PREMIUM Emmanuel Wanyonyi: ‘Actions speak way louder than words’ Olympics champion is thrilled to have broken 1000m record but is guarded on lowering 800m mark. Athletics Just now Listen
11 from 1997 had stood as a world record before Rudisha obliterated it for the first time, running 1:41.
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi leads Jake Wightman of Britain on his way to victory the men's 1000m race in a world record time at Monaco Diamond on July 10, 2026.
Wanyonyi, the Olympic and world 800m champion, seems to be gyrating towards the 800m world record after he erased the 27-year-old 1,000m world record by 0.
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