That is Stuart Weir’s function on the second day of the Diamond League Ultimate, which was held in Brussels on September 14, 2024.
Day 2 on the Diamond League closing
One other chilly night didn’t assist the temper on the second night of the Diamond League closing. If solely monitor and discipline was a summer time sport. The night started with a particular presentation to the Borlee brothers. I ponder what number of relays they’ve run for Belgian over time.
The spotlight of the night needed to be Gianmarco Tamberi successful the excessive soar together with his third try at 2.34 after which working a lap of the monitor within the unsuitable path as the ladies’s 5000 m was in progress! It simply as nicely that he selected that path, as he would most likely have overtaken Beatrice Chebet!
Ryan Crouser had 5 throws of over 22m however misplaced out to Leonardo Fabbri, who threw 22.98 together with his first throw after which had three fouls and two 21m throws. Merciless world!
That Religion Kipyegon gained 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 successful time within the Paris Diamond League someway left one pondering 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 Ultimate, recognizing him as the highest male athlete aged 23 or underneath, however Kenneth Bednarek (19.67) spoilt Tebogo’s night time by beating him within the 200 in Brussels.
To clarify why the Diamond League Ultimate felt a bit flat, let me use the ladies’s pole vault. The Olympic ladies’s pole vault closing 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 successful in 1:42.70. The silver and bronze medalists from Paris, Marco Arop and Djamel Sedjati, have been once more within the prime three, however this time with Sedjati second and Arop third.
With Masai Russell not within the 100m hurdles discipline, the Diamond League closing was gained 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
