IAAF Diamond League final in Brussels
This year's the final of the
Diamond League was held in
Brussels. The 39th edition of the
Memorial Van Damme was of the highest level, and gave the audience a series of great performances on the
Mondotrack at the
King Baudouin Stadium. One of the highlights of the evening was the challenge between the Dutch
Dafne Schippers (200m world champion in Beijing) and the American
Allison Felix (400m world champion in Beijing) in the
200m. In the end the victory went to Schippers, who recovered in the final straightaway finishing with a time of
22"12. In the final of the men's 100m,
Justin Gatlin has struggled to win with a time of
9"98. Behind him placed the Qatari
Ogonude, which then dominated the 200 meter race, recording a
new Asian record with a time of
19"97. The
primacy of Africa was established, by the Kenyan
Faith Kipyegon in the mile, running in
4'16 "71, just 4 seconds from the world record. The second African primacy of the evening,
best world performance of the season, was made by the Tunisian
Hariba Ghribi 3000m steeplechase, with a time of
9'05"36. Best world performance of the year for the Ethiopian
Yomif Kejelcha, which in 5000 m stopped the clock at
12'53"98.
Watch the highlights of the evening