The American was proclaimed champion of the 100 meters with a mark of 9.86 seconds
Eusebio Cáceres finishes eighth in length and fully Spanish in the 1,500
The void left by Usain Bolt in speed it seems impossible to fill in view of the latest results. USAcon Fred Kerley, Marvin Bracy y Tryvon Bromelloccupied the podium of the 100 meters with hardly any opposition, to the delight of the local fans.
Kerley, an American football player turned quattrocentista (bronze at the Doha World Cup), decided to test himself in the hectometer, something unusual in this sport, “because getting the title of the fastest man in the world is only possible if you run the 100 meters”, declared the new champion to justify his change, successfully achieved. His silver medal in Tokyo encouraged him to keep trying to be the best over this distance.
This Saturday he got the gold in the Hayward Field winning with 9.86 seconds, two thousandths less than Bracy y Bromell, finished in the same time, relatively discreet marks in a race with no wind for or against. Fourth, the Jamaican entered the finish line Oblique Seville, far from that Caribbean splendor in not so distant times, with Bolt, Asafa Powell o Yohan Blake, intractable in the short relay, and separately in the 100 and 200 meters.
What a race ????@fkerley99 ???????? strikes world 100m gold in 9.86 and leads a US 1-2-3 on home soil ????#WorldAthleticsChamps @usatf pic.twitter.com/tvSf11pbEK
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 17, 2022
The absence due to injury of the Olympic distance champion, the Italian Marcell Jacobstrained as an athlete in Florida, and that of the runner-up in Tokyo, the Canadian André de Grasse, eliminated in the first round after a muscle strain, cleared the way for the USA to win the podium in the distance and Fred Kerley achieve the fastest human tag.
Triumph of Juanan Wang in length
Shortly before Kerley’s triumph, the Chinese Juanan Wangwho had not exceeded 8 meters this year before reaching these World Cups, snatched the Greek Miltiadis Tentoglou -Olympic champion- the gold in the long jump with a mark of 8.36 in the last attempt. Tentoglou was already touching the glory but in the end he lost the gold by four centimeters in Wang’s last jump.
Oregon love story!
Wang Jianan ???????? takes world long jump title in Eugene after having been crowned world U20 champion here back in 2014 ????#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/huhK1Bebv6
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 17, 2022
The Spanish Eusebio Cáceresfourth 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 in the 10,000 meters by dethroning the Dutch Sifan Hassanchampion in Tokyo 2020 and in the Doha World Cups in 2019.
Gidey, who holds the world record (29:01.03) and who was silver in this same test of the previous World Championships, this time won the victory in the 10,000 meters with a time of 30:09.94 (best mark of the year) .
WHAT A FINISH ????
Letesenbet Gidey ???????? literally KICKS to world 10,000m ???? in 30:09.94!
???? Hellen Obiri ???????? 30:10.02
???? Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi ???????? 30: 10.07#WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/J28eIaw4az— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) July 16, 2022
Also, Pavel Fajdek extended Poland’s world hegemony in the hammer throw with a mark of 81.98 meters, which allowed him to defeat his compatriot and Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki (81.03) and thus gave him his fifth consecutive world title.
In one of the last finals of the day, the American Chase Ealey gold was hung in the shot put with a first attempt of 20.49 meters.
Ealey beat the Chinese Gong Lijiaogold in Tokyo 2020 and double world champion (London in 2017 and Doha in 2019) but this time she had to settle for silver (20.39).
Apart from the finals, one of the proper names of the day was that of the Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, Triple jump world and Olympic champion who this Saturday qualified for the final on the fast track and with great ease: she jumped 14.73 meters on her first attempt and that was enough.
Outside the competition, the most outstanding news of this second day was that the Kenyan marathoner Lawrence Cherono and the American Quattrocento Randolph Ross they were provisionally suspended for doping and, therefore, will not be able to participate in the World Cups.
Good news at 1,500
The Spanish delegation in Eugene received good news in the 1,500 meters, where Martha Perez He qualified for the first time for the World Cup final by way of the playoffs.
The male representatives also complied since Mario Garcia Romo and Mohamed Katir (both by positions) and Ignacio Fontes (for times) they earned a place in the 1,500 meter semifinals.
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