Guerrero shines in the closing of the Diamond League and Duplantis continues to his

Preamble before going with Esther Guerrero.

The Diamond League ended where it traditionally begins: in Doha.

After a string of suspensions, postponements, doubts and, in short, mutilated competitions defined by the striking absence of the barrage of stars that characterized each stage of the circuit, the Qatari capital closed the most prestigious and constant program of each course.

At each rally there were never missing some outstanding figures, but scattered in this or that event, with, for example, a minimal (and almost always second-tier) American presence.

Nothing to do with the luminous profusion of names that turned many of those events into a convincing imitation, a credible preview of any Olympic final.

Even so, with the athletics touched, but not sunk, the track has lit up several world records:

long-

awaited

pole vault (indoor and outdoor) and Joshua Cheptegei's surprising 5,000 meters.

Duplantis has competed a lot.

Perhaps more than anyone.

Or as much as the most.

He has finished tired.

This explains why he won again, yes, but with 5.82.

The same height as

and

.

The American and the French beat her on the third try.

The Swede, first.

Then Duplantis failed twice at 5.92, against which his two rivals collided.

A test was saved to, at least, exceed six meters.

It clearly failed.

It was the same.

'Mondo' has given us an unforgettable season.

It has helped make it less bitter.

For Esther Guerrero - let's go with her now - it has been quite sweet.

The Catalan will not forget Doha.

She will always remember that she finally got down there from the two minutes in the 800 meters.

Performed 1: 59.22.

He only bowed, albeit for a long time, to

, who with 1: 57.68 became the world leader in a year in which these laurels, due to known anomalous circumstances, have had and still have a relative value, albeit always high.

Guerrero, very much in his style, in which strength prevails over elegance, in which courage replaces the stride, made a race full of determination and claw, always running after the "hare", next to the head, and risking, in his innate bravery, to pay for the effort.

It was not like that, and your brand acquires great symbolic value.

Only two other women have run in Spain for less than two minutes.

(1: 57.45) and

(1: 57.62).

Records most likely out of reach of

Warrior.

But you never know with this admirable athlete that he keeps getting better.

In the suffocating Doha (34 degrees of temperature) she had the worst record of the participants, all of them below two minutes, and it is already known how the test ended.

The other Spaniards in the running were not at the same level as Esther.

Especially

, who has been gradually regressing in a season in which, like Esther herself, she has competed a lot.

He finished 10th (1: 47.19) in the men's 800, won by

(1: 44.16).

In the 1,500, "normal" marks, somewhat far from their personal records, for Ignacio Fontes (sixth with 3: 34.74) and Jesús Gómez (seventh with 3: 35.31).

Very far both from the interesting Australian 'millero'

, national record with 3: 30.51.

Aaron Mallet

, one of those second-rank Americans who would be first-rate in any other country, celebrated his anniversary in advance (he turns 26 this Saturday) by winning the 110 hurdles with an excellent record (13.15), close to

13.11

that top the "ranking" of the season.

Also good numbers for women.

For Elaine Thomson (10.87 in about 100 meters with zero wind).

For Hellen Obiri (8: 22.54 in the 3,000).

And for Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (6.91 in the long jump).

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