Armand Duplantisworld record holder and reigning Olympic champion, the winner of Eugene Diamond League pole vault (Oregon) dull, with marks 5.91 meters and then fail three times in his attempt at 6.07.
Since bad weather is expected on Saturday, some events are carried over on Friday night, which is good for the Swede. “I think I’d rather do anything than jump in the rain,” he said a few hours before.
The world record holder (6.20 m indoors) didn’t have to force his talent to win his first American outdoor jump. Christopher Nilsen. He made it to that mark of 5.91.
“Now it’s about testing myself out. Winning is the most important thing, but I would be lying if I said I didn’t fail to miss that bar at 6.07m. I felt very possible. I made three good attempts, but it wasn’t for today. When you start climbing these heights, it’s only a few centimeters ”, ‘Mondo’ reacted.
The Lavillenie brothers they did not stay in competition for long. valentine do not exceed the first bar at 5.41m and Renaud he collided with the second, twenty centimeters higher. He is missing the conference record he set at 6.05m in 2015.
the American Valerie Allmancurrent Olympic champion diskwins a throw of 68.35m on his fifth trial.
The high jump the woman won the ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikthe coolest indoor world champion, to jump 2 meters on his second trial.
In the middle distance, the Kenyan Joshua Cheptegeireigning Olympic champion who sought to break his world record with 5,000m (12: 35.36), he stayed quite far. However, it marked the best time of the year (12: 57.99) to defeat Ethiopian Milkesa Mengesha, who was very demanding until the end (13: 01.11).
To women, surprise at the same distance: the Ethiopian Letesenbet GideySi, also a world record holder (14: 06.62), was beaten by his countrymen Ejgayehu Tayeto cross the finish line 14: 12.98personal best.
The Diamond League continues on Saturday with the two -time Olympic champion in the 100 meters Elaine Thompson, Christian Coleman in the same trial in men, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price in the women’s 200 meters or the world record holder Ryan Crouser in shot put. All this, as a general test two months before the World Athletics Championships to take place at the same Hayward Field in July.
Source: La Verdad
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