Diamond League Final – Zurich.
Then he hit American Joe Kovacs, 33, with a giant blow to the bullet.
The stroke gauge was 23.23 – the third longest on record.
Fanny Ross was in the final when the 2022 Diamond League season was to be decided, but the Swede had never had a successful day and finished the last six finalists with the longest stroke of 18.37 – just over a meter of her personal best. Developed earlier this summer.
– It wasn’t good at all. Technically very bad. No, it’s too bad, says Ross at C. More.
Everything was better for American Joe Kovacs on the men’s side.
Third Longest Ever
In the second round, he blasted with a monster hit that measured 23.23 – a 31cm new personal best, world best, and Diamond League record – and third longest throw ever.
Ryan Crouser holds the current world record of 23.37 and also has the second longest hit of all time.
Cruiser finished second in the DL final with a time of 22.74.
gets 430,000
Joe Kovacs, in addition to the coveted Diamond Trophy, receives a total of $40,000 in prize money (equivalent to 430,000 kroner at today’s exchange rate).
Tonight he will celebrate – with kebab.
– Yes, I have to serve a kebab to my colleagues as a punishment. It’s a great tradition we have within the team and this time it’s me who has to foot the bill, says V.C. More.
The money will also come in handy because Kovacs’ wife is pregnant with twins.