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Götzis Heptathlon after day 1

 

1. :USA Michelle Atherley - 3944 pts

2. :NED Anouk Vetter - 3826 pts

3. :GBR Abigail Pawlett - 3820 pts

4. :SUI Annik Kälin - 3783 pts

5. :USA Annie Kunz - 3777 pts

6. :LTU Beatrice Juskeviciute - 3753 pts

7. :USA Allie Jones - 3706 pts

8. :GER Vanessa Grimm - 3705 pts

9. :AUS Tori West - 3886 pts

10. :NED Emma Oosterwegel - 3684 pts

 

The best day for Vetter and Oosterwegel is yet to come, in the forecast they could be #1 and #3, with Kälin on #2.

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in Rome, earlier Today :ITA Marcell Jacobs won the 100m dash ahead of :ITA Chituru Ali and :ITA Matteo Melluzzo

 

10.07 the winning time (with a reviewable start), then 10.11 for the runner-up and 10.13 for the 3rd ranked (amazing improvement for Melluzzo)

 

in the women's 200m, the youngster (born in 2007) :ITA Elisa Valensin established the new U-18 and U-20 National Record with 23.15 (finishing the race in 2nd place, just behind :ITA Zeynab Dosso, who made a very unusual -for her- outing over this distance, literally dying over the last 50 meters, but still winning in 23.10)

 

Tomorrow in Lucca, new show by Leonardo Fabbri in the men's Shot Put, going for the 23m mark

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