Long jump Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo had to admit defeat for the first time this season at the Diamond League meeting in Rome.
The track and field athlete had her best attempt at 6.79 meters and finished second. Mihambo did not hit the jump in the Olympic Stadium precisely enough and thus missed a larger distance.
Vice World Champion Maryna Bech-Romanchuk from Ukraine won with 6.85 meters. Third place went to Quanesha Burks from the USA with 6.77 meters. In Birmingham, Mihambo had already surpassed the seven-meter mark this season with 7.09 meters.
Storl continues to search for form
Still far from his best is shot putter David Storl. The former world champion only came in eighth and penultimate with 20.10 meters.
Victory went to Olympic silver medalist Joe Kovacs from the USA, who at 21.85 meters achieved the longest distance of the competition.
Because of back problems, Storl did not compete in outdoor competitions last year and did not take part in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The norm for the World Championships from July 15 in Eugene, USA, is 21.10 meters. The European Championships in Munich will follow from August 15th.
Double Olympic champion Mu breaks the best time of the year
Jonathan Hilbert, who sensationally won silver over 50 km at the Olympics in Tokyo, finished tenth in the 3,000 m walk.
Owen Ansah (20.72 seconds) and Joshua Hartmann (20.78) finished sixth and seventh in the 200m in the win of Olympic silver medalist Kenneth Bednarek (USA/20.01).
Lucas Ansah-Peprah was ninth in 10.39 over 100 m, Hanna Klein took eleventh place over 1500 m with a personal best of the season (4:07.21 minutes).
In the eagerly awaited women’s sprint over 200 m, Shericka Jackson defeated both Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah (both Jamaica/22.25) and British world champion Dina Asher-Smith (22.27 ).
Another highlight was provided by double Olympic champion Athing Mu (USA), who set a world best time of the year over 800 m in 1:57.01 minutes.