That is Stuart Weir’s first column on the Athletissima assembly, which was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, on August 22, 2024.
Athletissima overview
The Athletissima in Lausanne began because it usually does with a road Pole Vault competitors, held in a spectacularly lovely setting on the sting of Lake Geneva on the night time earlier than the principle competitors. When Mondo is there and clearing 6.15m, it provides a world-class dimension to the night.
The timing of the competitors, the primary after the Olympics, provides the occasion a singular dimension – each constructive and unfavourable. For some athletes, it’s a public celebration of an Olympic triumph; for others, it’s a likelihood to attempt to overlook the frustration of the Olympics. And there may be all the time a powerful ambiance within the Pontelaise Stadium, which appears to be like down on town of Lausanne and the lake.
Olympic Champions who did their stuff included Miltiades Tentaglou, however profitable solely with an 8:06 together with his last leap. And the longest leap of the night was the 8.20 by Markus Rehm within the Paralympic lengthy leap. Rehm, who jumped 8.20 twice within the night, is deemed to have a bonus from leaping off a blade – one thing which has not been proved both means.
Yaraslava Machuchikh gained the excessive leap with 1.99m in a contest the place nobody was capable of repeat their Olympic type.
Letsile Tebogo gained the 200 in 19.64, in a race that noticed the highest 4 run sub-20.
Chase Jackson, who had failed to achieve the Olympic last, gained the ladies’s shot with a season’s finest 20.64, beating the Olympic champion, Yemisi Ogunleye, by a meter.
Olympic Silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith was denied a re-match with Olympic champion Quincy Hallm when the American withdrew. Hudson-Smith gained in 43.96.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen gained the 1500m in 3:27.83 from Olympic champion Cole Hocker (3:29.85) and Hobbs Kessler.
Rasheed Broadbell gained the 110m hurdles in 13.10, inflicting a uncommon defeat on Grant Holloway, the newly topped Olympic champion, with Hansle Parchment, the Tokyo 2021 Olympic champion, in third.
An effective way to start the post-Paris Olympic season.
