Norwegian star runs 4:43.13 to eclipse the 1999 mark of 4:44.79 established by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj in Berlin, adding to his 7:54.10 2-mile all-time global performance from June 9 in Paris; Jackson runs wind-legal 21.48 in 200, with Duplantis clearing 20 feet (6.10m) in pole vault in Brussels

By David Woods for DyeStat

Photos by Matthew Quine and Dan Vernon/Wanda Diamond League

Make it 1-for-3 in world record attempts in Brussels, Belgium.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen got a measure of redemption by running to a world record in the 2,000 meters, Shericka Jackson ran the fourth-fastest 200 meters ever, and pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis jumped at a record bar Friday at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme meet.

It was the last meet ahead of the Diamond League final Sept. 16-17 at the Prefontaine Classic. So the world’s best will return to Eugene, Ore., the site of last year’s World Athletics Championships.

Ingebrigtsen, of Norway, followed pacemakers expertly, got ahead of the wavelights and ran the 2,000 in 4:43.13. He broke the record of 4:44.79 set by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj in Berlin in September 1999 – or a year before Ingebrigtsen was born.

Ingebrigtsen set a 2-mile record of 7:54.10 on June 9 at Paris. At the World Championships in Budapest, he was upset in the 1,500 meters by Great Britain’s Josh Kerr, before reclaiming a gold medal in the 5,000.

“I knew I was able to break this one, but I had some kind of virus 10 days ago, and I didn’t really know how good I would be feeling today,” Ingebrigtsen said in a statement distributed by World Athletics. “However, I felt really good and ran a good race. To be honest, this record wasn’t a difficult one for me.

“Sure, when you have to do it alone, it’s really tough, but I got great help from the pacemakers. Actually, they were able to help me more than I expected.”

The all-time list at 2,000 meters was radically revised. Top five climbed to Nos. 1, 5, 8, 9 and 10.

Kenya’s Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot (4:48.14), Australia’s Stewart McSweyn (4:48.77), 18-year-old Dutch athlete Niels Laros (4:49.68) and Spain’s Mario Garcia Romo (4:49.85) finished second through fifth, all in national records. Laros crushed the previous World Under-20 record by nearly seven seconds.

Norway’s Narve Gilje Nordas, World bronze medalist in the 1,500, was sixth in 4:50.64.

Missing were Yared Nuguse and Cole Hocker, who almost certainly would have gone under the American record of 4:52.44 held by Jim Spivey since 1987.

In the 200, Jackson won by nearly a full second in setting a Diamond League record of 21.48. The 29-year-old Jamaican had announced she was aiming at Florence Griffith Joyner’s 35-year-old world record of 21.34.

Jackson clocked 21.41 and 21.45 at the past two World Championships and now owns three of the four fastest times over.

“I definitely feel like I’m getting there, closer to that record,” Jackson said.

In the vault, Duplantis got his hips over the bar on his last attempt at 20-5.25 (6.23m), but he scraped it off in a bid to raise his own world record by a centimeter.

He still set a meet record of 20 feet (6.10m).

“I had it in me to jump the world record today, and I really thought that I was going to do it,” Duplantis said. “It’s a shame.”

Americans finished 2-4-5-6.

Sam Kendricks cleared 19-5.25 (5.92m), and World bronze medalist Chris Nilsen, American record-holder KC Lightfoot and Zach McWhorter were all at 19-1 (5.82m).

In other men’s highlights:

>> Kenny Bednarek, coming off a disappointing fifth at Worlds, won the 200 in 19.79 over Britain’s Zharnel Hughes (19.82). Olympic champion Andre de Grasse, sixth at Worlds, was third in 19.89. “Right now I’m still focused for the finals in Eugene. I’m ready to go and go for the win in Eugene,” Bednarek said.

>> Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati, disqualified in the final at Worlds, won the 800 in 1:43.60. Bryce Hoppel, another World finalist, was sixth in 1:44.37.

>> In a non-Diamond League event, World silver medalist Daniel Ebenyo of Kenya took the 10,000 in 26:57.80, winning by 28 seconds. Ebenyo was seven seconds off the world lead of 26:50.66 by Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi.

In other women’s highlights:

>> Elaine Thompson-Herah, after failing to make the Jamaican team for Budapest, won the 100 in a wind-legal 10.84. The 31-year-old sprinter was a triple gold medalist at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

>> Femke Bol of The Netherlands set a meet record of 52.11 in the 400 hurdles, raising her 2023 record to 20-0 in races of 400 meters or more (excluding relays).

>> World champion Haruka Kitaguchi set a Japanese record of 221-1 (67.38m) in the javelin to raise her own world lead.

>> World gold medalist Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine won the high jump at 6-6.75 (2.00m). Angelina Topic, an 18-year-old Serbian, was second with a national record of 6-5.50 (1.97m).

>> Lilian Kasait Rengeruk of Kenya took the 5,000 in 14:26.36. U.S. champion Elise Cranny, a Budapest finalist, was 11th in 14:57.52.

>> Belgium’s Cynthia Bolingo came from behind to win the 400 in 50.09 to beat The Netherlands’ Lieke Klaver (50.16). Shamier Little, the leader until the closing 50 meters, was third in 50.58.

>> American Chase Ealey won Thursday’s shot put, overtaking Canada’s Sarah Mitton with a fifth-round distance of 65-9.50 (20.05m). Ealey and Mitton (64-10/19.76m) duplicated their 1-2 finish from Budapest. World leader Maggie Ewen was third at 64-5.25 (19.64m).

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