Mujinga Kambundji is indeed the woman of the big meetings. The 30-year-old Bernese picked up her third title on Friday in less than a year on the international scene. She became European champion in the 60 m indoors in the Ataköy Arena in Istanbul.
Crowned world champion in the discipline on March 18, 2022 in Belgrade and titled in the 200m at the Europeans last August in Munich, Mujinga Kambundji won in 7”00 in the final. She beat Polish Ewa Swoboda (2nd in 7”09) and Briton Daryll Neita (3rd in 7”12) to succeed Ticino’s Ajla Del Ponte in the 60m charts on the continental stage.
In control during the series (7”18), convincing in the semi-finals (7”05) by rolling over the last meters, Mujinga Kambundji was able to raise the cursor in the final. Author of a canon start, she flew over the debates to sign the 2nd best time of her career behind the 6”96 achieved in the final of the 2022 Worlds.
Atcho and Gutschmidt stop in half
This medal is already the 8th in a major championship for the Swiss sportswoman of the year (2019, 2022). She had opened her record in 2016 at the European Outdoor Championships in Amsterdam, picking up bronze in the 100m, and has gradually established herself among the best sprinters in the world since she passed for the 1st time under the 11” on the rectilinear in 2018.
The two other Swiss women in the 60m had stopped in the semi-finals. Vaudoises Sarah Atcho (9th in 7”26) and Melissa Gutschmidt (13th in 7”30) nevertheless fulfilled their contract by passing the 1st round. Small disappointment all the same for Sarah Atcho, who failed 2 hundredths of a place in the final.
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