After 11 meets spanning over 5 months, some of the best athletes in the world converged in Zurich for the 12th and final meeting of the diamond league series. It was a night that was full of promise for many, and indeed it did live up to that, with massive head to heads and records falling in multiple events.
Mega clash in the Women's 100m semi-final....It has huge implications for the world title....
The Jamaican Champion, and fastest woman alive in the women’s 200 meters will face-off against the US champion in the 200 meters, Gabby Thomas, who along with being the United states champion, is the world leader, with her 21.60 seconds, to add to that she is currently unbeaten in the 200 meters, having a perfect record after taking on the likes of Sha’ccari Richardson, Dina Asher-Smith, Ta Lou, Abby Steiner and so many other top quality sprinters, proving the Gabby Thomas who made it on the Podium in Tokyo less than Two year ago is back.
After the enthralling 100 meters yesterday, all attentions turned towards the 200m, and event that is also dominated by the Jamaicans. It was in this event last year we saw Shericka Jackson truly announce herself as a leading force in sprinting.
As expected, the 100m at these Championships were extremely exciting, something we have come to expect each and every year ...
well I am officially Convinced Rosemary Chukwuma is going to be a problematic sprinter for this season, she absolutely ...
This 100m Final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was an intriguing one, the reign of continued as we saw a strong final based on Africans as well the Australian stepping up, but today was about one man who cam to prove a point.
On April 10,2021 in Miramar Florida the world witnessed 21 year old Sha’ccari Richardson blowing away a stellar field of Athletes to record 10.72 seconds in her season opening meet in the southern state. This time 10.72 became the fastest season opener in history, and pushed her to being the 6th fastest woman in history. 29 days later she headed to the USATF golden games, her second meet of the season where she made 10.74 look like a walk in the park in the prelims, and then destroyed everyone in the final in a time of 10.77 seconds. That was three consecutive 10.7 runs something nobody had seen since Elaine Thompson in her peak 2016 form.