The Zurich Diamond League competition started on Wednesday evening at the train station, where the women’s pole vault competition was exceptionally contested. To Wilma Murro it happened, so to speak, a bygone day, when he was left without a result and the race was jumbo.
Finnish colors were also seen in the actual stadium when other competition events took place on Thursday evening. Oliver Helander was involved in the men’s javelin. He had aimed for the Olympic limit of 85.50, but the Finnish boar was a couple of meters short of that.
Helander threw his fifth best, 83.65. That was enough for fourth place in the race. In the World Championship final on Sunday, he was seventh with a result of 83.38.
– The feeling was better now than in Budapest, Helander said recently in the press release of the Finnish Sports Association.
Helander’s streak in Zurich was 74.93, 81.63, overstepped, 78.61 and 83.65. Only the best three of the competition can make it to the sixth round in the Diamond League.
– I threw the first throw with a lunge and at least at this stage the lunges have been lunged. I kept the other throws upright and they went much better, Helander repeated.
– The fourth was the best of the throws, but the support let me down quite badly. It would have been an 85-meter throw if the support had held. The last throw was also pretty good.
Helander hinted after the World Cup that he would miss the match against Sweden. After the Diamond League race, he stated in the press release that the tight competitive pace was already felt when the qualification and final of the World Championships in Budapest were behind him.
– The closer was tightened a bit, but that’s quite natural when this was the third race in a week.
In a very tight fight, the victory of the Diamond League was recorded by the Czech Republic Jakub Vadlejch (85.86) ahead of India’s World Cup gold medalist Neeraj Chopra (85.71) and Germany Julian Weber (85.04).
The Finnish women’s relay team was also seen in the diamond league. Anna Pursiainen, Aino Pulkkinen, Anniina Korttemaa and Lotta Kemppinen clocked a time of 44.23, which was used to take fourth place when Holland won. The relay is not an actual Diamond League sport, but this time it is included in the evening’s competition program.
The 4x100m SE time is 43.37 from 1993.
– The first change took a surprisingly long time. It took some time, but it was a great experience for the team and the fourth place was what was expected, stated the athletics coach of Urheiluilito Petteri Jouste.
Women’s triple jump in Venezuela Yulimar Rojas bounced to victory with a result of 15.15, only three centimeters short of his world and season’s best result. Rojas’ incredible ME result is 17.74 jumped on indoor tracks.
Qatar won the men’s high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim with a score of 235. Australian Hamish Kerr jumped his country’s record 233 and was second in the race. Recent World Cup gold medalist, Italy Gianmarco Tamberi was fourth with a score of 228.
Heading to the next Sweden-Finland match in the men’s pole vault Armand Duplantis worked a bit like in the World Cup. That’s when he jumped 610 and then attempted a world record. Now exactly six meters were enough for victory, after which Duplantis raised the bar to ME height 623, but was unsuccessful in his attempts.
World Cup silver medalist in men’s 400 meter hurdles, New Zealand Kyron McMaster ran a time of 47.27 and managed to beat the Norwegian ME man, the world champion, by three hundredths Karsten Warholm.
The USA celebrated the gold in the women’s 100 meters Sha’Carri Richardson once again kept the Jamaicans behind him. He won with a time of 10.88 ahead of Jamaica Natasha Morrison (11.00) and Elaine Thompson-Herahia (11.00).
Below, the best three of the evening from each of the actual sports of the Diamond League series.
N Seiväs
1. Nina Kennedy AUS 4.91
2. Katie Moon USA 4.81
3. Sandi Morris USA 4.76
N 3 defector
1. Yulimar Rojas FRI 15.15
2. Shanieka Ricketts JAM 14.78
3. Liadagmis Povea CUB 14.73
M Height
1. Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT 2.35
2. Hamish Kerr NZL 2.33
3. Sang-Hyeok Woo KOR 2.31
M Seiväs
1. Armand Duplantis SWE 6.00
2. Sam Kendricks USA 5.95
3. KC Lightfoot USA 5.85
M 400 m aj
1. Kyron McMaster IBV 47.27
2. Karsten Warholm NOR 47.30
3. Alison dos Santos BRA 47.62
N 100 m
1. Sha’Carri Richardson USA 10.88
2. Natasha Morrison JAM 11.00
3. Elaine Thompson JAM 11.00
N 3,000 m above sea level
1. Winfred Mutile Yavi BHR 9.03.19
2. Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 9.03.70
3. Faith Cherotich KEN 9.07.59
M Length
1. Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE 8.20
2. Tajay Gayle JAM 8.07
3. Jarrion Lawson USA 8.05
M 1,500 m
1. Yared Nuguse USA 3:30.49
2. Josh Kerr GBR 3.30.51
3. Abel Kipsang KEN 3.30.85
N 200 m
1. Shericka Jackson JAM 21.82
2. Daryll Neita GBR 22.25
3. Kayla White USA 22.33
M 5,000 m
1. Yomif Kejelcha ETH 12.46.91
2. Selemon Barega ETH 12.54.17
3. Grant Fisher USA 12:54.49
M Spear
1. Jakub Vadlejch CZE 85.86
2. Neeraj Chopra IND 85.71
3. Julian Weber GER 85.04
4. Oliver Helander FIN 83.65
N. 800 m
1. Laura Muir GBR 1.57.71
2. Catriona Bisset AUS 1.58.77
3. Adelle Tracey JAM 1.59.05
N 100 m aj
1. Danielle Williams JAM 12.54
2. Alaysha Johnson USA 12.58
3. Kendra Harrison USA 12.59
M 200 m
1. Noah Lyles USA 19.80
2. Erriyon Knighton USA 19.87
3. Zharnel Hughes GBR 19.94
Updated at 23:53. Added Helander’s and Jouste’s comments.