Advertisement League of Ireland Horse Racing TV Listings GAA Fixtures The Video Review Sport meets news, current affairs, society & pop culture Rugby Weekly Extra Dive into all the news and analysis 3 times a week The Football Family Weekly insights from the week’s big talking points Advertisement More Stories Sarah Healy (file photo).Alamy Stock Photo FreeAthletics Sarah Healy stays top of Diamond League 1500m standings Dubliner finishes ninth in Silesia. 5.01pm, 16 Aug 2025 Share options IRELAND’S SARAH HEALY remains top of the 1500m standings in the Wanda Diamond League after a ninth-place finish in Silesia, Poland. The in-form UCD AC runner had already qualified for the final and now has 23 points, seven clear of Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay in second. Tsegay stormed to victory today in 3:50.62, a meet record and season’s best. Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was next home in a personal best of 3:54.73, while Georgia Hunter Bell of Great Britain finished third in 3:56.00. A Meeting Record in the Women's 1500m! Gudaf Tsegay with a storming performance to run 3:50.62. 9th place for Sarah Healy who ran 3:57.95. pic.twitter.com/SX5tiVBHot— Virgin Media Sport (@VMSportIE) August 16, 2025 Advertisement Healy clocked 3:57.95, also achieving automatic qualification for next year’s European Athletics Championships. But the Dubliner’s focus will be on the Wanda Diamond League final in Zurich on 28 August, with a top prize of just over €25,000 on the line. Healy claimed her first-ever Diamond League victory in Rome in May, and ran a personal best (3:57.15) as she finished second in Paris in June. Elsewhere in Silesia today, Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson made a triumphant return to action as she ran a world-leading time in her first 800m since winning gold at the Paris Games last year. The 23-year-old — a training partner of Healy’s — showed no sign of the lingering hamstring problems that had sidelined her for months as she clocked a meet record of 1:54.74 in hot and humid conditions in the Polish city of Chorzow. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon just missed out on the long-standing world record in the women’s 3,000m. Six weeks after improving her own world 1500m record in Eugene, the three-time Olympic and four-time world gold medallist clocked 8:07.04 over the non-Olympic distance. That fell just short of the 8:06.11 world record set by China’s Wang Junxia in 1993. And Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson exacted a measure of revenge by beating Olympic champion Noah Lyles over 100m. It was the first time the two sprinters have met since Lyles was awarded Olympic gold in Paris a year ago, just five-thousandths of a second ahead of Thompson. The fast-starting Jamaican timed a joint meet record of 9.87 for victory, with Lyles second in 9.90. Another American, Kenny Bednarek, rounded out the podium in 9.96. - Additional reporting from – © AFP 2025 Viewcomments Send Tip or Correction Embed this post To embed this post, copy the code below on your site Email “Sarah Healy stays top of Diamond League 1500m standings”. Recipient's Email Feedback on “Sarah Healy stays top of Diamond League 1500m standings”. Your Feedback Your Email (optional) Report a Comment Please select the reason for reporting this comment. Please give full details of the problem with the comment... This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic. Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy before taking part. Leave a Comment Submit a report Please help us understand how this comment violates our community guidelines. Damaging the good reputation of someone, slander, or libel. Racism or Hate speech An attack on an individual or group based on religion, race, gender, or beliefs. 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