Exclamation point in Stockholm
Swiss women’s relay shines with best time of the year
The Swiss women’s relay shines at the Diamond League meeting. She runs the 4x100m in 42.13 seconds, just 8/100 times the Swiss record set at the Tokyo Olympics.
Published: 7:54 p.m
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Updated: 36 minutes ago
The Swiss women’s relay sets an exclamation mark at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm with the best time of the year of 42.13 seconds.
Géraldine Frey, Mujinga Kambundji, Salomé Kora and Ajla Del Ponte remain over 4×100 m just 8 hundredths above the Swiss record (42.05) from the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where 4th place had resulted, as at the 2019 World Championships in Doha. Compared to Tokyo, Géraldine Frey was a new starter in the team in Stockholm.
The top nations were not at the start in Sweden. The advantage of the Swiss over Finland is 1.77 seconds. If the Swiss women also set a low 42 time in the final at the World Championships in Eugene, they could win a medal.
Kambundji is second
At the end of the meeting, Mujinga Kambundji also showed a very strong performance over 200 m (22.37). On the home stretch she catches up with world champion Dina Asher-Smith. The target film sees the Briton ahead by 3 thousandths. “I tensed up a little at the end, that cost me the win,” regrets the native of Bern in an interview with SRF. Ajla del Ponte is 6th in 23.41 seconds.
Record just missed
Chiara Scherrer once again put in a great performance. The woman from Toggenburg manages her second-best value over 3000 m steeple in 9:24.16 minutes, which is rewarded with 3rd place. The physiotherapist approached the race very briskly and after 2 km was still below her Swiss record (9:20.28), which she set in Paris at the beginning of June.
An outdoor record
At his home game, Swedish Olympic gold medalist Armand Duplantis pole vaulted 6.16m, making it the best outdoor jump in history. The 22-year-old world record holder (6.20m indoors in March in Belgrade) surpasses the 6.15m he managed in Rome in September 2020, just two weeks before the World Championships in Eugene. (SDA)