With his 3rd and 4th place finishes in the discus throw events at the Diamond League stops in Oslo and Stockholm, respectively, Philip Milanov gave notice he’s once again approaching championship form.
The long-standing Belgian 1500m record of 3:34.13 (Christoph Impens, 1996) was finally surpassed by Ismael Debjani, who ran 3:33.70 at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games in Hengelo on 11 June.
Celliphine Chespol’s performance at the Prefontaine Classic, held in Eugene, Oregon, moved her into first on the steeplechase ’17 world chart, while also improving her own world junior record in the event.
Ruth Jebet, Kipyegon Bett, and Philip Milanov each captured their first victories on the ’17 Diamond League circuit in Shanghai on 13. May.
Ruth Jebet’s time of 9:01.99 in Doha was her fastest-ever season opener in the 3000m steeplechase.
In her American race debut, Rose Chelimo on 17. April finished 2nd at the Boston Marathon in a career-fastest time of 2:22:51.
With Marius Kimutai winning the Rotterdam Marathon (2:06:04) and Agnes Barsosio finishing a close 2nd in the Paris Marathon (2:20:59), they established themselves among world’s top marathon performers in 2017.
The performances by Alice Aprot, Bernard Koros, and Celliphine Chespol helped Personae-managed athletes earn a total of ten individual or team medals at the 2017 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held 26. March in Kampala, Uganda.
Eunice Kirwa on 12-March made it three consecutive victories at Marathon Nagoya, this time finishing in a new personal best and Bahrani record of 2:21:17.
