Letsile Tebogo smashes his PB to 44.75 in the 400 metres in Lignano Sabbiadoro

World 100m under 20 champion Letsile Tebogo from Botswana stepped up in distance smashing his PB in the men’s 400 metres to 44.75. The meeting record set by Emmanuel Korir in 2018 with 44.52 remained unbeaten. 

Before this race Tebogo had a previous PB of 46.09. Tebogo set the world under 20 record with 9.91 in the 100m at the World Under 20 championships in Cali last year and improved his PB to 19.87 in the 200m this year. Two weeks ago the two-time world under 20 champion won his first 200 metres race in the Diamond League in Lausanne in 20.01 into a headwind of -1.4 m/s. Rusheen McDonald from Jamaica dipped under 45 seconds with 44.83 beating world under 20 champion Lythe Pillay (45.57).

RESULTS

Women’s long jump: 

European outdoor champion Ivana Vuleta from Serbia improved her seasonal best to 6.77m into a headwind of -0.8 m/s. The five-time Diamond League champion started her competition with a leapt to 6.68m in the first round and increased her mark to 6.69m and 6.71m before producing her winning mark in her sixth attempt. 

Ivana Vuleta: “I wanted to jump further but I am very happy with this competition. I enjoyed coming to Lignano. I would like to come back in the future. I have still two Diamond League competitions in Monaco and London before the World Championships in Budapest”. 

Men’s 100 metres: 

Rohan Watson won his first European 100m race in 10.11 after taking the victory at the Jamaican Championships in Kingston. Emmanuel Matadi from Liberia, who won in Lignano last year, finished second with 10.17 beating Yennis Fernandez from Cuba (10.20). Two-time world under 20 medallist Benjamin Richardson won the B race in 10.22. 

Rohan Watson: “It means a lot to win my first European race. I enjoy training in Lignano. My goal for the World Championships in Budapest is to set a new PB”. 

Women’s 100 metres: 

Jonielle Smith from Jamaica completed the Jamaican sprint double by winning the women’s 100 metres in 11.19. Smith followed in the footsteps of her illustrious compatriots Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce, Elaine Thompson Herah and Shericka Jackson, who won the 100m in the past editions of this meeting. Natasha Morrison finished second in 11.25 one week after her third place at the Jamaican Championships. Carina Horn from South Africa took third place with 11.42. 

Jonielle Smith: “It was amazing to win my first European race of the season. I am training hard in Lignano. It’s my second year here”.  

Women’s 100 metres…