Africa-Press – Botswana. Although he is not yet at his usual best this year, Isaac Makwala is still stacking up Wanda Diamond League points that could see him lining up in the final. Makwala will have to maintain or improve his last few performances to ensure that he remains in the top nine for the grand final in Zurich, Switzerland on September 7.
Makwala finished eighth in his latest race in Rome, Italy last week. The race continued his unwanted theme of struggling in this year’s Diamond League editions. He was placed in the seventh lane which is usually regarded as a good lane. However, he could not accelerate at a point when the race approached the last 200m. As the runners’ pace bent against the curve, Makwala could not manage to increase his pace and assert himself in the contest. For a while it appeared he was poised to finish fifth but he was outpaced by the trailing pack and he finished eighth in the end.
As it stands Makwala is ranked seventh in the qualification standings, and he is still in the mix to reach the final. He will get another opportunity to gain more points tomorrow(Thursday) in Oslo, Norway. After the Oslo race he will participate in the Paris edition on June 18 as well as the Chorzow, Poland edition on August 6. The Chorzow race will be the last qualifying race before the September 7 scheduled final.
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