Brussels Diamond League: Audrey Werro Edges Femke Broeders-Bol, Klaudia Kazimierska's stunner

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Audrey Werro extended her unbeaten outdoor streak with a gritty 1:54.75 win over Femke Broeders-Bol in Brussels, but the margin is shrinking. Broeders-Bol continues to impress. She could be a serious threat with $150,000 on the line at World Ultimates, where there will be no rabbits.

Meanwhile, Birhanu Balew delivered one of the greatest 5,000m kicks in history. 53.4 last lap in a 12:45 race, but isn't running World Ultimates.

Former Oregon Duck Klaudia Kazimierska stunned the women's 1500 field with a 3:54.05 Diamond League title, improving nearly four seconds year-over-year in one of the most joyful finishes of the season. The men's steeplechase saw 20-year-old Gemechu Godana dethrone Soufiane El Bakkali in back-to-back wins. Is there a changing of the guard?

Sha'Carri Richardson's late-season struggles deepened with another failure to break 11 seconds, and concerns mount over world record holder Lamecha Girma's continued absence from competition.

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TIMESTAMPS

- 00:00 Women's 800 Live Watchalong
- 02:17 Audrey Werro Wins Again
- 03:11 Werro's Historic Season in Context
- 08:19 Keely Hodgkinson's Absence and Future
- 15:55 Birhanu Balew Destroys the Men's 5K
- 19:58 Balew's Record-Breaking Last Lap
- 24:51 Balew Skips World Ultimates
- 29:36 Klaudia Kazimierska Shocks the Women's 1500
- 32:29 From NCAA to Diamond League Champion
- 36:51 World Ultimates Women's 1500 Preview
- 38:42 Weldon Joins and the Grant Fisher Question
- 42:57 Gemechu Godana and the Steeplechase Changing of the Guard
- 48:53 Sha'Carri Richardson's Struggles
- 52:21 What Happened to Lamecha Girma
- 54:36 World Ultimates Preview and Sign-Off

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