Kerr takes the Ultimate 1500 m in 3:29.35; Sedjati and Amebaw also win on the last night

Josh Kerr won his first global title on this track in 2023. On Sunday he won the first Ultimate 1500 m on it the same way: buried in the pack while Robert Farken led through 400 m in 57.09 and 800 m in 1:55.29, then Yared Nuguse surged with 500 m to go and passed 1200 m in 2:49.91, and Kerr was on his shoulder with 300 m left. His last 200 m took 26.02. He finished in 3:29.35, three hundredths under his own Hungarian all-comers' record, with Cameron Myers chasing hard in 3:29.68, Hobbs Kessler third in 3:30.73 and Cole Hocker fourth in 3:30.74. It was Kerr's first race since the Commonwealth mile on 1 August; he went back to the United States and trained instead of racing.

The men's 800 m was fast and close. Marco Arop led through 49.67 and still led with 200 m to go, but faded in the straight, and Djamel Sedjati came past with about 25 m left to win in 1:41.91, another all-comers' record. Arop held second in 1:42.28, Emmanuel Wanyonyi was third in 1:42.44, Brandon Miller fourth in 1:42.54 and Francesco Pernici set an Italian record of 1:42.67 in fifth. Seven men broke 1:43.

Likina Amebaw refused to wait for a last-lap sprint in the women's 5000 m. After 3000 m in 8:51.70 she ran a 2:46 kilometre, led by nine seconds at the bell and won in 14:30.36, with Jessica Hull second in a best of 14:32.39 and Fantaye Belayneh third in 14:32.62. Each winner took 150,000 dollars.

Three races, three different ways to win. Kerr's was the oldest trick: wait, then go.

Sources: World Athletics; World Athletics; World Athletics; Athletics Weekly.