The American Fred Kerley was the great star on the second day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene (Oregón, EE.UU.) when he was declared Saturday 100 -meter champion in a race of complete U.S. domination.
In a time of 9.86 seconds, Kerley defeated his compatriots Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell, silver and bronzerespectively, and that they were separated by only two thousand (both with 9.88).
Olympic runner-up in Tokyo 2020, Kerley, who has turned less towards more In this Saturday’s race, he imposed his continuing power to become the first sprinter to have world medals in both the 100 and 400 meters (bronze in Doha 2019).
At 27 years old, the American is the world leader of the season with a time of 9.76 and already caused a sensation on Friday in Eugene by running out of 9.79, the best mark in history in a world series.
In the 100-meter test, which closed Saturday’s program in Eugene, Italian Marcell Jacobs was absent.current Olympic champion but could not start in the semifinals due to a grab injury to his right thigh.
Shortly before Kerley’s victory, the Chinese Juanan Wang |which did not exceed 8 meters this year before reaching these World Cups, He snatched gold in the long jump from Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou -Olympic champion with a score of 8.36 on the last attempt.
Tentoglou was already on the brink of glory but eventually surpassed the gold by four centimeters in Wang’s last jump.
The Spanish Eusebio Cáceres, fourth in Tokyo 2020, suffered physical discomfort and finished eighth with only two valid jumps (7.91 and 7.93).
On the other hand, the Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey won the 10,000 meters by ousting Dutch Sifan Hassanchampion at Tokyo 2020 and at the Doha World Cups in 2019.
Gidey, who holds the world record (29: 01.03) and was silver in the same test of the previous World Championships, this time won the 10,000 meters with a time of 30: 09.94 (best mark of the year).
Also, Pavel Fajdek extended Poland’s world hegemony with a hammer throw with a mark of 81.98 meterswhich allowed him to beat his compatriot and Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki (81.03) and thus gave him his fifth consecutive world title.
In one of the finals of the day, the American Chase Ealey took the gold shot put on the first attempt of 20.49 meters.
Ealey defeated Chinese Gong Lijiao, gold in Tokyo 2020 and double world champion (London in 2017 and Doha in 2019) but this time he had to settle for silver (20.39).
Aside from the finals, one of the right names back in the day was Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, triple jump world and Olympic champion and qualified for the final this Saturday on the fast track and with great comfort: he jumped 14.73 meters on his first attempt and that was enough.
Outside of the competition, the most outstanding news on this second day was the Kenyan marathoner Lawrence Cherono and American quattrocentist Randolph Ross temporarily suspended for doping and, therefore, they will not be able to participate in the World Cups.
SPAIN, GOOD NEWS AT 1,500 METERS
The Spanish delegation received good news in Eugene at 1,500 meters, where Marta Pérez qualified for the first time for the World Cup final via the playoffs.
Men’s representatives also followed since Mario García Romo and Mohamed Katir (both in positions) and Ignacio Fontes (at times) earned a place in the 1,500-meter semifinals.
In the semifinals but 110 meters hurdles will be Asier Martínezwho won his qualifying round, and Enrique Llopis, who qualified by time.
instead, Maribel Pérez was eliminated in the first round of the 100 meters and Irene Sánchez Escribano and Carolina Robles were left in the 3,000 -meter steeplechase final.
Source: La Verdad
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