Diamond League – Lausanne: Happio second, the suffering of Martino Lagarde and Pontvienne,
Aurélie SACCHELLI, Media365, posted on Friday, August 26, 2022 at 10:49 PM.
While Wilfried Happio finished second in the 400m hurdles at the Lausanne meet, Pascal Martinnott Lagarde and Jean-Marc Pontvienne struggled in the 110m hurdles and triples. But all went well for Noah Lyles, Jacob Ingbrigtsen and Sofiane El-Baqali.
Pascal Martinnot-Lagarde, who was defeated in the European Championship final by a thousand, did not shine on Friday in Lausanne, finishing seventh in the 110m hurdles in 13″ 58, a short distance from 12″ 99 of Jamaican Rashid Broadbel, who broke his counterpart. Personal best, while US world champion Grant Holloway finished third with a time of 13″ 11. It wasn’t any better for Jean-Marc Pontevian. Bronze medalist in the triple jump last week in Munich, the 28-year-old athlete had no legs Left to continue, he finished eighth and last in the competition, jumping to 16.11 meters in his second attempt (he succeeded in achieving 16.94 meters in Munich), while Cuban Andy Diaz won the triple (17.67 metres). Vaillant (48″ 94) The second place he was pleased with: “I am satisfied with my race. I’m so tired of the World Championships, the European Championships and the season ending. I came here to enjoy the competition, with the support of the spectators. With the other competitors, we know each other very well and love to race together. I had to wait three years to break my own record and this season I beat it by more than a second. There is no specific reason to break my record, I’m doing fine with my life. I have a good and healthy balance. I started studying again and structure my days. I needed to organize myself better. My coach Oliver and I trust each other. We work well together, we have a good training team and good medical staff. »
Lyles, Ingbrijtsen and Al-Baqali at the meeting
American Noah Lyles, who was crowned world champion in the 200 meters last month, took another victory, at 19″56, ahead of fellow countryman Michael Norman (19″76) and Trinidadian Jerome Richards (19″95). Throwing, India’s Neeraj Chopra won on Friday in Switzerland, clocking 89.08 metres, three meters ahead of the world bronze and European silver medalist, Czech Jakub Vadilić (85.88 meters) and Norway’s Jakob Ingbrigtsen, vice world champion and European champion The 1500m, still has legs, gave the world’s best performance For this season, at 3’29” 05. Not surprisingly, in the 3000m hurdles, Moroccan world champion Soufiane El Bakkali won in 8’02” 45, more than ten seconds ahead of the competition. On the other hand, the thrill was equal, and in the end, it was Ukrainian Andrei Protsenko who won the number of attempts, passing the 2.24-meter crossbar, just like Qatari Muataz Issa Barshim, American Jovon Harrison and New Zealander. Hamish Kerr. In terms of weight, Americans Joe Kovacs and Ryan Crozer continued the fight, and Kovacs took revenge on Eugene with a throw of 22.65 meters, which is 60 cm better than his opponent.