2019 Luzern Diary: Barber 67.70 MR, Simbine beats Vicaut

ðŸ‡¨ðŸ‡Lucerne 2019
ðŸƒðŸ¾â€â™‚ï¸100m (-0.3)
ðŸ¥‡ðŸ‡¿ðŸ‡¦Akani Simbine 10.06
ðŸ¥ˆðŸ‡«ðŸ‡·Jimmy Vicaut 10.11
ðŸ¥‰ðŸ‡¨ðŸ‡®Arthur Cisse 10.12
4th ðŸ‡¯ðŸ‡²Asafa Powell 10.17 pic.twitter.com/E2vZlY3vTe

— Teddy Bailey (@TrackCentric) July 9, 2019

The Luzern Meeting is quite popular and has stars of Swiss athletics, and some of the top global stars. The July 9 meet was exceptional, with sprints, jumps and some big throws. EME News provided an update on Luzern. We’ve provided some social media insights.

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Barber 67.70 meet record, Simbine beats Vicaut

LUZERN (SUI, Jul 9): The top two in each of the men’s and women’s javelin events at Spitzenleichtathletik meet (EA Premium) produced their best in the last round. Kelsey-Lee Barber added more than two metres to her PB with 67.70 – just 2cm off the world lead. Also a new meeting record. Second was Tatsiana Khaladovich 66.18m, followed by Christin Hussong 64.62 and Sara Kolak 64.35. Thomas Rohler 86.51m and Andreas Hofmann 86.45m fought out the men’s event. Akani Simbine won the 100m with 10.06 (-0.3) ahead of Jimmy Vicaut 10.11 and Arthur Gue Cisse 10.12 with Asafa Powell fourth 10.17.

Alysha Newman 4.66m won the pole vault from Tina Sutej 4.61 (equalled her NR) and Angelica Bengtsson 456. Tadese Worku took the 3000m in 7:43.24 from Edward Cheserek 7:43.47 and Julien Wanders 7:43.62 PB. Tynia Gaither clocked 22.69 (-0.7) to win the 200m with Crystal Emmanuel 22.90 and Mujinga Kambundji 22.90.

ðŸ‡¨ðŸ‡Lucerne 2019
ðŸƒðŸ¾â€â™‚ï¸200m (-0.5)
ðŸ¥‡ðŸ‡¯ðŸ‡²Akeem Bloomfield 20.53
ðŸ¥ˆðŸ‡¹ðŸ‡¹Kyle Greaux 20.58
ðŸ¥‰ðŸ‡¿ðŸ‡¦Clarence Munyai 20.62
4th ðŸ‡«ðŸ‡·Christophe Lemaitre 20 63
5thðŸ‡¯ðŸ‡²
Yohan Blake 20.64 pic.twitter.com/HzOWb2Q8pC

— Teddy Bailey (@TrackCentric) July 9, 2019

Kyree King won the B 200m final 20.51 (-0.8) ahead of Brendon Rodney 20.52 and Akeem Bloomfield the A race in 20.53 (-0.5). Other winners included: Tobi Amusan (12.89 in the 100m hurdles, -0.9), Sarah McDonald (2:00.84 in the 800m), Abdelmalik Lahoulou (49.43 in the 400m hurdles ahead of Briton Chris McAlister 49.62 PB). Women 100 m winner was Gina Luckenkemper in 11.20 (-1.0), second with the same 11.20 Natalliah Whyte and third 11.21 for Tatjana Pinto. Chinese Xie Wenjun won the menÂ´s 110 m hurdles in 13.45 (-0.9). Jamaicans dominated women 400 m hurdles, Nikita Tracey 55.44 ahead of Rhonda Whyte 55.72. South Africans were 1-2 in long jump, Ruswahl Samaai 818 (+0.8) and Zarck Visser 791 (+0.7).

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Dave Hunter is an award-winning journalist who is a U.S. Correspondent for Track & Field News. He also writes a weekly column and serves as Senior Writer for www.RunBlogRun.com, and covers championship track & field competition domestically and in such global capitals as Moscow, Birmingham, Zurich, Brussels, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro, Zagreb, Ostrava, and Doha. Hunter frequently serves as the arena or stadium announcer for championship track & field gatherings, including the Ivy League, the Big East, the Mid-American Conference, the NAIA, the Big Ten, and the Millrose Games. Hunter has undertaken foreign and domestic broadcast assignments. He ran his marathon P.R. 2:31:40 on the Boston Marathon course back in the Paleozoic Era. To find out more about Dave, visit his website: www.trackandfieldhunter.com He can be reached at: [email protected]

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