Athletics- Soi beats Farah in 5,000 metres as Nigeria's Okagbare finishes second in Diamond league.

Mo Farah took second place in the 5,000 metres in his first Diamond League outing of the year in Eugene, Oregon.

Farah, who has been struck down with a stomach virus in recent weeks and missed yesterday's 10,000 metres, posted a season-best time of 13min 5.88sec but that was not enough to see off Kenya's Edwin Soi, who won with 13:4.75.



Former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin won the men's 100 metres title.

The 31-year-old American, who won gold at Athens in 2004 then bronze in London last year after serving a doping ban, won the blue-riband sprint in a wind-assisted time of 9.88 seconds.

It was Gatlin's second Diamond League win this season after he also won in Doha last month.



In the Women's 100m Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare came second just behind the reigning olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and ahead of seven times olympic medalist Veronica Campbell- Brown

Men’s 100m

1. Justin Gatlin (United States) 9.88.

2. Michael Rodgers, (United States) 9.94.

3. Ryan Bailey (United States) 10.00.

Men’s 200m

1. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 20.14.

2. Walter Dix (United States) 20.16.

3. Jason Young (Jamaica) 20.20.

Men’s 400m

1. Lashawn Merritt (United States) 44.32.

2. Kirani James (Grenada) 44.39.

3. Tony McQuay (United States) 45.31.

Men’s 800m

1. Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia) 1:44.42.

2. Timothy Kitum (Kenya) 1:45.16.

3. Nick Symmonds (United States) 1:45.40.

Men’s 5,000m

1. Edwin Cheruiyot Soi (Kenya) 13:04.75.

2. Mo Farah (Britain) 13:05.88.

3. Yenew Alamirew (Ethiopia) 13:06.45.

Men’s 110m hurdles

1. Hansle Parchment (Jamaica) 13.05.

2. Orlando Ortega (Cuba) 13.08.

3. David Oliver (United States) 13.10.

Men’s 3,000m steeplechase

1. Conseslus Kipruto (Kenya) 8:03.59.

2. Paul Kipsiele Koech (Kenya) 8:05.86.

3. Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabrad (France) 8:06.60;

Men’s High jump

1. Mutaz Essa Barshim (Qatar) 2.40m.

2. Erik Kynard (United States) 2.36m.

3. Derek Drouin (Canada) 2.36m.

Men’s Pole vault

1. Renaud Laviillnie (France) 5.95m.

2. Bjorn Otto, (Germany) 5.90m.

3. Raphael Holzdeppe, (Germany0 5.84m.

Men’s Discus

1. Robert Harting (Germany) 69.75m.

2. Piotr Malachowski (Poland) 68.19m.

3. Ehsan Hadadi (Iran) 65.63m.

Women’s 100m

1. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) 10.71.

2. Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 10.75.

3. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 10.78

Women’s 400m

1. Amantle Montsho (Botswana) 50.01.

2. Francena McCorory (United States) 50.37.

3. Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) 51.14.

Women’s 800m

1. Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) 1:56.72.

2. Brenda Martinez (United States) 1:58.18.

3. Janeth Jepkosgei (Kenya) 1:58.71.

Women’s 1,500m

1. Hellen Obiri (Kenya) 3:58.58.

2. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (Kenya) 4:01.08.

3. Nancy Jebet Langat (Kenya) 4:01.41.

Women’s 5,000m

1. Tinuresh Dibaba (Ethiopia) 14:42.01.

2. Mercy Cherono (Kenya) 14:42.51.

3. Margaret Wangari Muriuki (Kenya) 14:43.68.

Women’s 400m hurdles

1. Zuzana Hejnova (Czech Republic) 53.70.

2. Georganne Moline (United States) 54.75.

3. Kaliese Spencer (Jamaica) 55.03.

Women’s Triple jump

1. Caterine Ibarguen (Colombia) 14.93m.

2. Olha Saladukha (Ukraine) 14.85m.

3. Kimberly Williams (Jamaica) 14.78m.