• Orlando Ortega. Second diamond in the 110 meters hurdles

As every year, the Diamond League, the most prestigious and highest paid rally circuit of world athletics, celebrated its finals in Zurich (August 29) and Brussels (September 6). In the 110 meters hurdles, Orlando Ortega (13.22) took his second diamond, after which he achieved in 2016. A success that reinforces his stay at the top of a specialty. Although undeliverable, gold is hinted at at the nearby Doha World Championship, from 27 this month to 6 October.

Two diamonds too, but in this same campaign and in two tests (100 and 200 meters), for the young woman (22 years old) American feeling: Noah Lyles . Since the withdrawal of Usain Bolt , athletics is looking for an heir that revitalizes speed, the biggest attraction for the general public, accustomed until recently to the mixture of sports wonders and personal attraction offered by the Jamaican, whose record (9.58 and 19.19 ) are still far from the rest of mortals.

Two Americans are running: Christian Coleman (23 years old) and the aforementioned Lyles. Two medium sized bullets. Coleman, 1.75 tall and 73 kilos in weight. Lyles, 1.80 and 70. Coleman took advantage when, in February 2018, he left the world record of 60 meters (indoor track) at 6.34 and, already outdoors, he made 9.79 in the 100. This year he has made 9.81 , but found himself wrapped in a doping tufo by skipping three controls in 12 months. A legal technicality saved him from the penalty and will be in Doha.

Lyles, also runs to the golds from his diamonds. He has made this season 9.86 in the 100. And, above all, 19.50 in the 200. He is placed as a fourth man all time after Bolt (19.19), Yohan Blake (19.26) and Michael Johnson (12.32).

While athletics looked straight ahead at Brussels, we looked sideways at these payments to Andújar (Jaén). And there Javier Cienfuegos broke for the fourth time this year the record of Spain's hammer throw. I left it at 79.38, third best world record of the season. And it also happened that the Venezuelan pearl Yulimar Rojas put Andújar on the map by achieving 15.41, the second best mark in history after the Ukrainian record Inessa Kravets (15.50 since 1995).

It also happened that, in the 400s, Oscar Husillos (46.88) did not reach the minimum (45.26) for the Doha meeting. With Bruno Hortelano and Lucas Búa injured, and with others in poor numbers, our 4x400 relay looks bad.

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