Mary Moraa wins second Diamond League trophy in season best time

Mary Moraa capped off her fine end to the season with a sensational 800m victory at the final Diamond League event in Brussels, Belgium on Friday.

The 24-year-old, who had won in three of four events post-Olympics, had to do it the harder way at the King Baudouin Stadium however, as she fended off the challenge of Great Britain's Georgia Bell to take the win in a season best time of 1:56.56.

The victory was her second in the Diamond League final after taking the win in 2022, and culminated a powerful end to her season that on top of seeing her secure wins in Lausanne and Zurich, also got her a world best in the women's 600m in Berlin.

Riding off a 56.22 lap from pacemaker Noelie Yarigo, Moraa led the leading pack at the bell but later saw Bell overtake her heading into the final 200m.

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Moraa would however not be defeated, as she made her trademark burst round the bend to overtake the Brit and put some distance to take the win that eclipsed her 1:56.71 initial season best in Doha.

Bell came second in 1:57.50 while Jamaica's Natoya Goule-Toppin was third in 1:58.94.

Timothy Cheruiyot impresses

Elsewhere in the 1500m race, Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot produced an incredible effort to finish second in a time of 3:30.93.

The 2019 World Champion had endured a tough spell season this year, but seems to have gathered himself up in back-to-back weekends, winning the 800m race in Brescia before his display in Brussels.

Going into the final 200m, Cheruiyot looked prime to mount a substantial challenge to eventual winner Jakob Ingebrigtsen, only for the two-time Olympic champion to charge away for his third Diamond League trophy victory in a time of 3:30.37.

2024 Olympic champion Cole Hocker was third clocking 3:30.94 - a hundredth of a second behind Cheruiyot.

Other Kenyan runners - Reynold Cheruiyot and Brian Komen - were seventh and ninth respectively timing 3:32.50 and 3:33.21.