The fastest, strongest and most agile athletes on the planet returned to action after the Olympic Games. The eleventh stage of the Diamond League took place in Lausanne, Switzerland. The stars of Paris confirmed their status.
king in the city
The only type of programme that was moved outside the Stade Olympique de la Pontez was the men’s pole vault. Of course, there was nothing particularly exciting here. But the start itself turned out to be beautiful.
The winner, of course, was Swedish king Armand Duplantis. On his third attempt he reached a height of 6.15 m, breaking the competition record.
Armand Duplantis
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“I love jumping in front of you guys. That was all I could do today. I hope you enjoyed it,” Mondo said after the win.
American Sam Kendricks is 5.92 m and silver. But third place was shared by several other jumpers: Ernest John Obiena (Philippines), Curtis Marshall (Australia) and Sondre Guttormsen (Norway). All were 5.82 m. Also competing was French title-holder Renaud Lavilleny, the same man who set the record ahead of Duplantis, but he could not jump higher than 5.72 m.
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The Kenyan almost made it
The 800-meter runners surprised everyone. They almost broke a world record.
Winner Emmanuel Vanioni was 0.2 seconds shy of a new milestone. His time of 1:41.11 is the second fastest in history.
“I am happy to have had such a crazy time in Lausanne. It was fantastic to improve my personal record and become the leader of the world season,” said Vanioni to the IOC press service.
He won, but not in Paris
Then came the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who a few weeks ago in Paris had nothing to lose in the 1500m race, then was overtaken by the Americans Hawker and Nagyuz with the Briton Kerr. The latter two did not perform in Lausanne, but Jacob took revenge on Cole Hawker.
In Lausanne, Ingebrigtsen led her rivals by more than two seconds. Her time is 3:27.83. Eh, that would be a result at the Olympic Games…
In Paris, Ingebrigtsen gave her rivals a gift:
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“I had enough time to recover after the Games. Today’s race was a good result. I want to improve on that on Sunday,” the athlete was quoted by World Athletics as saying.
Cole Hawker won silver and American Hobbs Kessler also won bronze.
The Americans lost again
In the 200m race, the 2024 Olympic champion, Botswana athlete Letsil Tebogo, confirmed his status as the strongest. He won in Lausanne, running the sprint distance in 19.64.
The 21-year-old again left the Americans behind. Errion Knighton took silver (19.78) and Fred Curley took bronze (19.86).
Letsil Tebogo
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Ukrainian Yaroslava Maguchikh is also doing well after the Olympics. This time she failed to clear the two-metre bar, but none of her rivals could reach her 1.99m. Australian Eleanor Patterson stopped at 1.96m and her compatriot Nicola Olislagers was only 1.92m.
Dutch diva Femke Bol is also doing well. In the 400m hurdles, she beat her Jamaican rivals by more than a second. 52.25 is gold. Rushell Clayton took silver and Janieve Russell took bronze.
The winner was also determined in the men’s 110m hurdles race. Jamaican runner Rashid Broadbell took gold in Switzerland with a time of 13.10. American Grant Holloway took second place (13.14) and Jamaican Hansle Parchment third (13.23).
The next start of the Diamond League will be on August 25 in Poland.
