Barshim, Kipyegon, Thiam and El Bakkali repeated their Games successes in Eugene and remain the dominators of their events
The day of the World Cup, in addition to the overwhelming Rojas, left behind four indisputable victories for the favourites. Barshim, Kipyegon, Thiam and El Bakkali repeated their successes at the Games and continue to dominate their events.
Qatari Mutaz Essa Barshim added his third consecutive world title after sharing gold and Olympic glory with Italy’s Tamberi in Tokyo. The best high jumper of the past decade no longer wastes his strength and physique trying to get good grades. Barshim focuses on the big events and has won the titles in London 2017, Doha 2019, Tokyo and Eugene.
This time, he completed an impeccable match, knocking out rivals as he surpassed the first six heights, to the 2.37 that earned him the title. The indoor champion in Belgrade, South Korean Sanghyeok Woo, finished in 2.35 and Andriy Protsenko was third with 2.33, leaving Tamberi without a podium.
The Belgian Nafissatou Thiam is a two-time Olympic champion in the heptathlon and now also a two-time world champion. He dominated the combined final from the start, but had to wait for the 800 to secure victory with a total of 6,947 points to earn him gold, compared to 6,867 for Anouk Vetter and 6,755 for America’s Anna Hall.
Faith Kipyegon was the strongest in the 1,500 meters final and maintained her hegemony at a distance where she has won two Olympic gold medals and now two World Cups, after finishing second in Doha 2019. The Kenyan won with a great time of 3 :52.96, ahead of Gudaf Tsegay (3:54.52), who tried unsuccessfully to beat her rival, and Britain’s Laura Muir (3:55.28), Olympic runner-up.
Finally, Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali once again made the night bitter for the Kenyan and Ethiopian army in the final of the 3,000m hurdles. Always on the lookout, he appeared at the decisive moment to defeat the Ethiopian Girma and the Kenyan Kipruto in a spectacular straight line (8:27.92)
Source: La Verdad
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