The Olympic medalist threw his target at the qualifying meeting in Budapest in the play-off on 62.94 meters.
Lukas Weißhaidinger achieved his goal of taking part in the Diamond League final on Tuesday. The Olympic bronze medalist in the discus threw his disc at the qualifying meeting in Budapest in the play-off to 62.94 m and finished second behind the Briton Lawrence Okoye (66.89). “Just awesome. Budapest was absolutely worth a trip for me, ”said the ÖLV record holder happily.
Third place went to U-23 world record holder Kristjan Ceh (SLO / 62.94) ahead of Simon Pettersson (SWE) from Sweden who was “silvered” in Tokyo. With this, Weißhaidinger is now third overall with 14 points, which means that he will secure his place in the final on September 9th at Zurich's Letzigrund.
“I'm really relieved. It was a great competition considering I couldn't train a lot after the Olympics. My first Diamond League win would have been presumptuous. I can take this second place really well, ”said the 29-year-old from Upper Austria. “Now we are fully concentrating on Zurich and the top 6 final.”
