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 typically does with a avenue Pole Vault competitors, held in a spectacularly stunning 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 novel dimension – each constructive and unfavorable. For some athletes, it’s a public celebration of an Olympic triumph; for others, it’s a probability to attempt to overlook the frustration of the Olympics. And there’s at all times an impressive ambiance within the Pontelaise Stadium, which seems down on the town of Lausanne and the lake.
Olympic Champions who did their stuff included Miltiades Tentaglou, however successful solely with an 8:06 along with his closing 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 approach.
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 succeed in the Olympic closing, 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.
