Greg Rutherford wins Diamond Race thanks to Zurich success
Thursday 3 September 2015 22:01, UK
Greg Rutherford ended his memorable summer by winning the Diamond Race to go with the long jump title he won at the World Championships in Beijing.
Rutherford's leap of 8.32m at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting was enough for the Briton to win the season-long Diamond League crown.
The 28-year-old won his fourth Diamond League meeting of the season by virtue of having a longer second-best effort - 8.27m - than American Marquis Dendy, who also jumped 8.32m.
World championship silver medallist, Fabrice Lapierre of Australia, finished third with a best jump of 8.27m.
Rutherford picked up nearly £33,000 for his evening's work as well as a diamond trophy, finishing the season on 21 points, 11 more than second-placed Dendy.
He said: "It was very important to come out here and to win again. I still managed to come out on top, so I am absolutely over the moon.
"The other jumpers maybe said, 'We are going to take him in Zurich'. But it did not work. This victory means a hell of a lot to me. It is the last crown for me."
Lynsey Sharp bounced back from failing to make the final in Beijing by finishing second over 800m in one minute 59.37 seconds. It meant the Scot finished second in the Diamond Race to Kenya's Eunice Sum, who won her fifth meeting of the season in Zurich in 1:59.14.
