The world of athletics counts the days until the World Cups in Budapest (August 19-27) and athletes want to take advantage of any competition to arrive in the best possible shape to the most important event on the calendar. Ingebrigtsen, Yulimar Rojas, Duplantis or Barshim appeared in this new meeting of the Diamond League like the big favorites and they did not fail in their tests. However, it was the Norwegian who shone above the rest.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen warned in the previous days that he was in Poland to “run fast” with the goal of surpassing El Guerrouj’s record of 3:26.00 in the week of the 25th anniversary of the Moroccan brand. He chases a time that resists him. Anyway, his superiority without Katir’s presence has been notorious.
The Norwegian lowered his marks from Oslo and Lausanne to complete a time of 3:27.14 and broke his own European record. Ingebrigtsen thanked the hares because they have set “a pace that has helped a lot” for their final time. Nevertheless, The Norwegian is not giving up as he will not be “100% satisfied until he is the fastest ever”. However, he has not been the only one who has wanted to take advantage of the Diamond League to finalize his preparation.
Yulimar Rojas and Duplantis have not had a rival in Silesia either. In her last jump of the day, the Venezuelan managed to surpass her best mark of the season and set the record for meeting With 15.18 meters, thus leading her pursuer by almost half a meter. For his part, the Swede continues to be the pole vault reference in world athletics and dominates the discipline. Without suffering and without forcing, he made a mark of 6.01 that earned him the first position.
The positive note of the afternoon was that, in his second competition of the year, Barshim is increasingly in better physical shape. In a competition that was reminiscent of the Tokyo Olympics due to its equality with the Italian Tamberi, the Qatari exceeded 2.36 meters and took the victory. Barshim, a maverick by nature, added that he is always looking for “ways to improve.”
Bittersweet taste for the Spanish
Adrián Ben had a magnificent race in the 1,500, a distance that is not his forte. The Galician was only six seconds behind Ingebrigtsen and confirms his good form and that he will be one of the medal options for the Spanish delegation at the World Cups in Budapest. For his part, Fernando Carro had the objective in the 3,000 obstacles of making a mark of less than 8:15.00, the minimum for the World Cup event. However, it was far from that time.
