by Alfonz JuckThe sixth stop on the 2019 Diamond League tour is the Rabat DL. As the DL gets into the season, big performances are being seen and Rabat was the one to watch! In the discus, Fedrick Dacres had to appeal his 3rd throw. The throw was reinstated and it was excellent, 70.78 meters! That gave Dacres the World Lead, Diamond League and Meet Record.
In the women’s 1,500m, Sifan Hassan was caught by Genzebe Dibaba as Dibaba took the win in WL, MR of 3:55.47 to Hasan’s 3:55.93 NR/PB!
Rabat DL, June 16, 2019, photo by Diamond League
Dacres 70.78, Genzebe 3:55.47
RABAT (MAR, Jun 16): African stop at IAAF Diamond League had sensational midnight ending as after revision of results Fedrick Dacres mark from round third was valid as huge 70.78 World lead, of course also Jamaican record. Ethiopians set other two World leads, Genzebe Dibaba in the 1500 m and Getnet Wale in steeple. In five events of this still new fixture meet records were set.
Event by event
Men
200m – Olympic silver medallist Andre de Grasse ran down world champion Ramil Guliyev, 20.19 to 20.28.
What a final 30m!@de6rasse clawed back the field to get the @meetingim6 win in 20.19 (SB)
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— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 17, 2019
800m – After a runner-up finish in Rome, Nijel Amos returned to winning form over Kenya’s Emmanuel Korir, 1:45.57 to 1:45.60.
Results for the men’s 800m:
1 @amosnijel 🇧🇼 1:45.57
2 @EEmmanuelkorir 🇰🇪 1:45.60
3 @Clayton_Murph 🇺🇸 1:45.99#RabatDL 🇲🇦 #DiamondLeague #RoadToTheFinal pic.twitter.com/QxMwqAyfsO— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 16, 2019
1500m (non-DL) – Kenya’s Vincent Kibet won a close finish in 3:35.80. Lifetime bests for Morocco’s Hicham Akankam (3:35.85) and France’s Alexis Miellet (3:35.98) in second and third respectively.
5000m (non-DL) – Kenya’s world U20 5000m champion Edward Zakayo won in 13:11.49 from Ethiopia’s Solomon Berihu (13:16.08).
3000m steeplechase – Getnet Wale, still an U20, won in a world lead and Ethiopian record of 8:06.01 ahead of teammate Chala Beyo (8:06.48) and Kenya’s Benjamin Kigen (8:07.25). Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali faded out of contention in the last kilometre and slipped down to 11th in 8:27.56.
Getnet Wale, Jarius Birech, Soufianne El Bakkali, London 2017, photo by PhotoRun.net110m hurdles – Sergey Shubenkov lost his balance after Omar McLeod crashed into him off the final barrier but still won in an equal meeting record of 13.12 from Andrew Pozzi in 13.30. McLeod fell across the line in fifth in 13.48.
Rabat: Shubenkov Feels The Burn With 110m Hurdles Win #DiamondLeague @MeetingIM6 #RoadToTheFinal #RabatDL https://t.co/jam36UzwCV pic.twitter.com/cgyem499dt
— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 16, 2019
High jump – Back-to-back wins on the Diamond League circuit for Ukraine’s Bogdan Bondarenko who cleared 2.28m to beat Naoto Tobe, Ilya Ivanyuk and Mathew Sawe all on countback.
Results for the men’s High Jump:
1 @Bondarenkobv 🇺🇦 2.28m
2 Naoto TOBE 🇯🇵 2.28m
3 Ilya IVANYUK 🳠2.28m#RabatDL 🇲🇦 #DiamondLeague #RoadToTheFinal pic.twitter.com/2uuZglIqNr— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 16, 2019
Long jump – Juan Miguel Echevarria didn’t surpass the eight metre until round five when he landed at 8.34m before 8.22m in the sixth round. World champion Luvo Manyongo was second with 8.21m but later was injured.
Juan Miguel Echevarrìa out lept the competition, securing @meetingim6 victory with 8.34m
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— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 17, 2019
Discus – After failing to record a mark in Turku, Sweden’s Daniel Stahl was set to winning ways with a meeting record of 69.94 from the fourth round. Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres was second with 69.50m with Austria’s Lukas Weisshaidinger third with 68.14m. Later the results were revised and the winner was Dacres with huge 70.78 in round three. World lead, Diamond League and Meet record.
Fedrick Dacres appealed his third round foul and it’s a good job he did, as he’d broken the #DiamondLeague record with a huge 70.78m throw!
Watch more: https://t.co/ppFc6Dpi1C#RabatDL 🇲🇦#DiamondLeague#RoadToTheFinal pic.twitter.com/HYsZdJi6uM
— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 17, 2019
Women
100m – Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare got the win over Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou, 11.05 to 11.09. Dafne Schippers was a well beaten fifth in 11.32.
That closing speed though 🔥
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— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 17, 2019
400m – Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser extended her unbeaten streak with victory in 50.13, holding off a late charge from Niger’s Aminatou Seyni who improved her national record once again to 50.24m. Botswana’s Christine Botlogetswe was third in a 50.48m PB with world champion Phyllis Francis fourth in a 50.76 season’s best.
Results for the women’s 400m:
1 Salwa Eid NASER 🇧🇠50.13 SB
2 @Aminatouseyni1 🇳🇪 50.24 NR PB
3 Christine BOTLOGETSWE 🇧🇼 50.48 PB#RabatDL 🇲🇦 #DiamondLeague #RoadToTheFinal pic.twitter.com/yavA6oDvsZ— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 16, 2019
800m – Kenya’s Nelly Jepkosgei won in 1:59.50 from Ethiopia’s Habitam Alemu in 1:59.90. Ukraine’s European bronze medallist Olha Lyakhova improved to 2:00.35 EL in third.
What a race!
Jepkosgei had to battle Alemu to take full points there but did just that in 1:59.50.#RabatDL 🇲🇦 #DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/rMtXSuLpOz
— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 16, 2019
1500m – The race of the evening as Genzebe Dibaba ran the world’s fastest time since 2016, setting a world lead of 3:55.47 ahead of Sifan Hassan who improved her Dutch record from 3:56.05 to 3:55.93. Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay was third in a 3:57.40 PB ahead of Rababe Arafi who improved her Moroccan record to 3:58.84 in fourth. There was also a national record of 3:59.56 for Uganda’s Winnie Nanyondo while Jenny Simpson returned to sub-four minute form in seventh in 3:59.83.
.@sifanhassan v Genezebe Dibaba always produces fireworks 🎇
Watch more: https://t.co/ppFc6DGTqc#RabatDL 🇲🇦#DiamondLeague#RoadToTheFinal pic.twitter.com/zlJF3Qb41I
— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 17, 2019
Pole vault – Sandi Morris cleared a meeting record of 4.82m before three attempts at a world lead of 4.92m. Anzhelika Sidorova was second with 4.77m.
.@sandicheekspv took home all 8 #DiamondLeague points with her 4.82m vault
Watch more: https://t.co/ppFc6DGTqc#RabatDL 🇲🇦#DiamondLeague#RoadToTheFinal pic.twitter.com/GoMipXDdxh
— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 17, 2019
Discus – Cuba’s Yaime Perez had the three best throws of the competition including a meeting record of 68.28m in the sixth round, missing the world lead by just 18 centimetres. Teammate Denia Caballero was second with 65.84m with Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic improving to 64.77m in third.
Yaimé Pérez unleashed a monster 68.28 throw to break the @meetingim6 record 💪
Watch more: https://t.co/ppFc6DGTqc#RabatDL 🇲🇦#DiamondLeague#RoadToTheFinal pic.twitter.com/xV9489fBhn
— IAAF Diamond League (@Diamond_League) June 17, 2019
