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Tortu is done in two: seventh

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Tortu is done in two: seventh

In Doha, the sprinter tested himself in the 200s, Tamberi in the top closed away from the podium

ROME. «It was nice to compete with many top athletes in this season debut on 200 meters. A great incentive to continue to work hard and try to stay close when it matters most ». So Filippo Tortu on social media after the Doha test, where the Olympic gold of the 4×100 remained behind the scenes as in the other gold of Tokyo Gimbo Tamberi in the inaugural stage of the Diamond League, in Doha: they manage to conquer only one seventh place, the first in the 200 meters, the other in the high jump

Tortu ran the 200 meters of the meeting in 20”41, a race won by the American Lyles in 19”72, ahead of compatriot Kerley (19”75). An even more bitter result if we consider that the blue ran the 200 which, as he himself had declared, represent the primary objective in view of the future. In general, it must be said that the Sardinian from Brianza was heavily penalized from the first lane, and that in Doha throughout the race he blew a storm that put everyone in difficulty. The financier will have a new chance on 100 meters in the next Trieste Meeting.

«The world champion Lyles did something stratospheric, I saw him too much from behind for my tastes – said Tortu after the finish -, I knew that I would not have an easy lane but I still preferred to come and compete against world-class athletes. I struggled to run the first part, doing so in the second hundred meters I had a little less than usual. But it didn’t go badly. On the 200 we are working well and I will have the opportunity to show it during the season ».

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All-uphill start of the season also for Tamberi: at 2.16 he hits the bar with his calf, which dances and then falls due to the wind. He needs a second try to make it, while he has to use the third to get rid of 2.20. It is not the evening, four centimeters higher, at 2.24. Three “x” and the race over, seventh place. «Taking slaps is always good – the words, bitter, of the jumper -. Blaming the wind would be an excuse. Sure, the conditions didn’t help but that’s not the problem. There are technical problems to be solved. I don’t have to be at the top right now but this performance is to be canceled and will not be repeated in Birmingham on May 21st. I didn’t jump high here. In any case, it does not affect my path towards the Eugene World Cup in the slightest ». Who can smile is the Korean Woo Sang-hyeok: with 2.33 he takes the best measure of the year.

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