Check Sportstar’s highlights of the Zurich Diamond League meeting where world champion Neeraj Chopra finished second in javelin throw and Commonwealth Games silver medallist M. Sreeshankar finished fifth in long jump.
Welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the Zurich Diamond League meeting where world champion Neeraj Chopra finished second in javelin throw and Commonwealth Games silver medallist M. Sreeshankar finished fifth in long jump.. This was Nihit Sachdeva taking you through the action as it unfolded at the Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland.
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:37See you in Eugene
While the Diamond League series still has two more stops in Xiamen and Brussels, it is done as far as men’s javelin throw and long jump are concerned and the qualified athletes will next be in action in the season finale in Eugene on September 16-17.
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:31Final result in Men’s Javelin Throw
Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) – 85.86m
Neeraj Chopra (India) – 85.71m
Julian Weber (Germany) – 85.04m
Oliver Helander (Finland) – 83.65m
Edis Matusevicius (Lithuania) – 81.62m
Anderson Peters (Grenada) – 81.01m
Roderick Genki Dean (Japan) – 79.93m
Andrian Mardare (Moldova) – 79.13m
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:28Final result in men’s long jump
Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece) – 8.20m
Tajay Clarke (Jamaica) – 8.07m
Jarrion Lawson (USA) – 8.05m
Radek Juska (Czech Republic) – 8.04m
M. Sreeshankar (India) – 7.99m
Simon Ehammer (Switzerland) – 7.97m
Williams Williams (USA) – 7.81m
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:25ICYMI, here are men’s pole vault results
Olympic and world champion Armand Duplantis yet again tried to set a new world record of 6.23m after sealing the victory but could not do so.
Top three:
Armand Duplantis (Sweden) – 6m
Sam Kendricks (USA) – 5.95m
KC Lightfoot (USA) – 5.85m
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:20Men’s Javelin Throw Final Round – 85.71m for Neeraj to finish second
Vadlejch fouls. He still leads though with 85.86m. Can either Weber or Neeraj overtake him?
Neeraj will have a shot first. The Indian comes up with his best throw of the night – 85.71m – but it is not enough to go past Vadlejch!
Julian Weber’s final throw is 84.92m and he will finish third.
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:16Men’s 200m final – no one’s catching Noah Lyles!
The world champion storms to victory in 19.80s, followed by fellow American Erriyon Knighton (19.87s) in second and Zharnel Hughes (19.94s) of Great Britain in third.
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:14Women’s 100m hurdles Top Three
Danielle Williams (Jamaica) – 12.54s
Alaysha Johnson (USA) – 12.58s
Kendra Harrison (USA) – 12.59s
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:05Men’s Javelin Throw Fifth Round – Foul for Neeraj
It’s a foul for leader Vadlejch. Weber stays third as his throw of 82.01m does not take him past Neeraj.
Helander comes up with his best throw of the night – 83.65m – but stays fourth only.
Matusevicius – 79.58m.
It’s a foul for Neeraj in the penultimate round. With only three more athletes yet to go in this round, the Indian looks set to finish in top three and get one extra attempt.
Anderson Peters finally crosses the 80m mark – it is 81.01m but he will finish sixth.
Vadlejch, Neeraj and Weber will get one extra attempt each.
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:04Men’s 5000m Top Three
Yomif Kejelcha (Ethiopia) – 12:46.91s
Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) – 12:5417s
Grant Fisher (USA) – 12:54.49s
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SEPTEMBER 01, 2023 01:00Men’s Long Jump Final Round – Tentoglou wins with last jump
Gayle comes up with 8.06m jump in the final round.
7.86m for Lawson.
Tentoglou needs to go past 8.07m to win this as otherwise, he can lose on the second-best jump.