We get you ready for the women's distance events in Tokyo including the marathon. Did you know it might be be the best women's marathon of the fall and it's on in prime time in the US at 7 pm ET on Saturday?

Hodgkinson just missed her pb by running 1:54.74 in her first race in 12 months, Faith Kipyegon Kipyegon came just shy of the 8:06.11 WR in the 3000, Kishane Thompson beat Noah Lyles, 9.87 to 9.90, while Masai Russell (12.19) and Karsten Warholm (46.28) set DL records in the 100H/400H.

Noah Lyles v. Kishane Thompson v. Kenny Bednarek is the best 100m race you'll see in 2025 outside of Worlds. Plus Keely Hodgkinson returns to the 800 for the first time since winning Olympic gold, Beatrice Chebet drops down to the 1500, and a world record attempt from Faith Kipyegon in the 3000.

For the first time in 32 years, two outdoor women's distance world records on the track fell on the same day. Chebet is the first woman under 14:00 for 5000m on the track while Kipyegon broke the 1500 record for the third time.

Will history be made with the first sub-14:00 5000 on the track when the Olympic champion Chebet goes up against current WR holder Gudaf Tsegay as well as Americans Josette Andrews, Shelby Houlihan, and Karissa Schweizer? Plus Fred Kerley v. Trayvon Bromell v. Courtney Lindsey in the 100. *MB: Are you ready for Friday's Rome DL? Will Beatrice Chebet make history and break 14:00 and the 5000m WR? +live reaction show @5pm

Chebet is now #2 all-time behind China's Wang Junxia while Koech earned one of the most stunning wins in Diamond League history.

We actually hand out six awards in this piece - overall Athlete of the Year, Runner of the Year, and Distance Runner of the Year - but Chebet swept all three for the women, edging out SML. For the men, our Runner of the year goes to Grant Holloway over Rai Benjamin and our Distance Runner of the Year is Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

Chebet took 19 seconds off the previous record, which she set at the same race last year, to cap an all-time great 2024 season during the she won world xc, two Olympic golds and became the first to break 29:00 on the track and 14:00 on the roads. *MB: Beatrice Chebet World record 5km 13:52 Cursa dels Nassos

This meet is incredible. A Paris 100m rematdch between Sha'Carri and Julien Alfred. Ingebrigtsen v Hocker v Kerr v Nuguse should make for a memorable 1500, while Beatrice Chebet looks to finish off arguably the greatest women's distance season ever - World xc gold, Olympic 5 and 10,000 gold and world records at 5000 and 10,000, breaking 14:00 and 30:00 in both.

Chebet edged Italy's Nadia Battocletti by .10 to win a tactical 10k, Benjamin blew away Karsten Warholm in the home straight, and the US women won 4x100 gold but the men faltered at the Olympics again.

Keely Hodgkinson executed a brilliant front-run to win 800 gold in a negative-split 1:56.72 while Beatrice Chebet outkicked Faith Kipyegon in the final 100 to win the 5k.

The 1st women's distance final doesn't take place until day 4 (Monday) but the race should be worth the wait. Because we are living in the era of the women's distance freak. That is meant as a compliment, because freakish is the only way to describe what women like Faith Kipyegon, Gudaf Tsegay, and Sifan Hassan have been doing in the last five years. It's not just that the trio have run fast -- they have combined to break eight world records in that span -- it is that they have been redefining what is possible for women's distance runners.

5000 WR holder Gudaf Tsegay wanted to add the 10,000 WR to her CV and she led for nearly 22 laps but then two-time World XC champ Beatrice Chebet took over and made history.

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The Kenyan Team is AMAZINGLY good. We just aren't sure which Kenyan is the favorite for gold. Is it the defending champ Beatrice Chebet who ran 14:05 last year or is it Kenyan champ Agnes Ngetich who just ran a 28:46 10k world record in January?

David Monti recaps the mid-d and distance events for you including the women's 5000 where world xc champ Beatrice Chebet used a 59-second final lap to dominate the 5000.

What a track and field meet. Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran 3:27.95 as 8 men went sub-3:30 including Yared Nuguse in an American record time* of 3:29.02. In the men's 5000m, Yomif Kejelcha and Jacob Kiplimo both ran 12:41.73 with Kejelcha getting the win.

Beatrice Chebet, Jacob Kiplimo, and the sport of cross country were the big winners Down Under.

Americans Grant Fisher and Alicia Monson were 3rd and 6th, respectively. Kovacs (23.23m) became just the fourth man to throw 23+. *MB: Official Zurich DL Finale Day 1 Discussion Thread