Kambundji shines twice in Lausanne with a record race

Mujinga Kambundji walks 100m to Lausanne faster than any other Switzerland in front of her (Photo: KEYSTONE / MARTIAL TREZZINI)

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An hour later, she and her colleagues pulverized the Swiss record on 4×100 m. The joy after the 100m race was initially unlimited. The meeting's director, Jacky Delapierre, embraced the fastest Swiss woman on the track, Mujinga Kambundji beaming and greeting the audience applauding. The 1.3 m / s backwind and a tight race in a solid field – 2-6 rows shared double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson (JAM), Jenna Prandini (USA), the sprint queen of 39 Europe Dafne Schippers, Kambundji and Murielle Ahouré (CIV) in four hundredths – helped to record

In analysis, Kambundji seemed a little more critical. "It was not the perfect race, and in the end I became a little tense," she said, delighted to have found her marks quickly after just under three weeks. of competition. "But I can run even faster."

Kambundji, although in enviable form, still has not checked off any of his three goals of the summer season. Priority is the medals at the European Championships in Berlin, which of course can not yet be fulfilled.But a 100m race in less than 11 seconds or the record-breaking 200m (Lea Sprunger, 22.38 2016) have missed up to here. "I have not yet got the perfect conditions or I was a little tired of the trip," said the bronze woman of the world indoor championships of over 60 meters in Birmingham.The athleteissima should have been warmer too.

"I can not focus too much on the time," Kambu said ndji Otherwise, the spasm would be threatening. "I want above all to show strong races in the strong fields." She did it impressively on the Pontaise. A record hunt at small meetings makes no sense. After all, the 26-year-old athlete received a personal best in confirmation of his good health.

"You have to do a lot of races of 200m. It gives you strength and makes you more than 100 m faster, "she advised Marie-Josée Ta Lou during the press conference the day before. The Ivorian rider has the fastest time of the year (10.85) in Lausanne and has crossed the milestone of 10.90 seconds

The 4x100m relay with Sarah Atcho, Ajla del Ponte, Mujinga Kambundji and Salome Kora (from left to right) celebrate their Victory victory at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne (Image: Valentin Flauraud / Keystone (5 July 2018))

Season record with announcement

The Swiss women's sprint relay sets the Swiss record in Lausanne The world championships 2017 in London rise to 42.50 seconds. Coach Raphael Monachon sent the starting lineup with Ajla Del Ponte, Sarah Atcho, Kambundji and the last rider Salome Kora in the race. The quartet had already scored the best times in 2017 and opened the season a month ago in Geneva in 42.71 seconds.

The four women did not disappoint. In 42.29 seconds, the record dropped significantly. If such a performance in Berlin, is a medal even without fault of the competition in it.

The solid results of the season, u.a. Fifth World Cup in London 2017, are often moored at the return of Kambundji. However, this is only half of the story. Del Ponte, Atcho and Kora have all set their personal best in recent days.

Atcho has already reached 22.80 over 200m – four years ago it would have been a Swiss record. The Lausanne started at the beginning of the meeting in 23.16 seconds at mid-term. The Switzerland of Switzerland has reached the top 8 in Europe. "To qualify for the final in Berlin, I have to go faster," she said. In Lausanne, it was true for the last 50 meters, when it was transmitted to the 7th.