PotassiumOnstanze Klosterhalfen showed their current limits for the third time in the Olympic year. At the penultimate Diamond League meeting held in Brussels on Friday, the 24-year-old third place in the World Cup from Leverkusen had to be satisfied with eighth place and a 5000m score of 14:35.88 minutes. In general, this is enough for low-level German athletes.Swedish pole vault star Armand Duplanis Won-but almost failed in an attempt to raise his world record to 6.19 meters.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Klosterhafen finished eighth in the 10,000 meters after a long injury break. After that, she ran 3000 meters in the Diamond League in Paris and finished eighth. “In the back, there is no rhythm at all,” Klosterhafen said, unable to keep up with the last segment of the 5km King Baudouin Stadium. Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi/14: 25.34) won.
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre from Leverkusen did not exceed 5.65 meters and ranked 9th in the pole vault. Olympic gold medalist Duplantis once again won the air with 6.05 meters, but lost three times at the world record altitude of 6.19 meters. He himself set a record of 6.18 meters in Glasgow on February 15, 2020.This height is officially determined by the World Athletics Federation world record Leader, although he succeeded in the hall.
Lily Carden (19), the U23 European double champion from Dortmund, ran 200 meters in 23.40 seconds and finished seventh. Olympic runner-up Christine Mboma (Namibia / 21.84) has achieved clear success. Olympic runner-up Fred Klee won the men’s 100m championship with a time of 9.94 seconds, ahead of Trevon Brommel, who ran 9.97 seconds. Michael Norman (9.98) completed the three consecutive US championships.
This year’s world record was set by Sifan Hassan from the Netherlands. The double Olympic champion leads Axumawit Embaye (Ethiopia/4:21.08) with 4:14.74 minutes.
The last major track and field highlight of the Olympic year is the Diamond League finals in Zurich on Wednesday and Thursday.
