Peter Bol was left smiling but Stewart McSweyn could only grimace after Australia's middle distance luminaries suffered dramatically contrasting fortunes in Doha's season-opening Diamond League meet. On a wild and windy Friday night in the Qatar capital, Olympic finalist Bol delivered the stand-out Australian performance in a "crazy" race, excited to earn his first-ever runner's-up finish in a Diamond League 800 metres. "But I'm really happy with how it worked out; the time doesn't really matter to me, but what does matter is that it's my first placing in a Diamond League. National record holder Hull also enjoyed her best Diamond League outing, edging the battle for third in the 3000m ahead of Turkey's Yasemin Can and Ethiopian Girmawit Gebrzihair in 8:40.97. Shock of the evening was Bahamanian double Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo finishing third in the 400m as Tokyo silver medallist Marileidy Paulino, of the Dominican Republic, won in 51.20sec.

Source: Ethiopian News May 13, 2022 20:01 UTC