That is Stuart Weir’s characteristic on the second day of the Diamond League Last, which was held in Brussels on September 14, 2024.
Day 2 on the Diamond League ultimate
One other chilly night didn’t assist the temper on the second night of the Diamond League ultimate. If solely observe and discipline was a summer season sport. The night started with a particular presentation to the Borlee brothers. I’m wondering what number of relays they’ve run for Belgian through the years.
The spotlight of the night needed to be Gianmarco Tamberi profitable the excessive bounce along with his third try at 2.34 after which operating a lap of the observe within the improper path as the ladies’s 5000 m was in progress! It simply as properly that he selected that path, as he would in all probability have overtaken Beatrice Chebet!
Ryan Crouser had 5 throws of over 22m however misplaced out to Leonardo Fabbri, who threw 22.98 along with his first throw after which had three fouls and two 21m throws. Merciless world!
That Religion Kipyegon received the 1500m was no shock. What was a shock was that Kipyegon (3:54.75) was pushed all the way in which by Diribe Welteji (3:55.25). That Kipyegon’s time was 5 seconds slower than her profitable time within the Paris Diamond League in some way left one considering this was an end-of-season occasion with athletes past their peak.
Letsile Tebogo was awarded the Jesse Owens Rising Star Award on the Wanda Diamond League Last, recognizing him as the highest male athlete aged 23 or beneath, however Kenneth Bednarek (19.67) spoilt Tebogo’s night time by beating him within the 200 in Brussels.
To clarify why the Diamond League Last felt a bit flat, let me use the ladies’s pole vault. The Olympic girls’s pole vault ultimate was a traditional. 19 athletes, and the winner, Nina Kennedy, wanted to clear six bars to win. In Brussels, there have been simply six athletes (plus a Belgian added for native curiosity, who exited on 4.40), and Kennedy solely wanted 4 profitable clearances to win. However, hey, the Brussels competitors fitted extra simply into the 2-hour TV window – not a lot of it was proven.
Then there was the thriller of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone being paid handsomely to run two meaningless races – and scheduling them outdoors the TV window.
The males’s 800 promised a lot and definitely delivered, with Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyoni profitable in 1:42.70. The silver and bronze medalists from Paris, Marco Arop and Djamel Sedjati, had been once more within the high three, however this time with Sedjati second and Arop third.
With Masai Russell not within the 100m hurdles discipline, the Diamond League ultimate was received by Jasmine Camacho-Quinn from Cyrena Samba-Mayela, the bronze and silver medalists in Paris.
Nobody’s fault, nevertheless it all appeared a bit flat after Paris
