Ingebritsen, Duplantis, Katir or Rojas, among the stars that star in the start of the Diamond League in Doha.
In a year in which the World Championship (Eugene, July 15-24) and the European Championship (Mnich, August 15-21) coincide, Doha today raises the curtain on the Diamond League. Thirteen meetings that will culminate in Zrich, at the beginning of September. Those in Shanghai and Shenzen have been canceled due to the health situation in China. Ten athletics stars, none Russian, represent an entire firmament in them:
LAMONT MARCELL JACOBS (Italy). His Olympic gold in the 100 meters, apart from that achieved in the 4×100 relay, projected him to the top of speed, to which he aspires to return. Christian Coleman (USA), who returns to the circuit after serving an 18-month sanction for skipping several anti-doping controls. He has debuted outdoors with a comfortable 10.09.
JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN (Norway). Olympic champion of 1,500. For a few years, since his adolescence (21 years old today), the European, white and triumphant alternative to the African predominance in the long middle distance (1,500), the short distance (5,000) and even the cross country. An immense and unfolding talent.
KARSTEN WARHOLM (Norway). His two world records in 2021 in the 400m hurdles, the last at the Tokyo Games (45.94), led him to be named 2021 Athlete of the Year. The existence of Rai Benjamin | (USA) and Alison dos Santos contributes to enriching the test, converted into one of the most attractive of the program.
ARMAND DUPLANTIS (Sweden). Olympic champion and world pole vault record holder. His record (6.20), established in March at the Belgrade Indoor Championships, surpassed an unimaginable frontier if he were not on the track. At 22 years old, there are still more exclusive ones waiting for him to cross.
RYAN CROUSER (USES). A jovial, blond and bearded colossus of two meters and 150 kilos with a “cowboy” hat. Double Olympic champion and shot put world record holder (23.37). His amazing consistency with shots beyond 23 meters makes him virtually unbeatable.
MOHAMED KATIR (Spain). In 2021 he rose to stardom by breaking the Spanish records of 1,500, 3,000 and 5,000 with marks of the highest international level. Out of shape, he did not confirm his quality at the Tokyo Games (eighth in the 5,000). But his 24 years keep a bright future open.
SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE (Jamaica). The longest name for the “shortest” sprinter (officially 1.60). Multiple world champion, Olympic gold in the 100 meters in Peking’2008 and London’2012, and bronze in Rio’2016, she only bowed in Tokyo before her compatriot Elaine Thompson-Herah. At 35 years old, he has just achieved his personal record: 10.67.
SIFAN HASSAN (Netherlands). World record holder in the mile, excellent specialist in medium and long distances, she tried in Tokyo to win the 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000. A crazy aspiration, typical of an exaggerated ambition. She almost made it. She was crowned in the last two tests and was bronze in the first.
SYDNEY McLAUGHLIN (USES). Earliness in its purest form. At the age of 16, she was a semifinalist in the 400m hurdles at the Rio Games. In Tokyo she established a new world record with gold (51.46) by surpassing the one she herself had sculpted in the Olympic “trials” (51.90). The brand continues to tremble, installed in the provisional.
YULIMAR RED (Venezuela). Total triple jump dominator. No other specialist comes close. The Olympic title allowed him to beat the old world record of 15.67 meters. Inessa Kravets (15.50). In March of this year, at the “indoor” World Cup in Belgrade, he beat him with 15.74. That he reaches 16 meters is not utopian, but, who would have suspected, realistic.
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