Olympic Champions Shine at Rainy Inaugural Brescia Grand Prix Sky Wifi
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The inaugural Brescia Grand Prix Sky Wifi, part of the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level, was graced with the presence of Olympic champions on a rain-soaked day at Gabre Gabric Stadium. Beatrice Chebet, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Letsile Tebogo, and Kirani James were the standout performers, bringing their championship pedigree to the fore under challenging weather conditions. Their participation highlighted the event's significance and drew attention from athletics fans around the world.
Women’s 3000 metres:
Beatrice Chebet, double Olympic champion in the 5000m and 10000m in Paris 2024, won the women’s 3000 metres in 8:34.10 a few days after her win in the 5000 metres in the Diamond League meeting in Zurich.
Women’s 100 metres hurdles:
Jasmine Camacho Quinn won the women’s 100 metres hurdles in 12.88 into a headwind of -1.6 m/s holding off Masai Russell by 0.03 in a close battle between Olympic champions.
Women’s 100 metres:
Marie Josée Ta Lou from Ivory Coast stormed to a win in the 100 metres in 11.28 into a strong headwind of-2.4 m/s edging European 200m silver medallist Daryll Neita (11.31).
Marie Josée Ta Lou: “Brescia is a second home for me. During the summer I trained in Brescia to prepare for the Olympic Games”.
Men’s 200 metres:
Olympic 200 metres champion Letsile Tebogo won his fifth post-olympic race in 20.66 into a headwind of -1.4 m/s, after his triumph in Paris. Olympic 4x400 relay champion Vernon Norwood finished second in 20.75.
Letsile Tebogo: “I think that I can improve my PB in the 200 metres in the future. I can break the 44 seconds barrier in the 400 metres but I don’t want to put pressure on myself. In Paris I ran the 4x400 relay for fun, but I am now focused on the 100m and 200m. I could run the 400m in the future”
Men’s 400 metres:
Multiple Olympic and world medallist Kirani James from Grenada won the men’s 400 metres in 44.86 ahead of Botswana’s Bayapo Ndori (45.26)
Women’s 400 metres:
Olympic 4x400 relay champion Alexis Holmes won the women’s 400 metres in 51.32 beating Olympic 200 metres bronze medallist Brittany Brown (51.48).
Men’s 400 metres hurdles:
Olympic finalist Rasmus Magi from Estonia claimed the win in the men’s 400 metres hurdles in 48.61 beating Abderrhamane Samba (49.31) in a clash between two Paris Olympic finalists.
Rasmus Magi: “The weather conditions were unfovourable. It was not easy to warm up”
Women’s 400 metres hurdles:
Italian record holder Ayomide Folorunso took the win in the women’s 400 metres hurdles in 55.41 ahead of Belgian hurdlers Hanne Claes (55.62) and Paulen Cockyut (55.90). Former world record holder Dalilah Muhamad finished fourth in 55.99.
Ayomide Folorunso: “I am enjoying myself very much in these post-Olympic meetings. This race was a good preparation for the Diamond League final in Brussels”.
Men’s 110 metres hurdles:
European champion Lorenzo Simonelli returned to winning ways in the 110 metres hurdles in 13.39 beating Cordell Tinch (13.49).
Lorenzo Simonelli: “It was very important to win this race because it was a good preparation for next year’s season. After the race I signed autographs. It was a really good feeling to be recognised by children as a role model”.
Men’s 800 metres:
Timothy Cheruiyot from Kenya, world champion in the men’s 1500 metres, stepped down in distance to win the men’s 800 metres in 1:45.47 ahead of Spain’s Mariano Garcia (1:45.54) and Italian front runner Francesco Pernici, who crossed the finish-line in third place in 1:45.89 after leading in the first lap.
Women’s 800 metres:
Barhein’s Nelly Jepkosgei clinched the win in the women’s 800 metres in 2:01.07 ahead of USA’s McKenna Keegan (2:01.32) and Eloisa Coiro from Italy (2:01:32).
Women’s hammer throw:
Kathrine Koch Jacobsen from Denmark, winner at this year’s European Winter Throwing Cup in Leiria, threw to 71.02m in the second round to win the women’s hammer throw ahead of European champion Sara Fantini (70.25m).
Women’s high jump:
Olympic bronze medallist Iryna Gerashchenko from Ukraine won the women’s high jump with 1.86m beating Nagisa Takahashi from Japan on countback in a competition affected by heavy rain
Men’s pole vault:
Christopher Nilsen, Olympic silver medallist in Tokyo 2021, cleared 5.22m in the first attempt to beat his compatriot Cole Walsh on countback before the competition was interrupted by rain.
