Ilona Mononen lowers Finnish 3,000m steeplechase record to 9:15.18 in Stockholm
Ilona Mononen lowered the Finnish 3,000m steeplechase record to 9:15.18 while finishing sixth at the Stockholm Diamond League.
According to Tamperelainen, Mononen finished sixth at the Stockholm Diamond League, lowering the Finnish 3,000m steeplechase record to 9:15.18.
The 22-year-old shaved about three seconds off her previous national mark of 9:18.50, set on June 3 at the Paavo Nurmi Games.
Marwa Bouzayani of Tunisia won the race in 8:59.28; Britain’s Elise Thorner was second in 9:11.01 and Germany’s Lea Meyer fifth in 9:13.67.
Mononen was the third-fastest European in the field and has been selected for the European Championships in Birmingham in both the steeplechase and the 10,000m.
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