The German champion Marc Reuther has set up at the Diamond League Meeting of the athletes in Monaco with a personal best time over 800 metres. The 24-year-old Frankfurt ran on Friday evening at the restart of the Premium series in the Corona-crisis, the two stadium laps in 1:44,93 minutes and finished in sixth place in a world-class field.

Reuthers previous best time stood at 1:45,22. He had already shined in the indoor season. The race world champion Donovan Brazier won from the United States in 1:43,12 minutes.