Lyles and Jackson approach Bolt and Florence Griffith

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In two big finals of 200 meters they again lead the American and Jamaican sprint domain

Second triplet for the United States in speed for men and double for Jamaica in women, uniting it with its full 100. Perhaps the credit should be given to Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, who is able to take a bronze medal to finish the race. absolute dominance of the two forces of the fastest tests of the Eugene World Cup. Noah Lyles and Shericka Jackson are crowned in the 200 meters, also with spectacular figures. The first to break the onslaught on the strength of an 18-year-old talent who, like Erriyon Knighton, pushes to the limit by winning an American record with a time of 19.31 seconds.

Lyles becomes third fastest in history behind Bolt and Blake, reconfirms the title won in Doha 2019 and forgets the bad experience of the Tokyo Games, where his dream of Olympic gold disappeared – or was postponed. Jackson, meanwhile, avoided a Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce double in a race that nearly went down in speed history. The Jamaican won a new race record with a time of 21.45 seconds and was 11-hundredths of the world record since 1988 in the hands of Florence Griffith, who set 21.34 which seemed unattainable and are not so much now.

After the 100-meter triplet, Hayward Field expected something similar in the double hectometre, where Lyles and Knighton also predicted a show similar to the one they put on on the same stage during the trials. They have not disappointed. The final was top-notch and Lyles had to put out his best version to mark that 19.31 that led him to clear Michael Johnson’s historic championship record (19.32) and keep 12 hundredths of Usain Bolt’s record. Kenneth Bednarek came in second, while young contender Knighton, who intimidated Lyles in the trials and has become his main rival, has dropped to third.

Of course, if there was a show in the competition, the celebration wasn’t far behind. Lyles is the great showman of athletics, and in his gallery of gestures, he broke his body, screamed and performed the ‘Kamehameha’ from the popular ‘Dragon Ball’. An athlete of exceptional quality who, at the age of 25, has had to come a long way and overcome considerable difficulties to reach the elite. As a child gymnast, as a child respiratory problems, dyslexic and ADHD. In addition, he admitted a few years ago that he was taking antidepressants.

“Tokyo was a test for my mental health, which I passed. That also makes this day special, because I showed that I can immerse myself in a storm of dark thoughts and get out,” he explained in the preview of the 200 meters of a World Cup where he is accompanied by his brother Josephus , which is part of the 4×100 relay.

Shericka Jackson left the Games as “the third Jamaican,” but in Eugene, she has become the great protagonist of speed after finishing second in 100 meters and beating Fraser-Pryce in 200, avoiding her doppelganger. At the age of 28, she faced her big chance after reaching the World Cup with the best record of the participants and she has not wasted it. Able to add medals at 100 and 400 meters, very much in the style of Fred Kerley, his coach Paul Francis had already warned it was his time to shine. And Jackson, who nearly left athletics in 2014 after disappointing results, listened with a monumental career that brought him face to face with the hitherto untouchable Florence Griffith.

As for the Spanish representation, there will be no athletes in the final of the 800 meters as Mariano García from Murcia and Álvaro de Arriba from Salamanca fell in the semi-finals with times of 1:46.70 and 1:46.30 respectively. Also, Adel Mechaal will not be in the final of the 5,000 meters, finish fifth at the Games of 1,500 meters and be eliminated in the first round of the World Cup after finishing eleventh in the first series with a time of 13:36.48 .

Source: La Verdad

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