Athletics-Gebrhiwet just misses world record, Ingebrigtsen dives to win 1,500


FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championship - Men's 5000 Metres Final - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 27, 2023 Ethiopia's Hagos Gebrhiwet in action during the men's 5000 metres final REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo

OSLO, Norway (Reuters) -Ethiopia's Hagos Gebrhiwet won the men's 5,000 metres in the second fastest time ever with a sizzling final lap, while Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway hurled himself across the finish line to win the men's 1,500m in Thursday's Oslo Diamond League meet.

The 30-year-old Gebrhiwet, whose last major global track medal was bronze at the 2016 Rio Olympics, passed team mate Yomif Kejelcha with 400m remaining to win in 12 minutes 36.73 seconds, clocking a blistering 54.99 seconds on his final lap.

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