Audrey Werro Shines in Lausanne with Meeting Record, Falls Short of World Record

Swiss middle-distance runner Audrey Werro claimed victory in the 800 meters at the Lausanne Diamond League, clocking a meeting record of 1:55.33. The 22-year-old, who recently became the European champion, narrowly missed her personal ambition of breaking the world record for the distance, despite a fast-paced race.

Werro, pushed by Dutch pacemaker Myrte Van der Schoot, held off a strong challenge from the Netherlands' Femke Bol, who finished a mere eight hundredths of a second behind with a national record time of 1:55.41. Ethiopia's Saida Tsehaye secured third place with a personal best of 1:56.92. Werro's winning time surpassed the previous meeting record of 1:55.69 set by Keely Hodgkinson last year, extending Werro's undefeated streak in 800m finals this outdoor season.

The men's 800 meters saw a victory for Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi, the reigning world champion, who finished just twelve hundredths of a second ahead of Algeria's Djamel Sedjati with a time of 1:42.19. Two years prior, Wanyonyi narrowly missed the world record in Lausanne.

In the field events, Portugal's Pedro Pichardo won the triple jump with a modest 17.44 meters, edging out Algeria's Yasser Triki by one centimeter. Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou dominated the long jump with a leap of 8.24 meters, surpassing the hopes of Swiss athlete Simon Ehammer. The men's javelin competition was a close contest, with Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage narrowly defeating India's Neeraj Chopra by nine centimeters, throwing 88.14 meters to Chopra's 88.05.