2018 Rome DL Diary: Mariya Lasitskene takes 40th straight HJ victory

Mariya Lasitskene, Rome DL, photo by PhotoRun.net

Mariya Lasitskene won her 40th consecutive win in a row, at the Rome Golden Gala. Lasitskene truly competes against herself, once she gets past 1.96 meters, and in Rome, it was no different.

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Lasitskene cleared 1.84 meters and 1.88 meters on her first attempts. At 1.91 meters, Lasitskene took two attempts to clear, but was back on track for one attempts at 1.94m, 1.97 meters and 2.02 meters. She made three game attempts at 2.04 meters and did not clear. She was very tired by 2.04 meters.

In Rome, Lasitskene cleared 2.02 meters, and gave the world another World Leader. After her competition, Lasitskene said to the assembled media: “This meeting has a very good atmosphere, I am happy to beat my SB, I am happy to be here in Rome. It is good to compete in Stockholm soon for the next DL meeting.

In today’s competition I got everything I wanted emotionally. At 1.91m I missed my first and then I was angry with myself. The audience was great, it helped a lot. And the atmosphere was so motivating. I am sure that everyone can beat me any time. So I must not relax.”

Mariya Lasitskene is a perfectionist. She is also a rare talent. Watch her at the first heights. She tends to get a bit impatient with the lower heights. Lasitskene seems to relax at the larger heights. Will she break the world record? I believe so.

First though, we must respect her absolute domination of her event.

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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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