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The second day of the Anniversary Games was the day Britain gave warning to its rivals ahead of the European Championships in Berlin next month as men and women won the day. gold in the sprint 4 × 100 relay.
But Sunday showed that Britain still has a lot of work to do at the individual level, since Laura Muir was fifth at the women's mile and Dina Asher-Smith, the fastest woman in Britain, fourth in the 200m final.
At the beginning of the first corner, CJ Ujah, the defending champion of the Diamond League, performed an almost perfect opening stage, and when he reached out to teammate Zharnel Hughes, the GB men have established an unbadailable lead.
19659005] Remaining stick exchanges were not works of art performance, but that mattered little because Adam Gemili and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake were keen to send Britain to the top of the rankings worldwide with a time of 37.61 seconds.
Japan, leader of the world ranking, finished second in 38.09secs, while the Netherlands finished in 38.21secs to break their national record and clinch third place. By winning with such dominance, Britain is now favorite for Berlin.
"We just wanted to get ahead in Berlin, it's about a generation of sprinters in the UK that can dominate Tokyo 2020. If we continue our momentum, then There was no pressure on us.And it was a fast time, "said Ujah
Amazing effort
The effort was perhaps made all the more amazing that the quartet has only been put in place recently. "People are gelling and having fun," he said. "We were all pretty safe, so seeing 37.6 with a relay workout is pretty impressive."
In a resumption of what was a brilliant weekend at world titles in that same stadium in 2017, British women have took gold from their sprint relay, too, although the margin may have been smaller, it was none the less triumphant.
Asha Phillip kicked off and gave the relay to Imani Lansiquot in a first half that went as well as expected, they were ahead, but only precisely, and Daryll Neita had to make a big effort to counter China
Valiant Effort
The women's relay managed to break the record of one season in 42.36 seconds .China, which made a strong comeback in the straight, won the silver in 42.59 seconds, while the countries – Still have reached the podium with 42.71sec.
After the success of the relay, there is no was not a good memory not to mention the valiant effort of Morgan Lake, who won the bronze in the high jump with 1.91m
Laura Muir almost eclipsed the record Zola Budd's 33-year-old national At this event last year, hopes were naturally high for the Scottish to score the mark and perhaps even get a medal in the last event of the day.
Lowly Fifth
Neither one nor the other occurred disappointment given its remarkable history. Muir was among the leaders after the first two rounds, but despite her teeth, she was thrown into fifth place with 150m left.
Gold went to Sifan Hbadan of the Netherlands. Timed in four minutes 14.71secs, a world lead, Diamond League record and personal best, the race was without a doubt one of the fastest ever contested on the international scene.
To clarify, Muir has never been expected to pre-empt such a steeple pace. Yet for much of the second half of the race, she seemed upset, away from her best races, and finally crossed the worn line in 4: 19.28.
Less Frustration
"I'm a little disappointed," said Muir, "but I went through the first half too fast and when you do that, it catches up with you in the second I know it's there if I run perfectly and I did not run it here I know the form is there. "
Asher-Smith experienced less frustration in Women's 200m while she ran the best time of the season with 22.25sec, but she will wonder how she let the field pbad in the final stages … Jenna Prandini set a record of 22.16 seconds for
"I've left everything on the track today," Asher-Smith told reporters. "Obviously, I got fourth place and no one wants to come in fourth. but I had a good time and it was a very high caliber field, so overall I am happy and I run the best of a season. "
if the decor was symbolic – it's here that he was announcing his arrival to the world with the Olympic gold long jump – Greg Rutherford's last place at his last appearance at the grand prix n & # 39; Did not check everything in all the boxes.
Rutherford, the last of the Super Saturday triumvirate, recorded only a jump of 7.55m. But the crowd loved him and he loved them back. "I've been crying a bit, I was happy to have one [jump]." Rutherford will not attend Berlin, but he's not quite retired. will jump to Newcastle this summer for the last time, and he added: "The distances have not been there all year.
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