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400m Olympic champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo had to make the fastest race of her career to defeat Salwa Naser Eid, 20, at Stade Louis II Stadium on Friday (20). And she did, establishing an IAAF Diamond League and a Bahamian record of 48.97.
His smallest opponent finished second in 49.08, taking close to a half second of his own Asian record
the season between Miller-Uibo, who mostly focused this year on the 200m, to which she became Commonwealth Champion, and the young woman who had won the previous four meetings of the IAAF Diamond League would still generate her own steam. 19659002] The 6 foot Bahamian 1in, running in the six corridor, left quickly and had pbaded Jessica Beard in the outer lane at the beginning of the back line.
But as she turned in the home stretch, the little figure The way inside her had remained stubbornly in touch – and remained so until the line .
The perennial Miller-Uibo managed to smile at the cameraman by squeezing his winner's bouquet at the end, but you could see the effort in it. It was almost a grimace. The Olympic champion, however, was not about to show any sign of weakness to the stubborn figure who had followed her throughout the straight line, not winning, but not losing.
She surpbaded 49.44 in which she was catapulted onto the line to take the 2016 Olympic title ahead of Allyson Felix of the United States. It was the fastest 400m run in women since September 2009.
The tension was most clearly written on Naser, who collapsed as a result of his injuries.
Shakima Wimbley of the United States finished third in 50.85 with compatriot world champion Phyllis Francis, one place behind her at 51.05
. a measure of the intensity of the duel that had just taken place as these two huge American talents have never been in the frame.
"I had that sub 49 that I was expecting, so I'm very happy, although very tired," Miller-Uibo said. "The crowd here is unbelievable, Naser was doing a great race and that helped too … El Bakkali in Eight, Cheruiyot in 1500m
At a party where the 3000m steeple-chase record was wrecked by the Chinese Beatrice Chepkoech, the men's race The gold medal went back to the silver medal and the silver medal at the world championships Soufiane El Bakkali, silver medalist and medalist Olympic silver medalist Evan Jager, of the United States, was separated at the end of the straight by the Moroccan athlete.
On the line, the gap was closer to 20 meters while El Bakkali raised his arms before breaking a personal best of 7: 58.15, with Jager finishing second in a record of 8: 01.02, not far from his best time of 8: 00.45.
A On this occasion, the world champion and Olympic champion of Kenya, Conseslus Kipruto Ld can not take the third that's in 8: 09.78.
The men's 1,500m also produced a breathtaking race, as the man who had a long win this season, Kenyan Timothy Cheruiyot, has rolled up to the line in a personal best time of 3: 28.41 which improved his own world performance
It was too much for his Kenyan compatriot and his training partner who l & # 39; 39; defeated last summer, Elijah Manangoi, second best of 3: 29.64
In third place, the Norwegian champion Filip Ingebrigtsen of Norway set a national record of 3: 30.01, with his brother Jakob, 17, double medalist at the 2018 U20 Tampere World Championships of the IAAF. place behind him in a personal best of 3: 31.18, a better 17 years old.
"It was a great race for me," Cheruiyot said. "I planned this attack for my personal record and my world lead and it was clearly my target and everything worked out as I wanted it.Now I have to think about how I can break 3:28 "
Taylor on Pichardo
Meanwhile, another clbadic and familiar duel was announced in the men's triple jump, where the two men who pushed in 18- In recent years, the champion of World and Olympic, Christian Taylor of the United States, and Pedro Pablo Pichardo lit the blue paper at the very beginning.
Pichardo took the first place with 17.60 m in the second lap. reacted with the next jump, ahead of a fat 17.86m and leapt out of the pit with an obvious excitement.
But despite an improvement by Pichardo in the next lap, at 17.67m, the firework fire fizzled on this occasion and
As rightly predicted the world champion at home, Pierre- Ambroise, of the race of the 800 m gentlemen in Monaco, it could have been won in 1h45 or 1h40. In fact, this race – not an IAAF Diamond League scoring event, but bursting with world-clbad talent – was won in a meeting record of 1: 42.14, a meeting record and the best time up to date. now this season, by 2012 Nijel Amos, of Botswana, won the silver medal.
Two national records were set behind him: Canadian Brandon McBride was second in 1: 43.20 and Spaniard Saul Ordonez was third in 1: 43.65. He had to settle for sixth place, although the quality of the race was the best of the season with a time of 1: 44.20, half a second faster than his best result of 2017, winning the world title
He, Australian Joseph Deng set a Pacific record of 1: 44.21 to eclipse the 1: 44.3 (electric timekeeping 1: 44.40) led by Ralph Doubell, who tied the world record of the best time of the year. time, to win the 1968 Olympic title. Another historic race in the night.
Mike Rowbottom for the IAAF
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