Wanyonyi sets new world best in men's 1,000m
Emmanuel Wanyonyi celebrates after setting a new World Record in the men's 1000m during the Diamond League athletics meeting at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on July 10, 2026. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)
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Patryk Sieradzki was the pacemaker at the Stade Louis II and he duly set off at an electric pace, immediately splitting the pack in the non-Olympic distance.
Louey Ouerrat took up the running at the bell, but Wanyonyi caught him with 200 metres to run, Britain's Jake Wightman on his shoulder.
Wightman looked like he had enough in the tank to go shoulder-to-shoulder with the Kenyan down the home straight.
But Wanyonyi showed all his class to pull away for victory in 2:11.83, the Briton clocking a personal best of 2:12.77 in second.
Wanyonyi's time beat the previous best of 2:11.96 set by Kenya's Noah Ngeny in Rieti, Italy, in 1999.
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