The Canadian bullet launch star Sarah Mitton was stripped of her final victory of the Diamond League on Wednesday after a successful protest of her winning launch.
Brooklyn’s second attempt, NS, the second native, measured 20.67 meters, but, after a review of the judges, Mitton was ruled that he left the circle of launch before the shot hit the ground, making it launch invalid.
Mitton’s second best launch was 19.99 m, which rose to third place in the classification in Switzerland.
Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands went to the first place with a higher launch of 20.26m, while the consecutive world champion Chase Jackson of the United States was second with 20.08m.
The Canadian bullet launch star Sarah Mitton was stripped of her final victory of the Diamond League on Wednesday after a successful protest of her winning launch. Brooklyn’s second attempt, NS, the second native measured 20.67 meters, but then declared a disqualified attempt when he left the launch circle before the shot landed. Mitton’s second best launch was 19.99m, which knocked it out to third place in the classification.
Weltklasse Zürich Meet gathering confirmed organizers in a statement sent by email to CBC Sports that presented a protest within the
Required 30 minutes window.
“Jessica Schilder has been declared the winner of the women’s bullet launch and, therefore, Wanda Diamond League champion after a protest against the launch of Sarah Mitton’s second round is confirmed,” reads the statement.
Schilder will be presented with the Trophy of the Diamond League at the LetizGrund Stadium on Thursday
The next important competition for Mitton, 29, will be the World Athletics Championship, which extends from September 13 to 21. Mitton won a silver medal at the 2023 event in Budapest.
Duplantis wins the title of the fifth jump with the pole
The head of the world record Mondo Duplantis won his fifth consecutive final of the pole of the Pole of the Diamond League, while Katie Moon took the female title while preparing to defend his world crown in Tokyo.
The two -time Olympic gold medalist Duplantis cleared six meters in his fifth attempt and Emmanouil Karalis of Greece coincided with the effort of the Swedish. But none of the men cleared 6.10 and Duplantis won the victory in the countdown.
Duplantis, who improved in his own world record with 6.29 in Budapest two weeks ago, now has five Diamond League trophies, two less than the salter of the French pole Renaud Lavillenie and the triple American jumper Christian Taylor, who share the record of seven.
“I am a human being, I do not break world records every day, there are days when I feel decent and others when I feel bad,” Duplantis said. “Today I felt at some intermediate point. Street event like today, I love it.”
“Now I have five diamond trophies, Renaud Lavillenie has seven, so I’m approaching.”
Moon cleared 4.82 in his sixth attempt to defeat his American partner Sandi Morris to the title, winning his second Trophy of the Diamond League.
“My victory was not happening without the crowd. I needed its extra energy,” said Moon. “I love when the crowd is there and you feel the energy. Win here and execute in this way gives me a real impulse of trust. In Tokyo I will do everything to retain my [world championship] qualification.”
Kovacs exceeds 22 meters to take the weight of men’s weight
The American Joe Kovacs won the launch of the male bullet, while the local favorite Simon Ehammer obtained the victory in the long -term jump for the applause of the crowd in Sechelautenplatz, the largest square in Zürich.
Kovacs, three times Olympic silver medalist, beat compatriot Payton Otterdahl to win the male bullet launch title with a 22.46 meter launch.
“It’s amazing to win here, with that high level. I would like to keep my medal streak alive, but I am also happy to get home with my wife and children,” said Kovacs, 36.
Ehammer obtained 8.32m in his third attempt, surpassing Mattia Furlani of Italy to win the male length jump, while Nicola Olyslagers of Australia won the female height jump, cleaning 2.04m.
The second day of the diamond league final begins on Thursday at 11:30 am et, and will broadcast live on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem. For more information about athletics events that are broadcast live on CBC Sports this season, click here to see the complete transmission schedule.
