British sprinters loved a superb 15-minute spell on the ISTAF assembly in Berlin on Friday evening (Feb 10) when firstly Daryll Neita stormed to 60m victory in 7.05 after which Reece Prescod gained the boys’s 60m in 6.49.
Neita’s time lifts her to No.2 on the UK all-time rankings, only one hundredth of a second behind Dina Asher-Smith’s latest UK file of seven.04.
Evelyn Tristan completed runner-up in a Barbados file of seven.14 with Germany’s European 100m champion Gina Lückenkemper third in 7.16.
“I used to be actually excited to return right here and to execute the race like that, it’s a huge PB,” mentioned Neita, whose earlier greatest was 7.11. “It’s unbelievable. This time means I’m in improbable form. I’m actually excited relating to the European Indoor Championships.
“For me 60m is nearly bettering my 100m race. And this made an enormous distinction at the moment. I adore it right here, the ambiance is electrical.”
Prescod now sits equal fifth on the UK rankings with Colin Jackson and Richard Kilty. Solely Dwain Chambers (6.41), Linford Christie (6.43), Jason Gardener (6.46) and James Dasaolu (6.47) have run sooner.
Prescod’s run was additionally a world main mark and 4 hundredths of a second faster than his earlier greatest set in 2019. Joshua Hartmann was second in 6.53 with fellow German Julian Wagner third in 6.56.
Reece Prescod (ISTAF)
Each Neita and Prescod are a part of Marco Airale’s teaching steady in Italy and the set-up is clearly working for each of them.
“It’s the music, it’s the crowd, every little thing – the ISTAF Indoor is certainly one of my favorite conferences,” mentioned Prescod. “I used to be right here in 2019 and I gained. This yr I broke the assembly file and gained once more.
“I’ve been coaching actually onerous. My coach and I’ve labored on new issues. I’ve moved to Italy along with Jeremiah Azu to work with Marco Airale. New coach, new vibes. Let’s see what occurs over 100m.”
Mondo Duplantis additionally entertained the 11,850-strong crowd within the Mercedes Benz Area as he simply missed out on setting a world file with three first rate efforts at 6.22m within the pole vault. As a substitute he needed to accept victory with 6.06m – bettering his personal assembly file by 3cm.
Mondo Duplantis (Getty)
“My makes an attempt at 6.22m felt good,” he mentioned. “I used to be nearer than final week, that’s the good factor. I might say it was extra the gap than the peak. However that’s a part of the sport.
“For six.22m it’s a must to get every little thing actually good. I felt actually good at the moment, however I used to be not good sufficient for that. I have no idea if I’ve ever skilled an environment like that indoors. It was nice enjoyable and I hope to be again subsequent yr.”
There was a British victory within the males’s 60m hurdles too as David King ran a season’s greatest of seven.63 to beat Jamaica’s Damion Thomas by two hundredths of a second.
Jazmin Sawyers was additionally in good kind within the lengthy leap with 6.69m however needed to accept third behind Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo’s 6.81m and Larissa Iapichino’s 6.69m.
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