Noah Lyles, Yulimar Rojas, Femke Bol untouchable in Lausanne

He had spent the week in Lausanne to prepare his shot perfectly. Noah Lyles, became the third performer in history at the Eugene Worlds with his 19”30, wanted to shake King Bolt’s world record this Friday evening in Lausanne (19”19). But from the start, the American missed his chance, his start not being up to his ambitions, his compatriot Michael Norman being already on his heels from the first meters.

Stronger than his opponents, Lyles made the difference in the second part of the race to complete the distance in 19”56 (+1.3), ahead of Norman (19”76) and Jereem Richards (19”95), signing all the same a new peak performance.

In the 100m hurdles too, expectations were high since Tobi Amusan, surprise record holder for the distance in the semi-finals of the Eugene Worlds, was there, opposed to her best enemy, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. In a race against the wind (-0.9), the Puerto Rican, faster, won in 12”34 ahead of the Nigerian (12”45).

For the rest, bettors got their money’s worth with all-risk insurance but also surprises. Perhaps still offended by his silver medal at the Worlds in the 1,500m, Jakob Ingebrigtsen dominated the 1500m, just like Soufiane El Bakkali in the 3,000m steeplechase. The Moroccan, Olympic champion in Tokyo and world champion in Eugene has, at the moment, no opponent at his height, this solo victory reminding him (8’02”45). In the triple jump, Yulimar Rojas is also still evolving on his planet (victory in 15.31m, -0.2), as is Femke Bol (victory in 52”95), best of the others when Sydney McLaughlin is not there .

On the other hand, on the side of the big odds, Joe Kovacs brought down Ryan Crouser in weight (22.65m against 22.05m), Mutaz Barshim – who changed equipment supplier – was beaten in height by the Ukrainian Andriy Protsenko (in trials at 2.24m) and Grant Holloway, reigning double world champion in the 110m hurdles was surprised (3rd in 13”11) by the Jamaican Rasheed Broadbell (victory in 12”99, wind draw, personal best) and his runner-up to Eugene Trey Cunningham (2nd in 13”10).

Tired Blues

A race where the French Pascal Martinot-Lagarde had not recovered his silver medal from the European Championships in Munich last week (7th in 13”58). “I expected to go slower, but maybe not as fast as thathe explained. We celebrated the medal in Munich. now, I’ve underestimated the impact of partying. I was thinking of coming back anyway in 13”30-13”40 because I still put the points back in training, I tried to do two or three things again but I felt that the legs were a bit difficult. I don’t think it’s a work thing, I just need to sleep and rest. »

Overall, except Rénelle Lamote’s success in the 800m in the 800m and second place for Wilfried Happio in the 400m hurdlesthe return from Germany was complicated for the Blues with a zero (3 failures at 4.35m) for Margot Chevrier on the pole vault (victory for Tina Suetj with 4.70m) and a ninth place for the bronze medalist from Munich, Jean-Marc Pontvianne, in the triple jump (16.11 m, -0.2, victory for the Cuban Andy Diaz with 17.67 m, -0.6).