Eugene

August 2016, Rio. A bus full of athletes and coaches departs from the Olympic Stadium heading to the Olympic Village, among them an 18-year-old slender Greek.

EUGENE - Serbia's Ivana Vuleta won the long jump event at the Diamond League in Eugene, US, after producing a 6.85 m leap in her last attempt in the final on Sunday.

Vuleta was tied in the first place with Nigerian Ese Brume but won due to a better second-best attempt (6.77 m compared to 6.69 m by Brume).

American Quanesha Burks took the third place with a 6.77 m jump.

U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson won her first solo race of 2023 in sensational style on April 8, clocking a wind-aided 10.57sec to win the Miramar Invitational 100m.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce hammered home her status as world championship favorite on June 18 by equaling her world best time this year to win the 100m at the Paris Diamond League meeting.

The veteran Jamaican sprinter triumphed in 10.67sec, shrugging off the crushing 30-degree heat at the city's Charlety stadium.

ZURICH - Serbian female long jumper Ivana Spanovic has wrapped up her IAAF Diamond League title with a second-place finish at the season-ending Zurich meeting.

Spanovic produced a 6.93 m leap, finishing behind Brittney Reese of the United States (6.95 m) and ahead of Darya Klishina of Russia (6.63 m).