Max Burgin signed the best world record of the year at 800 meters

The British Max Burgin became the great star of the meeting Turkish (Finland), tenth stage of World Circuit Prayingafter winning this Tuesday in the final of 800 meters with a time of 1: 43.52 minutes, the best world record of the year.

BurginJust 20 years old, 17 hundredths reduced the previous best record of the course, the 1: 43.69 signed by the Moroccan moad zahafi on April 16 in Florida (United States).

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An hour that put the young British athlete, with a personal best of 1: 44.14 minutes, on the list of candidates for gold at the World Championships to be held next July in Eugene (United States).

And it is Burgin, who in 2018 was proclaimed European under-18 champion at the age of just 16, seems determined to follow in the path of great British middle-distance runners.

In fact, the English athlete was placed on the clock signed on Tuesday in Turku in the fourth position of the British “ranking” of all time, just behind the legends of Sebastian Coe’s stature (1: 41.73), Steve Cram (1: 42.88) and Peter Elliot (1: 42.97).

But Burgin wasn’t the only star at the Paavo Nurmi Games where he also became famous, despite not achieving success, Indian Neeraj Chopra, the current Olympic javelin throw champion.

Chopra proved in his first competition since, against all odds, hanging the gold medal in Tokyo, that he should be considered in the fight for the world title.

In fact, the 24-year-old Indian thrower achieved his personal best in the 89.30 meters attempt, over a meter and a half over 87.58 meters that allowed him to be crowned Olympic champion last summer.

A mark that allowed Chopra to beat rivals such as the reigning world champion, Anderson Peters of Granada, third with 86.60 meters, and Trinidadian Keshorn Walcott, gold medalist at the 2012 London Games, who finished fourth. marked 84.02 meters.

However, Neeraj Chopra did not beat Finn’s Oliver Helander who won the win by throwing 89.93 meters, the third best world record of the year.

One place behind, in second place in the world rankings, was Daniel Stahl of Sweden, the reigning Olympic and world champion, after winning the best attempt of 70.62 meters in the discus final.

It marks that this course has only succeeded Slovenian Kristjan Ceh, the great dominator of the specialty this season, who leads the table with the 71.27 meters he threw on May 21 in Birmingham.

For his part, Estonian Rasmus Magi, seventh in the last Olympic Games in Tokyo, reiterated that he also wants to compete in the final of the 400m hurdles at the next world championships in Eugene, after losing on Tuesday in Turku from 48 seconds to sign of time 47.82.

A record that allowed the 30-year-old Estonian to rise to third place in the world rankings of the year behind the Brazilian

Alison Dos Santos, bronze in Tokyo, leading the “ranking” with a time of 47.23, and American Rai Benjamin, silver in the Japanese capital, with a time of 47.49 seconds.EFE

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