Samuel wins men 2000m in Lievin

Samuel wins men 2000m in Lievin

Ethiopian Samuel Zeleke came from behind to win in 4:57.00, 0.21 seconds ahead of Olympic 1500m finalist Abel Kipsang.

Zeleke came close to matching Berihu Aregawi’s world-leading time in the 3000m, which he set in Karlsruhe with a record of 4:56.97.

Kipsang won by 0.01 points over Azzedine Abz of France.

Final

1. Samuel ZELEKE ETH 4:57.00
2. Abel KIPSANG KEN 4:57.21
3. Azeddine HABZ FRA 4:57.22
4. Jimmy GRESSIER FRA 4:57.97
5. Maximilian THORWIRTH GER 4:59.93
6. Hicham AKANKAM MAR 5:00.51
7. István SZÖGI HUN 5:00.73
8. Simon DENISSEL FRA 5:01.19
9. Ismael DEBJANI BEL 5:02.02
10. Hailemariyam TEGEGN ETH 5:03.52
11. Tolesa BODENA ETH 5:03.92
12. Mike FOPPEN NED 5:04.10
13. Ruben VERHEYDEN BEL 5:04.89
14. Abrham SIME ETH 5:08.30
    Boaz KIPRUGUT KEN DNF
    Gergő KISS HUN DNF

FULL RESULTS HERE