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Athlétisme - Meeting de Monaco 2023
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Un plateau premier choix
Armand Duplantis, le recordman du monde du saut à la perche en salle (6m22) et en extérieur (6m21), Emmanuel Korir, le champion olympique du 800m, Faith Kipyegon, double championne olympique du 1500m et le Français Jimmy Gressier, recordman d’Europe du 5000m route, seront présents.
Les organisateurs ont également annoncé la présence de Karsten Warholm, sur le 400m haies, Alison Dos Santos sur 400m haies, Soufiane El Bakkali sur 3.000m steeple, Shericka Jackson sur 200m, Anderson Peters au javelot, tous champions du monde en titre.
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Les start list ICI
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Le suivi LIVE et les résultats ICI
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Le meeting en vidéo
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Les principaux résultats
* Mile dames : La Kenyane Faith Kipyegon, une nouvelle fois éblouissante atomise le record du monde de Sifan Hassan, 4'12"33, réussi ici même en 2019, pour le porter à 4'07"64 après une course sensationnelle.
"It was a blessing to do this with these ladies. I can see that they are all happy for me and it is so emotional. It is a blessing, it just does not happen everytime you run. I have to say thanks god for this. I really enjoyed the race. I came for that, I wanted to chase the world record and thanks god, it was amazing.
And just before the World Championships. I was really looking forward to running here. I have done good training so far and I just came for it. The time - yes, it was really good because the race was well planned. It just went smoothly and to acomplish the world record - that is amazing.
What will be the next - I do not know, it is in the god´s hands. I do not know how I am doing this because it just keeps going really in a good way. I was feeling healthy and just focusing myself for this world record. When I started this season, my goal was to just break the 1500 WR.
It was still in my head and in my mind. Thank God I did also the 1 mile and the 5000. So many. I want to defend my world title at 1500m in Hungary but I am going to double also with 5000 in Budapest."
* Longueur dames : Soutenue par les fans Italiens, l'excellente Larissa Iapichino s'impose avec un joli bond à 6.95m, record personnel.
* Perche hommes : Grosse surprise lors de ce concours avec un Duplantis incapable de passer 5.92m puis 6.02m, qui laisse la victoire à Christopher Nielsen (USA), avec 5.92m.
* Javelot hommes : Le colosse Tchèque Jakub Vadlejch gagne avec 85.95m.
* Hauteur dames : En grande forme, l'Australienne Nicola Olyslagers domine les Ukrainiennes et passe une barre à 1.99m.
* 400m haies : Le terrible Norvégien Karsten Warholm réussit un nouveau coup de force et s'impose en 46'51, soit le 4e chrono de toute l'histoire de la discipline, le 2e meilleur de sa carrière après son record du monde 45'94.
"It was really nice to do this again - that 0.01 sec of the Diamond League record and also the track record, it is really good. I had a very good warm-up so I was ready to do what I do and to play hard. Conditions were very good, a little wind and warm.
So I was just going out hard and my goal is always to fight untill the end. With this heat, the difficult part is the warm-up. My last race was in the 17 degrees and rain, both in the Norwegian championships and in Stockholm Diamond League.
So it is nice to do this as well. Seeing that things are still working and I can go faster and faster everytime, that means a lot. This is a nice timing as the World Championships is just around the corner. Since I was injured last year, I enjoyed the racing more.
Now I know how is it to be sitting on the outside of the race so I enjoyed it, to be honest. It is very important in this stage of my career. I won everything and I have the record so I have to enjoy it because there is not other reason to do it. The goal is always to get the win."
* 400m dames : En l'absence de Sidney McLaughlin Levrone, touchée au genou, la Polonaise Natalia Kacmarek s'offre un nouveau succès en 49'63.
* 800m hommes : Toujours du rapide, avec une MPM 2023 signé Wyclife Kinyamal (KEN) en 1'43"22.
"I am not sure I will go to the world championships because we will have the national trials in Kenya but I am looking forward to make good races. I am hoping to run my PB really soon. It was my second time running at this meeting, I ran here last year. I really love this meeting."
* Triple saut hommes : Hugues Fabrice Zango (BUR) régale avec un bond magnifique mesuré à 17.70m.
* 100m haies : La soirée se poursuit avec un magnifique duel entre Nia Ali (USA) victorieuse en 12'30, MPM 2023, record personnel, et Kendra Harrison 12'31 (vent +0.6).
"I feel amazing, it was a PB for me it is the first time I win in a Diamond League I cannot believe it and it is lovely to have won here in Monaco, it is a beautiful place and I really enjoy myself here, I am so happy I was able to give the best of myself here today.
I started very fast and then in the middle of the race I told myself "do not fall asleep" I really fight for it because I felt myself a bit behind at the last hurdle, but then I have just attacked the fiish line and win my best win.
My objectives now for the rest of the season is to stay healthy and try to improve my technic. I know that Budapest will be a very strong competition and a very fast race so I am looking for it to the challenges."
* 5000m hommes : Heureux public Monégasque qui se régale encore avec la belle victoire de Hagos Gebrhiwet (ETH) en 12'42"18, record personnel, qui domine au sprint ses compatriotes Aregawi et Bekele.
Sur cette même course, Jimmy Gressier améliore le record de France pour le porter à 12'56"09. Une performance qui le ravit :
"As I told it before, my goal at the meeting was to get a National Record. It went really well for me. When I saw that the red light was next to me on the last lap I knew that I will get to do it. I already had a national record, but it wasn´t a "true" one I would say, because I had got it at road events.
Now I am really happy because I got this "real" track national record. I think I can announce that my next goal after the World Championships is to get the 10 000m national record in Brussels.
When I was seeing all these famous american athletes beating all their national records, I really wanted to do the same for France, and now I got to do it. Now I will focus on the national championships.
I have to get 1st to qualify for the World Championships. Then, at the World Championships, I will try to get closer to 12:50. It would be a really good performance."
* 200m dames : La fusée Jamaïcaine Shericka Jackson s'impose en 21'86
* 3000m steeple : Simon Kiprop Koech (KEN) gagne avec un chrono assez modeste, si l'on compare avec le niveau des autres courses, 8'04"19.
* 100m hommes : On termine avec un nouveau succès Kenyan, en sprint c'est pas tous les jours, avec Ferdinand Omanyala vainqueur en 9'92 (+0.6) devant Letsile Tebogo 9'93.
"I will be the next world champion. There are no doubts about it. I am ready to do it. Tonight, I just confirmed what I am capable of. I would not call it a perfect race but I am ready. It was a blessing to win here.
I wanted a faster time but win is a win.. Start was a bit ish ish - but we need to make sure we will correct that. Win is a win."