Athletics: Zurich, Beijing heroes were tired

Paris - Four days after the closing of the Worlds, the Zurich meeting could deliver great performance, and the Beijing heroes were tired on Thursday for the 13th stage of the Diamond League Athletics.

This first major tour final of meetings - the second being scheduled for 11 September in Brussels - has led to no capital letters performance.

It was not the fault of the athletes, who, besides six hours time difference that does not disappear with a magic wand, logically had reached their peak shape in China.

We must welcome Greg Rutherford of the British victory at the length (8.32 m), which now holds all possible titles simultaneously: Olympic champion, world champion, European champion, Commonwealth champion and winner of the League diamond.

The hand-Ethiopian duel Ayana Dibaba, lecture at the Beijing 5000 m where Ayana had detonated the world champion and record holder in the 1500m in the world, gave birth to a beautiful battle on 3000 m.

Almaz Ayana has again got the better of her compatriot Genzebe Dibaba, countering his attack 300m from the line (8: 22.34 against 8: 26.54). Dibaba will console himself with the Diamond League and its accompanying $ 40,000.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the + Bolt feminine + has honored its status in the 100m (10.93) but Rudisha has missed its stroke (fourth in 1: 45.91), all round to five seconds of sound record world.

400m, the race that, in Beijing, was the most impressive on the chronometer plane, American LaShawn Merritt took his revenge (44.18) before the Grenadian Kirani James (44.28), which grants League diamond, and the champion of the South African World Wayde Van Niekerk (44.35).

As expected, the German Christina Schwanitz sealed his success in the weight of the Diamond League with a victory more finals (19.91 m).

- Without the King Bolt -

The American Tianna Bartoletta only had to participate to clinch the length (second with 6.97 m behind the Serbian Ivana Spanovic, 7.02 m national record), like the Kenyan Eunice Sum 800m (1: 59.14, 1st).

In this race, the French RENELLE Lamote took 6th place in 2 min 00 sec 75 / 100e.

200 m, in the absence of the king Usain Bolt, the Panamanian Alonso Edward took advantage of the opportunity to clinch the race (20.03) and diamond.

At gentlemen drive, Piotr Malachowski Polish was hot, rebuked by his compatriot Robert Urbanek, meeting the winner (65.78 m). But Malachowski wins his fourth Diamond League by finishing second (65.04 m).

Even cases in the 3,000 steeplechase, the Kenyan Jairus Kipchoge Birech, winner of the Diamond League, but second Thursday (8: 15.64), behind his compatriot Paul Koech (8: 10.24).

Czech Zuzana Hejnová triumphed in the 400m hurdles (54.74), as the Russian world champion Sergey Shubenkov 110m hurdles (13.14), technically masterful.

The French Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (7th in 13.70), Garfield Darien (cancel) and Dimitri Bascou (8th in 14.07), the three finalists of Beijing, have done anything. The American David Oliver (second in 13.30), is still wins the Diamond League.

In ladies javelin, Czech Barbora Spotavoka, even medalist in Beijing, has offered its 4th Diamond League and victory (64.31 m).

Greek Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou dominated the pole (4.72 m) to cap his season with a Diamond League.

At the height gentlemen, Qatari Mutaz Essa is a moment believe that he had found his legs early season. It certainly wins with 2.32 m and new pockets the Diamond League, but not close to his ERA (2.41 m).