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Audrey Werro edges closer to women’s 800m world record at Paris Diamond League
Swiss rising star runs 1:53.28 – the third fastest ever
TL;DR
- Audrey Werro achieved the third-fastest women's 800m time ever recorded, finishing in 1:53.28 at the Paris Diamond League.
- Werro is now considered a major threat to Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1983 world record, with her sights set on a potential showdown with Keely Hodgkinson.
- Cameron Myers won the men's 1500m in a national record time of 3:28.00, aiming for the mile at the Commonwealth Games.
- Noah Lyles suffered an unexpected defeat in the men's 100m to compatriot Trayvon Bromell.
- Georgia Hunter Bell won the women's 1500m, and Diamond League records were set in the 400m by Busang Collen Kebinatshipi and Marileidy Paulino.