Long fans Malaika Mihambo narrowly lost the duel between the Olympic champions at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene/USA.
The 31-year-old cracked the seven-meter mark for the first time this year at 7.01 m, but had to leave the victory to Tara Davis-Woodhall. The American, who won gold in Paris in 2024 in 2024, passed 7.07 m in the last attempt.
Mihambo, 2021 Olympic champion of Tokyo, initially took the lead in the fourth attempt, but Davis-Woodhall was the late counterattack. Mihambo thus missed a second big victory in the state of Oregon: in 2022 she had become world champion in the stadium for the second time.
Colon push woman Yemisi Ogunleye meanwhile had to be satisfied with ninth place. The Olympic champion only came to 18.83 m, for her the competition was ended after three attempts. Wall champion Chase Jackson (USA), who only remained one centimeter below her personal best, remained in second place at 20.94 m and in second place.
Konstanze Klosterhalfen did not get over the 21st and thus the last place when she started the season over 5000 m in 15: 14.22 minutes. The European champion of 2022 was the only European in the field. Winner Beatrice Chebet ensured the highlight of the day: The Kenyan was the first woman in the story of 14 minutes, in 13: 58.06 minutes she cracked the two -year -old world record of Ethiopierin Gudaf Tsegay (14: 00.21).