The Italian shot putter improves his Italian record: 22.98, beats the three-time Olympian Crouser and wins the diamond. Third success in the Diamond League also for Gimbo (2.34). Iapichino wins the long jump (6.80)
Journalist
September 14, 2024 (edited at 22:06) – MILANO
Great night for Italian athletics at the Diamond League finals in Brussels. Leonardo Fabbri triumphs in the shot put with the Italian record: 22.98. Gianmarco Tamberi wins the high jump with 2.34. And Larissa Iapichino is first in the long jump with 6.80.
record-breaking blacksmiths
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Fabbri improved by 3 centimeters a record that already belonged to him (22.95, set in Savona on May 15) and left behind the American Ryan Crouser (22.89) and the Jamaican Rajindra Campbell (21.95). With this measurement Fabbri would have won the gold at the Paris Games: Crouser only needed a 22.90 to collect his third gold. “It was cold and I bet a lot on the first throw to put a bit of pressure on Crouser – commented Fabbri, who also won the diamond -. Beautiful, I can’t wait to have this diamond”. Fabbri concludes an extraordinary summer, with the only Olympic disappointment to stain a series of impressive results: on May 15 in Savona, throwing 22.95 he took the Italian record from Alessandro Andrei after 37 years. After the European gold in June in Rome, at the Paris Games he finished in fifth place. In 2024, Fabbri won the Diamond League stage in London with 22.52, was second at the Golden Gala in Rome (21.70) and at the Weltklasse in Zurich (21.86), and third at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (22.03).
che tamberi
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The high jump is still by Gianmarco Tamberi, with his third career success in the Diamond League final after those of 2021 and 2022. Gimbo cleared 2.12, 2.17, 2.22 and 2.25 on his first attempt. He then jumped 2.28 on his second attempt, like the Ukrainian Doroshchuk. No difficulty for Gimbo on 2.31, then the 2.34 jumped on the third occasion for another evening to remember. “After the Olympics I did five competitions: one podium and 4 victories – Tamberi declared to Rai microphones -. I am much more serene compared to what happened in Paris but I managed to overcome that moment. It is a strong signal. We must not get down, we must find the strength to react”.
Larissa Super
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With a great series of jumps Larissa Iapichino wins the long jump of the finals: the best is the second, a 6.80 (0.0) that brings her the first diamond of her career. Larissa opened the evening with a 6.77 (-0.2) that launched her immediately in the lead, she then improved and none of her opponents managed to surpass her. She also placed a 6.61 (-0.1) and a 6.64. On the podium the Americans Nichols (6.68) and Moore (6.61).
Ayomide Folorunso is fifth (55’37) in the 400 hs dominated by favorite Femke Bol (52’45).
Three errors at 4.70 for Roberta Bruni in the pole vault, the Italian had jumped 4.25, 4.40 and 4.55 on her first attempt.
the other races
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Bednarek beats Tebogo again in the 200: 19″67 for the American, 19″80 for the Olympic champion. Third is Ogando (19″97).
In the women’s 200m Brittany Brown (USA) wins in 22″20 ahead of the British Darryll Neita (22″45) and Anavia Battle (USA) 22″61. The Brazilian Alison dos Santos dips under 48″ to win the 400m hurdles in 47″93 ahead of Samba (Qat) 48″20 and Magi (Est (48″26). The Japanese Haruka Kitaguchi dominates the javelin with her best time of the season: 66.13. On the podium the Serbian Vilagos (65.23) and the American Malone-Hardin (62.40). A 17.33 is enough for the Portuguese Pedro Pichardo to win the triple jump ahead of Hess (Ger) second with 17.20 and Zango (Bur) third with 17.05. The women’s 3000m steeplechase goes to the Kenyan Faith Cherotich (9’02″36), faster than Winfred Yavi (9’02″87) and Peruth Chemutai (9’07″60). In the 100 hurdles, Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho Quinn in 12″38 beat Dutch Nadine Visser (12″54) and Jamaican Ackera Nugent (12″55). Success and diamond for Kenyan Faith Kipyegon (3’54″75) in the 1500. Behind her were Ethiopian Diribe Welteji (3’55″25) and Australian Jessica Hull (3’56″99). Kenyan success in the women’s 5000: Beatrice Chebet (Ken) in 14’09″82 beats the Ethiopians Medina Eisa (14’21″89) and Fotyen Tesfay (14’28″53). After a passage in line with Rudisha’s world record, Marco Arop gives in in the final and is third (1’43″25) in the 800 won by Wanyonyi (1’42″70). Second place for Sedjati (1’42″86).
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