Sensational!
Three days after the completion of the second stage of the Diamond League in Rabat, publications are literally “pouring” onto the Internet that the result shown by Olga Rypakova now in Morocco is so low that it would be quite correct to put it on the list of the worst results for the entire time of her performance in the Diamond League. In fact, the situation is interesting. At the end of these starts, many people got the impression that this is all that Olga is capable of, that maybe it wasn’t worth performing at all? Or is Rypakova jumping with results that are her own anti-records? Just yesterday on our website vkoathletics.kz We published an interview with Olga herself and with the head of the Athletics Federation of the East Kazakhstan region Denis Rypakov, who was next to the athlete at the time of the jumper’s performance. The Rypakov family made it clear that the result shown by our athlete was expected and is considered working, because the main start is the World Championship ahead, as well as the main stage of the Diamond League, which will be held in Switzerland on August 24. But for some reason, unfortunately, there is no rest for the rest of us. Usually, in many media it can be easily traced that if suddenly an athlete showed a high result, it means that he is a good athlete, but if low, it means “anti”. The fact that Rypakova’s rivals also showed below their usual result, apparently no one really cares, but still, it’s probably worth looking into the results of the second stage in detail. So, among the eight athletes who entered the Moroccan arena, only Yulimar Rojas from Venezuela was not there. Which, I would like to note, on June twenty-third, lost the South American championship to Brazilian Suarez with a modest result of 14.36 m, although the Brazilian jumper herself went to 14.42 m. Another of Rypakova’s strongest rivals, Katerina Ibarguen, was not at this championship in America, but at the competition in Madrid on July 14, she jumped with exactly the same result as Suarez – 14.42 m. Is it worth saying that the results of these athletes are at least unsuitable, because their personal records are located near the 15 m mark? What is the conclusion from this? What about such results, should we write off all these athletes and retire? Well, that’s not all! We bring to your attention the course of events of the second stage of the Diamond League: In addition to our Olympic champion, seven other athletes came to perform from around the world: Catherine Ibarguen from Colombia, Kimberly Williams from Jamaica, Paraskevi Papachristou from Greece, Gabriela Petrova from Bulgaria, Patricia Mamona from Portugal, Nubia Aparechida Soares from Brazil, and American athlete Andrea Gubel. After the first attempt, absolutely no athlete had a “sky-high” result, and what can I say, there were none at all. At the very beginning of the competition, Paraskevi Papachristou came forward with a score of 14.18 m, Olga Rypakova “landed” after her – 14.10 m, and Katerina Ibargouen became the third with a score of 13.91 m. Just after attempt number two, Papachristou showed her best jump in this competition – 14.21 m, thanks to which the athlete was placed on the third line of the final protocol of the second stage of the Diamond League. And the result that allows athletes to take first and second place, Catherine Ibarguen and Kimberly Williams showed on the third attempt. Further, nothing special happened, the same athletes jumped completely chaotically with each subsequent attempt, showing results lower and higher. All this indicates that athletes are literally being cautious before the upcoming competitions, because keeping everything under control is not an easy job. At the moment, in the overall standings, despite such a “loud” result, which caused a lot of conversations around her, Olga Rypakova is in second place – 11 points, after Colombian athlete Catherine Ibarguen – 15 points. Who knows how the situation will turn out next time, because there is still plenty of time left before the next stage of the Diamond League! Inna Semenyak