The American Noah Lylesdefending champion, and his young compatriot Errion Knighton recognizes the best brands in 200 meters semifinals (19.62 and 19.77) and confirmed the promise of a close duel on Thursday for the gold medal, while his compatriot Fred Kerley, champion of the 100 meters, was eliminated.
The United States, despite Kerley’s omission, will have three representatives in the final. Also there will be Kenneth Bednarek, who achieved his best time of the year with 19.84.
the dominican Alexander Ogando extended his good time in Eugene by winning the first semi-final with a time of 19.91, a new national record, in the same race that knocked him out. Kerleyonly sixth with 20.68, and the Jamaican did not appear John Blake.
Ogando, 22, will go for a second medal in Eugene, after posting gold on day one as a member of the 4×400 mixed relay team that won the race in 3:09.82, and last year won a medal for Olympic silver in both relays.
The men’s 200m final will be played on Thursday at the end of the program (19.50 local, 2.50 Thursday GMT).
The women’s 200m semifinals drew a question mark over the option of a new Jamaican treble at the same time as the 100m, because if Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (21.82) and Shericka Jackson (21.67) -gold and silver in the hectometer- won their respective series with ease, Elaine Thompson-Herah was third in second with a 21.97 and had to wait for a repechage despite having the best time of the year.
The main opponents of the Jamaicans, when compared to the time of the semifinals, are the Americans Tamara Clark (21.95), the British Dinah Asher-Smith (21.96), defending champion, and the hyperandrogenic Nigerien Aminatou Seyne (22.04).
The Ecuadorian Gabriela Suarezwho only lost in the first round Shericka Jackson In the first series, he credited a time of 22.74 in the semifinals, which was not enough to access the final race.
Source: La Verdad
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