Stockholm Diamond League Flash Recap
By LetsRun.com
August 17, 2012
Stockholm, Sweden
The Diamond League Circuit resumed post London Olympics on Friday in Stockholm. It was the 100th anniversary of the stadium, built to host the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Before the main portion of the meet started they showed on the scoreboard some of the highlights the last 100 years, including wrestling, tug of war, and standing broad jump.
Stockholm not only has the $10,000 first place prizes for Diamond League event wins, but also gives out diamonds worth roughly $10,000 for meet records.
Men's Triple: Christian Taylor Wins As No Brings It
There definitely was some Olympic hangover in the triple jump. Maybe it was the rain earlier in the day but no one jumped very far. Olympic champ Christian Taylor got the win in 17.11 a mark that would have put him 6th in London.
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USA
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17.11
0.0 |
15
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1
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16.88
(+0.2) |
x (+0.6) |
17.11 (0.0) |
16.79 (+0.4) |
x (+0.3) |
16.79 (+0.6) |
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2
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UKR
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17.04
+1.1 |
SB |
3
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6
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x
(+0.4) |
16.29 (+0.5) |
16.81 (-0.1) |
17.04 (+1.1) |
x (-1.0) |
16.97 (0.0) |
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3
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RUS
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16.93
+0.5 |
5
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3
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16.54
(+0.6) |
16.83 (+0.6) |
16.93 (+0.5) |
x (+0.9) |
- |
- |
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4
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USA
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16.88
0.0 |
4
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5
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x
(+0.3) |
16.58 (+0.4) |
16.56 (+0.7) |
x (+0.2) |
16.88 (0.0) |
16.80 (+1.2) |
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5
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NGR
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16.76
+0.5 |
1
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8
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15.77
(+0.1) |
x (+0.1) |
16.76 (+0.5) |
x (+0.6) |
- |
- |
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6
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HAI
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16.68
+0.7 |
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16.68
(+0.7) |
16.37 (+1.3) |
16.58 (+1.7) |
x (+0.7) |
16.41 (-0.7) |
16.59 (+0.9) |
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7
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AUS
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16.07
+0.8 |
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16.07
(+0.8) |
15.84 (-0.3) |
15.83 (+0.8) |
x (0.0) |
- |
- |
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FRA
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NM
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x
(-0.1) |
- |
r |
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Women's Discus: Sandra Perkovic Wins Diamond on Final Throw
Sandra Perkovic, the Olympic champ saved the best for last. She trailed Olypmic silver medallist Darya Pishchalnikova heading into the final throw. Pishchalnikova also had surpassed the previous meet record of 63.66 and was on track to win a $10,000 diamond. Perkovic however threw 68.77 on the final throw to get the win and the meet record.
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CRO
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68.77
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MR |
22
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1
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57.29
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x |
66.26 |
63.09 |
x |
68.77 |
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RUS
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66.85
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4
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4
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64.69
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x |
63.03 |
64.09 |
66.85 |
65.39 |
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3
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GER
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65.07
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5
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3
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61.71
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65.07 |
x |
x |
62.90 |
62.83 |
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4
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CUB
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64.29
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2
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5
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63.87
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63.94 |
64.29 |
64.07 |
61.55 |
x |
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5
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USA
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63.34
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2
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5
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59.38
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x |
x |
63.34 |
x |
60.72 |
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6
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POL
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61.65
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1
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7
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59.78
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60.18 |
x |
60.40 |
x |
61.65 |
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7
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LTU
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60.09
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59.56
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57.00 |
59.13 |
59.93 |
60.09 |
58.33 |
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8
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FRA
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59.95
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1
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7
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x
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56.17 |
59.95 |
56.01 |
x |
x |
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9
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SWE
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50.82
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x
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50.67 |
50.82 |
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Women's Shot: Valerie Adams Keeps Winning
This was a repeat of London in the top two places Valerie Adams got the win here in 20.26 (threw 20.70 in London) short of getting a diamond for the meet record of 20.63. Yevgeniya Kolodko had more of a drop-off in her performance from London as she threw 19.08 here (20.48 in London).
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NZL
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20.26
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SR |
12
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1
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20.05
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20.26 |
x |
x |
20.06 |
20.17 |
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2
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RUS
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19.08
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2
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4
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19.08
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x |
x |
- |
18.64 |
18.54 |
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3
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GER
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18.72
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1
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6
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18.54
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18.09 |
18.19 |
18.58 |
x |
18.72 |
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4
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BLR
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18.51
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18.51
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x |
18.19 |
18.11 |
18.34 |
18.45 |
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5
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USA
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18.39
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1
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6
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17.92
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18.39 |
x |
18.21 |
x |
18.06 |
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6
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TRI
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18.11
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16.54
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17.67 |
17.44 |
18.11 |
17.57 |
17.92 |
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7
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RUS
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17.95
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17.50
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17.95 |
x |
17.80 |
x |
17.83 |
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8
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ESP
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17.28
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17.28
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16.67 |
16.57 |
x |
16.31 |
x |
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