The Diamond League bid farewell to a very long athletics season with the distribution of 26 diamonds on a massive day at the Letzigrund Stadion filled with 25,000 souls to follow the best athletes in the world. Along with the diamonds, checks for €30,000 and direct tickets were distributed to participate in the next World Cup in Budapest 2023. And of all the stars present in the Swiss synthetic, Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, the pocket rocket, once again showed that At 35 years old and after becoming a mother, nothing is impossible. The Jamaican captured the speed diamond by winning the 100 with 10″65, securing his fifth overall title in this competition after achievements in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2022 in the 100 and in 2013 in the 200. Closed by Fraser-Pryce had her seventh race of the season under 10.70, showing her regularity all year.This year in Eugene she became the first woman to win five individual world titles.
Noah Lyles was confirmed as the best sprinter of the year with his victory in the 200 with 19.52, beating the meeting record held by Usain Bolt. The American, who won the world title in Oregon, was half a second ahead of second-placed Aaron Brown. In the javelin, Neeraj Chopra gave India its first diamond with his victory of 88.44 metres. At 24 years old and after proclaiming himself the Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020, he added a new victory to his record and ended in the best way a season in which he was on the verge of the title in Oregon with his silver behind by Anderson Peters.
Mondo Duplantis added his second diamond and his 20th Diamond League victory with a jump of 6.07 meters. The 22-year-old Swede capped off another spectacular season that took him to the farthest point in history with his stratospheric record of 6.21m at the Oregon World Cup. Duplantis came off a disappointment at the meeting in Brussels, but he regained the path of victory as usual for him, dominating from start to finish.
He is not yet 22 years old, but Jakob Ingebrigtsen is already one of the best athletes in history and in Zurich he added his first diamond in the 1,500 to his record after winning with 3’29″02, the best world record of the year. The Norwegian dominated the race at will to add his ninth victory at a Diamond League meeting. Ingebrigtsen came from doing the double at the European Championships in Munich with two golds in the 1,500 and 5,000 and winning world gold in Oregon in the 5,000 Spain’s Mo Katir did not participate in the grand finale, which after achieving his European silver in the 5,000 ended his season and his next challenge is the continental cross in Turin in December .
In the women’s length, Ivana Vuleta (formerly known as Spanovic) again won the game against Malaika Mihambo, who after bowing out at the European Championships in Munich fell again in Zurich. The Serbian was the best of the night with a first jump of 6.97 meters, enough to secure the win. In the men’s 3,000 hurdles, Soufiane El Bakkali dominated the race without difficulty and finished his great year with his first diamond with 8’07”67.
The 2023 Diamond League season is not yet clear when it will start as two meetings in China starting on April 29 are included in the schedule, but are unlikely to take place. In this way, the first confirmed meeting will be in Doha on May 19 and other tests will be common. The main novelty is the venue for the grand final. If this year it was Zurich, next year it will be the Prefontaine meeting in Eugene, the track that held the World Cup a few weeks ago.
Classifications
MEN
100 meters (-0.3ms)
1. Trayvon Bromell (USA) 9”94; 2. Yohan Blake (Jam) 10”05; 3. Aaron Brown (Can) 10”06
200 meters (-0.6ms)
1. Noah Lyles (USA) 19”52; 2. Aaron Brown (Can) 20”02; 3. Alexander Ogando (RDm) 20”02
400 meters
1. Kirani James (Gree) 44”26; 2. Bryce Deadmon (USA) 44”47; 3. Vernon Norwood (USA) 44”66
800 meters
1. Emmanuel Korir (Ken) 1’43”26; 2. Marco Arop (Can) 1’43”38; 3. Jake Wightman (GB) 1’44”10
1,500 meters
1. Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Nor) 3’29”02; 2. Timothy Cheruiyot (Ken) 3’30”27; 3. Oliver Hoare (Aus) 3’30”59
110m hurdles (-1.0ms)
1. Grant Holloway (USA) 13”02; 2. Rasheed Broadbell (Jam) 13”06; 3. Hansle Parchment (Jam)13”26; 4. Asier Martínez (Esp)13”29
400m fences
1. Alison dos Santos (Bra) 46”98; 2. Khaliffah Rosser (USA) 47”76; 3. CJ Allen (USA) 48”21
3,000 meter obstacles
1. Soufiane El Bakkali (Marr) 8’07”67; 2. Getnet Wale (Eti) 8’08”56; 3. Ab. Kibiwot (Ken) 8’08”61
The length
1. Miltiadis Tentoglu (Gree) 8.42; 2. Marquis Dendy (USA); 3. Michael Masso (Cub) 8.05
Triple jump
1. Andy Diaz (Cubs) 17.70; 2. Pedro Pichardo (Ni) 17.63; 3. Jordan Diaz (Esp) 17.60
Pole vault
1. Armand Duplantis (Sue) 6.07; 2. Sondre Guttormsen (Nor) 5.86; 3. Chris Nilsen (US) 5.81
Disc
1. Kristjan Ceh (Esl) 67.10; 2. L. Weisshaidinger (Aut) 65.70; 3. Andrius Dudzius (Lit) 65.28
Javelin
1. Neeraj Chopra (Ind.) 88.44; 2. Jakub Vadlejch (Che) 86.94; 3. Julian Weber (Ale) 83.73
WOMEN
100 meters (-0.8ms)
1. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jam) 10”65; 2. Shericka Jackson (Jam) 10”81; 3. Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CdM) 10”91
200 meters (-0.9ms)
1. Shericka Jackson (Jam) 21”80; 2. Gabrielle Thomas (USA) 22”38; 4. Size Clark (USA) 22”42
400 meters
1. Marileidy Paulino (RDm) 48”99; 2. Fiordaliza Cofil (RDm) 49”93; 3. Sada Williams (Bar) 49”98
800 meters
1. Mary Moraa (Ken) 1’57”63; 2. Natoya Goule (Jam) 1’57”85; 3. Sage Hurta (USA) 1’58”47
1,500 meters
1. Faith Kipyegon (Ken) 4’00”44; 2. Ciara Magean (Irl) 4’01”68; 3. Fr. Hailu (Eti) 4’01”73
100m hurdles (-0.3ms)
1. Tobi Amusan (Nig)12”29; 2. Tia Jones (USA) 12”40; 3. Brittany Anderson (Jam) 12”42; 4. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PR) 12”49
400m fences
1. Femke Bol (PB) 53”03; 2. Gianna Woodruff (Pan) 53”72; 3. Janieve Russell (Jam) 53.77
3,000 meter obstacles
1. Werkuha Getachew (Eti) 9’03”57; 2. Winfred Yavi (Bah) 9’04”47; 3. F. Cherotich (Ken) 9’06”14
High jump
1. Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ucr) 2.03; 2. Iryna Gerashchenko (Ucr) 1.94; 3. Nicola Olyslagers (Aus) 1.94
The length
1. Ivana Vuleta (Srb) 6.97; 2. Khaddi Sagnia (Sue) 6.55… 4. Malaika Mihambo (Ale) 6.52
Triple jump
1. Yulimar Rojas (Ven) 15.28, 2. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (Ucr) 14.96; 3. S. Ricketts (Jam)14.85
Disc
1. Valarie Allman (USA) 67.77; 2. Sandra Petkovic (Cro) 67.31; 3. Liliana Ca (Ni) 63.34
Javelin
1. Kara Winger (USA) 64.98; 2. Kelsey Barber (Aus) 83.72; 3. Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan) 63.56
Source: La Verdad
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