COLOMBIAN STAR IBARGUEN CONCLUDES DIAMOND DOUBLE IN BRUSSELS

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Caterine Ibarguen’s unlikely double diamond ambitions reached fruition at the 42nd Van Damme Memorial in Brussels on Friday (31) as the Colombian star added the IAAF Diamond League title in the long jump to the triple jump title she took in Zurich just over 24 hours earlier.
Last night, Ibarguen won the triple jump by just one centimetre but tonight, in her second event, the margin was considerably more comfortable, her 6.80m fourth-round leap beating Briton Shara Proctor's 6.70m best from round five to win by 10 centimetres. 
"It wasn't easy but I was very well prepared for both events this season, and especially this weekend," said Ibarguen, who’ll take home two Diamond Trophies and a cool US$100,000 after her brief visit to northcentral Europe.
Doubles have rarely been attempted in IAAF Diamond League finals and few have succeeded prior to Ibarguen’s this year. Before the change to a championship style format last year, Allyson Felix, Carmelita Jeter and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce managed to capture two Diamond Trophies in the same season, and last year, Shaunae Miller-Uibo raced to the 200m/400m double.
Ibarguen will also contest a similar double next week at the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 where at least the logisitics will be more to her liking. Today, Ibarguen left her hotel in Zurich at 5am, hopped on an 8am 650-kilometre flight to Brussels, reached her hotel at 10 and rested until early afternoon. In Ostrava, she won't be switching accommodations.
Sha'Keela Saunders of the US was just a fraction behind the Briton, reaching 6.68m for third. 

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