The 20-year-old Dutchman was still third at the release of the last corner, but with a powerful final sprint first passed the Frenchman Azeddinne Habz and continued the famous American Yared Nuguse. A finish photo was needed to determine whether Laros had actually won and that was to his great joy.
Not only with his first Diamond League victory, but also with his time of 3.45.94, the young Dutch people can be very satisfied. He improved his own old record with almost three seconds. The victory of Laros is encouraging because he had the necessary setbacks this season and recently had to withdraw from the FBK games in Hengelo. Last Sunday he won a 5000 meters on behalf of the Netherlands in the Snikhete Madrid during the European Championship teams.
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Then he left for the west of America for the Diamond League meeting in Eugene. There the number six of the Olympic Games in Paris managed to perform great on the Mijl (1609 meters). Countryman Stefan Nillessen finished thirteenth in 3.49.53.
World records Kenyan women
In any case, it was a historic athletics evening in sunny Eugene, because two Kenyan women ran a world record. Beatrice Chebet (25) was the first woman in the world to ran 5000 meters under 14 minutes.
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The 25-year-old Olympic champion at that distance won the competition in 13.58.06. She was more than two seconds faster than the Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay, who had set the world record at 14.00.21 in Eugene two years ago.
Later in the evening it was her fellow countryman Faith Kipyegon who improved her own world record in the 1500 meters and rushed to 3.48.68. She was enthusiastically received by CheBet after her finish.
Jessica Schilder finished fifth in a strong field of participants in the shot put with a definitely not bad furthest bump of 20.03 meters. Jorinde van Klinken finished fourth in discus throwing with a throw of 66.19 meters.