Marco Arop sets personal best at Diamond League stop in Monaco
At the first Diamond League stop of the year at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, Marco Arop ran a personal best of 1:44.14 to claim third place in the 800m.
World champion Donavan Brazier of the United States won the race, crossing through the finish line at 1:43.15. His teammate Bryce Hoppel finished in second with a time of 1:43.23.
A personal best for Canada's @marco_arop in the men's 800m 🙌
He glides to a third place finish with a time of 1:44.14, just behind Americans Brazier and Hoppel
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This is a great result for Arop, as the field featured the silver and bronze medallists from the 2019 World Athletics Championships in addition to Brazier — Amel Tuka and Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich, respectively.
Marco Arop (right) competes in the 800m at the Diamond League stop in Monaco on Friday August, 14, 2020. (Credit: Instagram / @matthewquine via @diamondleagueathletics)
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Matthew Hughes was the only other Canadian competing. He finished fifth in the 3000m steeplechase with a season’s best of 8:16.25.
In June and July, World Athletics held two exhibition events — the Impossible Games and the Inspiration Games, in place of the two Diamond League stops that were scheduled to occur. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, athletes will not earn Diamond League points for this season, and there will be no final.
The next stop of the circuit will be on August 23 in Stockholm, Sweden.
