Cooper Lutkenhaus, 17-year-old 800m phenom, beats Olympic champ at Diamond League meet
The 17-year-old Texas runner posted a personal best 1:42.08 and became the second youngest man to win a Diamond League race.
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17-årige Cooper Lutkenhaus från USA går från klarhet till klarhet. När 800 meters avgjordes i Diamond League-tävlingen i Oslo Bislett Games på onsdagskvällen var 17-åringen en hundradel snabbare än världsmästaren Emmanuel Wanyonyi från Kenya. Lutkenhaus segertid 1.42,08 var också världsårsbästa.
Lutkenhaus, 17, upsets Olympic champion Wanyonyi in Oslo
American teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus produced a stunning performance to hold off Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in the men’s 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Norway. The 17-year-old crossed the line in a personal best of one minute and 42.08 seconds to edge out the Kenyan by one hundredth of a second in Oslo, despite Wanyonyi recording his fastest time of the season (1:42.09). Lutkenhaus was unbeaten in his five previous 800m finals this…
He was expected but not expected on the first step of the podium and yet, Cooper Lutkenhaus won the 800 meters of the Oslo meeting in Norway this Wednesday on the occasion of the Diamond League. But the 17-year-old high schooler did more than that. Not only did he dominate the race but also he made a remarkable match with Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Olympic champion and world champion in the title and Marco Arop, world champion in 2023. By signing a dant…
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