Pole vault star Armand Duplantis from Sweden has with 6.16 meters Diamond League Meeting set an outdoor record in Stockholm. His three-month-old world record from the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade is 6.20 meters. In pole vaulting, there is a joint world record for outdoor and indoor competitions.
Long jumper Malaika Mihambo, meanwhile, only finished fifth in the last big test before the World Athletics Championships. The Olympic champion landed twice at 6.72 meters, but jumped off the board once and gave away more than 20 centimeters. The two-time World Indoor Championship third placed the winner Lorraine Ugen from Great Britain with 6.81 meters. At the German Championships in Berlin, Mihambo had recently jumped 6.85 meters.
The World Cup Eugene starts on July 15th, the German Athletics Association will announce its squad on July 1st.
Javelin thrower Weber with a strong 89.08 meters
Javelin thrower Julian Weber took the excellent third place with a strong 89.08 meters, but could hardly explain the distance in view of the difficult conditions. “It was a lucky shot, I would say”he said on the Sky TV channel.
The German champions from Mainz were only beaten by world champion Anderson Peters from Grenada and Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra from India. Peters managed 90.31 meters, Chopra threw a personal best with 89.94 meters. Johannes Vetter is currently recovering from his shoulder problems and was also absent in Stockholm.
Obstacle runner Krause Eighth
World Cup third Gesa Krause did not finish eighth over the 3000 meter obstacle at her season debut. The 29-year-old, who recently suffered from severe cold symptoms, ran 9:44.44 minutes. Daisy Jepkemei, running for Kazakhstan, took the win in 9:15.77 minutes. The German champion Lea Meyer was fifth with a personal best of 9:25.61 minutes, Elena Burkard was seventh with 9:40.67 minutes.
100-meter Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs from Italy canceled his start at short notice due to muscular problems.