Asbel Kiprop and Edwin Soi win Paris races
What you need to know:
- Kiprop clocked 1:43.34, a world best this year.
- Soi ran a world best for the year in the men’s 5000m, clocking 12:59.82.
Kenya’s World 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop and Edwin Soi on Saturday night posted fastest times this year with victories in 800m and 5,000m respectively at Meeting Areva, Paris, France.
France’s Pierre-Ambroise Bosse also posted his personal best of the year in a time of 1min 44.23secs.
Kiprop clocked 1:43.34, a world best this year. London Olympics silver winner Botswana’s Nijel Amos (1:43.70) was second as Cuba’s Yeimer Lopez came in third in 1:43.71.
Another Kenyan Robert Biwott finished ninth in a time of 1:45.21.
Soi ran a world best for the year in the men’s 5000m, clocking 12:59.82. Diamond Race frontrunner Yenew Alamirew of Ethiopia was second in 13:00.21.
World 10,000m bronze medallist Paul Tanui, also of Kenya, was third, setting a new PB of 13:00.53.
However, it was a bad night for Kenyan women in 3,000m steeplechase and 1,500m. World champion Milcah Chemos finished ninth in a race won by Ethiopia’s Hiwot Ayalew in a new meet record of 9:11.65 as World 1,500m bronze medallist Hellen Obiri finished third in women’s 1,500m race in 3:58.89.