Jamaican Usain Bolt, Hex Olympic champion, dominated the 200 meeting in Lausanne, 19 sec 58, but it is his young compatriot and Dolphin Games Yohan Blake who did enthuse the public 's awarding the 100 m 9 sec 69, Thursday evening.
When Bolt just do the "job" away from its global brand (19.19), Blake also triple medalist in London, set fire to the track and grandstands. World champion in the 100 m, Blake, 22, became the hills of Lake Geneva the second performer in history over the distance, tied with American Tyson Gay, just behind Bolt, whose world record is perched at 9 sec 58.
"My coach (Glen Mills) told me that I could run faster (only 9 sec 75 in the final in London), much faster. I had a little cold after the Games, "remarked Blake, nicknamed" The Beast "for his determination to drive.
Bolt does not cut his effort
"I still have to improve my running technique to express my full potential. And I work a lot to get there, "said the young man, who still align 100 m in a week in Zurich, Bolt left on the half-lap at the Letzigrund. The top of his stature Commander, Bolt gave change. "I am satisfied with the clock. My season has not always been easy but I am happy how it ends, "said the sprint megastar, self-proclaimed" living legend".
Bolt has certainly outstripped the Dutch widely Churandy Martina (19.85), but at the cost of effort to the finish line. "Lightning," so often insolent ease with his opponents, had to push on her long legs in the last 30 meters.
Unlike Bolt, all Olympic champions have not kept their ranks in London. Like Blake, dolphins and runners had an extra incentive to shine. Thus, the Dawn Harper and American Carmelita Jeter won the 100-meter hurdles, respectively, and 100 m. Jeter is received by the photo-finish (10.86), facing the Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, double Olympic champion straight line.
Also vice-Olympic champion in London, American Jason Richardson endorsed the 110m hurdles (13.08 against a headwind of 0.6 m / s). But his compatriot Aries Merritt, Olympic gold and candidate said the world record, sadly left the starting blocks, disqualified for false start.
Lavillenie winner but tired
The Qatari Moutaz Barshim Essa Ahmed, bronze in London, did not hide his disappointment. So, he expressed resentment beating Ivan Ukhov Olympic champion. And matched, erasing a bar to 2.39 m, the best performance (MPM) Russian, who has not fallen yet (2.37 m).
Paul Koech Kipsiele, he was not the Games, repelled by its altitude Achilles heel of Nairobi, had been held in June played selections Kenya. Having found the Diamond League, Koech resumed its triumphant (8:05.80).
Olympic champion in 2008, but the podium in London, the Kenyan Pamela Jelimo beat (1:57.59) the Russian Mariya Savinova (1:58.10), gold medal in London. Renaud Lavillenie king of perch Games, held every year objectives, the fourth and final by winning for the third time in his first discipline-league diamond.
"My body is tired and the win was more important than the height," said the Clermont won with 5.80 m.
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