Fred Kerley, the new world champion in the 100 meters, returns to the Hayward Field track in Eugene to take part in the 200 series and meddle in the announced rivalry between two other Americans: Noah Lyles, current champion, and Erriyon Knighton, the talented 18 -year-old sprinter who broke Usain Bolt’s U-20 and U-18 world records.
Two days after winning the 100-meter gold medal with a time of 9.86, Kerley returned to the track at Hayward Field to complete the proceedings for the first round of the 200. With his characteristic serious face, he ran enough to win the fifth series. on 20.17. In the same race, Jamaican Yohan Blake was fourth with 20.35 and had to wait for the play-offs several times.
Knighton prevailed in third with 20.01 and an illegal wind of 2.1 meters per second, in a race that classified Dominican Yancarlos Martínez by time, fourth with 20.13.
By the end of the first round, Lyles dominated the seventh with 19.98. It was the only one that fell below 20 seconds.
In the ranking times another Dominican emerged in third place, Alexander Ogando, 22, who broke the national record when winning the fourth series in a time of 20.01. The athlete from San Juan de la Maguana is a member of the mixed relay that was declared Olympic runner-up last year in Tokyo and aspires here to advance to the 200 finals.
The current Olympic champion, Canadian André de Grasse, did not start due to physical problems.
The women’s 200 heat laid the foundation for a new Jamaican treble, but not as clear as the 100m. Shelly-Annn Fraser-Pryce (gold in hm), Shericka Jackson (silver) and Elaine Thompson-Herah (bronze) qualified for the semifinals with their respective times of 22.26, 22.33 and 22.41.
On the track appeared a double threat for the Jamaican treble. Namibian Beatrice Masilingi and Nigerian Aminatou Seyni, two athletes who could not compete in distances between 400 and miles due to their excess testosterone, beat Elaine in second with 22.27 and Shelly-Ann in third, according to respectively. with 21.98, a national record.
Ecuadorian Gabriela Suárez just lost to Shericka Jackson in the first heat and qualified with a time of 22.56. EFE
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Source: La Verdad
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