Eugene (US): Two world records were set on the day the Oregon World Athletics Championships concluded. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis in men’s pole vault and women’s 100m. In the hurdles, Nigeria’s Tobi Amosan also recorded the world’s best performances in his own name.
22-year-old Duplantis broke the world record for the fifth time by jumping 6.21 meters on the pole. Duplantis leapt to 6.21m, with silver and bronze medalists Chris Nielsen of the US and Ernest Obiena of the Philippines narrowly clearing 5.94m. The star who won the gold by jumping six meters jumped 6.06 meters and set the championship record in his name and flew towards the world record. A new record was set when Duplantis cleared the bar on his second attempt after missing his first attempt of 6.21m. Duplantis, who crossed six meters for the 48th time, also surpassed the legend Sergey Bubka in that regard.
In the women’s 100m hurdles semi-finals, Tobi Amusen finished in 12.12 seconds, erasing the record of 12.20 seconds held by Kenny Harrison of the US. The 25-year-old finished in an even better time of 12.06 seconds in the final to win gold, but it was not considered a record as the wind benefit was more than allowed. Olympic champion Jasmin Quinn of Puerto Rico (12.23s) won silver and Aaliyah Armstrong of the US (12.31s) won bronze.
4x400m Relay golds for the US
4x400m The U.S. teams won the men’s and women’s relays to make the championship final their own. Elia Godwin, Michael Norman, Bryce Dedman and Champion Alison on the men’s side and Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Brittan Wilson and Sydney McLaughlin on the women’s side carried the baton for the US.
The men’s team finished first with a time of 2:56.17 seconds. Jamaica (2:58.58s) took silver and Belgium (2:59.51s) bronze. In the women’s 400m hurdles, McLaughlin, who won the gold with a world record the day before, jumped 3:17.79 seconds for the US gold. McLaughlin completed the lap in 47.91 seconds. Jamaica (3:20.74s) won the silver and Britain (3:22.64s) the bronze.
13 gold 33 medals; US title
As usual, the US, the giants of world athletics, is in first place in the world championships. They did not give up the title in the championship held in their own country and raised the medal.
The U.S. won three medals more than last time and won 33 medals this time. The U.S. medal tally was 13 gold, nine silver and 11 bronze. Countries like Ethiopia, Jamaica and Kenya are next with 10 medals. India, who entered the medal table thanks to Neeraj Chopra’s silver, is at the 33rd position.