ZAGREB, CROATIA, September 06-08 — Headlining the Boris Hanžeković Memorial, Ryan Crouser just keeps throwing farther. “I am still on less than 10 competitions this year,” he said after his seasonal best. “So it still feels like I am finding my shape.”
Throwing the day before the main session, the 3-time Olympic champion opened with a 73-4½ (22.36) and followed with a foul and a 73-½ (22.26). In round 4 he tied his seasonal best (set at the Olympics) at 75-1¾ (22.90). After a 74-1 (22.58) in round 5, he blasted his final effort out to 75-2¾ (22.93), 3cm closer to Joe Kovacs’ world leader from the Eugene DL.
Ideal conditions helped Payton Otterdahl to an outdoor PR — 73-8¼ (22.46) — while in 3rd, Olympic bronze medalist Rajindra Campbell broke the Jamaican Record with his 73-2½ (22.31). Said Crouser, “My first-round throw of 22.36 usually is enough for the win, especially that late in the season. It helped having those guys to push me to farther distances.”
Marco Arop has been running hot since his 800 silver in Paris. Here he made no secret of his hopes to bring down Noah Ngeny’s 1000 WR, a mark which has stood for a quarter-century. Yet from the start, things went off the rails. The first sign was when the long-striding Canadian got squeezed by the pack right after the gun. He was clipped and had to chop his stride and make his way around all of them before he could start chasing the rabbits.
The pace up front might have been good, but Arop found himself too far back, hitting 400 in 52.8 and 600 in 1:19.6. A strong fourth 200 brought him to 800 in 1:45.8. He held on to finish in a Canadian (and North American) Record 2:13.13, moving to No. 5 on the all-time list. Behind him, Jonah Koech (2:15.15) moved to No. 2 ever among Americans.
Arop said he felt good, adding, “I think to beat the World Record I need to be more aggressive early on, but there was just too much room to make up for.”
Jasmine Moore in the long jump (22-¼/6.71) and Valarie Allman in the discus (222-3/67.74) were the only U.S. winners on the women’s side.
Nelly Chepchirchir of Kenya won the 800 in a PR 1:57.00. In 4th, Sage Hurta-Klecker ran a lifetime best of 1:57.53. Solid times also went to Jamaica’s Stacey-Ann Williams in the 400 (50.00), Italy’s Sintayehu Vissa in the 1500 (3:58.33) and Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent in the hurdles (12.55).
Sprint wins went to Courtney Lindsay (9.97) and Erriyon Knighton (19.93). Japan’s Rachid Muratake took the hurdles 13.14–13.18 over Daniel Roberts.
Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli ran a world leader in the 2000 with his 4:54.29, with Cooper Teare (4:55.42) and John Reniewicki (4:55.54) moving to spots 5 and 6 on the U.S. all-time list. The steeple went to Kenya’s Leonard Bett in 8:06.33, with Duncan Hamilton getting an 8:13.76 PR in 5th.
Greece’s Emmanouíl Karalís vaulted 19-3½ (5.88) to top Sam Kendricks’ 18-11½ (5.78). It was Kendricks’ first loss to anyone but Duplantis since May. Kristjan Čeh won the discus with his 222-11 (67.95), with Olympic champion Roje Stona in 4th (216-6/65.98).
Ukraine’s Mykhaylo Kokhan PRed in the hammer at 266-2 (81.14), beating Paweł Fajdek (259-6/79.10) and Olympic champion Ethan Katzberg (259-4/79.04). It was the Canadian’s first loss of the year.
ZAGREB MEN’S RESULTS
100(-0.2): 1. Courtney Lindsey (US) 9.97; 2. Ferdinand Omanyala (Ken) 10.02; 3. Romell Glave (GB) 10.11; 4. Jerome Blake (Can) 10.15; 5. Joe Fahnbulleh (Lbr) 10.20; 6. Kyree King (US) 10.25; 7. Brandon Hicklin (US) 10.28.
200(-0.6): 1. Erriyon Knighton (US) 19.93; 2. Fahnbulleh 20.08; 3. Lindsey 20.13; 4. King 20.36; 5. Joshua Hartmann (Ger) 20.44.
1000: 1. Marco Arop (Can) 2:13.13 NR (WL) (5, 6 W) (25.9, 26.9 [62.8], 26.8 [1:29.6], 26.2 [1:45.8], 27.3);
2. Jonah Koech (US) 2:15.15 PR (AL) (2, 2 A);
3. Stefan Nillessen (Neth) 2:15.78 PR; 4. Paul Anselmini (Fra) 2:15.78 PR; 5. Alex Kipngetich (Ken) 2:16.12 PR.
2000: 1. Isaac Kimeli (Bel) 4:54.29 PR (WL); 2. Cooper Teare (US) 4:55.42 PR (5, 5 A); 3. John Reniewicki (US) 4:55.54 PR (6, 6 A);
4. Elzan Bibić (Ser) 4:56.13 NR; 5. James West (GB) 4:56.23 PR; 6. Daniel Munguti (Ken) 4:56.24 PR; 7. Mael Gouyette (Fra) 4:56.41.
St: 1. Leonard Bett (Ken) 8:06.33 PR; 2. Ahmed Jaziri (Tun) 8:08.11; 3. Mohammed Tindoufti (Mor) 8:11.56; 4. Leo Magnusson (Swe) 8:13.08 PR; 5. Duncan Hamilton (US) 8:13.76 PR; 6. Samuel Deguna (Eth) 8:18.72; 7. Ala Zoghlami (Ita) 8:19.26; 8. Joey Berriatua (US) 8:20.82 PR.
110H(-0.5): 1. Rachid Muratake (Jpn) 13.14; 2. Daniel Roberts (US) 13.18; 3. Hansle Parchment (Jam) 13.25;… 7. Freddie Crittenden (US) 14.11.
Field Events
PV: 1. Emmanouíl Karalís (Gre) 19-3½ (5.88); 2. Sam Kendricks (US) 18-11½ (5.78); 3. Carson Waters (US) 18-7½ (5.68); 4. Menno Vloon (Neth) 18-7½; 5. Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (Ger) 18-3¾ (5.58).
LJ(9/06): 1. Shawn-D Thompson (Jam) 26-2¾ (7.99); 2. Anvar Anvarov (Uzb) 26-2¾ (7.99); 3. Roko Farkaš (Cro) 25-11 (7.90); 4. Sander Aae Skotheim (Nor) 25-9¼ (7.85).
SP: 1. Ryan Crouser (US) 75-2¾ (22.93) (73-4½, f, 73-½, 75-1¾, 74-1, 75-2¾) (22.36, f, 22.26, 22.90, 22.58, 22.93); 2. Payton Otterdahl (US) 73-8¼ (22.46) PR (65-9¾, 71-¾, 72-1¾, 73-6, 73-8¼, 72-5¼) (20.06, 21.66, 21.99, 22.40, 22.46, 22.08);
3. Rajindra Campbell (Jam) 73-2½ (22.31) NR (69-¾, 67-7½, 70-9, 73-2½, f, f) (21.05, 20.61, 21.56, 22.31, f, f); 4. Leonardo Fabbri (Ita) 72-11¾ (22.24) (67-9, 72-11 ¾ , f, 72-9 ¼, 72-9, f) (20.65, 22.24, f, 22.18, 22.17, f}; 5. Roger Steen (US) 70-2½ (21.40); 6. Chuk Enekwechi (Ngr) 69-9½ (21.27); 7. Jordan Geist (US) 69-6 (21.18); 8. Tomáš Staněk (CzR) 69-2 (21.08); 9. Nick Ponzio (Ita) 67-1½ (20.46).
DT: 1. Kristjan Čeh (Slo) 222-11 (67.95); 2. Lawrence Okoye (GB) 219-11 (67.05); 3. Matt Denny (Aus) 219-9 (66.99); 4. Roje Stona (Jam) 216-6 (65.98); 5. Reggie Jagers (US) 200-10 (61.22).
HT: 1. Mykhaylo Kokhan (Ukr) 266-2 (81.14) PR; 2. Paweł Fajdek (Pol) 259-6 (79.10); 3. Ethan Katzberg (Can) 259-4 (79.04); 4. Hrístos Frantzeskákis (Gre) 245-6 (74.82).
ZAGREB WOMEN’S RESULTS
100(-0.7): 1. Gina Bass (Gam) 11.13; 2. Shashalee Forbes (Jam) 11.23; 3. Jenna Prandini (US) 11.30.
400: 1. Stacey-Ann Williams (Jam) 50.00 PR; 2. Henriette Jæger (Nor) 50.22; 3. Shamier Little (US) 50.58; 4. Sada Williams (Bar) 51.23.
800: 1. Nelly Chepchirchir (Ken) 1:57.00 PR; 2. Natoya Goule-Toppin (Jam) 1:57.43; 3. Nigist Getachew (Eth) 1:57.47 PR; 4. Sage Hurta-Klecker (US) 1:57.53 PR; 5. Vivian Chebet (Ken) 1:58.26 PR.
1500: 1. Sintayehu Vissa (Ita) 3:58.33; 2. Katie Snowden (GB) 3:59.39; 3. Linden Hall (Aus) 3:59.72; 4. Habitam Alemu (Eth) 4:03.83; 5. Marissa Damink (Neth) 4:04.37 PR; 6. Helen Schlachtenhaufen (US) 4:04.79; 7. Marwa Bouzayani (Tun) 4:05.72 NR; 8. Olivia Markezich (US) 4:07.43; 9. Axumawit Embaye (Eth) 4:08.21; 10. Taryn Rawlings (US) 4:14.85.
100H(-0.5): 1. Ackera Nugent (Jam) 12.55; 2. Cindy Sember (GB) 12.67; 3. Kendra Harrison (US) 12.76; 4. Tonea Marshall (US) 12.79; 5. Cyrena Samba-Mayela (Fra) 12.
Field Events
LJ: 1. Jasmine Moore (US) 22-¼ (6.71); 2. Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (Rom) 21-6¼ (6.56); 3. Sumire Hata (Jpn) 21-2½ (6.46).
DT: 1. Valarie Allman (US) 222-3 (67.74); 2. Sandra Elkasević (Cro) 220-2 (67.12); 3. Jorinde van Klinken (Neth) 211-7 (64.49); 4. Vanessa Kamga (Swe) 207-8 (63.30); 5. Daisy Osakue (Ita) 206-1 (62.81).
JT: 1. Adriana Vilagoš (Ser) 215-4 (65.64) NR; 2. Petra Sicaková (CzR) 199-10 (60.91); 3. Sara Kolak (Cro) 197-7 (60.23); 4. Jo-Ané Van Dyk (SA) 196-3 (59.83).
