In this article, Iltalehti follows the events of Rabat’s Diamond League.
Anderson Peters was hot. Stock photo. Jussi Saarinen
Emotions ran high in Rabat’s Diamond League spearhead on Sunday. Two-time world champion Anderson Peters was hooked after his third throw. He had a loud conversation with the editors.
In the end, the Grenada man was able to repeat his third-round performance. It didn’t affect the result – both the annulled and the third-round slice that remained in the protocol carried less than 78 meters.
In the fourth round, something happened: Peters gathered himself after the argument and managed 86.08 meters. It was enough to win.
This season’s leader in world statistics is Sri Lanka Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage was second (85.97), reigning world champion Trinidad and Tobago Keshorn Walcott (82.52) third and Germany Thomas Röhler is fourth (81.61).
It was also worth noting that the six-time medalist of the Czech Republic Jakub Vadlejch missed a weak result of 77.75 meters.
There were no Finns.
Ukrainian high jump ME woman Jaroslava Mahuchih’ opened its 2026 outdoor track season with a win. The result was 197 centimeters in the minutes.
The pole vault Olympic champion who was sidelined for the entire last season due to foot problems Nina Kennedy returned to the main series on Sunday in style: he won the pole vault in Rabat with a result of 480 centimeters.
New Zealand Imogen Ayris (470) was second and from the USA Katie Moon with the same result, but with a weaker protocol, third.
In the men’s 800 meters, there was a surprise when the Great Britain Max Burgin (1.42.98) surprised the reigning Olympic champion and world champion Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi (1.43,56).
Tough results
Joe Kovacs is on a roll. PDO
of the USA Joe Kovacs on Sunday in Rabat’s Diamond League, he shot the world’s best result of 22.58 meters this season.
Kovacs defeated the number one name in the sport in recent years by Ryan Crouser clearly. The three-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion pushed 21.59. Crouser is not his former self due to hand problems last season.
Crouser’s ME is 23.56 and Kovacs’ world second all-time result is 23.23 meters.
ME woman in the women’s 100-meter hurdles Tobi Amusan won the 2026 season with a personal best time of 12.28 seconds. The tailwind was 1.2 meters per second.
In the women’s 400m hurdles Emma Zapletalová accelerated to a world record time of 52.82 seconds this season. Last season’s World Cup bronze medalist’s result is Slovakia’s record and the fifth highest of all time in Europe.
Men’s 200 meters for the USA Kenneth Bednarek beat a race record of 19.69 seconds in a 0.4 meter per second tailwind. The top result of the world season 2026 belongs to the Australian prodigy Gout I gout 19.67 seconds.
