the dutch Femke Bol once again showed that this course is unbeatable in the 400 meter hurdles after winning this Monday the meeting in Bellinzona (Switzerland) with a time of 52.79 seconds, the second best world record of the year.
A victory that allowed Bol, double gold medalist -400 hurdles and 4×400- at the World Championships held last August in Budapest, extend their winning streak after posting their thirteenth straight victory in the past fourteen months.
In fact, Femke Bol, bronze at the last Olympic Games in Tokyo, She has not lost a 400-meter hurdles race since July 2022 when she fell in the Eugene World Cups final against American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone. who had to set a new universal record -50.78 seconds- to surpass the Dutch.
With McLaughlin-Levrone, who did not run any hurdles this year to focus on the 400-meter dash, out of competition, Femke Bol has not seen any athlete capable of standing up to her this season.
As confirmed again this Monday at the Bellinzona communal stadium, where he won with a mark of 52.79 seconds, led American Shamier Little by 85 hundredthswho, as happened at the World Cups in Budapest, had to settle for second place with a time of 53.64 seconds.
Times that allowed Bol, 23, to have the two best world records of the yearafter setting the best course record on July 23 in London with a time of 51.45 seconds.
ELAINE THOMPSON-HERAH CLAIMS FOR HERSELF
The Jamaican also shined Elaine Thompson-Herahdouble Olympic champion -100 and 200 meters- in both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Games, which he won the hectometer final with a time of 10.92 seconds, his best time of the season.
A brand that showed that despite leaving the last World Cups in Budapest, after finishing fifth in the Jamaican team trials, Thompson-Herah has to be considered next summer at the Paris Olympics .
Appointment where Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn will try to revalidate the title won by Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn in Tokyowho prevailed on Monday in the final of the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 12.56 seconds, a new meet record.
A victory that will not help, however, the Caribbean to forget the shocking defeat suffered by Jamaican Danielle Williams in the final of the World Cups in Budapest, Camacho-Quinn’s only defeat this season.
STAHL BEAT CEH AGAIN AT THE DISCO
The one who did not cause a surprise either at the World Cups in Budapest or this Monday at the meeting in Bellinzona was the Swede Daniel Stahlwho, as happened just a few weeks ago in the Magyar capital, defeated the Slovenian Kristjan Ceh, the world leader of the year, in the disco final.
Stahl, the reigning Olympic champion, prevailed in Bellinzona with a best throw of 67.24 meters, nine centimeters ahead of Ceh, second with an attempt of 67.15.
Brazilian Alison dos Santos, world champion in 2022, did not disappoint eitherwho beat Frenchman Wilfried Happio, second with 47.58, in the final of the 400m hurdles with a time of 47.50 seconds.
A feat that the new world champion, Italian Giammarco Tamberi, could not emulate, who had to settle for fourth place in the final high jump with a best record of 2.24 meters.
The same mark achieved by the Ukrainian Andrii Protsenko, who won the victory before the Polish Norbert Kobielski, second with 2.24, and the Italian Stefano Sottile, third with the same record, thanks to his fewer null jumps.
Source: La Verdad
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