Diamond League Oslo: Cooper Lutkenhaus stuns Olympic champion as fellow teenager Gout Gout struggles
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Key Points:
- American teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus won the men's 800m at the Diamond League meeting in Norway with a personal best of 1:42.08, narrowly beating Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi by one hundredth of a second.
- Lutkenhaus remains unbeaten in his five 800m finals this year, having won gold at the World Indoor Championships and becoming the youngest Diamond League winner last weekend.
- In the women's 100m, British sprinter Amy Hunt finished second with a time of 10.99 seconds, while Olympic champion Julien Alfred from St Lucia won in 10.76 seconds.
- Ethiopian athletes dominated the women's 3,000m race, with Freweyni Hailu setting the fastest time in the world this year at 8:24.22 and sweeping the top four positions.
- In the men's 400m hurdles, Brazil's Alison dos Santos won with 46.89 seconds, while Swedish favorite Karsten Warholm finished second in 47.40 seconds.