05 May 2024 | Athletics

Ugandan middle-distance runner Halima Nakaayi will compete in the 800m at the Eugene meeting of the Wanda Diamond League on Saturday, 25th May.

The former World Champion will take the Heyward Field track at the Prefontaine Classic alongside some big names in women's middle-distance running.

Athing Mu of the USA, Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson, Natoya Goule-Toppin of Jamaica, World number one Mary Moraa of Kenya and African champion Tsige Duguma from Ethiopia will all line up in what will be a very competitive race.

Nakaayi has run in two major events this year. She won silver at the African Games in March clocking a time of 1:58.59 but was a second slower at the Kip Keino Classic last month where she posted 1:59.89.

Moraa and Duguma have both run under 1:58 this season while Mu ran a national record 1:54.97 on the same track last year and that could make the race fast-paced.

The meet will help Nakaayi continue to prepare for the Paris Olympic games as she looks to put behind her a fair share of bad luck experienced in the last couple of World Championships and the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Race time will be 12:34am, EAT (Sunday, 26th May).

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