Moraa maintains hot streak as she clocks season's best in Silesia Diamond League

Mary Moraa wows the crowd during Kip Keino Classic Photo by Eric Baraza

ATHLETICS: Moraa maintains hot streak as she clocks season's best in Silesia Diamond League

Joel Omotto • 19:30 - 16.07.2023

Kisii Express made recorded yet another victory in the Diamond League after destroying a strong field in Poland

Commonwealth champion Mary Moraa continued her impressive season when she clocked a season's best 1:56.85 to win the 800m race at the Silesia Diamond League meeting in Poland on Sunday.

In what was her third win in as many Diamond League meetings, the Kenyan showed great strength from the start and never left the leading pack until the final 400m when she broke through.

Moraa beat Ugandan Nakaayi Halimah, who clocked 1:57.78 for second place, while Natoya Goule-Toppin of Jamaica finished third in 1:57.90.

Moraa, who set a national record in the 400m at the National Trials last week, is using the Diamond League to prepare for the World Championship where she's aiming for gold after a bronze medal at the 2022 edition.

Moraa also beat rival and Briton Keely Hodgkinson at the Lausanne Diamond League where she clocked 1:57.43 to cross the finish line as 1:58.37.

She also set a world-leading time of 1:55.77 at the Diamond League Meeting in Paris, France last month.

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