Long jump Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo had to admit defeat for the first time this season at the Diamond League meeting in Rome. The athlete from the LG Kurpfalz, who managed 7.09 meters in Birmingham in mid-May, came in on Thursday with her best attempt at 6.79 and finished second. Maryna Bech-Romanchuk, the 2019 World Cup runner-up from Ukraine, won with 6.85 meters. Still far from his best is shot putter David Storl, who was sidelined last year due to back problems. The former world champion came in eighth and penultimate with 20.10 meters. The Olympic silver medalist Joe Kovacs from the USA won (21.85).
