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Cheruiyot finished fourth as Ingebrigsten sets new 1500m meeting record

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Jacob Ingebrigsten of Norway leads the men's 1500m Diamond League race in Oslo.[Diamond League]

Timothy Cheruiyot came a distant fourth as Jacob Ingebrigsten set a new European and meeting record in the 1500m in 3:27.95 at the Oslo Diamond League in Norway on Thursday night.

Despite running a season best of 3:29.08, Cheruiyot was no match for the Norwegian athlete who had beaten the World 2-mile record just a few days earlier.

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