Marco Arop of Canada secured a fourth-place finish on Friday at the Diamond League track and field event held in Lausanne, Switzerland, at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.
Arop started off strong, leading the pack as he entered the final lap, but he was unable to keep up the momentum over the last 400 metres, completing the race in 1:43.18.
Emmanuel Wanyonyi from Kenya claimed victory with a time of 1:42.19, followed closely by Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati, who achieved a season-best of 1:42.31. American athlete Brandon Miller finished third with a time of 1:42.55.
Last year, Arop and Sarah Mitton, who competes in the women’s shot put, were the only two Canadians to make it to the Diamond League Final in Zurich, where both finished in third place.
Entering Friday’s competition, Arop ranked second in the men’s 800m Diamond League standings, just behind Emmanuel Wanyonyi from Kenya. While Arop had not yet secured his place in the Final, his current ranking gave him a solid chance to qualify.
The 2026 Wanda Diamond League Final is scheduled to occur on September 4–5 in Brussels, Belgium.
Olympic champion Tebogo, American Kayla White take 200m
Letsile Tebogo, the reigning Olympic champion from Botswana, dominated the men’s 200m race, finishing in 19.87 seconds. Sinesipho Dambile from South Africa came in second with a time of 19.98, while Zimbabwe’s Makanakaishe Charamba secured third place, clocking in at 20.14.
Reigning Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo of Botswana won the Diamond League men’s 200-metre race in Lausanne, Switzerland, with a time of 19.87 seconds.
In the women’s 200m event, American Kayla White triumphed with a time of 22.18 seconds. The finish for second and third was extremely close, with Great Britain’s Amy Hunt narrowly defeating Nigeria’s Favour Ofili, as both athletes were recorded at 22.32 seconds. Two-time women’s world champion Shericka Jackson from Jamaica experienced an injury and had to be taken off the track in a wheelchair.
American Kayla White won the women’s 200-metre Diamond League race in Lausanne, Switzerland with a time of 22.18 seconds. Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson pulled up with an injury and was taken off the track in a wheelchair.