Halimah Nakaayi registered victory in the Women’s 800m at the Continental Tour Gold event at Drake Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The former world champion had the smallest margin of victory on day two, winning the 800m in 1:57.56, only six-thousands of a second ahead of Tsige Duguma of Ethiopia. It’s also the world-leading time over the event.
Nakaayi thus set a new National Record slashing microseconds off her previous best of 1:57.62 set last year at the Olympic Stadium in London.
The next stop for the Ugandan will be Eugene, Oregon where she will compete in the Diamond League next weekend.
Meanwhile, Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo finished 3rd and 4th respectively in the 5000m race on Friday. The Ugandans were behind Ethiopians Selemon Barega and Berihu Eragawi.
The two Ugandan long-distance stars will go head-to-head again in Oslo on May 30th in the Diamond League meet.
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