Ingebrigtsen lost again to the Olympic offender. But at least she raced in a Norwegian uniform.
Yulia Sidorova September 6, 2024, 11:30 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
And record holder Karsten Warholm “leaked” his career profile.
The Diamond League athletics stage was held in Zurich, the last before the final in Brussels. A superstar line-up of participants, well-promoted matches. And some of the results were very unexpected.
Is Duplantis not omnipotent?
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis has so accustomed the public to updating world records at every start, and jumping over 6m has become so commonplace, that his victory with a score of 5.82m was a real shock.
Most recently, at the Olympics, Arman cleared 6.25 m to the applause of the audience, and at the final stage of the Diamond League he increased the record by another cm. Perhaps the show race he organised together with another record holder, Karsten Warholm, interfered the day before. It certainly had an impact on the Norwegian.
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Was the Norwegian embarrassed to run in the Swedish uniform?
The world record holders in their disciplines, Armand Duplantis and Karsten Warholm, competed in the 100m. The Norwegian lost and, as punishment, had to start his characteristic 400m hurdles with the Swedish team. But… he left.
Karsten Warholm
Photo: Marc Schumacher/Zuma/TASS
The reason for Warholm’s absence from the track is said to be an injury to the adductor muscle of the hip, which Carsten allegedly suffered during the race with Duplantis. However, perhaps the Norwegian federation simply did not allow its athlete to parade in the opponent’s uniform. True, Warholm kept his promise and walked around the arena in the colors of the Swedish flag, sometimes shyly hiding behind the Norwegian one.
How did the show develop?
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The American got his revenge at the Olympics, but is this revenge?
American Sha’Karri Richardson was able to take revenge on her attacker after her defeat at the Paris Olympics. Although the 100-meter race at the Diamond League stage can hardly be considered true revenge. Richardson won, leaving Paris champion Julien Alfred of Saint Lucia behind.
By the way, Sha’Karri’s nails were surprisingly short and in calm tones this time. At least according to the standards set by the American herself.
Chebet is a machine, but not a robot
Kenyan runner Beatrice Chebet was expected to set a new world record. To do so, she had to run 14 minutes faster. Alas, 14.09.52. Even with this time, the Paris champion in the 5,000m and 10,000m distances was able to create a huge gap, beat one of her rivals by a lap and finish with a margin of almost 20 seconds.
Chebet is already in the top ten of the world rankings. One day this distance will fall before her.
Ingebrigtsen failed and lost again for a year and a half
After the failure at the Olympics, the only thing expected was a victory for the European record holder in the 1500m distance, the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen. The perfect line-up for the Olympics: Jacob himself, Josh Kerr, Yared Naguz and the Paris champion Cole Hawker.
The Norwegian was in the lead for the entire distance, but again it was not enough in the final meters. The result: second place behind the American Yared Naguz. It was this guy who became the bronze medalist in Paris, leaving Jacob with an offensive piece of wood. Hawker is third and Kerr did not have enough space on the podium.
Are you invincible now?
Olympic 200m champion Letsil Tebogo from Botswana remains undefeated after Paris. This time she won in her specialised discipline. After the turn, Tebogo was only fourth, but how she ran to the finish line!
Letsil finished in 19.55, two hundredths of a second ahead of American Kenny Bednarek. After the Olympics, Tebogo has won four out of four possible.
