Caterine Ibarguen further extended her dominance in the women’s Triple Jump as she yet a again powered to victory at the Rome Diamond League going a distance of 14.78m.
It is a winning streak that has seen the Colombian undefeated in 34 consecutive outings, dating back to 2012, as she aims for the one title that has eluded her illustrious career, the Olympic Gold. With this form, it is hard not seeing Ibarguen win at the Rio Olympics.
Olympic champion, Olga Rypakova finished 2nd with her best mark of 14.51m, as Shanieka Thomas placed 3rd with 14.46m. Yulimar Rojas who finished 7th with 14.09m, could look to surprise Ibarguen in Brazil, but she might need to surpass her PB of 14.79m if she is to pip her fellow South American.
In the men’s Long Jump, Olympic champion Greg Rutherford seemed to be in good form to retain his title, leaping a Season’s Best of 8.31m to win the event. Marquise Goodwin finished 2nd jumping 8.19m with Fabrice Lapierre 3rd going a distance of 8.18m.
Meanwhile Valerie Adams made it back to back victories in the women’s Shot Put and looks like she has finally recovered from her injury last year. Adams threw 19.69m to take the win as Anita Marton finished 2nd with 18.98m and Aliona Dubitskaya 3rd throwing 18.38m.
The shock loss in the field event came in the men’s Discus where world champion, Piotr Malachowski was beaten, finishing 6th with his best mark of 63.23m. His Polish compatriot, Robert Urbanek won with 65.00m as Victor Hogan placed 2nd throwing 64.03m and Robert Harting 3rd with 63.96m.
In the women’s Javelin, South Africa’s Sunette Viljoen got her second victory in the Diamond League this season, winning after landing the spear at 61.95m. She was closely followed in 2nd by Madara Palamieka who threw 61.92m, with Christin Hussong 3rd with a mark of 61.21m.
The men’s High Jump threw up a thrilling finale as four athletes all cleared 2.30m, with three of them doing so with more than one attempt. However Bohdan Bondarenko won the event having been the only one to clear 2.33m, and scaled past 2.30m at his first time of asking.
He attempted 2.37m and failed his jump, but he opted out of the remaining two having already secured the win. Robbie Grabarz finished 2nd with 2.30m, same bar as world indoor champion Gianmarco Tamberi who finished 3rd.
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