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Canada’s Marco Arop finished his 800-metre race in a familiar place on Saturday.
The Edmonton native slotted second behind Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya at a Diamond League event in London.
Wanyonyi crossed the line in one minute 42 seconds, while Arop clocked in just behind at 1:42.22.
A similar story played out in Paris last summer, when Wanyonyi took gold over Arop’s silver by just one one-hundredth of a second.
Still, the Canadian’s time marked a season-best.
Arop led at the final turn Saturday, but Wanyonyi reeled the Canadian in down the stretch.
“This is such a great place to race, and it lifted us all (to) produce a really competitive and close race today,” Arop said.
“I was happy to run a season best. I just trust in my coach’s plan and it seems to be paying off.”
Arop bested his previous fastest time this season of 1:42.73 in Monaco on July 11 when he finished fifth.
Wanyonyi, who set a meet record in London, aims to take the world crown from Arop in September in Tokyo.
“I am so excited to win this race. That is what I came here to do, and it is great to set a meeting record too,” Wanyonyi said.
“It was a great race to be a part of. Preparation has been going well after Monaco, so this one was important today. My training right now is at 80 per cent, so I will be upping the training in the next few weeks and over the next races before Tokyo.”
Great Britain’s Max Burgin placed third with a personal-best time of 1:42.36.
Later Saturday, Olympic gold medallist Noah Lyles posted a season-best time of 10 seconds in the 100 metres to finish second behind Oblique Seville of Jamaica.
Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes was third at 10.02.
–with files from The Canadian Press
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