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IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 9 July 2015 Flash Quotes English GARDNER (USA) 100m Women B Race Heat 3 - Winner I just used this meet as a part of my training, it was a wind aided time but i'm still pleased with the result. This is the first time i've run under 11 seconds since my national trials so i'm happy. I compete next at the meet in Madrid and I hope to keep the momentum going. 09/07/2015 18:27 Marisa LAVANCHY (SUI) 100m Women B Race Heat 2 - Winner I am happy to have won the race. I hope everything will go well later in the 4x100 meters. 09/07/2015 18:28 Verena SAILER (GER) 100m Women B Race Heat 3 - 2nd place It felt good to run that fast. Unfortunately, there was too much wind. My objective coming here was to test myself and get some good feelings on the track, which I did, so I´m happy. My next race will be in Luzern and then the national championships. I hope to have a good race there to reach the qualification standards (11.25) for the World Championships in Beijing. 09/07/2015 18:30 INTERNET Service: lausanne.diamondleague.com Page 1of16 printed at 09/07/2015 23:13 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 9 July 2015 Flash Quotes Yaimí PÉREZ (CUB) Discus Throw Women - Winner - PB I am happy to have won in a very competitive field. This being my personnal best, it feels great. I am now going home for the Panamerican championships and I hope to do well there. 09/07/2015 18:49 Reto Amaru SCHENKEL (SUI) 100m Men B Race - 1st place This race was nothing specal, I approached it as a good training opportunity. I try to improve at every race. The last 40m of my race are good, my start is better than it was last year so it comes all together step by step. I´m confident for the upcoming races. My objective is to go for victory every time I´m on the start line. 09/07/2015 18:50 Pascal MANCINI (SUI) 100m Men B Race - 2nd place - 1st race of the season I did a very good indoor season. I was training for a medal at the European Championships. I finished 5th, equlising the swiss national record which was good. We then prepared the relay World championships in the Bahamas, so I had to train and try to produce a second peak in my season already. So I took some time to recover, hence this late start of my outdoor season. I now run with the head as my body is still exhausted from the winter. I lack of punch. Nonetheless, I am satisfied with my time today. I actually thought I would be slower. I wanted to beat Rolf - who has done some good performance this year - and managed to do that, finishing in the second place. 09/07/2015 18:58 INTERNET Service: lausanne.diamondleague.com Page 2of16 printed at 09/07/2015 23:13 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 9 July 2015 Flash Quotes Lolo JONES (USA) 100m Hurdles Women B Race - Winner This wasnt my best race, I think the starter held us too long, I'm just happy to finish healthy. At this moment I'm just looking forward to my next race in Luzern. 09/07/2015 19:14 Clélia REUSE (SUI) 100m Hurdles Women B Race - 3rd - SB I had a good start to the race but towards the end of the race I stumbled and I'm therefore not happy with my finish. This clearly means that I can go faster and I know I can do it. My PB is 13.19 and I'm doing my best to run faster. The minima's for the 2016 Olympics in Rio is 13.00 secondes which is my goal and I'm going to start to get towards that time during my next race this saturday in Bulle. 09/07/2015 19:17 Reese HOFFA (USA) Shot Put Men - Third place I am very happy about this season best distance today. My season has not been going as I wanted it so far and I need to build some mmentum. I am not sure what was different today, I didn't like my warm up throws and yet somehow I was able to throw a season best. I am hoping I continue to improve because I need to be consistently over 21m. 09/07/2015 19:47 INTERNET Service: lausanne.diamondleague.com Page 3of16 printed at 09/07/2015 23:13 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 9 July 2015 Flash Quotes Joe KOVACS (USA) Shot Put Men - 2nd place I´m 2nd today...but await Beijing. The most difficult for us, Americans, is to make the US team. I made it, that is the most important. Some of the best shotputters won´t be in Beijing for instance. The Diamond League is great but you have to choose your battles. For me, it is Beijing this year. You are never satisfied with 2nd place, but as I said, this is training for me, on the back of our national championships. Congratulations to David for his victory today. 09/07/2015 19:47 David STORL (GER) Shot Put Men - Winner - MR - PB I am really happy to have been able to get over 22 meters and do my personal best here in Lausanne. Before my record throw I was quite concentrated and it was a fast throw. I'm now going to going back to Germany for my next meet in Bieberach. 09/07/2015 19:51 Blessing OKAGBARE-IGHOTEGUONOR (NGR) Long Jump Women - 4th I am OK with my performance today. It was my first jump of the season. Things were not going so well, the temperature was a bit cold and the wind was swirling. I am not sure if I will still think about doing the long jump in Beijing after how I feel today. I will consult with my coach and decide. My focus is the sprint events and I don't intend to make the long jump affect my chances. Let's see what my coach says. My next meet is in Monaco where I will do the 200m and maybe the long jump if I feel better. 09/07/2015 19:55 INTERNET Service: lausanne.diamondleague.com Page 4of16 printed at 09/07/2015 23:13 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 9 July 2015 Flash Quotes Selina BÜCHEL (SUI) 800m Women - 1st place I wanted to get around 2´00, I am in 2´01 so not really on my objective for today. However, I' am very staisfied with how my season is going so far and I hope it will continue like this. For Beijing, my objective is to get into the final, and from there on, everything is possible. 09/07/2015 20:07 Shara PROCTOR (GBR) Long Jump Women - 2nd place I am very confident in the way my preparation is going and my season is unfolding. I like this Diamond League meet here in Lausanne, and again I´ve performed well. There is a fierce competition this year, it is very dense around 6.90m - 7m, but that doesn´t change anything in my preparation. I have to focus on myself and execute what we plan in the training sessions. I take it step by step, I have 1.5 week now till Monaco to refocus on my training. The ultimate objective is obviously Beijing. 09/07/2015 20:10 Sanya RICHARDS-ROSS (USA) 400m Women - 2nd I feel good about my race. I'm still trying to recover mentally from the US national trials where I had a dissappointing result and now I am just taking each race one by one. I like how I finished in this race but I think I could have run my backstretch better. I felt good in warm up, and I did not fade in the end, I held my form so I am proud of the run. From here I move on to Canada for the Pan Ams and then London. 09/07/2015 20:11 INTERNET Service: lausanne.diamondleague.com Page 5of16 printed at 09/07/2015 23:13 IAAF DIAMOND LEAGUE Lausanne (SUI) 9 July 2015 Flash Quotes Hiwot AYALEW (ETH) 3000m Steeplechase Women - 2nd I'm not disappointed, I came second to a very strong athlete so I'm not sad, I will try to do better next time. 09/07/2015 20:27 Virginia NYAMBURA (KEN) 3000m Steeplechase Women - Winner - MR The race went as I planned. I am quite happy to have won and my goal today is to beat the Kenyan record of 9:07.14. Regarding the diamond league I am doing well and I am planning to win it by fighting hard and win each race. 09/07/2015 20:31 Anaso JOBODWANA (RSA) 200m Men - 2nd place I am not completely happy with my race today. I thought I could do it but obvisouly it didn´t come together. I had a terrible bend but a rather good finish. I need to go back to the drawing board and work on my start. It was a very competitive field today and that´s what I like. I can assess where I am against the best athletes in the world. My next race is in Luzern. My objective for this season is to go sub-20 and work myself into a medal contender for the World Championships in Beijing.