
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IJF declares Inal Tasoev heavyweight World Champion as well
During the final between Teddy Riner (FRA) and Inal Tasoev (AIN), there was one situation where neither the referee on the mat nor the IJF Refereeing Commission gave any score. Following a thorough expert analysis, according to the current refereeing rules, a score could have been awarded for Inal Tasoev’s counterattack. Therefore, the International Judo Federation declares both athletes as the winners of the contest and award a gold medal and the corresponding ranking points to Inal Tasoev.
