Mith her first seven-meter set of the season, long jump world champion Malaika Mihambo recommended herself for the Olympic Games. The 27-year-old from LG Kurpfalz flew four weeks before the start of the athletics competitions in Tokyo on Sunday at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm to 7.02 meters. “What I can take away from the competition is that the run-up is more and more constant and fits,” she said in an interview with Sky. An optimal jump was “not there”.
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Mihambo achieved the distance on the third attempt. The victory went to the Serbian Ivana Spanovic, who had previously come to 6.88 meters, according to the controversial rule in the meeting series, according to which the top three will decide the placement among themselves in the last round. Since Mihambos 7.02 was supported with a wind of 2.6 meters / second, the distance is not included in the leaderboards. At the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Mihambo won gold with 7.30 meters. In 2020 she was the world’s best jumper in Dessau with her 7.03 meters.
Gesa Krause left the Olympic Stadium very satisfied: The two-time World Cup third and European champion from the Silvesterlauf Trier club came second over 3000 meters in the German season’s best time of 9: 09.13 minutes. She also left world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech (9: 10.52 minutes) behind. Hyvin Kiyeng (both from Kenya) won the run with an impressive 9: 04.34 minutes. “I am absolutely happy with the race. That felt really good, ”said Krause.
Christina Schwanitz set the season best in the shot put with 18.59 meters. The 35-year-old World Cup third from LV 90 Erzgebirge finished eighth and last. Two-time Olympic champion Valerie Adams from New Zealand won with 19.26 meters ahead of European indoor champion Auriol Dongmo from Portugal (19.05) and American Maggie Ewen (19.04).
In the high jump, the World Cup runner-up Yaroslawa Mahutschich from Ukraine shone with the world’s best for the year of 2.03 meters. In the hunt for another world record, pole vault high-flyers failed in front of a home crowd at 6.19 meters. However, the 21-year-old European champion from Sweden won confidently with 6.02 meters in front of world champion Sam Kendricks (USA) and the French veteran Renaud Lavillenie (both 5.92).
In Daniel Stahl, a local hero with 68.64 meters also prevailed in the discus throw. The Olympic third Daniel Jasinski from Wattenscheid finished fifth with 64.70 meters.
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