The Burundian star, who missed the World Championships with a stress fracture, proved that she is approaching her fitness from last year. With just a half step until the line, a hard-closing Francine Niyonsaba found the strength to get her chest across first ahead of Monson’s spread arms in 8:26.80. Coming through at the bell with the likes of Hassan, Muir, Kipkemboi, and Chebet, Monson continued to wind the pace up. In the women’s 3000m, no official award was named for who ran the gutsiest race, but Alicia Monson certainly earned the respect of a field that will be more hesitant to let her open up gaps in the future. The 25-year-old has broken the 20-second barrier a wind-legal 31 times! For perspective, Usain Bolt accomplished the feat 34 times throughout the span of his entire career. In his 11 races at the distance, he has broken 20 seconds on each occasion, which includes first-round prelims at USAs and Worlds. Including his world-leading and American Record run of 19.31, the 200m world champion now has six of the top eight times in the world this year.
The 400m World Champion, Michael Norman stormed out of the blocks incredibly hard, but Lyles didn’t bite and stayed composed, finishing in 19.56. It’s good to have everyone back together again now that all those regional championships - and whatever you’d classify the Commonwealth Games as - are over! The stars aligned for the Lausanne Diamond League meet, but no one shined brighter than Noah Lyles, who has put together perhaps the greatest 200m season of all time.
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