Stuart Weir wrote this piece on day 2 of the Weltklasse in Zurich. It’s the Diamond League Championship, two day meet on 7-8 September 2022.
Diamond League Ultimate Half 2
The Wanda Diamond League Ultimate half 2, the historic Weltklasse within the equally historic Letzigrund stadium, actually supplied worth for the spectators with 26 finals in a four-hour program. The Weltklasse traces its historical past again to 1928. Following the six titles which had been settled on the street occasion the earlier evening, the fruits of the Diamond League sequence passed off on the Letzigrund monitor and discipline. The pre-program consisted of 5 discipline occasions supported by 5 youth relays, two wheelchair races, and two non-diamond races. Once more, nice for the youngsters to get to run as a part of this occasion.
Whereas the purists may say that the 2022 Diamond League sequence has suffered from the early date of the World Championships, that means that quite a lot of high athletes have opted out of the Diamond League Ultimate or certainly the Diamond League in its entirety, the standard of the competitors was excessive.
The primary monitor race set the scene with the Dominican Republic 1-2. Marley Paulino gained in a nationwide file, world main 48.99 from Fiordaliza Cofil. And within the final occasion of the night, Noah Lyles ran 19.52 to win the 200, with the inheritor obvious Erriyon Knighton solely fourth.
In between, Mondo Duplantis, Religion Kipyegon, Tobi Amusen, Grant HollowayShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Emmanuel Korir, Neeraj Chopra and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and so on all gained. Shericka Jackson gained the 200m after ending second within the 100m simply over an hour earlier.
