"It will take a few days before I realis what happened", set the German. Only athletics legend Jan Zelezny from the Czech Republic threw further at 5 occasions. He holds the World Record with 98.48m since May, 25th 1996.
South African Akani Simbine won the 100m dash. He crossed the tape in 9.99. Jamaican Asafa Powell came in second in 10.08 while Femi Ogunode from Qatar was third in 10.13. Justin Gatlin dropped back in fourth place in a disappointing 10.14. « I sufferd from injury in the early start of the season and I wasn’t able to work on my speed sufficiently », clarified the vice Olympic Champion. « I wanted to concentrate on my start, work on a few details and conclude the race ». The duel between Dafne Schippers and Elaine Thompson was highly awaited but Schippers didn’t come near in the final straight. The Jamaican Thompson won in 22.19 into a strong headwind, while Schippers finished second in 22.45.
HARRISON WINS WITH BROKEN HAND
American Kendra Harrison, the World Record holder in the 100m Hurdles broke her left hand. It happened during the warm up but that didn’t prevent her from winning the race in 12.59, ahead of Cindy Roleder from Germany (12.90) and her compatriot Sharika Nelvis (12.91).
In front of his home crowd local hero Mutaz Essa Barshim improved his World Leading mark by 1 cm to raise it to 2.36m. Olympic 800m Champion Caster Semenya from South Africa showed early season form when she clocked a World Leading performance of 1.56.61.
Kenyans Margaret Wambui (1.57.03) and Eunice Sum (1.58.76) were 2nd and 3rd while Genzebe Dibaba from Ethiopia, who holds the 1500m World Record, finished in fifth in 1.59.37.
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