Ben Pattison goes second behind Sebastian Coe on the British men’s 800m all-time list at the Monaco Diamond League event.
Ben Pattison moved second behind Sebastian Coe on the British men's 800m all-time list as Monaco hosted the penultimate Diamond League meeting before the Paris Olympics.
Britain's world indoor champion Molly Caudery cleared 4.83m for third in the women's pole vault, won by Australia's world champion Nina Kennedy with a best of 4.88m. Melissa Courtney-Bryant, who missed out on an Olympic place, was second in a British record 5:26.08, while in the women's 5,000m Hannah Nuttall was 14th in 15:37.21.
Twelve months on from that breakthrough, he beat reigning world champion Marco Arop in a superb run as Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati improved his world-leading time this year to 1:41.46 in victory. But it was training partner Alfred, the third-fastest woman this year, who claimed a dominant victory.Meanwhile, Caudery's British record vault of 4.92m remains a world-leading mark this year and she will start as one of the favourites for gold on her Olympic debut.
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