First, Angelica Bengtsson broke off her wand. When she would then make one last attempt at the Swedish record height of 4.80 with her second rod, it disappeared (!). A while later, she was in for a miracle jump that made both experts and the audience speechless.
Despite a strong favorite pressure, Daniel Ståhl stood pallet and threw home the World Cup gold in the discus. The coach got so nervous that he left the stadium during the decision - while mom Taina lived out the feelings on the stands. Ståhl himself offered a show afterwards with both a rejoicing over a hedge and his own greeting home to Sweden.
Armand Duplantis is only 19 years old but has a psyche of another world and managed 5.97 in the last attempt in the pole final. There was enough silver behind Sam Kendricks, who won thanks to fewer demolitions. Afterwards, he sent a greeting (in Swedish) to mother Helena and celebrated with a backward vault with the competitors.
High humidity and around 30 degrees heat set it up in the women's marathon where 30 out of 70 runners broke the race. One of them was Swedish Cecilia Norrbom, who stated that she will never run in Qatar again: “No, I would never do it again. Damn it ”.
In the 50km walk, reigning world champion Yohann Diniz broke before half of the race finished.
Before that, Jonathan Busby of Aruba had collapsed at 5,000 meters - and was led in goal by competitor Braima Dabo of Guinnea-Bissau.
Norway had barely checked in at the World Cup hotel in Doha (where Sweden also lived) before the squad chose to move because of mold and "sewage tank" in the rooms.
Despite the messy start, there were great successes for our neighbors in the west. All three brothers Ingebrigtsen, after a wash that was subsequently canceled, ran home final tickets of 5,000 meters (where Jakob crashed into fifth place) and big favorite Karsten Warholm held for the pressure of 400 meters hurdles.
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